1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:15,440 Welcome to Hub City Vineyard. 2 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:23,060 To get connected or to give online, go to connect.hcv.church or give.hcv.church. 3 00:00:23,060 --> 00:00:27,360 If at any point during this message you feel called to make a change in your life, text 4 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,840 change me to 970-00. 5 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:33,160 Thank you and enjoy the message. 6 00:00:33,160 --> 00:00:37,400 But I am really excited about the series that we're kicking off today along with 20 plus 7 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:41,000 other churches in the tri-state area called Won't You Be My Neighbor? 8 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:45,800 And for the next five weeks we're going to be discussing what Jesus called the second 9 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:50,360 most important commandment written in the Bible. 10 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:54,800 And in fact when we really break it down and what I've come to find this week and study 11 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:57,400 it is we don't talk about it enough. 12 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:04,400 Like if it's that important and Jesus put such a high emphasis on it, why don't we talk 13 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:06,040 about it more? 14 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:10,280 And this clip that I am about to share with you will explain why. 15 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:11,280 Let's check it out. 16 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:19,320 It's a different feeling when your doorbell rings today opposed to 20 years ago. 17 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:25,120 20 years ago your doorbell rang, that was a happy moment in your house. 18 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:27,200 It's called company. 19 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:32,800 You'd be sitting there on a Thursday night watching TV, your doorbell rang, the whole 20 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:34,600 family shot off the couch. 21 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:36,600 Oh my God! 22 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:40,360 Put the lights on, somebody's here! 23 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,360 We got people! 24 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:58,640 The whole family went to the door, the kids were in socks, they slid up to the door. 25 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:01,200 Nobody looked to see who it was. 26 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:06,040 You just open up the door and the person would be like, I was in the neighborhood. 27 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:10,560 I thought I might stop by and see how the kids are doing. 28 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:14,640 They're like, oh, come on in. 29 00:02:14,640 --> 00:02:19,000 We're going to have some cake. 30 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,040 Your mother had a little entomance. 31 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:29,160 It would be some Sarah Lee crumble cake just in case company came over. 32 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:31,080 She made an announcement when she bought it. 33 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:34,760 She's like, listen, nobody touched this cake. 34 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:36,240 This is for company only. 35 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:39,120 Those crap muffins, those are for you people. 36 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:44,560 Nobody had a cell phone back then. 37 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:49,720 If your house phone did ring, your father stood up and said, nobody get that phone. 38 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:53,400 We got company. 39 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,400 Now your doorbell rings? 40 00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:17,120 It's like, what the? 41 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:19,680 Your own mother's crawling across the kitchen floor. 42 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,400 Get down, my army crawl! 43 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:26,880 Get in the closet. 44 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:28,200 Go get the sword in the living room. 45 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:30,400 Somebody get the sword underneath the couch in the living room. 46 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:31,400 There's a sword. 47 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:37,600 All right, now we laugh at that, right? 48 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:38,600 That's funny. 49 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:39,600 That's humorous. 50 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:40,600 But it's true. 51 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:45,560 I mean, that is what we've come to. 52 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:47,200 The doorbell rings. 53 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:48,400 Someone knocks on the front door. 54 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:49,960 I know me personally. 55 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:54,520 If someone knocks on our front door, we have to scream at our dog because he will literally 56 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,880 run at the front door and try to rip someone's hand off. 57 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:03,000 Now we blame it on his cataracts and that he can't see, but we think he's just angry. 58 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,100 Okay? 59 00:04:05,100 --> 00:04:08,120 But that is the state of our society. 60 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:09,120 Right? 61 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:11,720 Let's be honest. 62 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:14,160 That's the state of our society. 63 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:19,500 That if someone actually shows up at our door through the week while we're watching TV or 64 00:04:19,500 --> 00:04:21,800 having dinner, it's like, shut the lights off. 65 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:25,560 We're not home. 66 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:29,960 So as I was watching that this week, and here we are kicking this series off, Won't You 67 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:35,040 Be My Neighbor, talking about Jesus' challenge to love our neighbors as ourselves. 68 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:37,460 Why are we like that? 69 00:04:37,460 --> 00:04:41,400 Why has society come to a point that that is how we live? 70 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,160 And this is some of the things I found. 71 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:52,160 Health insurer Cigna's 2018 US Loneliness Index found that 46% of Americans report feeling 72 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:56,240 lonely sometimes or always. 73 00:04:56,240 --> 00:05:02,520 47% report feeling left out sometimes or always. 74 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:07,560 And why the insurance company did this is because there was a study that was subject 75 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:14,320 to citing this loneliness, and it literally suggests that loneliness has the same impact 76 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:19,560 on our mortality as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. 77 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:25,080 And when we really step back and think about the health effects that that has on us, that 78 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:27,360 is just outrageous. 79 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:34,240 Now Generation Z, adults ages 18 to 22 are the loneliness, followed by millennials, adults 80 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:38,040 ages 23 to 37. 81 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:44,960 And those two brackets are far worse than any of the older generations. 82 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:52,260 Now everyone immediately points to social media, but none of that has been proven. 83 00:05:52,260 --> 00:05:58,540 What has been proven though is that students have higher loneliness scores than retirees. 84 00:05:58,540 --> 00:06:02,200 And if you really step back to think about that, students, you know, people in schools 85 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:05,560 and around people all the time, retirees, you would think that they would have these 86 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:07,640 things, and it's just not true. 87 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:11,660 And Trinity, my 18 year old daughter, she's a freshman at the University of Maryland, 88 00:06:11,660 --> 00:06:15,360 she came home for the weekend, so we've been asking her how she's been doing, what her 89 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,360 classes are like, some things that she's noticed. 90 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:22,200 And we got on the topic of Apple earbuds. 91 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:26,740 You know, Apple earbuds are these headphones that don't have any wires, you just put them 92 00:06:26,740 --> 00:06:27,740 in your ears. 93 00:06:27,740 --> 00:06:29,440 And she said it's interesting. 94 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:34,880 She walks on average anywhere from 10 to 15 miles a day to her classes, very large campus, 95 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,400 and a lot of the students do the same. 96 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:43,160 She said, whenever I walk to my classes, no one talks. 97 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,600 Like there's no interaction with people. 98 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:50,840 Like literally everybody walks around campus with their earbuds in, watching their phone 99 00:06:50,840 --> 00:06:53,480 or listening to something on their phone. 100 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:59,760 I mean my oldest son, Isaac, he even said that last year he was walking to class, same 101 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:03,540 way, headphones in, had his phone playing, and he was getting ready to go across the 102 00:07:03,540 --> 00:07:06,640 crosswalk and almost died because the car didn't stop. 103 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:09,840 But he wasn't paying attention. 