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going into high school and I really, really, really,

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really, really wanted a discman.

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Does anybody know what a discman was?

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Who knows what a walkman was?

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Little tape player with the headphones

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and then they came out with CDs and CD players

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and I wanted one really bad.

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The problem was that I was unemployed

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and my parents were not thrilled about paying for $100 plus

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for a CD player and I remember wanting it so badly

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and I remember talking to my mom.

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Now one of the things you gotta understand

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is I have like three fans of my preaching.

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I think my wife likes my preaching.

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I think my mom likes my preaching.

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So I'm about to use an illustration about my mom

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and she's gonna hear this later

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and so I'm sorry mom, if you can hear me right now,

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but I'm gonna tell the story.

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My mom looked at me and she said,

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Ben, I don't think our family will ever be able to afford

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to get a CD player.

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And I was devastated.

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We will never be able to afford a CD player.

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$100 might as well have been a million dollars to me

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at that time, at least that's how I felt about it emotionally

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and I don't know why she even said it

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or why I believed it because I don't know how she couldn't

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see a time that like the records before them

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or the eight track players or the cassette tape players,

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the price of these things go down.

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Has anybody ever noticed?

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So you guys aren't laughing.

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I thought this would be funny.

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Maybe I'm not funny.

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We'll never be able to afford a CD player.

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You can go get one now for like five bucks or something.

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Like it's so easy to get.

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But for some reason she couldn't foresee a time

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where something like that would be possible.

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She didn't have a vision for me having a CD player.

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And for some reason she couldn't.

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I eventually did get one.

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And I got the kind you could jog with

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and you tried to like not jog too hard because it would skip.

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Does anybody know what I'm talking about?

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Now I'm not jogging hard for other reasons, but yeah.

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Yeah, I'm hardly jogging.

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That's right.

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But yeah, and then I would put my headphones on.

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It wouldn't be loud enough because when I'd be mowing

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sometimes I have to put my hat over.

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Anyway, it's a whole thing.

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But for some reason, what's the point?

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She could not see what would,

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what plainly could be seen in the future.

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She didn't have a vision for that sorry mom.

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But that story from my past reminds me

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of some of the following quotes.

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I wanna show some of these quotes to you.

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These are some things that people said in the past.

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For instance, Kenneth Oslin,

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founder of the Digital Equipment Corporation said this,

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there is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home.

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Do you think that guy lacked vision?

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Maybe a little bit.

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Marshall Ferdinand Falk of the French military strategist 1911 said,

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airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value.

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Dr. Lee DeForest, inventor of the Audion tube

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and father of the radio, quote unquote,

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said man will never reach the moon

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regardless of all scientific advances.

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I think there's some people that think

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that we still haven't reached the moon,

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but that's a whole other argument.

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One guy said this, this is Darryl Zanesk.

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Television won't be able to hold on to any market

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and capture after six months.

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People will soon get tired of staring

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at a plywood box every night.

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Do you think that's happened?

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It has not happened.

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We have not grown tired of it.

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This one's funny too, this is an interesting.

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We don't like their sound.

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said Decker Records rejecting the Beatles in 1962.

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That is not, and then this is my favorite one.

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nothing of importance happened today, July 4th, 1776.

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That's pretty funny, I like that one a lot.

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Some people have no vision, right?

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Some people can't see or they,

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and here let's be honest with each other,

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before too hard on these people in the past,

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the same can be true for us.

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In retrospect, all these quotes look really dumb,

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but at the time, not seeing the future,

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there's, you could see how maybe somebody

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might believe one or two,

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or not everything on the internet's true.

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Did you know that?

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Not everything on TV is true,

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like it's not hard for us to figure that out.

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There are times in life that we don't get it.

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for what could be.

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And I am passionate about our church.

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I'm passionate about the Lord

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and about the gospel,

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and I'm passionate about this place, Trinity Baptist Church.

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I'm passionate about us having a vision,

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about us understanding what that vision is.

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We must have a vision, a compelling vision

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that's clear and motivating,

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and that makes not just a temporary difference,

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but makes an eternal difference.

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That's what we're trying to do.

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a compelling vision,

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because Jesus Christ gave us a compelling vision.

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It's called, it's a commission vision.

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It is the great commission.

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He gave it to us through his disciples

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into which he poured his life.

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And we're in the last sermon that we're gonna be on

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in this series called Our Commission Vision.

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It's been my attempt in this particular series

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to communicate this truth that we do not get to pick

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from a buffet of options

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as to what the mission of our church is.

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We don't get to choose what our mission is.

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We were handed the baton with nail-scarred hands.

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Jesus Christ has been doing something in eternity past.

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He foretold what he did to us,

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and it is now in our history.

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And Jesus is the head of the church

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that pursued this mission,

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accomplished his part of the mission,

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and handed it off to us.

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And so let me just summarize.

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If it's your first time here,

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you're gonna get the whole series,

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and I'll try not to bore you,

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get the whole series in one sermon.

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And here's what we've said so far,

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that there's a problem.

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in our culture, in our communities,

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in our neighborhoods, in our politics,

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really has its source in the human heart.

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Our problem is sin, and our problem is spiritual.

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Are you with me?

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Our problem is sin, and our problem is spiritual lethargy,

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and more than that, spiritual deadness.

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Therefore the answer to our problem must be spiritual,

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and the Great Commission describes God's mission

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to change people spiritually from the inside out.

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Week, that was week one.

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Week two was entitled Our Mission.

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And our mission is, like I said, the Great Commission.

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The Great Commission was given to the apostles

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and passed on to us.

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It's found in five places in the gospel and in Acts,

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and gives us a robust view of our mission as a church.

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Matthew 28, 18 through 20 says this,

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All authority is given to me in heaven and in earth.

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Go ye therefore and teach, make disciples,

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and make disciples of all nations,

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baptizing them in the name of the Father,

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the Son, and the Holy Ghost,

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teaching them to observe all things I have commanded you.

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And then he said this, and lo, I'm with you always,

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even unto the end of the world, even to the end of the age.

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Isn't that amazing?

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That is the Great Commission.

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we said our problem, our mission,

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here at week three was our strategy.

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At our church, we have a pathway for discipling people

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to help people grow in their relationship with God.

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of winning people to Jesus,

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and then helping them to obey everything he commanded them,

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that means that we don't start when some,

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we don't stop when somebody gets saved,

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and when somebody gets baptized.

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That's the starting line.

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We share the gospel with people

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when they respond to the good news

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that Jesus died for them,

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and that he rose again from the dead for their sins,

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then we try to help them to grow.

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We at our church think steps, not just programs.

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of ministry in making disciples.

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People go from being a part of the crowd

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to becoming a part of our congregation,

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coming to the worship services,

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getting involved in a Sunday school class,

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where they love each other and grow.

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and need to grow in their walk with the Lord,

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we get them into discipleship groups, these core groups,

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where they learn how to feed themselves,

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and then be on mission for others.

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where we go to the neighborhoods

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and the nations with the gospel.

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That's our pathway.

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in our church, and I'll tell you more about that as we go.

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And then last week we entitled this, Our Target.

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Our Target is where we began to answer this question.

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If we help people to know Jesus Christ,

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who thinks people ought to get saved?

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I believe that, I hope you have a passion for that.

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from spiritual death to spiritual life.

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And when the Bible says they get saved,

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they're like, they're born again,

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they're spiritual babes in Christ.

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We don't want to abandon babies,

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we want to help babies grow, right?

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we don't make them grow, God does it.

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for people to grow, right?

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you can't do it apart from this.

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that's what God's called us to.

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if we're doing this mission, if we're teaching people

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the word of God, we're getting down this pathway,

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we're helping them to grow, how do we know that it's happening?

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How do we know that this mission is being accomplished

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in someone's life after they've been saved?

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And the short answer to that, here it is,

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don't get bored with this, this is so good.

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The short answer to that is spiritual maturity.

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Spiritual maturity, God wants you to grow up.

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God wants me to grow up.

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Things that are not grown up don't reproduce.

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Things that are healthy don't reproduce.

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It takes mature, healthy people to reproduce.

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Who agrees with me?

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So this is what we said last week,

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the life of a mature disciple of Jesus Christ

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is characterized by continued growth

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in these five disciplines.

