WEBVTT 00:00:13.070 --> 00:00:15.970 Welcome to Hub City Vineyard. To get connected 00:00:15.970 --> 00:00:19.550 or to give online, please go to hdv .church slash 00:00:19.550 --> 00:00:23.730 connect or hdv .church slash give. If at any 00:00:23.730 --> 00:00:25.949 point during this message you feel called to 00:00:25.949 --> 00:00:28.769 make a change in your life, text CHANGEME to 00:00:28.769 --> 00:00:33.770 97000. Now enjoy the message. Can Grant hear 00:00:33.770 --> 00:00:39.869 me right now? I just have two words. Drum solo. 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:50.420 Right now. Okay. Hold on. I have two more words. 00:00:51.420 --> 00:01:03.880 Piano solo. Cross. Thank you. Thank you. All 00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:06.239 right. Hearing that makes me want a whiskey. 00:01:07.260 --> 00:01:13.810 Anybody else? Oh, sorry. A seltzer of water. 00:01:16.489 --> 00:01:19.849 How are you guys today? So my name's Steven, 00:01:19.890 --> 00:01:21.969 I'm the youth pastor, and hey, I don't want to 00:01:21.969 --> 00:01:25.390 do anything fancy, okay? Right off the bat, we're 00:01:25.390 --> 00:01:28.569 going to get started, but first, if you are watching 00:01:28.569 --> 00:01:32.250 from home, and you are currently at the beach. 00:01:38.929 --> 00:01:42.670 So today we are talking about the Bible. If you 00:01:42.670 --> 00:01:46.810 have a Bible, go to 2 Timothy 3. We are in verse 00:01:46.810 --> 00:01:50.129 16 through 17. If you don't have a Bible on you, 00:01:50.230 --> 00:01:56.390 it'll be up on the Sky Bible. Sound good? The 00:01:56.390 --> 00:02:02.810 Bible. It's great. Kind of. If you've ever read 00:02:02.810 --> 00:02:06.250 it, I think all of us can agree that it is a 00:02:06.250 --> 00:02:12.000 difficult read. Can we agree? I remember the 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:14.120 first time that I ever read the Bible for myself 00:02:14.120 --> 00:02:17.120 was in 11th grade. Our chemistry teacher at South 00:02:17.120 --> 00:02:21.120 High, go Rebels. If you went to Northside here, 00:02:21.159 --> 00:02:24.860 can you raise your hand? Now on the count of 00:02:24.860 --> 00:02:31.719 three. One, two, three. Boo! Please don't leave 00:02:31.719 --> 00:02:37.210 the church. But no, for real though. First time 00:02:37.210 --> 00:02:39.949 I ever read the Bible was at the time I was like 00:02:39.949 --> 00:02:44.110 being a Christian and Mr. Fieser, he's kind of 00:02:44.110 --> 00:02:46.509 like my spiritual dad. He was a chemistry teacher. 00:02:46.590 --> 00:02:49.409 He did a Bible study at South High during lunch 00:02:49.409 --> 00:02:52.349 that some of the kids put together. I had a friend 00:02:52.349 --> 00:02:55.990 whose name was also Stephen and they had scheduled 00:02:55.990 --> 00:03:01.090 to talk about the book of Acts, the martyr Stephen, 00:03:01.349 --> 00:03:05.219 which is in the Bible, right? So Stephen comes 00:03:05.219 --> 00:03:07.919 up to me and says, Stephen, do you want to read 00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:15.159 about Stephen? And then I said, what? But I said, 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:17.960 sure. And I read Stephen in the group. And for 00:03:17.960 --> 00:03:19.439 the first five minutes, it was one of the best 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:22.580 stories I ever heard. And for the last 20 minutes, 00:03:22.620 --> 00:03:24.520 it was the worst story I've ever heard because 00:03:24.520 --> 00:03:28.120 I didn't understand a single thing. Thankfully, 00:03:28.180 --> 00:03:31.199 I had Mr. Fieser there and I had my friend Stephen 00:03:31.199 --> 00:03:33.060 to guide me through it and find understanding. 00:03:34.340 --> 00:03:37.680 But as I grew up, I realized that I wanted to 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:46.120 be more than just a gas station Christian. I 00:03:46.120 --> 00:03:48.099 wanted to be more than just a sheets Christian, 00:03:48.240 --> 00:03:52.520 an ACNT Christian. And what I mean by that is 00:03:52.520 --> 00:03:54.819 I saw myself, I would go throughout the week 00:03:54.819 --> 00:03:58.460 doing what I normally did. You know, saying things 00:03:58.460 --> 00:04:00.400 I shouldn't say, watching things I shouldn't 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:03.000 watch, doing things I shouldn't do. And then 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:05.180 whenever the Bible study came around or church 00:04:05.180 --> 00:04:09.000 came around, like, man, I'm empty. And then I 00:04:09.000 --> 00:04:12.199 used my pastors to fill me up. They were the 00:04:12.199 --> 00:04:16.199 gas tank, right? And throughout the week, anytime 00:04:16.199 --> 00:04:18.579 I would try to pray or try to worship or try 00:04:18.579 --> 00:04:20.860 to read the word, I didn't have the skills needed 00:04:20.860 --> 00:04:25.339 to access it myself. So I left. I was always 00:04:25.339 --> 00:04:28.360 empty in my personal study time to the point 00:04:28.360 --> 00:04:30.139 where I said, you know what? I just won't do 00:04:30.139 --> 00:04:32.170 it. I'd be more productive playing. Call of Duty. 00:04:34.050 --> 00:04:36.149 Anybody else like that? Minus the Call of Duty? 00:04:37.310 --> 00:04:39.310 Where you just feel like you can read the Bible 00:04:39.310 --> 00:04:42.050 as much as you want and you're expecting this 00:04:42.050 --> 00:04:45.170 grand spiritual message like what they give on 00:04:45.170 --> 00:04:47.410 a Sunday morning that just leaves you in tears. 00:04:47.509 --> 00:04:49.310 But the truth is, you read it and you're like, 00:04:49.430 --> 00:04:56.529 who the freak is Nebuchadnezzar? And if that's 00:04:56.529 --> 00:04:59.750 you, then this message is for you. Okay? Me. 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:03.339 Mr. John, our children's pastor, he's a nerd. 00:05:03.579 --> 00:05:08.560 He's a nerd. If you want to learn more in depth 00:05:08.560 --> 00:05:12.800 about this kind of stuff, the meat and potatoes 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:17.139 of being a follower of Jesus, August 5th at 6 00:05:17.139 --> 00:05:20.519 p .m. Write it down if this applies to you. August 00:05:20.519 --> 00:05:23.579 5th at 6 p .m. is Mr. John's teaching Tuesday. 00:05:24.480 --> 00:05:26.639 And I'm pretty sure they do the first Tuesday 00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:30.290 of every month and they dive deep. into the meat 00:05:30.290 --> 00:05:32.470 and potatoes of being a follower of Jesus. How 00:05:32.470 --> 00:05:34.810 to read the Bible, different concepts in theology, 00:05:35.089 --> 00:05:39.810 Bible school stuff. Does that make sense? All 00:05:39.810 --> 00:05:44.129 right. 