104 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:13,120 Which led me to this article that I found in the New York Times. 105 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:14,560 Listen to this. 106 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:20,680 Two in three millennials don't feel like they belong to their local community or their neighborhoods, 107 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:24,460 according to new research, a new study of a thousand millennials and a thousand non-millennials 108 00:07:24,460 --> 00:07:30,720 explored the notion of a community and what it means and found that 64% of the younger 109 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:35,480 generation feel disconnected from their community. 110 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:37,960 So they asked them, they were like, why do you feel disconnected? 111 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:44,040 And they all responded, it's because they don't participate in community activities 112 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:47,240 because they don't have enough free time. 113 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,000 And I was just, as I read that, I began to think, what? 114 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:55,320 Yeah, they said one in five don't participate because they don't have friends in their neighborhood 115 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:59,040 and they don't know how to get involved. 116 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:04,440 And literally my heart broke because in other words, our younger generations, generation 117 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:10,120 Z, our millennials, they're not engaging one another and not only not engaging one another, 118 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:12,440 they're not engaging the community. 119 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:14,480 They're not getting involved anywhere. 120 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:22,640 There's no meaningful relationships being built and thus 47% of our society feels lonely. 121 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:28,060 And then you wonder why people freak out when someone knocks on their front door or rings 122 00:08:28,060 --> 00:08:32,880 their doorbell, which leads us to our first thought this morning as we kick off our new 123 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:34,000 series. 124 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:39,640 Society has lost what it means to be a neighbor. 125 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:42,440 Society has lost what it means to be a neighbor. 126 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:50,760 Now I know that many of you have heard that there's a connection between relationships 127 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:54,840 and the declining relationships within our society, how people are going further and 128 00:08:54,840 --> 00:09:00,720 further apart and how the nature of neighborhoods and neighbors have been lost and people are 129 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:02,000 pointing to social media. 130 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,240 They're pointing to all these different reasons. 131 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:10,440 Well in reality, sociologists have began to break it down and they found four different 132 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:14,440 factors that are pointing to this truth. 133 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:17,920 And the first that they found is the emphasis on boundaries. 134 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:22,240 And the sociologists have found that when the suburbs started, when people began to 135 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:28,920 move out of the inner cities and the big cities en masse, these suburbs have created barriers 136 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:36,960 that also include garages and fences and places where people go just to be by themselves. 137 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:41,800 In fact, Robert Frost wrote a poem called The Mending Well and he wrote this, good fences 138 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:43,760 make good neighbors. 139 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:51,200 And while that may be true for some of you, what does it point to when it comes to relationships? 140 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:59,740 For most of the people in our world, life is centered around the common village well. 141 00:09:59,740 --> 00:10:04,560 For most people around the world in third world countries, they walk to wells where 142 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:09,040 they get water and they connect with one another building what? 143 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:10,240 Community. 144 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:11,720 Our society has lost that. 145 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:13,040 We have running water. 146 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:18,920 Everything comes into our houses so that we can seclude and isolate ourselves and thus 147 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:20,560 we become responsible for who? 148 00:10:20,560 --> 00:10:24,040 We become responsible for ourselves. 149 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:29,540 So not only is it boundaries, but it's the automobile and the independence that it brings 150 00:10:29,540 --> 00:10:34,200 in terms of getting to different places from where we live. 151 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:39,960 Imagine a time, and this is just within the last 100 years, imagine a time when you couldn't 152 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:45,480 jump in your car and go to the grocery store or work or come to a Sunday gathering, but 153 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:49,160 the only place that you could go was where you could walk. 154 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:50,160 Right? 155 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:57,720 Suddenly that changes the picture of what it means to be connected to home and to neighborhoods. 156 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:02,880 Sociologists also point to the personalization of entertainment and it all started with the 157 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:03,880 television. 158 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:09,220 When the television came out, people were able to entertain themselves by themselves. 159 00:11:09,220 --> 00:11:11,320 They didn't need anybody else. 160 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:15,840 If they wanted to connect or unwind, they just watched the TV and now fast forward to 161 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:19,680 today, we have TVs in our pockets. 162 00:11:19,680 --> 00:11:25,200 So it even greater points to the separation of relationships. 163 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:34,760 So entertainment and all interaction is between you and a machine and no one else. 164 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:39,640 Now of course there's the increasing mobility of where people live and how far they can 165 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:42,400 go and the loss of roots and permissibility. 166 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:47,340 Michael Frost, the sociologist says that the modern Western experience of life is like 167 00:11:47,340 --> 00:11:49,220 that of a tourist. 168 00:11:49,220 --> 00:11:54,120 Someone who is always moving, never belonging, always interested in collecting experiences 169 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:59,440 but remaining superficial and disconnected from permissibility. 170 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:05,720 And see all of those studies, all of those statistics, all of those truths leads us to 171 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:11,040 an encounter between Jesus and what the Bible called a religious man. 172 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:16,360 Meaning he was not professionally religious, he was not a priest or a Levite, rather he 173 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:19,800 was just a man that was highly respected in his community. 174 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:27,360 He was known to be nice and well spoken and considered a man that followed God's commands. 175 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:30,360 And in Luke 10, 25 to 28 we read this. 176 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:35,520 One day an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus by asking him this question, 177 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:39,920 teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life? 178 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:45,120 Jesus replied, well what does the law of Moses say and how do you read it? 179 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:50,160 And notice that Jesus responds to the man's question with a question. 180 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:55,640 He literally points it back to him because Jesus knew that the question that was being 181 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:58,220 asked could have been a loaded question. 182 00:12:58,220 --> 00:13:03,480 And he wanted to see the man's response because when the man responded it put the emphasis 183 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:08,780 back on him so that he had to be responsible for his choice. 184 00:13:08,780 --> 00:13:12,720 The man said this, you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, 185 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:18,920 all your strength and all your mind and love your neighbor as yourself. 186 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:27,680 Now notice Jesus, he's right, Jesus taught him, do this and you will live. 187 00:13:27,680 --> 00:13:28,680 Love God. 188 00:13:28,680 --> 00:13:36,360 Our lives being centered on God and our affections going towards him and I want to encourage 189 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:38,600 some of you this morning. 190 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:41,000 What I shared earlier was true. 191 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,440 God is here. 192 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:46,080 God is in this place. 