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It looks like continued growth.

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By the way, you know when you get to stop growing?

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In heaven when you die.

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And we will be like him for we shall see him as he is.

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I believe even then although we will be sinless at that time,

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I think that God's still gonna continue to grow us.

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That's gonna be an amazing thing.

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The life of a mature disciple of Jesus Christ

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is characterized by continued growth in these five disciplines.

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The first is, and we talked about these last week,

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I'm gonna go through the first three very quickly.

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The first is faithfully assembling.

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Jesus Christ loved the church and gave himself for it.

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Jesus Christ handed the discipling ministry

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to individuals and he said, hey, to these disciples,

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hey, go make disciples of all nations.

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And when they did that,

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they formed local New Testament churches.

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That's what happened.

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So a Christ follower disciple prioritizes

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being a part of a local New Testament body of believers.

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They are a baptized member of their local church

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and make it their priority to attend the services.

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When they are there, they worship the Lord,

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they edify fellow members and they seek to grow

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in their relationship with God and other believers.

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Let me ask you a question.

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Why are you here today?

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Are you here to just be entertained?

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Are you, I'm not very good at that.

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So if that's why you're here,

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you probably won't stay long, right?

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No, you're here because you wanna worship God.

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Hopefully you're here because you wanna grow.

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And by the way, you wanna help other people

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do the same thing.

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Who here ever needs encouragement?

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Right?

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Anybody here, you're probably not gonna

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as readily volunteer, who ever here needs correction?

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Yeah.

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Bible says, don't forsake the assembling of yourselves

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as the manner of some is.

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He says later, you should consider one another

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to love one another, to provoke one another,

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to love and to good works, right?

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And so there's an encouragement, there's an admonishment,

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there's an exhorting that happens when we get together.

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So there's this, the church isn't just a service you attend,

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it's a part of people you belong to.

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And that's what we do.

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The assembly, ecclesia, assembly assembles,

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that's what we do.

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The second discipline is obediently walking.

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A Christ follower, a disciple of Jesus,

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stays in communication with God daily.

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They do this through a consistent and close prayer life.

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They also study God's word to hear from God

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through his word and to understand what he has taught

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and what's the next step?

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To obey it.

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I told, there's a group of people I was training yesterday

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about discipleship and we were talking, I said,

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what if I went to one of my kids and I said,

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I've used this illustration before, but I think it's so good.

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What if I went to one of my kids during the week and I said,

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hey, Zeke, I pick on Zeke,

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I pick on my daughters all the time,

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Zeke's not here in the room.

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Hey Zeke, go clean your room.

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And then I walk away two or three minutes

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and then I come back and I come back to Zeke and I said,

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hey Zeke, what are you doing?

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He goes, hey dad, I memorized what you said.

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You said, hey Zeke, go clean your room.

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Later on I have a group of my friends coming over

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and we're gonna talk about what it would look like

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if I went and cleaned my room.

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We're gonna share some.

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Is that what we ought to do with,

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if my kid was doing that with my word, would I be upset?

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Who agrees I'd be upset, right?

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What's the point of my word to him?

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I want a clean room, right?

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I want obedience and I don't want that from him.

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I want that for him.

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I want his wife not to marry a slob.

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Amen?

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Are you with me?

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So the Bible, when the God gave the great commission,

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teaching them to observe what's over I've commanded you.

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And here's the thing, when you get to,

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here's what happens.

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My kids will grow in obedience to me

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as they love me and I love them.

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Are you with me?

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That helps for sure.

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And as we grow and know God from his word

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and through prayer, he will grow obedience in us.

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The word of God is used by the Holy Spirit

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to equip them for every good work.

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So a discipline, the discipline of faithful assembling,

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the discipline of obedient walking.

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Thirdly, we talked about the discipline of generously serving.

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And this is what I would say about that a Christ follower

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sees himself or herself as a steward

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of all that God has given them as a result of this perspective.

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They see their talents and spiritual gifts

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as given to them by God to serve him and others,

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both inside and outside the church body.

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They give cheerfully, proportionally,

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and sacrificially of all the money and resources

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that God has given to them.

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Jesus Christ was the greatest gift ever given.

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From a father who's the greatest giver he ever gave.

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And if we're gonna grow to be like Jesus,

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we gotta be generous in the way that we give.

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Did Jesus serve?

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Did Jesus sacrifice?

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Did Jesus pour his life into other people?

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He absolutely did.

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And God calls us to be, hey, a new commandant,

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I give unto you that you love one another, what Jesus said.

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He says, don't you understand what I've done for you?

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Wash their feet.

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If I, being your Lord, if you call me master

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and I've washed your feet, if I've served you,

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you serve one another's feet.

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What an amazing thing.

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So the first three disciplines, we wanna see faithful assembling

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me, part of a local body, obediently walking.

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Do you have a daily walk with the Lord?

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We wanna help people to do that.

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Generously serving, helping to serve.

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Here's what's amazing, when Jesus told those disciples,

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hey, I wanna help you to serve.

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If you, if I, being your Lord and master,

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tell you, if you call me Lord and I served you,

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you ought to serve and you would think you would say me.

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But you know what he says, you serve me by serving each other.

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Isn't that amazing?

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If you give a cup of cold water in my name,

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you've done it unto me.

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What an amazing thing.

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Here's the fourth discipline.

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This is where we're gonna land this morning.

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The fourth discipline that we're gonna talk about today

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is this, purposeful witnessing.

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Purposeful witnessing.

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The task that has been handed to everyone

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who has put their faith in Christ is the unfinished task

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of proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ to every creature.

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Mark 16, 15 says this, and he said unto them,

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go ye into all the world and preach the gospel

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to every creature.

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What is the gospel?

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First Corinthians tells us what it is,

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that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures

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that he was buried and that he rose again for our sins

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according to the scriptures.

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Jesus Christ died for your sins.

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And he rose again from the dead to prove

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that what he did for your sins was acceptable for God.

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There was an acceptable sacrifice for sin.

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And because of that, people can go to heaven

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if they put their faith in Christ.

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Their sins can be forgiven.

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Heaven can be their home.

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Do you believe that?

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Do people need to know that?

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They absolutely need to know that.

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One hymn writer wrote this, not a old song,

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somewhat new song, facing a task unfinished

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that drives us to our knees,

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a need that undiminished rebukes our slothful ease.

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We who rejoice to know thee, renew before thy throne,

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the solemn pledge we owe thee to go and make thee known.

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We where other lords beside thee hold there

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on hindered sway, where forces that defy thee,

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defy thee still today, with none to heed their crying

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for life and love and light.

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Unnumbered souls are dying and pass into the night.

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We go to all the world with kingdom hope unfurled.

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No other name has power to save,

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but Jesus Christ the Lord.

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Do you believe that?

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I believe that.

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The task of purposely witnessing,

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sharing the good news of the gospel with others,

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is not just a task for a select few.

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It's not just a task given to people with titles,

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people with jobs in ministry.

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The good news of the gospel is for every person

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that knows Jesus as savior, not just to hoard to themselves,

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but to give away to everybody.

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It's too important a message, one that keeps people from hell

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and helps them to know Christ and heaven.

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Can I tell you this?

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I know that today there's not a lot of,

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I won't say a lot, I won't criticize any bit.

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Here's what I'll say, there's not enough preaching on hell.

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The Bible, Jesus taught more about hell

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than he did about heaven.

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Hell is a reality and heaven is a reality.

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And we don't have a right to pick and choose,

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he hears that gospel message.

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I don't have a right to pick and choose

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who I tell about Jesus.

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Acts 1-8 says this,

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you shall receive power after that,

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the holy ghost has come upon you

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and you shall be witnesses unto me,

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both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and in Samaria

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and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

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A witness is someone who shares what they know

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about the identity, actions and reputations of another.

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Has Christ been good to you?

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Has he?

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Has he made a difference in your life?

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Is the word of God growing you?

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Are his people loving and caring for you

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and generous to others?

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Then we must tell everybody we possibly can.

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We can't be ashamed of this message

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of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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Paul said in Romans,

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I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ,

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for it is the power of God.

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Undo salvation to everyone that believe it,

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through the Jew first and also to the Greek,

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for therein is the righteousness of God revealed

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from faith to faith as it is written,

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the just shall live by faith.

