Nothing preventing
the least of His favor
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Keep the way clear!
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Let nothing between
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Nothing between,
like worldly pleasure
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Habits of life,
though harmless they seem
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Must not my heart
from Him ever sever
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He is my all!
There's nothing between
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Nothing between my
soul and the Savior
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So that His
blessed face may be seen
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Nothing preventing
the least of His favor
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Keep the way clear!
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Let nothing between
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Noting between,
e'en many hard trials
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Though the whole
world against me convene
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Watching with
prayer and much self denial
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Triumph at last,
with nothing between!
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Nothing between my
soul and the Savior
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So that His
blessed face may be seen
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Nothing preventing
the least of His favor
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Keep the way clear!
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Let nothing between
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You know at the
cross is where we see
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God's greatest
sacrifice for humanity.
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But also at the
cross is where we ourselves
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can also make a
great sacrifice, our lives.
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So join as we sing at the cross,
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our theme song for this GYC,
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also found in your
program book list this morning,
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"At the cross."
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Alas, and did my Savior bleed?
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And did my Sovereign die?
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Would He devote that sacred head
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For someone such as I?
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At the cross, at the cross
Where I first saw the light
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And the burden of
my heart rolled away
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It was there by
faith I received my sight
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And now I am happy all the day!
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Was it for
crimes that I have done
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He suffered on the tree?
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Amazing pity!
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Grace unknown! And
love beyond degree!
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At the cross, at the cross
Where I first saw the light
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And the burden of
my heart rolled away
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It was there by
faith I received my sight
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And now I am happy all the day!
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But drops of
grief can ne'er repay
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The debt of love I owe
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Here, Lord, I give myself away
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'Tis all that I can do!
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At the cross, at the cross
Where I first saw the light
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And the burden of
my heart rolled away
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It was there by
faith I received my sight
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And now I am happy all the day!
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It was at the
cross, at the cross
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Where I first saw the light
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And the burden of
my heart rolled away
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It was there by
faith I received my sight
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And now I am happy all the day!
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Good morning GYC.
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You can do better than
that. Good morning GYC.
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Morning!
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There we go, I know it's early,
but you guys are here 7:45,
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the few and faithful
to morning devotional.
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And I want you to do me a favor,
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how many of you
have a friend here at GYC
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who is not in this
auditorium this morning.
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Yes, a lot of
you guys, all right.
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Your goal is
sometime today to tell them,
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you need to be here
tomorrow morning at 7:45.
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And the reason why is this is
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because we have the opportunity
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to listen to a powerful speaker.
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Each morning Adam
Ramdin has come all the way
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from England to be with us.
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He is the director of
the Peace Bible College.
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In addition to that,
he is the youth director
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for that conference.
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And we're really
excited about been him,
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being here, he is
a powerful speaker,
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he's gonna
speak from God's word.
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And I know, I've
been blessed by Adam,
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and so we want to go
ahead and bow our heads
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and ask God to be with
us and bless this time.
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Let's pray.
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Father, we want to thank
You so much for this opportunity
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to come and
here the word of God,
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and we pray
that Your Holy Spirit
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would be poured
out this morning.
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We have hearts that are open
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and willing and
wanting to hear Your word,
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and I pray that you
would speak through Adam.
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We dedicate this time to
you, we pray these things,
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and all of God's
people say it, amen, amen.
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Good morning. Good morning!
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And Happy New Year.
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Apple Computers
used to have a logo
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around the end of
the 1990s that said,
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"Think
Different," and it quotes on,
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they struck a
chord with society.
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For we have a
cultural affinity today
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in the western
world in particular
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to value change over tradition.
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So when they
said think different,
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it struck a chord with us.
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We put merit in
something that is new
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as opposed to what is old.
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And if when we're
hearing something,
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if we've heard it previously,
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we consider it to
be a waste of time
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and meaningless.
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Youth conferences in
the Adventist church,
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sometimes are
affected by this mindset,
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where committees
will spend hours literally
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thinking up a theme
for the youth conference
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that is new, that is different,
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that is catchy,
that is memorable,
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because we value
what's new over what's old.
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I'd like to congratulate GYC
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this year on a
great theme, amen.
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And I pray that myself
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and either speakers
here and in the workshop
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are able to do
justice to this theme.
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You see, it is
not a new thought,
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it takes us back to
the heart of Christianity
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2,000 years ago,
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the event that
changed the universe
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and the event for which
history evolves at the cross.
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You see, today as Laodiceans
we have a problem as Laodicea,
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the Adventist
church is Laodicea,
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we have a problem where
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we have an endless
pursuit of knowledge.
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In fact, Laodicean
doesn't necessarily need
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more knowledge,
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but they want more knowledge.
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We want to know something new,
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we want to know something fresh.
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How many times have you been
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in a prayer
meeting or in a Bible study
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and the person kneeling down,
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he said, "Lord, teach us
something new from Your word,
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we want to hear something fresh,
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something different,
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something that we
have not heard before.
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The problem with us is
Laodicea is we want knowledge.
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Some of us have downloaded
10 gigabytes worth of sermons
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on to our mobile phones.
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Some of us have got
our favorite sermons,
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and we've heard them
over and over so many times,
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we can recite
them word for word.
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We want something
fresh, we want something new.
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I was talking to a
young man in England one time,
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he came to evangelistic campaign
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that I was doing,
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and he came all the way through,
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did not get baptized.
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Two years later, I
met him at a youth event,
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and I was talking to him
about his walk with the Lord.
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And he said, "Yeah, you
know, things are going well,"
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and then he
said something to me,
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he told me the
certain Bible prophecies
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that he was studying.
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And he said something to me,
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he said, after he told me
what he was studying, he said,
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"Yeah, I'm at that level now,
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that I'm studying these things,
and I'm at that level now."
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In other words,
what he was saying was,
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"I'm not dealing
with the Psalms anymore,
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I'm not dealing with
the Proverbs anymore,
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I've gone past the
gospels, I'm at this level now."
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You see, sometimes
that's the way we think,
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we got to graduate
from the easy stuff
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and gets to the deep stuff,
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and then we really
are immature Christian.
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The problem with
us as Adventist is
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when we think about the gospel,
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Matthew, Mark, Luke,
John, all too often we say,
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"Yeah, I've read that already,"
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the cross, "Yeah, I checked,
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I've already heard
a sermon on the cross.
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I've read the last 10
chapters of Desire of Ages,
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yes, I know that.
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I know that,
I've heard it before,
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I've seen it already.
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It's time for me to move on
in my Christian experience."
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Well, you see, this weekend,
there is no moving on, amen.
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In Matthew 13:52,
the Bible says that,
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"Every scribe that is instructed
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in the kingdom of heaven
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is like a man,
that is a householder,
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which brought
forth from the treasure,
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things new, and
things that are old.
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You see, this
weekend, long weekend,
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we are discussing an old theme,
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but I pray for
myself and for yourself
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that we're able
to pull new things
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out of the old theme, amen.
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That what is
old will become new,
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what is old may become fresh
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and that though it maybe
an old theme At the Cross,
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we may gain a new experience
by encountering Jesus Christ.
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Was as an Adventist,
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you may be
familiar with the cross,
00:18:08.42\00:18:10.99
you may have heard
sermons on the cross,
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you may be familiar,
but what happens around it,
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you may be familiar with
the Ellen White quotation,
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we need to spend
the full flourish day
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in silent mediation
on the life of Christ
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especially the closing scenes.
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You may remember all of that,
but I pray here at this GYC
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through the course of
what we discussed together
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that we may not just know
something new about the cross,
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but that we may come
to the foot of the cross.
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Let's bow our heads as we
start with the word of prayer.
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Father in heaven,
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Lord, truly it is a
honor to open Your word.
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As we spend the next few moments
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in the pages of scripture,
00:18:54.50\00:18:56.53
Lord, I pray that You
would speak to our hearts.
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Teach us Lord
today from Your word.
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I pray Lord that the experience
00:19:07.28\00:19:09.78
that You went
through on the cross,
00:19:09.81\00:19:11.41
we may see in
the vividness today
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that we can apply to
our own personal lives.
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I pray Lord that you would speak
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through me at this time,
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in Christ name we pray, amen.
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If you go to the west
coast to San Francisco,
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there is a bridge there
called the Golden Gate Bridge.
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If you go to the east
coast, as you go I-95,
00:19:36.07\00:19:39.24
when you head
towards New York City,
00:19:39.27\00:19:40.94
there is another
bridge there called
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the George Washington Bridge.
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Wouldn't say amen too quick.
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For the problem with
both of those bridges is,
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when you cross those bridges,
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you have to pay money
before you go over the bridge.
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In fact, as you're
driving to the bridge,
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you'll see a sign up there
00:19:57.19\00:19:58.56
that will say,
last exit before what?
