>>Bill: There is a tale
told of that great English actor
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Macready. An eminent preacher
once said to him: "I wish you
would explain to me
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something."
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"Well, what is it?
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I don't know that I can
explain anything to a preacher."
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"What is the reason for the
difference between you and me?
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You are appearing before crowds
night after night with fiction,
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and the crowds
come wherever you go.
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I am preaching the essential and
unchangeable truth, and I am not
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getting any crowd at all."
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Macready's answer was this:
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ANNOUNCER: It has
stood the test of time.
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God's book: the Bible,
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still relevant in
today's complex world.
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It Is Written,
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sharing the messages
of hope around the world.
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There's a couple disciples I
would like you to meet this
week, James and John,
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the sons of Zebedee.
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We know very little about him.
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In fact, note this, he never
appears alive in the gospels
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apart from John his
brother in any incident.
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They're
inseparable in the gospels.
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Now I believe it's important to
note that he's always mentioned
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before John.
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And it probably not only
indicates that he was older but
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that he was the leader
of this rather dynamic duo.
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He is the strength.
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He is the zeal.
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He is the passion.
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Now these brothers, James and
John, were also fishermen and
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their father was Zebedee.
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And Zebedee was a fairly
well-to-do man because he
employed hired servants in
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his business.
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So they had a pretty good
fishing business going up there
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on the north shore
of the Sea of Galilee.
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James was part of that "inner
circle" of disciples because he
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was in the early calling.
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John and Andrew were the first
two, and certainly James would
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be so close to John that
he worked his way into that
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intimacy. Now as you look at
the Bible in terms of incidents,
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James appears more as a
silhouette than a photograph.
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So you have to kind of get an
image without all of the
fullness of what might
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have happened.
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But I think the best way to look
at James is to consider what the
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Lord named him
and his brother John.
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In Mark 3:17 Jesus gave them
a name, He called them Boanerges
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which means sons of thunder.
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If James is the leader, and that
is indicated by the fact that he
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appears first, then
he was a son of thunder.
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Now he must have been a
passionate, zealous, fervent,
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wild-eyed,
ambitious, aggressive guy.
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To give you a classic reason
why, in Acts Herod decided to
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vex the church and the first guy
he went after was James and he
chopped off his head.
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And they took Peter
and put him in jail.
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Which indicates that Peter was
not as big a problem as James.
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I mean, when you capture James
and Peter and kill James and let
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Peter live, that says something
about the kind of man James must
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have been. Zeal
is a great virtue.
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You love someone who is
aggressive and whose charged up
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and who wants to get the job
done but very often coming along
with zeal comes a lack of
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wisdom.
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And sometimes you're shooting
off your mouth and your guns are
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blazing before you've really
thought the thing through.
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You say - Can God
use somebody like that?
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Well yes, He did
as a matter of fact.
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Several incidents stand out
and I'll show you where James is
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mentioned and the way he acts.
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Luke 9:51 - 53
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The messengers are going now
into Samaria to prepare the way,
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"And they entered into a village
of Samaria to make ready for
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him." They wanted the Samaritans
to hear the message, Christ was
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coming, the Messiah was coming.
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"And they didn't receive him
because his face was as though
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he would go to Jerusalem."
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Listen, Samaritans just
hated the Jews and Jerusalem.
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They probably chased these
messengers out with curses and
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stones. And so the messengers
come back and say they're not
going to receive You in
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such and such a village.
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And then verse 54 we
meet the sons of thunder:
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Lord, let's just burn them up.
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Great missionary heart.
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Just consume them
Lord, just like Elijah did.
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Luke 9:55
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Jesus rebuked them strongly,
they were hateful, they were
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intolerant.
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James had so much zeal
and so little sensitivity.
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Yet I have to admit there's
a touch of nobility in it.
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I'm glad that he got mad
when the Lord was dishonored.
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I would hate to have seen him
pass without a reaction at all.
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He was zealous.
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He was explosive.
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He was fervent.
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He was passionate.
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I mean, he didn't just
sit and watch it happen.
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Look at another incident in
Matthew 20:20 - 21 Very often
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zealous people are also
ambitious people, they're very
goal oriented, very task
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oriented.
