Hello, and welcome to
3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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Again, we're glad
that you've joined us
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then it's not to
say we're thrilled that
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you've joined us, why?
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Because you
have a lot of choices
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that you could make,
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but I think you made
the right choice today.
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We're gonna be on
lesson number eight,
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it's "Ministering Like Jesus,"
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and I'm sure it's gonna
be quite a blessing to you.
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We wanna encourage you
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if you don't have
your study guides,
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you can get those and
you can get those free,
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simply go to absg.adventist.org.
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That's absg.adventist.org.
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And you can download those,
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you can get those and
study right along with us.
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I know you don't
wanna miss this lesson.
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It was such a blessing to me.
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I know it's gonna
be a blessing to you.
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So stay tuned right here
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because we're gonna be
right back in just a moment.
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Welcome back to 3ABN
Sabbath School Panel.
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As mentioned before,
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this is, to me it's
really exciting lesson.
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None of us wanna miss this
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because we're
gonna be talking about
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getting lesson number
eight, Ministering Like Jesus.
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Now there's some really
wonderful things in this lesson
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that helps us to be,
I wanna say soul winner,
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so we don't wanna
miss any part of it.
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So again, welcome back to
us, get everything that you need
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because we're gonna
dive right in to this,
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but first, I wanna
just introduce our panel,
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no one really
need an introduction,
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but I think it's always good
'cause every once in a while
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we change someone out
or something like that,
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but anyhow, you know,
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I wanna go to my
left, Pastor John Lomacang,
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always a pleasure,
always love to hear
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what God's how He's doing
what He's speaking through you.
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Good to sit next to
a veteran of the Word.
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In the Lord, good. Praise God.
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Yeah. Praise the Lord.
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You got sitting next to you,
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Sister Jill Morikone, blessings.
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Thank you so much, Pastor Kenny,
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privileged to be here
and open up God's Word.
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Yeah.
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Isn't I mean, what
can person really say
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other than there's such a treat
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and such a
blessing to study the Word.
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You have somebody
pretty special on your left.
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Don't you, your husband? I do.
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Brother Greg
Morikone. Good to be here.
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And it's a blessing
always as we're all mentioning
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to study the Word of God
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and to study with
you at home, you know,
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'cause this is participation
and opening the Word of God
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which is living.
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It's powerful. Oh, it is. Amen.
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And to your left, and
we have Brother Ryan Day.
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Pastor Ryan Day,
always good, always a thrill.
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Man, I'm
excited. I'm ready to go.
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Yeah, we hear you
singing in between, right?
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Always. Always.
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And it encourages
us to sing right along,
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so praise God for that.
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We're gonna have prayer
and then we're gonna dive
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right into this lesson
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'cause again, to
me it's exciting.
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I've learned a lot
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and I'm asking
God to help me to,
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you know, come in line
with what He says in His Word.
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And Brother Greg, how about
you since you're here today,
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would you just
pray for us please?
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Absolutely.
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Father in heaven,
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what a privilege it
is to open Your Word.
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Father, as we studied,
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we just pray for
Your Holy Spirit to...
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Will just open
to us the treasures
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that You would have
us learned for this week.
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Lord, I thank You for our family
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which is joining us,
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Lord, be with them
open their minds too
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as we study and open Your Word.
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And in Jesus' name we pray.
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Amen. Amen.
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Praise the Lord.
Again, lesson number eight.
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We're gonna go
right to the Sabbath
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or the memory text, and
then to the Sabbath overview,
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and then go
into Sunday's lesson.
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Notice what it
says in Matthew 9:36,
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our memory text, says,
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"But when they
saw the multitudes,
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He was moved with
compassion for them,
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because they were
weary and scattered,
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like sheep having no shepherd."
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To me, that's
just, it's so powerful
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and so loving when
you see that Jesus,
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King of kings and Lord of lords,
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He looked upon the people
who were tired and worn out.
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He had compassion on
them, and we need to learn
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to have compassion and certainly
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with one with another.
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Sabbath afternoon
you go to that part,
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just a couple of thoughts
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I wanna throw
out there with you.
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This week's
lesson really focuses on,
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at least to me, and brings out
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how much Jesus loves
each one of each one of us.
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He ministers to His
people, physically, mentally,
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spiritually, in
every way possible.
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You know, He saw how
much that the people needed
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something that they didn't have.
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And He wanted to
draw close to them,
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you know, and as He just,
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I mean, I can
picture this in my mind
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as He just walked
through the towns or villages,
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there were
something special about Jesus,
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that was
something that drew people
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and I know was a
Spirit of Living God
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living in Him, and
it just drew people.
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And they were drawn to Him.
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And I think this is
good when we talk about
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Ministering Like
Jesus is because if you have
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the Spirit of the Living
God inside you coming out,
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people want to listen
to what you have to say.
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They're drawn to that
and they want to know.
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Ministry of Healing,
page 143, makes this comment,
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Christ method.
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I like this, "Christ
method will give true success
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in reaching the people."
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Notice, and "Then He
bade them, 'Follow Me.'"
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In my notes here I
put then, then, then.
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Does that make
sense to anybody else,
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is that okay to do that?
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Then, then, then
because let's notice,
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Christ's method, right?
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Alone will give true
success of reaching the people.
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So when the people
are using Christ's method,
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then, then you say
Jesus said, "Then follow Me."
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I mean, that's wonderful
thing about follow Him.
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So Jesus, generally number one,
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we found our lesson
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He generally
cares for His people.
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There's no doubt about it.
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He healed all
manner of diseases,
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raised the
dead, cast out demons,
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He fed the hungry,
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He met the needs
and cared for the needy,
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every aspect He was
working in behalf of mankind.
