(MUSIC)
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>>HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE
EXPRESSION BEFORE, 'THEY EAT
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LIKE A BIRD' TALKING ABOUT
SOMEBODY WHO HAS A MINUSCULE
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APPETITE? WELL YOU
MIGHT WANT TO THINK
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TWICE NEXT TIME YOU
USE THAT EXPRESSION.
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FOR EXAMPLE, TAKE THE
HUMMINGBIRD: IN ORDER FOR IT TO
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MAINTAIN ITS INCREDIBLE
METABOLISM, IT HAS TO EAT ABOUT
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50-PERCENT OF ITS
BODY WEIGHT EVERY DAY.
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TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, IF
A HUNDRED-POUND WOMAN WAS TO EAT
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LIKE A HUMMINGBIRD, SHE WOULD
HAVE TO EAT 50 POUNDS OF SUGAR A
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DAY JUST TO MAINTAIN HER
BODY WEIGHT. IMAGINE THAT.
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MAYBE YOU DON'T WANT TO IMAGINE
THAT, BUT PERHAPS YOU'LL WANT TO
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CONSIDER THIS ANOTHER WAY: THE
HUMMINGBIRD TYPICALLY CONSUMES
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BETWEEN FOUR TO SEVEN CALORIES A
DAY, ON THE OTHER HAND, A HUMAN:
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ABOUT 3,500 CALORIES A DAY.
BUT IF YOU WERE TO EAT LIKE A
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BIRD - A HUMMINGBIRD
- YOU'D HAVE TO EAT OVER
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150,000 CALORIES A DAY.
THAT'S LIKE A MAN - 170 POUNDS
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THAT WOULD BE EATING
3,000 OREO COOKIES. UNDER NORMAL
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CONDITIONS, A HUMMINGBIRD
NEEDS TO EAT EVERY FIVE OR TEN
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MINUTES, BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY
ONE TIME DURING THE YEAR THE
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HUMMINGBIRD WILL EAT ITS
ENTIRE BODY WEIGHT EVERY DAY.
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YOU SEE, ONCE A YEAR THEY MAKE
THIS MIGRATION 500 MILES ACROSS
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THE GULF OF MEXICO FROM
TEXAS TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA.
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IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THE
HUMMINGBIRD FEASTS ON NECTAR AND
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GORGE THEMSELVES ON THIS NECTAR
FOR ABOUT A WEEK, DOUBLING THEIR
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BODY WEIGHT. THAT'S
THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN
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STORE ENOUGH CALORIES TO HELP
THEM WITH THEIR 70-WING BEATS
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PER SECOND OR ROUGHLY 4 MILLION
WING BEATS ON THAT JOURNEY.
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YOU KNOW, IN THE SAME WAY,
FRIENDS, AS WE NEAR THE END OF
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TIME, WE NEED TO BE FEASTING AND
GORGING OURSELVES ON THE NECTAR
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OF GOD'S WORD. WE'VE GOT TO
BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT STRENGTH TO
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GET US THROUGH THE TIMES
OF TROUBLE THAT ARE AHEAD.
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SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE BIBLE
AND YOUR PERSONAL DEVOTIONS, IF
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YOU'RE GOING TO EAT LIKE A
BIRD, EAT LIKE A HUMMINGBIRD.
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(MUSIC)
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>>DID YOU KNOW THAT NOAH
WAS PRESENT AT THE BIRTH OF
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ABRAHAM? OKAY,
MAYBE HE WASN'T IN THE
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ROOM, BUT HE WAS ALIVE
AND PROBABLY TELLING STORIES
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ABOUT HIS FLOATING ZOO.
FROM THE CREATION OF THE WORLD
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TO THE LAST-DAY EVENTS OF
REVELATION, 'BIBLEHISTORY.COM'
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IS A FREE RESOURCE WHERE
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EVENTS AND CHARACTERS.
ENHANCE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE
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VISIT THE AMAZING BIBLE
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>>I GREW UP IN A
CHURCH-GOING FAMILY.
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I MEAN, WE WERE
AT EVERY MEETING.
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I SANG IN FOUR
OF THE CHOIRS THERE.
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I DIRECTED THREE -
VERY INVOLVED - VERY ACTIVE.
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IT ALMOST SEEMED LIKE
BUSY WORK SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW?
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I WENT TO SUNDAY
SCHOOL. I KNEW ABOUT GOD.
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I KNEW ABOUT JESUS, BUT I DIDN'T
HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
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WITH JESUS CHRIST. MY
SENIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL I
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GOT THE NEWS THAT MY
FATHER HAD BEEN MURDERED.
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NOW, I PLAYED IT OFF
WELL. NO ONE REALLY SAW THAT I
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WAS STRUGGLING WITH IT. IT
JUST REALLY FELT LIKE THERE
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WAS A HOLE THAT NEEDED TO BE
FILLED AND I TRIED TO FILL IT
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WITH DRUGS, WITH
ALCOHOL, WITH PARTYING.
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AFTER COLLEGE, I JUST STOPPED
GOING TO CHURCH ALTOGETHER.
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ONE DAY, ON A SUNDAY, BECAUSE I
DIDN'T FEEL LIKE GOING TO CHURCH
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WITH MY MOM, I THOUGHT, 'YOU
KNOW, I SHOULD GET A LITTLE BIT
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OF WORD.' SHE HAD THE SATELLITE
SYSTEM HOOKED UP AND I'M
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FLIPPING THROUGH CHANNELS
AND THEN THE LOGO POPS ACROSS -
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AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS .
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I'VE LISTENED TO A LOT IF
DIFFERENT MINISTERS, BUT HERE
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WAS - THIS WAS THE FIRST
TIME THAT HE'S ACTUALLY SAYING
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SOMETHING WHERE I HAD TO GRAB
MY BIBLE AND ACTUALLY PICK IT UP
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AND I'VE NEVER
HEARD THIS BEFORE.
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LET ME LOOK
THROUGH AND FIND THIS.
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I WENT THROUGH
ALL THE STORACLES .
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I WENT THROUGH ALL THE STUDY
GUIDES AND I JUST COULDN'T GET
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ENOUGH. AND THEN
THE SABBATH CAME UP AND
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HE'S GOING THROUGH THE
APPEAL AND I'M JUST GOING,
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'LORD, I HEAR YOU. I
HAVE TO GO TO CHURCH.' SO I
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SHOW UP - IT WAS FUNNY, I DIDN'T
FEEL LIKE I WAS GOING TO BE
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JUDGED - ANYTHING
JUDGMENTAL - ANYTHING.
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AND I WALKED IN THE
DOOR AND I JUST FELT AT HOME.
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BUT THERE'S STILL A
PROBLEM. I'M STILL PARTYING.
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I WAS STILL
GOING OUT TO THE BARS.
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AT THIS TIME I WAS
SELLING COCAINE TO PAY MY RENT.
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SIXTEEN DAYS LATER I FIND MYSELF
IN A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION.
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I HAD JUST COME BACK FROM A
LIQUOR STORE AND I GRABBED A
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BOTTLE OF VODKA.
AND THERE I AM, HIGH OFF
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COCAINE, WITH MY BIBLE IN HAND,
TRYING TO DO A BIBLE STUDY.
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AND I HEARD AN AUDIBLE
VOICE, 'JUST LOOK AT YOURSELF!'
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AND I DID AND I WAS
LIKE, 'WHAT AM I DOING?'
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AND I GOT ON MY KNEES. I
SAID, 'LORD, IF YOU DO NOT
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TAKE THIS AWAY FROM ME NOW,
I'M GOING TO KILL MYSELF.' I WAS
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GOING TO CONTINUE THIS LIFESTYLE
AND I WAS GOING TO END UP
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OVERDOSING, HAVING A
HEART ATTACK, WHATEVER IT WAS.
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'YOU HAVE TO TAKE THIS AWAY
- ALL OF IT.' AND THAT DAY HE
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LIFTED ALL OF IT AWAY FROM ME.
IT WAS ALL GONE. WHEN GOD DOES
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SOMETHING IN YOUR LIFE,
HE DOES IT COMPLETE. (MUSIC)
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>>THIS MORNING OUR STUDY
IS DEALING WITH THE SUBJECT OF
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THE WORKERS IN THE VINEYARD,
HELP WANTED , AND IT'S BASED
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UPON A PARABLE THAT JESUS ONLY
GIVE ONE TIME IN THE GOSPEL OF
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MATTHEW. THE
PARABLE IS ACTUALLY FOUND
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IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 20, BUT TO
UNDERSTAND IT, YOU REALLY NEED
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TO GO BACK INTO CHAPTER 19 A
LITTLE BIT. YOU'LL NOTICE, AT
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THE VERY BEGINNING OF CHAPTER
20 IT SAYS, 'FOR THE KINGDOM OF
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HEAVEN IS LIKE...' AND
HE'S STARTING THIS PARABLE AS A
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CONTINUATION OF A QUESTION
THAT YOU FIND IN CHAPTER 19.
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I THINK MOST OF US KNOW THAT THE
VERSES AND THE CHAPTER NUMBERS
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IN THE BIBLE ARE NOT
NECESSARILY INSPIRED. AND YOU GO
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TO VERSE 27 OF CHAPTER 19,
PETER ASKS JESUS A QUESTION.
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HE SAID, 'LORD, SEE, WE
HAVE LEFT ALL AND FOLLOWED YOU;
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THEREFORE, WHAT SHALL WE
HAVE?' WHAT'S IN IT FOR US?
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AND JESUS SAID TO THEM,
"ASSUREDLY I SAY TO YOU THAT IN
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THE REGENERATION, WHEN THE SON
OF MAN SITS ON THE THRONE OF HIS
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GLORY, YOU WHO HAVE FOLLOWED ME
WILL ALSO SIT ON TWELVE THRONES,
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JUDGING THE
TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL.
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AND EVERYONE WHO HAS LEFT HOUSES
OR BROTHERS OR SISTERS OR FATHER
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OR MOTHER OR WIFE OR CHILDREN OR
LANDS FOR MY NAME'S SAKE, SHALL
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RECEIVE A HUNDRED FOLD
AND INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE.
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AND IN MARK CHAPTER 10 HE SAYS,
'WITH PERSECUTIONS' - BUT YOU
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STILL GET A HUNDRED-FOLD
MORE AND ETERNAL LIFE.
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AND THEN JESUS MAKES A
STATEMENT, 'BUT MANY WHO ARE
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FIRST WILL BE LAST AND THE LAST
WILL BE FIRST.' SO I WANT TO NOW
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READ THE PARABLE TO YOU AND
WE'LL BACK UP AND WE'LL EXPLORE
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WHAT THE MEANING OF THIS IS.
CHAPTER 20 - MATTHEW - VERSE 1,
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"FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
IS LIKE A LANDOWNER WHO WENT OUT
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EARLY IN THE MORNING TO
HIRE LABORERS FOR HIS VINEYARD.
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NOW WHEN HE HAD AGREED WITH THE
LABORERS FOR A DENARIUS A DAY,
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HE SENT THEM INTO HIS VINEYARD.
AND HE WENT OUT ABOUT THE THIRD
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HOUR AND SAW OTHERS STANDING
IDLE IN THE MARKETPLACE, AND
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SAID TO THEM, 'YOU ALSO GO INTO
THE VINEYARD, AND WHATEVER IS
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RIGHT I WILL GIVE
YOU.' SO THEY WENT.
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AGAIN HE WENT OUT ABOUT THE
SIXTH AND THE NINTH HOUR, AND
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DID LIKEWISE. AND
ABOUT THE ELEVENTH HOUR
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HE WENT OUT AND FOUND OTHERS
STANDING IDLE, AND SAID TO THEM,
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'WHY HAVE YOU BEEN
STANDING HERE IDLE ALL DAY?'
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THEY SAID TO HIM, 'BECAUSE NO
ONE HIRED US.' HE SAID TO THEM,
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'YOU ALSO GO INTO THE VINEYARD,
AND WHATEVER IS RIGHT YOU WILL
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RECEIVE.' SO WHEN EVENING HAD
COME, THE OWNER OF THE VINEYARD
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SAID TO HIS STEWARD, 'CALL
THE LABORERS AND GIVE THEM THEIR
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WAGES, BEGINNING WITH
THE LAST TO THE FIRST.'
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AND WHEN THOSE CAME WHO WERE
HIRED ABOUT THE ELEVENTH HOUR,
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THE EACH RECEIVED A DENARIUS.
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BUT WHEN THE FIRST CAME, THEY
SUPPOSED THAT THEY WOULD RECEIVE
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MORE; AND THEY LIKEWISE
RECEIVED EACH A DENARIUS.
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AND WHEN THEY HAD RECEIVED
IT, THEY COMPLAINED AGAINST THE
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LANDOWNER, SAYING, 'THESE LAST
MEN HAVE WORKED ONLY ONE HOUR,
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AND YOU MADE THEM EQUAL TO
US WHO HAVE BORNE THE BURDEN AND
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THE HEAT OF THE DAY.' BUT HE
ANSWERED ONE OF THEM AND SAID,
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'FRIEND, I AM
DOING YOU NO WRONG.
