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I want

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to speak today on the most important thing

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in the Christian life.

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There's a phrase called majoring on minors.

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You probably heard it.

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What it means is that among a lot

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of things that we have to do in

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life, some very important, some not so important,

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if we spend a lot of time doing

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the things that are not so important, we

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won't have time to do the things that

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are really important.

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And that applies in all areas of life,

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whether in our home or in our work.

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And a lot of people major on minors.

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And that's very true in the Christian life

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too.

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You know, when you look at all the

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Christian denominations, there are so many of them.

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And many of them have got something they

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major on.

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And if that thing you major on, they

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major on, is not what the Bible majors

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on.

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And they are majoring on minors.

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And that can happen to us too.

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So it's very important to find, to see

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from Scripture, not from our own understanding.

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When we come to the Word of God,

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we must recognize that our human understanding that

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we have got from Adam is corrupted by

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sin.

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It's worldly in its thinking, because those are

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the values we have acquired from childhood.

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And we have to change our way of

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thinking if we want to understand what the

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Bible majors on.

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Have you ever wondered why there are some

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Christians you have met in your life who

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never seem to lose their passion for Jesus

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Christ and to serve Him ever.

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Every time you meet them, they are, as

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it were, on fire for God.

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I am always delighted to meet such Christians.

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Have you ever wondered why there are some

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sins that even after 20 years you never

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seem to get rid of.

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There is a reason for both these things.

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It's because you are majoring on minors.

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And that man whom you see who has

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a growing passion for Christ and to serve

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Him has learned to major on majors.

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And that man who has got victory over

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sin in areas where you are continuously defeated,

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the difference is you are majoring on minors

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and he is majoring on majors.

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So it's very simple.

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It's just like in the rest of the

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world.

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Why is it two students of equal intelligence

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go to school and one tops his class

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and the other does pretty badly and one

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goes on to do well professionally and the

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other is mediocre.

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Both are equal intelligence.

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It's because one majored on majors and the

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other chap with equal intelligence majored on minors.

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So, what is the most important thing in

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the Christian life?

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Only God can tell us that.

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I want you to turn to Romans chapter

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8 and verse 29.

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Romans 8 verse 29.

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Here is a word called predestined.

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Predestined.

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Predestination means, you know that pre means before.

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Destination you mean, you know, when you get

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into a train and you want to go

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to Delhi, that's your destination.

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And when you get your ticket, you have

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determined beforehand, you have predestined where you are

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going to land.

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Delhi.

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God also, it says in the word of

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God, before we were born, before Adam was

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created, before the worlds were created, God who

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knew the future, knew each one of us

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by name.

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He knew where we would live.

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He knew what century we would be born

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in, which year we would be born in.

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Jesus says, He even knows the number of

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hairs on your head.

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He knows every detail concerning us.

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And knowing everything, He predestined something.

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He determined a destination for you.

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He got a ticket for you, on this

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train of life, to reach a particular destination.

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And I want to tell you, that destination

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is not heaven.

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A lot of people think it is.

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It's not.

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It says here, He predestined us, verse 29,

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to become like Jesus Christ, to be conformed

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to the image of His Son, so that

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Jesus Christ in heaven might be the firstborn

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among many brothers who look just like Him.

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You know, heaven, God was so delighted with

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His Son, that He wanted to populate heaven

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with a whole lot of people who look

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just like Jesus.

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That was His goal.

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He said, I want heaven to be full

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of people who are like My Son.

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And He chose different ones in different centuries,

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from different countries.

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You there, and you, and you, and you,

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and you.

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You are chosen to be like Jesus, to

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populate heaven.

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That's your calling, brothers and sisters.

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Now if you get sidetracked from that, onto

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something good, but which is not God's destination,

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you can miss the goal.

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And the sad part of it is, this

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train runs only once.

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If you missed it in this life, you've

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missed it forever.

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And all you can do is spend the

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ages of eternity regretting, regretting, even if you're

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in heaven, that you did not live on

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earth for the things that God chose you

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to live for.

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It's not enough to go to heaven.

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I tell you honestly, I'm not interested in

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just going to heaven.

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I want to accomplish what God created me

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for before I leave this earth.

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Many times I have prayed to the Lord

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and said, Lord, as much as it is

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possible for a human being, a child of

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Adam, who is born again, to follow in

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the footsteps of Jesus Christ on this earth,

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I want to do that.

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As much as it is humanly possible by

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the power of the Holy Spirit.

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I want to do that.

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And I'm willing to pay any price.

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I want to go as far as I

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can in being conformed to the likeness of

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Christ in my character, my speech, in my

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actions, in my attitudes to people, in the

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thoughts I think when I'm by myself, in

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my prayer life.

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I want to preach like Jesus.

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I want to pray like Jesus.

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I want to live like Him.

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I want to use money like Jesus used

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money.

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I want my attitude to everything.

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I want to treat my enemies like Jesus

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treated His enemies, because I've seen my destination.

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A lot of exciting things along this way

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and along the journey, but I don't want

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to get sidetracked.

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I don't want to jump off at some

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station, which is not the final goal.

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A lot of things along this way.

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You know, and you can get excited with

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something which is good, but which is not

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the ultimate goal.

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For example, take something very good like evangelism.

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Can you think of anything better than that?

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Reaching lost people with the gospel.

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Such a good thing.

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And I'll tell you what I have seen

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through 44 years of being a Christian.

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A lot of people have made evangelism their

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goal.

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And they're not Christ-like.

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They're reaching people, reaching people, and they're behaving

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in such an un-Christ-like way that

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people are being turned off.

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They say your life speaks louder than your

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words.

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And the name of Jesus is dishonored.

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But they have a tremendous passion for evangelism.

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To give out tracts, to reach people.

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They don't realize that the way they live

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their family life, the way they behave at

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home, and the way they conduct themselves, their

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attitude to money, and so many things are

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canceling out the message they preach.

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So you see the danger of even being

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involved in evangelism if you don't make your

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goal becoming like Christ.

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It's like a station.

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And you get excited with evangelism and get

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off at that station.

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I don't want to get off at that

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station.

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And you come to another station where you

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find somebody laying hands on people and everybody's

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falling down on the platform.

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And you say, boy, this is an exciting

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station to get off at, to see everybody

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falling off like that.

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And the train moves off and you're still

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falling down and getting up on the platform.

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Well, people who want to do that can

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do that.

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But I've got a destination to reach.

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I want to tell you that.

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And I don't want to get sidetracked to

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all these exciting things that I see on

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various platforms along the way because I see

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that God determined a destination for me.

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And everything I do must be in the

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light of that goal.

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Must I do evangelism?

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Definitely.

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Like Jesus did it.

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Not any other way.

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Must I be filled with the Holy Spirit?

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Like Jesus was.

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All the things in relation to, in Scripture

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to me are like, you know, a jigsaw

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puzzle.

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Supposing you're trying to make a jigsaw puzzle

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with 200 pieces.

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And each of those pieces, I mean, it

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doesn't have any picture or meaning to it.

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But when you put it all together, if

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you can see the face of Jesus, you

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got it right.

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So to me, evangelism, gifts of the Holy

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Spirit are all little pieces in this big

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puzzle.

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You know, serving others, worship, praise, everything.

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Even worship and praise, it's such a good

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thing.

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I know people are so taken up with

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it that they don't think that that's a

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spirit that must continue all through their life.

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They praise the Lord on Sunday morning and

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then go home and yell at their wives

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Sunday afternoon.

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Actually, that's not Christianity.

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That's a piece of the jigsaw puzzle that

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you take out all by itself and concentrate

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on that on Sunday morning.

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I don't want to concentrate on that.

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I want to put that piece of the

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jigsaw puzzle called praise and worship into that

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face of Jesus and find its proper place

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there.

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That's what I mean.

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I believe in praise and worship.

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I believe in serving the Lord.

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I see the whole jigsaw puzzle is the

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face of Jesus.

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And if I don't see the total picture,

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I can get taken up with one favorite

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piece of my jigsaw puzzle.

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And different people have got different favorite pieces.

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And each thinks we've got the most important

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thing because that's the thing they like.

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Majoring on minors.

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And when God himself has made a destination

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for me that that picture on the jigsaw

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puzzle must be reproduced in my character, I

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say, Lord, that's what I want.

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Everything in life must fit into this overall

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goal like a little piece of the puzzle

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to make me like Christ.

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And it says here in the previous verse,

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verse 28, that God will help me in

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this because he's going to cause everything that

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ever happens to me to work together for

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this good purpose.

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Those who are called according to his purpose

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means this is the purpose described in the

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next verse.

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So, God is going to make everything around

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me over which I have no control to

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work in an amazing way to bring me

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to this goal, this destination of becoming like

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Christ.

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He's going to arrange difficult people across my

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path to teach me humility and patience.

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He's going to put me along with irritable,

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annoying people, neighbors and co-workers, because I

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have to become like Christ.

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I have to learn patience and I have

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to learn long-suffering.

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He's going to put me through difficult financial

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circumstances so that I learn to be frugal

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like Jesus was.

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He's going to make the meal that's cooked

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in your home one day not so tasty

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so that he can deliver you from the

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love of food and gluttony and make you

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like Jesus who was not a lover of

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food, who used food for health, but didn't

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worship it like a lot of people do.

