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ON AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS:
>> THERE ARE TWO CHOICES.
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WE'VE GOTTA LEARN WHAT IT MEANS
TO ABIDE IN CHRIST, TO HAVE
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A VITAL, LIVING RELATIONSHIP
WITH JESUS OR PERISH.
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PRESENTATION IS AN EXCERPT FROM
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"THE EVERLASTING
GOSPEL" VIDEO SERIES.
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>> CHRIST SAYS, "I
AM THE BREAD OF LIFE.
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I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
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I AM THE DOOR.
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I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD.
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I AM THE
RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE.
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I AM THE WAY, THE
TRUTH AND THE LIFE.
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I AM THE TRUE VINE."
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THIS IS THE LAST ONE OF
THE GREAT "I AM" STATEMENTS.
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AND KEEP IN MIND
HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.
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IN THE MINDS OF THE
JEWISH PEOPLE WHEN SOMEONE SAID,
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"I AM."
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ONE TIME THEY ALMOST
STONED JESUS BECAUSE HE SAID,
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"BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS, I AM."
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WHEN MOSES SAID,
"WHOM SHALL I SAY SENT ME?"
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THE LORD AT THE BURNING
BUSH SAID, "I AM THAT I AM."
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SO WHEN JESUS SAYS,
"I AM THE VINE," THAT'S
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A VERY PROFOUND STATEMENT.
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YOU READ IN PSALMS 80.
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DON'T LOSE YOUR PLACE IN
JOHN, BUT IF YOU COULD TAKE ONE
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FINGER AND TURN OVER TO
PSALMS 80:8, HERE'S WHAT
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THE LORD SAYS THERE.
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"THOU HAS BROUGHT
A VINE OUT OF EGYPT.
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THOU HAS CAST OUT THE
HEATHEN AND PLANTED IT.
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THOU PREPARETH A ROOM BEFORE
IT AND DID CAUSE IT TO TAKE DEEP
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ROOT, AND IT FILLED THE LAND."
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THIS IS TELLING US IN THE BIBLE
WHEN GOD BROUGHT THE CHILDREN
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OF ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT AND
HE PLANTED THEM LIKE A VINE,
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THAT VINE IS JESUS.
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BECAUSE KEEP IN
MIND, WHAT IS THE CHURCH?
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WHAT IS THE BODY OF CHRIST?
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IT'S THE CHURCH.
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SO, WHEN THE LORD TALKS ABOUT
PLANTING HIS PEOPLE IN THIS
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LAND, PLANTING HIS BODY IN
THIS LAND, THAT'S SYNONYMOUS
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WITH JESUS, WHO IS
THE BODY, THE CHURCH.
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NOW THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT
BECAUSE HE SAYS, "WITHOUT
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THAT ABIDING RELATIONSHIP,
YOU CAN DO NOTHING.
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YOU BECOME NOTHING.
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YOU'LL ULTIMATELY
JUST BE BURNED LIKE BRUSH."
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SO WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT
DOES IT MEAN TO ABIDE IN CHRIST,
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TO ABIDE IN THE VINE.
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AMEN?
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VERY IMPORTANT STUDY.
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WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
LIFE AND DEATH ISSUES HERE.
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SO I HOPE THAT
YOU'LL PERK UP AND TUNE IN.
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THE WORD "ABIDE" OF
COURSE IT'S GREEK HERE
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IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
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IT COMES FROM THE WORD "MENO."
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THIS IS WHAT THE
MEANING OF THAT WORD IS,
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IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
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"TO STAY IN A GIVEN
PLACE, A STATE, A RELATION
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OR EXPECTANCY.
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TO ABIDE, TO
CONTINUE, TO DWELL, TO ENDURE,
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TO BE PRESENT, REMAIN,
TO STAND, TO TARRY FOR."
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SO WHEN JESUS SAYS,
"ABIDE IN ME," THERE'S THAT
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SENSE OF STAYING,
TARRYING, EXPECTANCY, RESTING.
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THAT'S ALL ENCOMPASSED IN
THAT WORD THAT HE'S USING THERE.
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NOW TO UNDERSTAND A WORD IN THE
BIBLE, IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA
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TO GO TO ONE OF THE
FIRST USES OF THE WORD.
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AND SINCE WE'RE READING
THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, WE'RE GOING
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TO THE FIRST CHAPTER OF JOHN.
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GO THERE WITH ME.
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AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ONE
OF THE FIRST WAYS GOD USES
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THAT WORD, "ABIDE."
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JOHN 1:37.
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AFTER JOHN THE BAPTIST POINTED
TO JESUS AND SAID, "THIS IS THE
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LAMB THAT TAKES AWAY THE
SIN OF THE WORLD," THE DISCIPLES
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OVERHEARD THAT AND THEY BEGIN
TO STALK JESUS, YOU COULD SAY.
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THEY HEARD HIM SPEAK
AND THEY FOLLOWED JESUS.
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THEN JESUS TURNED AND HE SAW
THESE TWO DISCIPLES FOLLOWING
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HIM.
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AND THEY SAID TO
HIM, "WHAT DO YOU SEEK?"
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THEY SAID, "RABBI," WHICH
IS THEIR WAY OF SAYING TEACHER.
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"WHERE ARE YOU STAYING?
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WHERE DO YOU DWELL?"
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HE SAID TO THEM, "COME AND SEE."
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THAT'S A VERY
IMPORTANT PHRASE, COME AND SEE.
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BY THE WAY, IT'S NOT UNTIL
YOU COME TO JESUS YOU DO SEE.
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YOU'VE GOT TO
COME TO JESUS TO SEE.
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SO IF YOU WANT TO EXPERIENCE
WHERE CHRIST DWELLS HE SAYS,
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"COME AND SEE."
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ULTIMATELY, WE'RE HOPEFULLY
GOING TO FIND OUT WHERE HE
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ABIDES IN HEAVEN AND
ABIDE WITH HIM THERE.
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AMEN?
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COME AND SEE.
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THEY CAME, THEY FOLLOWED
HIM TO, I DON'T KNOW IF HE MADE
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A BOOTH OR HE HAD A PUB
TENT OR WHAT EXACTLY IT WAS.