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Why is the gospel so important?

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Because he says it in the next verse, verse 18,

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for the wrath of God is revealed from heaven

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against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men

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who hold the truth in unrighteousness.

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What do you mean they hold the truth in unrighteousness?

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He says in verse 19,

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because that which may be known of God

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is manifest in them,

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for God hath showed it unto them.

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Whenever we have a conscience that is pricked by wrongdoing,

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whenever we hold someone to a standard

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that we think they ought to know,

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hey, you stole my bike, why did you steal my bike?

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You should not have stolen my bike.

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Who taught the kid that?

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Who taught the kid that stealing was wrong?

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God put that on their heart.

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Paul goes on in Romans to talk about creation.

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He says when you see the power of God revealed in creation,

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being seen by the things that are made,

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you realize this is what he talks about.

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Hey, I didn't get here before all this was made.

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I didn't make this.

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I'm not powerful enough to do this.

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When I see design, there must be a designer.

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And we violated his law.

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So what we know is that our conscience and creation

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is enough to condemn us.

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It took Jesus coming and revealing who he is

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for us to know that there is a savior,

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that there is a remedy for our sin.

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We have to give people the gospel.

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We have to give people the gospel.

526
00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:11,200
Everybody is going to spend eternity somewhere.

527
00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:18,520
Say, Pastor Ben, you said that before.

528
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I'm glad you remember.

529
00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:27,720
Because everybody is going to spend eternity

530
00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:28,720
somewhere.

531
00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:34,080
The goal of helping someone grow in discipleship

532
00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:38,040
is not just so that they would faithfully assemble

533
00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:42,640
and walk with the Lord and serve inside the church,

534
00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:46,000
but that their whole life would be seasoned

535
00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,840
and saturated with the gospel.

536
00:25:50,120 --> 00:25:53,080
Our words and our deeds and our actions,

537
00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:55,440
our thoughts and our reputation

538
00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:57,720
should be gospel flavored.

539
00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:01,560
Because Jesus Christ died on the cross

540
00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:03,120
for our sins according to the scriptures.

541
00:26:03,120 --> 00:26:06,320
He was buried and he rose again from the dead

542
00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:08,560
for our sins according to the scriptures.

543
00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:11,080
We cannot help but speak his name.

544
00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:14,360
There is no other name under heaven

545
00:26:14,360 --> 00:26:18,680
given among men whereby we must be saved.

546
00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:24,680
If that's true, people have to hear the gospel.

547
00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:27,480
And if his disciples don't,

548
00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,280
if the Christ followers don't tell them,

549
00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:34,280
listen, lost people are not funding their own evangelism.

550
00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:39,240
Lost people don't evangelize for Jesus

551
00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:40,680
because they don't know Him.

552
00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:45,640
If the churches that preach the gospel

553
00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:48,840
in this community don't do it,

554
00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:52,840
Finley is in trouble.

555
00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:57,600
I'm glad for other Bible preaching,

556
00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:59,680
gospel preaching churches here, amen.

557
00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:00,760
I'm glad for them.

558
00:27:02,360 --> 00:27:03,640
We need to be that too.

559
00:27:05,360 --> 00:27:07,360
A spiritually mature disciple of Jesus Christ

560
00:27:07,360 --> 00:27:10,040
is a purposeful witness.

561
00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:11,640
Let me sum it up this way.

562
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,600
A Christ follower, a disciple of Jesus,

563
00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:18,000
sees himself on a mission from God

564
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,000
to win the loss for Christ.

565
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,880
They understand and communicate the gospel boldly.

566
00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,880
They are intentional in making relationships with lost people,

567
00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,040
sharing the gospel with lost people

568
00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:30,200
and supporting missionaries and ministries

569
00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:32,600
doing the same thing around the world.

570
00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:37,600
Their life is a consistent platform for sharing the gospel.

571
00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:41,320
Can I ask you a couple questions?

572
00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:44,240
Are you regularly and boldly sharing the gospel?

573
00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:46,520
Are you intentionally building relationships

574
00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:48,240
with people who don't know Christ

575
00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:50,200
so that they can be reached?

576
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:54,320
And is your private and life and public reputation

577
00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:58,320
consistent with the message of the gospel?

578
00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:03,200
A spiritually mature, a spiritually growing person

579
00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:04,920
is growing in this area.

580
00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:08,000
Can I tell you, none of us have arrived

581
00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:09,200
in any of these areas.

582
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:11,800
I'm not saying this like, oh, this is where I'm at.

583
00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:13,640
I'm totally there all the time.

584
00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:16,320
I mess up.

585
00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:20,400
Sometimes I should speak up and I don't, okay?

586
00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:21,400
God help me.

587
00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:24,600
You ever feel that way?

588
00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:25,800
Yeah, God help us.

589
00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:30,800
But a spiritually mature person is growing in this area

590
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:33,240
as they grow together in the body of Christ,

591
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,400
as they grow together in God's Word and prayer,

592
00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:37,440
as they grow together in the body of Christ,

593
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:39,640
in God's Word and prayer, as they grow together

594
00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,200
in their service inside and outside of the church.

595
00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:44,960
Eventually, at some point, we gotta get to the place

596
00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:47,600
where we're spiritually mature enough to speak,

597
00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:52,520
to speak the name of Jesus and to give the gospel,

598
00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:54,360
to be a purposeful witness.

599
00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:58,200
Fifth discipline, are you ready?

600
00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,640
You're like, man, you're almost done.

601
00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:02,080
No, no, I'm not.

602
00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:04,520
That's a joke.

603
00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:06,720
Number five, intentionally replicating.

604
00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:08,480
What does it mean to replicate?

605
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:11,400
Replication means, in this context,

606
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:14,000
to help others in the way that you were helped.

607
00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:19,280
Replication is the action of copying or reproducing something,

608
00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:23,280
and it's inherent and even explicit in the Great Commission.

609
00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:29,120
Matthew 28, I've already quoted it, verses 18 through 20.

610
00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:31,680
Jesus tells them, yeah, you need to baptize.

611
00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:33,560
You need to make sure people know Jesus,

612
00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:34,960
make disciples baptize.

613
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:36,800
Teach them, baptize them.

614
00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:37,760
And then it says in verse 20,

615
00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:41,280
teaching them to observe all things whatsoever

616
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:45,000
I have commanded you, and though I'm with you always,

617
00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:46,680
even in the world.

618
00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:49,120
As we have said throughout this series,

619
00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:53,640
salvation and baptism are not the finish line.

620
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:56,160
It's the starting line to a new life in Christ

621
00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:58,040
and getting on mission.

622
00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:00,680
It's what the apostle Paul was pointing to

623
00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:03,960
in 2 Timothy, when he was in the church,

624
00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:06,000
when he wrote to his son in the ministry,

625
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:07,080
and this is what he said,

626
00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:13,520
thou therefore my son, be strong in the grace

627
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:15,400
that is in Christ Jesus.

628
00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:18,920
And the things thou hast learned, heard of me

629
00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:24,040
among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men

630
00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:28,320
who shall be able to teach others also.

631
00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:30,520
Well, Paul had told Timothy at another time,

632
00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:34,400
hey, Timothy do the work of an evangelist.

633
00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:35,680
So what is he telling Timothy to do?

634
00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:36,760
What does an evangelist do?

635
00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:40,720
An evangelist is someone who goes and shares the good news.

636
00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:44,880
The gospel, Greek and Greeks is Eungalion.

637
00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:46,800
It's where we get our word.

638
00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:48,680
It's the word, it means literally good news.

639
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:50,200
The gospel is good news.

640
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:55,000
Evangelist comes from that same word.

641
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,480
He's a good news teller.

642
00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:00,800
The evangelist goes to where people don't know Jesus,

643
00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:03,120
don't know the gospel, and as a person

644
00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:06,720
who communicates the good news, he gives them the good news.

645
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:08,880
You can't disciple a lost person.

646
00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:11,920
You evangelize a lost person.

647
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:15,960
Okay, so he told Timothy, do the work of an evangelist.

648
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:18,480
Then he told Timothy, hey, and once those people

649
00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:22,680
are coming to faith in Christ, you find faithful men.