2 Timothy 3, 16 through 17. Are you ready 00:05:44.129 --> 00:05:49.250 for this? Put your phone away, whoever that was 00:05:49.250 --> 00:05:55.870 for. All scripture is God -breathed. And is useful 00:05:55.870 --> 00:05:59.649 for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, and 00:05:59.649 --> 00:06:03.050 training in righteousness. So that the servant 00:06:03.050 --> 00:06:05.790 of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good 00:06:05.790 --> 00:06:09.370 work. Before we talk about this technique that 00:06:09.370 --> 00:06:12.329 we created to study the Bible, we need to understand 00:06:12.329 --> 00:06:16.110 two key characteristics of God's work. The first 00:06:16.110 --> 00:06:18.790 is found in these verses. We see that all scripture 00:06:18.790 --> 00:06:24.310 is God -breathed. All scripture... is God breathe. 00:06:24.529 --> 00:06:27.029 What does that mean? What does that mean? Miss 00:06:27.029 --> 00:06:33.329 Billie Jean, I'm going to say four words, and 00:06:33.329 --> 00:06:35.490 I need you to write them down on your program. 00:06:36.089 --> 00:06:43.589 Do you have a pen? There we go. Are you ready 00:06:43.589 --> 00:06:56.600 for this? The beach is Overrated. Anybody agree? 00:06:59.139 --> 00:07:02.220 But anyways, what Miss Billie Jean just did for 00:07:02.220 --> 00:07:05.759 me was she transcribed my message. The concept, 00:07:05.839 --> 00:07:08.720 the ideology, the philosophy, the ideal. It came 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:11.680 from me. I'm the source. She simply was the hand 00:07:11.680 --> 00:07:14.699 that wrote it down. Main point number one that 00:07:14.699 --> 00:07:17.160 we have to discuss about the Bible is that the 00:07:17.160 --> 00:07:20.560 biblical authors transcribed on behalf of God. 00:07:22.960 --> 00:07:26.740 Yes, Moses wrote some of the books. Paul wrote 00:07:26.740 --> 00:07:29.620 some of the letters. And Mark, Matthew, Luke, 00:07:29.660 --> 00:07:32.000 and John wrote some of their own books. But they 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:34.040 were simply the hand that transcribed the word 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:37.160 of God. So before we go any further, we have 00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:39.639 to understand that the Bible, first and foremost, 00:07:39.939 --> 00:07:43.860 is a divine text. It is perfect. It is holy. 00:07:43.939 --> 00:07:47.420 It is from God for us. Are we in agreement with 00:07:47.420 --> 00:07:49.699 that? It's a characteristic one. The Bible is. 00:07:51.220 --> 00:07:55.000 Thank you. Thank you to the one person. Number 00:07:55.000 --> 00:08:01.360 two. Number two. We are in Hebrews 4 now, 12 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:03.980 through 13, and it says, For the word of God 00:08:03.980 --> 00:08:07.019 is alive and active, sharper than any double 00:08:07.019 --> 00:08:09.459 -edged sword. It penetrates even to dividing 00:08:09.459 --> 00:08:11.779 soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges 00:08:11.779 --> 00:08:13.920 the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:16.160 in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:18.319 is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:23.480 him to whom we must give account. I'm going to 00:08:23.480 --> 00:08:26.800 put up a picture of a Bible. What if I told you 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:28.620 parents that have kids in the kids' ministry 00:08:28.620 --> 00:08:36.700 that I hid a large print NIV Bible back in the 00:08:36.700 --> 00:08:41.100 kids' ministry? Would you be concerned? Eli, 00:08:41.120 --> 00:08:47.620 do we have these pictures? Would you be concerned? 00:08:49.019 --> 00:08:52.039 Now, what if I told you that I hid an unsheathed 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:54.820 razor -sharp katana back in the kids' ministry. 00:08:55.220 --> 00:09:01.360 Eli, do we have this picture? Would you be concerned? 00:09:02.500 --> 00:09:04.659 Don't worry, there is no katana in the kids' 00:09:04.740 --> 00:09:09.200 ministry, as far as you know. But what if I would 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:11.919 argue with you that both of these, unattended 00:09:11.919 --> 00:09:13.500 and in the wrong hands, are just as dangerous? 00:09:14.879 --> 00:09:18.659 You see, katanas in the hands of untrained people 00:09:18.659 --> 00:09:22.950 is deadly to the body. but the word of God in 00:09:22.950 --> 00:09:27.590 untrained hands is deadly to the soul. So my 00:09:27.590 --> 00:09:31.070 job is to have a church family that knows how 00:09:31.070 --> 00:09:33.730 to read and interpret scripture, and to make 00:09:33.730 --> 00:09:36.190 sure that we never accidentally or purposefully 00:09:36.190 --> 00:09:39.610 manipulate scripture for our own gain. Does that 00:09:39.610 --> 00:09:43.190 make sense? So main point number two is, like 00:09:43.190 --> 00:09:46.789 swords, scriptures take training. Scriptures 00:09:46.789 --> 00:09:50.129 take training. If you love a sport, you train 00:09:50.129 --> 00:09:52.090 for the sport. If you love God, why don't you 00:09:52.090 --> 00:09:57.789 train for it? And part within this is the second 00:09:57.789 --> 00:09:59.629 key characteristic that we have to understand, 00:09:59.789 --> 00:10:04.870 is that the Bible is powerful. It is powerful. 00:10:04.950 --> 00:10:07.549 It is not some good story that you can learn 00:10:07.549 --> 00:10:10.450 about, you know, oh wow, Moses is such a nice 00:10:10.450 --> 00:10:15.169 guy. No. But we're learning deep, universal truths 00:10:15.169 --> 00:10:19.389 that is different between heaven and hell. A 00:10:19.389 --> 00:10:22.950 20 -minute read could lead to eternity. And that's 00:10:22.950 --> 00:10:26.230 pretty cool. Are we all on the same page here? 00:10:27.149 --> 00:10:29.929 Divine and powerful. So now let me teach you 00:10:29.929 --> 00:10:34.330 how to freak through your reading. Well, I spent 00:10:34.330 --> 00:10:39.309 a long time this week studying, getting ready, 00:10:39.490 --> 00:10:42.809 and we created this method for you that I think 00:10:42.809 --> 00:10:45.110 if you take notes on this and you add this into 00:10:45.110 --> 00:10:47.639 your daily study routine. it will make the Bible 00:10:47.639 --> 00:10:53.059 easier to study. Make sense? So, Eli, let's put 00:10:53.059 --> 00:10:54.779 it up on the screen. Here's what I need you to 00:10:54.779 --> 00:11:01.940 remember. Poor Rob visits for some apples. Poor 00:11:01.940 --> 00:11:04.500 Rob visits for some apples. Make sure you write 00:11:04.500 --> 00:11:07.779 this down. Poor Rob visits for some apples. Poor 00:11:07.779 --> 00:11:12.679 Rob visits for some apples. Who? Poor Rob visits 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:15.559 for some apples. It's not broke Rob, it's poor 00:11:15.559 --> 00:11:19.690 Rob. visits for some apples. It's not androids, 00:11:19.690 --> 00:11:23.110 it's apples. Poor Rob visits for some apples. 