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IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN OUTDOOR
CAMP, BUT HE HAD A PLACE WHERE
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HE WAS CAMPING.
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AND THEY CAME AND
THEY SAW WHERE HE DWELT.
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NOW CATCH THIS, "AND THEY ABODE
WITH HIM THAT DAY FOR IT WAS
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ABOUT THE 10TH HOUR.
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IT WAS TWILIGHT.
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THE SUN WAS GOING DOWN.
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IT WAS LATE."
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AND EVIDENTLY THEY WOULD NOT
HAVE FORCED THEMSELVES ON HIM.
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THEY WANTED TO COME AND
JUST TALK TO HIM A LITTLE BIT.
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AND AS THE SUN WAS GOING DOWN,
HE INVITED THEM, HE SAID LOOK,
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"STAY WITH ME.
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IT'S LATE.
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ABIDE WITH ME WHERE I AM."
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HE INVITED THEM
TO ABIDE WITH HIM.
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THE GOSPEL BEGINS WITH
JESUS INVITING HIS FOLLOWERS.
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THEY WERE FOLLOWING HIM TO
NOT JUST FOLLOW BUT TO ABIDE.
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NOW THAT'S THE
EXPERIENCE I WANT.
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THAT'S THE EXPERIENCE
JESUS WANTS YOU TO WANT.
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IF YOU DON'T WANT THAT
EXPERIENCE, PRAY THAT HE'LL
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WANT YOU, THAT YOU'LL WANT IT.
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THAT'S THE
EXPERIENCE OF REAL CHRISTIANITY.
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IT'S NOT JUST AN OCCASIONAL
ONCE-A-WEEK RENDEZVOUS WITH
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JESUS THAT MANY OF US HAVE.
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BUT ALL WEEK
LONG ABIDING IN HIM.
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ABIDING MEANS CHRIST IN US.
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YOU NOTICE THAT JESUS SAYS, "AS
THE BRANCHES ABIDE IN THE VINE,
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SO YOU MUST ABIDE IN ME."
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THAT'S TALKING
ABOUT CHRIST IN US.
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ULTIMATELY, WE ALL WANT TO
HAVE OTHERS ACCUSE US OF BEING
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CHRISTIANS.
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WE WANT TO REFLECT JESUS.
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SOMEONE SAID ONE TIME, "IF
YOU WERE BROUGHT TO COURT AND
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ACCUSED OF BEING A CHRISTIAN,
COULD YOU BE CONVICTED?"
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IF YOU WERE BROUGHT TO
COURT AND ACCUSED OF BEING
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A CHRISTIAN, WOULD THERE BE
ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO CONVICT YOU?
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WE'RE HOPING THE
ANSWER'S YES, RIGHT?
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THAT COMES FROM
HAVING CHRIST IN US.
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YOU WANT OTHERS TO LOOK AT YOU
AND SAY, "YOU KNOW, THAT PERSON
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IS PROBABLY LIKE WHAT
JESUS USED TO BE LIKE."
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HOW DO YOU KNOW IF JESUS--ARE
YOU AWARE OF IT ALL THE TIME
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WHEN CHRIST IS IN YOU AND
YOU ARE IN HIM AND YOU'VE GOT
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THAT ABIDING RELATIONSHIP?
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YOU KNOW WHEN YOU SURRENDER
YOUR LIFE TO JESUS AND YOU'RE
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WALKING WITH THE LORD,
SOMETIMES YOU'RE CONSCIOUS
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OF IT, SOMETIMES YOU'RE NOT.
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THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY
MEAN THAT YOU'RE NOT ABIDING
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IN CHRIST.
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ONE TIME SOMEBODY ASKED A
GREAT MISSIONARY HUDSON TAYLOR,
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HE HAD SPENT THE NIGHT AT
A FRIEND'S HOUSE AND HE SAID,
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"YOU KNOW, HOW CAN I KNOW?
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AM I ALWAYS CONSCIOUS OF
WHEN I'M ABIDING IN CHRIST?"
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AND TAYLOR SAID, "WELL, I
SPENT THE NIGHT AT YOUR HOUSE
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LAST NIGHT."
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AND HE SAID, "WHEN I FIRST WENT
TO SLEEP, I KNEW I WAS IN YOUR
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HOUSE BUT SOMEWHERE DURING THE
NIGHT I LOST THAT CONSCIOUSNESS,
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BUT I WAS STILL THERE."
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WHEN YOU FALL ASLEEP, SOMETIMES
YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE,
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BUT IT DOESN'T MOVE YOU.
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YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN?
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AND SO YOU MAY BE ABIDING
IN CHRIST AND NOT ALWAYS BE
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AWARE OF THAT.
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BUT WHAT TROUBLES US IS THE
TIMES WE KNOW WE ARE CONSCIOUS
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THAT WE ARE NOT
ABIDING IN CHRIST.
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IF YOU'RE ABIDING IN CHRIST,
IF THE VINE IS ABIDING IN THE
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BRANCH, WILL THERE BE EVIDENCE?
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THERE'LL BE
FRUIT, ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
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CAN THAT SPRIG OR THAT
GRAPEVINE BEAR FRUIT IF IT'S
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NOT ATTACHED TO THE MAIN VINE?
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NO, IT'LL BE FRUITLESS.
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IF THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT ARE
IN OUR LIVES, THEN WE KNOW WE'RE
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ABIDING IN CHRIST.
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HE SAYS THAT WE MUST ABIDE
IN HIM--I'M IN VERSE 2 NOW.
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JOHN 15:2, THIS IS
OUR PASSAGE OF STUDY.
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EVERY BRANCH IN ME THAT DOES
NOT BEAR FRUIT, HE TAKES AWAY.
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NOW FOR THOSE WHO ARE
MIXED UP WITH WHAT THEY CALL,
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"ONCE SAVED, ALWAYS SAVED,"
THE BIBLE DOES NOT TEACH THAT
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JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE IN CHRIST
ONE DAY THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE
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SAVED NO MATTER
WHAT YOUR CHOICES ARE.