650
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:25,640
Timothy, you take the things that I taught you,

651
00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:29,000
you find faithful men, and you teach them in such a way

652
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:32,040
that it doesn't end with them, but that they passed that along

653
00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:33,720
in such a way that it doesn't end with them,

654
00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:35,200
but that they passed that along.

655
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,480
So it doesn't end with them, and so are you with me?

656
00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:40,080
Keep passing the baton.

657
00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:42,480
Don't just pass the good news to the lost,

658
00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:46,840
help the lost that come to know Jesus own the same mission.

659
00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:49,400
That's what he taught him to do.

660
00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:53,560
And that's not also an activity that's just for

661
00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:55,800
the professional class of religious people.

662
00:31:56,840 --> 00:32:01,400
That's for every believer that comes to faith in Christ,

663
00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:04,080
that you make disciples as well.

664
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:09,080
He was providing the example and nudging them towards that.

665
00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:13,320
In that particular passage, four generations are described.

666
00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:14,720
We don't just hand over the gospel,

667
00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:18,280
we hand over all of its implications, its applications,

668
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:21,320
and the subsequent disciplines that go along with it.

669
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:24,960
Paul told the Philippians, those things which thou has

670
00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:29,960
both learned and received and heard and seen in me do,

671
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:32,680
and the God of peace shall be with you.

672
00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:37,640
Paul was providing an example and lovingly nudging

673
00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:39,600
and prodding them to do the right things

674
00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:40,920
that he had taught them.

675
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:44,720
Jesus, you know, when he called the disciples,

676
00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:47,600
he said, follow me, and I'll make you fishers and men,

677
00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:49,760
follow me, follow me.

678
00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:54,000
Paul said in 1 Corinthians, something very similar,

679
00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:56,360
but slightly different.

680
00:32:56,360 --> 00:33:01,360
He said, be followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

681
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:05,920
He's saying, you might have to eat the meat

682
00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:07,960
and spit out the bones a little bit.

683
00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:09,840
But if I'm doing what Jesus would do,

684
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:13,160
when we try to help people to follow Christ,

685
00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:15,960
and we don't claim to be perfect,

686
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:18,840
yet we do strive to follow Christ's example

687
00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:23,840
and to provide a present example for others.

688
00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:27,240
Here's a beautiful passage where Paul expresses this

689
00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:28,080
to the Corinthians.

690
00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:29,400
This is such a cool passage.

691
00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:32,120
It's in 1 Corinthians chapter four, verse 14.

692
00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:35,520
Paul says this, this is a church that he's writing a letter

693
00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:37,800
to, it's a church that he had started,

694
00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:39,640
and he's giving him this example.

695
00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:41,040
Here's what he says.

696
00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:42,840
I write not these things to shame you.

697
00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:44,680
So he's given them a bunch of instruction,

698
00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:47,160
and he's saying, hey, by the way, I'm not trying to make you

699
00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:48,880
feel really bad about all this.

700
00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:53,880
I'm not shaming you, but as my beloved sons, I warn you.

701
00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:57,320
I'm not saying this because I'm mad at you.

702
00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:59,880
I'm saying this because I want you to know some things.

703
00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:01,160
I want you to be warned of some things.

704
00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:02,240
Verse 15.

705
00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:05,640
For though you have 10,000 instructors in Christ,

706
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:08,120
yet you have not many fathers.

707
00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:11,120
For in Christ Jesus, I have begotten you through the gospel.

708
00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:15,080
Jesus called being saved, being born again.

709
00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:17,320
And Paul is using that language to say, hey,

710
00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:19,160
I was the one that gave you the gospel,

711
00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:21,160
and because you believe the gospel that I gave you,

712
00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:22,920
I was there when you got saved.

713
00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:24,840
I was there when you were born.

714
00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:27,120
I'm like a spiritual dad to you, right?

715
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:31,400
Wherefore I beseech you, be you followers of me.

716
00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:34,040
I'm pleading with you not to stay a baby.

717
00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:36,720
I'm pleading with you to grow up.

718
00:34:36,720 --> 00:34:37,560
Do you get it?

719
00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:38,960
You see it?

720
00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:40,840
Then he says, this is amazing.

721
00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:44,880
For this cause I have sent unto you, Temotheus.

722
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:46,840
What causes he talking about?

723
00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:49,240
For the cause of you becoming like me

724
00:34:49,240 --> 00:34:52,360
as I become like Christ, I want you to grow in Christ.

725
00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:53,840
I'm writing you this letter,

726
00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:56,920
and with this letter comes a person.

727
00:34:56,920 --> 00:35:01,160
That person is a guy named Temotheus.

728
00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:04,760
I want you to be like me, so I'm sending you Timothy.

729
00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:06,480
What?

730
00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:11,480
If you want me to be like you, shouldn't you come and see me?

731
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:14,000
No, I'm sending you Timothy, what does he say?

732
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:15,480
Who is my beloved son?

733
00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:19,360
He's like your big brother, right?

734
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:22,280
And faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you

735
00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:27,280
into remembrance of my ways, which be in Christ

736
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,080
as I teach everywhere in every church.

737
00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:33,440
You know what he's saying?

738
00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:36,560
I have poured my life into Timothy,

739
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:40,360
and I want you to live the way that me and Timothy live.

740
00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:43,200
We're striving to follow Jesus.

741
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:46,160
And so because you need to follow Jesus too,

742
00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:47,760
and I need to go somewhere else

743
00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:50,400
and help somebody else know the gospel

744
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:52,880
and come to faith in Christ and grow,

745
00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:56,000
I'm gonna send you Timothy because he's ready

746
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:59,080
to do with you what I did with him.

747
00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:02,360
Isn't that awesome?

748
00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:06,040
That's what we're supposed to be doing.

749
00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:07,160
You know what's amazing?

750
00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:10,640
Does Timothy grow in that scenario?

751
00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:12,360
You better believe it,

752
00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:14,640
because Timothy's on his way there to do what?

753
00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:16,360
Provide an example.

754
00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:18,960
Who better Timothy be like?

755
00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:21,760
Paul and Jesus, are you with me?

756
00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:24,120
When he gets there, that's what he's supposed to do.

757
00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:28,240
And you know what that does?

758
00:36:28,240 --> 00:36:32,480
It makes Paul be freed up to go do it somewhere else.

759
00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:35,200
That's replication, that's multiplication.

760
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:36,680
That's what we're called to do.

761
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:39,480
People who reproduce but do not parent.

762
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:44,360
People who reproduce but do not parent

763
00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:46,760
reflect a major problem in our culture.

764
00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:51,640
Churches that proclaim the gospel

765
00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:54,120
but do not help the people who respond

766
00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:56,680
to grow and adopt the mission through discipleship

767
00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:58,520
present a similar problem.

768
00:36:59,840 --> 00:37:02,160
We want to provide a process through which

769
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:04,160
the gospel is being used to help people

770
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:06,960
we want to provide a process through which those

771
00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:10,640
who are mature enough to reproduce themselves spiritually

772
00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:13,320
have the opportunity to mentor and disciple those

773
00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:16,040
who get saved so that they can grow spiritually

774
00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:17,840
and own their own spiritualized

775
00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:20,440
and then own the great that commissioned themselves

776
00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:24,600
and that the baton doesn't stop in their hands.

777
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:30,440
So, a Christ follower understands

778
00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:33,080
that they must share the gospel with the lost,

779
00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:35,280
train others to be on that same mission.

780
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:41,120
They intentionally train quote others to observe

781
00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:45,240
or obey all that Christ that I have commanded you.

782
00:37:45,240 --> 00:37:47,880
They are intentional in making accountable relationships

783
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:51,560
in their family and in their local church for that purpose.

784
00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:53,800
When the lost gets saved, they are intentional

785
00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:58,800
about training them to obey, training them for godliness.

786
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:02,420
So here's my question for you today.

787
00:38:02,420 --> 00:38:04,480
Maybe you can ask yourself this,

788
00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:08,000
am I influencing others to assemble, to walk,

789
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:11,800
to serve and to witness and to train others

790
00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:12,800
to do the same thing?

791
00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:14,600
The five disciplines we're talking about.

792
00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:16,400
Am I helping people do that?

793
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:18,880
Am I able to hold those who I'm training accountable

794
00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:20,360
for their spiritual walk?