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He never did seem
like anything for Himself,
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He is always for someone else.
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And I think something
good that will help us
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when we're talking
about Ministering Like Jesus
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is that as He, maybe we
could use the word mingled,
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as He mingled with the people.
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All of a sudden, He desired,
they're good and they knew it.
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They recognized it, that
Jesus desired their good.
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And when you're
working with other people,
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they need to know
that you care about them.
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You could give them
all you want of the Bible,
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give them all the
truths as you say, as we want,
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but unless they know
you really care for them,
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and that you
have a love for Jesus,
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they're not really interested,
they're not going to accept it.
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Oh, He showed sympathy,
and He won their confidence,
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and then He said, you
know, then He said, "Follow Me."
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Important point.
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I got this out of the lesson,
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may not get
anything else out of it,
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but I sure got this one
I thought was really good.
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Jesus recognized in this world
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that there needed to be a
demonstration of the gospel,
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a demonstration of a gospel
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as much as the gospel
needed to be preached.
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A demonstration,
Jesus came to do what?
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To demonstrate, to show us.
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So a life live for others
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is powerful
witness to the world.
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You know, we talk about
the words that we speak.
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So think about it,
life live for others.
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How's your life?
How's my life today?
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Is it really, we're
talking about, you know,
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we're living for other
Sunday's lesson quickly?
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Jesus attitude
toward people just exactly
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what we were
already talking about
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here is attitude toward other.
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What kind of
attitude did he have?
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John 8:12.
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Jesus said, "I am
the light of the world."
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We talk about every lesson
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I think is brought out
somewhere along the line,
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that Jesus is the
light of the world.
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There is no other
light on the world
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as far as we
concerned as Christians,
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Jesus is the light,
the spiritual light,
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"He that followeth me
shall not," I like that,
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"not walk in darkness,
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but shall have
the light of life."
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Light shines bright in darkness.
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You know, I
really don't appreciate.
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I don't appreciate.
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Okay, I don't appreciate
the flashlight until it's dark.
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You know, you have one
you'd rather just assume
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as it gets dark what do you say?
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The power goes out,
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which it does quite
often around here, right?
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So as soon as it goes out,
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honey, where's
the flashlight, why?
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Because I wanna
see, because I need light
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because if
there's no light there,
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I'm gonna
stumble, I'm gonna fall,
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something's going to happen.
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And so, you know,
we need that light
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and it doesn't take a
whole lot of light, right?
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It takes a light to
dispel the darkness.
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We wanna get rid
of that darkness.
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And I thought was this.
Light does not avoid darkness.
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It's just food for thought,
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light doesn't avoid darkness
or separate from darkness.
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Now what's the
point spiritually here?
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We have to be
careful as Christians
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that we don't
avoid the dark places.
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There's people who live
in dark places as it were,
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you know, in their heart,
in their mind, in their life,
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they need the light.
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Why?
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My Lord and Savior said
in Luke 19:10, you know,
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well he said what?
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"He came to seek
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and to save
that which was lost."
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He had to deal with darkness,
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things that were
going on in the world,
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but when light comes,
darkness is, just disappears.
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We are to shine
in this dark world,
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I've learned
that in this lesson.
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We are to shine.
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Shine like jewel,
shine like a light,
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shine like there's a lighthouse.
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Right on the hilltop,
that overlooks live sea,
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so we need to be a lighthouse
in this old dark world.
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And simply
lighthouse is the light,
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we lead others to Jesus
Christ is light of the world.
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And Jesus says this
in John 1:4, he said,
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"In him was,"
notice, "life and," what?
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"And the life was
the light of men."
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And many times
this has been said,
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certainly we talked about light
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who could just
pass by Psalms 119:105.
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It has been said many times that
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"The word is," what?
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"Is a lamp unto my
feet, and a," what?
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"A light unto my path."
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Jesus was ministering
and speaking in Luke 4:18.
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I wanna hit on
this because I think
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maybe this applies to all of us.
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I think it should
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because we wanna
minister like Jesus,
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and He knew He had a work to do.
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He was sent here for a
purpose. There was a reason.
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Luke 4:18, he said,
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"The Spirit of
the Lord is," where?
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Upon me.
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He said, "The Spirit
of the Lord is upon me,
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because he hath anointed
me to preach the gospel."
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So now what we
all should be doing.
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"To the poor, he hath sent
me to heal the brokenhearted,
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to preach
deliverance to the captives,
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recover the sight,"
and we're talking about
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spiritual more than
anything else and he did both,
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"sight to the
blind, to set at liberty,"
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notice, "them that are bruised."
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Is there anyone bruise
today? Has anyone been bruised?
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You know, how you
need special attention.
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Jesus says He came to heal that,
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He came to help
you, and to preach
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the acceptable year of the Lord.
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We can turn that I
think that to bring it forth
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that we realize that
we're in the end of time.
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There's a message
we need to be giving.
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There is a time that
Jesus is soon to come
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and we need to be
letting people in on that
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He soon to come
and we need to be
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ready for that.
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You know what a challenge
to minister the way that
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Jesus ministered as He passed
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just to and fro upon
His mission of mercy.
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This is found in
Review and Herald,
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jot it down quickly.
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Review and Herald 9 and 4, 1900.
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"As he Jesus passed by to
and fro upon his mission,"
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notice this, "a
mission of mercy."
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How many of us really feel like
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when we're doing
we're a mission of mercy?
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We ought to help someone.
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We're out to be and
I'll say, Oh, Lord, bless me,
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but we're out to be
a blessing to someone.
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Lord, make me a
blessing to someone today.
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His mission was
to heal the sick,
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to lift up the depressed,
we live in a depressed world.