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YOU DO NOT LOSE YOUR FREEDOM
OF CHOICE AFTER YOU BECOME
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A CHRISTIAN.
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GOD DOES NOT TAKE YOUR WILL.
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IF YOU CHOOSE, AT SOME POINT,
NOT TO FOLLOW HIM, NOT TO LOVE
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HIM, NOT TO SERVE HIM,
THEN YOU'RE NO LONGER SAVED.
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DID YOU HEAR THAT?
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IT'S A FREE CHOICE.
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YOU CANNOT FORCE LOVE.
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IF YOU DO NOT LOVE THE
LORD, YOU'RE NOT SAVED.
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THERE'LL BE PEOPLE IN
HEAVEN THAT DIDN'T KNOW A LOT
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OF THINGS.
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THERE'LL BE PEOPLE IN
HEAVEN THAT MAYBE DID NOT EAT
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A BIBLICAL DIET.
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BUT THERE WON'T BE ANYONE IN
HEAVEN THAT DOESN'T LOVE GOD.
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THAT'S BASIC.
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AND SO IF A PERSON CHOOSES,
YOU CAN'T FORCE LOVE OR IT STOPS
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BEING LOVE.
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DID THAT MAKE SENSE?
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I'M GONNA SAY THAT AGAIN.
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THE IDEA THAT SOME OF MY
PREDESTINATION FRIENDS EMBRACE
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THAT ONCE YOU'RE
SAVED, YOU CAN'T BE LOST.
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IT SMACKS OF THE IDEA THAT GOD
FORCES YOU TO LOVE HIM AGAINST
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YOUR WILL.
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IF YOU LOVE THE
LORD, YOU'LL OBEY HIM.
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NOT EVERYBODY WHO SAYS
THEY LOVE GOD IS OBEYING HIM.
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YOU'LL KNOW
THEM BY THEIR FRUITS.
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ARE YOU WITH ME?
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AND IF THE FRUIT IS
REBELLION, THEY DON'T LOVE 'EM.
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RIGHT?
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AND SO JUST BECAUSE THEY SAID
A PRAYER AT SOME POINT IN THEIR
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LIFE AND GAVE THEIR HEART TO
THE LORD AND THEY'RE OUT LIVING
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FOR THE DEVIL DOES NOT MEAN
THAT THEY'RE STILL IN CHRIST.
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HE SAYS, "ANY BRANCH IN ME THAT
DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT FRUIT
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IS TAKEN AWAY."
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SO HOW IMPORTANT
IS FRUIT TO JESUS?
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IT'S CRUCIAL.
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IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT
WE HAVE THESE FRUITS.
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HE SAYS, "EVERY BRANCH IN
ME THAT DOES NOT BEAR FRUIT,
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HE TAKES IT AWAY."
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I'LL GET TO THAT IN A MOMENT.
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EVERY BRANCH THAT
BEARS FRUIT, HE PRUNES IT.
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PRUNING IS LIKE THE TRIALS.
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EVEN IF YOU LOVE THE LORD, EVEN
IF THERE IS FRUIT IN YOUR LIFE
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DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH TRIALS.
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MATTER OF FACT, WELL, LET ME
READ IT TO YOU FROM THE BIBLE.
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HE SAYS IN PETER,
"EVERY SON WHO THE FATHER LOVES
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EXPERIENCES CHASTENING."
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JAMES 1:2-4, "MY BRETHREN
COUNT IT ALL JOY WHEN YOU FALL
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INTO VARIOUS TRIALS KNOWING
THAT THE TESTING OF YOUR FAITH
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PRODUCES PATIENCE.
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BUT LET PATIENCE
HAVE ITS PERFECT WORK."
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LET THE GARDENER PRUNE.
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TRUST HIM.
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HAS THE LORD DONE
ANY PRUNING IN YOUR LIFE?
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SOMETIMES THE PRUNING MEANS
HE'S CUTTING AWAY THOSE THINGS
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THAT ARE NOT PRODUCTIVE.
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SOMETIMES IT'S RELATIONSHIPS
THAT WERE DISTRACTING AND
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TAKING US DOWN THE WRONG ROAD.
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I MEAN THERE'S A LOT OF
WAYS THE LORD PRUNES US.
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SOMETIMES IT MIGHT BE
SOME PHYSICAL AILMENT OR TRIAL
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BECAUSE IT'S TEACHING
YOU TO DEPEND MORE ON HIM.
00:11:13.13\00:11:16.53
AND ULTIMATELY WHAT HE WANTS
IS IT MAKES YOU MORE FRUITFUL
00:11:16.53\00:11:19.73
AS A CHRISTIAN.
00:11:19.73\00:11:22.26
CHRISTIAN FRUIT IS NOT TALKING
ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY YOU'VE GOT
00:11:22.26\00:11:24.70
IN THE BANK.
00:11:24.70\00:11:26.03
THAT'S NOT THE
CURRENCY GOD'S TALKING ABOUT.
00:11:26.03\00:11:28.43
CHRISTIAN FRUIT
IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE.
00:11:28.43\00:11:33.26
YOU'LL FIND THAT
LIST IN GALATIANS 5:22.
00:11:33.26\00:11:34.93
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
00:11:34.93\00:11:36.33
THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS.
00:11:36.33\00:11:37.30
SO HE ALLOWS TRIALS TO
COME THAT WE MIGHT BE MORE
00:11:37.30\00:11:40.43
PRODUCTIVE.
00:11:40.43\00:11:41.20
ROMANS 8:18, "FOR I CONSIDER
THAT THE SUFFERINGS OF THIS
00:11:41.20\00:11:45.76
PRESENT TIME ARE NOT EVEN
WORTHY TO BE COMPARED WITH
00:11:45.76\00:11:48.46
THE GLORY THAT
SHALL BE REVEALED IN US."
00:11:48.46\00:11:51.13
GOD SOMETIMES ALLOWS
US TO GO THROUGH TRIALS.
00:11:51.13\00:11:54.20
SOMETIMES YOU GO THROUGH
SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL SUFFERING,
00:11:54.20\00:11:57.30
PHYSICAL SUFFERING.