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Would You put my boys on
the two thrones next to You?
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I mean, it should be obvious
to You that they're the cream of
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the crop.
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A mother knows these things.
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My children are gifted we
can see it, Zebedee and I.
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But they were ambitious.
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James was ambitious.
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This is a terrible thing for
them to do, to arouse the spirit
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of rivalry, to clamor
for honor from the Lord.
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These who were the persecutors
of the Samaritans are now
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ambitious, self-seeking, place
hunters, stalking the favor of
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the Lord as if He were some
despotic ruler who could
dispense his patronage on some
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kind of principle of favoritism.
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They were demeaning
Christ and His Kingdom.
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Well, James had zeal, he
had great fervor and he knew the
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Lord's special interest in
him, he was in the inside group.
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He felt he ought to have
an equal reward for all of his
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capability. And the Lord
reminded him, you'll get a
reward, James, but it won't be
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what you think.
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Before you get your throne
you're going to get a cup and
your going to drink it
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all the way.
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And the cup is suffering because
the way to the throne is always
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the way of the cross.
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And James, as I said, fourteen
years later got his request.
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He wanted a crown,
Jesus gave him a cup.
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He wanted power,
Jesus gave him servanthood.
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He wanted to rule, Jesus
gave him a martyr's grave.
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That's the way it is.
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Look at the one incident in the
Bible where he appears alone,
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Acts 12. And when Herod wanted
to attack the church he went
right for the main guy,
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That's who you go for first.. .
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and he put Peter in prison.
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And apparently he didn't even
think about Peter until he was
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told that it would
please the Jews if he did that.
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It was James he was after.. .
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the son of thunder.
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He was filled with zeal.
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He was filled with ambition.
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He was filled with
strong and intolerant feelings.
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He didn't like things outside
his own sympathy and Christ had
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to harness all of that and make
all of that into something
useful and make him a
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pillar in the church.
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What kind of
people does God use?
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Well, He uses the
great leaders like Peter.
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He uses the quiet,
behind-the-scenes, obscure,
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faithful people like Andrew.
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And He also can use the brash,
courageous, ambitious, zealous,
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sometimes loveless, insensitive
selfish people like James.
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Cause Christ brought
his temper under control.
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He bridled his tongue.
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He directed his zeal.
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And He taught him to seek no
revenge and to desire no honor
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for himself. And it finally came
to the place where James was
willing to die for Jesus.
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So, both the
brothers drank the cup.
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For John the cup was a long
life of rejection and a death in
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exile. For James it was a
short flame and martyrdom.
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The Romans had a coin years
ago and on the coin was an ox.
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And the ox was
facing an altar and a plow.
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And under the ox it
said, "Ready for either."
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And that's how it is in service
for Christ and that's how it was
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for the sons of thunder.
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There is the moment dramatic
sacrifice on the altar, that was
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James. And there is the long
furrow of the plow, that was
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John. But both of
them drank the cup.
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James had to learn sensitivity.
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He had to learn to quiet
his ambition, but he did and God
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used him. You know, a lack of
sensitivity can just destroy a
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ministry. There are many people
who try to serve Christ who are
utterly insensitive to
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their congregations, to their
families, to the people around
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them. Zeal with
insensitivity is so cruel.
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And James had to be refined.
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I mean, he had to get from the
place where he said - Just burn
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them up, Lord, if they
don't cooperate, burn them up.
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- to the place where he cared.
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Now if you're
going to ask me.. .
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you're going to force me to
the corner and ask me to choose,
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I'll take a man of a flaming,
burning intolerant passionate
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enthusiasm with a potential for
failure rather than a cold,
compromising, milk toast
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about which his brother John
said - God would spew him out of
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His mouth... Give me a fiery
heart, give me a flaming heart
because those people will
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set the world on fire, but
give me one with sensitivity.
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What kind of men does God use?
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What kind of women does God use?
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What kind of
people fit into the plan?
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Dynamic people like Peter,
leaders who can get everybody to
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do it. Humble people like Andrew
who just do it quietly behind
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the scenes. And James who don't
really need other people to do
it, they just do it with
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zeal and passion.