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DID YOU NOT AGREE
WITH ME FOR A DENARIUS?
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TAKE WHAT IS
YOURS AND GO YOUR WAY.
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IF I WISH TO GIVE TO THIS
LAST MAN THE SAME AS TO YOU.
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IS IT NOT LAWFUL FOR ME TO DO
WHAT I WISH WITH MY OWN THINGS?
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OR IS YOUR EYE EVIL BECAUSE
I AM GOOD?' SO THE LAST WILL BE
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FIRST, AND THE FIRST LAST.
FOR MANY ARE CALLED, BUT FEW
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CHOSEN." THERE YOU HAVE IT.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAUGHT
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SOMETHING, BUT AT THE END OF
CHAPTER 19, WHERE JESUS SAYS,
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'BUT MANY WHO ARE FIRST WILL
BE LAST, AND THE LAST WILL BE
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FIRST' AND THEN AT THE END
OF THE PARABLE HE SAYS, 'SO THE
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LAST WILL BE FIRST AND THE FIRST
WILL BE LAST.' SO SANDWICHED
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BETWEEN THAT
STATEMENT IS THIS PARABLE.
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IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH
FIRST BEING LAST AND LAST BEING
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FIRST. DID YOU CATCH THAT?
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THE FIRST TIME JESUS SAYS IT, HE
STARTS WITH 'FIRST' - FIRST WILL
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BE LAST - LAST FIRST.
SECOND TIME HE SAYS IT, 'LAST
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WILL BE FIRST AND FIRST LAST.'
HE REVERSES IT ON EITHER SIDE,
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SO IT IS PERFECTLY
SYMMETRICAL. DID YOU GET THAT?
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AND SO, OBVIOUSLY, THIS
PARABLE IS ANSWERING THIS BIGGER
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QUESTION ABOUT PETER, WHO'S
WONDERING - YOU KNOW, JESUS HAD
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JUST TALKED TO THE RICH YOUNG
RULER - CHAPTER 19 - AND HE
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SAID, 'GO SELL WHAT YOU
HAVE. GIVE IT TO THE POOR.
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YOU'LL HAVE TREASURE IN HEAVEN.
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TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW
ME.' HE WENT AWAY SORROWFUL
00:11:18.61\00:11:21.71
BECAUSE HE HAD GREAT POSSESSIONS
AND JESUS SAID, 'HOW HARD IT IS
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FOR THOSE WHO HAVE RICHES TO
ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM.' AND THE
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DISCIPLES WERE BESIDE
THEMSELVES WITH AMAZEMENT.
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THEY THOUGHT,
'WHO, THEN, CAN BE SAVED?
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JESUS SAID, 'WELL, WITH MAN IT'S
IMPOSSIBLE, BUT WITH GOD, ALL
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THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.' AND THEN
PETER STARTS TO WONDER - WIIFM -
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REMEMBER LAST WEEK?
WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?
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WHAT ARE WE GOING TO
GET? JESUS SAID, 'FOLLOW ME.
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I'LL MAKE YOU FISHERS OF MEN.'
AND THE BIBLE SAYS THEY FORSOOK
00:11:47.34\00:11:49.77
THEIR NETS AND
THEY FOLLOWED HIM.
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AND THEY'RE BEGINNING
TO WONDER, 'IS THIS FAIR?
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HOW ARE YOU GOING TO BE FAIR?
HOW MUCH ARE WE GOING TO GET?
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SO I'LL ASK YOU, IS GOD
FAIR? MAYBE NOT ALWAYS THE WAY
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WE WOULD JUDGE FAIRNESS.
YOU KNOW, THAT QUESTION APPEARS
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IN THE BIBLE - EZEKIEL 18:29
- IT MAKES A LITTLE MORE SENSE,
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I THINK, IN THE
NEW KING JAMES VERSION.
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IT SAYS, "YET THE HOUSE OF
ISRAEL SAYS, 'THE WAY OF THE
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LORD IS NOT FAIR.' O HOUSE OF
ISRAEL, IS IT NOT MY WAYS WHICH
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ARE FAIR, AND YOUR
WAYS WHICH ARE NOT FAIR?"
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YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN
AND WE CAN SEE THINGS THROUGH
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GOD'S BINOCULARS,
EVERYTHING'S GOING TO LOOK FAIR.
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BUT RIGHT NOW, IT DOESN'T.
BUT GOD IS GOOD AND GOD IS JUST,
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BUT SOMETIMES IT
DOESN'T SEEM THAT WAY.
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AND THERE ARE THOSE WHO SEEM
LIKE THEY GO FIRST BUT THEY END
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UP LAST AND THERE'S THOSE WHO
START OUT LAST AND THEY END UP
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FIRST. WHY IS
IT THAT THE NERD IN
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CHEMISTRY CLASS THAT WAS
ALWAYS FIDDLING WITH TRANSISTORS
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BECOMES A BILLIONAIRE?
AND THEN YEARS LATER YOU SEE
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THE UGLIEST GUY IN THE CLASS
IS MARRIED TO THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
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GIRL - AND IT
JUST DOESN'T SEEM FAIR.
00:13:06.05\00:13:10.12
WHY DOES IDI AMIN, WHO
SLAUGHTERS 200,000 PEOPLE GET TO
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RETIRE IN A
MANSION IN SAUDI ARABIA?
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OR FIDEL CASTRO LIVE OUT
HIS DAYS AND DIE OF OLD AGE.
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SOMETIMES LIFE
DOESN'T SEEM FAIR, DOES IT?
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HAVE YOU EVER HAD SOMETHING THAT
HAPPENED TO YOU AND YOU SAID,
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'THIS ISN'T FAIR.' THIS PARABLE
DEALS A LITTLE BIT WITH THE
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FAIRNESS OF GOD AND WHAT
DIDN'T SEEM FAIR TO SOME.
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SO THE PARABLE THAT
FOLLOWS THEN EXPLAINS THIS.
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SO IT TALKS ABOUT THIS
MAN HE'S GOT A VINEYARD.
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NOW IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL
THERE WERE A LOT OF VINEYARDS.
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THOSE OF US IN CALIFORNIA, IF
YOU'VE DRIVEN OVER BY THE NAPA
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VALLEY - THE VINEYARDS ARE
GROWING UP IN THE SACRAMENTO
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AREA TOO - IN THE FOOTHILLS HERE
YOU CAN SEE VINEYARDS ALL THE
00:13:55.43\00:13:58.80
WAY OUT TO LEONI MEADOWS NOW
THAT ARE POPPING UP EVERYWHERE.
00:13:58.80\00:14:02.44
IT WAS WINE COUNTRY THERE.
IT WAS A PRINCIPLE INCOME.
00:14:02.44\00:14:06.41
AND THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT
GRAPES - WE ACTUALLY HAVE A FEW
00:14:06.41\00:14:09.04
GRAPES AT OUR PLACE IN COVELO
AND I WAS TELLING KAREN I WAS
00:14:09.04\00:14:13.42
JUST UP THERE LAST WEEK
AND THE GRAPES WERE HARVESTED.
00:14:13.42\00:14:15.95
OUR FRIEND HARVESTED OUR GRAPES.
THEY STUCK THEM IN THE FRIDGE.
00:14:15.95\00:14:18.72
I THOUGHT, 'GREAT, I'LL BRING
THEM HOME.' AND I LEFT THEM.
00:14:18.72\00:14:22.29
OH, THEY'RE GREAT.
THEY'RE RED SEEDLESS GRAPES AND
00:14:22.29\00:14:24.86
THEY'RE GREAT - THEY'RE ORGANIC.
THAT JUST MEANS WE'RE TOO POOR
00:14:24.86\00:14:28.00
AND LAZY TO PUT THE CHEMICALS
ON THEM, SO THEY'RE ORGANIC AND
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THEY'RE SMALL, BUT THEY'RE GOOD.
AND I LEFT THEM ALL UP THERE.
00:14:31.23\00:14:34.87
BUT SOMETHING ABOUT GRAPES
IS WHEN IT COMES TIME TO HARVEST
00:14:34.87\00:14:38.47
THE GRAPES - YOU'VE GOT LIKE
SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER - AND WHEN
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THEY'RE RIPE, YOU DON'T WANT
TO WAIT BECAUSE IF A STORM COMES
00:14:42.74\00:14:46.68
THROUGH IT CAN WRECK THE ENTIRE
HARVEST - ALL THE GRAPES'LL
00:14:46.68\00:14:49.78
SPLIT AND IT CAN RUIN THEM.
00:14:49.78\00:14:51.22
SO THERE'S AN URGENCY, WHICH
MEANS THAT OUT OF NOWHERE YOU'RE
00:14:51.22\00:14:54.99
GOING TO NEED A BIG GLUT OF
WORKERS THAT YOU CAN'T EMPLOY
00:14:54.99\00:14:59.46
ALL YEAR LONG, BUT YOU
NEED THEM FOR THE HARVEST.
00:14:59.46\00:15:02.33
AND MAYBE THE LANDOWNER SEES
A STORM'S COMING IN, BECAUSE
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YOU'LL NOTICE THAT ALL THROUGH
THE DAY HE CONTINUES TO GO TO
00:15:05.33\00:15:08.67
THE MARKETPLACE TO LOOK FOR
WORKERS BECAUSE, THROUGH THE
00:15:08.67\00:15:11.77
STORY, HE NEVER
HAS ENOUGH WORKERS.
00:15:11.77\00:15:15.28
YOU NOTICE OUR MEMORY VERSE?
00:15:15.28\00:15:17.11
HARVEST IS GREAT; LABORERS
ARE FEW. I REMEMBER DOING AN
00:15:17.11\00:15:22.18
EVANGELISTIC MEETING IN A
TOWN AND ONE OF THE NEIGHBORING
00:15:22.18\00:15:27.06
CHURCHES WAS COMPLAINING
THAT WE WERE STEALING SHEEP.
00:15:27.06\00:15:30.59
AND THE CONFERENCE PRESIDENT
SAID, 'PASTOR, CALM DOWN,
00:15:30.59\00:15:33.16
THERE'S ENOUGH SINNERS TO GO
AROUND.' I MEAN, WHEN YOU THINK
00:15:33.16\00:15:37.30
ABOUT IT, A LITTLE CHURCH HAD
A HANDFUL OF MEMBERS AND SOME OF
00:15:37.30\00:15:40.44
HIS MEMBERS WANTED TO COME
OVER AND VISIT OUR EVANGELISTIC
00:15:40.44\00:15:42.64
MEETING, IT'S LIKE, 'YOU'RE
STEALING OUR MEMBERS.' AND THERE
00:15:42.64\00:15:46.47
ARE SO MANY LOST PEOPLE OUT
THERE THAT WE SHOULDN'T REALLY
00:15:46.47\00:15:50.81
WORRY ABOUT THAT.
SO IN THE PARABLE,
00:15:50.81\00:15:54.52
WHO IS THE LAND OWNER?
AND WHAT IS THE VINEYARD?
00:15:54.52\00:15:58.29
YOU CAN LOOK IN PSALM 80, VERSE
8 - A LOT OF VERSES BEAR THIS
00:15:58.29\00:16:02.36
OUT. "YOU HAVE
BROUGHT A VINE OUT OF
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EGYPT; YOU HAVE CAST OUT
THE NATIONS, AND PLANTED IT.
00:16:04.73\00:16:08.80
YOU PREPARED ROOM FOR IT, AND
CAUSED IT TO TAKE DEEP ROOT, AND
00:16:08.80\00:16:11.83
IT FILLED THE LAND. THE
HILLS WERE COVERED WITH ITS
00:16:11.83\00:16:14.47
SHADOW, AND THE MIGHTY
CEDARS WITH ITS BOUGHS."
00:16:14.47\00:16:18.01
SO THE LAND OF ISRAEL, THE
PEOPLE OF GOD, HIS KINGDOM IS
00:16:18.01\00:16:20.91
SYMBOLIZED BY THIS VINEYARD.
ISAIAH 5:1 - "NOW LET ME SING
00:16:20.91\00:16:25.01
TO MY WELL-BELOVED A SONG OF MY
BELOVED REGARDING HIS VINEYARD:"
00:16:25.01\00:16:29.22
THE WELL-BELOVED, OF COURSE,
IS THE LORD, HIS VINEYARD, HIS
00:16:29.22\00:16:32.72
PEOPLE, HIS KINGDOM, HIS
CHURCH - "MY WELL-BELOVED HAS A
00:16:32.72\00:16:36.19
VINEYARD ON A
VERY FRUITFUL HILL.