00:11:57.30\00:11:58.30
THINGS THAT MAY STAY
WITH YOU YOUR WHOLE LIFE.
00:11:58.30\00:12:01.06
BUT THEY HAVE HELPED YOU.
00:12:01.06\00:12:03.10
THEY'VE BALANCED YOU.
00:12:03.10\00:12:04.10
THEY'VE PREPARED
YOU TO BE MORE FRUITFUL.
00:12:04.10\00:12:08.63
THERE IS NO FRUIT WITHOUT JESUS.
00:12:08.63\00:12:12.60
YOU MUST ABIDE IN
HIM IF YOU WANT FRUIT.
00:12:12.60\00:12:15.06
JOHN 15, WE'RE BACK TO
OUR PASSAGE VERSE 4 AND 5.
00:12:15.06\00:12:18.13
CHRIST SAID, "ABIDE
IN ME AND I IN YOU."
00:12:18.13\00:12:23.43
NOW YOU NOTICE IT SOUNDED LIKE
WE WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH.
00:12:23.43\00:12:25.66
WE ARE.
00:12:25.66\00:12:26.83
TO BE FRUITFUL, IT'S BOTH OF US.
00:12:26.83\00:12:29.83
IT'S WE'RE ABIDING IN CHRIST.
00:12:29.83\00:12:32.40
WE'RE RESTING IN HIM.
00:12:32.40\00:12:33.20
AND HE SAYS, "AND
I WANT TO BE IN YOU."
00:12:33.20\00:12:36.40
THAT'S TALKING ABOUT A REAL
LOVE RELATIONSHIP WHERE YOU'RE
00:12:36.40\00:12:39.30
ABIDING IN HIM AND
HE'S ABIDING IN YOU.
00:12:39.30\00:12:41.46
NOTICE WHY.
00:12:41.46\00:12:42.20
"AS THE BRANCH CANNOT
BEAR FRUIT OF ITSELF UNLESS IT
00:12:42.20\00:12:45.63
ABIDES IN THE VINE.
00:12:45.63\00:12:46.96
NEITHER CAN YOU
UNLESS YOU ABIDE IN ME.
00:12:46.96\00:12:49.56
I AM THE VINE.
00:12:49.56\00:12:51.36
YOU ARE THE BRANCHES."
00:12:51.36\00:12:52.70
WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT THE VINE
IN THIS OLD ENGLISH TERMINOLOGY
00:12:52.70\00:12:56.03
IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE
THICK, GRAPE, STALK VINE.
00:12:56.03\00:12:59.53
THE PART THAT
EVERYTHING SPRINGS OUT OF.
00:12:59.53\00:13:01.80
"I AM THE VINE,
YOU ARE THE BRANCHES.
00:13:01.80\00:13:05.10
HE WHO ABIDES IN ME AND I IN
HIM THE SAP IS FLOWING BETWEEN
00:13:05.10\00:13:09.70
THEM, BEARS MUCH FRUIT.
00:13:09.70\00:13:13.76
FOR WITHOUT ME,
YOU CAN DO NOTHING."
00:13:13.76\00:13:16.60
YOU CANNOT HAVE THE FRUITS
OF THE SPIRIT UNLESS YOU HAVE AN
00:13:16.60\00:13:19.60
ABIDING RELATIONSHIP IN JESUS.
00:13:19.60\00:13:22.56
THE FRUIT OF THE
SPIRIT, AGAIN, GALATIANS 5:22,
00:13:22.56\00:13:25.16
WHAT'S THE FIRST FRUIT?
00:13:25.16\00:13:27.33
LOVE.
00:13:27.33\00:13:28.36
IF GO TO 1 CORINTHIANS 13,
"NOW ABIDES THESE THREE, FAITH,
00:13:28.36\00:13:34.66
HOPE, LOVE."
00:13:34.66\00:13:36.03
BUT THE GREATEST
OF THESE IS WHAT?
00:13:36.03\00:13:38.46
LOVE.
00:13:38.46\00:13:39.76
MOST IMPORTANT FRUIT
OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE.
00:13:39.76\00:13:42.26
JESUS SAID, "BY YOUR LOVE
FOR EACH OTHER WILL ALL MEN KNOW
00:13:42.26\00:13:46.36
THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES."
00:13:46.36\00:13:48.40
JOHN ALWAYS AND CONSTANTLY
WAS SAYING, "LOVE EACH OTHER.
00:13:48.40\00:13:53.40
LOVE EACH OTHER."
00:13:53.40\00:13:54.93
THIS IS HOW
THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW.
00:13:54.93\00:13:56.30
AND YOU'LL PRODUCE THE FRUITS
OF THE SPIRIT WHEN YOU HAVE
00:13:56.30\00:13:59.63
THAT LOVE RELATIONSHIP.
00:13:59.63\00:14:01.06
NOW, I TOLD YOU THIS IS
A VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT.
00:14:01.06\00:14:04.00
IT'S BECAUSE
IT'S LIFE AND DEATH.
00:14:04.00\00:14:07.03
IF WE FAIL TO ABIDE IN
JESUS, WHAT DOES THE LORD SAY
00:14:07.03\00:14:10.10
IN JOHN 15:6?
00:14:10.10\00:14:12.23
"IF ANYONE DOES NOT ABIDE IN
ME, HE IS CAST OUT AS A BRANCH
00:14:12.23\00:14:18.63
AND IS WITHERED."
00:14:18.63\00:14:20.90
YOU NOTICE THAT FIRST
IT'S CAST OUT THEN IT WITHERS?
00:14:20.90\00:14:24.56
THERE IS A PERIOD OF TIME WHEN
A BRANCH IS CUT OFF THAT IT CAN
00:14:24.56\00:14:27.23
STILL BE GRAFTED BACK IN.
00:14:27.23\00:14:29.93
ONCE ITS DRIES, IT
DIES, LIKE AN OLIVE TREE.
00:14:29.93\00:14:38.23
JESUS TALKS ABOUT OR PAUL TALKS
ABOUT IN CHAPTER 9 OF ROMANS,
00:14:38.23\00:14:41.30
THE GENTILES ARE GRAFTED
INTO THE STALK OF ISRAEL.