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You say - You mean the Lord can
use all those kinds of people?
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You don't have to
be born with a halo?
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You can just be a person?
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Yes, these are very common
people because He can transform
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all of those things.
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John, James' brother, intersects
the story throughout the New
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Testament because of the
fact that he wrote the gospel of
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John, First, Second and
Third John and Revelation.
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Now may I hasten to add, we
think about John, we think about
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some meek, mild, pale-skinned,
effeminate guy lying around with
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his head on Jesus' shoulder,
looking up with a dove-eyed
stare, with little skinny arms,
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you know.
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You've missed it, folks,
if that's what you think.
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He was in all those incidents
about James that we just saw.
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And he was one of
the sons of thunder.
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He was intolerant - burn them
up, Lord - he was ambitious -I
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want the seat on your right and
left - he was zealous, he was
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explosive. But I think
not quite as much as James.
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James seems to be the prominent
one and John does seem to have a
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side to him.
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I mean, at least John lasted.
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He lived nearly
until the year 100.
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He outlived everybody.
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Now it's interesting to note
that the only time he appears
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alone by name, you
know what he's doing?
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He's mad at somebody.
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Whose he mad at?
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Some guy who was
casting out demons.
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Why was he mad?
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He said to Jesus, "There is a
man casting out demons and he's
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not in our group."
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He's not in our group.
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"I forbade him to do that."
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Jesus replies
in Mark 9: 39 - 40.
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But you know something?
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That became a
strength in his character.
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Because he also had a
tremendous capacity úfor love.
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You find two things that stand
out in John's life, the word
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love and the word witness.
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80 time he uses the word love.
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70+ times the word
witness in one form or another.
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He was a truth seeker.
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He wanted to know the truth.
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He was a discoverer.
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He was a visionary.
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He it was who first recognized
the Lord at the lakeside of
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Galilee. He it was who first saw
that Jesus was risen from the
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dead. He it was to whom
God revealed the future in the
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apocalypse. He was the seer,
the visionary, the truth seeker.
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The reason he was hanging around
Christ's breast was his heart
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literally hungered for the truth
as well as the deep affection
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for Christ. He wanted to gather
every word that came out of his
Lord's lips as well as
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bask in the light of His love.
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So, he became a lover but a
lover whose love was controlled
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by the truth. And that control
was born out of that tremendous
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zeal he had in his personality,
that passion, that strength,
that fiery character.
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And in case you don't think
he is, you try reading First,
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Second and Third John and see
how he denounces those who are
antichrist, and those who
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will stand up in church to twist
and pervert, he's firm, he's
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strong. You read the gospel of
John and see how he sets the
people of God against
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the people of Satan, the
redeemed against the lost.
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How he talks about the judgment
of the righteous and the
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unrighteous. The man knew where
the lines were drawn and his
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love is never sentimentalism.
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But he is characterized by love.
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You just don't see much about
him in the other gospels unless
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it's with James, as I showed
you, or in the list of the
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group. But where he emerges is
in his own gospel and he appears
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in his own gospel several
times, always the same way.
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How?
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Listen, John 13:23:
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Whom Jesus loved, the disciple
that Jesus loved, that's John.
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He never uses His name.
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He calls himself the
disciple whom Jesus loved.
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People who can love greatly can
be loved greatly because they
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understand.
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And John literally took in the
love of Christ and gave out the
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love of Christ, so he called
himself the disciple whom Jesus
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loved. That's the only
thing he ever called him.
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It is the disciple, whom Jesus
loved, that wrote the gospel of
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John, that's what he says.
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He literally was in
awe that Jesus loved him.
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It wasn't that he said - "Oh,
I'm so wonderful, the Lord loves
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me so much, I just want you to
know I'm the disciple He loved.
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" No, it was the very opposite -
I, the one who wanted to burn up
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all the Samaritans - I the one
who wanted Jesus to give me the
place I didn't even
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deserve - I am
one whom He loves.
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It's a celebration of grace.
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Jesus never had to ask John if
he loved Him, but He did have to
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ask Peter that.
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Jesus never had to ask John to
follow Him, but He did have to
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ask Peter that.