00:16:36.19\00:16:38.46
HE DUG IT UP AND CLEARED OUT ITS
STONES, AND PLANTED IT WITH THE
00:16:38.46\00:16:41.46
CHOICEST VINE. HE
BUILT A TOWER IN ITS MIDST,
00:16:41.46\00:16:44.57
AND ALSO MADE A WINEPRESS IN IT;
SO HE EXPECTED IT TO BRING FORTH
00:16:44.57\00:16:48.67
GOOD GRAPES, BUT IT
BROUGHT FORTH WILD GRAPES" - NOW
00:16:48.67\00:16:51.54
NOTICE, THE VINEYARD ALSO HAS A
WINEPRESS IN IT. ANY OF YOU EVER
00:16:51.54\00:16:54.71
SEEN THAT, WHEN THEY ARE
HARVESTING GRAPES, THE MAJORITY
00:16:54.71\00:16:57.91
OF THE GRAPES IN THE VINEYARD
ARE TURNED INTO GRAPE JUICE.
00:16:57.91\00:17:03.25
NOW, YOU DO FIND A COUPLE
OF PLACES WHERE DAVID BROUGHT
00:17:03.25\00:17:05.92
RAISINS TO HIS BROTHERS AND, OF
COURSE, THEY WOULD EAT SOME OF
00:17:05.92\00:17:10.43
THE GRAPES FRESH - I'M SURE THEY
ENJOYED THAT, BUT 99 PERCENT OF
00:17:10.43\00:17:14.30
ALL THE VINEYARD THEY TURNED
INTO JUICE AND SOME WOULD LATER
00:17:14.30\00:17:18.63
TURN INTO STRONG DRINK.
THERE WAS THE NEW WINE AND
00:17:18.63\00:17:21.77
THERE WAS THE NOT-SO-NEW WINE.
AND SO, WHEN THEY'RE HARVESTING,
00:17:21.77\00:17:26.37
THEY'RE ALSO
CRUSHING OUT THE GRAPES.
00:17:26.37\00:17:28.38
YOU EVER SEEN THE PICTURES - YOU
CAN SEE IT IN ITALY - YOU KNOW,
00:17:28.38\00:17:30.51
THEY ALL LOCK ARMS, THEY DANCE
AROUND, THEY SQUASH THEM WITH
00:17:30.51\00:17:32.51
THEIR HOPEFULLY CLEAN FEET?
AND THEY MASH OUT THE GRAPES AND
00:17:32.51\00:17:37.79
THE GRAPE JUICE IS POURING OUT.
THEY'RE FILLING THE VATS AND
00:17:37.79\00:17:40.02
THEN THEY FILL IT - PUT IT IN
THE WINESKINS. AND AT THE SAME
00:17:40.02\00:17:43.32
TIME THE HARVEST IS GOING,
THEY'RE DUMPING THE GRAPES.
00:17:43.32\00:17:45.73
THEY'RE NOT PUTTING THEM ON
SEMIS THAT SHIP THEM DOWN TO
00:17:45.73\00:17:47.86
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THEY'RE
DUMPING THEM INTO THE WINE VAT
00:17:47.86\00:17:51.57
WHERE THEY'RE GETTING MASHED
UP. NOW WHAT DOES THE GRAPE
00:17:51.57\00:17:54.97
REPRESENT - WHAT DOES
THE GRAPE JUICE REPRESENT?
00:17:54.97\00:17:57.74
WHAT DID JESUS OFFER?
WHAT WAS THE NEW WINE?
00:17:57.74\00:18:00.98
BECAUSE THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NOT
FERMENTED AT THE HARVEST, RIGHT?
00:18:00.98\00:18:04.58
IT'S THE BLOOD OF
CHRIST. IT'S THE GOSPEL.
00:18:04.58\00:18:08.25
SO THIS IS ALL IN THE CONTEXT OF
'I NEED WORKERS IN MY VINEYARD
00:18:08.25\00:18:12.99
TO HARVEST THE GRAPES AND
MAKE THE GRAPE JUICE SO THAT
00:18:12.99\00:18:16.83
PEOPLE CAN BE SUPPLIED WITH
THE CLEANSING BLOOD OF CHRIST.
00:18:16.83\00:18:22.30
IT'S ALL ABOUT
THE GOSPEL. YOU NOTICE
00:18:22.30\00:18:24.67
THERE'S SOME URGENCY.
FIRST, WHAT TIME OF DAY
00:18:24.67\00:18:27.30
DOES THE LANDOWNER GO OUT?
IT SAYS THE FIRST HOUR, WHICH IS
00:18:27.30\00:18:33.11
6 AM - RIGHT AT THE FIRST LIGHT.
NOW, IF HE'S GOT A VINEYARD,
00:18:33.11\00:18:39.91
THERE ARE OTHER LANDOWNERS AND
THEY'VE GOT VINEYARDS AND, IF
00:18:39.91\00:18:41.92
IT'S HARVEST TIME FOR HIM,
IT'S HARVEST TIME FOR THEM AND
00:18:41.92\00:18:44.02
THAT MEANS THERE IS A DEMAND
- EVERYBODY IS WANTING WORKERS
00:18:44.02\00:18:47.76
AND THE EARLY BIRD GETS
THE WORM. AND SO HE GOES AT THE
00:18:47.76\00:18:50.53
BREAK OF DAY TO THE MARKETPLACE
WHERE THEY WOULD ALL GATHER AND
00:18:50.53\00:18:54.13
HE'S LOOKING FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE
WILLING TO WORK IN HIS VINEYARD.
00:18:54.13\00:18:58.40
AND THEN IT SAYS
THAT HE GOES AT 6:00 AM.
00:18:58.40\00:19:02.70
HE GOES AT 9:00, WHICH WE
WOULD CALL THE THIRD HOUR.
00:19:02.70\00:19:05.84
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THIRD HOUR
OF THE WORKING DAY, SO THE TIMES
00:19:05.84\00:19:09.01
- AND YOU CAN SEE
THIS AT THE CROSS OF JESUS.
00:19:09.01\00:19:11.95
I THINK JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED
AROUND NOON AND HE DIED - NO, HE
00:19:11.95\00:19:16.89
WAS CRUCIFIED AROUND 9:00 IN THE
MORNING AND JESUS DIED AT 3:00
00:19:16.89\00:19:20.09
IN THE AFTERNOON.
HE STAYED ON THE CROSS
00:19:20.09\00:19:21.56
FOR ANOTHER
HOUR. THEY BURIED HIM
00:19:21.56\00:19:23.22
JUST BEFORE SABBATH. AND
SO THIS GUY, HE GOES OUT, IN
00:19:23.22\00:19:25.93
OUR VERNACULAR, 6:00 AM,
9:00, 12:00, 3:00 AND 5:00.
00:19:25.93\00:19:33.07
THE END OF THE WORK DAY
WAS 6:00, SO GOING AND FINDING
00:19:33.07\00:19:36.97
WORKERS AT 5:00 TO WORK
ONE HOUR ALMOST SEEMED FUTILE.
00:19:36.97\00:19:40.78
IT'S AMAZING HE
EVEN FOUND ANYBODY.
00:19:40.78\00:19:43.08
BUT YOU'LL NOTICE, HE
NEVER FINDS ENOUGH WORKERS.
00:19:43.08\00:19:47.15
THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF WORKERS.
THERE'S ALWAYS MORE HARVEST
00:19:47.15\00:19:51.19
THAN THERE IS WORKERS.
YOU KNOW, I'M VERY THANKFUL
00:19:51.19\00:19:56.36
THAT, IN OUR DENOMINATION, EVERY
TIME I RECORD THIS IT CHANGES
00:19:56.36\00:20:00.73
BECAUSE OUR CHURCH IS GROWING
SO QUICKLY - RIGHT NOW WE HAVE
00:20:00.73\00:20:03.10
OVER 18 MILLION SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTISTS AND LAST TIME I
00:20:03.10\00:20:08.47
PREACHED THIS SERMON THERE
WERE 16 MILLION. I LOOKED AT MY
00:20:08.47\00:20:11.44
NOTES. AND THAT'S REALLY
ENCOURAGING. THERE ARE 7.3 OR 4
00:20:11.44\00:20:19.05
BILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
TODAY AND IN ONE YEAR, INCLUDING
00:20:19.05\00:20:24.19
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
THAT WILL DIE, 90 MILLION NEW
00:20:24.19\00:20:27.82
PEOPLE WILL BE ADDED TO THE
WORLD'S POPULATION - 90 MILLION.
00:20:27.82\00:20:32.26
SO WHILE I'M ENCOURAGED THAT WE
HAVE 18 MILLION MEMBERS IN THE
00:20:32.26\00:20:34.93
CHURCH, THE FACT THAT 90 MILLION
ARE BEING ADDED TO THE MASS
00:20:34.93\00:20:39.93
EVERY YEAR, IT MAKES YOU WONDER,
'ARE WE GETTING ANYWHERE?'
00:20:39.93\00:20:43.41
WELL, WE ARE, HOPEFULLY, GROWING
EXPONENTIALLY AND, YOU KNOW, IF
00:20:43.41\00:20:48.41
A THOUSAND YEARS GO BY,
WE'LL EVENTUALLY CATCH UP.
00:20:48.41\00:20:51.75
NO, I JUST MADE THAT UP
IN MY HEAD SO DON'T GET YOUR
00:20:51.75\00:20:55.28
CALCULATOR OUT. MY POINT IS: THE
00:20:55.28\00:20:58.69
HARVEST IS GREAT.
90 MILLION NEW PEOPLE
00:20:58.69\00:21:02.59
BORN EVERY YEAR.
WE'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO
00:21:02.59\00:21:08.36
DO SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY.
HOW DID THE DISCIPLES TAKE THE
00:21:08.36\00:21:11.57
GOSPEL TO THE THEN
KNOWN WORLD IN ONE GENERATION?
00:21:11.57\00:21:15.07
FROM THE TIME THAT PENTECOST
HAPPENED IN ACTS CHAPTER 2 UNTIL
00:21:15.07\00:21:18.54
PAUL WROTE 'THE GOSPEL'S BEEN
PREACHED TO EVERY CREATURE' -
00:21:18.54\00:21:21.01
NOW HE WAS USING, KIND OF,
LARGE LANGUAGE TO SAY IT'S GONE
00:21:21.01\00:21:23.71
THROUGHOUT THE ROMAN
EMPIRE. IN ONE GENERATION -
00:21:23.71\00:21:27.22
YOU KNOW WHAT IT
WAS? THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:21:27.22\00:21:30.05
EVERY MEMBER SAW
THAT THEY WERE A MINISTER.
00:21:30.05\00:21:32.72
EVERY MEMBER HAD A PASSION
TO SEE OTHER PEOPLE SAVED.
00:21:32.72\00:21:36.86
THEY FELT SOME URGENCY THAT
THEY NEEDED TO GET THE WORD OUT
00:21:36.86\00:21:39.83
THAT LIFE WAS SHORT.
AND SO, BECAUSE OF THAT,
00:21:39.83\00:21:42.93
IT WENT EVERYWHERE. NOW
HERE WE ARE AT THE END OF
00:21:42.93\00:21:45.63
TIME - SHOULD WE
HAVE THAT URGENCY?
00:21:45.63\00:21:49.57
THERE IS AN URGENCY.
THERE'S A STORM COMING.
00:21:49.57\00:21:53.11
THE HARVEST IS
GOING TO BE WRECKED.
00:21:53.11\00:21:55.78
PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T REACH
BEFORE JESUS COMES, IT'LL BE TOO
00:21:55.78\00:21:58.35
LATE AFTER HE
COMES. ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
00:21:58.35\00:22:00.85
SO THERE'S SOME
URGENCY TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT.
00:22:00.85\00:22:05.05
SO THE FIRST CREW GOES OUT AND
HE TELLS THEM, 'WORK ONE DAY AND
00:22:05.05\00:22:08.26
I'LL PAY YOU...' - WHAT? - 'A
DENARIUS'. AND THE DENARIUS WAS
00:22:08.26\00:22:13.23
AN ANCIENT ROMAN COIN -
MATTER OF FACT, IT'S THE MOST
00:22:13.23\00:22:16.36
FREQUENTLY MENTIONED COIN
THAT YOU FIND IN THE BIBLE.
00:22:16.36\00:22:19.97
TYPICALLY, ON ONE SIDE OF IT, IT
WOULD HAVE THE IMAGE OF HERCULES
00:22:19.97\00:22:22.90
OR APOLLO OR ONE
OF THE GREEK GODS.
00:22:22.90\00:22:26.21
AND ON THE FLIP SIDE, IT WOULD
HAVE SOME EFFIGY OR IMAGE OF THE
00:22:26.21\00:22:28.94
RULING CAESAR OF THE DAY.
AND THEY FOUND MANY EXAMPLES
00:22:28.94\00:22:32.88
OF THE ANCIENT
DENARIUS. IT WAS A SILVER COIN.
00:22:32.88\00:22:35.85
IT'S A SMALL COIN, BUT IT WAS
A SILVER COIN - A LITTLE SMALLER
00:22:35.85\00:22:38.72
THAN ONE OF THE THIRTY THAT
JUDAS PROBABLY SOLD JESUS FOR.