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We live and a lot of people
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that maybe it's
hard for some reason,
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the millions are depressed
every day of their life,
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but notice this that Jesus
went about to relieve mercy.
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The King of kings and the
Lord of lords walk this earth.
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And notice this article said,
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"Scarce a solitary voice
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called him blessed."
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The King of kings
walking this earth.
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He came here to bless
mankind with His presence
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to show us the right
way, the way to heaven.
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Everything He did was
with somebody else in mind.
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He gave His life so
that you and I could make it
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to the Kingdom of God.
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And yet there was very few
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that recognized Him
as Lord and of Savior.
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He was the fountain of life.
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He was that fountain
that we need to drink from.
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I believe today,
God's looking for people
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who will make a
difference in this dark world.
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There's no doubt about it.
Are you making the difference?
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Are we ministering
the way Jesus ministered?
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People talk about wealth
and the importance of wealth,
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but you know what, I think that
the true wealth of this world
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is a committed Christian.
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There's nothing more
valuable, a committed Christian
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who unselfishly
works for the Savior,
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for the service, in
the service of other.
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In our lesson uses,
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we don't have
time to go into it,
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but it uses the word salt.
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I like that.
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What is about the
salt, something using salt
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is to preserve
and to flavor food,
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but salt is a
symbol of Christ followers
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used to preserve
and flavor mankind.
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I feel like I
need to be flavored.
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Me too. I need to be salted.
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Jesus said, you're the salt,
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but if you've lost at Matthew 5,
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if you've lost that
salt that way somewhat.
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It says right here good.
Here's a word good for nothing.
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By the grace of God,
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we don't wanna good for nothing.
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We wanna be
followers of Jesus Christ.
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We wanna be the
salt of the earth.
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We wanna be the light
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reflecting light of Jesus Christ
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all over the world.
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We wanna minister the
way that Jesus ministered.
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We wanna talk to people the
way we need to talk to people.
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We wanna respond to people
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the way we need
to respond to people.
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We need to have the hunger
in our heart and in our soul
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to see if that person
is in the kingdom of God.
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Are you
ministering like Jesus today?
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Oh, friend, I encourage you
to look at the life of Christ,
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and then pattern
yourself after Jesus Christ
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and you will minister
the way He ministered.
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Amen. Amen.
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Which you gave
me a perfect segue,
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which is "Jesus'
Treatment of People."
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You talked about that,
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you talked about
salt being flavor,
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but also, salt
makes people thirsty
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and we should make
people thirsty through Jesus,
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and this lesson fits perfectly
the way we treat people.
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Salt should make
people thirsty for Christ.
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You know somebody once said
you can lead a horse to water,
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but you can't make him drink it.
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Well, nothing is
untrue like that.
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You can make him drink.
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If you lead a horse to water
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and just give him one
lick of a ball of salt.
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He will drink it. I
guarantee you try it.
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If people are standing in
front of the water of life
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and they haven't
desire to drink it is
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because we have
not been the salt
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that the Lord wants us to be.
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Not only to flavor their lives
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and flavor other people's lives,
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but to make them
thirsty for Christ.
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This lesson points
out the goal of Christ.
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The goal of Christ
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was to bring out
the best in people.
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Man, if we live
by that principle.
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What kind of world would
this be if the Christian,
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even if the Christian
church lived with the principle
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of bringing out
the best in people?
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How would we
communicate differently
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when we gather in
our worship services?
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Oh, yeah, wouldn't that be.
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You know, I've had
church members that...
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I had one church member
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bought a baseball bat to church.
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And I wish there was a joke
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but I had a person
that came to church
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one Sabbath morning very angry
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and she said upon
entering the church, not here.
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Do not try to make me happy.
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I'm angry and
I'm going to hold on
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to it all
services, all service long.
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And I thought to myself,
I'm preaching the words of life
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and she's come to church,
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she entered the
building determined to hold on
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to her anger the
whole service long.
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And I thought to myself did...
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If she was salt,
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that's the kind of
salt you throw out.
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I just had to breathe
to think about that one.
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But the Gospel of Christ
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was to bring out
the best in people.
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Look at Luke's example.
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Luke in John the
Baptist and then Jill,
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we're going to
bring out six principles
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of how we can bring
out the best in people.
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Luke's gospel records
the characteristics of Jesus
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and how he was
seen by the multitudes.
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Luke 4:22.
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He says, "So all
bore witness to Him,
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and marveled at
the gracious words
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which proceeded
out of His mouth.
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And they said, "Is
this not Joseph's son?"
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Oh, yeah. You know
Joseph, is he his son?
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Now I don't know what
that says about Joseph
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but maybe a good thing.
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But is this not
Joseph's son they wondered,
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but he's just a carpenter.
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How could a
carpenter son be so gracious?
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I think that's
maybe the parallel,
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because people
that's working on furniture
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and building things.
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They probably thought,
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where did he get this eloquence?
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He was not only
the son of Joseph,
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but he was the son of God.
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Not only John the
Baptist, not only Christ,
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but John the Baptist recognized
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this quality in Jesus
on how He treated people.
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Look at John 1:17. John 1:17.
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The Bible says, "For the
law was given through Moses,
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but grace and truth
came through Jesus Christ."
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Grace and truth.
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He is long
suffering, He's gracious.
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He is not only the God of truth,
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unwavering truth, but
He's the God of grace,
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who when the truth of God's Word
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doesn't change your
life, He still gives us grace.
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Grace to me is padding.
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Grace to me is that, you know,
00:18:18.99\00:18:20.83
we have some beavers right now
that are determined to cut down
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all the trees on our property.
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And they were on the
other side of the lake,
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I thought, well,
great cut those trees down
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because I want to cut
them down I can't get to them.