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See, God is sovereign and I'm excited when

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I think that almighty God who runs this

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universe can look down on this small speck

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of dust called planet Earth and on that

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speck of dust find an even smaller minute

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speck of dust called me and take so

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much interest in me to plan everything so

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that I can become like Jesus.

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Isn't that exciting?

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And when you see it, I say, Father,

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how You love me.

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I mean, You don't put me in a

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class with 50 students and teach me.

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You give me personal private tuitions.

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Each one of us, the Holy Spirit gives

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you personal private tuitions.

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And that's why your experiences are different from

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the experiences of other believers around you.

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Because you're not in the same class.

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He doesn't put 50 people in the same

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class and give them all the same homework.

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No.

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That's in worldly schools.

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In God's school, every student has got private

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tuitions.

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Only God can do that.

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And I'm thankful that I'm getting private tuitions.

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That's why I don't compare my lot with

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yours and you shouldn't compare your lot with

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mine.

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No.

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Because I'm in private tuitions.

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And I have certain weak subjects, so He

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gives me extratution in those things.

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And you've got certain weak subjects, and He'll

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give you some extratution in those subjects.

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I mean, if your weakness is physics and

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mine is math, why should God give me

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extratution in physics?

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He's got to give you extratution in physics.

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He's got to give me extratution in mathematics

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or English or something like that.

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But I'm weak.

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That's where I need to not ever compare

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myself or my lot with anybody else's in

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the whole world.

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That's why I'm not jealous of anyone.

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That's why I'm not in competition with anyone.

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I'm having private tuitions.

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See the folly of believers who wonder why

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God's dealing with me like this and why

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other people are having an easy time.

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It's because He loves you, brother, sister.

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He wants to make you like Jesus.

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There's a verse in 1 Corinthians, chapter 15.

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Here's what the Bible says about Jesus Christ.

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And about Adam.

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Now we came from Adam.

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But we've been cut off and put into

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Christ.

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We've been fixed into this tree called Christ.

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We've been transplanted, taken out of Adam and

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put into Christ.

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And if so, just like the characteristics of

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Adam were ours when we were part of

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that tree.

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Now, it's these characteristics that should now be

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part of ours.

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1 Corinthians 15 speaks here about verse 47.

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The first man is from the earth.

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Earthy.

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That's Adam.

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The second man, Christ, is from heaven.

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In verse 48, this applies to us.

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As is the earthy, so also are those

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who are earthy.

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We know that very well.

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That we all lived for so many years

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as unconverted people with the character of Adam

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coming forth from us, gushing out like rivers

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of living water.

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Not living water, sorry.

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Dead water.

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You know, anger and bitterness and jealousy and

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all the filthy things that gushed out of

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us.

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And now we've been planted in Christ.

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Why are you content with trickles of goodness

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and trickles of patience and trickles of humility

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and trickles of purity?

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Why are you happy with that?

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As is the earthy, so also are those

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who are earthy.

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And, verse 48, as is the heavenly, so

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also are those who are heavenly.

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And just as we have, listen to this,

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this is a promise.

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Just as we have borne the image of

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the earthy, verse 49, we shall also bear

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the image of the heavenly.

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I want to take that as a promise

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from God.

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Lord, just as for so many years I

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have borne the image of the earthy, of

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Adam so faithfully, I believe your promise is

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true that I shall bear the image of

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the heavenly.

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The things are going to change in my

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life as I allow the Holy Spirit to

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get me focused on my destination and major

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on that while I do all these other

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secondary things.

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It's very important.

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It's the most important thing in the Christian

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life that in everything I never lose sight

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of my destination.

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If I got to go to Nagpur, I'm

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not going to get off at Hyderabad or

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if I'm going to Delhi, I'm not going

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to get off at Hyderabad or Nagpur or

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Itarsi or Gwalior.

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No.

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I want to get off at Delhi.

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Whatever interesting things there may be along the

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way, I can enjoy them.

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I don't lose sight of my final destination

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and I'm not going to get off the

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train and branch off into some on some

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tangent into some side issue which however exciting

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it may be is not God's final destination

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for me.

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God's bought a ticket for me and I

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know where that ticket is for.

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It's for my final destination to be like

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Christ.

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And the Bible says that if I have

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this hope in me, 1 John 3, 3,

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I will purify myself as He is pure.

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And everything I do will be in relation

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to that total picture of Jesus.

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So, when I look at Jesus, I see

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a heavenly man who lived on this earth

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and he spoke and lived bringing the values

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of heaven before people.

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I'm to bear that image.

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People who meet me, talk to me, must

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see that this man is interested in something

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outside of this earth.

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Do people get that impression from you when

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in your place of work that your sense

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of values is different?

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I'm not saying that we preach the gospel

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to everybody at our place of work.

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That may not be appropriate.

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There may be a time and a season

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for that.

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We got to do it only when God

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opens the door.

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But I'm talking about your whole value system.

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Do people see your value system is different?

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I remember when those refugees from Sri Lanka

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some years ago came to the refugee camp

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in Tamil Nadu and some of our brothers

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contacted them and many of them, a number

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of them were converted really gripped.

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And then in that refugee camp one day

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one of those brothers their hut caught fire.

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He was not there.

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And his hut caught fire and everything in

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his hut was burned.

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And you know these refugees had come from

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Sri Lanka with all the everything they owned

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there.

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They converted into cash and brought it as

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currency in Indian rupees and they had it

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in their hut.

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And I don't know how much he lost,

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50,000 rupees or something in currency notes,

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all burnt up.

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Everything gone.

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And when he came back from where he

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had gone people told him, you know your

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hut is burned.

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And they thought he'd be so distressed that

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all his life's earnings were burnt up.

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And he wasn't.

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He said, well in any case I'm only

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a pilgrim.

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And if God allowed it to be burnt

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that's fine.

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I can start working again and earn something.

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He was a fisherman.

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Now he would not have said that two

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years earlier when he was not converted.

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But because he was born again and his

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born again was a thorough new birth and

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he was radically gripped by the message of

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discipleship that he heard in our midst his

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life changed more in two years than other

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people have changed in 20 years.

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It's not a question of time.

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It's a question of how soon we get

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focused on what is most important.

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He got focused on what is most important

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pretty quickly.

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What is the most important thing.

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So when his mind was renewed to think

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and to place a right value on earthly

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things and heavenly things he didn't get so

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disturbed when that type of misfortune took place.

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It says in Romans chapter 12 Romans 12,

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you know it says how this transformation into

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the likeness of Christ takes place.

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It says in Romans 12 verse 2 Don't

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be conformed to this world but be transformed

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that is into the likeness of Christ by

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the renewing of your mind.

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So there it tells us that transformation begins

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in our mind.

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Just like conformity to the world also is

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first of all in the mind.

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You know when a person dresses in a

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very worldly let's say a sister dresses in

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a very immodest worldly way the problem is

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not with her dress.

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No.

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The problem is with her mind.

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The worldliness is not in her dress.

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The worldliness is in her mind.

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And if you get her to change her

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dress and wear a modest set of clothes

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you haven't changed her.

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Not at all.

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Because her mind is still the same.

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It's the wolf in sheep's clothing.

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And first she was the wolf in wolf's

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clothing.

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Now you get the wolf to wear sheep's

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clothing and you think she's a believer and

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make her sit there like a pious saint.

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She's not a pious saint.

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She's just a wolf.

549
00:27:50,300 --> 00:27:52,260
In fact she's more dangerous when she's in

550
00:27:52,260 --> 00:27:54,100
a wolf in sheep's clothing than when she's

551
00:27:54,100 --> 00:27:55,140
a wolf in a wolf's clothing.

552
00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:59,500
So changing the dress doesn't change a person.

553
00:28:00,660 --> 00:28:02,740
Now I want to say to you that

554
00:28:02,740 --> 00:28:04,520
you can come to the meetings in the

555
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:06,480
church dressed in a particular way.

556
00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:09,620
But has it changed in your mind?

557
00:28:12,830 --> 00:28:14,650
Worldliness is in the mind.

558
00:28:15,050 --> 00:28:17,290
If you don't deal with it there you're

559
00:28:17,290 --> 00:28:19,890
just a hypocrite pretending to be holy on

560
00:28:19,890 --> 00:28:20,370
the outside.

561
00:28:21,910 --> 00:28:25,190
And the same way holiness is also in

562
00:28:25,190 --> 00:28:25,630
the mind.

563
00:28:26,550 --> 00:28:30,170
From there it penetrates all our life.

564
00:28:30,510 --> 00:28:35,170
In other words to paraphrase those words it

565
00:28:35,170 --> 00:28:36,910
is in your value system.

566
00:28:38,150 --> 00:28:39,950
You see in our mind we have a

567
00:28:39,950 --> 00:28:41,250
certain value system.

568
00:28:42,250 --> 00:28:49,170
A value system that we have developed through

569
00:28:49,170 --> 00:28:51,010
many years of living in this world.

570
00:28:52,130 --> 00:28:54,890
We went to school and developed a certain

571
00:28:54,890 --> 00:28:55,750
value system.

572
00:28:58,410 --> 00:29:04,600
We learnt in the world that winning is

573
00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:05,340
everything.

574
00:29:06,740 --> 00:29:10,800
That's a very popular statement in leadership circles.

575
00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:11,960
Winning is everything.