00:22:38.72\00:22:42.42
WE DON'T KNOW THAT FOR SURE
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T NAME WHAT THE
00:22:42.42\00:22:44.49
SIZE OF THE COIN WAS. A
DENARIUS WAS MADE TO SUPPLY
00:22:44.49\00:22:47.96
- IT WASN'T - THEY CALLED IT A
DAY'S WAGE, BUT IT WAS ENOUGH TO
00:22:47.96\00:22:52.43
GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE THAN THE
FOOD YOU WOULD NEED FOR THE DAY.
00:22:52.43\00:22:55.50
IT WOULD FEED A
FAMILY FOR A DAY.
00:22:55.50\00:22:58.24
SO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING
PAID, THESE DAY WORKERS, THEY
00:22:58.24\00:23:01.88
ARE LIVING, AS YOU
SAY, FROM HAND TO MOUTH.
00:23:01.88\00:23:04.61
THEY NEEDED THAT PAY THAT DAY
BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THEIR FOOD
00:23:04.61\00:23:08.65
AND, PERHAPS, THEIR FAMILY'S
FOOD. AND SO HE SAID, 'LOOK,
00:23:08.65\00:23:12.69
THIS IS THE GOING RATE.'
HE OFFERS A FAIR WAGE TO THEM.
00:23:12.69\00:23:15.99
HE SAYS, 'I'LL PAY YOU
A DENARIUS.' THEY AGREE.
00:23:15.99\00:23:18.46
THEY, EVIDENTLY, THINK IT'S A
GOOD WAGE AND SO HE GOES OUT AND
00:23:18.46\00:23:21.86
GETS HIS FIRST CREW
AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING.
00:23:21.86\00:23:25.27
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE,
EVIDENTLY WAITING FOR WORK,
00:23:25.27\00:23:29.10
BECAUSE HE CONTINUES TO
COME TO THE MARKETPLACE.
00:23:29.10\00:23:31.17
NOW JUST YESTERDAY - AND I THINK
SHERLE MIGHT THROW THIS PICTURE
00:23:31.17\00:23:33.74
UP ON THE SCREEN - I WAS AT HOME
DEPOT. I ACTUALLY WAS GOING TO
00:23:33.74\00:23:37.58
WAL-MART BUT HOME DEPOT'S NEXT
DOOR. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE
00:23:37.58\00:23:41.18
SEEN THIS IN TOWN - YOU CAN FIND
IT AT LOWES OR HOME DEPOT AND
00:23:41.18\00:23:45.09
SOME OF THESE BIG BOX STORES.
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF WORKERS
00:23:45.09\00:23:48.89
THAT WERE HANGING AROUND IN THE
PARKING LOT, CLUSTERED TOGETHER,
00:23:48.89\00:23:52.76
I STOOD FAR ENOUGH AWAY WHERE I
DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE ANYBODY FEEL
00:23:52.76\00:23:57.33
UNCOMFORTABLE AND I QUICKLY
SNAPPED THIS ON MY PHONE.
00:23:57.33\00:23:59.77
I COUNTED EIGHT MEN - AND THIS
WAS 10:00 - YOU KNOW WHY THEY'RE
00:23:59.77\00:24:04.47
THERE? THEY WERE
LOOKING FOR WORK.
00:24:04.47\00:24:08.18
THEY'RE HOPING SOME CONTRACTOR
JUST IS NEEDING AN EXTRA HAND
00:24:08.18\00:24:11.48
FOR A JOB THAT WILL COME
AND OFFER THEM WORK AND, RIGHT
00:24:11.48\00:24:14.45
THERE, WHAT THEY DO IS YOU DRIVE
UP AND YOU SAY, 'I'M LOOKING FOR
00:24:14.45\00:24:17.69
A MAN - OR A COUPLE OF MEN
- I'VE GOT SOME CEMENT WORK.
00:24:17.69\00:24:20.96
$15.00 AN HOUR - OR WHATEVER
IT IS - $20.00 ANY HOUR.
00:24:20.96\00:24:23.39
YOU SAY, 'OKAY.' 'OKAY.' THEY
HOP IN THE TRUCK AND THEY FOLLOW
00:24:23.39\00:24:26.46
HIM. THEY'RE JUST LOOKING
FOR WORK. AND YOU'RE KIND OF SAD
00:24:26.46\00:24:30.90
BECAUSE SOMETIMES I'VE GONE
TO HOME DEPOT AT 3:00 IN THE
00:24:30.90\00:24:33.30
AFTERNOON AND THEY'RE STILL
THERE. NOBODY'S HIRED THEM.
00:24:33.30\00:24:36.74
AND I THOUGHT, 'MAN, AT THAT
POINT I'D GIVE UP AND I'D GO
00:24:36.74\00:24:39.07
HOME.' AND THEY'RE STILL THERE
BECAUSE THEY NEED TOO FEED THEIR
00:24:39.07\00:24:43.04
FAMILY AND THEY'RE HOPING
SOMEBODY, EVEN IF IT'S JUST AN
00:24:43.04\00:24:45.15
HOUR OR TWO, SOMEBODY
WILL GIVE THEM SOME WORK.
00:24:45.15\00:24:48.55
AND SO THESE WERE TOUGH TIMES.
AND THIS - KEEP IN MIND, JESUS
00:24:48.55\00:24:51.15
LIVED BEFORE
THEY HAD LABOR UNIONS.
00:24:51.15\00:24:53.49
AND SO THAT'S HOW
THEY DID IT BACK THEN.
00:24:53.49\00:24:56.22
THE LAND OWNERS WOULD GO THROUGH
THE MARKETPLACE WHERE EVERYBODY
00:24:56.22\00:24:58.66
GATHERED AND THEY WOULD MILL
AROUND AND IT WASN'T TOO HARD TO
00:24:58.66\00:25:02.13
SPY THE WORKING MEN WAITING FOR
WORK AND THEY WOULD SAY, 'COME,
00:25:02.13\00:25:05.97
I'VE GOT WORK FOR YOU.' AND
WERE THEY HAPPY WHEN THEY HEARD
00:25:05.97\00:25:08.74
SOMEONE CALL THEM? WHEN
WE'RE INVITED BY THE LORD
00:25:08.74\00:25:12.17
TO THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK IN
THE WORLD, ANY PAYMENT YOU MIGHT
00:25:12.17\00:25:15.64
GET IN THIS LIFE,
IT'S GOING TO EVAPORATE.
00:25:15.64\00:25:17.95
IT'LL TURN TO DUST BUT THE
TREASURE THAT JESUS IS OFFERING
00:25:17.95\00:25:21.15
IS ONE THAT WILL LAST FOREVER,
SO HE'S OFFERING TO HAVE YOU
00:25:21.15\00:25:24.65
COME WORK FOR
HIM. IS THAT GOOD NEWS?
00:25:24.65\00:25:27.19
IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT NEWS IN
THE WORLD - THAT YOU COULD WORK
00:25:27.19\00:25:31.16
ALONGSIDE OF CHRIST. SO
EVERYONE IS INVITED TO WORK.
00:25:31.16\00:25:35.83
JESUS SAID, 'THE HARVEST IS
GREAT.' SO THE EMPLOYER GOES
00:25:35.83\00:25:39.53
DOWN AND HE SAYS, 'COME WORK IN
MY VINEYARD.' WHAT WAS THE WORK
00:25:39.53\00:25:43.20
OF ADAM AND EVE?
TO DRESS AND KEEP
00:25:43.20\00:25:46.01
THE GARDEN OF GOD. AND
WE'VE ALL BEEN CALLED TO
00:25:46.01\00:25:48.21
WORK IN THE VINEYARD OF THE
LORD. I'M SURE THEY HAD GRAPES
00:25:48.21\00:25:51.21
IN THE GARDEN. SO HE
RETURNS SEVERAL TIMES AND,
00:25:51.21\00:25:54.12
AT ONE POINT, HE SAID,
'WHY DO YOU STAND HERE IDLE?
00:25:54.12\00:25:57.65
YOU'RE STILL STANDING HERE AND
YOU HAVEN'T FOUND ANY WORK YET.'
00:25:57.65\00:26:02.32
AND SO HE SAYS, 'LOOK,
DON'T BE IDLE, GO TO WORK.
00:26:02.32\00:26:08.80
THERE'S WORK
AVAILABLE. THE HARVEST IS GREAT.
00:26:08.80\00:26:09.70
THE STORM IS
COMING. COME INTO MY FIELD.
00:26:09.70\00:26:11.63
IDLENESS - YOU KNOW, IT SAYS IN
EZEKIEL 16 - YOU EVER HEARD THE
00:26:11.63\00:26:16.57
EXPRESSION IDLENESS
IS THE DEVIL'S WORKSHOP.
00:26:16.57\00:26:17.41
HAVE YOU HEARD
THAT? BOY, THAT'S TRUE.
00:26:17.41\00:26:18.24
IT'S ESPECIALLY
TRUE WITH TEENAGERS.
00:26:18.24\00:26:19.37
IF YOU DON'T GIVE THEM SOMETHING
TO DO, THEY'LL FIGURE OUT
00:26:19.37\00:26:30.69
SOMETHING. IT'S
NOT ALWAYS GOOD, AND IF
00:26:30.69\00:26:34.09
THEY DON'T HAVE HOMEWORK
AND THEY'RE JUST SURFING THE
00:26:34.09\00:26:35.92
INTERNET, IT'S
PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE GOOD.
00:26:35.92\00:26:39.16
AND SO, - BUT IF YOU KEEP THEM
BUSY, YOU KEEP THEM OCCUPIED.
00:26:39.16\00:26:43.00
I HAD SOME PARENTS COMPLAINING
TO ME, 'PASTOR DOUG, OUR CHILD
00:26:43.00\00:26:49.37
IS UP AT WEIMAR AND THEY JUST
KEEP THEM BUSY ALL DAY LONG.' I
00:26:49.37\00:26:54.54
SAID, 'YEAH,
THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT.
00:26:54.54\00:26:57.71
IT KEEPS THEM OUT OF TROUBLE.
EZEKIEL 16, VERSE 49, "LOOK,
00:26:57.71\00:27:03.22
THIS WAS THE INIQUITY OF
YOUR SISTER SODOM: SHE AND HER
00:27:03.22\00:27:06.45
DAUGHTER HAD PRIDE, FULLNESS OF
FOOD, AND ABUNDANCE OF IDLENESS;
00:27:06.45\00:27:12.19
NEITHER DID SHE STRENGTHEN
THE HAND OF THE POOR AND NEEDY."
00:27:12.19\00:27:15.43
AND HE GOES ON AND THEN ITEMIZES
SOME OF THEIR OTHER SINS THAT WE
00:27:15.43\00:27:18.03
ALL KNOW TOO WELL. BUT
ONE OF THE THINGS WE FORGET
00:27:18.03\00:27:20.60
ABOUT IS THAT IT WAS SUCH A
LUSH PLACE THAT LOT WANTED TO GO
00:27:20.60\00:27:23.54
TO, THEY SCARCELY HAD TO
WORK. THEY HAD AN ABUNDANCE
00:27:23.54\00:27:25.84
OF IDLENESS. YOU KNOW,
ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF
00:27:25.84\00:27:29.01
PEOPLE IN AMERICA, FOLKS USED TO
GROW UP IN RURAL COMMUNITIES AND
00:27:29.01\00:27:34.65
ON FARMS - ANY OF YOU GROW UP ON
A FARM OR A RANCH? NOT NEAR AS
00:27:34.65\00:27:39.79
MANY HANDS AS IT USED TO BE.
DO YOU KNOW, IT USED TO BE THAT
00:27:39.79\00:27:44.26
80 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE GREW UP
ON FARMS AND A FEW LIVED IN THE
00:27:44.26\00:27:47.50
CITY, BECAUSE IT TOOK A LOT
OF PEOPLE TO WORK THE FARMS?
00:27:47.50\00:27:51.20
BUT NOW, WITH MECHANIZED
FARMING, AND GENETIC ENGINEERING
00:27:51.20\00:27:55.77
OF THE CROPS THAT ARE SO
RESISTANT AND - IT TAKES VERY
00:27:55.77\00:28:01.41
FEW PEOPLE TO
MANAGE THOUSANDS OF ACRES.
00:28:01.41\00:28:05.75
AND, COMPARED TO OUR ANCESTORS,
WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE DIABETES
00:28:05.75\00:28:09.75
AND HEART DISEASE AND PROBLEMS
BECAUSE WE DON'T GET THE
00:28:09.75\00:28:11.82
EXERCISE YOU GET
WORKING ON A FARM.
00:28:11.82\00:28:14.16
AND THEY COULD EAT CHOLESTEROL
THREE TIMES A DAY AND STILL LIVE
00:28:14.16\00:28:16.29
TO OLD AGE BECAUSE THEY
WORKED SO HARD BACK THEN.