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But they came on
this side of the property
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and cut down this
beautiful large tree.
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And I said, "How can I prevent
00:18:36.14\00:18:37.71
these beavers from
cutting my trees down,
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I went on the internet.
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Because they
said you have to build
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a nice chicken
wire fence around it
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with some padding
between the wire and the tree.
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That's God's grace
that keeps the world
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from chewing us up.
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God's grace prevents,
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that wire
between the world and us,
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God has that padding of grace
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and His approach
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was also not only
to treat people kindly
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but to disarm
people in their anger
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and their prejudice.
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And you'll see that
all through Scripture.
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But Jesus, there are
two examples in the Bible.
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One was a Roman centurion,
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and the other one
was a Jewish leader,
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two most
unlikely people that even
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when they didn't
deserve God's grace,
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He showed it to them.
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Look at Matthew Chapter 8.
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Matthew Chapter 8,
this was a centurion
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that wanted his
daughter to be healed.
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And he was a commander,
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he could tell people to
do things and they'll do it.
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But he said to the Lord,
00:19:35.84\00:19:37.17
He said to Jesus, in verse 8,
00:19:37.21\00:19:39.51
"Lord, I am not worthy
00:19:39.54\00:19:41.34
that You should
come under my roof.
00:19:41.38\00:19:43.04
But only speak a word, and
my servant will be healed."
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And then Jesus
commended him in verse 10.
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Jesus said,
"Jesus heard and marveled
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and said to those who followed,
00:19:54.02\00:19:55.89
'Assuredly, I say to you,
00:19:55.92\00:19:57.69
I have not found
such great faith,
00:19:57.73\00:19:59.76
not even in Israel."
00:19:59.79\00:20:01.46
He commended the
man for the way he was.
00:20:01.50\00:20:03.63
And then also a scribe that
00:20:03.67\00:20:05.87
Jesus spoke to when Jesus
00:20:05.90\00:20:07.70
said love your
neighbor as yourself.
00:20:07.74\00:20:09.67
The scribe recognize that
00:20:09.70\00:20:11.04
what He's saying
is the words of life.
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And He couldn't
even get that reaction
00:20:12.87\00:20:14.28
from those who had
claimed to be following Him.
00:20:14.31\00:20:16.95
And then Jesus said,
00:20:16.98\00:20:18.31
"You are not far
from the kingdom of God."
00:20:18.35\00:20:20.42
He always found a
way to bring out the best
00:20:20.45\00:20:22.12
in individual instead of saying,
00:20:22.15\00:20:24.22
you can get
closer to the kingdom.
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He said, you are not
far. Notice the difference.
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One person once said,
00:20:27.76\00:20:29.09
how you say
things make a difference.
00:20:29.12\00:20:30.59
For example, you
could say to a young lady,
00:20:30.63\00:20:33.23
you know, you
remind me of a kitten,
00:20:33.26\00:20:36.16
or you could say
you're just like a cat.
00:20:36.20\00:20:39.43
Now, Jill, was that different?
00:20:39.47\00:20:42.07
If you say, if
you say to your wife,
00:20:42.10\00:20:43.61
you know, when I look at
you, honey, time stands still.
00:20:43.64\00:20:46.57
She says, that's so nice.
00:20:46.61\00:20:47.94
Well, you could say you have
a face that stops the clock.
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Notice the difference.
00:20:51.45\00:20:52.78
I'm just showing
you the difference.
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You're saying the same thing,
00:20:54.18\00:20:55.52
but you're
saying it differently.
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So now let's
transition to six things
00:20:56.92\00:20:59.22
that will show you how
important your words are,
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one, Isaiah 42:3.
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Our words are instrumental.
00:21:04.69\00:21:06.86
Jesus said in Isaiah 42:3,
00:21:06.90\00:21:09.06
"A bruised reed
He will not break,
00:21:09.10\00:21:11.23
a smoking flax
He will not quench;
00:21:11.27\00:21:13.47
He will bring
forth justice for truth."
00:21:13.50\00:21:15.74
Our words are first instrumental
00:21:15.77\00:21:18.04
don't break bruised
reeds and don't pour water
00:21:18.07\00:21:21.38
with your words on a person
00:21:21.41\00:21:23.04
whose light is
just about to die.
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That's right.
00:21:24.45\00:21:25.78
There's some
people that have no hope.
00:21:25.81\00:21:27.15
And you know, we
say, that's good for you.
00:21:27.18\00:21:29.08
You deserve that.
00:21:29.12\00:21:30.45
That's pouring
water on a coal that
00:21:30.49\00:21:33.05
just has no life left in it.
00:21:33.09\00:21:34.82
It's just about to whimper out.
00:21:34.86\00:21:36.59
Your words can bring
life back to that individual.
00:21:36.62\00:21:38.89
And I've seen that it's
important to be gracious.
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Also, our words are aromatic.
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Colossians 4:5 and 6.
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Walk in wisdom toward
those who are outside,
00:21:45.90\00:21:48.10
meaning those who are
not a part of your following,
00:21:48.14\00:21:50.81
redeeming the time.
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Listen to this,
verse 6 of Colossians 4.
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"Let your speech
always be with grace,
00:21:55.24\00:21:58.08
seasoned with
salt, there you go,
00:21:58.11\00:22:00.25
that you may know
00:22:00.28\00:22:01.62
how you ought to
answer each one."
00:22:01.65\00:22:04.99
Be nice to people, you know,
00:22:05.02\00:22:06.62
if people were
just nice to folk,
00:22:06.65\00:22:08.39
how different
would the world be.
00:22:08.42\00:22:09.76
Amen to that. It
is nice, just be nice.