193 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:49,760 He is in this auditorium and he is speaking to your heart and some of you, you've got 194 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:55,160 to let your emotions and you've got to let your guard down and let them just come out. 195 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:59,440 Some of you are just so hard and on edge that you can't even respond to the spirit beckoning 196 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:00,440 your heart. 197 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:06,740 And he is in this place and that's what loving God is. 198 00:14:06,740 --> 00:14:10,760 And then from that we must hold the same regard for others. 199 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:15,380 You know so many of us struggle in relationships because we don't have that regard for God. 200 00:14:15,380 --> 00:14:19,080 If we can't give our all to God we're not going to be able to give anything to anybody 201 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:20,080 else. 202 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:28,880 We are to love our neighbors which our society has lost the most important aspect of what 203 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:32,400 a relationship with Jesus is really all about. 204 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:35,760 You know we got a new puppy, some of you may know we named her Bay. 205 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:39,320 She just turned three months old on Saturday. 206 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:44,880 If you know anything about a three month old puppy, right, there are so many times during 207 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:49,680 the day that I just want to throw her in her kennel, shut it and just walk away. 208 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:55,240 Because we've had this dog for I guess about I don't know four weeks now and in those four 209 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:59,040 weeks I've noticed that everywhere you go she's at your ankles. 210 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:03,000 She's either nipping at them, licking at them, you know tripping over them, just all over 211 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:04,720 rubbing up against you. 212 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:11,000 And it gets to the point where you're just like, okay what do you want? 213 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:19,800 So of course me going to the greatest source of all human knowledge, Google, I typed into 214 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:25,360 Google I said, why is my two month old puppy nuts? 215 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:30,400 I mean and of course Google responded with this great answer. 216 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:38,000 It pulled up this article and it said, puppies are all about companionship. 217 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:42,200 For the first six months of their life all they're worried about is companionship. 218 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:46,040 And the article went on to say, think about it. 219 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:49,320 The puppy was just born into a litter. 220 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:51,640 She had six brothers and sisters. 221 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:53,200 A mom and dad. 222 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:57,680 All they did all day was play, lick and wrestle. 223 00:15:57,680 --> 00:15:58,680 All day. 224 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:01,960 Oh yeah and sleep and poop. 225 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:04,000 But they did it what? 226 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:05,720 Together. 227 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:08,520 Rubbing against each other, hanging out with each other, nipping at each other, biting 228 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:09,520 at each other. 229 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:16,680 And then all of a sudden you take her out of that and she has nothing. 230 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:19,400 Okay we have a mom and dad. 231 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:21,160 But the point is this. 232 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:24,440 The puppy wants companionship. 233 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:26,800 Friends we're no different. 234 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:29,260 We want companionship. 235 00:16:29,260 --> 00:16:34,080 But we've allowed our society to dumb down what it means to be a neighbor and we need 236 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:38,760 to change our outlook because our second point is truth. 237 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:42,560 Loving our neighbors really matters. 238 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:43,920 Loving our neighbors really matters. 239 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:45,800 Look at Mark 12, 20-30. 240 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:49,560 Of all the commandments which is the most important? 241 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:54,800 Jesus replied, the most important commandment is this. 242 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:56,920 Love the Lord your God. 243 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:58,560 I'm sorry I got ahead of myself. 244 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:01,800 Listen Israel, the Lord our God is the one and only Lord. 245 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:04,640 And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind and 246 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:06,000 all your strength. 247 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:07,340 The second is equally important. 248 00:17:07,340 --> 00:17:10,280 Love your neighbor as yourself. 249 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:17,040 Jesus says the whole law of God can be summarized by those two great commands. 250 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:18,040 Now think about it. 251 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:25,480 At this point in history there was 613 commandments in the Old Testament that the Jewish people 252 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:26,480 had to follow. 253 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:31,800 613 commandments and Jesus says all of those are summed up with two. 254 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:35,100 Love God, love your neighbor. 255 00:17:35,100 --> 00:17:43,840 So in Luke's gospel Jesus responds with write, do this and you will live. 256 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:47,960 In Mark's gospel Jesus begins by making the statement. 257 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:49,720 The most important commandment. 258 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:59,320 So in both gospels, in the accounts we read that verse where loving your neighbor as yourself 259 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:02,000 is just as important as loving God. 260 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:10,600 Now if you're anything like me, my response is, oh it's simple enough. 261 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:11,600 Because it sounds easy. 262 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:16,280 Oh that's right, just love God and express to Him how great He is and then just love 263 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:19,160 our neighbor as ourselves. 264 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:21,520 We all have that down right? 265 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:24,160 We got it down. 266 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:30,720 But see in this exchange between two people, between Jesus and this religious man, that's 267 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:32,480 the problem. 268 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:37,360 The problem is the religious man thinks he knows it. 269 00:18:37,360 --> 00:18:42,680 And then within this exchange you almost feel this man, he's becoming uncomfortable, his 270 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:48,440 toes are getting stepped on because Jesus immediately turns his question back on him, 271 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:54,840 has him respond and then it goes right to the point where this man, this religious man 272 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:58,320 has to justify his actions. 273 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:02,520 And I don't know about you, but if you have to justify your actions that means chances 274 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:07,400 are you're doing something wrong. 275 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:12,120 And see friends we can get just to be the same way as that religious man. 276 00:19:12,120 --> 00:19:15,560 We can think oh that's simple, that's easy, I got that down. 277 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:20,120 I know that Jesus wants me to love Him and love my neighbor as myself. 278 00:19:20,120 --> 00:19:22,760 I've learned that, I understand that. 279 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:27,280 But there's a big difference between knowing it and living it. 280 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:32,400 Jesus doesn't want us to know it, He wants us to live it. 281 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:38,080 He doesn't want us to gain knowledge about Him and memorize verses if we're not willing 282 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:41,360 to live it each and every day. 283 00:19:41,360 --> 00:19:43,800 And that's what this series is all about friends. 284 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:48,000 For the next five weeks we're going to step on one another's toes and challenge one another 285 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,880 to just get our hands dirty with our neighbors. 286 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:56,400 Because when those words come out, love God with every aspect of being and love your neighbor 287 00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:00,960 as yourself, it's where the rubber meets the road. 288 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:05,680 Either our actions begin to produce what we think and what we know or we're going to be 289 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:11,640 just like this religious man that says I need to justify my actions. 