00:28:16.29\00:28:19.43
BUT NOW, WE'VE GOT LIVES WHERE
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF LEISURE, A
00:28:19.43\00:28:23.23
LOT OF ABUNDANCE, A LOT OF
SEDENTARY THINGS HAPPENING, AND
00:28:23.23\00:28:26.94
THAT'S NOT ALWAYS GOOD. A
LOT OF CHRISTIANS ARE IDLE
00:28:26.94\00:28:32.17
AND WE'RE JUST KIND OF BOUNCING
AROUND IN THE MALL OR ON THE
00:28:32.17\00:28:35.31
INTERNET WHEN WE COULD BE
SERVING CHRIST. HEY, I'VE GOT A
00:28:35.31\00:28:38.35
GREAT IDEA FOR A MINISTRY.
YOU LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO?
00:28:38.35\00:28:43.62
COUPLE OF TIMES A DAY, GET A
FEW BAGS OF SANDWICHES AND GO TO
00:28:43.62\00:28:47.59
HOME DEPOT OR LOWES AND GIVE
THEM TO THOSE GUYS RIGHT AROUND
00:28:47.59\00:28:52.46
BRUNCH TIME - THAT ARE WAITING
THERE - I BET - AND YOU GIVE
00:28:52.46\00:28:55.73
THEM A FEW TRACTS - I BET
THEY'D REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
00:28:55.73\00:28:59.87
THAT'D BE A GREAT MINISTRY FOR
SOMEONE. IF YOU'RE BILINGUAL,
00:28:59.87\00:29:02.24
THAT'LL REALLY HELP.
DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW THAT.
00:29:02.24\00:29:05.47
BUT THEY, YOU KNOW - THEY -
YOU SEE A SMILE ON THEIR FACE -
00:29:05.47\00:29:10.08
HARVEST IS GREAT. JESUS
SAID THAT THERE'S A LIMIT
00:29:10.08\00:29:15.35
TO HOW LONG OUR WORK
DAY IS GOING TO LAST.
00:29:15.35\00:29:18.52
JOHN 9, VERSE 4, "I MUST WORK
THE WORKS OF HIM WHO SENT ME
00:29:18.52\00:29:22.39
WHILE IT IS DAY; THE NIGHT
IS COMING WHEN NO ONE CAN WORK."
00:29:22.39\00:29:27.50
YOU NOTICE SOMETHING
INTERESTING ABOUT THIS PARABLE?
00:29:27.50\00:29:29.43
THE PARABLE ENCOMPASSES ONE
DAY - SEVERAL HOURS - ONE DAY.
00:29:29.43\00:29:33.37
AND JESUS SAID WE NEED
TO WORK WHILE IT IS DAY.
00:29:33.37\00:29:36.20
CHRIST SAID, 'ARE THERE
NOT TWELVE HOURS IN A DAY?'
00:29:36.20\00:29:38.14
AND THIS IS WHAT THIS
PARABLE WORKS ON - TALKS ABOUT.
00:29:38.14\00:29:42.04
1 TIMOTHY 4:16, "TAKE HEED
TO YOURSELF AND TO THE DOCTRINE.
00:29:42.04\00:29:46.15
CONTINUE IN THEM, FOR IN DOING
THIS YOU WILL SAVE BOTH YOURSELF
00:29:46.15\00:29:50.35
AND THOSE WHO HEAR YOU."
NOW, IF YOU'RE INVOLVED IN GOD'S
00:29:50.35\00:29:54.12
WORK - YOU MAY NOT BE A PREACHER
OR A TEACHER OR A PASTOR OR AN
00:29:54.12\00:29:57.19
EVANGELIST, BUT EVERYBODY
COULD DO SOMETHING TO SHARE
00:29:57.19\00:30:00.63
CHRIST WITH OTHERS. AND,
IN DOING THIS, PAUL SAID,
00:30:00.63\00:30:03.53
NOT ONLY WILL YOU REACH
THEM, YOU'LL SAVE YOURSELF.
00:30:03.53\00:30:08.10
THERE'S
SOMETHING THAT'S VERY GOOD.
00:30:08.10\00:30:09.90
YOU KNOW, THOSE WHO ARE WORKING
IN THE VINEYARD, THE MAN WHO
00:30:09.90\00:30:13.11
OWNED THE VINEYARD NEVER
COMPLAINED IF THEY ATE THE
00:30:13.11\00:30:15.18
GRAPES. IT WAS
UNDERSTOOD, 'YOU COME
00:30:15.18\00:30:18.21
WORK IN MY VINEYARD, YOU GET
TO EAT ALL YOU WANT.' AND SO, IN
00:30:18.21\00:30:22.12
WORKING IN THE
VINEYARD, YOU WERE FED.
00:30:22.12\00:30:24.89
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I
LOVE ABOUT PASTORING IS EVEN THE
00:30:24.89\00:30:28.46
DAYS THAT I DON'T FEEL LIKE
IT, WHEN I KNOW I'VE GOT TO DO A
00:30:28.46\00:30:32.03
BIBLE STUDY OR PREACH, AS I
STUDY IT CHANGES MY FEELINGS AND
00:30:32.03\00:30:36.77
I AM BLESSED, AS I STUDY, TO
TRY TO BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS.
00:30:36.77\00:30:40.77
"IN DOING THIS, YOU WILL SAVE
BOTH YOURSELF AND THOSE WHO HEAR
00:30:40.77\00:30:43.84
YOU." SO IT'S A GOOD IDEA
FOR EVERYBODY TO BE INVOLVED.
00:30:43.84\00:30:48.38
THE HARVEST IS
GREAT, THE LABORERS ARE FEW.
00:30:48.38\00:30:53.31
IDLENESS IS NOT GOOD.
00:30:53.31\00:30:55.65
THE LANDOWNER NEVER SAYS,
'I'VE GOT TOO MANY WORKERS.
00:30:55.65\00:31:01.16
YOU NOTICE THAT IN THE PARABLE?
HE NEVER SAYS, 'I'VE GOT ENOUGH.
00:31:01.16\00:31:03.79
HE KEEPS GOING BACK LOOKING FOR
MORE, LOOKING FOR MORE, LOOKING
00:31:03.79\00:31:06.76
FOR MORE. AND HE SEEMS TO HIRE
THEM IN LITTLE BATCHES AS THEY
00:31:06.76\00:31:09.90
SHOW UP OR DRIBBLE
IN TO THE MARKET PLACE.
00:31:09.90\00:31:13.57
THEN YOU READ ON IN THE PARABLE
IT SAYS - IT'S FINALLY AT THE
00:31:13.57\00:31:16.60
END OF THE DAY - IT'S PAY
TIME. IS THERE A PAYDAY COMING?
00:31:16.60\00:31:21.81
WHEN EVERYBODY IS GOING
TO RECEIVE THEIR REWARD.
00:31:21.81\00:31:26.18
NOW, THESE DAYS, WHEN PEOPLE
WORK, YOU SIGN UP - YOU FILL OUT
00:31:26.18\00:31:31.29
A LOT OF PAPERS, YOU GET YOUR
PHYSICAL, YOU GO TO WORK, YOU
00:31:31.29\00:31:35.96
THEN EXPECT THAT - MAYBE
SOMETIMES YOU'RE HAVING DIRECT
00:31:35.96\00:31:38.99
DEPOSIT AND EVERY COUPLE OF
WEEKS YOUR PAYCHECK IS DEPOSITED
00:31:38.99\00:31:42.50
IN YOUR ACCOUNT. BUT
IN BIBLE TIMES, WHEN YOU
00:31:42.50\00:31:45.30
WERE WORKING, YOU WERE TO
PAY PEOPLE THE DAY WHEN THEY
00:31:45.30\00:31:48.24
DID DAY LABOR FOR YOU.
AND YOU CAN READ IN LEVITICUS
00:31:48.24\00:31:51.24
19:13, "...THE WAGES OF HIM WHO
IS HIRED SHALL NOT REMAIN WITH
00:31:51.24\00:31:55.58
YOU ALL NIGHT UNTIL MORNING."
IT SAYS - AND WHEN THOSE WHO
00:31:55.58\00:31:59.88
CAME THAT WERE HIRED, THEY
WERE PAID. DEUTERONOMY 24:15 -
00:31:59.88\00:32:03.55
DEUTERONOMY 24:15, "EACH DAY YOU
SHALL GIVE HIM HIS WAGES" - NOW,
00:32:03.55\00:32:11.43
I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS THE LAW
FOR THOSE THAT ARE EMPLOYERS.
00:32:11.43\00:32:13.36
I'M SAYING, IN BIBLE TIMES,
THEY LIVED - THEY WERE ALWAYS
00:32:13.36\00:32:16.46
JUST ONE STICK AHEAD OF THE
FIRE - AND FOR YOU TO SAY, 'COME
00:32:16.46\00:32:20.24
BACK NEXT MONTH' -
THESE PEOPLE NEEDED IT.
00:32:20.24\00:32:23.81
"EACH DAY YOU SHALL GIVE HIM HIS
WAGES, AND NOT LET THE SUN GO
00:32:23.81\00:32:27.21
DOWN ON IT, FOR HE IS POOR AND
HAS SET HIS HEART ON IT; LEST HE
00:32:27.21\00:32:31.15
CRY OUT AGAINST YOU TO THE
LORD, AND IT BE SIN TO YOU."
00:32:31.15\00:32:38.12
'SUFFICIENT UNTO THE DAY IS THE
EVIL THEREOF.' IN OUR PRAYERS,
00:32:38.12\00:32:41.42
WHAT DO WE PRAY?
'GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY
00:32:41.42\00:32:43.89
BREAD.' I'M GLAD HIS
MERCIES ARE NEW EVERY MORNING.
00:32:43.89\00:32:48.83
DO YOU KNOW, BEING A
CHRISTIAN IS SOMETHING YOU DO?
00:32:48.83\00:32:50.60
DON'T WORRY ABOUT HOW YOU'RE
GOING TO MAKE IT TOMORROW OR
00:32:50.60\00:32:52.30
NEXT MONTH. WE
LIVE HIM DAY BY DAY.
00:32:52.30\00:32:55.50
YOU KNOW THAT SONG?
AND SO IT'S A DAILY THING.
00:32:55.50\00:32:58.57
SO AT THE END OF THE
DAY, THERE'S A PAYMENT.
00:32:58.57\00:33:01.88
AND, AS HE GOES TO PAY HIM, YOU
KNOW, IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING
00:33:01.88\00:33:05.01
WHAT THE LAND OWNER DOES.
HE TELLS HIS STEWARD, 'BEGIN
00:33:05.01\00:33:08.92
WITH THE ONES WHO
STARTED THE 11TH HOUR.
00:33:08.92\00:33:12.15
PAY THEM FIRST.' YOU NOTICE,
HE NEVER TOLD THEM HOW MUCH THEY
00:33:12.15\00:33:15.02
WERE GOING TO GET PAID. HE
SAID, 'WHATEVER IS FAIR, I'LL
00:33:15.02\00:33:18.16
PAY YOU.' HE ALSO SAID THAT TO
THOSE THAT WERE GOING TO COME AT
00:33:18.16\00:33:20.83
THREE BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY
MISSED THREE HOURS OF WORK.
00:33:20.83\00:33:23.53
HE SAID, 'WHATEVER'S FAIR,
I'LL PAY YOU.' DO THEY ARGUE?
00:33:23.53\00:33:27.44
SO ARE THEY WORKING FOR A
SPECIFIC AMOUNT OR ARE THEY
00:33:27.44\00:33:30.17
TRUSTING THE
LANDOWNER, THAT HE WILL BE FAIR.
00:33:30.17\00:33:34.48
THEY ARE WORKING
BY FAITH, AREN'T THEY?
00:33:34.48\00:33:37.71
THE OTHER ONES HAD A CONTRACT
- THE FIRST ONES IN THE MORNING.
00:33:37.71\00:33:40.68
ALL DAY - 12
HOURS - ONE DENARIUS.
00:33:40.68\00:33:43.39
THE OTHERS COME, HE SAYS,
'WHATEVER'S FAIR, I'LL PAY YOU.'
00:33:43.39\00:33:46.76
SO HE TELLS HIS STEWARD, 'START
WITH THE LAST ONE.' AND SO ALL
00:33:46.76\00:33:51.66
THE MEN LINE UP AND THEY'RE
GATHERED TOGETHER FOR PAY DAY -
00:33:51.66\00:33:54.20
AND THE ONES WHO STARTED AT THE
ELEVENTH HOUR, YOU COULD JUST
00:33:54.20\00:33:56.50
HEAR THE MURMURING IN
THE VINEYARD WHEN THESE GUYS
00:33:56.50\00:33:58.40
SUDDENLY SHOW UP AND
THERE'S ONE HOUR LEFT TO WORK.
00:33:58.40\00:34:01.34
AND SO, THESE GUYS THAT SHOW
UP THE LAST HOUR, THEY COME AND
00:34:01.34\00:34:04.51
THEY'VE GOT A TABLE SET UP THERE
AND THE, YOU KNOW, STEWARDS GOT
00:34:04.51\00:34:07.48
HIS LEDGER SHEET AND HE
SAYS, 'OKAY, YEAH, YOU GUYS.
00:34:07.48\00:34:10.35
ALRIGHT, HERE'S YOUR DENARIUS.'