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Last exit before tolls.
00:20:02.60\00:20:04.60
Now every time that I approach
a bridge like that or a tunnel,
00:20:04.63\00:20:07.50
and you see that sign
"Last Exit before toll,"
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I don't know what it is,
00:20:10.04\00:20:11.37
but this is what
happens in my mind.
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Even though I know I'm
driving over the bridge,
00:20:12.77\00:20:15.31
even though I know I'm
going on to my destination
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that may be one,
two, or three hours away.
00:20:17.61\00:20:20.52
Every time the
thought comes into my head,
00:20:20.55\00:20:23.05
"Shall I get off the multi way
before I have to pay a toll?"
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You see, when
you think about this,
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Gethsemane represented to Jesus,
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the last chance he
had to get off the road
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before He got to Calvary.
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Gethsemane represented
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the last
opportunity that Jesus had,
00:20:43.57\00:20:45.84
the last chance
to get off that road.
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It was the last time
in His earthly ministry
00:20:47.88\00:20:51.55
that Jesus had a
chance to get off
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before He had to pay the price.
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If you have your
Bibles this morning,
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I like to invite you to
turn to Matthew Chapter 26,
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and we're gonna
read one or two verses
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as they relate
00:21:03.93\00:21:05.26
to the closing
scenes of Christ life.
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Matthew Chapter 26...
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Gethsemane, the name
or the word Gethsemane,
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it means oil press,
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it was the name of an olive yard
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that sat at the foot
of the Mount of Olives.
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If you're privileged
to go to Israel today,
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if you'd count it such,
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you can go to where
they say Gethsemane was.
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There are eight
olive trees there
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in the Garden of Gethsemane
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that they may take you to,
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but the orthodox churches know
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that's not the
garden of Gethsemane,
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they have one across the road,
00:21:43.93\00:21:45.27
and they say that's
the Garden of Gethsemane.
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But if you talk to certain
Bible scholars, they will say,
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none of them are the
Garden of Gethsemane.
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It was probably
several 100 yards away.
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Be that as it may, Gethsemane,
00:21:53.71\00:21:57.15
this is where Jesus came
often times to pray we're told,
00:21:57.18\00:22:00.18
and we're told
that in Gethsemane,
00:22:00.22\00:22:01.88
He took all His disciples there
to the Garden of Gethsemane.
00:22:01.92\00:22:05.82
He told some of
them to wait there.
00:22:05.85\00:22:07.62
And then He took His three...
00:22:07.66\00:22:11.49
favorite disciples,
00:22:11.53\00:22:13.03
and He took
them a little further
00:22:13.06\00:22:14.40
and He said, "You wait here."
00:22:14.43\00:22:15.93
And then He went a
little bit further from them,
00:22:15.96\00:22:19.13
not out of eyesight,
00:22:19.17\00:22:21.50
but He laid there on the ground,
00:22:21.54\00:22:23.10
and there He started to
pray to His heavenly Father.
00:22:23.14\00:22:26.21
And in Matthew
26:29, the Bible says,
00:22:26.24\00:22:30.25
"And he went a little
further, and fell on his face
00:22:30.28\00:22:33.31
and prayed,
saying, 'Oh my Father,
00:22:33.35\00:22:39.75
if it be possible,
let this cup pass from me,
00:22:39.79\00:22:43.32
nevertheless not as I
will, but as thou wilt."
00:22:43.36\00:22:46.80
Now what I want to do,
we're gonna take this verse
00:22:46.83\00:22:48.16
and look
through it step by step.
00:22:48.20\00:22:50.50
He starts of the Bible, says,
He went a little bit further,
00:22:50.53\00:22:52.93
but the words of Jesus in
red, let's focus on these.
00:22:52.97\00:22:55.47
The Bible says, "Oh, my Father."
00:22:55.50\00:23:01.61
Another word "Oh Father,"
00:23:01.64\00:23:04.45
to me that signifies
closeness in a relationship.
00:23:04.48\00:23:08.32
Today you would say
that as a term of endearment.
00:23:08.35\00:23:11.65
If my wife said
to me, "Oh, Adam,"
00:23:11.69\00:23:14.02
and then she went on
to say something else,
00:23:14.06\00:23:15.79
it would probably mean that
00:23:15.82\00:23:17.16
I was in her good
books at that time, amen.
00:23:17.19\00:23:21.43
"Oh Father," Jesus
is closed to His father,
00:23:21.46\00:23:24.87
and the phrase signifies such,
00:23:24.90\00:23:26.80
it goes on and it says,
"If it be what possible."
00:23:26.84\00:23:32.47
So he is asking this question,
he says, "If it is possible,
00:23:32.51\00:23:35.54
is there anyway, is
there any possibility
00:23:35.58\00:23:38.61
about what I'm about to ask."
00:23:38.65\00:23:40.88
See, Jesus, when
He came to this point,
00:23:40.92\00:23:42.65
He was looking at death,
He was looking at the cross,
00:23:42.68\00:23:44.59
straight in front oh Him,
and as He took one look at it,
00:23:44.62\00:23:47.06
He said,
"Father, is it possible,
00:23:47.09\00:23:49.42
is there anyway,
00:23:49.46\00:23:51.39
is there anyway around this?"
00:23:51.43\00:23:53.16
It was almost like
a rhetorical question,
00:23:53.19\00:23:55.46
'cause Jesus knew that
when He came down to earth,
00:23:55.50\00:23:57.80
He was gonna have
to die in the cross.
00:23:57.83\00:23:59.60
But as He comes to the cross
and sees it in front of Him,
00:23:59.63\00:24:02.10
He says, "Is it possible,
is there any other way?
00:24:02.14\00:24:05.97
I was reading the
story about a young man
00:24:09.04\00:24:10.51
that was hiking
in the mountains,
00:24:10.55\00:24:12.01
and he was
hiking in the mountains,
00:24:12.05\00:24:13.88
and the boulder fell on him.
00:24:13.92\00:24:16.65
And as the boulder fell on him,
it almost hits him on the body,
00:24:16.69\00:24:19.52
but he managed to move
his body out just in time
00:24:19.55\00:24:22.29
that the boulder
only hit his arm.
00:24:22.32\00:24:24.33
The problem was, the
boulder was 800 pounds,
00:24:24.36\00:24:26.96
and it stopped on his
arm and crushed his arm.
00:24:27.00\00:24:30.07
He is there in the
mountains in the Canyon.
00:24:30.10\00:24:31.70
No one knows he is there.
00:24:31.73\00:24:33.07
And he is there,
and he tries initially
00:24:33.10\00:24:34.44
to push against the
boulder and get off him.
00:24:34.47\00:24:37.17
Ridiculous, it's 800 pounds.
00:24:37.21\00:24:39.77
He realizes he
needs to save his energy
00:24:39.81\00:24:41.54
for something more intelligent.
00:24:41.58\00:24:43.91
And later on that
day or the next day,
00:24:43.95\00:24:45.31
he gets his ropes,
'cause he was a climber,
00:24:45.35\00:24:47.32
I'm not exactly what he
did it or how he did it,
00:24:47.35\00:24:49.45
but he tried to make
the hoist to around the rock
00:24:49.48\00:24:51.69
so that he could
pull it and dislodge it.
00:24:51.72\00:24:53.99
Didn't work, plan failed.
00:24:54.02\00:24:55.69
Next plan, he pulls a
knife out of his pocket,
00:24:55.72\00:24:57.86
and he start to
stab away at the rock,
00:24:57.89\00:24:59.86
as if he can dig
a tunnel in the rock
00:24:59.89\00:25:01.60
and pull his arm out,
00:25:01.63\00:25:02.96
plan doesn't
work, knife is blunt.
00:25:03.00\00:25:05.80
Next thing he tries
to do, he gets the knife,
00:25:05.83\00:25:07.90
now you need to
get out of the Canyon,
00:25:07.94\00:25:09.44
he know he's gonna die.
00:25:09.47\00:25:12.84
He gets the knife, and
he tries to cut his arm,
00:25:12.87\00:25:15.08
the knife was so blunt,
00:25:15.11\00:25:16.44
it wouldn't even
puncture the skin.
00:25:16.48\00:25:17.81
He waited another
day, now on day six.
00:25:20.62\00:25:23.65
He's been in the
Canyon for six days,
00:25:23.69\00:25:25.45
he's gonna starve to death soon
00:25:25.49\00:25:26.82
he's gonna die
of dehydration soon,
00:25:26.86\00:25:28.32
but he needs to get out.
00:25:28.36\00:25:29.69
What can he do to save his life?
00:25:29.72\00:25:31.56
He takes the terrible decision.