00:11:24.750 --> 00:11:26.990 Now what does that mean? Is that just as confusing 00:11:26.990 --> 00:11:31.610 as the Bible? Well, here's what it means. Each 00:11:31.610 --> 00:11:34.389 word stands for a different step in a step process 00:11:34.389 --> 00:11:36.190 that you need to do in order to learn to study 00:11:36.190 --> 00:11:41.990 the Bible. Make sense? So poor, poor, poor stands 00:11:41.990 --> 00:11:46.019 for prayer. Any time before you read the Bible, 00:11:46.100 --> 00:11:49.220 if it is a divine text, then we must go to the 00:11:49.220 --> 00:11:52.740 divine creator before we read. We ask God, what 00:11:52.740 --> 00:11:56.620 do you want me to read? I know one of my high 00:11:56.620 --> 00:11:58.480 school students, if he doesn't know what to read, 00:11:58.519 --> 00:12:00.899 he'll randomly flip open his Bible, read the 00:12:00.899 --> 00:12:02.980 first verse he sees, and then try to find understanding. 00:12:03.980 --> 00:12:07.220 You can do that. Or you can pray, God, what do 00:12:07.220 --> 00:12:09.179 you want me to learn? And then you locate something 00:12:09.179 --> 00:12:11.860 of that sort. And then we're going to pray and 00:12:11.860 --> 00:12:14.639 ask for understanding, guidance. God, help me 00:12:14.639 --> 00:12:18.000 to see what you want me to get. And I just remembered 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:21.659 I forgot to pray. So let's pray. Sound good? 00:12:23.440 --> 00:12:27.759 God, I'm thankful for you. God, I'm thankful 00:12:27.759 --> 00:12:30.440 that we got to wake up this morning. God, I'm 00:12:30.440 --> 00:12:32.519 thankful for all of our church family here. God, 00:12:32.559 --> 00:12:34.000 I'm thankful for the Bible. I'm thankful for 00:12:34.000 --> 00:12:38.860 your love for us. God, please let your will be 00:12:38.860 --> 00:12:41.700 done. This isn't about me, it's not about any 00:12:41.700 --> 00:12:44.279 of us, but it's about you. Let us learn how to 00:12:44.279 --> 00:12:47.980 be strong, independent men and women of faith. 00:12:49.179 --> 00:12:55.080 Amen. Pray. First we pray. Poor Rob, the R stands 00:12:55.080 --> 00:12:59.740 for read. Shocker. How do you read the Bible? 00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:04.200 You read. But first you need to decide, what 00:13:04.200 --> 00:13:06.220 translation will I read? Because I know a lot 00:13:06.220 --> 00:13:08.440 of you are going to go home, pick up your Bibles, 00:13:08.519 --> 00:13:10.620 and you're going to read so many these and thous 00:13:10.620 --> 00:13:13.759 and shals that you're going to give up. So here's 00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:16.220 three translations, okay? These are three translations 00:13:16.220 --> 00:13:20.940 that our staff team here at HCD like to use. 00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:26.440 Number one, it's super easy to read. Like, that's 00:13:26.440 --> 00:13:28.919 actually the name of it. It's called Easy to 00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:32.679 Read Version. It is super simple, and it really 00:13:32.679 --> 00:13:34.440 takes the translation from the original language 00:13:34.440 --> 00:13:36.820 and puts it into about a fifth grade reading 00:13:36.820 --> 00:13:40.519 level. Really good for quick reading. Number 00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:43.659 two is the one that we use here in youth and 00:13:43.659 --> 00:13:45.940 that we use here at church, the NIV, the New 00:13:45.940 --> 00:13:48.360 International Version. Good translation, moderate 00:13:48.360 --> 00:13:52.299 reading level. If you want a more in -depth Bible 00:13:52.299 --> 00:13:55.399 scholar type study, well, you would do something 00:13:55.399 --> 00:13:58.169 crazy, but... For this, we'll use the English 00:13:58.169 --> 00:14:04.649 Standard Version, the ESV. So, please, if you're 00:14:04.649 --> 00:14:10.169 thinking about studying, ERV, NIV, ESV. Make 00:14:10.169 --> 00:14:15.789 sense? For today, I chose a mix between the ESV 00:14:15.789 --> 00:14:20.529 and the NIV. And then, after we pick what we're 00:14:20.529 --> 00:14:24.519 reading, we read. We highlight, we take notes, 00:14:24.659 --> 00:14:26.940 we talk to the text as my English teachers used 00:14:26.940 --> 00:14:31.899 to say. Are we on the same page? Pour, rob, pray, 00:14:32.039 --> 00:14:34.580 read. These are the easy parts. This is what 00:14:34.580 --> 00:14:37.159 all of us do already. But now let's get into 00:14:37.159 --> 00:14:41.159 the meat and potatoes. Pour, rob, visits. Visits 00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:45.980 means visits. We have to time travel back in 00:14:45.980 --> 00:14:49.159 time and visit the intended original audience 00:14:49.159 --> 00:14:53.000 of the text. If I write a love letter to my wife, 00:14:53.179 --> 00:14:58.720 and Chris picks it up and reads it, can he apply 00:14:58.720 --> 00:15:05.480 that to him? He better not. It's weird. Likewise, 00:15:05.779 --> 00:15:08.519 he has to read, find concepts, find understanding, 00:15:08.659 --> 00:15:11.059 put himself into my shoes, and see who I'm writing 00:15:11.059 --> 00:15:13.740 to to better understand my letter. That's what 00:15:13.740 --> 00:15:18.700 we have to do with the Bible here. This is a 00:15:18.700 --> 00:15:22.529 weird one for you guys, okay? This was transcribed 00:15:22.529 --> 00:15:26.450 by Moses. This is Leviticus 15. 19 through 23. 00:15:26.570 --> 00:15:32.950 That's what we're reading. Leviticus 15. When 00:15:32.950 --> 00:15:36.730 a woman has her regular flow of blood. I have 00:15:36.730 --> 00:15:39.149 no idea what that's talking about. The impurity 00:15:39.149 --> 00:15:41.909 of her monthly period will last seven days and 00:15:41.909 --> 00:15:44.509 anyone who touches her will be unclean till evening. 00:15:45.699 --> 00:15:47.919 Anything she lies on during her period will be 00:15:47.919 --> 00:15:50.539 unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean. 00:15:50.580 --> 00:15:53.000 Anyone who touches her bed will be unclean. They 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:54.600 must wash their clothes and bathe with water, 00:15:54.679 --> 00:15:56.659 and they will be unclean until evening. Anyone 00:15:56.659 --> 00:15:58.620 who touches anything she sits on will be unclean. 00:15:58.620 --> 00:16:00.440 They must wash their clothes and bathe with water, 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:02.159 and they will be unclean until evening. Whether 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:03.840 it is the bed or anything she was sitting on, 00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:05.399 when anyone touches it, they will be unclean 00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:11.720 until evening. Have a good Sunday. Whenever you 00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:14.000 read this, you think... God doesn't even know 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:16.840 the creation that he created. It's natural, God. 00:16:16.940 --> 00:16:19.879 What the heck? And we read this and we see, obviously, 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:21.620 this is sexist. This is talking about stuff. 