576
00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:18,480
Well I say winning is not everything for

577
00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:21,980
me if I've got to cheat other people

578
00:29:21,980 --> 00:29:24,740
and trample on other people and win like

579
00:29:24,740 --> 00:29:25,120
that.

580
00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:26,340
I don't want to win.

581
00:29:27,860 --> 00:29:30,380
I certainly want to win but not at

582
00:29:30,380 --> 00:29:33,900
the cost of exploiting others and depriving others

583
00:29:33,900 --> 00:29:36,840
of their rights and doing all that and

584
00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:37,980
cheating and...

585
00:29:37,980 --> 00:29:38,220
No.

586
00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:42,060
To be upright and Christ-like is everything

587
00:29:42,060 --> 00:29:45,160
for me and then by all means come

588
00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:46,060
first in your class.

589
00:29:46,700 --> 00:29:49,160
By all means excel in your profession.

590
00:29:49,860 --> 00:29:53,960
But not at the cost of losing Christ

591
00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:55,700
-likeness and uprightness of character.

592
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:57,720
That's because of my value system.

593
00:29:58,700 --> 00:30:01,860
Now another person doesn't have that value system.

594
00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:04,240
He says making money is everything.

595
00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:06,700
And he doesn't care how he makes it.

596
00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:11,500
Well I'm not against people becoming rich or

597
00:30:11,500 --> 00:30:12,480
getting a good salary.

598
00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:14,660
It's all a question of how you do

599
00:30:14,660 --> 00:30:14,840
it.

600
00:30:15,660 --> 00:30:17,020
It's all a question of what you're living

601
00:30:17,020 --> 00:30:17,420
for.

602
00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:20,240
If it comes as a result of your

603
00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:22,180
seeking God's kingdom first and other things just

604
00:30:22,180 --> 00:30:23,140
being added to you, OK.

605
00:30:24,060 --> 00:30:25,980
But if you spend your life pursuing that

606
00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:28,160
you've got the wrong value system.

607
00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:33,380
So in my mind I have a certain

608
00:30:33,380 --> 00:30:34,200
value system.

609
00:30:35,820 --> 00:30:38,360
I place value on certain things and I

610
00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:39,880
don't place value on other things.

611
00:30:39,980 --> 00:30:48,780
For example Why are you disturbed if you

612
00:30:48,780 --> 00:30:54,370
heard 20 people say bad things about you?

613
00:30:55,090 --> 00:30:56,170
Does it disturb you?

614
00:30:57,410 --> 00:31:01,550
You heard 20 people say some really nasty

615
00:31:01,550 --> 00:31:03,910
things about you which are not even true.

616
00:31:06,370 --> 00:31:13,470
It disturbs you because your value system is

617
00:31:13,470 --> 00:31:14,110
this.

618
00:31:15,530 --> 00:31:20,110
Man's opinion is very very important.

619
00:31:22,630 --> 00:31:24,050
It used to disturb me.

620
00:31:25,150 --> 00:31:27,130
It doesn't disturb me so much now.

621
00:31:28,030 --> 00:31:31,150
Because I have changed my value system.

622
00:31:32,130 --> 00:31:36,690
I have changed my thinking and convinced myself

623
00:31:36,690 --> 00:31:40,530
from God's word which is true that man's

624
00:31:40,530 --> 00:31:42,810
opinion is fit for the garbage bin.

625
00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:49,880
OK, 20 opinions 20 pieces of garbage and

626
00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:52,500
I have also convinced myself that God's opinion

627
00:31:52,500 --> 00:31:54,780
is very important.

628
00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:02,040
Now, 300 years ago in France, 400 years

629
00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:03,940
ago there was a lady in France, 450

630
00:32:03,940 --> 00:32:09,360
years ago or something like that a lady

631
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:12,780
in France called Madame Guillaume I think in

632
00:32:12,780 --> 00:32:14,320
1600 she lived in, right.

633
00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:19,140
And she made this statement once.

634
00:32:21,180 --> 00:32:21,980
Listen to it carefully.

635
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:27,520
I am more afraid of one reproach of

636
00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:32,880
my conscience than of the outcry and criticism

637
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:35,160
of all human beings.

638
00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:36,820
Boy!

639
00:32:38,740 --> 00:32:40,300
Imagine if you can say that.

640
00:32:40,980 --> 00:32:45,120
That I am more disturbed by one voice

641
00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:49,540
from my conscience than all the evil speaking

642
00:32:49,540 --> 00:32:50,780
of all the men in the world.

643
00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:53,460
If you can live like that boy, I

644
00:32:53,460 --> 00:32:55,480
tell you, you'll be Christ-like pretty quickly.

645
00:32:56,100 --> 00:32:56,940
Won't take long.

646
00:32:57,760 --> 00:32:58,940
You change your value system.

647
00:32:59,940 --> 00:33:02,820
Say the voice of my conscience is very

648
00:33:02,820 --> 00:33:03,340
important.

649
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:06,580
What people say not so important.

650
00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:10,680
Now, if the man who gives me his

651
00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:13,720
opinion is a very very godly man who

652
00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:16,960
loves me then his opinion may be important

653
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:20,260
because his opinion may also be God's opinion.

654
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:21,740
That's different.

655
00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:25,320
But if worldly people say something about me

656
00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:26,780
I couldn't care less for that.

657
00:33:28,860 --> 00:33:31,520
The voice of my conscience is far more

658
00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:31,860
important.

659
00:33:32,180 --> 00:33:34,000
That's what I mean by changing my value

660
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:34,460
system.

661
00:33:37,590 --> 00:33:41,770
If I lose something spiritually that should disturb

662
00:33:41,770 --> 00:33:43,550
me more than if I lose money.

663
00:33:45,790 --> 00:33:47,470
I mean, we are all disturbed if we

664
00:33:47,470 --> 00:33:48,050
lost money.

665
00:33:48,050 --> 00:33:49,330
I don't mean 5 or 10 rupees.

666
00:33:49,890 --> 00:33:52,150
But supposing you suddenly lost 20,000 rupees

667
00:33:52,150 --> 00:33:52,570
one day.

668
00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:56,120
Maybe some people who can write it off

669
00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:57,460
but for most of us that would be

670
00:33:57,460 --> 00:34:01,900
a tremendous shock to lose 20,000 rupees.

671
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:06,580
But what if you lost the anointing of

672
00:34:06,580 --> 00:34:08,080
the Holy Spirit upon your life?

673
00:34:08,739 --> 00:34:10,360
Would that also disturb you?

674
00:34:11,199 --> 00:34:14,480
God, I don't feel the anointing today in

675
00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:15,040
my life.

676
00:34:15,659 --> 00:34:18,580
I don't sense the anointing of God in

677
00:34:18,580 --> 00:34:19,719
my service for you.

678
00:34:20,460 --> 00:34:22,260
I feel I've lost some of that fire,

679
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:24,380
that passion, that devotion.

680
00:34:25,260 --> 00:34:26,560
God, it seems to have gone.

681
00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:28,460
Does that disturb you?

682
00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:31,400
Or is it only 20,000 rupees that

683
00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:31,960
disturbs you?

684
00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:33,580
I'm not saying money is not important.

685
00:34:34,300 --> 00:34:35,420
I'm just saying we got to put it

686
00:34:35,420 --> 00:34:37,780
a little lower down in the scale than

687
00:34:37,780 --> 00:34:38,820
the anointing of the Holy Spirit.

688
00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:39,580
That's all I'm saying.

689
00:34:40,020 --> 00:34:41,260
I'm not saying money is garbage.

690
00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:42,699
No, money is very useful.

691
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:45,020
But put it a little lower down the

692
00:34:45,020 --> 00:34:46,400
scale than the anointing of the Holy Spirit.

693
00:34:46,820 --> 00:34:48,460
Change your value system.

694
00:34:49,739 --> 00:34:53,060
You know, Jesus had a proper value system.

695
00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:56,020
Judas Iscariot was stealing His money all the

696
00:34:56,020 --> 00:34:56,380
time.

697
00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:57,880
It didn't disturb Him.

698
00:34:58,440 --> 00:34:58,900
It's okay.

699
00:34:59,720 --> 00:35:00,900
If He steals, what can I do?

700
00:35:01,020 --> 00:35:02,280
I'm not going to kick up a row

701
00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:04,060
over that and fight with Him.

702
00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:05,640
I hope He'll change.

703
00:35:06,740 --> 00:35:07,740
But Jesus lived.

704
00:35:08,420 --> 00:35:10,520
You know, you remember in the Gethsemane how

705
00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:12,260
He prayed, Oh Father, don't let me lose

706
00:35:12,260 --> 00:35:13,220
that fellowship with You.

707
00:35:14,260 --> 00:35:15,740
Don't let me lose my fellowship with You

708
00:35:15,740 --> 00:35:16,240
on the cross.

709
00:35:16,240 --> 00:35:17,760
Can You take away this cup from me?

710
00:35:19,180 --> 00:35:20,380
That's what disturbed Him.

711
00:35:20,420 --> 00:35:22,240
The possibility that for 3 hours on the

712
00:35:22,240 --> 00:35:24,820
cross, fellowship with the Father would be broken.

713
00:35:26,720 --> 00:35:28,960
It disturbed Him so much that He prayed

714
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:30,740
and prayed and prayed for 1 hour in

715
00:35:30,740 --> 00:35:32,940
Gethsemane and He didn't even pray for 2

716
00:35:32,940 --> 00:35:35,400
seconds when Judas Iscariot was stealing His money.