00:25:31.59\00:25:33.29
His name was Aaron Ralston,
00:25:33.33\00:25:34.66
maybe you read about
him in the news in Utah.
00:25:34.70\00:25:36.40
And he takes the
terrible decision,
00:25:36.43\00:25:37.97
he twists himself to
break the bones in his arm
00:25:38.00\00:25:42.17
with no anesthetic.
00:25:42.20\00:25:45.27
And then after the
bones were broken in his arm,
00:25:45.31\00:25:47.68
he took out the knife
00:25:47.71\00:25:49.04
that wasn't able to
cut his skin before.
00:25:49.08\00:25:50.71
And he managed
to hack off his arm,
00:25:50.75\00:25:54.88
took an hour or two.
00:25:54.92\00:25:57.45
Then he walked six
miles out to the road,
00:25:57.49\00:26:00.19
where he found himself...
00:26:00.22\00:26:02.09
some of the tourists,
and they took him out there.
00:26:02.12\00:26:04.63
The point is, the hardest
thing he saved and did it last,
00:26:04.66\00:26:09.33
that I don't want
to cut my arm off,
00:26:09.36\00:26:10.70
let me try and move the rock,
00:26:10.73\00:26:12.07
let me try and you
know, cut the rock away,
00:26:12.10\00:26:14.04
let me try everything
except having to cut my arm off.
00:26:14.07\00:26:16.84
When Jesus came to Gethsemane,
it's like He looked at,
00:26:16.87\00:26:19.17
He's like is there any way,
is there anyway around this,
00:26:19.21\00:26:23.71
is it possible?
00:26:23.75\00:26:25.08
And the text
goes on and it says,
00:26:25.11\00:26:26.65
"Let this cup pass from me."
00:26:26.68\00:26:30.65
See, the cup that Jesus
was asking to pass from Him
00:26:30.69\00:26:33.72
was two things, it
was the cup of suffering.
00:26:33.76\00:26:36.93
Jesus was about to go
00:26:36.96\00:26:38.29
through an
experience of suffering
00:26:38.33\00:26:40.00
unlike anyone has
seen before or since.
00:26:40.03\00:26:42.76
In fact, Ellen White says,
00:26:42.80\00:26:44.13
that no criminal was
ever treated as bad as he.
00:26:44.17\00:26:48.77
That cup of suffering,
the pain and the agony,
00:26:48.80\00:26:51.41
he looked at that
and he said, "No...
00:26:51.44\00:26:54.51
is it possible?"
00:26:54.54\00:26:55.88
The other thing in
the cup that He saw
00:26:55.91\00:26:58.21
was this cup of death,
00:26:58.25\00:26:59.98
the cup of eternal separation
from His heavenly Father.
00:27:00.02\00:27:03.65
And when He looked at
that, and saw what it was,
00:27:03.69\00:27:06.05
that deep, black
and dark hole of death,
00:27:06.09\00:27:09.59
he said, "No, is
there any other way?"
00:27:09.62\00:27:13.29
You see, part of the problem
that we have today with sin,
00:27:13.33\00:27:15.86
I believe.
00:27:15.90\00:27:17.70
Our love affair with sin
00:27:17.73\00:27:19.07
is because we
really don't understand
00:27:19.10\00:27:22.17
what death is.
00:27:22.20\00:27:24.11
Jesus saw what death was,
00:27:24.14\00:27:26.11
and in that moment of
seeing what death was,
00:27:26.14\00:27:28.48
He says, "Is there
any way around this?
00:27:28.51\00:27:31.71
Is there anyway around it?"
00:27:31.75\00:27:33.21
Is there anyway
around this problem.
00:27:37.52\00:27:41.52
Friends, if we can get
a glimpse of what it was,
00:27:41.56\00:27:46.03
too often we have
a misunderstanding
00:27:46.06\00:27:47.80
of God's goodness that leads
us to misunderstand His wrath.
00:27:47.83\00:27:51.13
Now, I'm not suggesting
that we should be scared
00:27:51.17\00:27:53.54
into following God, amen.
00:27:53.57\00:27:55.57
But all too often, we
misunderstand His goodness
00:27:55.60\00:27:58.01
forgetting that the Bible says,
00:27:58.04\00:27:59.37
the rain falls on
the just and the unjust.
00:27:59.41\00:28:01.54
And we
misunderstand His goodness,
00:28:01.58\00:28:03.18
and we see evil
people prospering,
00:28:03.21\00:28:05.11
and we think, "Well,
God's not too serious
00:28:05.15\00:28:07.05
about what He says about sin."
00:28:07.08\00:28:09.05
When Jesus was on the cross,
00:28:09.08\00:28:10.45
He saw death
right in front of Him,
00:28:10.49\00:28:12.15
and he said, "Is it possible,
00:28:12.19\00:28:13.56
is there any other way
I can get around this?"
00:28:13.59\00:28:16.73
Now He knew that it
wasn't, He knew that it wasn't,
00:28:16.76\00:28:20.40
but He wanted to
be spared its wrath.
00:28:20.43\00:28:22.43
You know, in John
12:27, in John 12:27,
00:28:22.46\00:28:26.84
there's a very
similar verse to this one,
00:28:26.87\00:28:28.47
where the Bible says, "Father,"
00:28:28.50\00:28:30.84
John 12:27, if you're there,
00:28:30.87\00:28:32.84
turn your Bibles,
John 12:27, the Bible says,
00:28:32.87\00:28:36.44
"Father save me from this hour,
00:28:36.48\00:28:39.31
but for this cause
came I into this world,"
00:28:39.35\00:28:42.48
it's a very similar
verse to Matthew 26.
00:28:42.52\00:28:44.99
John says, "Father,
save me from this hour,
00:28:45.02\00:28:47.62
but this is the reason
I came into the world."
00:28:47.66\00:28:50.56
Matthew says, "Is it possible,
00:28:50.59\00:28:52.69
nevertheless not my
will, but yours be done."
00:28:52.73\00:28:56.10
You see, both of
these two verses,
00:28:56.13\00:28:58.33
they have in them,
what we would call,
00:28:58.37\00:29:00.40
a conjunctive
adverb, a conjunctive adverb,
00:29:00.44\00:29:05.71
the word "but" and
the word "nevertheless."
00:29:05.74\00:29:08.74
You see, the
verse in Matthew 26,
00:29:08.78\00:29:10.68
if you turn back to Matthew 26,
00:29:10.71\00:29:12.41
that verse is
hinged on that one word,
00:29:12.45\00:29:15.42
nevertheless.
00:29:15.45\00:29:18.65
See, a similar
word to this could be
00:29:18.69\00:29:20.26
something like nonetheless,
it could be however.
00:29:20.29\00:29:23.46
Now a conjunctive adverb,
00:29:23.49\00:29:25.56
their function in a
sentence is to do this,
00:29:25.59\00:29:30.10
is to connect two
independent thoughts
00:29:30.13\00:29:33.67
or clauses together.
00:29:33.70\00:29:35.84
Now when adverb, you
know, looks at a word,
00:29:35.87\00:29:40.28
but a conjunctive adverb,
it looks at two sentences
00:29:40.31\00:29:44.15
that could be two complete
separate independent thoughts
00:29:44.18\00:29:47.98
and it puts them together.
00:29:48.02\00:29:49.68
And depending on the
adverb in the middle,
00:29:49.72\00:29:52.19
where there is
one that compares,
00:29:52.22\00:29:53.82
where there is one that contrast
00:29:53.86\00:29:55.42
or whether there
is one that emphasizes
00:29:55.46\00:29:59.89
the sentence has
different reading.
00:29:59.93\00:30:02.66
Now this word
here is nevertheless.
00:30:02.70\00:30:05.00
Nevertheless is more
formal and it's more emphatic
00:30:05.03\00:30:09.30
than the one we more
often use which is however.
00:30:09.34\00:30:12.54
It's not too
often that you and I
00:30:12.57\00:30:13.98
in our daily conversation
use the word nevertheless,
00:30:14.01\00:30:16.78
because it's
very, very emphatic.
00:30:16.81\00:30:18.71
Most of the time,
we would say, however.
00:30:18.75\00:30:21.28
And what this
conjunctive adverb nevertheless
00:30:21.32\00:30:24.59
or however does is this.
00:30:24.62\00:30:27.36
It compares two sentences
00:30:27.39\00:30:29.76
and it puts, listen carefully,
00:30:29.79\00:30:31.43
more emphasis in
the second sentence
00:30:31.46\00:30:35.46
or the second
half of the sentence
00:30:35.50\00:30:37.30
than the first
half of the sentence.
00:30:37.33\00:30:40.47
More emphasis when we thought,
00:30:40.50\00:30:42.67
the second half as
opposed to the first half.