00:22:09.79\00:22:12.19
I mean just be nice.
00:22:12.23\00:22:15.36
Yes, be nice, just be nice.
00:22:15.40\00:22:19.03
Today just be nice to somebody,
not because they deserve it
00:22:19.07\00:22:22.60
because you
should represent Christ.
00:22:22.64\00:22:25.01
Be nice.
00:22:25.04\00:22:27.21
Thirdly, our words are valuable.
00:22:27.24\00:22:29.04
Our words are valuable.
00:22:29.08\00:22:30.71
They're first
instrumental, aromatic,
00:22:30.75\00:22:32.45
but they are valuable.
00:22:32.48\00:22:33.95
Proverbs 25:11,
"A word fitly spoken
00:22:33.98\00:22:37.92
is like apples of gold
in settings of silver."
00:22:37.95\00:22:41.92
How valuable if
somebody spoke to you
00:22:41.96\00:22:44.89
or if you spoke to someone,
00:22:44.93\00:22:46.29
and you walked
away from someone,
00:22:46.33\00:22:48.53
would you say, "Wow,
that was, I needed that."
00:22:48.56\00:22:51.93
And sometimes we
could empower someone
00:22:51.97\00:22:55.37
with words that are valuable.
00:22:55.40\00:22:57.27
We could say to that individual,
00:22:57.31\00:22:58.64
I know you didn't have,
00:22:58.67\00:23:00.01
I know you didn't
have a great life,
00:23:00.04\00:23:01.38
but you know what?
00:23:01.41\00:23:02.74
You mean everything to Christ.
00:23:02.78\00:23:04.11
I know that the world
seems like it's on your back,
00:23:04.15\00:23:06.28
but I'm here to help
you lift your burden.
00:23:06.31\00:23:08.38
Make our words valuable.
00:23:08.42\00:23:09.98
Ellen White said
00:23:10.02\00:23:11.35
when people come
into our presence,
00:23:11.39\00:23:12.72
they should
always leave encouraged.
00:23:12.75\00:23:15.02
Our words are valuable.
00:23:15.06\00:23:16.39
Third, fourthly,
our words are decisive.
00:23:16.42\00:23:18.86
Our words are
decisive. This is powerful.
00:23:18.89\00:23:21.26
Proverbs 18:21, "Death and life
are in the power of the tongue,
00:23:21.30\00:23:27.24
and those who love
it will eat its fruit."
00:23:27.27\00:23:29.80
Now, people often
miss what that means.
00:23:29.84\00:23:31.61
If you use your words for death,
00:23:31.64\00:23:34.04
death is going to come
upon you in your own words.
00:23:34.08\00:23:36.88
The way you cut, folk,
00:23:36.91\00:23:38.55
you're going to
be cut the same way.
00:23:38.58\00:23:40.28
He who kills with the sword
must be killed with the sword,
00:23:40.32\00:23:43.72
and out of the
mouth proceeds that sword.
00:23:43.75\00:23:45.95
So be very careful.
00:23:45.99\00:23:47.46
Fifthly, our words are decisive.
00:23:47.49\00:23:50.59
Sorry, our words are directive.
00:23:50.63\00:23:53.26
Our words are directive.
00:23:53.29\00:23:54.96
Proverbs 15:1,
00:23:55.00\00:23:57.13
"A soft answer turns away wrath,
00:23:57.17\00:24:00.67
but a harsh word
stirs up strife."
00:24:00.70\00:24:03.54
You can
determine which direction
00:24:03.57\00:24:05.07
that conversation is going to go
00:24:05.11\00:24:07.51
by the next thing
you say, husband or wife.
00:24:07.54\00:24:11.28
And lastly, our
words are meteorological.
00:24:11.31\00:24:15.02
Wow.
00:24:15.05\00:24:17.89
I tried to say that slowly,
because you can make mess,
00:24:17.92\00:24:20.39
you mess your
tongue up on that one.
00:24:20.42\00:24:22.16
Our words are meteorological.
00:24:22.19\00:24:24.89
Proverbs 15:23, "A man has joy
00:24:24.93\00:24:29.16
by the answer of his mouth,
00:24:29.20\00:24:31.40
and a word spoken in due season,
00:24:31.43\00:24:35.54
how good it is!"
00:24:35.57\00:24:36.94
Meteorological.
00:24:36.97\00:24:38.31
Here's the principle
00:24:38.34\00:24:39.67
that you must
apply when you speak.
00:24:39.71\00:24:41.04
Let the words of
my mouth, come on,
00:24:41.08\00:24:43.38
and the meditations on my heart
be acceptable in Your sight.
00:24:43.41\00:24:47.35
O Lord, my
strength and my redeemer.
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Pastor Kenny.
Praise the Lord, Pastor.
00:24:50.89\00:24:52.92
Always thrilling,
isn't it to be able to hear
00:24:52.95\00:24:54.32
the Word of God
00:24:54.36\00:24:55.69
and so we're having a
good time spiritually, right?
00:24:55.72\00:24:58.23
Getting into the
word. I know you are too.
00:24:58.26\00:24:59.93
We're going to
take a short break
00:24:59.96\00:25:01.30
and we're going
to be right back.
00:25:01.33\00:25:02.66
Don't go away. Amen.
00:25:02.70\00:25:04.03
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We're glad you're still with us.
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We're going to jump right into
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Tuesday's lesson
with Sister Jill Morikone.
00:25:44.11\00:25:46.27
She's going to be
talking about a subject
00:25:46.31\00:25:47.78
I think that's going
to be really exciting.
00:25:47.81\00:25:50.45
It's about Jesus. And
so it's got to be exciting.
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It is, absolutely.