290 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:13,720 Well who's my neighbor? 291 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:18,000 You can almost hear Bia's response, well who is my neighbor? 292 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:23,720 That he's already thinking that, well those that are just like me, right, those that believe 293 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:28,480 the same things, those that look like me, those that dress like me, those that are cool, 294 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:32,000 that get the cool points, okay they're my neighbors. 295 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:35,640 But anybody that's different than me? 296 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:38,140 They're not my neighbors. 297 00:20:38,140 --> 00:20:44,720 It's like you can hear that man trying to justify his lack of concern for his neighbors. 298 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:47,240 And we can get to be the same way. 299 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:54,440 There's danger in justifying our lack of concern and our lack of love for our neighbors. 300 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:59,580 Because it's just not God's best for his church and friends, you and I are the church. 301 00:20:59,580 --> 00:21:02,840 And we need to begin to change that. 302 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:07,840 So Jesus tells this story in response to the man's question, well who is our neighbor which 303 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:10,000 needs us to our next point. 304 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:14,200 Jesus sees all of humanity as oppressed. 305 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:15,200 All of humanity. 306 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:19,800 Luke chapter 10 verses 30 to 35, Jesus replied with a story. 307 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:25,760 A Jewish man was traveling from Jerusalem down to Jericho and he was attacked by bandits. 308 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:30,520 They stripped him of his clothes, beat him up and left him half dead beside the road. 309 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:34,680 By chance a priest came along but when he saw the man lying there he crossed to the 310 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:36,280 other side of the road and passed him by. 311 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:41,480 A temple assistant walked over and looked at him lying there, even walked over and looked, 312 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:44,260 gazed down. 313 00:21:44,260 --> 00:21:47,200 But he also passed by on the other side. 314 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:51,680 Then a despised Samaritan came along and when he saw the man he felt compassion for him. 315 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:55,720 Going over to him the Samaritan soothed his wounds with olive oil and wine and bandaged 316 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:56,720 them. 317 00:21:56,720 --> 00:22:00,480 Then he put the man on his own donkey and took him to an inn where he took care of him. 318 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:06,120 The next day he handed the innkeeper two silver coins telling him, take care of this man. 319 00:22:06,120 --> 00:22:11,720 If his bill runs higher than this I'll pay you the next time I'm here. 320 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:17,920 So notice this story, Jesus begins this story with a Jewish man walking through a vulnerable 321 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:23,520 road through an area between Jerusalem and Jericho that all of those listening, including 322 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:26,900 the religious man, he knew, well that's dangerous. 323 00:22:26,900 --> 00:22:30,800 That there's robbers and thieves there that are looking for opportunities behind turns 324 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:41,120 and crevices and rocks that could jump on someone, steal, wound, beat and live for dead. 325 00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:45,160 And when we first read that we first have to recognize this. 326 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:53,300 There are lives along each of our pathways that are wounded and in real need. 327 00:22:53,300 --> 00:22:55,680 There are lives everywhere we go. 328 00:22:55,680 --> 00:23:03,080 People, real people looking for relationship, encouragement, love. 329 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:07,880 And you may think that Jesus is describing literally something unrelated to our actual 330 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:12,800 neighbors because let's be honest, when we think about our neighbors we think, well they 331 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:14,920 drive nice cars. 332 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:16,360 Nicer cars than me. 333 00:23:16,360 --> 00:23:18,240 They dress well. 334 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:24,320 I know they eat because they're alive and they drink. 335 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:26,560 And they seem to be doing pretty well. 336 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:30,600 But see what we don't know is what's happening inside. 337 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:34,840 Only outside anyone can play the part. 338 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:37,240 Can look successful. 339 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:38,480 Can look like they have it all together. 340 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:46,000 In fact, Steve Jobs, a former founder and CEO of Apple puts it this way. 341 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:52,320 At this moment, lying on this bed, sick and remembering all my life, I realized that all 342 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:59,400 my recognition and wealth that I have is meaningless in the face of imminent death. 343 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:02,360 You can hire someone to drive a car for you. 344 00:24:02,360 --> 00:24:05,220 You can hire someone to make money for you. 345 00:24:05,220 --> 00:24:10,800 But you cannot rent someone to carry the disease for you. 346 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:14,440 One can find and purchase material things. 347 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:19,680 But there is one thing that cannot be found when it is lost. 348 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:21,840 Life. 349 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:26,880 You know, and many people would point to him as successful, a legacy, he had it all together. 350 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:30,360 He had anything that, you know, billionaire. 351 00:24:30,360 --> 00:24:38,400 Yet at the end of his life, he recognized the most important were relationships. 352 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:43,080 And it goes on in this article that I read about him that he didn't do enough in terms 353 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:49,100 of relationships that he then regretted on his deathbed as he died from cancer. 354 00:24:49,100 --> 00:24:53,160 And many of us don't know what people are struggling with and what they are going through 355 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:56,160 because quite often it is unseen. 356 00:24:56,160 --> 00:25:01,800 We don't know people are lonely or depressed or go without the basic needs of life because 357 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,480 they won't express it. 358 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:08,200 It is something private. 359 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:12,600 And if people have it all together, we know for a fact that Jesus saw all humanity as 360 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:15,800 oppressed, spiritually oppressed. 361 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:20,480 And a lot of this story that he is sharing is, are you going to continue to allow people 362 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:25,640 wounded and dying on the side of the road? 363 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:30,600 Because this man, he was beaten and left for dead and you begin to wonder, was he hard 364 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:32,220 to miss? 365 00:25:32,220 --> 00:25:35,240 Did he get lost in all of the traffic? 366 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:41,300 But apparently not because Jesus describes how a priest comes by. 367 00:25:41,300 --> 00:25:45,940 But immediately when he saw him, he quickly went to the other side. 368 00:25:45,940 --> 00:25:49,360 And then within our minds we think, well a priest, he is busy. 369 00:25:49,360 --> 00:25:54,360 I am sure he was going somewhere to pray for someone or to get a ritual together or he 370 00:25:54,360 --> 00:25:55,800 had a message to prepare. 371 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:58,680 He was busy. 372 00:25:58,680 --> 00:25:59,860 Maybe he had an assistant. 373 00:25:59,860 --> 00:26:03,200 Maybe his assistant could take care of this man that was on the side of the road. 374 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:09,520 But a Levite, which some translations describe as the temple assistant, what did he do? 375 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:14,320 Well he walked up and looked at the man and then went to the other side. 376 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:15,960 But did he help him? 377 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:17,080 No. 378 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:22,680 See Jesus is bringing this story really close to home and these casts of characters, if 379 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:24,840 you will, that were being told in the story. 380 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:29,000 They all, meaning the audience, knew who they were. 381 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:33,520 And as I share it with you, you know what is happening. 382 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:39,680 And it is quite often we see people in need but we feel we cannot stop because we are 383 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:40,680 preoccupied. 