00:30:42.70\00:30:45.64
So let's re read the sentence,
00:30:45.67\00:30:47.04
"Oh Father, is it possible,
let this cup pass from me."
00:30:47.08\00:30:50.05
Now that can stand
alone as a sentence.
00:30:50.08\00:30:52.85
Then it says, nevertheless.
00:30:52.88\00:30:54.78
And he goes on and
says, "Not my will," but what?
00:30:54.82\00:30:58.15
"Your's be done."
00:30:58.19\00:30:59.52
So the more
important emphasis is that,
00:30:59.55\00:31:01.79
it's not what I want,
but it's what you want.
00:31:01.82\00:31:04.23
Even though I don't want it,
I will be willing to do this,
00:31:04.26\00:31:06.63
because you wanted.
00:31:06.66\00:31:08.20
You know, in daily conversation,
00:31:08.23\00:31:09.96
we may use these
words in different ways,
00:31:10.00\00:31:13.00
for example, we could
say something here at GYC,
00:31:13.03\00:31:16.20
we could say something like,
00:31:16.24\00:31:19.11
the food at GYC...
00:31:19.14\00:31:24.68
is not exactly gourmet.
00:31:24.71\00:31:26.38
Now that can stand
alone as a sentence,
00:31:30.35\00:31:33.32
however, used the wrong word,
00:31:33.36\00:31:36.59
the food at GYC is
not exactly gourmet,
00:31:36.62\00:31:39.93
nevertheless I
will be thankful...
00:31:39.96\00:31:45.73
I will be happy,
and I will not complain.
00:31:45.77\00:31:51.47
Amen.
00:31:51.51\00:31:53.68
So the more
important thing is that
00:31:53.71\00:31:55.41
you're not going to complain,
you're going to be thankful,
00:31:55.44\00:31:57.25
and you're going to
enjoy as best as you can,
00:31:57.28\00:31:59.61
the food here,
00:31:59.65\00:32:01.18
as opposed to talking
about its various taste.
00:32:01.22\00:32:07.12
You see, it signifies the
second half of the sentence
00:32:07.16\00:32:10.03
is more important
than the first half.
00:32:10.06\00:32:12.36
Too often though in our praises
00:32:12.39\00:32:13.73
and can be too
often in our prayers,
00:32:13.76\00:32:15.10
in our communication
and relationship with God.
00:32:15.13\00:32:17.53
Our experience is that
00:32:17.57\00:32:19.03
the second half of the
sentence holds less weight
00:32:19.07\00:32:21.80
than the first
half of the sentence.
00:32:21.84\00:32:24.97
We tell God what we want.
00:32:25.01\00:32:27.18
We tell God everything
that He already knows,
00:32:27.21\00:32:29.28
and then at the very
end, we might just tack on
00:32:29.31\00:32:32.11
like a spare wheel
on the back of the car,
00:32:32.15\00:32:33.98
yup, whatever your will is God.
00:32:34.02\00:32:35.35
We tell God what
career we've chosen,
00:32:38.49\00:32:40.19
we tell God where
we're gonna study,
00:32:40.22\00:32:41.69
we tell him what
we're gonna study,
00:32:41.72\00:32:43.06
and then we say, "Oh
Lord, please guide me."
00:32:43.09\00:32:47.10
We tell God who
we're gonna marry,
00:32:47.13\00:32:49.06
we tell God why
we're gonna marry them.
00:32:49.10\00:32:51.47
We give Him all
the list of reasons
00:32:51.50\00:32:52.87
that He already
knows and then we say,
00:32:52.90\00:32:54.34
"Oh, but please guide
me, give me Your will."
00:32:54.37\00:32:58.94
You know, two weeks ago,
00:32:58.97\00:33:00.31
I've got an email
from my grandmother-in-law,
00:33:00.34\00:33:05.51
my wife's grandmother.
00:33:05.55\00:33:07.58
She's 98 years old,
00:33:07.62\00:33:11.59
fit, healthy, and strong,
00:33:11.62\00:33:16.19
and she has an email address.
00:33:16.22\00:33:17.56
Now when 98 year
old grandmother-in-law
00:33:21.43\00:33:24.37
say anything, you pay attention,
00:33:24.40\00:33:26.30
when they send
me a personal email,
00:33:26.33\00:33:30.14
I take attention.
00:33:30.17\00:33:31.74
I tell my wife, "Hey, look,
your grandmother wrote to me."
00:33:31.77\00:33:34.94
So I start to read the email,
00:33:34.98\00:33:36.31
what does my
grandmother-in-law say,
00:33:36.34\00:33:37.71
she says, "I
understand you're coming
00:33:37.75\00:33:39.75
to see us in California soon,
00:33:39.78\00:33:42.88
I have spoken to the
head elder of the church,
00:33:42.92\00:33:46.19
and he would
like you to preach."
00:33:46.22\00:33:49.59
The email went on to say,
00:33:49.62\00:33:50.96
"I have spoken to both
the pastors of the church,
00:33:50.99\00:33:53.43
they also would
like you to preach."
00:33:53.46\00:33:56.33
Then she said a few other things
00:33:56.36\00:33:57.70
and then she said these words,
00:33:57.73\00:33:59.17
she said, "Please respond
to this email with a yes."
00:33:59.20\00:34:05.64
What am I supposed to say?
00:34:11.48\00:34:12.91
Please respond with a yes.
00:34:12.95\00:34:16.08
Needless to say, I
responded with a yes.
00:34:16.12\00:34:18.92
When your grandmother-in-law
who is 98 years old,
00:34:18.95\00:34:21.12
writes to you and says,
please respond with a yes.
00:34:21.16\00:34:23.46
Well, okay, I'll
respond with a yes.
00:34:23.49\00:34:27.20
Now I'm about
one third of her age,
00:34:27.23\00:34:30.63
just a bit more.
00:34:30.67\00:34:33.23
It's okay in human
term for her to tell me,
00:34:33.27\00:34:35.34
"Listen, I like you to keep on,
00:34:35.37\00:34:37.47
the pastors would
like you to preach,
00:34:37.51\00:34:39.07
and please say yes."
00:34:39.11\00:34:42.88
Imagine if the shoe was on
the other foot so to speak,
00:34:42.91\00:34:45.71
and I am writing her an
email, telling her what to do.
00:34:45.75\00:34:48.58
"Yeah, I know,
you're 98 years old,
00:34:51.65\00:34:53.42
fit, healthy, and strong,
00:34:53.46\00:34:54.79
but listen, you need to
do this, this, and this."
00:34:54.82\00:34:57.23
It will be seen
as utter disrespect.
00:34:57.26\00:35:00.53
And yet all too often, in
our relationship with God,
00:35:00.56\00:35:03.16
we're like myself, in a sense
God is up there and we tell,
00:35:03.20\00:35:07.27
"God, can you do this,
00:35:07.30\00:35:08.64
and by the way, please say yes."
00:35:08.67\00:35:12.84
And I'm only saying
please 'cause I'm being polite,
00:35:12.87\00:35:14.54
really I'm saying say yes.
00:35:14.58\00:35:15.94
Nevertheless in our
prayers stands there,
00:35:20.12\00:35:25.49
and signifies that
00:35:25.52\00:35:26.86
we're
surrendering our will to God,
00:35:26.89\00:35:28.59
as opposed to us
telling God what to do.
00:35:28.62\00:35:32.53
It's paramount in our
lives that in our prayer life
00:35:32.56\00:35:35.06
that we recognize the
second half of the sentence
00:35:35.10\00:35:37.57
is more important
than the first half.
00:35:37.60\00:35:39.90
And that we're
willing to submit,
00:35:39.93\00:35:41.30
we're willing to surrender
00:35:41.34\00:35:42.74
whatever it might be to
God and claim His victory,
00:35:42.77\00:35:46.14
'cause we come to
God with our prayers.
00:35:46.17\00:35:47.58
And all too often we tell God,
00:35:47.61\00:35:49.54
and we don't claim
the power and the strength
00:35:49.58\00:35:51.98
that is found at the cross.
00:35:52.01\00:35:54.98
See, when Jesus
came to the cross,
00:35:55.02\00:35:56.62
He was willing to
surrender and submit Himself
00:35:56.65\00:35:58.69
as He came to the cross.
00:35:58.72\00:36:00.06
How is it with
us? How is it with us?
00:36:00.09\00:36:03.79
Do we say to God,
we should say to God,
00:36:03.83\00:36:05.96
"Lord, I've chosen this career,
I know, it's only because
00:36:05.99\00:36:10.13
I want the
comfortable life and wage packet
00:36:10.17\00:36:12.77
that this career brings,
00:36:12.80\00:36:14.50
nevertheless I know
God wants me to change now,
00:36:14.54\00:36:18.61
and I'm willing to change.