795
00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:24,440
And is my life an example of what I'm trying to train?

796
00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:26,640
Here's how I wanna conclude this series.

797
00:38:28,240 --> 00:38:29,640
Think about the Bible.

798
00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:37,400
The Old Testament reveals to us who God is.

799
00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:44,720
The Old Testament reveals to us God's law.

800
00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:49,440
And when we understand that God is God's law,

801
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:52,440
we can understand that God is God's law.

802
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:56,640
And when we understand God's law, we realize we can't keep it.

803
00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:00,320
Anybody ever mess up when it comes to God's law?

804
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:01,160
Yeah.

805
00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:05,320
But the Old Testament also promised a redeemer.

806
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:09,360
And in the very nature of the law,

807
00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:14,360
it promised and pictured the way

808
00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:15,880
that our sins will be forgiven

809
00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:18,840
through the blood sacrifice of a substitute.

810
00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:21,720
That's what happens in the Old Testament.

811
00:39:21,720 --> 00:39:25,080
The Gospels reveal that Messiah,

812
00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:28,120
that perfect substitute that came,

813
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:34,120
who lived a perfect life and kept the law that I could not keep

814
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:37,440
and died the death that I was supposed to die.

815
00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:40,240
It gives us the answer to who the Messiah is.

816
00:39:41,240 --> 00:39:43,680
Jesus Christ's obedient life, death, burial,

817
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:45,680
and resurrection for our sins according to the Scriptures

818
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:47,480
is documented for us to believe.

819
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:49,920
And then the rest of the, so the Old Testament

820
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:51,880
is pointing to Jesus who's coming.

821
00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:55,320
The Gospels are about Jesus who came,

822
00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:57,360
and he says, and by the way, I'm coming back.

823
00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:00,720
Then the rest of the New Testament is like, okay,

824
00:40:00,720 --> 00:40:04,720
how do we live in the future based on what happened

825
00:40:04,720 --> 00:40:07,320
with Jesus in the Gospels?

826
00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:09,480
And it helps us to understand how do we live in light

827
00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:13,480
of this new thing that God did, not just the Gospels,

828
00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:15,080
but also the church?

829
00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:17,080
That's what the rest of the New Testament says.

830
00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:19,080
And that's what the New Testament's about.

831
00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:21,680
It helps us to understand the actually see that Jesus started

832
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:23,280
and what it means to be a part of his body

833
00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:25,680
that we have been given a stewardship of,

834
00:40:28,680 --> 00:40:30,080
the stewardship of the Great Commission.

835
00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:31,480
But here's my point.

836
00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:34,480
If our study of the Bible does not ultimately lead us

837
00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:39,080
to witnessing to the lost and discipling the saved

838
00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:46,080
to be on Jesus' mission, we've missed the point of the Bible.

839
00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:52,080
That's what the Bible's about.

840
00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:59,080
God created us and he loves us, but we sinned

841
00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:02,080
and he provided himself a lamb.

842
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:04,880
John said, behold the Lamb of God

843
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:06,080
that takes away the sin of the world.

844
00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:08,480
Jesus came and he kept the law and died for us.

845
00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:12,280
And now we're supposed to live with that message

846
00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:14,480
to the nations, helping them understand

847
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:16,680
that their sins could be forgiven and heaven to their home.

848
00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:20,080
And so if your Bible study isn't at some level

849
00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:24,580
prompting you towards gospel proclamation

850
00:41:24,580 --> 00:41:27,780
and discipleship replication,

851
00:41:27,780 --> 00:41:30,680
you've missed the Bible studies messed up.

852
00:41:32,580 --> 00:41:35,180
Do you want proof that this was Jesus' heart and method?

853
00:41:35,180 --> 00:41:39,880
I want to show you one more passage of Scripture.

854
00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:41,280
I want to show you one more passage

855
00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:42,880
and then you can go to a lot of passages.

856
00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:45,680
In your Bible, go to John chapter 4.

857
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:46,880
John chapter 4.

858
00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:55,080
Last two disciplines are what?

859
00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:59,280
Purposeful witnessing and intentional replication.

860
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:04,280
Let me give you the example of Jesus.

861
00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:11,380
Verse one, when the Pharisees, when therefore the Lord knew

862
00:42:11,380 --> 00:42:14,420
how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made

863
00:42:14,420 --> 00:42:17,020
and baptized more disciples than John,

864
00:42:17,020 --> 00:42:19,280
though Jesus himself baptized not, but as disciples,

865
00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:20,980
I think that's interesting.

866
00:42:20,980 --> 00:42:23,080
He's getting them to do what they can do, right?

867
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:26,180
He left Judea and departed again into Galilee.

868
00:42:26,180 --> 00:42:30,680
Verse four, and he must needs go through Samaria.

869
00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:34,120
Jesus is going to a place that most Jews didn't go

870
00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:37,320
because Samaritans and Jews hated each other.

871
00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:39,020
Samaritans and Jews hated each other.

872
00:42:39,020 --> 00:42:44,020
There was longstanding long-term problems between the two.

873
00:42:46,280 --> 00:42:48,180
And the other thing that happened is men didn't talk

874
00:42:48,180 --> 00:42:51,020
to women in public.

875
00:42:51,020 --> 00:42:53,480
In fact, in that day and time,

876
00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:56,880
often women wouldn't even walk with their husbands in public.

877
00:42:56,880 --> 00:42:59,420
They had to walk behind their husbands.

878
00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:05,520
And so he goes to Samaria, a place where most people don't go

879
00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:09,080
and he talks to a woman who is of, or repute.

880
00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:11,280
Then come with, he do a city in Samaria,

881
00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:14,180
which is in Sychar near the parcel of ground

882
00:43:14,180 --> 00:43:16,180
that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

883
00:43:17,140 --> 00:43:20,780
Verse seven, there cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water.

884
00:43:20,780 --> 00:43:24,360
It was the sixth hour, it says in verse six, it's about noon.

885
00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:25,660
It's the worst time to go.

886
00:43:25,660 --> 00:43:28,660
She doesn't want to be with the other women.

887
00:43:28,660 --> 00:43:30,520
We find out why.

888
00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:31,660
Jesus speaks to her.

889
00:43:31,660 --> 00:43:33,860
Jesus says on her, give me to drink.

890
00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:38,860
He doesn't say, the first thing he doesn't say

891
00:43:38,860 --> 00:43:40,360
is you're going to hell.

892
00:43:41,560 --> 00:43:43,660
He just starts a conversation with her.

893
00:43:44,860 --> 00:43:48,580
For his disciples were gone away under the city to buy meat.

894
00:43:48,580 --> 00:43:52,960
Then say the woman of Samaria unto him, how is it that

895
00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:57,180
shall thou, being a Jew, ask drink of me,

896
00:43:57,180 --> 00:44:00,520
which am a woman of Samaria, for the Jews have no dealings

897
00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:01,360
with the Samaritan.

898
00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:05,660
Jesus answered and sent her, if thou newest the gift of God,

899
00:44:05,660 --> 00:44:07,960
and who it is that saith that he give me to drink,

900
00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:12,660
thou wouldst have asked him, and he would give unto thee

901
00:44:12,660 --> 00:44:14,460
living water.

902
00:44:14,460 --> 00:44:18,660
One of the things you see contrasted in this story

903
00:44:18,660 --> 00:44:23,660
over and over again is people thinking temporary,

904
00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:28,340
people thinking temporally, people thinking about right now,

905
00:44:28,340 --> 00:44:32,140
contrasted with Jesus, who's just always thinking eternally.

906
00:44:33,740 --> 00:44:35,320
Hey, give me some water.

907
00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:37,920
Did he really need her to get him water?

908
00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:41,220
No, he's having, how do I know that?

909
00:44:41,220 --> 00:44:44,420
Her reaction, are you really gonna talk to me?

910
00:44:44,420 --> 00:44:48,320
A Samaritan, and you're a man, and I'm a woman?

911
00:44:48,320 --> 00:44:50,620
And he goes, well, if you would have known who's asking you,

912
00:44:50,620 --> 00:44:53,560
if you know me, you would ask me for living water.

913
00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:55,760
Is he talking about water?

914
00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:59,640
No, he's talking about eternal life, eternal satisfaction.