00:16:21.779 --> 00:16:23.799 And we get upset and we make Facebook posts and 00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:26.299 we do all this crap. But really, if you visit, 00:16:26.460 --> 00:16:28.559 if you time travel the intended audience, you 00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:33.000 see modern medicine wasn't invented yet. Tampons 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:40.639 and pads weren't invented yet. So this is not... 00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:44.159 sexist philosophy. This is scientific medical 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:49.220 advice. And when you put yourself in the perspective 00:16:49.220 --> 00:16:52.399 of that, it makes a lot more sense. And if you 00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:55.059 read around it, just before this, it talks about 00:16:55.059 --> 00:16:57.220 the same thing, but with men. And I'll let you 00:16:57.220 --> 00:17:01.840 guys read that yourselves. Do you see how if 00:17:01.840 --> 00:17:04.519 you visit the text, if you put yourself in the 00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:07.299 context and biases, of the original audience, 00:17:07.500 --> 00:17:10.220 you can start to pick understanding of it. And 00:17:10.220 --> 00:17:14.680 it's a good empathy exercise. Does that make 00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:23.119 sense? Poor Rob visits, pray, read, visit, find. 00:17:24.980 --> 00:17:29.160 Pray, read, visit, find. Poor Rob visits for. 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:32.220 Pray, read, visits, find. And by the way, if 00:17:32.220 --> 00:17:34.519 you look this up on the internet, you will not 00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:38.359 find this. Literally, Me, Mr. John, and Mr. Jeff 00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:40.720 France, who's at HHC right now. Shout out, Mr. 00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:43.700 Jeff. We spent hours this week studying this, 00:17:43.839 --> 00:17:46.799 studying different ways to break down text, and 00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:51.160 we created this specifically for us. Okay? So, 00:17:51.180 --> 00:17:54.839 like, please hear the heart behind this. So, 00:17:54.880 --> 00:18:00.299 fine. What does that mean? Well, we need to find 00:18:00.299 --> 00:18:02.980 biblical themes and specific mentioned details. 00:18:04.329 --> 00:18:05.910 We need to find, we need to turn to Sherlock 00:18:05.910 --> 00:18:09.970 Holmes. We need to see what names are mentioned, 00:18:10.170 --> 00:18:13.029 what numbers are mentioned, what species of plants 00:18:13.029 --> 00:18:15.869 and animals are mentioned. Where is the location? 00:18:16.250 --> 00:18:19.130 What are these key details that we see repeated, 00:18:19.230 --> 00:18:21.470 repetition, over and over again? For example, 00:18:21.470 --> 00:18:24.450 in Leviticus, lots of talk about two things, 00:18:24.809 --> 00:18:30.630 blood and cleanliness. These are biblical themes 00:18:30.630 --> 00:18:32.730 that we see oftentimes throughout all of Scripture 00:18:32.730 --> 00:18:38.390 regarding who? Jesus Christ. There's a common 00:18:38.390 --> 00:18:42.529 biblical theme. Blood. Cleanliness. Common biblical 00:18:42.529 --> 00:18:45.309 themes of salvation, forgiveness, sanctification, 00:18:45.650 --> 00:18:48.470 sacrifice. All of these are common biblical themes 00:18:48.470 --> 00:18:52.289 that we can locate in any text. Does this make 00:18:52.289 --> 00:18:54.910 sense? We're finding. We're turning into Sherlock 00:18:54.910 --> 00:18:57.049 Holmes. And then also what we're trying to find 00:18:57.049 --> 00:19:01.000 is, any of you ever play Where's Waldo? We're 00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:03.240 playing Where's Waldo with the text, but we're 00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:05.880 trying to locate Jesus, and it's nothing like 00:19:05.880 --> 00:19:10.759 Where's Waldo. Every single scripture in the 00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:14.619 Bible points to Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Every 00:19:14.619 --> 00:19:17.539 Old Testament, even about the period blood in 00:19:17.539 --> 00:19:20.920 Leviticus, points to Jesus Christ. The Bible 00:19:20.920 --> 00:19:24.880 is not a thesaurus. That's why there's no dinosaurs 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:27.200 in it. It's not that there wasn't dinosaurs, 00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:31.529 it's that... Dinosaurs don't have anything to 00:19:31.529 --> 00:19:37.170 do with Jesus. Does that make sense? The Bible 00:19:37.170 --> 00:19:40.210 is not made to teach us the ins and outs of nature 00:19:40.210 --> 00:19:42.289 and all of existence. No, it's made to teach 00:19:42.289 --> 00:19:45.809 us about how we can get into heaven. And that 00:19:45.809 --> 00:19:51.410 is Jesus. So where is Jesus? Let me teach you 00:19:51.410 --> 00:19:55.829 a nerd word. A nerd word, okay? So this is at 00:19:55.829 --> 00:19:58.480 your next dinner. with a family or whatever, 00:19:58.599 --> 00:20:00.079 you can use this, pull this out of your back 00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:03.619 pocket, and sound cool. Are you ready for this? 00:20:05.359 --> 00:20:11.160 Typology of Christ. Typology of Christ. Write 00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:14.160 that down. Typology of Christ. This is a big 00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:18.480 word. Typology of Christ, what does that mean? 00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:21.059 Well, let me show you. Let's read Daniel 3, 19 00:20:21.059 --> 00:20:25.799 through 26. Daniel 3, 19 through 26. A lot of 00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:27.920 you have probably heard this before. Then Nebuchadnezzar 00:20:27.920 --> 00:20:30.339 was furious. And Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. 00:20:30.740 --> 00:20:32.660 Yeah, they're from the Bible. They're not from 00:20:32.660 --> 00:20:36.460 Brandon Lake's song. And his attitude toward 00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:38.539 them changed. He ordered the furnace heated seven 00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:43.220 times hotter than usual. And commanded some of 00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:45.940 the strongest soldiers in his army to tie up 00:20:45.940 --> 00:20:47.920 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and throw them 00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:50.319 into the blazing furnace. So these men, wearing 00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:52.299 their robes, trousers, turban, and other clothes, 00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:54.319 were bound and thrown into the blazing furnace. 