384 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:42,460 We are busy. 385 00:26:42,460 --> 00:26:46,800 If you are anything like me, everywhere I drive there is a point to it. 386 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:51,000 Like when I go to the store, I am going to get something at that store and I have a list 387 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,280 ready. 388 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:57,200 I am not, I do not ride motorcycles so I do not take Sunday drives. 389 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:58,200 Right? 390 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:03,840 I do not just go somewhere in a car with no point to it. 391 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:07,480 And I am sure many of you are just like that. 392 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:12,440 But quite often in our busyness we lose sight of what is happening around us and then we 393 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:18,200 cannot justify religious activity as a reason to forget about those on the side of the road. 394 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:22,560 I have got to get to church. 395 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:26,440 God is like no, bring them with you. 396 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:31,480 Bring them and make them a part of what we are doing. 397 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:37,100 So Jesus is telling a point here and He is trying to explain that the hardest part of 398 00:27:37,100 --> 00:27:41,200 our lives, especially within our society is busyness. 399 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:47,380 We are so busy going to and fro to this and that that we miss our neighbors. 400 00:27:47,380 --> 00:27:50,120 We miss being connected. 401 00:27:50,120 --> 00:27:53,880 And the amazing thing about this story, if you really break it down, do you know who 402 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:57,160 the busiest person was in the story? 403 00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:00,960 The Samaritan. 404 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:05,480 Because it says the priest and the Levite, they were not going anywhere but the Samaritan 405 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:08,820 we know, he served and helped. 406 00:28:08,820 --> 00:28:11,040 And then paid the innkeeper and said I have got somewhere to go. 407 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:17,600 I will be back though if I need to pay anything else for the expenses. 408 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:20,300 The Samaritan had responsibilities. 409 00:28:20,300 --> 00:28:21,340 And think about this. 410 00:28:21,340 --> 00:28:26,120 When Jesus told this story, when he shares, well the Samaritan came and helped, literally 411 00:28:26,120 --> 00:28:28,840 the people in that crowd would have booed. 412 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:30,840 They hated the Samaritans. 413 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:34,240 Boo, we don't want to hear about them. 414 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:37,300 They hated each other. 415 00:28:37,300 --> 00:28:41,520 So Jesus isn't telling a story about those who have time and those who don't. 416 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,880 Like if you are retired, you are supposed to go and serve the ones that are on the side 417 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:47,320 of the road dead and buried and help them. 418 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:50,640 No, we are all called to it. 419 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:54,400 Every single one of us. 420 00:28:54,400 --> 00:29:01,040 And that villain, that Samaritan proves a point and that is our next talk. 421 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:06,040 Loving a neighbor requires crossing the road. 422 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:11,880 Luke 10, 31-34, you have the priest, he came along, he saw the man, he didn't go to him, 423 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:12,880 he saw him. 424 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:17,520 Then he crossed on the other side, the temple assistant walked over and looked at the man 425 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:21,440 lying there, then went to the other side, then the despised Samaritan came along and 426 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:26,040 when he saw the man, he felt compassion, which is big, we are going to get to that in a minute. 427 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:30,080 Going over to him, the Samaritan soothed his wounds with olive oil and wine and banished 428 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:31,840 him. 429 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:35,520 In the English Standard Version it says, but a Samaritan as he journeyed, came to where 430 00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:40,240 he was, when he saw him he had compassion, he went to him. 431 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:43,800 Meaning he crossed the road. 432 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:48,720 And what we see here in this story is there is a chasm, if you will, there is a gap. 433 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:53,640 And what do you think that chasm or that space is that is being represented? 434 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:56,200 That he had to cross to the other side. 435 00:29:56,200 --> 00:30:01,760 Think about it, one of the biggest things that he had to get over was fear. 436 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:06,200 Like he was fearful, this man was beaten and robbed and left for dead in his mind, he is 437 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,240 thinking, well what if the robbers are still there? 438 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:12,120 What if those robbers are still there? 439 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:17,280 Or that man, I am a Samaritan, he is a Jew, if I was to touch him he would become unclean, 440 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:19,440 I don't want to get involved in his mess. 441 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:21,880 Or I don't want to cause a mess for him. 442 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:30,200 So there is all these fears of why he should or shouldn't cross the road. 443 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:36,760 You have conflict, cultural conflict, the man that was lying on the road was a Jew and 444 00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:39,520 the Samaritan they despised one another. 445 00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:45,200 Hated one another and that man, that Samaritan had to deal with that hatred. 446 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:50,860 Am I going to be a good neighbor here and allow my hatred to leave in order for me to 447 00:30:50,860 --> 00:30:53,420 serve this man? 448 00:30:53,420 --> 00:30:55,920 And all of us have differences with other people. 449 00:30:55,920 --> 00:31:04,240 But see, our differences become prejudices, our prejudices then become racism and we separate 450 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:05,240 people. 451 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:11,400 And God is calling us to be different, to change. 452 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:15,040 You have indifference. 453 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:19,680 This man had to get over the reality of he is not my neighbor. 454 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:23,840 That's a Jewish man, he is not my neighbor, I have nothing to do with him. 455 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:29,660 And all of us have these boundaries within our life, these walls, these barriers, these 456 00:31:29,660 --> 00:31:34,820 fences that we put up that I guarantee you in a couple of weeks when we do our local 457 00:31:34,820 --> 00:31:41,800 neighbor worksheet, many of us don't even know the names of our neighbors. 458 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:45,760 And Jesus says are you willing to cross the road? 459 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:50,600 Because to love our neighbor requires us to cross the road. 460 00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:55,080 To love our neighbor means that we have to cross the street, the hallway, the courtyard, 461 00:31:55,080 --> 00:32:00,600 the sidewalk, I don't care what it is, in order for us to get involved in people's lives. 462 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:02,600 I have fears. 463 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:04,800 Just like you. 464 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:09,320 You know fears of what people are going to say or what they are going to think or do 465 00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:12,800 I say the right thing or what if they ask me a question I don't know or what if we don't 466 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:16,800 get along or see eye to eye, it doesn't matter. 467 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,520 It's about being connected. 468 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:27,000 My daughter, Lily is in sixth grade, she started middle school this year and she came in from 469 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:31,520 school on Friday and we were having a conversation over dinner and we were like, yeah, how was, 470 00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:39,800 how was your day here at school when she was like, oh I saw my first fight. 471 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:41,280 Not sure that's quite a highlight. 472 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:42,280 Right? 473 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,240 I was like, well what happened? 474 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:49,320 She was like, oh well there was a fight in the girls locker room and these are sixth 475 00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:50,320 grade girls. 476 00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:54,080 There was a fight in the girls locker room and I was like, well what was the fight over? 477 00:32:54,080 --> 00:33:01,120 Oh well this tall skinny girl, tall skinny white girl brushed against a locker of a black 478 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:03,680 girl and the black girl said don't ever touch my locker. 479 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:06,840 I mean it was just like, don't touch my locker. 