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"Jesus' Healing Ministry:
00:25:54.58\00:25:57.35
Part 1" because Greg has part 2.
00:25:57.39\00:25:59.69
So we're going to take
a couple of stories here.
00:25:59.72\00:26:01.66
Thank you both so much,
Pastor Kenny and Pastor John.
00:26:01.69\00:26:04.63
So I'm going to remember that
00:26:04.66\00:26:05.99
all day and hopefully
all week and all year.
00:26:06.03\00:26:08.63
Be nice. Okay, moving on.
00:26:08.66\00:26:11.60
We're talking about the lesson
00:26:11.63\00:26:13.34
had this
incredible statement here.
00:26:13.37\00:26:15.10
It said, Jesus ministered
to people's felt needs,
00:26:15.14\00:26:18.84
so that He could ultimately
meet their deepest needs.
00:26:18.87\00:26:23.31
What is the felt need?
00:26:23.35\00:26:24.68
It's an area of life
where people feel like
00:26:24.71\00:26:26.48
they can't solve
their own problems.
00:26:26.51\00:26:28.85
I want to quit smoking,
or I want to lose weight
00:26:28.88\00:26:31.12
or exercise more or eat better
00:26:31.15\00:26:33.12
or reduce stress or
get the money I need.
00:26:33.15\00:26:35.99
Or I need medical care or food
or I'm having marriage problems
00:26:36.02\00:26:40.40
or sickness, disease or cancer.
00:26:40.43\00:26:42.63
Any of these are felt needs
where we can meet that need
00:26:42.66\00:26:46.87
in someone else's life,
00:26:46.90\00:26:48.60
leading to the
deepest need that they have.
00:26:48.64\00:26:51.21
And what is that?
00:26:51.24\00:26:52.57
We each have a God
shaped hole in our heart
00:26:52.61\00:26:56.64
that can only be filled
by the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:26:56.68\00:27:00.52
We have a need for
assurance of salvation,
00:27:00.55\00:27:03.45
for peace with God,
for forgiveness of sins,
00:27:03.49\00:27:06.62
for a relationship
with our Creator God
00:27:06.65\00:27:09.62
and Redeemer.
00:27:09.66\00:27:10.99
We each need a
reason for existence.
00:27:11.03\00:27:13.76
Jesus' healing ministry,
He dealt with physical needs.
00:27:13.80\00:27:18.20
He dealt with mental needs.
00:27:18.23\00:27:19.83
He dealt with emotional needs,
00:27:19.87\00:27:21.90
but they always led
to spiritual healing
00:27:21.94\00:27:24.64
'cause Jesus was concerned
about the whole person.
00:27:24.67\00:27:28.54
In the Synoptic
Gospels, Matthew, Mark and Luke,
00:27:28.58\00:27:31.45
there's 22 accounts
of healing described.
00:27:31.48\00:27:34.52
Fifteen of
those 22 accounts were
00:27:34.55\00:27:37.15
by those
marginalized by society.
00:27:37.19\00:27:40.72
Jesus healed women, beggars,
00:27:40.76\00:27:44.19
lepers, demoniacs,
00:27:44.23\00:27:46.59
people who were
discriminated against.
00:27:46.63\00:27:50.17
Those 15 of the 22
healings in the Synoptic Gospels
00:27:50.20\00:27:53.57
were by those who
were considered outcasts
00:27:53.60\00:27:56.00
or untouchable or lesser than.
00:27:56.04\00:27:59.61
And 9 of the 22
accounts involved faith
00:27:59.64\00:28:03.14
or specifically mentioned faith
00:28:03.18\00:28:05.48
in the midst of
the healing process.
00:28:05.51\00:28:07.18
We know faith was
involved in all of them,
00:28:07.22\00:28:09.68
but 9 of the 22
specifically mentioned faith.
00:28:09.72\00:28:12.89
So we're going to look
at two different stories,
00:28:12.92\00:28:14.62
two different examples of Jesus'
00:28:14.66\00:28:17.03
healing ministry, the paralytic
00:28:17.06\00:28:19.66
and the woman with
the issue of blood.
00:28:19.69\00:28:21.86
So let's start with a paralytic.
00:28:21.90\00:28:23.23
We're going to
look at Matthew 9.
00:28:23.26\00:28:24.60
If you want to turn with me,
00:28:24.63\00:28:25.97
we're going to
Matthew chapter 9.
00:28:26.00\00:28:28.74
I've divided the story in
three sections, the setting,
00:28:28.77\00:28:32.81
the issue, and then the healing.
00:28:32.84\00:28:35.78
So let's look at the setting.
00:28:35.81\00:28:37.31
Matthew 9:1-2, "So He,"
that's Jesus, "got into a boat,
00:28:37.35\00:28:41.68
crossed over, and
came to His own city.
00:28:41.72\00:28:44.22
Then behold, they brought to him
00:28:44.25\00:28:46.25
a paralytic lying on a bed."
00:28:46.29\00:28:48.52
Now let's stop a moment.
00:28:48.56\00:28:50.19
You noticed, it said,
he came to His own city.
00:28:50.23\00:28:52.96
What city is that?
00:28:52.99\00:28:54.33
Capernaum, His own city,
00:28:54.36\00:28:56.46
likely He came to
Simon Peter's house
00:28:56.50\00:28:58.67
because often he would be
there in Simon Peter's house.
00:28:58.70\00:29:02.30
Now in case you're
wondering His own city,
00:29:02.34\00:29:04.27
you just made up Capernaum.
00:29:04.31\00:29:05.64
The Gospel of Mark clearly
says he came to Capernaum.
00:29:05.67\00:29:09.71
Mark also gives some
other details to the story
00:29:09.74\00:29:11.95
that we're
missing here in Matthew.