AND EVERYONE LOOKS AND THEY GO,
00:34:10.35\00:34:13.25
'DENARIUS? WOW,
THEY'RE GETTING A WHOLE
00:34:13.25\00:34:16.75
DENARIUS.' THE ONES WHO'VE BEEN
WORKING ALL DAY LONG, WHAT ARE
00:34:16.75\00:34:19.25
THEY THINKING TO
THEMSELVES? A DENARIUS AN HOUR -
00:34:19.25\00:34:24.09
HOW MUCH DO WE GET?
THAT'LL BE TWELVE DENARIUS.
00:34:24.09\00:34:26.43
WE'VE WORKED TWELVE HOURS.'
AND THEN THE NEXT ONE CAME - ONE
00:34:26.43\00:34:30.67
DENARIUS. WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
00:34:30.67\00:34:33.44
THEY'D ONLY WORKED 10 HOURS -
AND THE ONES WHO WORKED 9 HOURS
00:34:33.44\00:34:39.07
AND 3 HOURS -
THEY'RE ALL GETTING DENARIUS.
00:34:39.07\00:34:42.18
AND SO FINALLY, THEY COME AND
THINK, 'SURELY HE'S GOING TO,
00:34:42.18\00:34:44.85
YOU KNOW, THIS GUY'S GENEROUS.
HE'S GOING TO SHOW US HOW MUCH
00:34:44.85\00:34:47.55
HE APPRECIATES THAT WE
WERE THE FIRST ONES ON THE JOB.
00:34:47.55\00:34:50.69
WE HAVE WORKED
THROUGH THE HEAT OF THE DAY.
00:34:50.69\00:34:53.52
WHAT'S HE GOING TO GIVE
US?' WHAT DOES HE GIVE THEM?
00:34:53.52\00:34:57.29
>>ONE DENARIUS. >>WHAT
HE PROMISED. SO WHAT DOES
00:34:57.29\00:35:02.83
THAT MEAN? HOW MUCH DOES
EVERYBODY GET? EVERYONE GETS THE
00:35:02.83\00:35:08.80
SAME THING. WHAT IS THE
PAYMENT FOR THE CHRISTIAN?
00:35:08.80\00:35:14.74
>>HEAVEN. >>ETERNAL LIFE.
00:35:14.74\00:35:17.35
YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU - I'M
A CONVERT TO THE LORD - SOME OF
00:35:17.35\00:35:22.28
YOU HAVE BEEN WITH
HIM FOR 80 OR 90 YEARS.
00:35:22.28\00:35:26.72
YOU'RE NOT GOT GOING TO
GET PAID ANY MORE THAN ME.
00:35:26.72\00:35:28.62
(LAUGHTER) YOU DON'T GET
ANY MORE ETERNITY THAN I GET.
00:35:28.62\00:35:33.63
ARE YOU AWARE - DOES
THAT BOTHER YOU? (LAUGHTER)
00:35:33.63\00:35:37.77
I AM GOING TO GET JUST
AS MUCH ETERNITY AS YOU GET.
00:35:37.77\00:35:42.34
NOW SOMEONE'S GOING TO SAY,
'WELL, SOMEONE WILL HAVE MORE
00:35:42.34\00:35:44.37
STARS IN THEIR CROWN.'
WHO CARES? (LAUGHTER) I MEAN,
00:35:44.37\00:35:47.98
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT, 'LORD,
I KNOW IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
00:35:47.98\00:35:50.05
TO ME THAT I GET A BETTER
MANSION THAN THIS PERSON'?
00:35:50.05\00:35:53.21
I'VE TOLD THE LORD MANY, MANY
TIMES, 'LORD, IF I GET IN BY -
00:35:53.21\00:35:56.05
AS JOB SAYS - THE SKIN OF
MY TEETH, I WILL PRAISE YOU.
00:35:56.05\00:35:59.12
I JUST WANT TO BE THERE.'
00:35:59.12\00:36:00.56
>>AMEN! >>AND IF
YOU'VE GOT A BETTER
00:36:00.56\00:36:02.02
MANSION THAN ME, I'LL
SAY, 'BLESS YOU.' I AM
00:36:02.02\00:36:04.63
JUST GLAD TO BE THERE. >>AMEN.
00:36:04.63\00:36:07.30
>>AND SO, JESUS, HE SAYS,
'COME AFTER ME.' AND WHAT IS THE
00:36:07.30\00:36:10.40
PROMISE? YOU WILL
HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.
00:36:10.40\00:36:12.93
ISN'T THAT WHAT HE SAID AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE PARABLE?
00:36:12.93\00:36:14.57
WHAT WILL WE HAVE?
WELL, YOU'LL HAVE A HUNDRED
00:36:14.57\00:36:16.54
TIMES MORE THAN THIS LIFE.
YOU'LL HAVE MORE FAMILY - YOU'VE
00:36:16.54\00:36:18.57
GOT A CHRISTIAN FAMILY
- GOD'LL WATCH OVER YOU.
00:36:18.57\00:36:20.51
HE'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU - AND
YOU'LL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE IN THE
00:36:20.51\00:36:23.78
WORLD TO COME.
WHAT'S THE PAYMENT?
00:36:23.78\00:36:25.21
WHAT'S THAT
DENARIUS? ETERNAL LIFE.
00:36:25.21\00:36:27.95
WHY ARE THE ONES WHO
WORKED ALL DAY COMPLAINING?
00:36:27.95\00:36:31.99
WELL, THEY'RE THINKING, 'WE'VE
DONE SO MUCH MORE.' AND THEN
00:36:31.99\00:36:36.86
JESUS SAYS, 'THE LAST'LL
BE FIRST AND THE FIRST WILL BE
00:36:36.86\00:36:38.93
LAST.' YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT
GOING ON IN THIS PARABLE THAT
00:36:38.93\00:36:42.43
SOMETIMES PEOPLE MISS. FIRST
OF ALL, THE DISCIPLES - WHAT WAS
00:36:42.43\00:36:46.27
THEIR RACE? >>JEWISH.
00:36:46.27\00:36:49.17
>>THEY'RE JEWS. HOW
MANY OF THEM? ALL OF THEM.
00:36:49.17\00:36:53.74
DID THEY THINK THE GENTILES WERE
SUPPOSED TO BE SAVED WHEN THEY
00:36:53.74\00:36:56.95
FIRST STARTING
WORKING FOR JESUS? NO.
00:36:56.95\00:36:59.55
MATTER OF FACT THEY APPLAUDED
WHEN JESUS SAID TO THAT GENTILE
00:36:59.55\00:37:01.62
WOMAN, 'IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE
TO TAKE THE CHILDREN'S FOOD AND
00:37:01.62\00:37:04.02
GIVE IT TO THE DOGS.' THEY
SAID, 'WE'RE THE SAVED PEOPLE.
00:37:04.02\00:37:07.59
WE'RE GOING TO SIT DOWN IN THE
KINGDOM WITH ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND
00:37:07.59\00:37:09.79
JACOB. HEAVEN IS FOR US.'
00:37:09.79\00:37:12.06
THERE MAY BE A FEW CONVERTS TO
JUDAISM THAT WILL BE THERE, BUT
00:37:12.06\00:37:14.76
IT'S FOR THE
CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM.
00:37:14.76\00:37:16.87
AND WHEN JESUS FIRST SENT THEM
OUT PREACHING, HE SAID, 'DO NOT
00:37:16.87\00:37:20.04
GO INTO THE WAY OF THE GENTILES,
GO FIRST TO THE LOST SHEEP OF
00:37:20.04\00:37:24.21
THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL.
PAUL SAID, 'TO THE JEW FIRST,
00:37:24.21\00:37:28.11
THEN THE
GENTILE.' BUT WHAT HAPPENED?
00:37:28.11\00:37:31.68
NOT LONG AFTER PENTECOST, WHEN
PAUL WENT OUT PREACHING, A LOT
00:37:31.68\00:37:36.45
MORE GENTILES STARTED COMING
TO THE VINEYARD THAN JEWS.
00:37:36.45\00:37:40.36
AND, BY THE TIME PAUL WAS
IMPRISONED, THERE WERE MORE
00:37:40.36\00:37:43.29
GENTILE CHRISTIANS
THAN JEWISH CHRISTIANS.
00:37:43.29\00:37:47.00
AND SOME OF THE JEWISH
CHRISTIANS BEGAN TO RESENT THAT
00:37:47.00\00:37:50.73
THE GENTILES - THEY SAID, 'WE
HAVE BEEN THE GUARDIANS OF THE
00:37:50.73\00:37:53.03
TRUTH. WE HAVE BEEN
THE KEEPERS OF THE WORD.
00:37:53.03\00:37:55.57
WE HAVE TAKEN CARE OF
THE ORACLES OF GOD FOR OVER A
00:37:55.57\00:37:58.11
THOUSAND YEARS AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN THESE GENTILES - LAST
00:37:58.11\00:38:01.11
WEEK THEY WERE EATING
BLOOD SAUSAGE AND SACRIFICING TO
00:38:01.11\00:38:04.35
IDOLS, AND HERE, NOW, YOU'RE
GOING TO TELL THEM THEY GET THE
00:38:04.35\00:38:08.58
SAME REWARD?' ISN'T
THIS WHAT JESUS KEPT
00:38:08.58\00:38:11.19
SAYING, 'MANY WILL COME FROM THE
EAST AND THE WEST AND SIT DOWN
00:38:11.19\00:38:15.06
IN THE KINGDOM WITH ABRAHAM,
ISAAC, AND JACOB, AND THE
00:38:15.06\00:38:18.66
CHILDREN OF THE
KINGDOM ARE IN OUTER DARKNESS.
00:38:18.66\00:38:22.73
AND SO, CHRIST WAS TRYING
TO IMPRESS THEM WITH THE TRUTH.
00:38:22.73\00:38:26.37
YOU'RE GOING TO BE SURPRISED
THAT SOME OF THESE GENTILES -
00:38:26.37\00:38:29.54
PEOPLE LIKE NAAMAN - THE LORD
WOULD HEAL HIM FROM LEPROSY?
00:38:29.54\00:38:34.18
HE'S A GENTILE.
BUT HE WAS WILLING TO
00:38:34.18\00:38:37.45
WORK IN THE VINEYARD.
WHOEVER WAS WILLING TO WORK -
00:38:37.45\00:38:40.55
WE'VE ALL GOT
THIS INSIDE, YOU KNOW?
00:38:40.55\00:38:42.68
WE'RE HAPPY WHEN WE GET A
SCOOP OF ICE CREAM UNTIL WE SEE
00:38:42.68\00:38:45.69
SOMEBODY THAT
GETS TWO. (LAUGHTER)
00:38:45.69\00:38:51.63
I'LL TELL YOU A STORY. I
KNOW WE HAVE SOME VISITORS
00:38:51.63\00:38:53.70
HERE FROM CARMICHAEL
- I'LL TELL YOU A STORY.
00:38:53.70\00:38:57.40
A FEW YEARS AGO, A SAINT GAVE ME
A PHONE CALL - AN OLD LADY - SHE
00:38:57.40\00:39:06.11
SAID, 'PASTOR DOUG, I'D LIKE
TO GIVE A DONATION TO CENTRAL
00:39:06.11\00:39:08.44
CHURCH' - WHERE I WAS PASTORING
AT THE TIME - 'CAN YOU COME
00:39:08.44\00:39:10.65
ON BY?' SO I CAME ON
BY AND I WAS THRILLED
00:39:10.65\00:39:13.08
AND SHE WROTE A VERY SIZEABLE
CHECK - THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
00:39:13.08\00:39:16.79
- THAT'S ALL I'LL TELL
YOU. AND I WAS PRAISING
00:39:16.79\00:39:19.49
THE LORD - VERY HAPPY.
AND SHE SAID, 'WHILE YOU'RE
00:39:19.49\00:39:23.96
HERE, I WONDER IF
YOU'LL DO ME A FAVOR?'
00:39:23.96\00:39:26.83
SHE SAYS, 'TECHNICALLY, MY
MEMBERSHIP'S AT CARMICHAEL.
00:39:26.83\00:39:29.43
I PROBABLY OUGHT TO GIVE
THEM SOMETHING TOO.' AND SO SHE
00:39:29.43\00:39:33.23
WRITES OUT THIS CHECK
THAT'S EVEN BIGGER FOR THEM.
00:39:33.23\00:39:37.27
(LAUGHTER) SHE SAYS, 'PASTOR
DOUG, CAN YOU TAKE THIS OVER TO
00:39:37.27\00:39:40.34
PASTOR OSBORNE AND GIVE IT
TO HIM?' I WASN'T HAPPY ANYMORE.
00:39:40.34\00:39:45.35
(RAUCOUS LAUGHTER) I SHOULD HAVE
SAID, 'WELL, PRAISE THE LORD!
00:39:45.35\00:39:51.65
I GET TO DELIVER GLAD TIDINGS.'
AND I LOOKED AT IT AND I KEPT
00:39:51.65\00:39:56.29
THINKING, 'I WONDER IF I CAN
CHANGE SOME ZEROES ON MY CHECK.'