00:20:54.839 --> 00:20:57.059 The king's command was so urgent and the furnace 00:20:57.059 --> 00:20:59.660 so hot that the flames of the fire killed the 00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:01.740 soldiers who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. 00:21:02.099 --> 00:21:05.359 And these three men, firmly tied, fell into the 00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:09.119 blazing furnace. By the way, this is poor Rob 00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:12.799 reading right now. Then King Nebuchadnezzar leaped 00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:15.119 to his feet in amazement and asked his advisors, 00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:17.460 weren't there three men that were tied up and 00:21:17.460 --> 00:21:19.940 threw into the fire? They replied, certainly, 00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:22.859 your master, there was. He said, look. I see 00:21:22.859 --> 00:21:25.140 four men walking around in the fire, unbound, 00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:27.480 unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of 00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:31.359 the gods. Nebuchadnezzar then approached the 00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:33.799 opening of the blazing furnace and shouted, Shadrach, 00:21:33.940 --> 00:21:36.460 Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High 00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:39.440 God, come out, come here. So Shadrach, Meshach, 00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:44.980 and Abednego came out of the fire. Bind. Typology 00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:48.619 of Christ is any time in the Bible that mentions, 00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:51.319 alludes, or hints at Jesus Christ of Nazareth. 00:21:52.519 --> 00:21:55.140 The fourth in the fire who looks like the Son 00:21:55.140 --> 00:21:57.380 of God, it's not just that he looks like him, 00:21:57.420 --> 00:22:02.500 it is. It is a representation of how Jesus saves 00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:06.960 us from the hell. Jesus saves us from the fire. 00:22:07.339 --> 00:22:10.420 Even when we're at our worst, even when everybody's 00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:13.299 against us, we should be innocent, but yet why 00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:16.819 does car insurance keep not covering it? We see 00:22:16.819 --> 00:22:21.359 that God is still in the midst. Typology of Christ. 00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:24.880 If you want to know how to read the Bible, learn 00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:27.920 how to find Jesus in everything. And if you learn 00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:30.819 how to do that, then you'll be making a peanut 00:22:30.819 --> 00:22:33.160 butter and jelly in the morning, and you'll be 00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:36.160 able to find Jesus in that too. Oh, don't you 00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:38.980 know that how the jelly was crushed up and put 00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:41.319 in this jam is how Jesus' body was crushed up 00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:43.559 and put in my life. You know what I'm saying? 00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:45.180 You can start pulling things out of everywhere. 00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:54.369 You know? That's a good one. Pour, rob, visits 00:22:54.369 --> 00:23:00.349 for. Pray, read, visit, find. And next is sum. 00:23:01.490 --> 00:23:07.390 Which stands for summarize. Summarize. Now that 00:23:07.390 --> 00:23:10.769 we have the puzzle pieces together, we have to 00:23:10.769 --> 00:23:12.890 now put them together and find meaning and purpose. 00:23:13.470 --> 00:23:16.269 We've looked at the scripture. We've looked at 00:23:16.269 --> 00:23:18.609 the audience. We've looked at the different... 00:23:19.419 --> 00:23:21.500 connections and relations within the scripture, 00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:25.779 and now we have to ask ourselves, what is the 00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:29.400 purpose? A question that I like to ask is, what 00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:32.619 does God want me to learn here? What is the purpose? 00:23:32.700 --> 00:23:38.240 Why? Why? Why? Something that I like to do is 00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:40.460 take what I learn and create what's called quotable 00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:43.019 quotes. These are quotes that you write, main 00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:47.319 points, that sound good. And because they sound 00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:49.019 good, they're easy to remember. And whenever 00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:51.500 a friend is struggling with something, you can 00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:55.099 go ahead and pull it out of your pocket. And 00:23:55.099 --> 00:23:56.400 they don't get all weird because you're talking 00:23:56.400 --> 00:24:00.740 about Jesus. Because it sounds good. A .K .A. 00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:03.640 these are good Tumblr posts. If you know what 00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:11.900 Tumblr is. Sorry, guys. But anyways, for example, 00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:14.789 a quotable quote. would be katanas and untrained 00:24:14.789 --> 00:24:16.930 hands are dangerous to our body, while Bibles 00:24:16.930 --> 00:24:18.450 and untrained hands are dangerous to our soul. 00:24:20.869 --> 00:24:24.390 Another quote would be from the story we just 00:24:24.390 --> 00:24:28.670 read. Don't fear the fire. Don't fear the fire. 00:24:28.769 --> 00:24:30.849 I got two F's in there. I got alliteration. It 00:24:30.849 --> 00:24:33.230 sounds good. It's easy to say. And it's fun to 00:24:33.230 --> 00:24:37.210 create. Does that make sense? Create quotable 00:24:37.210 --> 00:24:39.630 quotes. That's just a little tip. So poor Rob 00:24:39.630 --> 00:24:42.799 visits for some. So let's summarize. you just 00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:48.799 learned about the furnace. So, they were supposed 00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:50.559 to be killed, they were supposed to die to the 00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:52.920 fire, but we see that Jesus' presence protects 00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:56.839 them. That's the key concept. Jesus' presence 00:24:56.839 --> 00:25:00.279 protects us. Wow, we just read and understood 00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:04.079 the Old Testament. And then next is apples or 00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:07.700 apply, meaning we apply it to our life. We take 00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:10.450 the concepts and the summary and we apply. We 00:25:10.450 --> 00:25:12.970 read, we find meaning, and then we shut up and 00:25:12.970 --> 00:25:17.589 do. Men, don't you know our wives would love 00:25:17.589 --> 00:25:21.789 us a lot more if we just shut up and did? Right? 