00:14:41.30\00:14:44.73
WHEN YOU CUT IT, CUT
IT FROM ONE AND YOU PUT IT
00:14:44.73\00:14:47.16
IN THE OTHER.
00:14:47.16\00:14:48.16
IF YOU DON'T WAIT TOO LONG AND
YOU KEEP IT MOIST, IT CAN TAKE
00:14:48.16\00:14:51.03
ROOT AND IT CAN SURVIVE.
00:14:51.03\00:14:52.73
BUT IF IT'S
WITHERED, IF IT DRIES, IT DIES.
00:14:52.73\00:14:55.56
AND WHAT'S THE FATE THEN?
00:14:55.56\00:14:57.63
THEY GATHER THEM, THEY
THROW THEM IN THE FIRE, THEY ARE
00:14:57.63\00:15:01.40
BURNED.
00:15:01.40\00:15:02.83
THEY ARE WITHERED, DRY,
SPIRITLESS FUEL FOR THE FIRE.
00:15:02.83\00:15:07.70
THERE ARE TWO CHOICES.
00:15:07.70\00:15:09.76
WE'VE GOTTA LEARN WHAT IT MEANS
TO ABIDE IN CHRIST, TO HAVE
00:15:09.76\00:15:12.46
A VITAL, LIVING RELATIONSHIP
WITH JESUS OR PERISH.
00:15:12.46\00:15:17.46
DIDN'T JESUS TELL
US THAT, TWO CHOICES?
00:15:17.46\00:15:19.70
WHOEVER BELIEVES, ETERNAL LIFE.
00:15:19.70\00:15:21.03
THOSE WHO DON'T BELIEVE, PERISH.
00:15:21.03\00:15:23.60
ABIDE IN HIM, LIVE, FRUIT.
00:15:23.60\00:15:26.40
NO FRUIT, CUT
AWAY, BRUSH PILE FIRE.
00:15:26.40\00:15:31.23
NOW I'VE SAID ALL THAT TO
TELL YOU HOW CAN WE DO IT.
00:15:31.23\00:15:34.73
HOW CAN WE ABIDE IN HIM?
00:15:34.73\00:15:36.33
ABIDE IN HIS WORD.
00:15:36.33\00:15:38.60
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT THINGS I CAN SHARE
00:15:38.60\00:15:40.56
WITH YOU.
00:15:40.56\00:15:41.23
JOHN 15:7 JESUS SAID, "IF YOU
ABIDE IN ME--" AND HE EXPLAINS
00:15:41.23\00:15:45.93
IT NOW MORE THOROUGHLY.
00:15:45.93\00:15:47.43
"AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU,
YOU WILL ASK WHAT YOU DESIRE
00:15:47.43\00:15:52.86
AND IT WILL BE DONE FOR YOU.
00:15:52.86\00:15:54.86
OKAY, NOW WE'VE HEARD THE
PROBLEM, NOW WE'RE GETTING
00:15:54.86\00:15:57.23
THE ANSWER.
00:15:57.23\00:15:58.30
HOW DO WE
PRACTICALLY ABIDE IN CHRIST?
00:15:58.30\00:16:00.83
HE SAYS, "LET MY
WORDS ABIDE IN YOU."
00:16:00.83\00:16:05.06
HOW DO YOU GET THE
WORD OF GOD TO ABIDE IN YOU?
00:16:05.06\00:16:09.30
WELL, LET'S START WITH READING.
00:16:09.30\00:16:11.23
READ YOUR BIBLES.
00:16:11.23\00:16:13.20
I SAY IT OVER AND
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
00:16:13.20\00:16:16.03
GET USED TO IT.
00:16:16.03\00:16:16.70
I'LL KEEP SAYING IT
OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
00:16:16.70\00:16:18.20
WE'RE HERE BECAUSE OF THE BIBLE.
00:16:18.20\00:16:19.80
AND THE MORE YOU READ THE
BIBLE, IT'S A SUPERNATURAL
00:16:19.80\00:16:21.66
BOOK.
00:16:21.66\00:16:22.46
THE WORDS THAT JESUS SPEAKS,
THEY ARE SPIRIT AND LIFE AND AS
00:16:22.46\00:16:25.80
YOU READ THEM AND YOU MEDITATE
ON THEM--HAVING THE WORD ABIDE
00:16:25.80\00:16:29.16
IN YOU MEANS
YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT.
00:16:29.16\00:16:31.83
YOU'RE ANALYZING IT.
00:16:31.83\00:16:32.76
THE DEVIL CAME TO
JESUS WITH TEMPTATION.
00:16:32.76\00:16:34.90
HOW DID JESUS FIGHT IT?
00:16:34.90\00:16:36.06
THE WORD WAS ABIDING IN CHRIST.
00:16:36.06\00:16:38.20
HE MET EVERY
TEMPTATION WITH THE WORD OF GOD.
00:16:38.20\00:16:40.53
"THY WORD IS A
LAMP UNTO MY FEET."
00:16:40.53\00:16:42.53
IT'S ABIDING IN US AND IT'S
GIVING US CONTINUAL GUIDANCE
00:16:42.53\00:16:47.53
FROM HIS WORD.
00:16:47.53\00:16:49.10
"IF MY WORD ABIDES IN YOU,
IT GIVES YOU THE PRINCIPLES
00:16:49.10\00:16:51.73
TO HELP GOVERN YOUR LIFE."
00:16:51.73\00:16:54.93
THY WORD GIVES LIGHT.
00:16:54.93\00:16:56.83
IT GIVES UNDERSTANDING.
00:16:56.83\00:16:58.06
IT HELPS US HAVE A WORLDVIEW
AND A PHILOSOPHY BY WHICH WE
00:16:58.06\00:17:00.60
CAN LIVE.
00:17:00.60\00:17:01.63
"LET MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU."
00:17:01.63\00:17:04.66
2 JOHN, SAME
AUTHOR OF GOSPEL OF JOHN.