00:36:18.64\00:36:21.31
I've chosen to
marry this person,
00:36:21.34\00:36:23.31
nevertheless I know
00:36:23.35\00:36:24.68
the Holy Spirit
is tugging my heart
00:36:24.71\00:36:26.05
that it's not the
person I should marry
00:36:26.08\00:36:27.72
and even though
I've set a date...
00:36:27.75\00:36:32.22
I'll change.
00:36:32.25\00:36:34.46
I have decided not
to go into ministry
00:36:34.49\00:36:36.42
due to my family pressure,
00:36:36.46\00:36:37.79
my mom, my dad, they
tell me, don't go to ministry,
00:36:37.83\00:36:40.03
be a doctor or dentist
or lawyer or something else.
00:36:40.06\00:36:43.53
I decided not
to go into ministry
00:36:43.57\00:36:45.47
even though God is calling me,
00:36:45.50\00:36:47.10
nevertheless I will
risk my family's displeasure
00:36:47.14\00:36:51.57
and go into ministry,
00:36:51.61\00:36:54.08
'cause I know it's the
path that God has for me.
00:36:54.11\00:36:58.01
I do not like the
person I am married to.
00:36:58.05\00:37:01.65
In fact, I hate them.
00:37:05.89\00:37:08.89
Nevertheless, I recognize,
I vow till death do us part.
00:37:12.06\00:37:19.57
I am addicted, I
am addicted to sex,
00:37:19.60\00:37:23.61
and I am not married.
00:37:23.64\00:37:28.71
Nevertheless, I will claim
God's victory on my behalf.
00:37:28.74\00:37:32.38
I feel
attractions to the same sex.
00:37:32.41\00:37:34.65
Nevertheless, I
claim God's power,
00:37:34.68\00:37:36.72
as it gives me victory
00:37:36.75\00:37:38.09
and to keep those
things under subjection.
00:37:38.12\00:37:41.16
I don't value my body,
00:37:41.19\00:37:42.52
I want to harm my
body, nevertheless,
00:37:42.56\00:37:45.33
I will take hold of the promise,
00:37:45.36\00:37:46.76
but I'm valuable
in the sight of God.
00:37:46.80\00:37:49.03
I enjoy the secret sin.
00:37:49.06\00:37:51.67
No one else knows about it.
00:37:51.70\00:37:53.17
Nevertheless, I
will claim the promise
00:37:53.20\00:37:55.40
that God is able
to give me victory
00:37:55.44\00:37:57.31
over every secret sin
that let me lay it aside.
00:37:57.34\00:38:01.74
I have dreams and desires,
00:38:01.78\00:38:03.31
I could be the
first one in my family
00:38:03.35\00:38:05.51
to have a masters or a PhD.
00:38:05.55\00:38:07.75
My parents, my uncles,
00:38:10.79\00:38:12.12
my grandparents,
none of them have it.
00:38:12.15\00:38:13.49
I could be the
first in my family.
00:38:13.52\00:38:15.09
Nevertheless, I recognize God
is calling me to drop it now,
00:38:15.12\00:38:19.19
and go to the mission field.
00:38:19.23\00:38:22.86
I'm addicted to
watching pornography...
00:38:22.90\00:38:25.33
on my Smartphone,
00:38:32.14\00:38:34.68
only I have the
fingerprint to open it,
00:38:34.71\00:38:37.31
so no one can check my history.
00:38:37.35\00:38:40.85
Only I have the four-digit code,
00:38:40.88\00:38:43.55
no one else can
check it, no one knows.
00:38:43.59\00:38:49.86
Nevertheless, I know
it's destroying my character,
00:38:49.89\00:38:53.60
changing my view
of the opposite sex,
00:38:53.63\00:38:55.66
eroding my morals and I will
00:38:55.70\00:38:59.03
and I know God is
able to deliver me.
00:38:59.07\00:39:02.24
And I'll get
rid of my Smartphone
00:39:02.27\00:39:03.61
and give a dumb phone too
to take the temptation away.
00:39:03.64\00:39:10.08
I like sin, nevertheless,
I won't allow righteousness.
00:39:10.11\00:39:13.28
I like enjoying
the pleasures of sin.
00:39:13.31\00:39:15.48
Nevertheless, I
want to enjoy purity.
00:39:15.52\00:39:19.95
You see the way they're phrased,
00:39:19.99\00:39:21.32
we're giving God ability to
be victorious on our behalf.
00:39:21.36\00:39:25.73
Jesus went on to say,
let's go back to Matthew 26,
00:39:25.76\00:39:28.13
Jesus went on to
say in Matthew 26,
00:39:28.16\00:39:30.27
He went on to
say, "Nevertheless,
00:39:30.30\00:39:32.23
he said, not as I
will, but as" what?
00:39:32.27\00:39:36.10
"But let your will be done."
00:39:36.14\00:39:37.47
He said,
"Nevertheless, not as I will."
00:39:37.51\00:39:39.34
Now this passage
has always given me
00:39:39.37\00:39:41.28
some kind of, you know...
00:39:41.31\00:39:45.35
isn't the will of God
and will of Jesus the same.
00:39:45.38\00:39:48.22
Don't we teach
that Jesus and God
00:39:48.25\00:39:50.25
while different persons
are the same in thought,
00:39:50.29\00:39:52.85
purpose, character,
desires, and motives.
00:39:52.89\00:39:56.56
Jesus and His father were one.
00:39:56.59\00:39:58.83
John says it in
John 4:34 and John 5:30,
00:39:58.86\00:40:03.53
where Jesus says, "I
seek not mine own will,"
00:40:03.57\00:40:05.27
and Matthew says,
00:40:05.30\00:40:06.63
"But the will of Him who," what?
00:40:06.67\00:40:08.74
"Sent me."
00:40:08.77\00:40:10.11
You see, when Jesus
said, not as I will,
00:40:10.14\00:40:12.11
I believe this was the humanity
of Jesus speaking through,
00:40:12.14\00:40:16.18
where Jesus came
down here on to earth,
00:40:16.21\00:40:18.15
He took on Him the form of man,
00:40:18.18\00:40:19.95
He took on Him
the character of man,
00:40:19.98\00:40:23.32
He took on human nature
00:40:23.35\00:40:24.72
that had been
degraded by 4,000 years of sin.
00:40:24.75\00:40:27.32
And he took this on,
00:40:27.36\00:40:28.72
so you and I can
identify with Him.
00:40:28.76\00:40:30.96
And so He can identify with us.
00:40:30.99\00:40:33.46
Hebrew says that He was touched
00:40:33.50\00:40:35.80
with the
feelings of our infirmity
00:40:35.83\00:40:37.27
was on old points
tempted like as we are,
00:40:37.30\00:40:39.47
yet without sin.
00:40:39.50\00:40:41.50
See, Jesus had
the same struggles
00:40:41.54\00:40:43.04
you and I had and even more
when he said, "Not as I will."
00:40:43.07\00:40:48.54
Not as I will.
00:40:48.58\00:40:52.11
See, too often,
when we come to God,
00:40:52.15\00:40:55.62
we don't put the emphasis
00:40:55.65\00:40:56.99
on the second
half of the sentence.
00:40:57.02\00:40:59.02
The main point of Jesus
was not His personal will,
00:40:59.05\00:41:02.02
to preserve His life
without pain and suffering,
00:41:02.06\00:41:03.93
but it was the Father's will
00:41:03.96\00:41:05.29
in the plan of
salvation which...
00:41:05.33\00:41:09.53
How is it with us
when we pray to God,
00:41:09.56\00:41:14.57
in the mundane
situations of life?
00:41:14.60\00:41:17.24
See all too often
we pray for God's will
00:41:17.27\00:41:19.21
only when we get to a crisis.
00:41:19.24\00:41:23.68
Jesus had a
connection with His Father
00:41:23.71\00:41:25.21
throughout all the
mundane situations of life,
00:41:25.25\00:41:27.15
so when He got to Calvary,
00:41:27.18\00:41:28.52
it was no big deal when he said,
00:41:28.55\00:41:29.88
"Not my will,
but yours be done."
00:41:29.92\00:41:31.25
I mean,
obviously, it was a big deal,
00:41:31.29\00:41:32.62
but it wasn't like He was
a change of character of Him,
00:41:32.65\00:41:34.72
it wasn't like He
was out of character.
00:41:34.76\00:41:36.29
See, Jesus,
everyday of His life,
00:41:36.32\00:41:38.09
asked what the Father's will is,
00:41:38.13\00:41:39.66
when he woke up in the
morning what shall I wear,
00:41:39.69\00:41:41.30
when He was thinking
about spending money,
00:41:41.33\00:41:42.66
what shall I spend my money on,
00:41:42.70\00:41:44.03
when he thought,
where shall I go,
00:41:44.07\00:41:45.40
God was guiding him.