717
00:35:36,240 --> 00:35:37,220
That's value system.

718
00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:42,160
As is the earth, these so are the

719
00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:42,660
earthy.

720
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:44,820
As is the heavenly, so are the heavenly.

721
00:35:44,820 --> 00:35:47,160
And as we bore the image of the

722
00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:48,520
earthy, we are to bear the image of

723
00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:48,900
the heavenly.

724
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:51,480
Why haven't we pursued this?

725
00:35:51,900 --> 00:35:54,480
Because it has not been a major in

726
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:54,920
our life.

727
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:56,180
We majored on minors.

728
00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:57,900
Coming to meetings, good!

729
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:01,980
Coming to meetings is much lower down my

730
00:36:01,980 --> 00:36:05,580
value scale than becoming like Christ.

731
00:36:05,660 --> 00:36:07,080
What if I'm locked up in a jail

732
00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:08,560
for preaching the gospel?

733
00:36:09,300 --> 00:36:11,540
And I'm in jail like in communist countries,

734
00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:12,900
people were in jail for years.

735
00:36:12,900 --> 00:36:14,500
I can't come to the meetings.

736
00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:16,520
And I sit there for 10 years, am

737
00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:19,080
I going to lose miss out on God's

738
00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:19,780
plan for my life?

739
00:36:19,900 --> 00:36:20,340
Impossible!

740
00:36:21,980 --> 00:36:23,640
Because going for meetings is good.

741
00:36:24,180 --> 00:36:25,760
But if I don't have the opportunity for

742
00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:27,980
it, it's ok, I can still be like

743
00:36:27,980 --> 00:36:28,380
Christ.

744
00:36:29,060 --> 00:36:29,940
That doesn't stop.

745
00:36:31,740 --> 00:36:34,620
The reason why some people never lose the

746
00:36:34,620 --> 00:36:36,940
anointing and never lose the passion is because

747
00:36:36,940 --> 00:36:38,600
it's a top priority in their life.

748
00:36:40,610 --> 00:36:42,410
The reason why some people get victory over

749
00:36:42,410 --> 00:36:43,990
sin in their life and their home life

750
00:36:43,990 --> 00:36:46,050
becomes smooth and peaceful is because it's a

751
00:36:46,050 --> 00:36:47,070
priority in their life.

752
00:36:49,240 --> 00:36:52,080
The reason why some people's homes disintegrate, even

753
00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:54,520
Christian homes, is because their home life is

754
00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:55,280
not a priority.

755
00:36:56,180 --> 00:36:57,200
Other things are priority.

756
00:36:58,160 --> 00:36:59,860
Other things which are not a priority in

757
00:36:59,860 --> 00:37:00,160
scripture.

758
00:37:01,260 --> 00:37:01,900
Making money.

759
00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:03,400
Getting on in the world.

760
00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:06,500
That's good, provided it's lower down in the

761
00:37:06,500 --> 00:37:06,840
scale.

762
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:12,220
Jesus was a carpenter for at least 12

763
00:37:12,220 --> 00:37:12,540
years.

764
00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:13,880
He worked hard.

765
00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:16,660
But he didn't work hard to become the

766
00:37:16,660 --> 00:37:18,040
richest carpenter in Nazareth.

767
00:37:18,180 --> 00:37:19,920
He worked hard to support his family.

768
00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:24,440
And his priority was not getting a name

769
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:27,220
in Nazareth as a great carpenter shop.

770
00:37:28,100 --> 00:37:28,460
No.

771
00:37:29,460 --> 00:37:31,960
His priority was fellowship with the Father and

772
00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:35,340
blessing poor people and helping widows and things

773
00:37:35,340 --> 00:37:35,900
like that.

774
00:37:36,460 --> 00:37:38,120
And you spend your life doing that, you're

775
00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:39,640
not going to be the richest carpenter in

776
00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:39,980
Nazareth.

777
00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:40,880
No.

778
00:37:43,370 --> 00:37:44,850
So it's all a question of priority.

779
00:37:44,850 --> 00:37:47,550
And you get your priorities right, and I

780
00:37:47,550 --> 00:37:50,930
guarantee my brother, sister, you will find more

781
00:37:50,930 --> 00:37:54,330
change in the next one year than you

782
00:37:54,330 --> 00:37:56,990
have seen in your entire Christian life till

783
00:37:56,990 --> 00:37:57,350
now.

784
00:37:58,510 --> 00:37:59,990
It's all a question of priorities.

785
00:38:01,270 --> 00:38:04,990
Is your destination and God's destination for you

786
00:38:04,990 --> 00:38:05,590
the same?

787
00:38:06,310 --> 00:38:08,070
Or have you got some other destination?

788
00:38:09,290 --> 00:38:11,470
What is your primary aim in life?

789
00:38:15,590 --> 00:38:16,550
The heavenly.

790
00:38:17,370 --> 00:38:19,290
You know, I thought about that when we

791
00:38:19,290 --> 00:38:21,910
were praising the Lord and that verse we

792
00:38:21,910 --> 00:38:23,230
read from Psalm 8.

793
00:38:24,730 --> 00:38:26,410
I want you to turn to Matthew 21

794
00:38:26,410 --> 00:38:28,470
where that same verse is quoted.

795
00:38:30,870 --> 00:38:36,600
It says here that Jesus rode on a

796
00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:41,940
donkey and entered Jerusalem and came into the

797
00:38:41,940 --> 00:38:43,180
temple in Matthew 21.

798
00:38:44,140 --> 00:38:48,920
And as Jesus entered the temple, it says

799
00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:51,720
here, verse 14, the blind and the lame

800
00:38:51,720 --> 00:38:52,860
came to Him and He healed them.

801
00:38:53,740 --> 00:38:55,840
And then the chief priests, listen to this,

802
00:38:55,940 --> 00:38:59,800
now here you see the contrast between religious

803
00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:04,980
earthy people and a spiritual heavenly man.

804
00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:10,560
Sometimes we confuse a religious earthy person with

805
00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:11,840
a spiritual heavenly man.

806
00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:15,720
I mean, we don't confuse worldly earthy people

807
00:39:15,720 --> 00:39:17,000
with a spiritual heavenly man.

808
00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:18,700
That we can distinguish quite easily.

809
00:39:18,780 --> 00:39:20,460
Oh, that's a worldly person, this is a

810
00:39:20,460 --> 00:39:20,980
heavenly person.

811
00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:24,860
But sometimes, many of us can confuse being

812
00:39:24,860 --> 00:39:26,500
religious with being spiritual.

813
00:39:27,620 --> 00:39:29,420
Now here the religious people, the chief priests

814
00:39:29,420 --> 00:39:31,920
and the scribes, the most religious people in

815
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:34,900
Israel, they saw the wonderful things that He

816
00:39:34,900 --> 00:39:39,060
had done and then they saw the children

817
00:39:40,240 --> 00:39:43,860
crying out in the temple and saying, Hosanna

818
00:39:43,860 --> 00:39:45,980
to the Son of David.

819
00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:48,320
They became angry.

820
00:39:49,940 --> 00:39:51,940
They said, children shouldn't be yelling in the

821
00:39:51,940 --> 00:39:52,900
temple like that.

822
00:39:54,180 --> 00:39:56,220
Nobody should be yelling in the temple like

823
00:39:56,220 --> 00:39:56,420
that.

824
00:39:56,740 --> 00:39:59,940
There must be dignity and decorum in the

825
00:39:59,940 --> 00:40:01,540
temple like a funeral service, right?

826
00:40:04,380 --> 00:40:07,800
And Jesus, Jesus had quite a different opinion

827
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:08,560
about this.

828
00:40:10,570 --> 00:40:13,730
He said to, they said to Him, don't

829
00:40:13,730 --> 00:40:15,410
you hear what these fellows are doing?

830
00:40:16,550 --> 00:40:18,670
Ruining the decorum of the temple.

831
00:40:19,750 --> 00:40:22,490
And Jesus said to them, haven't you read

832
00:40:22,490 --> 00:40:24,090
what it says in Psalm 8?

833
00:40:25,030 --> 00:40:27,370
Out of the mouth of infants and nursing

834
00:40:27,370 --> 00:40:29,730
babes thou hast prepared praise for thyself.

835
00:40:30,010 --> 00:40:32,030
And He said in another gospel, it says,

836
00:40:32,390 --> 00:40:34,810
if these people stop praising Me, the stones

837
00:40:34,810 --> 00:40:36,370
will stop praising Me.

838
00:40:38,510 --> 00:40:41,410
Why did Jesus get so excited when He

839
00:40:41,410 --> 00:40:43,730
saw all those people praising God?

840
00:40:45,390 --> 00:40:46,650
Because, I'll tell you why.

841
00:40:47,250 --> 00:40:48,450
Because He came from heaven.

842
00:40:50,070 --> 00:40:54,570
And heaven is full of people yelling the

843
00:40:54,570 --> 00:40:57,370
praises of God with such a loud voice,

844
00:40:57,450 --> 00:40:58,550
it says it's like thunders.

845
00:40:59,010 --> 00:41:00,650
We're not even 1% of that.