480 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:10,760 And then a fight broke out. 481 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:19,920 Like literally a fist fight over brushing against a locker. 482 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:23,680 You know and my heart went out there and I was just like, are you serious? 483 00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:27,320 Like that's the state of our society. 484 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:34,880 That teenage girls, sixth grade girls are fighting over brushing against a locker. 485 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:40,080 And I want to challenge you, if you're a student here, if you're in this room and you're a 486 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:44,560 student, someone needs to be the light to your school. 487 00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:51,840 Like someone needs to stand up and be an example of what it means to be Jesus to your school. 488 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:55,680 And it may be hard, it may be difficult, it may be challenging, but there's kids in your 489 00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:59,920 school that need encouragement, love and just accept it. 490 00:33:59,920 --> 00:34:01,600 The outcasts are forgotten. 491 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:05,080 Don't let them be forgotten. 492 00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:13,120 Be a person that will go to that wounded student and support them and encourage them. 493 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:17,240 But it doesn't change for us adults. 494 00:34:17,240 --> 00:34:21,560 I mean we have people fighting and blowing horns and honking at one another in school 495 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:25,920 drop off lines for no reason. 496 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:27,800 No reason. 497 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:34,160 Because we're impatient and busy and we've got to choose to become good neighbors. 498 00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:39,240 If our community is going to change, it's going to start with you and I individually 499 00:34:39,240 --> 00:34:41,360 getting involved in our neighborhoods. 500 00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:48,840 Getting to know our friends, both locally in our neighborhoods but in our workplaces, 501 00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:53,320 at the local Walmarts, wherever we go we've got to get to know people. 502 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:59,040 We've got to be willing to be initiative and to be outspoken just about wanting to serve 503 00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:01,740 and help people. 504 00:35:01,740 --> 00:35:06,280 So three steps in bridging the neighborhood or the neighbor gap. 505 00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:09,060 Three steps and the first one is this. 506 00:35:09,060 --> 00:35:11,760 You got to be filled with the Spirit. 507 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:13,760 Luke 10, 33. 508 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:19,440 When the despised Samaritan came along and when he saw the man he felt compassion for 509 00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:20,960 him. 510 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:23,120 Hear me out. 511 00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:27,320 This Samaritan man had compassion. 512 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:31,140 Compassion only comes from God. 513 00:35:31,140 --> 00:35:35,920 His heart was filled with God to act. 514 00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:42,720 Because I tell you what, if you try to do it on your own you're not going to do anything. 515 00:35:42,720 --> 00:35:45,000 I'm just being honest with you here. 516 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:48,360 There's holes in our hearts. 517 00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:51,840 And unless we choose to allow God to fill those holes, and I'm not talking about this 518 00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:58,240 one time encounter, oh I believe you Jesus, I'm good, I'm saved, I'm going to heaven, 519 00:35:58,240 --> 00:35:59,240 hallelujah. 520 00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:01,960 I'm talking every day fill that hole. 521 00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:04,760 You're going to choose yourself. 522 00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:11,160 You are going to choose yourself, your schedule, your busyness as to where you're going to 523 00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:14,820 go and who it is that you're going to talk to. 524 00:36:14,820 --> 00:36:20,720 But if you're filled with God's Spirit, chances are you'll be a difference maker in this world. 525 00:36:20,720 --> 00:36:22,480 Psalm 143, 10. 526 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:25,960 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. 527 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:32,200 May your gracious Spirit lead me forward on firm footing. 528 00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:37,880 Romans 8, 12-14 from the message paraphrase says, so don't you see that we don't owe 529 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:42,040 this old do it yourself life anything. 530 00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:43,040 One red cent. 531 00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:47,320 And I love how it says do it yourself life. 532 00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:51,840 You know, get yourself out of your problems, figure it out, pick your, pull yourself up 533 00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:57,080 by your, what is it, bootstraps or whatever. 534 00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:59,220 Like figure it out. 535 00:36:59,220 --> 00:37:04,000 It says, I love how that says, don't think that way. 536 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:05,840 There's nothing in it for us, nothing at all. 537 00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:12,880 The best thing to do is give it a decent burial and get on with your new life. 538 00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:15,140 God's Spirit beckons. 539 00:37:15,140 --> 00:37:17,400 There are things to do and places to go. 540 00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:23,840 And let me add there, people to see and serve. 541 00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:31,040 The only way to change the current trends of our society, the loneliness, the forgottenness, 542 00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:38,680 the desperation of suicide and going without life is to allow God to change it. 543 00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:40,560 That's it. 544 00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:45,520 That we have to invite the Holy Spirit into our heart each and every day and say, God 545 00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:50,840 lead and direct me, give me opportunities to serve those that are hurting. 546 00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:53,080 And it's a choice. 547 00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:55,880 Simply stated, it's a choice. 548 00:37:55,880 --> 00:38:00,000 Which moves us to our next step and that's to see people. 549 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:04,400 See the Samaritan, he had that compassion in his heart but he saw the person, Luke 1033, 550 00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:14,300 the Spies Samaritan came along and when he saw the man, so he saw him, he felt compassion. 551 00:38:14,300 --> 00:38:19,520 And we have to begin to see people, whether they move in next door as in our neighborhood 552 00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:26,600 or they cross our path just for a moment and we recognize a tear in their eye or an anger 553 00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:28,960 in their words. 554 00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:33,640 We have to see people and we have to be willing to look people in their eyes. 555 00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:38,040 Like have you noticed that people don't look in your eyes anymore? 556 00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:40,640 They won't make eye contact. 557 00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:46,560 Because the second you make eye contact, it gets real. 558 00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:51,080 And see I'm telling you that and challenging that because when you make eye contact, that's 559 00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:55,280 when you say to that person, you are special. 560 00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:57,280 Does that make sense? 561 00:38:57,280 --> 00:38:59,120 Like you are loved. 562 00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:03,520 Like we begin to see people as God sees them as a son or daughter of God when we make eye 563 00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:04,520 contact. 564 00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:10,360 It's not just brushing by and oh hey God bless you. 565 00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:14,720 No it's making eye contact, giving people their time. 566 00:39:14,720 --> 00:39:18,280 The Samaritan, he saw the man, he had compassion. 567 00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:19,820 And what is compassion? 568 00:39:19,820 --> 00:39:24,860 Compassion alludes to kindness and sympathy. 569 00:39:24,860 --> 00:39:30,240 And compassion literally means when it's defined it means to suffer with. 570 00:39:30,240 --> 00:39:35,520 When he saw the man, his heart broke as if he was lying there. 571 00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:42,520 And literally within his mind, within his heart he said I've got to do something. 572 00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:46,440 Friends we've got to do something. 573 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:51,140 True compassion changes the way we live. 574 00:39:51,140 --> 00:39:53,060 And this is how Jesus lived. 575 00:39:53,060 --> 00:39:54,640 Look at Mark 14. 576 00:39:54,640 --> 00:40:00,120 As soon as Jesus heard the news, he left in a boat to a remote area to be alone. 577 00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:03,640 But the crowds heard where he was headed and followed on foot from many towns. 578 00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:05,920 So let me put that in our terms. 