00:25:27.190 --> 00:25:31.150 And this is also where we apply our personal 00:25:31.150 --> 00:25:34.589 testimony. I remember whenever I was a freshman 00:25:34.589 --> 00:25:37.789 in college, man, I felt like fire was all around 00:25:37.789 --> 00:25:39.900 me. I was living in sin. I was doing whatever. 00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:44.160 Everything that I thought I built was crumbling 00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:49.380 down. This is, I can see myself in the fire with 00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:52.460 it. And just the look of absolute amazement. 00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:55.200 I should have been dead. I should have been dead. 00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:59.119 That's application. That's apply. But here, let's 00:25:59.119 --> 00:26:02.200 practice, okay? Let's practice. We are almost 00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:03.980 done, my peace. Does anybody know what time it 00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:13.349 is? 925. 9 .25? Oh, sorry. I didn't pray, read, 00:26:13.390 --> 00:26:20.069 visit, find, or summarize or apply. Hey, can 00:26:20.069 --> 00:26:22.069 I get Cross out here to make this more emotional? 00:26:23.589 --> 00:26:27.630 Cross, I need some piano. All right. You should 00:26:27.630 --> 00:26:30.869 always read the word with Scripture. All right. 00:26:30.930 --> 00:26:32.910 Poor Rob visits for some apples. Let's pray. 00:26:33.650 --> 00:26:36.349 Let's pray. God, show us what you want out of 00:26:36.349 --> 00:26:41.609 this reading. Let your will be done. Amen. And 00:26:41.609 --> 00:26:44.490 then we read. We're reading Genesis 22, 1 through 00:26:44.490 --> 00:26:47.150 14, NIV, the New International Version, Modern 00:26:47.150 --> 00:26:51.150 Reading Level. Sound good? If you really lock 00:26:51.150 --> 00:26:55.009 into this, you'll learn, and this Bible verse 00:26:55.009 --> 00:26:58.970 will hit hard. Genesis 22, 1 through 14. We see 00:26:58.970 --> 00:27:03.769 that sometime later, God tested Abraham. He said 00:27:03.769 --> 00:27:07.539 to him, Abraham, here I am, he replied. Then 00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:10.200 God said, take your son, your only son, whom 00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:13.500 you love, Isaac, and go to the region of Moriah. 00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:16.420 Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a 00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:18.240 mountain I will show you. This is where most 00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:24.000 of us stop reading. God, you want me to sacrifice 00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:27.859 my son? Early the next morning, Abraham got up 00:27:27.859 --> 00:27:31.859 and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of 00:27:31.859 --> 00:27:34.740 his servants and his only son, Isaac. When he 00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:37.180 had... cut enough wood for the burnt offering, 00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:39.319 he set out for the place God had told him about. 00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:42.759 On the third day, Abraham looked up and saw the 00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:45.319 place in the distance. He said to his servants, 00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:47.660 stay here with the donkey while I and the boy 00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:51.299 go over there. We will worship and then we will 00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:55.599 come back to you. Interesting. Abraham took the 00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:57.839 wood for the burnt offering and placed it on 00:27:57.839 --> 00:28:00.319 his son Isaac and he himself carried the fire 00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:02.880 and the knife. As the two of them went on together, 00:28:03.140 --> 00:28:06.079 Isaac spoke up and said to his father, Abraham, 00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:10.200 father. Yes, my son, Abraham replied. The fire 00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:12.799 and wood are here, Isaac said, but where is the 00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:16.000 lamb for the burnt offering? Abraham answered, 00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:19.240 God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt 00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:22.779 offering, my son. And the two of them went on 00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:26.640 together. When they reached the place God had 00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:28.779 told him about, Abraham built an altar there 00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:30.859 and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son 00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:33.019 Isaac and laid him on the altar on top of the 00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:35.380 wood. Then he reached out his hand and took the 00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:38.680 knife to slay his own son. But the angel of the 00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:40.420 Lord called out to him from heaven, Abraham, 00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:44.519 Abraham, here I am, he replied. Do not lay a 00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:47.420 hand on that boy. He said, do not do anything 00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:50.579 to him. Now I know that you fear God, you respect 00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:53.740 God, because you have not withheld from me your 00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:58.240 son and your only son. Abraham looked up and 00:28:58.240 --> 00:29:01.920 there in a thicket, he saw a ram caught by its 00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:04.710 horns. he went over and took the ram and sacrificed 00:29:04.710 --> 00:29:07.190 it as a burnt offering instead of his son Isaac. 