00:17:04.66\00:17:08.80
2 JOHN 1:1-2.
00:17:08.80\00:17:10.53
LISTEN, THE ELDER--OF COURSE
THERE WAS ONLY ONE CHAPTER
00:17:10.53\00:17:14.70
THERE.
00:17:14.70\00:17:15.83
"THE ELDER TO THE ELECT LADY
AND HER CHILDREN WHOM I LOVE
00:17:15.83\00:17:19.80
IN THE TRUTH AND NOT I ONLY, BUT
ALSO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE KNOWN
00:17:19.80\00:17:22.93
THE TRUTH BECAUSE OF THE TRUTH
THAT ABIDES IN US AND WILL BE
00:17:22.93\00:17:29.00
WITH US FOREVER."
00:17:29.00\00:17:30.40
WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT TO
HAVE THE TRUTH ABIDING IN US?
00:17:30.40\00:17:33.33
CHRIST IN US?
00:17:33.33\00:17:35.26
WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR JESUS?
00:17:35.26\00:17:38.13
HE'S THE WORD.
00:17:38.13\00:17:39.66
WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR JESUS?
00:17:39.66\00:17:41.30
HE'S THE TRUTH.
00:17:41.30\00:17:42.83
SO AS YOU HAVE THE WORD
AND YOU'VE GOT THE TRUTH
00:17:42.83\00:17:45.43
OF THE WORD ABIDING IN YOU,
YOU IN VERITY HAVE JESUS IN YOU.
00:17:45.43\00:17:50.30
WE ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW, HOW
DO I DRINK HIS BLOOD AND EAT HIS
00:17:50.30\00:17:53.23
FLESH THAT WE MIGHT HAVE LIFE?
00:17:53.23\00:17:54.93
HIS WORD.
00:17:54.93\00:17:56.86
THAT'S HOW WE GET HIM IN US.
00:17:56.86\00:17:59.10
CANNOT OVER EMPHASIZE AND THAT
WOULD BE BIBLE STUDY, FAMILY
00:17:59.10\00:18:02.96
DEVOTIONS, PERSONAL DEVOTIONS,
READING, DRIVING IN YOUR CAR.
00:18:02.96\00:18:07.06
SATURATE YOURSELF WITH THE WORD.
00:18:07.06\00:18:10.53
THE WORD OF GOD
IS LIKE LIVING WATER.
00:18:10.53\00:18:15.36
THIS WORLD IS CONSTANTLY
DEHYDRATING US SPIRITUALLY.
00:18:15.36\00:18:20.03
JESUS IS CONSTANTLY
EVAPORATING OUT OF US.
00:18:20.03\00:18:24.30
UNLESS YOU DO SOMETHING TO
CONSTANTLY REHYDRATE YOUR SOUL
00:18:24.30\00:18:28.23
WITH THE WORD, YOU DRY OUT.
00:18:28.23\00:18:32.20
AND THAT MEANS YOU NEED TO
JUST TRY AND SURROUND YOURSELF
00:18:32.20\00:18:34.10
WITH IT.
00:18:34.10\00:18:37.10
ABIDING ALSO MEANS OBEYING.
00:18:37.10\00:18:40.60
JOHN 15:10, WE'RE
STILL IN THE SAME CHAPTER.
00:18:40.60\00:18:43.30
LOOK AT WHAT KIND OF
EMPHASIS CHRIST PUTS ON THAT.
00:18:43.30\00:18:45.76
"REAL LOVE WILL ABIDE AND OBEY.
00:18:45.76\00:18:49.63
IF YOU LOVE ME, KEEP MY
COMMANDMENTS, AND YOU WILL
00:18:49.63\00:18:53.06
ABIDE IN MY LOVE."
00:18:53.06\00:18:56.36
NOTICE THE CONNECTION
BETWEEN LOVE AND ABIDING.
00:18:56.36\00:18:59.26
CHAPTER 15:14, "YOU ARE MY
FRIENDS IF YOU DO WHATEVER I
00:18:59.26\00:19:03.13
COMMAND YOU."
00:19:03.13\00:19:05.76
THERE'S THAT CONNECTION THERE
IN THE SAME CHAPTER BETWEEN
00:19:05.76\00:19:07.36
OBEYING.
00:19:07.36\00:19:08.93
JOHN 14:15, IF YOU LOVE
ME, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS."
00:19:08.93\00:19:13.90
SO SOME OF THE FRUIT, THE
EVIDENCE THAT THERE IS LOVE
00:19:13.90\00:19:17.46
THERE THAT WE ARE
ABIDING IS OBEDIENCE.
00:19:17.46\00:19:21.70
IF A PERSON SAYS, "YES, I'M
ABIDING IN JESUS," AND THEY'RE
00:19:21.70\00:19:24.56
LIVING A LIFE OF
REBELLION, THEY'RE NOT ABIDING.
00:19:24.56\00:19:29.60
THERE WILL BE A COOPERATION.
00:19:29.60\00:19:31.83
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A BRANCH
JUMP UP OFF THE VINE AND RUN
00:19:31.83\00:19:36.40
AROUND AND DO ITS
OWN THING AND COME BACK?
00:19:36.40\00:19:39.83
NO.
00:19:39.83\00:19:40.56
THERE'S THIS PERMANENCE THERE.
00:19:40.56\00:19:42.80
THERE'S THIS CONNECTION THERE.
00:19:42.80\00:19:45.23
IT'S REGULAR.
00:19:45.23\00:19:46.06
1 JOHN 2:6 NOTICE AGAIN,
"HE THAT SAYS HE ABIDETH IN HIM
00:19:46.06\00:19:51.16
OUGHT HIMSELF TO
WALK AS HE WALKED."
00:19:51.16\00:19:54.60
WHAT DOES IT MEAN
TO ABIDE IN CHRIST?
00:19:54.60\00:19:56.56
GO TO CHURCH.
00:19:56.56\00:19:58.10
READ YOUR BIBLE.
00:19:58.10\00:19:59.53
BE LIKE JESUS.
00:19:59.53\00:20:01.90
IT SAYS YOU OUGHT TO
WALK THE WAY HE WALKED.