915
00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:01,500
Verse 11, the woman saith unto him,

916
00:45:01,500 --> 00:45:03,440
sir, thou has nothing to draw with,

917
00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:07,140
and the well is deep, from whence thou has this living water?

918
00:45:07,140 --> 00:45:09,140
She's thinking, oh, are you gonna get some,

919
00:45:09,140 --> 00:45:11,180
you have some new technique of getting something out of this

920
00:45:11,180 --> 00:45:12,720
well that's gonna get me some better water?

921
00:45:12,720 --> 00:45:14,040
You don't have a bucket.

922
00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:16,880
How are you gonna give me living water?

923
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:20,220
Verse 12, art thou greater than our father Jacob,

924
00:45:20,220 --> 00:45:23,220
which gave us the well and drink thereof himself,

925
00:45:23,220 --> 00:45:25,900
and his children, and his cattle?

926
00:45:25,900 --> 00:45:27,820
Hey, what's the answer to that question?

927
00:45:28,820 --> 00:45:30,460
Is Jesus greater than Jacob?

928
00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:34,000
Ha ha ha, yeah.

929
00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:36,200
She has no idea.

930
00:45:37,300 --> 00:45:40,400
Verse 13, Jesus answered and sent in her,

931
00:45:40,400 --> 00:45:45,400
whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again,

932
00:45:47,040 --> 00:45:48,880
but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him

933
00:45:48,880 --> 00:45:52,980
shall never thirst, but the water that I shall give him

934
00:45:52,980 --> 00:45:56,980
shall be in him a well of water springing up

935
00:45:56,980 --> 00:46:00,420
into everlasting life.

936
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:05,360
People in Finley are thirsty.

937
00:46:05,360 --> 00:46:10,720
People in Hancock County are thirsty.

938
00:46:10,720 --> 00:46:14,060
People in Ohio are thirsty.

939
00:46:14,060 --> 00:46:16,600
People all over this world are thirsty.

940
00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:18,140
You know how I know?

941
00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:21,300
Cause they're trying to quench their thirst

942
00:46:21,300 --> 00:46:24,440
with all kinds of things that will not satisfy them.

943
00:46:26,240 --> 00:46:28,580
In fact, most of what they're trying to satisfy

944
00:46:28,580 --> 00:46:32,180
themselves with, most of what they're doing

945
00:46:32,180 --> 00:46:35,520
is comes to the law of diminishing returns.

946
00:46:36,820 --> 00:46:39,760
The more that you drink of the water

947
00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:41,360
that you're trying to satisfy,

948
00:46:41,360 --> 00:46:44,720
that's not the eternal water, the thirstier you get.

949
00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:48,060
Has anybody seen that?

950
00:46:51,140 --> 00:46:53,340
They keep having to come to wells

951
00:46:53,340 --> 00:46:58,340
that can't satisfy.

952
00:46:59,340 --> 00:47:04,340
And Jesus is like, I'm the well that satisfies.

953
00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:07,180
I'm the water that satisfies.

954
00:47:07,180 --> 00:47:12,180
And if you drink of me, you'll have eternal life.

955
00:47:19,460 --> 00:47:20,960
The woman's safe in the well.

956
00:47:20,960 --> 00:47:23,500
The woman's safe in the...

957
00:47:23,500 --> 00:47:26,140
Sir, give me this water that I thirst not.

958
00:47:26,140 --> 00:47:27,800
Neither come hither to draw.

959
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:31,940
Jesus says under her, go call thy husband and come hither.

960
00:47:34,780 --> 00:47:37,680
What was the water she was trying to quench?

961
00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:40,120
She's trying to quench her thirst

962
00:47:40,120 --> 00:47:41,920
through these relationships.

963
00:47:44,020 --> 00:47:46,220
Maybe this time it'll be different.

964
00:47:49,220 --> 00:47:50,800
Here's what I'm gonna try.

965
00:47:50,800 --> 00:47:52,820
I'm gonna try to do married people things

966
00:47:52,820 --> 00:47:54,060
without getting married

967
00:47:54,060 --> 00:47:56,200
because the last five didn't work out.

968
00:47:58,600 --> 00:47:59,940
That's gonna go real well.

969
00:48:01,360 --> 00:48:02,360
Look at what he said.

970
00:48:04,280 --> 00:48:07,240
She said, I have no husband.

971
00:48:08,580 --> 00:48:10,880
I don't know this for sure,

972
00:48:10,880 --> 00:48:12,740
but when I read narratives,

973
00:48:12,740 --> 00:48:14,180
sometimes I try to think about

974
00:48:14,180 --> 00:48:15,780
how would a woman like that,

975
00:48:15,780 --> 00:48:17,180
how she would have said that?

976
00:48:17,180 --> 00:48:21,240
Do you think that she was proud when she said it?

977
00:48:22,480 --> 00:48:24,780
I don't, I happen to don't think she is

978
00:48:25,720 --> 00:48:28,720
because how she reacts later, I don't have a husband.

979
00:48:28,720 --> 00:48:30,560
Jesus said in her, thou hast well said,

980
00:48:30,560 --> 00:48:33,600
I have no husband, for thou hast had five husbands,

981
00:48:33,600 --> 00:48:36,260
and he whom thou hast is not thy husband.

982
00:48:36,260 --> 00:48:37,900
And then that thou said is truly.

983
00:48:41,340 --> 00:48:42,260
The woman's safe under her,

984
00:48:42,260 --> 00:48:44,300
sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

985
00:48:45,500 --> 00:48:46,600
Who told you that?

986
00:48:46,600 --> 00:48:48,700
How do you know?

987
00:48:48,700 --> 00:48:50,580
You knew that about me,

988
00:48:51,440 --> 00:48:53,140
and you still,

989
00:48:53,140 --> 00:48:55,240
and I'm a Samaritan and I'm a woman,

990
00:48:55,240 --> 00:48:56,520
and you knew that about me,

991
00:48:56,520 --> 00:48:59,420
and you still talked to me.

992
00:49:02,020 --> 00:49:03,820
You must be a prophet.

993
00:49:03,820 --> 00:49:05,320
Our fathers worshiped in this mountain,

994
00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:06,920
and you say that in Jerusalem

995
00:49:06,920 --> 00:49:08,600
is the place where men ought to worship.

996
00:49:08,600 --> 00:49:11,960
Jesus says in her woman, I believe me the hour cometh,

997
00:49:11,960 --> 00:49:13,300
when ye shall neither in this mountain

998
00:49:13,300 --> 00:49:15,040
nor yet in Jerusalem worship the Father.

999
00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:16,900
When ye worship, ye know not what.

1000
00:49:16,900 --> 00:49:21,000
We know that what we worship for salvation is of the Jews.

1001
00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:24,940
Doctrine matters, and he was saying,

1002
00:49:24,940 --> 00:49:28,620
hey, you guys are saying that Jerusalem

1003
00:49:28,620 --> 00:49:30,640
isn't where you ought to worship.

1004
00:49:30,640 --> 00:49:33,580
I'm telling you that God has been working

1005
00:49:33,580 --> 00:49:35,520
on a story of redemption,

1006
00:49:35,520 --> 00:49:37,460
and there's a sacrificial system,

1007
00:49:37,460 --> 00:49:39,920
and that sacrificial system, stay tuned for Hebrews.

1008
00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:41,800
I've been studying all through chapter 10.

1009
00:49:41,800 --> 00:49:43,560
You guys come back, it's gonna be amazing.

1010
00:49:43,560 --> 00:49:48,560
But he's saying, hey, when God says it,

1011
00:49:49,240 --> 00:49:51,800
you can take to the bank what he says, right?

1012
00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:54,700
And you guys are wrong, salvation is of the Jews.

1013
00:49:56,080 --> 00:49:59,280
God is, he says, but the hour cometh,

1014
00:49:59,280 --> 00:50:01,680
and now is when the true worshipers

1015
00:50:01,680 --> 00:50:05,720
shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth,

1016
00:50:05,720 --> 00:50:08,560
for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

1017
00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:12,460
God is spirit, and may that worship him

1018
00:50:12,460 --> 00:50:14,700
and let's worship him in spirit and in truth.