846
00:41:01,750 --> 00:41:05,450
He came from heaven where people not just

847
00:41:05,450 --> 00:41:07,830
praised God, but praised God with such joy

848
00:41:07,830 --> 00:41:09,750
and radiance in their faces.

849
00:41:10,490 --> 00:41:12,130
And then He came to earth and for

850
00:41:12,130 --> 00:41:16,310
33 years He saw these long faced, glum,

851
00:41:17,250 --> 00:41:23,410
sour looking people complaining, murmuring, but would come

852
00:41:23,410 --> 00:41:26,630
religiously to the temple and talk about God.

853
00:41:28,010 --> 00:41:30,830
And then He saw these children excited and

854
00:41:30,830 --> 00:41:31,050
praised.

855
00:41:31,270 --> 00:41:32,830
Hey, that reminds me of heaven.

856
00:41:33,250 --> 00:41:34,330
And He got so excited.

857
00:41:35,130 --> 00:41:38,690
While these serious, long faced, long bearded, I

858
00:41:38,690 --> 00:41:39,730
mean the face is long enough, but they

859
00:41:39,730 --> 00:41:40,670
had a beard as well.

860
00:41:44,290 --> 00:41:47,110
Looking at these children.

861
00:41:48,270 --> 00:41:50,250
And Jesus took the sight of the children.

862
00:41:50,630 --> 00:41:51,730
I like that.

863
00:41:52,890 --> 00:41:55,170
Jesus took the sight of the most unlikely

864
00:41:55,170 --> 00:41:55,670
people.

865
00:41:56,110 --> 00:41:57,550
He took the sight of a woman caught

866
00:41:57,550 --> 00:42:00,790
in adultery against all the self-righteous Pharisees.

867
00:42:00,910 --> 00:42:02,630
He took the sight of the children against

868
00:42:02,630 --> 00:42:05,750
all these so-called religious leaders.

869
00:42:05,950 --> 00:42:07,310
He took the sight of a thief on

870
00:42:07,310 --> 00:42:07,670
the cross.

871
00:42:08,150 --> 00:42:10,130
He was always taking the sight of the

872
00:42:10,130 --> 00:42:12,490
underdog, the person who was poor.

873
00:42:13,070 --> 00:42:14,610
He went and put His arms around lepers.

874
00:42:14,990 --> 00:42:18,190
And boy, I want to bear the image

875
00:42:18,190 --> 00:42:19,950
of the heavenly in my life.

876
00:42:20,870 --> 00:42:24,030
I'm sick and tired of this false sense

877
00:42:24,030 --> 00:42:26,830
of dignity and decorum that the children of

878
00:42:26,830 --> 00:42:27,750
Adam have taught me.

879
00:42:28,030 --> 00:42:29,870
I want to change my value system.

880
00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:32,150
I want to think like Jesus.

881
00:42:33,110 --> 00:42:36,470
And if it offends people, well, it offends

882
00:42:36,470 --> 00:42:36,850
people.

883
00:42:37,010 --> 00:42:39,330
Jesus spent His life offending people.

884
00:42:40,090 --> 00:42:42,790
He didn't start out His life saying, Oh,

885
00:42:43,230 --> 00:42:46,990
I must tread very carefully, not offend anybody.

886
00:42:48,570 --> 00:42:50,670
You know once we read in Matthew 15

887
00:42:50,670 --> 00:42:53,190
that the disciples came to Jesus once and

888
00:42:53,190 --> 00:42:55,150
said, Do you know that what you just

889
00:42:55,150 --> 00:42:56,850
said offended the Pharisees?

890
00:42:56,850 --> 00:42:59,790
He said, Leave them alone.

891
00:43:01,830 --> 00:43:04,390
Every plant which my heavenly Father has not

892
00:43:04,390 --> 00:43:05,850
planted will be rooted up.

893
00:43:05,930 --> 00:43:06,930
Why are you worried about that?

894
00:43:07,130 --> 00:43:08,370
They got offended, they got offended.

895
00:43:09,070 --> 00:43:09,550
That's it.

896
00:43:10,890 --> 00:43:12,190
Let's seek to please our Father.

897
00:43:12,310 --> 00:43:13,590
I mean, we don't go out of our

898
00:43:13,590 --> 00:43:14,610
way to offend people.

899
00:43:15,610 --> 00:43:18,550
But if in the process of serving God,

900
00:43:19,310 --> 00:43:22,750
praising Him, and becoming like Christ, and becoming

901
00:43:22,750 --> 00:43:25,850
more heavenly, we offend a lot of religious

902
00:43:25,850 --> 00:43:27,570
people, so be it.

903
00:43:27,910 --> 00:43:28,890
Let them be offended.

904
00:43:29,730 --> 00:43:32,990
Until they change, and become heavenly themselves, then

905
00:43:32,990 --> 00:43:33,750
they won't be offended.

906
00:43:37,060 --> 00:43:38,520
We're not here to argue with anybody.

907
00:43:40,020 --> 00:43:42,400
But when we see that Jesus was this

908
00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:44,000
way, that's the way I want to be.

909
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:47,300
Because He is the only one who came

910
00:43:47,300 --> 00:43:49,240
to earth and showed us what heaven was

911
00:43:49,240 --> 00:43:49,780
like.

912
00:43:50,780 --> 00:43:52,620
We've got all these crazy ideas of what

913
00:43:52,620 --> 00:43:54,120
a spiritual man should be like.

914
00:43:54,820 --> 00:43:55,680
And they're all wrong.

915
00:43:56,580 --> 00:43:59,120
Jesus is the perfect example of what it

916
00:43:59,120 --> 00:44:00,020
means to be spiritual.

917
00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:02,360
Actually, I want to be like Him.

918
00:44:03,260 --> 00:44:05,040
I want to be tender towards the leper.

919
00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:07,860
I want to be forgiving towards the woman

920
00:44:07,860 --> 00:44:08,700
caught in adultery.

921
00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:11,360
I want to be forgiving to the people

922
00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:12,380
who crucify me.

923
00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:15,460
And assume that they don't know the evil

924
00:44:15,460 --> 00:44:16,280
of what they are doing.

925
00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:17,880
Like Jesus was.

926
00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:20,220
At the same time, I want to take

927
00:44:20,220 --> 00:44:23,000
a whip and chase out of the church

928
00:44:23,620 --> 00:44:25,800
those who make money in the name of

929
00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:26,240
religion.

930
00:44:27,220 --> 00:44:28,140
That's what Jesus did.

931
00:44:28,860 --> 00:44:29,740
I want to be like that.

932
00:44:30,460 --> 00:44:31,620
Of course, that will make you unpopular.

933
00:44:32,020 --> 00:44:34,780
As long as you're just comforting the widows

934
00:44:34,780 --> 00:44:36,460
and putting your arm around the leper and

935
00:44:36,460 --> 00:44:37,960
washing their feet, nobody will be disturbed.

936
00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:40,200
But once you begin to shake their traditions,

937
00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:42,220
a lot of people get disturbed.

938
00:44:42,860 --> 00:44:44,140
But actually, we're going to continue to do

939
00:44:44,140 --> 00:44:44,420
that.

940
00:44:45,560 --> 00:44:47,500
And if you continue doing that, they may

941
00:44:47,500 --> 00:44:50,060
finally crucify you like they crucified Jesus.

942
00:44:50,740 --> 00:44:52,420
They crucified some of the apostles too.

943
00:44:52,420 --> 00:44:53,640
Okay, fine.

944
00:44:53,860 --> 00:44:54,940
It's the best way to leave the earth.

945
00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:56,660
Can you tell me a better way to

946
00:44:56,660 --> 00:44:58,300
leave this earth than by being crucified?

947
00:44:59,180 --> 00:45:00,080
Try and think of that.

948
00:45:02,250 --> 00:45:03,390
How do you want to die?

949
00:45:03,790 --> 00:45:09,270
In an air-conditioned hospital room with drips

950
00:45:09,270 --> 00:45:12,290
and all that type of stuff and fellows

951
00:45:12,290 --> 00:45:14,590
coming there and saying prayers for you and

952
00:45:14,590 --> 00:45:16,610
then a grand funeral with a very expensive

953
00:45:16,610 --> 00:45:19,930
casket and all types of people saying things

954
00:45:19,930 --> 00:45:21,170
about you which were never true in your

955
00:45:21,170 --> 00:45:21,450
life.

956
00:45:23,650 --> 00:45:24,690
And you go.

957
00:45:25,050 --> 00:45:26,230
I don't want to go like that.

958
00:45:27,070 --> 00:45:28,390
I want to go as a martyr for

959
00:45:28,390 --> 00:45:29,090
Jesus Christ.

960
00:45:29,370 --> 00:45:30,790
It's the best way to go from this

961
00:45:30,790 --> 00:45:31,030
earth.

962
00:45:31,850 --> 00:45:33,310
I'm not saying I'll get that privilege.

963
00:45:33,470 --> 00:45:34,790
I think it's a tremendous honor to be

964
00:45:34,790 --> 00:45:35,550
a martyr for Christ.

965
00:45:35,670 --> 00:45:36,830
Not everybody gets that honor.

966
00:45:37,750 --> 00:45:39,230
But I say, Lord, if you give it

967
00:45:39,230 --> 00:45:39,950
to me, I'll take it.

968
00:45:40,490 --> 00:45:41,790
I hope you'll say that too.

969
00:45:42,190 --> 00:45:43,310
That's the best way to go.