00:39:56.29\00:40:01.53
(LAUGHTER) I WAS HAPPY UNTIL
I SAW THAT SHE WROTE A BIGGER
00:40:01.53\00:40:06.87
CHECK FOR THEM. ISN'T
THAT THE HUMAN NATURE?
00:40:06.87\00:40:12.47
>>AMEN. >>MOM'S
MAKING PANCAKES AND RYAN
00:40:12.47\00:40:17.08
AND TOM ARE WONDERING WHO'S
GOING TO GET THE FIRST PANCAKE.
00:40:17.08\00:40:21.65
AND MOM SAYS, 'WELL, YOU KNOW,
IF JESUS WAS HERE, JESUS WOULD
00:40:21.65\00:40:25.92
ASK HIS BROTHER TO TAKE THE
FIRST PANCAKE.' AND RYAN SAID TO
00:40:25.92\00:40:30.29
LITTLE TOMMY, 'TOMMY,
YOU GET TO BE JESUS TODAY.'
00:40:30.29\00:40:33.13
(RAUCOUS LAUGHTER)
THAT'S HOW WE ARE, RIGHT?
00:40:33.13\00:40:37.47
WE ALL WANT SOMEONE
ELSE TO TAKE SECOND PLACE.
00:40:37.47\00:40:45.14
THE LAST WILL BE FIRST
AND THE FIRST WILL BE LAST.
00:40:45.14\00:40:48.84
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD ABOUT
IT, BUT IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR
00:40:48.84\00:40:51.15
THE OWNER OF AN INTERNET CREDIT
CARD PAYING COMPANY CALLED
00:40:51.15\00:40:55.85
'GRAVITY PAYMENTS' - HIS NAME IS
DAN PRICE, HE'S THE CEO AND THE
00:40:55.85\00:40:58.95
FOUNDER - STARTED IT WHEN HE WAS
19 - BEGAN TO MAKE MILLIONS OF
00:40:58.95\00:41:01.79
DOLLARS. HIS
ANNUAL SALARY THAT HE
00:41:01.79\00:41:04.16
DECIDED FOR HIMSELF WAS A
MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR AND
00:41:04.16\00:41:07.23
HE READ IN A MAGAZINE ABOUT
INEQUITABLE PAYMENTS AND HE ALSO
00:41:07.23\00:41:11.20
READ THAT THERE WAS A STUDY THAT
IF WORKERS MAKE AT LEAST 70,000
00:41:11.20\00:41:14.77
A YEAR, THEIR QUALITY
OF LIFE AND HAPPINESS AND
00:41:14.77\00:41:16.94
SECURITY IS A LOT GREATER.
AND SOMETHING OVERWHELMED HIM.
00:41:16.94\00:41:20.64
HE COULDN'T SHAKE IT AND SO HE
WENT IN ONE DAY AND HE ANNOUNCED
00:41:20.64\00:41:23.48
TO THE OFFICE - HE HADN'T TOLD
HIS ACCOUNTANTS OR ANYBODY WHAT
00:41:23.48\00:41:26.38
HE WAS DOING - HE SAID - HAD
120 EMPLOYEES - HE SAID, 'I'VE
00:41:26.38\00:41:30.52
DECIDED THAT FROM NOW ON, NOBODY
IN THIS ORGANIZATION IS GOING TO
00:41:30.52\00:41:33.46
MAKE LESS THAN
$70,000.00 PER YEAR.
00:41:33.46\00:41:36.73
EVERYONE WAS ABSOLUTELY QUIET.
HE GATHERED THEM ALL TOGETHER
00:41:36.73\00:41:38.76
TO MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT.
AT FIRST THEY THOUGHT, 'DID
00:41:38.76\00:41:42.10
WE JUST HEAR WHAT HE SAID?'
AND FINALLY IT REGISTERED WITH
00:41:42.10\00:41:44.67
ONE GAL THAT WAS MAKING $35,000
- SHE JUST REALIZED IT WAS
00:41:44.67\00:41:47.60
GOING TO DOUBLE HER PAY.
CAN YOU IMAGINE A RAISE WHEN ALL
00:41:47.60\00:41:51.04
OF A SUDDEN YOU GO
FROM $35,000 TO $70,000?
00:41:51.04\00:41:54.31
HOW MANY OF YOU HEARD ABOUT
THIS? IT WAS IN THE NEWS, YEAH.
00:41:54.31\00:41:57.48
AND THEY ALL LET OUT A SQUEAL
AND APPLAUSE AND HIGH FIVES AND
00:41:57.48\00:42:00.08
- AND THEN PEOPLE BEGAN TO
MURMUR. SOME PEOPLE SAID, 'WAIT
00:42:00.08\00:42:08.02
A SECOND, THEY'RE GOING TO GO
FROM $35,000 TO $70,000 AND THEY
00:42:08.02\00:42:12.73
STARTED LAST MONTH?
I'VE BEEN HERE FIVE YEARS AND
00:42:12.73\00:42:15.30
I'M GOING TO
GET THE SAME THING?'
00:42:15.30\00:42:18.03
AT FIRST EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY
WHEN THEY WERE JUST THINKING
00:42:18.03\00:42:20.40
ABOUT 'WHAT DOES
THIS MEAN? WONDERFUL!
00:42:20.40\00:42:22.34
RAISE FOR EVERYBODY.' BUT
'THEY'RE GETTING MORE THAN ME
00:42:22.34\00:42:27.14
AND THEY'RE' - AND THEN
OTHER COMPANIES BECAME - THEIR
00:42:27.14\00:42:29.88
EMPLOYEES STARTED TALKING
TO THEIR EMPLOYERS SAYING, 'YOU
00:42:29.88\00:42:31.88
HEARD WHAT THEY
DID. HOW ABOUT YOU?'
00:42:31.88\00:42:34.32
AND THEY STARTING SAYING,
'NOW THAT'S A BAD POLICY.
00:42:34.32\00:42:35.98
YOU SHOULDN'T DO THAT BECAUSE
THEN YOU'RE JUST GIVING A TROPHY
00:42:35.98\00:42:38.29
TO EVERYBODY. IT DOESN'T
MATTER HOW HARD THEY WORKED.
00:42:38.29\00:42:40.19
AND YOU NEED TO WORK - WORK.'
AND THIS IS WHAT THE PEOPLE AT
00:42:40.19\00:42:43.53
THE - THE ONES WHO HAD WORKED
ALL DAY LONG - THEY SAID, 'HOW
00:42:43.53\00:42:46.49
COME YOU'RE MAKING THEM EQUAL
WITH US WHO HAVE WORKED ALL DAY
00:42:46.49\00:42:50.80
LONG AND WE'VE WORKED THROUGH
THE SCORCHING HEAT OF THE DAY?'
00:42:50.80\00:42:54.37
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN - I
MEAN, ISN'T IT KIND OF NICE HERE
00:42:54.37\00:42:56.84
IN CALIFORNIA, LIKE
BETWEEN 5:00 AND 6:00?
00:42:56.84\00:43:00.91
IT'S JUST BEEN A
WALK IN THE PARK.
00:43:00.91\00:43:02.94
'YOU'VE ASKED THEM TO WORK JUST
ONE HOUR DURING THE NICEST TIME
00:43:02.94\00:43:05.48
OF THE DAY AND YOU'RE PAYING
THEM THE SAME THING AS US?'
00:43:05.48\00:43:08.92
THEY'RE NOT HAPPY ANYMORE, EVEN
THOUGH THEY ARE GETTING THEIR
00:43:08.92\00:43:11.42
PAY FOR WHAT THEY WERE
PROMISED. THEY'RE WORKING BASED
00:43:11.42\00:43:14.86
ON A CONTRACT OF
WORK. THE OTHER GUYS CAME
00:43:14.86\00:43:17.99
TO WORK FOR GRACE.
THEY'RE TRUSTING THE LANDOWNER.
00:43:17.99\00:43:22.30
AND ISN'T THIS SORT OF WHAT
HAPPENED WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE
00:43:22.30\00:43:25.03
IN THE TIME OF CHRIST?
THEY SAID, 'WE EARNED IT.
00:43:25.03\00:43:27.54
WE PAID TITHE. WE FASTED.
WE'RE KEEPING ALL THE LAWS.'
00:43:27.54\00:43:30.67
THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT
EVEN ABRAHAM WAS SAVED BY GRACE.
00:43:30.67\00:43:34.78
SO THE ONES WHO
RECEIVED GRACE WERE ALL HAPPY.
00:43:34.78\00:43:39.95
THE ONES WHO WERE DOING IT BASED
ON THE CONTRACT, THEY WERE MAD
00:43:39.95\00:43:43.02
EVEN THOUGH THEY GOT
WHAT THEY'D WORKED FOR.
00:43:43.02\00:43:45.75
'THE FIRST WILL BE LAST AND THE
LAST WILL BE FIRST.' YOU KNOW,
00:43:45.75\00:43:49.56
JOHN OUTRAN JESUS - I'M SORRY -
JOHN OUTRAN PETER, GOING TO THE
00:43:49.56\00:43:55.90
TOMB OF JESUS, BUT
PETER WENT IN FIRST?
00:43:55.90\00:44:00.40
THE LAST ARE FIRST
AND THE FIRST ARE LAST.
00:44:00.40\00:44:03.94
WE ALL HAVE ONE DAY IN
WHICH TO WORK, FRIENDS.
00:44:03.94\00:44:09.24
AND AS I LOOK AROUND THE ROOM
RIGHT NOW, I SEE SOME OF YOU
00:44:09.24\00:44:13.85
YOUNG PEOPLE - I WON'T POINT
TO YOU - IT'S 6:00 AM FOR YOU -
00:44:13.85\00:44:18.19
6:00 AM, 9:00 AM, 12:00 AM - I'M
NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHO'S AT
00:44:18.19\00:44:26.06
11:00 - BUT SOME
- AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:44:26.06\00:44:29.93
SOME OF YOU THINK
YOU'RE AT 12:00 AM.
00:44:29.93\00:44:32.20
YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU MAY BE IN
THE 11TH HOUR OF YOUR LIFE RIGHT
00:44:32.20\00:44:35.77
NOW. DO YOU KNOW?
00:44:35.77\00:44:38.14
WE'VE GOT A DAY
OF WORK FOR THE LORD.
00:44:38.14\00:44:40.01
HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH
TIME YOU'VE GOT LEFT TO WORK?
00:44:40.01\00:44:42.88
THIS IS A GREAT MESSAGE RIGHT
NOW BECAUSE WE'RE ON THE CUSP OF
00:44:42.88\00:44:47.95
AN EVANGELISTIC PROGRAM AND YOU
MIGHT BE THINKING, 'WELL, I'VE
00:44:47.95\00:44:52.09
NOT BEEN ASKED TO DO ANYTHING.'
ALRIGHT, LET ME BE THE ONE TO
00:44:52.09\00:44:54.39
ASK YOU. COME. >>AMEN.
00:44:54.39\00:44:57.43
>>YOU WANT TO DO
SOMETHING? SHOW SUPPORT BY YOUR
00:44:57.43\00:44:59.26
BODILY PRESENCE. >>AMEN.
00:44:59.26\00:45:01.73
>>SOME PEOPLE WERE GROUSING THAT
WE'RE NOT STREAMING IT YET ON
00:45:01.73\00:45:03.47
THE INTERNET. WE
SAID, 'WE'RE NOT DOING THAT
00:45:03.47\00:45:05.10
BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE
SITTING IN THEIR POTATO COUCH
00:45:05.10\00:45:08.64
WATCHING IT STREAM WHILE THE
CHURCH IS EMPTY AND THE VISITORS
00:45:08.64\00:45:13.61
FROM THE COMMUNITY COME AND
THEY WONDER WHY NOBODY'S HERE.
00:45:13.61\00:45:17.01
MUST NOT BE VERY IMPORTANT.
SO YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING -
00:45:17.01\00:45:20.25
TALK ABOUT GUILT - PASTOR DOUG
- COME, THE HARVEST IS GREAT.
00:45:20.25\00:45:26.12
WHY DO YOU STAND
IDLE ALL THE DAY?
00:45:26.12\00:45:28.09
YOU WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN
SOUL WINNING, YOU CAN DO THAT.
00:45:28.09\00:45:30.53
AFTER THE SERVICE TAKE
ONE OF THE HOMELESS BAGS.
00:45:30.53\00:45:33.70
SOME OF YOU, NO DOUBT, ARE GOING
TO GIVE IT SOMEBODY WHO'S GOT A
00:45:33.70\00:45:36.93
SCRUFFY BEARD AND THEY'RE GOING
TO STEP INTO A LIMOUSINE RIGHT
00:45:36.93\00:45:38.87
AFTER YOU GIVE IT TO THEM.
'I'M SORRY! I THOUGHT YOU WERE
00:45:38.87\00:45:41.54
HOMELESS.' BUT YOU CAN DO
SOMETHING, RIGHT? EVERYBODY CAN
00:45:41.54\00:45:48.91
DO SOMETHING. WE'VE GOT
ONE DAY IN WHICH TO WORK.