00:41:45.43\00:41:47.14
All too often in
our lives though,
00:41:47.17\00:41:48.84
we separate the
natural from the supernatural,
00:41:48.87\00:41:51.61
and so we can
handle the natural world,
00:41:51.64\00:41:53.41
we can handle where we work,
we can handle where we study,
00:41:53.44\00:41:56.18
we can handle all
these other things,
00:41:56.21\00:41:57.91
and only if a crisis
happens, do we come to God.
00:41:57.95\00:42:03.15
We don't pray to
God all semester long,
00:42:03.18\00:42:05.49
and when we come to
exams, "God, guide me."
00:42:05.52\00:42:09.69
Now God may be merciful,
00:42:09.72\00:42:11.33
and He may get you through that,
00:42:11.36\00:42:12.89
but God wants to
be with you there
00:42:12.93\00:42:14.30
all the way along.
00:42:14.33\00:42:17.20
We don't pray to God,
00:42:17.23\00:42:18.57
"Lord, guide me
how to spend my money
00:42:18.60\00:42:19.93
when I go to the shopping mall."
00:42:19.97\00:42:21.30
No, we just spend
our money how we want.
00:42:21.34\00:42:22.67
And when we get into debt,
we then want God to release us.
00:42:22.70\00:42:27.38
Crisis, God says no,
00:42:27.41\00:42:29.61
I want to be in
every aspect of your life.
00:42:29.64\00:42:32.11
I want to be in the
small, and the little things.
00:42:32.15\00:42:34.75
Jesus went on to pray,
"Not as I will," but as what?
00:42:34.78\00:42:39.55
"You will."
00:42:39.59\00:42:41.06
See, in John
18:11, the Bible says,
00:42:41.09\00:42:44.03
I'll just quote it,
you can check it later on.
00:42:44.06\00:42:46.03
The Bible says, "The cup
which to father has given me,
00:42:46.06\00:42:49.86
shall I not drink it."
00:42:49.90\00:42:53.07
See, the cup of death and
sin, Jesus was willing to take.
00:42:53.10\00:42:57.61
The will of God was
the most important thing,
00:42:57.64\00:42:59.67
and He was willing
to surrender to it.
00:42:59.71\00:43:01.91
You see, Jesus had
total submission to His father
00:43:01.94\00:43:04.51
and in total
submission, first of all,
00:43:04.55\00:43:06.72
there has to be the desire
00:43:06.75\00:43:08.15
and the willingness
to be obedient to God.
00:43:08.18\00:43:11.85
He was willing to be
obedient, and He submits.
00:43:11.89\00:43:16.62
Sometime in our
relationship with God,
00:43:16.66\00:43:19.16
when we said, not as
I will, but as you will,
00:43:19.19\00:43:20.80
we don't have that desire,
that willingness to surrender.
00:43:20.83\00:43:23.50
And we don't
even have the desire
00:43:23.53\00:43:24.97
to be obedient either.
00:43:25.00\00:43:28.60
The two of them go hand in hand.
00:43:28.64\00:43:31.14
When Jesus surrendered,
00:43:31.17\00:43:33.21
He had total
submission to His father's will.
00:43:33.24\00:43:36.04
Today, the theme of the day
00:43:36.08\00:43:37.41
is total submission in
the context of the cross.
00:43:37.45\00:43:41.62
See, a key aspect
of Christ attitude
00:43:41.65\00:43:43.59
was His willingness to
complete what He had started,
00:43:43.62\00:43:46.49
to be obedient
to the task at hand,
00:43:46.52\00:43:48.86
and one of the
key questions for us,
00:43:48.89\00:43:50.66
in the question
of submission is,
00:43:50.69\00:43:52.23
are we willing to be
obedient to what God's will is.
00:43:52.26\00:43:57.60
You may have heard the story.
00:43:57.63\00:43:59.83
A little boy was
sitting on the stool,
00:43:59.87\00:44:02.24
and his mom told him,
"You've got to sit there,
00:44:02.27\00:44:03.67
'cause you've
been a naughty boy."
00:44:03.71\00:44:05.27
And after he sits
there for a few minutes,
00:44:05.31\00:44:06.71
he says to his mom, he says,
00:44:06.74\00:44:08.34
"I may be
sitting on the outside,
00:44:08.38\00:44:10.28
but I'm standing up inside."
00:44:10.31\00:44:11.88
Too often our obedience,
"to God" is often like that.
00:44:15.82\00:44:19.62
We may externally comply,
00:44:19.65\00:44:21.96
but internally we're
not really submitting
00:44:21.99\00:44:24.36
everything to the Father.
00:44:24.39\00:44:26.33
We're not submitting
all of who we are to God.
00:44:26.36\00:44:30.23
You see, today,
00:44:30.27\00:44:31.60
we are called to deny ourselves.
00:44:31.63\00:44:34.07
And listen, one of
the motivating factors
00:44:34.10\00:44:36.27
in denying ourselves
00:44:36.30\00:44:37.64
that we have given
to us in the Bible is,
00:44:37.67\00:44:39.61
you deny yourself,
00:44:39.64\00:44:41.91
because Jesus
denied for you, make sense?
00:44:41.94\00:44:45.18
Jesus denied for
you, so you deny for Him.
00:44:45.21\00:44:48.78
And the way it goes is this,
00:44:48.82\00:44:51.02
you deny what's bad,
00:44:51.05\00:44:54.36
you deny yourself what's bad
so you can gain what is good.
00:44:54.39\00:45:00.96
Deny yourself sin,
and you can gain heaven.
00:45:01.00\00:45:03.93
Deny yourself all these
terrible things down here,
00:45:03.97\00:45:06.23
and you can gain
eternity with God.
00:45:06.27\00:45:08.54
Deny what's bad,
00:45:08.57\00:45:09.90
so you can gain
back what's good.
00:45:09.94\00:45:11.37
When Jesus was denying Himself,
He was not denying anything
00:45:11.41\00:45:15.78
that was bad to
gain what was good.
00:45:15.81\00:45:18.11
It was the reverse with Jesus.
00:45:18.15\00:45:19.61
He was denying what was
good, because of what was bad.
00:45:19.65\00:45:25.59
He denied a place in
heaven because of sin,
00:45:25.62\00:45:28.42
is different to the denial
that God calls us to deny.
00:45:28.46\00:45:31.86
In many ways, Jesus
denial was like a level 10,
00:45:31.89\00:45:36.33
I'm denying eternity,
00:45:36.36\00:45:38.63
because the
wages of sin is death.
00:45:38.67\00:45:42.80
We though are just
called to deny what's bad.
00:45:42.84\00:45:47.58
So we can get back what is good.
00:45:47.61\00:45:51.98
It's almost
like the diet version
00:45:52.01\00:45:53.92
of self-denial.
00:45:53.95\00:45:56.25
Now I'm not negating this
many, many big things here
00:45:56.28\00:45:58.45
that God is calling you,
you made to deny this week.
00:45:58.49\00:46:02.89
Things that have a hold on
you that you just can't let go.
00:46:02.92\00:46:07.13
What I'm trying to say is
00:46:07.16\00:46:08.50
that the
self-denial Jesus went through,
00:46:08.53\00:46:10.30
those are same in many
ways, but slightly different.
00:46:10.33\00:46:14.00
He denied what was good,
00:46:14.04\00:46:16.07
He denied what was
good to get something bad.
00:46:16.10\00:46:19.34
It's kind of like when
you are buying something
00:46:19.37\00:46:22.64
that you don't need.
00:46:22.68\00:46:24.81
Can anyone relate to this?
00:46:24.85\00:46:27.48
You buy something you don't need
00:46:27.52\00:46:30.19
and you don't use it properly
00:46:30.22\00:46:31.92
and few months or years later
00:46:31.95\00:46:33.82
you finally come
around to the point,
00:46:33.86\00:46:35.32
where you sell it
on eBay or something
00:46:35.36\00:46:37.29
and you sell it for
a fraction of the cost
00:46:37.33\00:46:39.09
that you bought it for.
00:46:39.13\00:46:40.66
It does not give
you a good feeling.
00:46:40.70\00:46:43.57
eBay only is a good feeling
when you buy it for a low price
00:46:43.60\00:46:46.74
and sell it for a higher price
and you say praise the Lord.
00:46:46.77\00:46:49.94
You know, one
time, a few years ago,
00:46:49.97\00:46:51.87
I bought myself a boat.
00:46:51.91\00:46:55.38
You're probably
looking at me wondering,
00:46:55.41\00:46:56.75
why did he buy a boat.
00:46:56.78\00:46:58.28
Well, I don't know either.