00:29:11.98\00:29:14.05
Mark explains how
Jesus had just healed a leper
00:29:14.08\00:29:17.15
just a few days ago.
00:29:17.19\00:29:18.75
And He told the leper,
00:29:18.79\00:29:20.12
"Go show
yourself to the priests."
00:29:20.16\00:29:21.49
Now this is important
00:29:21.52\00:29:22.86
because the
priests found out about
00:29:22.89\00:29:26.16
Jesus' healing ministry.
00:29:26.19\00:29:28.06
Now He told the
leper, Jesus did,
00:29:28.10\00:29:29.96
show yourself to the priests,
00:29:30.00\00:29:31.33
but don't tell other people
but the leper didn't listen.
00:29:31.37\00:29:33.74
And he told this
story far and wide,
00:29:33.77\00:29:36.10
so much so that Mark says
00:29:36.14\00:29:38.44
Jesus could no
longer even enter a city,
00:29:38.47\00:29:41.88
because the
people flocked to Him.
00:29:41.91\00:29:44.51
So He went out
into like the country,
00:29:44.55\00:29:46.45
and the people
would come to Him.
00:29:46.48\00:29:47.82
So at this point,
00:29:47.85\00:29:49.18
Jesus is very
well known and popular.
00:29:49.22\00:29:51.72
Mark also tells us that
Jesus went into the house
00:29:51.75\00:29:54.09
and there were so many people
00:29:54.12\00:29:55.59
in the house
that there was no room
00:29:55.62\00:29:57.46
when the people
brought the paralytic.
00:29:57.49\00:29:59.53
They had to go up on
the roof and open it up.
00:29:59.56\00:30:02.53
These are his four friends,
00:30:02.56\00:30:04.27
and let him down
through the roof into the room
00:30:04.30\00:30:08.60
so that he could
be brought to Jesus.
00:30:08.64\00:30:11.67
I love that.
00:30:11.71\00:30:13.48
When you can't get
to Jesus by yourself,
00:30:13.51\00:30:16.78
let your friends carry you.
00:30:16.81\00:30:20.68
And if you have other people
00:30:20.72\00:30:26.22
in your life,
carry them to Jesus.
00:30:26.25\00:30:30.33
You have people that
are lacking in faith,
00:30:30.36\00:30:32.19
people who are paralytic,
people who need Jesus.
00:30:32.23\00:30:35.80
You'd be the one to
bring them to Jesus.
00:30:35.83\00:30:40.10
Now Luke also talks
about the story in Luke 5.
00:30:40.14\00:30:42.90
And there's an interesting piece
00:30:42.94\00:30:44.31
that's added to this
00:30:44.34\00:30:45.67
that's missing in
Matthew and Mark's version.
00:30:45.71\00:30:48.21
Luke says that the Pharisees
00:30:48.24\00:30:50.98
and the teachers of
the law were present.
00:30:51.01\00:30:53.08
Now other one say that too,
but in Luke 5:16, it says that,
00:30:53.11\00:30:55.92
"The Pharisees and
teachers of the law
00:30:55.95\00:30:57.75
had come from
every town of Galilee,
00:30:57.79\00:31:01.72
Judea and Jerusalem."
00:31:01.76\00:31:03.76
Now, I don't know but if the...
00:31:03.79\00:31:06.56
You know, Jesus healed
the leper just before this.
00:31:06.59\00:31:08.90
It's possible that
00:31:08.93\00:31:11.27
when the leper went to
show himself to the priests,
00:31:11.30\00:31:13.30
they kind of
held a little meeting
00:31:13.34\00:31:14.87
with the leaders of the church
00:31:14.90\00:31:16.24
and all the priests
and all the Pharisees
00:31:16.27\00:31:18.77
and all the
scribes began to say,
00:31:18.81\00:31:20.54
"Okay, we got to keep
an eye on this Jesus."
00:31:20.58\00:31:22.71
So they came from
every single town.
00:31:22.74\00:31:25.18
They were there
present in that home.
00:31:25.21\00:31:28.12
So what's, that's the setting.
Let's look at the issue.
00:31:28.15\00:31:30.22
What is the issue?
00:31:30.25\00:31:31.59
The issue was not even really
00:31:31.62\00:31:33.36
whether Jesus
could heal the paralytic,
00:31:33.39\00:31:35.32
the issue was whether Jesus
had authority to forgive sins.
00:31:35.36\00:31:39.39
How is healing
connected with sin?
00:31:39.43\00:31:42.36
How is healing
connected with forgiveness?
00:31:42.40\00:31:44.77
How is healing connected
with sin, sickness, suffering,
00:31:44.80\00:31:47.50
disease, pain and death?
00:31:47.54\00:31:49.37
We know that all
sickness, all disease,
00:31:49.40\00:31:52.57
all death is the result of sin,
00:31:52.61\00:31:54.71
because the
wages of sin is death.
00:31:54.74\00:31:56.54
We know that sin
brought fear and guilt.
00:31:56.58\00:31:58.38
Sin brought a
separation from the Father.
00:31:58.41\00:32:01.05
Now our sins specifically
don't always cause that.
00:32:01.08\00:32:05.35
I want to be clear there.
00:32:05.39\00:32:06.72
There are times,
say if you few smoke,
00:32:06.76\00:32:08.86
okay, their cancer can
be a direct correlation,
00:32:08.89\00:32:11.96
you could say to that smoking.
00:32:11.99\00:32:13.86
There's other times like in Job
00:32:13.90\00:32:15.80
where it's just an outworking
of the great controversy of sin
00:32:15.83\00:32:19.07
in general.