00:29:08.369 --> 00:29:11.430 So Abraham called that place, the Lord will provide, 00:29:11.470 --> 00:29:13.569 or in the original Hebrew, the Lord will see 00:29:13.569 --> 00:29:18.769 to it. And to this day it is said, on the mountain 00:29:18.769 --> 00:29:24.269 of the Lord it will be provided. We prayed, we 00:29:24.269 --> 00:29:27.509 read, let's visit. You see, in this culture, 00:29:27.690 --> 00:29:30.809 in the ancient Hebrew culture, any time that 00:29:30.809 --> 00:29:34.829 you would sin, Something, someone had to pay 00:29:34.829 --> 00:29:39.529 for your sin. That's why animal sacrifice was 00:29:39.529 --> 00:29:42.509 so big. It's not that they were against PETA. 00:29:44.690 --> 00:29:46.990 It's in their culture. They believe that if they 00:29:46.990 --> 00:29:49.789 don't put their sins onto this ram or onto this 00:29:49.789 --> 00:29:54.029 goat, then goodbye. I'm going to go to hell. 00:29:54.789 --> 00:29:57.849 So that's what the sacrifice was about. And then 00:29:57.849 --> 00:29:59.930 we see it goes into deeper that in this time, 00:30:00.049 --> 00:30:05.259 women had no rights. So if Abraham would have 00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:07.119 lost his son Isaac, not only did he lose his 00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:09.700 son, he lost his legacy and every possession 00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:12.759 he's ever worked for. So not only did God say, 00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:14.500 I want you to sacrifice your son, he said, I 00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:16.380 want you to sacrifice your job, your livelihood, 00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:19.099 your legacy, and I want you to doubt the promise 00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:21.779 I made to you years ago. Because God originally 00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:26.079 said to Abraham, yo, I'm going to make generations 00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:33.769 out of you. Do you see how we're visiting the 00:30:33.769 --> 00:30:35.930 text? We're putting our perspective into Abraham 00:30:35.930 --> 00:30:38.269 and we're seeing what's going on. Does that make 00:30:38.269 --> 00:30:42.529 sense? Purah visits four. We find. We find similarities. 00:30:43.210 --> 00:30:45.789 Right off the bat, I noticed a donkey. Specific 00:30:45.789 --> 00:30:48.609 species. Who else rode in on a donkey leading 00:30:48.609 --> 00:30:54.569 to their death? Hmm. I also see the wood. I see 00:30:54.569 --> 00:30:59.410 who carried the wood to the sacrifice. Isaac. 00:31:00.910 --> 00:31:03.509 Who else carried the wood to their sacrifice? 00:31:04.849 --> 00:31:08.250 Wrong. It was kind of Jesus, but it was also 00:31:08.250 --> 00:31:12.509 the other guy. And see, that's the kind of point 00:31:12.509 --> 00:31:14.609 I'm trying to make here, that Isaac is not Jesus. 00:31:14.769 --> 00:31:19.329 The typology of Christ is in the ram. They got 00:31:19.329 --> 00:31:21.029 up there. Isaac was supposed to be sacrificed. 00:31:21.349 --> 00:31:23.309 You were supposed to be sacrificed. And then 00:31:23.309 --> 00:31:25.849 they looked in the thistle, or in the original 00:31:25.849 --> 00:31:29.750 Hebrew, it is a tree bush. So who was stuck in 00:31:29.750 --> 00:31:37.910 the tree, surrounded by thorns? Jesus. That's 00:31:37.910 --> 00:31:47.210 pretty cool. And after that, we summarize. God 00:31:47.210 --> 00:31:54.789 loves us enough to send a ram. Only if we trust 00:31:54.789 --> 00:31:59.019 him. At the beginning, Abraham said to his crew, 00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:01.700 he said, me and Isaac will go up to the mountain 00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:07.359 and we will be back. He didn't lie here. He knew 00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:11.039 God was up to something. He knew God never told 00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:15.539 me to sacrifice humans before. So I know he's 00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:19.839 not going to start now. God is up to something. 00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:23.140 I might not understand it. I might not see it. 00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:25.240 But I'm going to do what he told me to do. I'm 00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:27.559 going to live my life out in faith. And my God 00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:31.960 is up to something. Summarize. Next time that 00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:33.759 we feel like we are left at an altar and we have 00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:37.539 to sacrifice our life to God. Our livelihood 00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:41.380 to God. Our hobbies to God. Going to the club 00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:44.859 for God. Watching that for God. Smoking that 00:32:44.859 --> 00:32:49.140 for God. We have to give that up for God. And 00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:51.400 we see that God will give us something in place 00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:54.119 of it. And that is eternal life. And after we 00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:57.279 pour Rob business for some apples, we apply. 00:32:58.279 --> 00:33:03.880 How can we apply this? Anytime we're talking 00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:05.819 about the breaking of bones and the shedding 00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:08.259 of blood of our Lord Jesus, I think it's important 00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:11.759 that we take communion. Here in our youth ministry, 00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:14.980 now, real quick, they're going to pass out our 00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:16.940 communion elements. All right? If you need gluten 00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:18.740 -free, I think you're supposed to do two hands 00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:22.720 in the air. Right? In our youth family here, 00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:27.359 we take communion very seriously. I don't do 00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:30.339 the individual packets. We literally buy bottles 00:33:30.339 --> 00:33:34.960 of Martinelli and we literally get like fancy 00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:38.259 bread from Martin's and we partake in it. Because 00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:40.359 what communion actually is, is it is a representation 00:33:40.359 --> 00:33:45.380 of the death of Jesus Christ. You see, the bread 00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:47.759 that we will eat together represents his body 00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:51.150 that was broken for us. The blood that we drink 00:33:51.150 --> 00:33:53.130 is represented for the blood that is spilled. 00:33:53.250 --> 00:33:55.509 This is also the same blood that just like it 00:33:55.509 --> 00:34:00.190 covers our throats, it covers our sins. And then, 00:34:00.210 --> 00:34:03.869 must we not forget that while Jesus was on the 00:34:03.869 --> 00:34:08.909 cross dying, what else was around? His community. 