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And when it came down to passing
out the work, He said to Peter -
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Feed My sheep.
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He said to John
-Take care of My mother.
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There was
something special about John.
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Tradition tells us that John
never left the city of Jerusalem
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until Mary the mother of Jesus
died, because he kept his vow to
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the Lord. So, John was a son of
thunder but he was a
tender-loving man who
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would never
compromise his convictions.
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He taught on love.
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And so, the Lord can
use that kind of man.
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The man with a great love.
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There are the James who
just live their life on passion,
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zeal, fervor, fire,
sparks flying everywhere.
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And there are the Johns who
can harness the truth in love.
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And they'll last and
attract people to Christ.
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And God uses all kinds.
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John lived to be an old man
but he was always the son of
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thunder. So what kind
of people can God use?
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Dynamic, strong, bold, a leader
like Peter, who took charge, who
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initiated, who planned, who
strategized, who confronted, who
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commanded people to Christ.
00:21:53.50\00:21:55.16
And very often blew it.
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Another was humble, gentle,
inconspicuous, Andrew who didn't
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see the crowds but saw
the individuals in the crowds.
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And while he never attracted
a mob he kept bringing people to
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Jesus. And then He picked a
man who was zealous, passionate,
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uncompromising, insensitive at
first, ambitious, who could see
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a goal and go for it with
all his might and die in the
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process, James. And then there
was sensitive, loving,
believing, intimate John,
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every bit a truth seeker.
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Who spoke the truth in love
so that he attracted people to
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himself. Jesus made them into
fishers of men in spite of what
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they were. Listen, Christ can
take a very common person and
make them a very uncommon
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Apostle.
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Are you available for that?
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Let us Pray.
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Lord, again we thank You
for the fact that this is such a
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heartening word to us.
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That You can use us
in spite of ourselves.
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Not as we are, so much, but as
You will make us and mold us and
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shape us. May we be willing to
start out as learners,
disciples, to become
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apostles, trained to be sent
for Your glory in Christ's name.
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Amen.
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>>Bev: Hi, everyone!
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Are you using chia seeds
as yet in your daily eating?
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Chia seeds are tiny - smaller
than a sesame seed - but they
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pack a huge nutritional punch.
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In fact, they are
regarded as a super-food!
00:24:34.03\00:24:37.43
They are high in dietary
fibreand in omega-3 fatty acids,
which are essential
00:24:37.43\00:24:41.60
to good health, and are a
delicious source of protein.
00:24:41.60\00:24:45.86
When soaked in liquid, the seeds
form a gel, much like flax seeds
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do. You can sprinkle the seeds
on your food, add them to
smoothies, or make a
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pudding, like the Chia
Pudding I'm making today.
00:24:53.86\00:24:57.86
This recipe is from the
wonderful cookbook "Going Raw"
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by JuditaWignall. It's so
incredibly easy, and delicious.
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All you need is: 1/3 cup chia
seeds 2 cups nut milk - I'm
using almond milk 2
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Tablespoons agave nectar or
honey Dash of cinnamon to
garnish So let me show
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you.
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Put the chia seeds in the bowl,
dash of cinnamon, some of the
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honey - and you can
sweeten it to your liking.
00:25:29.16\00:25:31.50
And then, the nut milk.
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You're going to stir that and
let it sit for about 10 minutes
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and then you are going to stir
it again and then you're going
to put it in the fridge for 4
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to 6 hours or overnight.
00:25:43.83\00:25:46.43
Then you're going to garnish
with a little bit more of the
00:25:46.43\00:25:48.76
cinnamon -- and voila.
00:25:48.76\00:25:52.53
In the morning, this is what you
are going to have, it's going to
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be gelatinized.
00:25:54.66\00:25:56.36
This will keep for about
2 to 3 days in the fridge.
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It's delicious, and
it's oh, so good for you.
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Enjoy it in good health!
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I'll see you next time.
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>>Alan: What kind
of people can God use?
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Any kind!
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All we have to do is
make ourselves available.
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That means there is
hope for you and me.
00:26:17.23\00:26:21.10
Pastor Bill has written a book
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