00:20:01.90\00:20:03.70
WELL, HOW DO YOU
KNOW HOW HE WALKED?
00:20:03.70\00:20:04.83
IT'S IN THE BIBLE.
00:20:04.83\00:20:05.33
READ THE GOSPELS.
00:20:05.33\00:20:06.00
LOOK AT HOW HE ACTS.
00:20:06.00\00:20:07.06
SAY, "LORD, I
WANT TO BE LIKE YOU."
00:20:07.06\00:20:09.46
WALK LIKE HE WALKED.
00:20:09.46\00:20:11.03
1 JOHN 2:17, "AND THE WORLD
IS PASSING AWAY IN THE LUST
00:20:11.03\00:20:15.50
THEREOF BUT HE WHO DOES
THE WILL OF GOD WILL ABIDE
00:20:15.50\00:20:19.56
FOREVER."
00:20:19.56\00:20:20.36
HOW MANY HERE
WANT TO ABIDE FOREVER?
00:20:20.36\00:20:23.30
WHO IS GONNA ABIDE FOREVER?
00:20:23.30\00:20:24.76
THE ONES WHO ARE ABIDING NOW.
00:20:24.76\00:20:26.26
HOW DO YOU KNOW
WHO'S ABIDING NOW?
00:20:26.26\00:20:27.83
THEY DO THE WILL OF GOD.
00:20:27.83\00:20:29.46
WHEN THEY KNOW THE WILL OF GOD,
THEY'RE WILLING TO DO THE WILL
00:20:29.46\00:20:31.20
OF GOD.
00:20:31.20\00:20:32.83
1 JOHN 3:6, THIS ONE
REALLY TROUBLES PEOPLE.
00:20:32.83\00:20:37.76
WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
ABIDING, "WHOEVER ABIDES IN HIM
00:20:37.76\00:20:42.30
DOES NOT SIN."
00:20:42.30\00:20:44.60
NOW THAT DOES NOT MEAN, AS
PEOPLE SOMETIMES HAVE TRIED
00:20:44.60\00:20:48.40
TO USE THIS TO TEACH A
BRAND OF PERFECTIONISM.
00:20:48.40\00:20:52.96
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT A PERSON
WHO IS ABIDING IN CHRIST IS
00:20:52.96\00:20:56.06
SINLESS.
00:20:56.06\00:20:58.23
THAT MEANS THERE IS
NOT A PATTERN OR PRACTICE.
00:20:58.23\00:21:01.33
THERE'S NO DOMINION OF SIN.
00:21:01.33\00:21:03.50
THEY'RE NOT
ADDICTED TO ANY HABITS.
00:21:03.50\00:21:05.60
THEY HAVE BEEN
GIVEN THE VICTORY.
00:21:05.60\00:21:07.43
THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT
LIVING A LIFE OF PRACTICING SIN.
00:21:07.43\00:21:11.83
AND YOU'VE HEARD ME QUOTE
MANY TIMES THAT PASSAGE FROM
00:21:11.83\00:21:14.03
THE BOOK "STEPS TO
CHRIST" THAT TELLS US IT'S NOT
00:21:14.03\00:21:16.43
THE OCCASIONAL GOOD DEED
OR OCCASIONAL MISDEED THAT
00:21:16.43\00:21:19.66
DETERMINES WHOSE SIDE WE'RE ON.
00:21:19.66\00:21:21.60
BUT IT IS THE HABITUAL.
00:21:21.60\00:21:23.16
WHAT IS THE HABIT IN YOUR LIFE?
00:21:23.16\00:21:24.80
IS IT ONE OF ABIDING?
00:21:24.80\00:21:25.73
IS IT ONE OF OBEYING?
00:21:25.73\00:21:27.20
WHOEVER ABIDES
IN HIM DOES NOT SIN.
00:21:27.20\00:21:30.96
CAN YOU HEAR JESUS SAYING
TO YOU TODAY, INSERT YOUR NAME.
00:21:30.96\00:21:35.30
"DOUG, I REALLY
WANT TO BE WITH YOU.
00:21:35.30\00:21:38.30
BELIEVE IT.
00:21:38.30\00:21:38.96
I REALLY DO.
00:21:38.96\00:21:40.73
YES, EVEN YOU.
00:21:40.73\00:21:41.70
EVEN THOUGH I KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE REALLY LIKE."
00:21:41.70\00:21:44.36
THAT'S WHY SOME OF
YOU ARE STRUGGLING.
00:21:44.36\00:21:46.60
HE'S SAYING, "EVEN THOUGH
HE KNOWS WHAT I'M REALLY LIKE,
00:21:46.60\00:21:49.60
HE STILL LOVES ME AND HE
STILL WANTS TO BE AROUND ME.
00:21:49.60\00:21:52.26
WHY, MOST OF MY FRIENDS DON'T
WANT TO BE AROUND ME VERY LONG.
00:21:52.26\00:21:55.00
HE WANTS TO BE
AROUND ME FOREVER?"
00:21:55.00\00:21:57.83
YES.
00:21:57.83\00:21:59.26
I KNOW THAT SEEMS HARD TO
BELIEVE, BUT THAT'S WHAT HE'S
00:21:59.26\00:22:00.76
TELLING US TODAY.
00:22:00.76\00:22:02.30
YOU KNOW I WAS
THINKING ABOUT KANGAROOS.
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AS I TURNED OFF MY COMPUTER
LAST NIGHT, I WENT UPSTAIRS.
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I WAS THINKING ABOUT ABIDING.
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KANGAROOS POPPED INTO MY MIND.
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AND LET ME EXPLAIN.
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WHEN A KANGAROO IS BORN,
IT'S JUST A LITTLE--IT'S ABOUT
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AS BIG AS A PEANUT.
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AND IT'S A MIRACLE OF GOD HOW
THAT PEANUT MANAGES TO FIND HIS
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WAY FROM THE BIRTH
CANAL UP TO THE POUCH.
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HE'S GOTTA CRAWL THROUGH THIS
FOREST OF MOM'S FUR TO GET UP
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AND FIND ITS WAY INTO THE POUCH.