00:34:10.610 --> 00:34:12.650 A lot of times people forget his mother was sitting 00:34:12.650 --> 00:34:18.329 right there. Oh my. And Peter was off in the 00:34:18.329 --> 00:34:22.300 distance. hating themselves and watching. And 00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:24.440 the Apostle Paul tells us that we cannot take 00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:26.320 communion if our heart is not in the right place. 00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:29.179 A lot of times what people don't talk about is 00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:31.699 this is a communal thing. If there is anybody 00:34:31.699 --> 00:34:34.980 in this room that you have not forgiven, your 00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:40.340 spouse, your dad, whatever it be, you are supposed 00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:42.860 to find it in your heart to ask for forgiveness 00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:46.409 before you partake in communion. I don't care 00:34:46.409 --> 00:34:48.349 if you've got to take this home and wait till 00:34:48.349 --> 00:34:53.190 it gets moldy. Jesus himself says that before 00:34:53.190 --> 00:34:56.250 you place the sacrifice at the altar, if there 00:34:56.250 --> 00:34:57.909 is unforgiveness in your heart, you drop the 00:34:57.909 --> 00:35:00.329 sacrifice, you go forgive, and then you come 00:35:00.329 --> 00:35:06.130 back. So let's pray, and then we'll partake in 00:35:06.130 --> 00:35:19.780 communion together. Sound good? God? Let your 00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:27.380 will be done in me. I should be dead. I should 00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:30.360 be the one on the altar. But you sent a ram. 00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:34.699 The ram didn't deserve it. He was just there, 00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:40.260 stuck. But he was stuck in my sin. Thank you, 00:35:40.260 --> 00:35:42.440 God, for sending me your son Jesus to die on 00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:45.280 my behalf. It's not about my legacy or possessions, 00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:47.559 because everything I own will be owned by somebody 00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:53.639 else one day. But is it about you? Eternity and 00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:56.400 giving me access into heaven, even though I told 00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:58.159 you I wouldn't watch that or do that, but I did 00:35:58.159 --> 00:36:02.400 it anyways. God, please give me strength, just 00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:04.440 like you, as you were in the cross feeling like 00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:06.360 death and you looked us in the face and said, 00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:11.079 forgive them. Please give me strength, as I feel 00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:13.579 like death, to look in the face of that person 00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:17.840 and say, I forgive you. Oh, I don't want to, 00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:22.800 because it hurts like... hell, but I know that 00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:25.639 my God is up to something and in unity we will 00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:33.019 be back. God, please give us wisdom. Amen. And 00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:35.760 then Jesus had the bread, so we'll get the bread 00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:43.719 out. And he said, disciples, this is my body 00:36:43.719 --> 00:36:46.179 which will be broken for you. Eat it in remembrance 00:36:46.179 --> 00:37:01.199 of me. The bread is kind of dry. But thankfully, 00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:06.320 Jesus has living water. And then he took out 00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:09.880 the wine or the juice. And he said, this is my 00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:12.679 blood that was spilled out for you. Drink it 00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:16.820 in remembrance of me and the forgiveness of your 00:37:16.820 --> 00:37:33.340 sin. Well, poor Rob visits for some apples. Seriously, 00:37:33.599 --> 00:37:38.260 I encourage you, study the word. Become a strong, 00:37:38.380 --> 00:37:41.460 independent Christian, okay? Real quick, if you 00:37:41.460 --> 00:37:44.179 are a youth student and you are not plugged in, 00:37:44.260 --> 00:37:46.719 or you are the family or the parent of a youth 00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:48.019 student who's not plugged in and you want them 00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:50.599 to get plugged in, drag their tuchuses to the 00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:53.579 Welcome Hub. We have a gift for them. You will 00:37:53.579 --> 00:37:57.679 see my wife Janine and... One of our other leaders, 00:37:57.739 --> 00:38:00.300 Kirsten, there to give you a gift. Also, if you 00:38:00.300 --> 00:38:05.360 need a Bible, if you need a Bible, at the Welcome 00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:08.739 Hub, I have a free Bible for you. Don't leave 00:38:08.739 --> 00:38:10.719 here without getting it. And if you're like, 00:38:10.780 --> 00:38:14.199 I don't know where to start, start in Mark. Mark. 00:38:15.199 --> 00:38:23.920 It's about 69, 71 % towards the end. Mark. If 00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:28.849 you need prayer, it'll be up here. I encourage 00:38:28.849 --> 00:38:31.030 you to get prayer. I encourage you to read the 00:38:31.030 --> 00:38:38.550 word. Anything else? Poor Rob visits for some 00:38:38.550 --> 00:38:50.730 apples. What? You got some? Hey, hey, hey. If 00:38:50.730 --> 00:38:54.070 you need help forgiving someone in your life, 00:38:54.329 --> 00:38:58.380 the prayer team is going to do that today. You 00:38:58.380 --> 00:39:01.400 hear me? That's your words of knowledge. If you 00:39:01.400 --> 00:39:05.260 need forgiveness, we got right hips and forgiveness. 00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:11.599 For some of you old people, that's both. All 00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:15.300 right. All right, you guys get out of here before 00:39:15.300 --> 00:39:19.239 I say something stupid. I love all of you, for 00:39:19.239 --> 00:39:23.000 real. Thank you. Poor Rob visits for some apples. 00:39:23.179 --> 00:39:25.039 On your way out, our youth team will say bye 00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:28.349 to you. I love all of you. Cross, thank you.