579 00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:10,080 Jesus was tired, worn out. 580 00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:16,720 He wanted to get home, get on his recliner, put his feet up, turn on the big game and 581 00:40:16,720 --> 00:40:17,720 unwind. 582 00:40:17,720 --> 00:40:19,640 So he wanted to do. 583 00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:23,480 He wanted to space out, veg out, shut his door. 584 00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:28,680 Didn't want anybody around. 585 00:40:28,680 --> 00:40:33,240 Jesus saw the huge crowd as he stepped from the boat and he had compassion on them and 586 00:40:33,240 --> 00:40:34,960 healed their sick. 587 00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:37,360 So what led him to responding? 588 00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:40,960 He put himself in their shoes. 589 00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:45,280 He knew they were lost, wondering, needed direction and guidance. 590 00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:46,960 Matthew 20. 591 00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:52,960 Two blind men were sitting by the roadside and when they heard that Jesus was going by 592 00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:55,560 they shouted, Lord, son of David, have mercy on us. 593 00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:57,960 The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet. 594 00:40:57,960 --> 00:40:58,960 And isn't that interesting? 595 00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:00,960 The crowd be quiet. 596 00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:05,360 Like keep your mouth shut. 597 00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:07,520 He's too busy. 598 00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:10,000 Like to me, you want to know what that is? 599 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:12,800 That's like the church and I'm not talking about like just our church. 600 00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:18,960 The church is fighting and bickering, right, over a song that's being sung or the color 601 00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:20,960 of the carpet. 602 00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:22,800 Right? 603 00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:28,800 I'm so glad in our new building we're not going to have carpet. 604 00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:32,400 We're going to have concrete. 605 00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:37,960 That way you can spill your coffee all over and then clean it up. 606 00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:40,680 See I'm casting vision for the future. 607 00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:46,560 The future when you can bring food and drink into the auditorium. 608 00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:50,740 So the crowd rebuked them and told them be quiet. 609 00:41:50,740 --> 00:41:53,760 But Jesus, he had compassion on them, touched their eyes immediately, received their sight 610 00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:55,760 and followed him. 611 00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:59,600 And I believe that's a challenge to our church. 612 00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:01,680 Like follow Jesus' example. 613 00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:02,840 Don't worry about what people are saying. 614 00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:04,200 Don't worry about what your friends are saying. 615 00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:06,840 Don't worry about what your other neighbors are doing or saying. 616 00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:12,080 Like no, step out and be bold. 617 00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:17,440 Be a person that is serving others, that sees people, you know, lying on the side of the 618 00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:21,400 road, dying, defeated. 619 00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:24,000 See people. 620 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:26,040 I got an email this week. 621 00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:27,960 There's this organization called Teen Challenge. 622 00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:33,060 If you don't know what they do, they're an addictions recovery organization. 623 00:42:33,060 --> 00:42:34,480 Very highly recognized. 624 00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:37,400 They're very successful at bringing people out of addiction. 625 00:42:37,400 --> 00:42:38,400 Sent me an email this week. 626 00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:43,320 They said, hey, we're Teen Challenge in the DC greater area. 627 00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:51,680 We want to bring a location to Washington County. 628 00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:57,520 And they sent me this email because they said, would your church be interested in helping 629 00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:01,480 support that endeavor? 630 00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:04,320 So I want to ask, let's take a, you guys are the board. 631 00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:07,480 Okay, so we have a, we have a board here. 632 00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:11,560 Okay, you are now on the HCV board. 633 00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:12,560 Okay. 634 00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:15,900 And we're going to take a vote. 635 00:43:15,900 --> 00:43:18,620 So all in favor say yes. 636 00:43:18,620 --> 00:43:20,520 Should we support this endeavor? 637 00:43:20,520 --> 00:43:22,720 Okay, there we go. 638 00:43:22,720 --> 00:43:25,800 We had our first board vote. 639 00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:29,320 That's the first ever in the history of our community of faith. 640 00:43:29,320 --> 00:43:32,880 Good job. 641 00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:33,880 You know, I share that. 642 00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:35,320 Now listen, hear me out. 643 00:43:35,320 --> 00:43:39,480 I share that because they sent me that email because they know we have a heart for the 644 00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:45,320 forgotten and the addicted and those that are, that are struggling in those areas. 645 00:43:45,320 --> 00:43:49,640 And I knew as soon as I put it out to you, you guys would all say yes, because that's 646 00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:51,680 what we're about. 647 00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:53,520 But hear me out. 648 00:43:53,520 --> 00:43:55,200 That's great that we can do that as a community of faith. 649 00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:59,040 We can do it every day, everywhere we go. 650 00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:01,520 But you got to see people. 651 00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:03,000 You got to see their potential. 652 00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:08,520 You got to see their heart and you got to see and want to have God change their life, 653 00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:09,840 which moves us to number three. 654 00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:14,400 So you remember, you got to be filled with the Spirit, see people. 655 00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:16,200 You got to make it a lifestyle. 656 00:44:16,200 --> 00:44:19,040 It's not a one time thing. 657 00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:24,920 Luke 10, going over to him, the Samaritan sooned his wounds with olive oil and wine 658 00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:25,920 and bandaged them. 659 00:44:25,920 --> 00:44:31,760 And then he put the man on his donkey and took him to an inn where he took care of him. 660 00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:36,660 The next day, he handed the innkeeper two silver coins to him, take care of this man. 661 00:44:36,660 --> 00:44:41,440 If his bill runs higher than this, I'll pay you the next time I'm here. 662 00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:47,000 So when you see a need, notice the Samaritan, you see a need, don't keep walking, stop and 663 00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:49,880 do something. 664 00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:54,060 And then the Samaritan, differences aside, remember the two hated each other. 665 00:44:54,060 --> 00:44:55,060 He put all that aside. 666 00:44:55,060 --> 00:44:58,680 He said, not only am I going to help this man, I'm going to invest in him. 667 00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:00,440 It's not a one time thing. 668 00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:01,440 Oh, look at me. 669 00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:02,440 I'm going to help this man. 670 00:45:02,440 --> 00:45:03,440 I'm going to get him to an inn. 671 00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:04,440 See you later. 672 00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:05,440 I'm out. 673 00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:06,840 And then he said, is this what he said? 674 00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:10,360 He left enough money so that the man could stay at the inn. 675 00:45:10,360 --> 00:45:14,840 And then he said, if it's higher, I'll come back and pay more. 676 00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:17,280 That's a lifestyle. 677 00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:21,040 That's a lifestyle of love. 678 00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:22,360 And hear me out. 679 00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:28,520 I know if you're anything like me and my family, I can't go pan off medical bills for people. 680 00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:32,800 Like we just don't make enough money. 681 00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:36,160 But Jesus shared these words in Matthew 25. 682 00:45:36,160 --> 00:45:38,880 I was hungry and you fed me. 683 00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:41,000 I was hungry and you fed me. 684 00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:46,040 For those of you who missed out on Micah's backpack, we feed M.K. 685 00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:50,480 Daliband elementary school students on the weekends, those kids that would go without 686 00:45:50,480 --> 00:45:52,960 food, we feed them every weekend. 687 00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:55,080 I sent out brown bags last week. 688 00:45:55,080 --> 00:46:00,440 Okay, if you weren't here, if you missed a brown bag, our cupboards are empty. 