00:46:58.31\00:47:01.32
The way I try to explain is
00:47:01.35\00:47:02.82
I think I had a midlife crisis
early when I was 30 years old.
00:47:02.85\00:47:07.22
It's supposed to be 40 or 50,
00:47:07.26\00:47:08.59
but I think I had mine
earlier, I had mine already.
00:47:08.62\00:47:12.19
So when I'm 30, I
go and buy a boat,
00:47:12.23\00:47:14.36
for who knows what reason.
00:47:14.40\00:47:16.83
I had all these dreams of
driving this boat and being,
00:47:16.87\00:47:19.17
you know, an
accomplished water skier
00:47:19.20\00:47:20.54
or wakeboarder or whatever,
00:47:20.57\00:47:21.90
so I buy myself a
boat, only used it twice.
00:47:21.94\00:47:28.18
Once in Wales, when we took it
00:47:28.21\00:47:29.54
on the youth trip down to
Croatia to the Adriatic Sea
00:47:29.58\00:47:32.21
and we used it down,
they had a great time.
00:47:32.25\00:47:33.68
Anyway the boat broke down...
00:47:33.72\00:47:36.69
in 2008,
00:47:36.72\00:47:38.42
brought it back to England,
00:47:41.92\00:47:43.53
finally got it
fixed after five years.
00:47:43.56\00:47:47.10
My uncle who is a
mechanic fixed it,
00:47:47.13\00:47:48.66
and when your
uncle who the mechanic
00:47:48.70\00:47:50.03
fixes it for you for
free, you can't push him.
00:47:50.07\00:47:52.60
And if he wanted
to take five years,
00:47:52.63\00:47:53.97
then he has to take five years.
00:47:54.00\00:47:56.04
And in the end of
fixing after five years,
00:47:56.07\00:47:57.67
it looked very good, he
had done a very good job.
00:47:57.71\00:47:59.74
The engine was nice.
00:47:59.77\00:48:01.11
He had rebuilt it, whatever.
00:48:01.14\00:48:04.45
So I put it back
on eBay to sell it
00:48:04.48\00:48:07.85
for the same price
I bought it and some.
00:48:07.88\00:48:10.22
Boat doesn't sell.
00:48:13.79\00:48:15.59
I lowered the
price by few 100 pounds,
00:48:15.62\00:48:18.83
boat doesn't sell.
00:48:18.86\00:48:20.20
I lower it again
by few 100 pounds,
00:48:20.23\00:48:21.56
boat doesn't sell.
00:48:21.60\00:48:22.93
I lower it again
by few 100 pounds,
00:48:22.96\00:48:24.30
boat doesn't sell.
00:48:24.33\00:48:25.67
I lower it now to
half the original price,
00:48:25.70\00:48:27.04
boat doesn't sell.
00:48:27.07\00:48:28.40
I won't even tell
you what I bought it for,
00:48:28.44\00:48:29.94
and I what I sold it for.
00:48:29.97\00:48:31.31
It's too painful
for me to still say it.
00:48:31.34\00:48:33.81
I'm now thankful I
have a very good wife,
00:48:36.85\00:48:38.78
who is very patient with me.
00:48:38.81\00:48:40.75
But it's also there for me now
00:48:40.78\00:48:42.12
that I'm married to stop me
doing such silly things again.
00:48:42.15\00:48:44.32
Needless to say,
00:48:47.82\00:48:49.32
I believe
encapsulate a little bit.
00:48:49.36\00:48:54.70
Jesus gave up something good,
and got back crumbs in return.
00:48:54.73\00:48:58.23
But God calls us to
deny something that is bad
00:48:58.27\00:49:01.27
in order that we can
get something good back.
00:49:01.30\00:49:03.71
He calls us to live
a life of self-denial,
00:49:03.74\00:49:06.24
to deny something.
00:49:06.27\00:49:07.61
What is God calling
you to deny today here
00:49:07.64\00:49:10.45
while you are here at GYC?
00:49:10.48\00:49:12.65
See, people
talk about sacrifice.
00:49:12.68\00:49:15.08
Jesus gave up something
good to get something bad.
00:49:15.12\00:49:17.75
But my question to
you this morning is,
00:49:17.79\00:49:19.35
what is God calling
you that is bad to give up
00:49:19.39\00:49:22.26
in order to get back
something that's good.
00:49:22.29\00:49:24.23
What is that nevertheless
in your life this morning
00:49:24.26\00:49:27.86
that God is calling
to, yeah, I know that.
00:49:27.90\00:49:30.30
Nevertheless, I
will give you power here
00:49:30.33\00:49:33.03
to give you victory.
00:49:33.07\00:49:35.00
What is holding you down
00:49:35.04\00:49:36.37
with seemingly
unbreakable chains.
00:49:36.40\00:49:38.27
Maybe you're
struggling with pride
00:49:38.31\00:49:40.38
that's so deadly of sin
that we cloak and hide away.
00:49:40.41\00:49:45.01
That sin that we
hide under words like,
00:49:45.05\00:49:47.38
I want to be the best for God.
00:49:47.42\00:49:49.08
I want to be all
I can be for God.
00:49:49.12\00:49:51.29
God calls us to be
the head and not the tail.
00:49:51.32\00:49:53.19
And we cloak it
in things like that.
00:49:53.22\00:49:54.86
And while those words are true,
00:49:54.89\00:49:56.93
we know in
ourselves, it's just pride.
00:49:56.96\00:49:59.13
We just want to be
the best for our self.
00:49:59.16\00:50:00.53
And God calling you,
surrender your pride,
00:50:03.93\00:50:06.13
maybe it's your ambition
00:50:06.17\00:50:07.54
that God is calling
you to surrender today.
00:50:07.57\00:50:11.11
Maybe you've always dreamed
00:50:11.14\00:50:12.61
of being certain
career in your life,
00:50:12.64\00:50:14.64
and God is calling
you to lay that aside.
00:50:14.68\00:50:17.91
Maybe it's your
dream to be a pastor,
00:50:17.95\00:50:19.81
maybe it's even your
dream to be a doctor,
00:50:19.85\00:50:22.82
maybe it's ambition
that drives you in this world
00:50:22.85\00:50:25.09
from day to day,
00:50:25.12\00:50:26.45
each day ambition drives you,
it drives you, it drives you.
00:50:26.49\00:50:29.32
You have earthly ambition,
00:50:29.36\00:50:30.69
but you know not yet
what a heavenly ambition is.
00:50:30.73\00:50:34.20
Maybe even elected
00:50:34.23\00:50:35.56
to a position of
leadership in your church
00:50:35.60\00:50:37.13
or your community
or your youth group,
00:50:37.17\00:50:38.67
and the only reason
why you've been elected
00:50:38.70\00:50:40.07
to positional leadership
is could you drive a nice car
00:50:40.10\00:50:42.37
and you have a, you know,
00:50:42.40\00:50:44.34
seem to do well
in life successfully.
00:50:44.37\00:50:46.84
And you still don't know
what spiritual ambition is,
00:50:46.88\00:50:49.51
you're bankrupt.
00:50:49.54\00:50:52.68
And you want to say to God,
00:50:52.71\00:50:54.05
nevertheless, even
though I have these ambitions
00:50:54.08\00:50:55.72
I'm struggling with,
00:50:55.75\00:50:57.09
I want Your power in my life
to give me heavenly ambition.
00:50:57.12\00:51:01.56
Turn in your Bible to Luke 5:5,
00:51:01.59\00:51:03.36
it's our last text
00:51:03.39\00:51:04.73
that we're gonna
look at this morning.
00:51:04.76\00:51:06.09
Luke Chapter 5:5...
00:51:06.13\00:51:10.17
and there in Luke
5:5, we have a verse
00:51:10.20\00:51:13.00
that kind of sums
up and encapsulates
00:51:13.03\00:51:15.50
what we've been
looking at today,
00:51:15.54\00:51:17.27
Luke 5:5.
00:51:17.31\00:51:23.04
What is God calling
you to surrender today?
00:51:23.08\00:51:27.25
What is God calling
you to submit today?
00:51:27.28\00:51:31.35
Luke 5:5, the Bible says,
00:51:31.39\00:51:34.96
"And Simon
answering said unto him,
00:51:34.99\00:51:40.06
Master, we have toiled all..."
00:51:40.10\00:51:43.13
What?
00:51:43.16\00:51:44.77
"We have toiled all night,
00:51:44.80\00:51:47.80
nevertheless at your
word I will let down the net."
00:51:47.84\00:51:53.24
He says to Jesus,
"Look, we've worked all night,
00:51:53.27\00:51:55.44
we are fisherman, we've toiled,"
00:51:55.48\00:51:57.35
or I like the word they toiled,
00:51:57.38\00:51:58.81
we have toiled all night.