970
00:45:44,530 --> 00:45:45,170
Like Jesus.

971
00:45:45,270 --> 00:45:46,690
Can you imagine a better way to die

972
00:45:46,690 --> 00:45:47,670
than the way Jesus died?

973
00:45:48,910 --> 00:45:50,790
You know, they were going to crucify Peter.

974
00:45:51,410 --> 00:45:53,490
Saying, you talk about this crucified master.

975
00:45:53,670 --> 00:45:54,530
OK, we'll crucify you.

976
00:45:55,350 --> 00:45:56,850
And he said, I have one request.

977
00:45:57,730 --> 00:46:00,090
Please crucify me upside down.

978
00:46:00,550 --> 00:46:05,430
Because I'm not worthy to be crucified straight

979
00:46:05,430 --> 00:46:06,210
like Jesus.

980
00:46:06,490 --> 00:46:07,530
So they put him upside down.

981
00:46:07,670 --> 00:46:08,690
Crucified him upside down.

982
00:46:10,510 --> 00:46:12,030
Can you imagine the reward these people are

983
00:46:12,030 --> 00:46:12,570
going to have in heaven?

984
00:46:12,670 --> 00:46:14,930
They had a completely different value system.

985
00:46:16,450 --> 00:46:19,290
The things of earth, even life on earth

986
00:46:19,290 --> 00:46:20,070
was not important.

987
00:46:21,430 --> 00:46:25,010
To glorify God, to accomplish God's purpose before

988
00:46:25,010 --> 00:46:25,890
we leave this earth.

989
00:46:26,670 --> 00:46:28,650
Not just to get a great name and

990
00:46:28,650 --> 00:46:31,770
belong to a good church or make a

991
00:46:31,770 --> 00:46:32,250
lot of money.

992
00:46:32,550 --> 00:46:34,270
Or even get a reputation as one who

993
00:46:34,270 --> 00:46:35,930
has served the Lord or done so many

994
00:46:35,930 --> 00:46:36,150
things.

995
00:46:36,290 --> 00:46:37,470
Who cares for these things?

996
00:46:37,990 --> 00:46:40,250
Many who are first will be last when

997
00:46:40,250 --> 00:46:41,170
Jesus comes again.

998
00:46:42,250 --> 00:46:43,770
We've got to change our value system.

999
00:46:43,770 --> 00:46:47,090
We've got to learn to praise God like

1000
00:46:47,090 --> 00:46:49,250
the angels in heaven praise God.

1001
00:46:49,570 --> 00:46:50,270
I'm trying.

1002
00:46:50,790 --> 00:46:51,430
I'm trying.

1003
00:46:52,870 --> 00:46:54,530
To praise God like the angels in heaven

1004
00:46:54,530 --> 00:46:55,090
praise God.

1005
00:46:55,250 --> 00:46:56,650
Because I want to bear the image of

1006
00:46:56,650 --> 00:46:56,990
the heavenly.

1007
00:46:59,240 --> 00:47:02,480
I want to change my attitude to money.

1008
00:47:03,940 --> 00:47:05,540
To the heavenly attitude.

1009
00:47:11,820 --> 00:47:15,980
You know, one of the clearest differences in

1010
00:47:15,980 --> 00:47:19,240
earth and heaven is where they place the

1011
00:47:19,240 --> 00:47:19,580
gold.

1012
00:47:20,980 --> 00:47:22,880
Where do you find people place gold on

1013
00:47:22,880 --> 00:47:23,160
earth?

1014
00:47:23,580 --> 00:47:25,260
Usually on people's heads.

1015
00:47:26,740 --> 00:47:28,800
Or on their neck or hand or something

1016
00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:29,240
like that.

1017
00:47:29,380 --> 00:47:30,540
Do you know where they place gold in

1018
00:47:30,540 --> 00:47:30,680
heaven?

1019
00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:31,900
How many of you know there's gold in

1020
00:47:31,900 --> 00:47:32,120
heaven?

1021
00:47:32,940 --> 00:47:33,900
There's gold in heaven.

1022
00:47:33,980 --> 00:47:35,060
Do you know where the gold is found?

1023
00:47:36,040 --> 00:47:37,320
On the streets.

1024
00:47:38,080 --> 00:47:39,340
Under our feet.

1025
00:47:40,760 --> 00:47:43,300
And do you know a heavenly man is

1026
00:47:43,300 --> 00:47:47,100
a man who's learned to put gold under

1027
00:47:47,100 --> 00:47:49,500
his feet even now.

1028
00:47:52,180 --> 00:47:53,260
Is gold under your feet?

1029
00:47:54,260 --> 00:47:55,680
Then you're ready for heaven.

1030
00:47:57,000 --> 00:47:58,480
If it's still on top of your head.

1031
00:47:59,400 --> 00:48:02,180
Brother, you better hurry up and push it

1032
00:48:02,180 --> 00:48:02,600
down.

1033
00:48:03,280 --> 00:48:04,320
Put it under your feet.

1034
00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:06,260
Don't let it just come half way down

1035
00:48:06,260 --> 00:48:07,680
to your fingers or something.

1036
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:09,180
All the way down to your feet.

1037
00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:11,740
Not even on your toes.

1038
00:48:11,960 --> 00:48:12,700
Under your feet.

1039
00:48:15,780 --> 00:48:16,960
That's the place for gold.

1040
00:48:17,180 --> 00:48:18,300
I want to be ready for heaven.

1041
00:48:20,380 --> 00:48:21,180
You know what I mean.

1042
00:48:22,320 --> 00:48:23,800
That he doesn't rule me.

1043
00:48:26,080 --> 00:48:27,960
It's a very useful servant.

1044
00:48:28,240 --> 00:48:29,120
And a terrible master.

1045
00:48:30,140 --> 00:48:32,520
I want to have the same attitude that

1046
00:48:32,520 --> 00:48:33,380
Jesus had.

1047
00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:35,460
How many of you are serious?

1048
00:48:35,600 --> 00:48:36,960
How many of you are going to really

1049
00:48:37,500 --> 00:48:40,080
not just go away from here and say,

1050
00:48:40,140 --> 00:48:41,700
well that was a good message, wasn't it?

1051
00:48:42,240 --> 00:48:43,440
It wasn't a good message, brother.

1052
00:48:43,440 --> 00:48:45,800
It was a challenge to your heart from

1053
00:48:45,800 --> 00:48:48,540
Almighty God to change your whole way of

1054
00:48:48,540 --> 00:48:49,140
life.

1055
00:48:50,620 --> 00:48:52,640
It wasn't just a nice three-point sermon.

1056
00:48:53,920 --> 00:48:55,820
It was a word from God to your

1057
00:48:55,820 --> 00:48:57,520
heart to change your whole way of life

1058
00:48:57,520 --> 00:49:00,720
so that your life will change more than

1059
00:49:00,720 --> 00:49:02,460
any three-point sermon ever did to your

1060
00:49:02,460 --> 00:49:02,880
life.

1061
00:49:04,620 --> 00:49:06,460
And he changed your whole value system.

1062
00:49:07,860 --> 00:49:08,520
Look at Jesus.

1063
00:49:08,660 --> 00:49:10,180
And if you don't agree with something that

1064
00:49:10,180 --> 00:49:11,360
I say, go to the Bible and see

1065
00:49:11,360 --> 00:49:12,280
how Jesus was like.

1066
00:49:12,960 --> 00:49:14,120
His attitude to praise.

1067
00:49:14,280 --> 00:49:15,280
His attitude to money.

1068
00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:17,700
His attitude to sinful people.

1069
00:49:18,880 --> 00:49:20,240
How he was merciful to them.

1070
00:49:20,820 --> 00:49:22,500
He was not in competition with anybody.

1071
00:49:23,900 --> 00:49:25,840
How careful he was with his speech.

1072
00:49:27,020 --> 00:49:29,700
You know, a heavenly person is very careful

1073
00:49:29,700 --> 00:49:30,580
with his speech.

1074
00:49:31,320 --> 00:49:33,520
An earthly person is absolutely careless.

1075
00:49:33,740 --> 00:49:35,960
He doesn't care what rubbish comes out of

1076
00:49:35,960 --> 00:49:36,420
his mouth.

1077
00:49:36,520 --> 00:49:40,340
He's spewing out garbage morning, noon and night.

1078
00:49:41,400 --> 00:49:42,680
Jesus was very careful.

1079
00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:45,360
You know, there were times we read when

1080
00:49:45,360 --> 00:49:46,260
he was just quiet.

1081
00:49:46,860 --> 00:49:48,880
Once when they were provoking him, provoking him

1082
00:49:48,880 --> 00:49:49,960
in the case of the woman caught in

1083
00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:52,780
adultery, he took a long time to reply.

1084
00:49:54,060 --> 00:49:55,680
And he just bent his head and wrote

1085
00:49:55,680 --> 00:49:56,580
something on the sand.

1086
00:49:56,720 --> 00:49:58,360
And he didn't have a clear word from

1087
00:49:58,360 --> 00:49:58,820
his father.

1088
00:49:59,920 --> 00:50:01,040
Then he got a word from the father.

1089
00:50:01,160 --> 00:50:02,640
Just tell them, he who is without sin

1090
00:50:02,640 --> 00:50:03,720
cast the first stone.