689 00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:06,320 Okay, and we want to fill those shelves with food so those kids will have food. 690 00:46:06,320 --> 00:46:10,120 So if you could, the list is online, just get the list. 691 00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:12,060 It's on Instagram, it's on Facebook. 692 00:46:12,060 --> 00:46:14,960 If you say, Chris, I don't do those things, I'll hand you a piece of paper when you walk 693 00:46:14,960 --> 00:46:16,560 out the door. 694 00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:18,680 We need to fill those cupboards. 695 00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:21,720 And that's a simple, practical way of responding to Jesus' words. 696 00:46:21,720 --> 00:46:22,920 I was hungry and you fed me. 697 00:46:22,920 --> 00:46:24,360 I was thirsty and you gave me a drink. 698 00:46:24,360 --> 00:46:25,360 Isn't it amazing? 699 00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:27,960 He just said, hey, give someone a drink of water. 700 00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:29,760 Invite someone over for coffee. 701 00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:36,200 Have a refresher. 702 00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:38,920 They're delicious. 703 00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:45,120 But have it with somebody, somebody you know that needs love and courage. 704 00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:48,120 I was a stranger, you invited me into your home. 705 00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:51,920 You know the next time your door rings or someone knocks on your door, don't immediately 706 00:46:51,920 --> 00:46:54,800 assume it's someone looking to take advantage of you. 707 00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:57,440 Don't turn off all the lights and pretend like you're not home. 708 00:46:57,440 --> 00:47:02,300 Just don't talk and they'll go away. 709 00:47:02,300 --> 00:47:07,640 How about inviting someone into your home and making it a priority? 710 00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:09,120 I was naked, you gave me clothing. 711 00:47:09,120 --> 00:47:10,200 I was sick, you cared for me. 712 00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:12,960 I was in prison, you even visited me. 713 00:47:12,960 --> 00:47:17,760 You know, the story again, the Samaritan, he didn't just drop the traveler off. 714 00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:18,940 He cared for him. 715 00:47:18,940 --> 00:47:20,520 He loved on him. 716 00:47:20,520 --> 00:47:22,720 Loving our neighbor isn't a one-time act. 717 00:47:22,720 --> 00:47:23,720 It's a what? 718 00:47:23,720 --> 00:47:26,480 It's a lifestyle. 719 00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:29,080 It's a lifestyle. 720 00:47:29,080 --> 00:47:32,280 Living a life of love, I'll be honest with you, it isn't easy. 721 00:47:32,280 --> 00:47:35,840 I mean, read 1 Corinthians. 722 00:47:35,840 --> 00:47:38,920 In 1 Corinthians, if you haven't read it, it describes what love is and there's all 723 00:47:38,920 --> 00:47:42,120 kinds of things like patience and kindness and care and all. 724 00:47:42,120 --> 00:47:46,920 And you're just like, whoa, I'm not there yet, God, none of us are. 725 00:47:46,920 --> 00:47:48,680 But it's baby steps. 726 00:47:48,680 --> 00:47:52,440 And if we all strive to get to a point where we're doing it together, guess what? 727 00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:54,380 We're making a difference in our community. 728 00:47:54,380 --> 00:47:55,480 And it all starts with this. 729 00:47:55,480 --> 00:48:01,260 Hear me out, it all starts with a choice. 730 00:48:01,260 --> 00:48:04,440 Choose to practice kindness today. 731 00:48:04,440 --> 00:48:06,760 Choose to practice patience. 732 00:48:06,760 --> 00:48:11,740 Throw away anger and unforgiveness. 733 00:48:11,740 --> 00:48:16,200 You know, invite your neighbor in, engage your neighbor, talk to them, get to know their 734 00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:22,760 name, get to know your coworkers, your classmates, invite them into conversation with you. 735 00:48:22,760 --> 00:48:26,160 Change one person. 736 00:48:26,160 --> 00:48:31,680 You know, begin to slowly make a difference, friends. 737 00:48:31,680 --> 00:48:36,120 And if we do that, God's going to show up, suit naturally and begin to change our community 738 00:48:36,120 --> 00:48:37,440 one person at a time. 739 00:48:37,440 --> 00:48:40,440 Do you believe that? 740 00:48:40,440 --> 00:48:45,120 I believe that. 741 00:48:45,120 --> 00:48:51,520 First Corinthians 16, 13 to 14, and this literally has become my life verse over the last month. 742 00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:55,480 Keep your eyes open. 743 00:48:55,480 --> 00:48:58,080 Hold tight to your convictions. 744 00:48:58,080 --> 00:49:00,800 Give it all you've got. 745 00:49:00,800 --> 00:49:06,880 Be resolute and love without stopping. 746 00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:14,460 Friends, it's time we lay our differences aside. 747 00:49:14,460 --> 00:49:19,940 It's time you lay your political differences aside. 748 00:49:19,940 --> 00:49:26,720 Your racial differences, your gender differences, your financial differences, whatever it is. 749 00:49:26,720 --> 00:49:34,160 And become a people that are following the second most important commandment that Jesus 750 00:49:34,160 --> 00:49:37,060 challenged us to live. 751 00:49:37,060 --> 00:49:45,000 To be a church that is known for its kindness, its compassion, its love. 752 00:49:45,000 --> 00:49:46,800 It's love for people. 753 00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:49,440 It's love for our neighbors. 754 00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:54,760 Are you staying with me this morning? 755 00:49:54,760 --> 00:49:59,080 You know, I prayed this week and I said, hey God, how am I going to close this talk this 756 00:49:59,080 --> 00:50:01,160 morning? 757 00:50:01,160 --> 00:50:03,360 And he spoke right to me, man. 758 00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:06,240 He said, hey Chris, listen. 759 00:50:06,240 --> 00:50:14,040 There's one way to do this and to do this successfully, and that's with my spirit. 760 00:50:14,040 --> 00:50:16,300 It's with my spirit. 761 00:50:16,300 --> 00:50:24,440 Because in your own strength, you're not going anywhere, and having my spirit, it's a choice. 762 00:50:24,440 --> 00:50:25,440 And hear me out. 763 00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:26,440 I'm not judging anyone here. 764 00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:29,200 I'm not, but in the back I was worshiping. 765 00:50:29,200 --> 00:50:32,760 I was looking around the crowd as our people were worshiping. 766 00:50:32,760 --> 00:50:37,360 And there was many of you in this place. 767 00:50:37,360 --> 00:50:46,040 Many of you in this place with hard hearts, arms crossed, not wanting to sing, not opening 768 00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:50,360 into what God wants to do in your heart. 769 00:50:50,360 --> 00:50:53,620 God wants to break that down. 770 00:50:53,620 --> 00:50:57,360 He wants you to respond to His spirit. 771 00:50:57,360 --> 00:51:02,040 And this is my call to you this morning, and I'm going to be the first to do it. 772 00:51:02,040 --> 00:51:07,720 I'm going to invite you that if you want to be filled with God's spirit, He wants to fill 773 00:51:07,720 --> 00:51:08,720 you today. 774 00:51:08,720 --> 00:51:11,800 And I'm the first to say, hey God, I need it. 775 00:51:11,800 --> 00:51:15,520 So I want to pray for anyone that says, yes, I need it. 776 00:51:15,520 --> 00:51:21,040 But I want to invite you, put one hand, both hands, all hands, however you want to do it, 777 00:51:21,040 --> 00:51:22,140 and feet. 778 00:51:22,140 --> 00:51:24,760 But I want to pray for you to receive God's spirit. 779 00:51:24,760 --> 00:51:26,200 And hear me out. 780 00:51:26,200 --> 00:51:27,680 This has no baggage with it. 781 00:51:27,680 --> 00:51:30,760 Doesn't matter what your church background is, what you believe, what you don't believe. 782 00:51:30,760 --> 00:51:35,440 I'm not going to make you speak in a different language or push you over. 783 00:51:35,440 --> 00:51:38,360 Okay? 784 00:51:38,360 --> 00:51:42,160 But I believe God's spirit is going to come alive in your heart. 785 00:51:42,160 --> 00:51:45,360 And He's going to empower you to go and make a difference. 786 00:51:45,360 --> 00:51:47,520 And He wants to break down barriers in your heart. 787 00:51:47,520 --> 00:51:50,040 But you got to choose to let Him down. 788 00:51:50,040 --> 00:51:53,720 And I'm inviting you now to let Him down. 789 00:51:53,720 --> 00:51:55,520 Holy Spirit come. 790 00:51:55,520 --> 00:51:58,240 Fill this place with your presence, God. 791 00:51:58,240 --> 00:52:04,120 I pray for supernatural life change upon each and every person that says be filled with 792 00:52:04,120 --> 00:52:09,400 your spirit that wants to be filled, that you would fill them now in Jesus' name. 793 00:52:09,400 --> 00:52:12,280 That God, you would fall in this place. 794 00:52:12,280 --> 00:52:16,920 That we would know your presence is real and evident. 795 00:52:16,920 --> 00:52:20,700 And that God, we would leave here as different people. 796 00:52:20,700 --> 00:52:23,840 We would choose life. 797 00:52:23,840 --> 00:52:26,000 We would choose life. 798 00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:30,560 And we would choose our neighbors. 799 00:52:30,560 --> 00:52:32,400 Allow us to be a people, God. 800 00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:36,120 That this is the turning point. 801 00:52:36,120 --> 00:52:37,120 This is a new day. 802 00:52:37,120 --> 00:52:38,760 A new horizon. 803 00:52:38,760 --> 00:52:40,240 A new outlook. 804 00:52:40,240 --> 00:52:43,600 In Jesus' name, and we all said. 805 00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:49,000 Now hear me out before you go, because I don't want you to beat me to the door. 806 00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:53,320 I got a longer walk now. 807 00:52:53,320 --> 00:52:57,560 Before you leave this place, I want you to hug someone. 808 00:52:57,560 --> 00:53:00,840 And I don't even care if they're a stranger. 809 00:53:00,840 --> 00:53:02,440 That's right. 810 00:53:02,440 --> 00:53:03,720 Step out and hug someone. 811 00:53:03,720 --> 00:53:05,060 Share some love. 812 00:53:05,060 --> 00:53:06,720 Don't leave this place the same. 813 00:53:06,720 --> 00:53:07,720 Love you guys. 814 00:53:07,720 --> 00:53:12,280 There's no impossible. 815 00:53:12,280 --> 00:53:16,400 I believe that you are working now. 816 00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:19,400 So pour it out. 817 00:53:19,400 --> 00:53:39,400 Oh pour it out.