00:51:58.85\00:52:02.02
How many of you this morning,
00:52:02.05\00:52:03.39
you feel that in your
relationship with God,
00:52:03.42\00:52:05.25
as you're
struggling with something,
00:52:05.29\00:52:06.79
as you've come here to GYC,
00:52:06.82\00:52:08.36
there's something
that you've toiled
00:52:08.39\00:52:10.43
all night against.
00:52:10.46\00:52:12.76
You're
struggling against some sin,
00:52:12.79\00:52:14.70
you're struggling
against some vice,
00:52:14.73\00:52:16.56
you're struggling
against some addiction.
00:52:16.60\00:52:18.63
Addiction,
that's holding you down,
00:52:23.77\00:52:30.18
a vice that's holding you down.
00:52:30.21\00:52:34.18
Addiction to wasting your hours,
00:52:34.22\00:52:37.09
and hours, and
hours on the internet.
00:52:37.12\00:52:39.29
Addiction to
scrolling your Facebook
00:52:39.32\00:52:41.56
and Twitter and Instagram
00:52:41.59\00:52:43.29
time and over and
over and over again.
00:52:43.32\00:52:45.86
Addicted to pornography,
to sex, to whatever it maybe.
00:52:50.47\00:52:56.17
Addicted to pride...
00:52:56.20\00:53:00.54
addicted, you can't let it go.
00:53:00.58\00:53:04.41
But you want to say to God,
00:53:04.45\00:53:05.78
"Lord, today, I
have toiled all night,
00:53:05.81\00:53:08.52
I have struggled with this thing
00:53:08.55\00:53:09.95
over and over and over again."
00:53:09.98\00:53:13.46
I went forward for an
appeal at last year's GYC,
00:53:13.49\00:53:16.52
but it still didn't work for me.
00:53:16.56\00:53:19.36
I have toiled with this one.
00:53:19.39\00:53:20.73
And you want to
say this morning,
00:53:20.76\00:53:22.13
nevertheless, at your word,
00:53:22.16\00:53:25.67
I will let down my
net on the other side.
00:53:25.70\00:53:29.74
The emphasis is on at your word,
00:53:29.77\00:53:32.34
I will let down my net.
00:53:32.37\00:53:33.78
The emphasis is not that
we have toiled all night,
00:53:33.81\00:53:36.18
the emphasis is not
that you've struggled
00:53:36.21\00:53:38.05
for one week, for one month,
for one year, for one decade,
00:53:38.08\00:53:40.85
for two decades with this
sin, that's not the emphasis.
00:53:40.88\00:53:44.19
The emphasis is at Your
word, we will let down the net.
00:53:44.22\00:53:49.82
And this morning
you want to say to God,
00:53:49.86\00:53:51.19
"Lord, at Your word,
00:53:51.23\00:53:52.99
I want to let down
my net on this side."
00:53:53.03\00:53:55.96
This morning
before we come to a close,
00:53:56.00\00:53:58.07
before you go your
various ways to workshops,
00:53:58.10\00:54:00.27
I want to make a quick
appeal as we come to a close.
00:54:00.30\00:54:04.27
It's not for everyone.
00:54:04.31\00:54:05.64
The appeal this morning is this.
00:54:05.67\00:54:07.38
Are you
struggling with some vice
00:54:07.41\00:54:09.24
that's holding you captive?
00:54:09.28\00:54:11.11
Is there some secrets in there
that no one else knows about
00:54:11.15\00:54:14.08
in your family, your
church, anyone knows about...
00:54:14.12\00:54:17.72
the one that you just enjoy?
00:54:17.75\00:54:19.59
Do you have some addiction
that you are struggling with?
00:54:22.96\00:54:25.79
Is there some poisonous attitude
00:54:25.83\00:54:28.66
that you have in your
heart to your fellow brethren.
00:54:28.70\00:54:34.27
Vice, secrecy,
addiction, poisonous attitude.
00:54:34.30\00:54:40.11
And you want to
say to God today,
00:54:40.14\00:54:41.94
this morning on New Year's Day,
00:54:41.98\00:54:44.28
I want to lay these
at the foot of the cross,
00:54:44.31\00:54:47.32
I have toiled
all night with these,
00:54:47.35\00:54:49.32
nevertheless, I
want to take Your word,
00:54:49.35\00:54:51.42
and believe in Your
grace and Your power
00:54:51.45\00:54:53.12
and Your victory in my
life to give me strength.
00:54:53.15\00:54:57.63
Too often I've been
talking on that side.
00:54:57.66\00:54:59.66
But today I want to say,
nevertheless, at Your word
00:54:59.69\00:55:03.00
I will let down
my net on this side.
00:55:03.03\00:55:08.10
This morning, if
you feel the Holy Spirit
00:55:08.14\00:55:11.41
pricking your heart,
00:55:11.44\00:55:13.38
there's a sign to
heaven, to yourself,
00:55:13.41\00:55:15.51
to whoever maybe
here, you just want to say,
00:55:15.54\00:55:17.21
"Lord, give me
strength, give me victory.
00:55:17.25\00:55:19.45
I'm tired of
toiling on that side.
00:55:19.48\00:55:20.95
I want victory on this side."
00:55:20.98\00:55:24.42
I'm not naming
anything specific,
00:55:24.45\00:55:26.39
but there is something vice,
00:55:26.42\00:55:28.06
secrecy,
addiction, poisonous attitude
00:55:28.09\00:55:30.89
that's holding you down.
00:55:30.93\00:55:32.76
You want to
surrender it this morning.
00:55:32.79\00:55:34.56
If that's your desire,
00:55:34.60\00:55:35.93
I want to invite
you to come to the front
00:55:35.96\00:55:38.37
before we close
with the word of prayer.
00:55:38.40\00:55:41.57
Come quickly, we
don't have too long.
00:55:41.60\00:55:43.54
Come quickly.
00:55:53.85\00:55:56.82
You want to surrender to God.
00:55:56.85\00:55:59.39
Say, I've been
toiling over there,
00:55:59.42\00:56:01.36
but now I want
victory over here.
00:56:01.39\00:56:06.13
I'm tired, I'm tired
of fishing on that side,
00:56:06.16\00:56:09.70
I want victory over here.
00:56:09.73\00:56:13.54
I want victory over here.
00:56:13.57\00:56:16.50
Lord, grant me victory.
00:56:16.54\00:56:17.94
Let's bow our heads as we
close with a word of prayer.
00:56:23.01\00:56:27.25
Keep coming.
00:56:27.28\00:56:28.98
Let's bow our heads as we
close with the word of prayer.
00:56:29.02\00:56:31.99
Father in heaven...
00:56:32.02\00:56:35.82
Lord, as the people still
come, and those who have come,
00:56:35.86\00:56:39.76
Lord, you know what it may be,
00:56:39.79\00:56:41.96
what it is...
00:56:42.00\00:56:43.93
that those who have
come forward to the front
00:56:43.97\00:56:46.17
or into the aisles
are struggling with.
00:56:46.20\00:56:49.97
Lord, you know
what's holding them down,
00:56:50.01\00:56:54.18
you know, what they
have prayed about before
00:56:54.21\00:56:57.15
and they have asked
for Your will to be done,
00:56:57.18\00:56:58.95
but it's not with the
strength of conviction,
00:56:58.98\00:57:01.25
in really believing
that the power is there.
00:57:01.28\00:57:04.85
Lord, you know what these
people have been toiling with,
00:57:04.89\00:57:07.86
what secret sin
or addictional...
00:57:07.89\00:57:11.59
bad attitude that
is holding them down.
00:57:11.63\00:57:15.03
Lord, I pray this
morning that You'd attend to
00:57:15.06\00:57:20.94
the earnest
plea of their hearts,
00:57:20.97\00:57:24.37
that this morning that
you would read their hearts
00:57:24.41\00:57:27.61
as you know what's best.
00:57:27.64\00:57:30.45
You would see their desires,
and as they say to you today,
00:57:30.48\00:57:36.08
nevertheless, at your word,
00:57:36.12\00:57:39.12
I let down my net
00:57:39.15\00:57:43.89
into the endless well
of Your grace and power.
00:57:43.93\00:57:48.90
Lord, grant
strength where we are weak,
00:57:48.93\00:57:53.87
grant victory, we pray.
00:57:53.90\00:57:59.11
May your spirit
Lord, tabernacle with us,
00:57:59.14\00:58:04.01
as we go our various ways
00:58:04.05\00:58:06.72
and it's in Jesus'
name we pray this prayer.
00:58:06.75\00:58:10.35
Amen and amen.
00:58:10.39\00:58:15.89
God bless you.
00:58:15.92\00:58:17.26