1019
00:50:16,720 --> 00:50:18,600
Now she gets to the heart of the issue, verse 25,

1020
00:50:18,600 --> 00:50:22,040
the woman saith unto him, I know that the Messiah cometh,

1021
00:50:22,040 --> 00:50:24,480
which is called Christ, when he is coming,

1022
00:50:24,480 --> 00:50:26,040
you will tell us all things.

1023
00:50:26,040 --> 00:50:28,040
You know what she's kind of saying?

1024
00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:31,520
This is sounding a lot like what's been promised.

1025
00:50:31,520 --> 00:50:33,280
You're telling us all kinds of stuff.

1026
00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:34,980
You're speaking with authority.

1027
00:50:37,520 --> 00:50:39,980
She didn't ask a question, but she's making a statement,

1028
00:50:39,980 --> 00:50:43,960
kind of like, are you the Messiah, and what does Jesus say?

1029
00:50:45,020 --> 00:50:50,020
Jesus says unto her, I that speaketh unto thee, am he.

1030
00:50:52,600 --> 00:50:55,460
I'm the anointed one, I'm the Messiah.

1031
00:50:55,460 --> 00:50:57,500
You believe in me, you'll have living water.

1032
00:50:57,500 --> 00:51:00,300
Is he giving her salvation?

1033
00:51:01,300 --> 00:51:04,200
Is he saying to her, repent and believe in me?

1034
00:51:04,200 --> 00:51:06,900
Is that not the gospel message?

1035
00:51:06,900 --> 00:51:09,940
Is Jesus purposefully witnessing?

1036
00:51:11,080 --> 00:51:12,520
Is he doing it on purpose?

1037
00:51:12,520 --> 00:51:13,420
Yes, he is.

1038
00:51:14,520 --> 00:51:16,580
But that's not the end of the story.

1039
00:51:17,960 --> 00:51:20,220
Guys, that's not the end of the story.

1040
00:51:21,860 --> 00:51:25,600
He purposefully witnesses, but then look what he does.

1041
00:51:25,600 --> 00:51:29,600
And upon this came his disciples.

1042
00:51:31,200 --> 00:51:34,540
Sometimes I feel like this, I feel like the disciples.

1043
00:51:34,540 --> 00:51:37,100
You ever notice that sometimes the disciples don't get it?

1044
00:51:38,200 --> 00:51:41,140
Broom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.

1045
00:51:41,140 --> 00:51:43,340
Right, they're not getting it.

1046
00:51:44,320 --> 00:51:45,580
Sometimes I don't get it.

1047
00:51:46,940 --> 00:51:48,320
Sometimes you don't get it.

1048
00:51:50,720 --> 00:51:53,020
Here comes the disciples, and they're marveled

1049
00:51:53,020 --> 00:51:55,620
that he talked with the woman.

1050
00:51:55,620 --> 00:51:58,020
There's a lot of people marveled at what Jesus did.

1051
00:51:59,160 --> 00:52:01,460
They're, but why are you talking to a Samaritan woman?

1052
00:52:01,460 --> 00:52:02,800
Oh my goodness.

1053
00:52:02,800 --> 00:52:04,160
Yet no man said, what seeketh thou?

1054
00:52:04,160 --> 00:52:05,760
Or why talketh thou with her?

1055
00:52:05,760 --> 00:52:08,700
The woman then left her water pot and went her way to the city

1056
00:52:08,700 --> 00:52:10,600
and said it to the men.

1057
00:52:10,600 --> 00:52:13,440
That's interesting too, she said to the men,

1058
00:52:13,440 --> 00:52:16,140
come see a man which told me all the things

1059
00:52:16,140 --> 00:52:19,040
that ever I did is not this the Christ.

1060
00:52:20,240 --> 00:52:22,220
Then they, who are the they?

1061
00:52:23,780 --> 00:52:26,160
The men of the city.

1062
00:52:26,160 --> 00:52:31,160
Then they went out of the city and came unto him.

1063
00:52:31,160 --> 00:52:32,000
Him.

1064
00:52:33,520 --> 00:52:35,320
So do you get the image?

1065
00:52:35,320 --> 00:52:40,320
Jesus gives her the words that will give her eternal life.

1066
00:52:40,400 --> 00:52:43,000
She believes that he's the Christ.

1067
00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:48,000
She believes it so badly that she instantly takes on the mission.

1068
00:52:49,200 --> 00:52:50,440
Hey, we gotta go get some other people.

1069
00:52:50,440 --> 00:52:53,880
Hey, come see a man that told us, I think maybe what she was

1070
00:52:53,880 --> 00:52:56,780
saying to some of them is, he knows what we did.

1071
00:52:56,780 --> 00:52:58,740
We're all those men innocent?

1072
00:52:58,740 --> 00:53:01,140
We don't know for sure, but it could have been.

1073
00:53:01,140 --> 00:53:03,980
And here they come, they're coming out to the well

1074
00:53:03,980 --> 00:53:05,380
that's outside of the city.

1075
00:53:05,380 --> 00:53:08,220
Here comes a group of people with the woman

1076
00:53:08,220 --> 00:53:11,020
bringing them along with her.

1077
00:53:11,020 --> 00:53:13,220
And look at what Jesus says.

1078
00:53:16,020 --> 00:53:18,220
In the mean, here they're coming.

1079
00:53:18,220 --> 00:53:19,760
You see them coming?

1080
00:53:19,760 --> 00:53:21,060
They're coming.

1081
00:53:21,060 --> 00:53:23,460
The lost people, because of the saying of the woman,

1082
00:53:23,460 --> 00:53:26,940
they're coming.

1083
00:53:26,940 --> 00:53:31,940
In the mean, while his disciples prayed them saying,

1084
00:53:33,740 --> 00:53:34,820
what did they do?

1085
00:53:34,820 --> 00:53:38,580
Master, eat, aren't you hungry?

1086
00:53:39,460 --> 00:53:43,100
Hey Jesus, hey, back in the here and now.

1087
00:53:44,060 --> 00:53:45,680
Time for dinner, time for lunch.

1088
00:53:45,680 --> 00:53:46,860
Who here's thinking about lunch?

1089
00:53:46,860 --> 00:53:47,700
Be honest.

1090
00:53:48,820 --> 00:53:50,320
Me too.

1091
00:53:50,320 --> 00:53:51,160
I'll hurry.

1092
00:53:51,160 --> 00:53:56,000
Okay.

1093
00:53:56,000 --> 00:53:56,980
What did he say?

1094
00:53:58,660 --> 00:54:00,940
Aren't you gonna eat, Jesus?

1095
00:54:00,940 --> 00:54:03,260
He said to them, I have not meat to eat.

1096
00:54:03,260 --> 00:54:04,500
I have meat to eat that you know not of.

1097
00:54:04,500 --> 00:54:06,300
Therefore says the disciples, one to another,

1098
00:54:06,300 --> 00:54:08,140
if any man brought him ought to eat.

1099
00:54:10,100 --> 00:54:14,340
Jesus said to them, my meat is to do the will of him

1100
00:54:14,340 --> 00:54:18,220
that sent me and to finish his work.

1101
00:54:18,220 --> 00:54:22,260
You say that there's four months and then comes a harvest.

1102
00:54:22,260 --> 00:54:24,060
Lift up your eyes.

1103
00:54:25,860 --> 00:54:27,500
Lift up your eyes.

1104
00:54:28,500 --> 00:54:33,100
Look on the fields, they're white already to harvest.

1105
00:54:33,100 --> 00:54:34,840
Was he talking about wheat?

1106
00:54:35,880 --> 00:54:37,980
Was he talking about water?

1107
00:54:37,980 --> 00:54:39,680
No.

1108
00:54:39,680 --> 00:54:42,420
He's pointing at the guys that are coming

1109
00:54:42,420 --> 00:54:44,980
because of the witness of the woman

1110
00:54:44,980 --> 00:54:49,420
that he had just made a disciple of himself.

1111
00:54:50,760 --> 00:54:53,520
And they're coming and he's saying, fellas,

1112
00:54:53,520 --> 00:54:55,260
forget the food.

1113
00:54:57,700 --> 00:55:01,100
In a hundred years, the food won't matter.

1114
00:55:01,100 --> 00:55:04,200
Look at some different kind of food.