1091
00:50:03,780 --> 00:50:05,080
So he got up and said, he who

1092
00:50:05,080 --> 00:50:06,320
is without sin cast the first stone.

1093
00:50:06,360 --> 00:50:07,000
And they all went away.

1094
00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:09,720
You know, one sentence from the father instead

1095
00:50:09,720 --> 00:50:10,900
of preaching half an hour sermon.

1096
00:50:12,880 --> 00:50:14,080
That's how we need to be.

1097
00:50:14,160 --> 00:50:15,460
A heavenly man is like that.

1098
00:50:16,080 --> 00:50:18,580
He doesn't speak immediately.

1099
00:50:18,720 --> 00:50:22,770
He thinks and waits.

1100
00:50:23,430 --> 00:50:25,710
Which most earthly people do not know how

1101
00:50:25,710 --> 00:50:26,030
to do.

1102
00:50:27,590 --> 00:50:29,950
And waits till he's got something useful to

1103
00:50:29,950 --> 00:50:30,150
say.

1104
00:50:31,030 --> 00:50:33,510
The Bible says in Colossians chapter 4.

1105
00:50:36,210 --> 00:50:38,510
It's one of those words where you find

1106
00:50:38,510 --> 00:50:39,450
the word always.

1107
00:50:42,200 --> 00:50:43,960
I'll give you a good bit of homework.

1108
00:50:44,320 --> 00:50:46,060
Those who are serious about Bible study.

1109
00:50:47,260 --> 00:50:50,080
Take a concordance and look up the word

1110
00:50:50,080 --> 00:50:51,040
always.

1111
00:50:51,620 --> 00:50:53,020
Rejoice always.

1112
00:50:53,760 --> 00:50:55,820
Always bear in your body the dying of

1113
00:50:55,820 --> 00:50:56,120
Jesus.

1114
00:50:56,720 --> 00:50:57,660
Pray always.

1115
00:50:58,540 --> 00:51:00,200
There's certain things we must do always.

1116
00:51:00,880 --> 00:51:02,220
And here's one of those things we must

1117
00:51:02,220 --> 00:51:02,920
do always.

1118
00:51:03,600 --> 00:51:12,340
Colossians 4.6. Let your speech always be

1119
00:51:12,340 --> 00:51:14,340
with grace.

1120
00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:19,000
Seasoned with salt so that you may know

1121
00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:21,020
how you should respond to each person.

1122
00:51:22,380 --> 00:51:26,060
Now, supposing you're invited for a meal somewhere

1123
00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:29,780
and as you put the first morsel of

1124
00:51:29,780 --> 00:51:31,380
food into your mouth.

1125
00:51:32,560 --> 00:51:36,460
Say, hey this doesn't have enough salt.

1126
00:51:37,640 --> 00:51:41,200
And you say, there's no crime in saying

1127
00:51:42,020 --> 00:51:43,660
could you please pass the salt.

1128
00:51:43,960 --> 00:51:46,140
You know, some people like more salt and

1129
00:51:46,140 --> 00:51:47,060
some people like less.

1130
00:51:47,700 --> 00:51:49,260
So you say please pass the salt and

1131
00:51:49,260 --> 00:51:50,940
usually the salt is there on every table

1132
00:51:51,620 --> 00:51:52,900
according to each man's taste.

1133
00:51:53,040 --> 00:51:54,800
And you put the salt and then you

1134
00:51:54,800 --> 00:51:55,580
enjoy the meal.

1135
00:51:57,120 --> 00:51:59,660
You know how you can detect immediately when

1136
00:51:59,660 --> 00:52:00,420
there's no salt.

1137
00:52:00,640 --> 00:52:03,280
Our taste buds are so smart.

1138
00:52:04,700 --> 00:52:06,240
It must be like that in our speech

1139
00:52:06,240 --> 00:52:06,860
also.

1140
00:52:08,020 --> 00:52:13,020
The same tongue that can detect no salt

1141
00:52:13,860 --> 00:52:18,020
or salt should also be able to detect

1142
00:52:18,020 --> 00:52:20,760
in our speech in what comes out of

1143
00:52:20,760 --> 00:52:21,240
our tongue.

1144
00:52:23,040 --> 00:52:24,600
There's no salt in that word.

1145
00:52:25,720 --> 00:52:27,540
That means there was no grace in it.

1146
00:52:28,940 --> 00:52:29,900
Do you detect it?

1147
00:52:30,240 --> 00:52:31,400
I mean if you can detect it before

1148
00:52:31,400 --> 00:52:32,320
it comes out even better.

1149
00:52:33,740 --> 00:52:36,440
As you're about to speak something say, hey

1150
00:52:36,440 --> 00:52:37,660
I think I should add a little more

1151
00:52:37,660 --> 00:52:41,120
salt to that sentence before I speak it

1152
00:52:41,120 --> 00:52:41,720
to this person.

1153
00:52:42,080 --> 00:52:42,880
Maybe to your wife.

1154
00:52:44,140 --> 00:52:45,700
You know how blessed your wife will be

1155
00:52:45,700 --> 00:52:46,840
if you have a little salt in all

1156
00:52:46,840 --> 00:52:47,400
your speech.

1157
00:52:48,280 --> 00:52:50,420
I mean a little grace of how blessed

1158
00:52:50,420 --> 00:52:52,960
your husband will be before the words come

1159
00:52:52,960 --> 00:52:53,100
out.

1160
00:52:53,160 --> 00:52:53,940
Just add a little salt.

1161
00:52:55,160 --> 00:52:56,460
Makes a tremendous difference.

1162
00:52:56,540 --> 00:52:57,420
Just a few grains.

1163
00:53:00,590 --> 00:53:01,630
Tremendous difference.

1164
00:53:03,030 --> 00:53:03,970
Why don't we do it?

1165
00:53:04,690 --> 00:53:05,370
It's so cheap.

1166
00:53:06,830 --> 00:53:08,330
It's so cheap, so easy.

1167
00:53:09,150 --> 00:53:10,250
Just a little grace.

1168
00:53:12,830 --> 00:53:16,370
Always your speech must be seasoned.

1169
00:53:18,210 --> 00:53:21,690
You know how our Indian curries are terrible

1170
00:53:21,690 --> 00:53:22,530
without seasoning.

1171
00:53:26,020 --> 00:53:27,740
If you get a curry without seasoning you'd

1172
00:53:27,740 --> 00:53:28,660
say, well no thank you.

1173
00:53:28,760 --> 00:53:29,900
I'm not particularly hungry today.

1174
00:53:32,750 --> 00:53:34,990
Fact is you just can't stick the taste

1175
00:53:34,990 --> 00:53:36,330
of that food without any seasoning.

1176
00:53:36,990 --> 00:53:38,110
Our speech is like that.

1177
00:53:39,290 --> 00:53:41,010
Let it always be seasoned.

1178
00:53:41,650 --> 00:53:42,450
Jesus was like that.

1179
00:53:42,490 --> 00:53:45,070
He said be careful with your mouth because

1180
00:53:45,070 --> 00:53:46,790
by your words you'll be justified.

1181
00:53:47,530 --> 00:53:49,050
We all know justification by faith.

1182
00:53:49,170 --> 00:53:51,550
Jesus said in Matthew 12 36 to 39,

1183
00:53:51,930 --> 00:53:53,470
by your speech you'll be justified.

1184
00:53:54,970 --> 00:53:55,950
By your words.

1185
00:53:56,950 --> 00:54:00,370
Out of the abundance of your heart the

1186
00:54:00,370 --> 00:54:01,130
mouth speaks.

1187
00:54:01,910 --> 00:54:03,350
It's very easy to find out what's in

1188
00:54:03,350 --> 00:54:04,050
a person's heart.

1189
00:54:05,310 --> 00:54:06,810
Just listen to his speech the whole day.

1190
00:54:07,970 --> 00:54:09,490
I will tell you what's in his heart.

1191
00:54:09,950 --> 00:54:11,350
Because he can't keep it inside.

1192
00:54:11,850 --> 00:54:14,610
You cannot keep, I mean you can sit

1193
00:54:14,610 --> 00:54:15,830
here with a zip on your mouth in

1194
00:54:15,830 --> 00:54:18,050
the meetings that's only for a little while.

1195
00:54:18,170 --> 00:54:19,390
You can't keep it on for too long.

1196
00:54:19,850 --> 00:54:21,590
But if I can secretly listen to what's

1197
00:54:21,590 --> 00:54:23,330
going on in your home and different places

1198
00:54:23,330 --> 00:54:24,530
when you're in the bus in the train,

1199
00:54:24,630 --> 00:54:26,110
in the office, I'll tell you what's in

1200
00:54:26,110 --> 00:54:26,490
your heart.

1201
00:54:28,410 --> 00:54:30,290
Because out of the abundance of the heart

1202
00:54:30,290 --> 00:54:31,130
the mouth speaks.

1203
00:54:32,450 --> 00:54:34,250
And Jesus spoke out of the abundance of

1204
00:54:34,250 --> 00:54:34,650
his heart.

1205
00:54:34,790 --> 00:54:36,170
So I'm not saying just control your tongue.

1206
00:54:36,790 --> 00:54:37,590
Watch your heart.

1207
00:54:39,330 --> 00:54:40,830
Because it's from the heart.

1208
00:54:41,790 --> 00:54:43,070
The salt must be in the heart.