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AND ONCE IN THE POUCH, IT
LATCHES ITSELF ON TO A LITTLE
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NIPPLE, AND IT
LOCKS DOWN ON THAT NIPPLE.
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SO MUCH SO THAT I UNDERSTAND
THAT AT THAT STAGE IN ITS LIFE,
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IF YOU TRY TO DETACH THAT
LITTLE BABY JOEY, IT'LL DIE.
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IT IS ABSOLUTELY LOCKED IN.
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AS IT MATURES, LITTLE BY
LITTLE, YOU SEE IT STICKING
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ITS HEAD OUT.
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IT WILL GRAZE A LITTLE BIT FROM
MOM'S POUCH AND THEN IT GOES
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BACK AND THEN IT NURSES.
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THEN IT STICKS ITS HEADS
OUT AND IT MIGHT GRAZE AS
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MOM'S GRAZING.
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AND SHE LEANS OVER SO IT
CAN GRAZE FROM HER POUCH.
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AND THEN AS IT GETS
EVEN OLDER STILL, IT HOPS OUT
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OF THE POUCH.
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IT'LL BOUNCE AROUND.
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IT COMES BACK.
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IT'LL NURSE.
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IT'LL JUMP BACK IN AGAIN.
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AND WHEN IT'S FINALLY
MATURE MOM SAYS, "NO MORE.
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YOU'RE OUT."
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OKAY, WHAT I WANT YOU TO
DO IS I WANT YOU TO THINK OF
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CHRISTIANITY KIND OF LIKE
A KANGAROO EXCEPT BACKWARDS.
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WE START OUT LIKE A GROWN
KANGAROO HOPPING AROUND DOING
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OUR OWN THING.
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AND EVERY NOW AND THEN WE POKE
OUR HEAD IN THE CHURCH, WE GET
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A DRINK AND WE
GO BACK OUR OWN WAY.
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REAL CHRISTIAN GROWTH IS
LIKE KANGAROO LIFE IN REVERSE.
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WE WANT TO GET TO THE PLACE
WHERE WE ARE RIGHT IN THE VERY
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BOSOM OF CHRIST
NURSING ON THE MILK OF HIS WORD
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AND WE DON'T EVER LET GO.
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THAT'S WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GROW
AS A CHRISTIAN SO THAT YOU'VE
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GOT THAT RELATIONSHIP.
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NOW BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
I'M GONNA END SORT OF LIKE
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I STARTED.
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YOU REMEMBER THE STORY
OF THE DISCIPLES ON THE ROAD
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TO EMMAUS?
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JESUS HAS RISEN FROM THE DEAD.
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THIS IS AT THE END
OF THE GOSPEL STORY.
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HE MEETS TWO DISCIPLES.
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HE'S TALKING TO THEM
ON THE ROAD DOWN TO EMMAUS
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FROM JERUSALEM.
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THEY DON'T KNOW
WHO HE IS RIGHT AWAY.
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HE TELLS THEM FROM MOSES TO
MALACHI HOW THEY SHOULD BELIEVE
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THAT JESUS WAS THE MESSIAH AND
THEIR HEATS ARE BURNING WITHIN
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THEM BY THE
THINGS THAT HE'S SAYING.
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FINALLY THEY GET TO A FORK IN
THE ROAD AND THERE YOU CAN SEE
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THE LITTLE SIGN
THAT SAYS, "EMMAUS."
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AND THE SUN IS
BEGINNING TO GO DOWN.
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THEY CAN SEE THE GLOW OF SOME
OF THE LAMPS IN THE WINDOWS.
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AND JESUS MAKES LIKE HE'S
GONNA KEEP GOING DOWN THE ROAD
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TOWARDS JERICHO.
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AND THEY SAY, "COME IN
AND ABIDE WITH US BECAUSE IT'S
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LATE."
00:24:31.30\00:24:34.96
AND MATTER OF FACT,
IT SAYS THEY URGED HIM.
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THAT WORD THERE IS
THEY COMPELLED HIM.
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THEY CONSTRAINED HIM.
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THEY PLED WITH HIM.
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THEY MIGHT HAVE EVEN TAKEN
AHOLD OF HIS SHOULDER AND SAID,
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"COME, COME, YOU STAY WITH US."
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AND HE DID.
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AND IT WAS IN ABIDING WITH
THEM AT THEIR HOUSE HE REVEALED
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HIMSELF TO THEM.
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IT WAS IN ABIDING WITH
THEM THAT HE REVEALED WHO HE WAS
00:24:57.43\00:25:02.60
AND THEY SUDDENLY KNEW HIM,
AND THEN THEY HAD TO GO TELL
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OTHERS.
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NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME
PREPARING FOR THIS MESSAGE,
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A TRUTH CAME TO ME.
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THE GOSPEL STORY BEGINS
AND ENDS WITH TWO DISCIPLES.
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THE FIRST TIME THEY'RE
FOLLOWING JESUS AND THEY SAY,
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"WHERE DO YOU STAY?"
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AND HE SAYS, "YOU
COME AND ABIDE WITH ME."
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THEY GET TO KNOW HIM AND
THEN THEY GO TELL OTHERS BECAUSE
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THE SUN IS GOING DOWN.
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THE GOSPEL STORY ENDS
WITH A VERY SIMILAR SCENARIO.
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TWO DISCIPLES EXCEPT
JESUS IS NOW FOLLOWING THEM.
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HE CATCHES UP WITH THEM.
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THEY SAY, "YOU ABIDE WITH US."
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FIRST JESUS SAYS,
"YOU ABIDE WITH ME."
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THEN THE DISCIPLES
SAY, "YOU ABIDE WITH US."
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THEY'RE BOTH ABOUT SUNDOWN.
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TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.
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OUR LIVES ARE
SHORT LIKE A SHADOW.
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AFTER HE REVEALS HIMSELF TO
THEM, THEY THEN GO TELL OTHERS.
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OUR JOB AS CHRISTIANS
IS SUMMARIZED IN WE COME TO
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CHRIST.
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WE ABIDE IN CHRIST, THEN WE GO
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