1115
00:55:04,200 --> 00:55:06,300
A different kind of harvest.

1116
00:55:06,300 --> 00:55:09,780
Look under the fields, they're white ready to harvest.

1117
00:55:11,240 --> 00:55:13,640
And he that reapeth, receivedeth wages

1118
00:55:13,640 --> 00:55:15,340
and gathered food in the life eternal.

1119
00:55:15,340 --> 00:55:17,320
That both he that soweth and he that reapeth

1120
00:55:17,320 --> 00:55:19,180
may rejoice together.

1121
00:55:19,180 --> 00:55:21,380
And hearing as that saying, true one soweth

1122
00:55:21,380 --> 00:55:24,060
and another reapeth, what did he say?

1123
00:55:24,060 --> 00:55:27,120
I, verse 38, I what?

1124
00:55:27,120 --> 00:55:28,820
I sent you.

1125
00:55:30,560 --> 00:55:32,460
Is there a theme here?

1126
00:55:32,460 --> 00:55:37,460
I sent you to reap whereon you bestowed no labor.

1127
00:55:37,460 --> 00:55:42,460
Other men labored and he entered into their labors.

1128
00:55:45,460 --> 00:55:46,660
Do you get the point?

1129
00:55:47,660 --> 00:55:51,600
Jesus was not only a purposeful witness to the lost.

1130
00:55:52,940 --> 00:55:55,780
He had a group of guys that were already his disciples

1131
00:55:55,780 --> 00:56:00,780
to say, let me equip you and inspire you and provoke you

1132
00:56:00,780 --> 00:56:05,780
and send you into the fields to do the reaping.

1133
00:56:12,580 --> 00:56:17,160
Paul said, I planted Apollos watered,

1134
00:56:17,160 --> 00:56:19,320
but who gives the increase?

1135
00:56:19,320 --> 00:56:20,760
God gives the increase.

1136
00:56:22,900 --> 00:56:25,660
We don't just reach the lost,

1137
00:56:25,660 --> 00:56:30,660
we equip the saved to be on the same mission.

1138
00:56:33,460 --> 00:56:34,300
I'm gonna hurry.

1139
00:56:36,100 --> 00:56:41,100
Imagine a church who adopts this commission vision

1140
00:56:42,000 --> 00:56:43,000
that we've been handed.

1141
00:56:44,180 --> 00:56:47,580
An assembly of people that fully embraced this mission.

1142
00:56:47,580 --> 00:56:49,840
A body of people who faithfully assemble,

1143
00:56:49,840 --> 00:56:52,120
loving each other, encouraging each other

1144
00:56:52,120 --> 00:56:54,140
to love into good works, equipping each other

1145
00:56:54,140 --> 00:56:57,220
to live out the gospel in their families and schools

1146
00:56:57,220 --> 00:56:59,120
and neighborhoods and workplaces.

1147
00:57:00,060 --> 00:57:03,220
Imagine a body of people, imagine a church

1148
00:57:03,220 --> 00:57:06,260
who were equipped to walk with the Lord in His word,

1149
00:57:06,260 --> 00:57:10,520
who were satisfied by the living water of Jesus Christ

1150
00:57:10,520 --> 00:57:14,260
on a daily basis and communed with Him and loved Him

1151
00:57:14,260 --> 00:57:16,340
and grew in their obedience every day.

1152
00:57:16,340 --> 00:57:21,300
Imagine a body of people, a church who were so generous,

1153
00:57:21,300 --> 00:57:23,780
they were stewarding their gifts, their resources,

1154
00:57:23,780 --> 00:57:26,940
their time, their abilities for God's glory

1155
00:57:26,940 --> 00:57:28,620
and for gospel expansion.

1156
00:57:28,620 --> 00:57:32,340
Imagine a body of people who live every week

1157
00:57:32,340 --> 00:57:36,420
as though they were not dismissed, but they were sent,

1158
00:57:37,980 --> 00:57:41,860
but purposely sent to share the gospel with the lost.

1159
00:57:41,860 --> 00:57:45,620
And imagine a body of people who were intentional

1160
00:57:45,620 --> 00:57:48,380
with each other as they came to faith

1161
00:57:48,380 --> 00:57:50,980
to generationally hand off the mission

1162
00:57:50,980 --> 00:57:53,740
through discipling and equipping other believers

1163
00:57:53,740 --> 00:57:58,740
to do all that Christ taught sharing the gospel with the world.

1164
00:58:01,260 --> 00:58:04,940
A church like that would be a church on the move.

1165
00:58:04,940 --> 00:58:08,700
A church like that, it may be said,

1166
00:58:08,700 --> 00:58:10,820
like was said in the early church,

1167
00:58:10,820 --> 00:58:14,820
that those who turned the world upside down

1168
00:58:14,820 --> 00:58:17,100
have come here also.

1169
00:58:17,100 --> 00:58:22,100
And so that's the great co-mission vision.

1170
00:58:23,860 --> 00:58:28,860
We're on mission together as a body for the gospel.

1171
00:58:31,500 --> 00:58:33,460
What's your next step in that vision?

1172
00:58:33,460 --> 00:58:37,580
Are you part of the crowd, but not part of the congregation?

1173
00:58:37,580 --> 00:58:39,940
Maybe you ought to join this church

1174
00:58:39,940 --> 00:58:41,700
and you get baptized maybe,

1175
00:58:41,700 --> 00:58:44,100
and you commit yourself to faithfully attending the service

1176
00:58:44,100 --> 00:58:45,940
and getting to know others.

1177
00:58:45,940 --> 00:58:48,140
Are you a part of the congregation,

1178
00:58:48,140 --> 00:58:50,300
but not part of the community?

1179
00:58:50,300 --> 00:58:53,100
Maybe you need to get involved in a Sunday school class.

1180
00:58:54,260 --> 00:58:56,020
Maybe you need to come and do the one and others

1181
00:58:56,020 --> 00:58:58,020
with a community of believers in our church.

1182
00:58:58,020 --> 00:59:00,340
Maybe you need to know and be known.

1183
00:59:00,340 --> 00:59:02,220
If you want to be a part of a Sunday school class

1184
00:59:02,220 --> 00:59:03,420
and don't know where to start,

1185
00:59:03,420 --> 00:59:05,820
fill out a connection card in your bulletin

1186
00:59:05,820 --> 00:59:07,260
or in the pupock in the front of you

1187
00:59:07,260 --> 00:59:09,140
and we'll help you get connected.

1188
00:59:09,140 --> 00:59:10,380
Maybe you're a part of the community,

1189
00:59:10,380 --> 00:59:12,180
but you want to grow deeper in your faith

1190
00:59:12,180 --> 00:59:15,700
and be equipped to share the gospel and to walk with the Lord.

1191
00:59:15,700 --> 00:59:18,660
We have between 20 and 23 groups

1192
00:59:18,660 --> 00:59:21,020
that have been started the last two years

1193
00:59:21,020 --> 00:59:24,060
who have been trained and equipped in our discipleship groups

1194
00:59:24,060 --> 00:59:27,860
this past year that are looking to take three to five people

1195
00:59:27,860 --> 00:59:30,460
per group to help them to grow spiritually

1196
00:59:30,460 --> 00:59:32,340
and you can be a part of that.

1197
00:59:32,340 --> 00:59:35,060
You can name, put your name on a next step card

1198
00:59:35,060 --> 00:59:37,980
that you're interested in and it will help you get connected.

1199
00:59:38,940 --> 00:59:43,380
Are you equipped and you're walking with the Lord

1200
00:59:43,380 --> 00:59:46,860
but maybe your witness and your ability to disciple others,

1201
00:59:46,860 --> 00:59:48,540
maybe you need to grow in that.

1202
00:59:48,540 --> 00:59:51,140
Do you want to serve and use your gifts in the body?

1203
00:59:51,140 --> 00:59:52,860
You can also fill out a connection card

1204
00:59:52,860 --> 00:59:55,820
and we can help you grow in that area.

1205
00:59:55,820 --> 00:59:57,620
We'd love for you to get involved.

1206
01:00:00,940 --> 01:00:04,940
What's your next step in this co-mission vision?

1207
01:00:04,940 --> 01:00:14,940
Would you bow your heads and close your eyes with me?