1209
00:54:43,970 --> 00:54:46,450
A heavenly man is a person who is

1210
00:54:46,450 --> 00:54:47,150
very careful.

1211
00:54:48,230 --> 00:54:50,070
I know the number of times I've had

1212
00:54:50,070 --> 00:54:50,670
to repent.

1213
00:54:51,750 --> 00:54:53,650
I've spoken to somebody and I've just gone

1214
00:54:53,650 --> 00:54:54,710
away in two seconds.

1215
00:54:55,150 --> 00:54:58,270
The Holy Spirit says to me that's not

1216
00:54:58,270 --> 00:54:59,490
the way Jesus would have spoken.

1217
00:55:01,210 --> 00:55:03,290
Or you could have said the same thing

1218
00:55:03,290 --> 00:55:05,010
a little more graciously.

1219
00:55:06,010 --> 00:55:08,670
And I feel like getting away somewhere by

1220
00:55:08,670 --> 00:55:12,990
myself and having a little weeping session before

1221
00:55:12,990 --> 00:55:14,630
the Lord and say Lord have mercy on

1222
00:55:14,630 --> 00:55:14,850
me.

1223
00:55:16,130 --> 00:55:16,790
Help me.

1224
00:55:16,890 --> 00:55:17,770
When will I learn?

1225
00:55:18,550 --> 00:55:19,750
But it's getting better.

1226
00:55:21,050 --> 00:55:22,750
Because I want to major on majors.

1227
00:55:25,640 --> 00:55:27,300
There are many many areas like this my

1228
00:55:27,300 --> 00:55:28,120
brothers and sisters.

1229
00:55:28,900 --> 00:55:30,520
And you know the areas in your life.

1230
00:55:32,220 --> 00:55:33,480
We need to seek God.

1231
00:55:33,880 --> 00:55:36,560
Think how Jesus prayed for the anointing of

1232
00:55:36,560 --> 00:55:37,820
the Holy Spirit when he was baptized.

1233
00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:39,140
Because he wanted to go out and serve

1234
00:55:39,140 --> 00:55:40,920
the Father in the power of the Holy

1235
00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:41,220
Spirit.

1236
00:55:41,340 --> 00:55:43,400
Not with all the good life he had

1237
00:55:43,400 --> 00:55:44,080
lived for 30 years.

1238
00:55:44,180 --> 00:55:45,580
Many of us have lived good lives.

1239
00:55:45,960 --> 00:55:47,480
And we think we can serve the Father

1240
00:55:47,480 --> 00:55:47,960
like that.

1241
00:55:47,960 --> 00:55:48,840
Jesus did not.

1242
00:55:49,500 --> 00:55:51,560
With a good life he prayed for the

1243
00:55:51,560 --> 00:55:53,200
anointing of the Holy Spirit so that he

1244
00:55:53,200 --> 00:55:55,340
would have the supernatural gifts of the Holy

1245
00:55:55,340 --> 00:55:56,980
Spirit to serve the Father.

1246
00:55:58,540 --> 00:56:01,240
And perhaps you and I have failed depending

1247
00:56:01,240 --> 00:56:04,940
on money, depending on music, depending on many

1248
00:56:04,940 --> 00:56:07,900
other things other than the supernatural power of

1249
00:56:07,900 --> 00:56:08,520
the Holy Spirit.

1250
00:56:08,660 --> 00:56:09,680
We need to repent of that.

1251
00:56:10,320 --> 00:56:15,460
Jesus did not depend on television broadcasting to

1252
00:56:15,960 --> 00:56:16,840
spread his message.

1253
00:56:16,980 --> 00:56:17,980
He depended on the power of the Holy

1254
00:56:17,980 --> 00:56:18,240
Spirit.

1255
00:56:18,860 --> 00:56:20,940
He didn't depend on the newspapers giving him

1256
00:56:20,940 --> 00:56:21,480
a good report.

1257
00:56:21,960 --> 00:56:23,080
He depended on the power of the Holy

1258
00:56:23,080 --> 00:56:23,340
Spirit.

1259
00:56:23,500 --> 00:56:25,880
He didn't depend on clever points in his

1260
00:56:25,880 --> 00:56:26,120
sermons.

1261
00:56:26,240 --> 00:56:29,340
He didn't depend on having good musicians to

1262
00:56:29,760 --> 00:56:31,500
prime up people before he spoke.

1263
00:56:31,620 --> 00:56:32,860
No, he depended on the power of the

1264
00:56:32,860 --> 00:56:33,340
Holy Spirit.

1265
00:56:34,060 --> 00:56:35,640
And I really believe we need to seek

1266
00:56:35,640 --> 00:56:37,900
God and say, God, help us to depend

1267
00:56:37,900 --> 00:56:39,020
on the power of the Holy Spirit once

1268
00:56:39,020 --> 00:56:40,020
again like Jesus did.

1269
00:56:40,500 --> 00:56:41,760
Heavenly people are like that.

1270
00:56:42,960 --> 00:56:43,980
So there are many other areas.

1271
00:56:44,120 --> 00:56:45,020
I've just touched on a few.

1272
00:56:46,080 --> 00:56:47,240
I just want to encourage you, my brothers

1273
00:56:47,240 --> 00:56:53,820
and sisters, recognize the destination God has already

1274
00:56:53,820 --> 00:56:57,160
determined for you to become like Christ.

1275
00:56:58,300 --> 00:57:00,100
To live the way he lived, to serve

1276
00:57:00,100 --> 00:57:02,660
others the way he served others, to evangelize

1277
00:57:02,660 --> 00:57:04,660
people the way he evangelized, to teach people

1278
00:57:04,660 --> 00:57:06,460
the way he taught, to bless people the

1279
00:57:06,460 --> 00:57:08,740
way he blessed, to bless every home that

1280
00:57:08,740 --> 00:57:11,260
you ever enter the way he blessed every

1281
00:57:11,260 --> 00:57:11,960
home that he entered.

1282
00:57:12,320 --> 00:57:14,860
Think of every one of us sitting here

1283
00:57:15,840 --> 00:57:17,680
are going to change our value system from

1284
00:57:17,680 --> 00:57:18,000
today.

1285
00:57:18,240 --> 00:57:19,680
Can you imagine what our church is going

1286
00:57:19,680 --> 00:57:21,320
to be in another year?

1287
00:57:22,260 --> 00:57:23,300
Can you imagine what's going to happen?

1288
00:57:23,420 --> 00:57:24,580
It's going to be like the burning bush.

1289
00:57:25,400 --> 00:57:28,120
People will stop and say, hey, this is

1290
00:57:28,120 --> 00:57:28,420
different.

1291
00:57:30,020 --> 00:57:30,880
May God help us.

1292
00:57:30,940 --> 00:57:32,140
Let's bow our heads for a moment of

1293
00:57:32,140 --> 00:57:32,520
prayer.

1294
00:57:35,740 --> 00:57:36,800
Bow your heads about.

1295
00:57:39,690 --> 00:57:41,530
I want you to forget about everybody else.

1296
00:57:41,630 --> 00:57:43,510
Just think that you're standing before Jesus Christ

1297
00:57:43,510 --> 00:57:43,810
today.

1298
00:57:44,590 --> 00:57:46,350
Imagine that you're standing at the judgment seat

1299
00:57:46,350 --> 00:57:47,370
of Christ right now.

1300
00:57:48,270 --> 00:57:49,530
And you're standing before him.

1301
00:57:51,050 --> 00:57:54,390
And he's asking you, what did you do

1302
00:57:54,390 --> 00:57:56,410
with that message you heard that Sunday morning?

1303
00:57:57,750 --> 00:57:59,630
It's the judgment seat of Christ you're standing

1304
00:57:59,630 --> 00:57:59,950
before.

1305
00:58:00,750 --> 00:58:01,970
What are you going to reply to him?

1306
00:58:04,180 --> 00:58:05,280
It's going to happen one day.

1307
00:58:06,060 --> 00:58:07,500
You're going to stand before him.

1308
00:58:08,600 --> 00:58:11,500
And a lot of things that appear very

1309
00:58:11,500 --> 00:58:13,200
important to you right now will not be

1310
00:58:13,200 --> 00:58:14,140
important in that day.

1311
00:58:16,140 --> 00:58:17,400
And a lot of things that you think

1312
00:58:17,400 --> 00:58:19,120
are not so important today will be very,

1313
00:58:19,260 --> 00:58:20,240
very important in that day.

1314
00:58:21,340 --> 00:58:24,560
Change your value system now, so that you

1315
00:58:24,560 --> 00:58:26,100
don't have any regret in that day when

1316
00:58:26,100 --> 00:58:27,920
you stand before Jesus Christ, our Lord and

1317
00:58:27,920 --> 00:58:28,440
our Master.

1318
00:58:29,620 --> 00:58:31,440
Heavenly Father, I believe you have spoken to

1319
00:58:31,440 --> 00:58:33,120
many hearts this morning, and I pray that

1320
00:58:33,120 --> 00:58:34,920
it will produce a change in our life.

1321
00:58:35,920 --> 00:58:37,560
I pray it will produce a change in

1322
00:58:37,560 --> 00:58:39,960
our homes and in our church.

1323
00:58:39,960 --> 00:58:44,100
We humbly ask in the merit and in

1324
00:58:44,100 --> 00:58:45,680
the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

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