00:45:48.91\00:45:53.52
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO
ENCOURAGING, THIS STORY, BECAUSE
00:45:53.52\00:45:55.48
IT REMINDS US THAT YOU MAY START
LATE, BUT WHEREVER YOU ARE IN
00:45:55.48\00:46:00.56
YOUR LIFE, THE
MASTER IS CALLING YOU.
00:46:00.56\00:46:03.02
WHENEVER HE SEES
YOU HE SAYS, 'COME.
00:46:03.02\00:46:05.49
COME UNTO ME. COME
WORK IN MY VINEYARD.
00:46:05.49\00:46:09.23
COME EAT OF THE GRAPES - PARTAKE
OF THE COVENANT AND I WILL PAY
00:46:09.23\00:46:13.40
YOU.' WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO
RESPOND TO THAT? I REMEMBER
00:46:13.40\00:46:17.97
HEARING AN INCREDIBLE STORY
FROM HISTORY DURING THE 1936
00:46:17.97\00:46:21.91
OLYMPICS. AND WE ALL HEARD ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED WITH JESSE OWENS
00:46:21.91\00:46:25.31
THERE, AND HE SET THE RECORDS
RIGHT IN FRONT OF ADOLF HITLER,
00:46:25.31\00:46:28.98
WHO WAS - HE USED THE 1936 - IT
WAS THE BIGGEST OLYMPICS AT THE
00:46:28.98\00:46:32.52
TIME, IN BERLIN,
AND IT WAS A PROPAGANDA
00:46:32.52\00:46:36.32
EXTRAVAGANZA FOR THE
NAZIS. WORLD WAR II HAD
00:46:36.32\00:46:38.73
NOT BROKEN OUT YET. IT
WAS RIGHT ON THE VERGE.
00:46:38.73\00:46:41.16
BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER AMAZING
STORY OF A RUNNER THERE, BY THE
00:46:41.16\00:46:45.43
NAME OF - THEY CALLED
HIM 'LONG JOHN WOODRUFF'.
00:46:45.43\00:46:50.71
AND THE REASON THEY CALLED HIM
'LONG JOHN' - HE WAS 19 YEARS
00:46:50.71\00:46:52.74
OLD - KIND OF A GANGLY
RUNNER, BUT HE RAN PRETTY FAST.
00:46:52.74\00:46:55.81
IT'S BECAUSE HE HAD JUST ABOUT
A TEN-FOOT STRIDE - 6-FOOT 3 IN
00:46:55.81\00:47:01.62
HEIGHT, TEN
FOOT-STRIDE WHEN HE RAN.
00:47:01.62\00:47:05.02
BUT HE WAS NOT A SOPHISTICATED
RUNNER LIKE SOME OF THESE
00:47:05.02\00:47:07.56
INTERNATIONAL RUNNERS
AND THEY KNEW HE WAS FAST.
00:47:07.56\00:47:10.19
THEY SAW HIM IN THE TRIALS AND
THEY WERE WORRIED, BUT THEY HAD
00:47:10.19\00:47:12.26
A PLAN. THE OTHER RUNNERS GOT
TOGETHER AND THEY SAID, 'WE'RE
00:47:12.26\00:47:14.73
GOING TO BOX HIM IN. HE'S
YOUNG, HE'S INEXPERIENCED.
00:47:14.73\00:47:17.67
HE'LL GO TO THE INSIDE TRACK'
- INSIDE'S FASTER - YOU KNOW,
00:47:17.67\00:47:20.57
GOING THROUGH THE INSIDE OF A
CIRCLE IS FASTER THAN TRYING TO
00:47:20.57\00:47:22.44
PASS ON THE OUTSIDE - YOU'VE
GOT TO RUN A LOT HARDER - AND SO
00:47:22.44\00:47:26.41
WHEN THE 800 METERS - LONG RACE
- WHEN THE STARTING GUN FIRED
00:47:26.41\00:47:33.31
AND THEY ALL TOOK OFF RUNNING,
SURE ENOUGH, HE QUICKLY GOT INTO
00:47:33.31\00:47:36.79
SECOND PLACE ON THE INSIDE LANE,
JUST AS THEY THOUGHT HE WOULD -
00:47:36.79\00:47:40.62
YOUNG - AND THE OTHER
INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONS
00:47:40.62\00:47:45.89
SURROUNDED HIM AND BOXED HIM IN.
AND THE REASON THAT'S IMPORTANT
00:47:45.89\00:47:49.03
IS, IF HE THEN TRIES TO BREAK
OUT OF THAT BOX AND HE CLIPS OR
00:47:49.03\00:47:52.53
TOUCHES ONE OF THE OTHER
RUNNERS, HE IS COMPLETELY
00:47:52.53\00:47:54.24
DISQUALIFIED AND HE'LL
LOSE. AND SO HE REALIZES,
00:47:54.24\00:47:58.64
'WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?'
AND THEY'RE GOING AROUND THE LAP
00:47:58.64\00:48:01.18
AND EVERYBODY'S WATCHING AND
HE REALIZES HE CAN'T GO FORWARD.
00:48:01.18\00:48:04.65
HE CAN'T ACCELERATE.
HE CAN'T GO SIDEWAYS.
00:48:04.65\00:48:06.25
HE'S TOTALLY BOXED
IN. SO HE DID SOMETHING
00:48:06.25\00:48:08.72
NOBODY EXPECTED. HE
STOPPED RUNNING AND HE
00:48:08.72\00:48:14.06
LET EVERYBODY PASS HIM.
AND THE WHOLE CROWD PASSED HIM.
00:48:14.06\00:48:18.59
EVERYBODY GASPED -
THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
00:48:18.59\00:48:19.89
HE JUST STOPPED RUNNING.
THEY WONDERED WHAT WAS GOING ON.
00:48:19.89\00:48:22.06
HE WAITED UNTIL THEY ALL GOT OUT
AND HE THOUGHT, 'I'M GOING TO
00:48:22.06\00:48:23.57
HAVE TO PASS THEM ON THE
OUTSIDE.' HE WAS NOW IN LAST.
00:48:23.57\00:48:26.84
AND HE TOOK OFF RUNNING - I
MEAN, HOW DO YOU WIN A RACE -
00:48:26.84\00:48:29.94
THEY HAD UNDERESTIMATED
HOW FAST THIS GUY WAS.
00:48:29.94\00:48:33.61
HE THEN, FROM THE BACK, AFTER
COMPLETELY STOPPING, HE THEN
00:48:33.61\00:48:39.21
WENT AROUND THE FIRST PLACE
RUNNER - HE PASSED HIM - FIRST
00:48:39.21\00:48:44.15
PLACE RUNNER PASSED HIM AGAIN,
BUT JOHN WAS SO MOTIVATED, HE
00:48:44.15\00:48:48.82
COMPLETELY PASSED THEM AGAIN
ON THE FINAL LAP AND HE WON THE
00:48:48.82\00:48:51.73
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THAT GUN HAD A HAIR TRIGGER, YOU
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BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING
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'DO IT. I JUST SAID TO MYSELF, I
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YOURSELF TO ME.' MY MOTHER TOOK
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KID AND WE USED TO SING 'JESUS
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SONG. IT STARTED
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I ALMOST HAD, LIKE, A VISION
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IN SABBATH SCHOOL WE USED TO
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SING 'JESUS LOVES ME'
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SO I SAID, 'WOW.' SO I JUST,
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AND I KIND OF FELL ON MY BEDSIDE
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JUST BASICALLY JUST
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I SAYS - I TOLD HIM EVERYTHING
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AND I REMEMBER, ONE DAY, I
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FELT LOST, AND I DROVE BY THIS
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TOM WAS JUST OUT THERE
WATERING THE FLOWERS, YOU KNOW?
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>>SO I CAUGHT A VISION OUT OF
THE SIDE OF MY EYE OF THIS BIG
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HUSKY GUY WITH TATTOOS
WALKING UP AND SAYING HELLO.
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AND I - SO I ASKED HIM IF I
COULD HELP HIM AND HE TOLD ME
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THAT HE DRIVES BY THE CHURCH ON
OCCASION AND EVERY TIME HE GOES
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BY HE'S THINKING
THAT HE SHOULD STOP IN.
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>>AFTER HE SHOWED ME AROUND THE
CHURCH, YOU KNOW, I WAS LIKE,
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'OKAY, MAN, IT'S NICE MEETING
YOU.' AND THIS AND THAT - SO I
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JUMPED IN MY CAR AND I STARTED
HEADING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AND
00:53:55.63\00:54:00.30
THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW IN,
LIKE, MY PERIPHERAL VISION, I
00:54:00.30\00:54:03.77
SEE HIM COMING AROUND THE
CORNER LIKE JERRY RICE RUNNING A
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FOOTBALL - NO, NOT THAT FAST,
BUT, YOU KNOW, HE WAS TAKING OFF
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AFTER ME AND HE SAYS,
'HEY, HEY, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.'
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>>I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD
LIKE TO HAVE SOME BIBLE STUDIES
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AND HE SAID, 'YEAH.'
>>HE WOULD COME BY THE HOUSE.
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WE'D ALL START - WE'D START
HIDING THE BEER CANS AND TRYING
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TO AIR OUT THE WEED SMELL.
THERE WAS A PRESENCE THAT CAME
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WITH TOM THAT WAS COMFORTING,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
00:54:28.83\00:54:34.54
EVEN THOUGH I WASN'T TAKING THE
BIBLE STUDIES AS SERIOUS AS I
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SHOULD HAVE, LOOKING BACK, THERE
WAS JUST A PRESENCE ABOUT HIM
00:54:37.14\00:54:41.54
BEING THERE IN THE
HOUSE THAT WAS COMFORTING.
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I TOLD TOM, I SAID, 'YOU KNOW,
TOM, YOU CAN'T WIN EVERYBODY.'
00:54:45.58\00:54:48.65
>>I LOOKED AT HIM AND I KNEW -
I SAID TO HIM, 'RUEBEN, I NEVER
00:54:48.65\00:54:53.59
GET ANYBODY.' I SAYS, 'THE HOLY
SPIRIT WILL DO THAT.' AND I,
00:54:53.59\00:55:00.50
KIND OF, IN MY HEART, KNEW THAT
THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS GOING TO
00:55:00.50\00:55:03.06
WORK ON RUEBEN. >>SO
THEN TOM KIND OF LEFT THE
00:55:03.06\00:55:05.93
PICTURE FOR AWHILE AND I THINK
ONE DAY, AT MY MOTHER'S HOUSE,
00:55:05.93\00:55:10.01
THEY WERE WATCHING THE
FINAL EVENTS OF BIBLE PROPHECY .
00:55:10.01\00:55:13.27
SO I WATCHED THAT AND I REMEMBER
THE SCENE WHERE THEY HAD THE
00:55:13.27\00:55:20.32
HELLFIRE AND STUFF, YOU KNOW,
THEY'RE OUTSIDE THE CITY AND IT
00:55:20.32\00:55:24.82
SHOWED THE HELLFIRE COMING DOWN
AND BURNING PEOPLE AND STUFF.
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I REMEMBER SAYING TO MYSELF,
'THAT'S WHERE I WOULD BE RIGHT
00:55:29.89\00:55:34.86
THERE.' AFTER THE HELLFIRE SCENE
I SAW THE SAINTS IN THE CITY -
00:55:34.86\00:55:41.87
IN THE NEW JERUSALEM - AND JESUS
RECREATING THE EARTH AND I SAID,
00:55:41.87\00:55:51.18
'I WANT THAT TO BE MY - ME AND
MY FAMILY.' THERE WAS SOMETHING
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ABOUT THE WAY DOUG PREACHED AND
THINGS THAT I FELT THAT TOUCHED
00:55:55.08\00:55:58.29
ME BECAUSE HE'S KIND OF
LIKE MYSELF, YOU KNOW, HE'S - HE
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DIDN'T GROW UP
LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW?
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HE - HE DONE DRUGS AND THINGS
SO I KIND OF FOUND THESE COMMON
00:56:07.03\00:56:11.07
GROUNDS THAT I HAD WITH HIM AND
I LIKED HOW HE JUST, KIND OF,
00:56:11.07\00:56:14.97
LIKE, KEPT IT REAL
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AND THEN PASTOR RODLEY CAME TO
THE CHURCH AND I GOT TO KNOW HIM
00:56:16.64\00:56:22.18
VERY WELL AND WE STARTED
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00:56:22.18\00:56:26.58
HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE I
UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS DOING AND
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THINGS. HE BAPTIZED
ME, MY WIFE, MY BROTHER.
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NO MATTER WHAT YOU'VE
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00:56:34.79\00:56:39.69
YOU'VE BEEN, NO MATTER HOW BAD
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THE LORD JESUS LOVES YOU
NO MATTER WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
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OF THE BIBLE - STORIES OF GREAT
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GREAT LOVE AND GREAT SACRIFICE,
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