00:32:19.10\00:32:21.04
But if Jesus can take
care of the effects of sin,
00:32:21.07\00:32:23.67
that's physical healing, surely,
00:32:23.71\00:32:26.07
He can take care of the cause
00:32:26.11\00:32:27.58
of the illness by
forgiving the sin.
00:32:27.61\00:32:29.84
So forgiving sins
and healing diseases
00:32:29.88\00:32:32.61
is these two sides of the coin,
00:32:32.65\00:32:35.05
but it's really the
same mission of Jesus.
00:32:35.08\00:32:38.05
We see the
healing here in verse 2.
00:32:38.09\00:32:40.26
They brought him the
paralytic, he's on the bed.
00:32:40.29\00:32:42.66
Jesus said, "Son
be of good cheer.
00:32:42.69\00:32:45.49
Your sins are forgiven you."
00:32:45.53\00:32:47.83
Now we might have sat there
00:32:47.86\00:32:49.20
and wondered
how he got that way,
00:32:49.23\00:32:50.57
we might have avoided him.
00:32:50.60\00:32:51.93
We might have not
associated with him
00:32:51.97\00:32:53.94
or thought he deserved this
00:32:53.97\00:32:55.30
or we might have criticized him.
00:32:55.34\00:32:57.07
But Jesus said,
"Son, be of good cheer.
00:32:57.11\00:33:00.31
Your sins are forgiven you."
00:33:00.34\00:33:02.78
Jesus announced the
forgiveness of the sins
00:33:02.81\00:33:04.71
before he was
healed, before he went
00:33:04.75\00:33:06.51
and offered a
sacrifice in the sanctuary.
00:33:06.55\00:33:08.45
Before he said anything,
00:33:08.48\00:33:09.98
it was the faith that saved him.
00:33:10.02\00:33:12.95
So then we see, all of a sudden
00:33:12.99\00:33:14.96
all these scribes and
Pharisees get worked up
00:33:14.99\00:33:17.13
and they start
talking amongst themselves.
00:33:17.16\00:33:19.39
This man is blaspheming.
00:33:19.43\00:33:22.10
But Jesus knowing
their thoughts said,
00:33:22.13\00:33:23.77
"Why do you think
evil in your hearts,
00:33:23.80\00:33:25.67
for which is easier to
say your sins are forgiven
00:33:25.70\00:33:28.10
or arise and walk,
but that you may know that
00:33:28.14\00:33:31.34
the Son of Man has power
on earth to forgive sins.
00:33:31.37\00:33:34.24
Then he said to the paralytic,
00:33:34.28\00:33:36.18
"Arise, take up your
bed and go to your house.
00:33:36.21\00:33:39.21
And he arose and
departed to his house."
00:33:39.25\00:33:42.05
So we see Jesus saying,
00:33:42.08\00:33:43.42
"Your sins are forgiven, rise,
take up your bed and walk."
00:33:43.45\00:33:46.96
And Jesus had authority
and power to forgive sins.
00:33:46.99\00:33:50.66
Now, let's look
just briefly at the woman
00:33:50.69\00:33:53.19
with the issue of blood.
00:33:53.23\00:33:54.73
What was her problem?
00:33:54.76\00:33:56.10
She'd had an issue for 12 years.
00:33:56.13\00:33:57.70
She'd been to
physician after physician
00:33:57.73\00:33:59.60
with no cure and no hope.
00:33:59.63\00:34:02.20
In their culture, if
she had this issue of blood,
00:34:02.24\00:34:05.31
she would have
been considered unclean.
00:34:05.34\00:34:07.08
She would have been prohibited
from entering the temple.
00:34:07.11\00:34:09.68
She could not come in
contact with people or things,
00:34:09.71\00:34:12.11
it would be similar to a leper.
00:34:12.15\00:34:14.02
She was an
outcast and untouchable.
00:34:14.05\00:34:17.82
And yet, when she
heard about Jesus,
00:34:17.85\00:34:20.02
Matthew 5:27, Matthew 5:27,
00:34:20.06\00:34:24.49
"She came
behind Him in the crowd
00:34:24.53\00:34:26.43
and touched His garment.
00:34:26.46\00:34:28.73
For she said, 'If I
may only touch His clothes,
00:34:28.76\00:34:31.63
I shall be made well.'"
00:34:31.67\00:34:34.04
Now that word well
is from the root word,
00:34:34.07\00:34:36.27
we get salvation.
00:34:36.30\00:34:37.87
It's the same
word in Matthew 1:21
00:34:37.91\00:34:40.08
when it says Jesus
will save His people
00:34:40.11\00:34:43.04
from their sins,
the same word save.
00:34:43.08\00:34:45.05
So this means the
woman when she's reaching out
00:34:45.08\00:34:47.45
if I may just touch His garment,
00:34:47.48\00:34:49.55
she's not just talking
about physical healing,
00:34:49.58\00:34:51.72
but this is
spiritual healing as well.
00:34:51.75\00:34:54.66
Her faith and
courage and hope to press
00:34:54.69\00:34:57.76
through the crowd
00:34:57.79\00:34:59.13
and touch His
garment is remarkable.
00:34:59.16\00:35:02.50
The revealing and
Jesus said, what did He say?
00:35:02.53\00:35:04.77
"Who touched Me?" Yeah.
00:35:04.80\00:35:06.13
And the disciples
thought it was rather funny.
00:35:06.17\00:35:07.70
What are you
saying who touched me.
00:35:07.74\00:35:10.71
Why did He asked who touched Me?
00:35:10.74\00:35:13.88
Because it gave
her an opportunity
00:35:13.91\00:35:16.81
to testify of what the
Lord had done in her life.
00:35:16.85\00:35:22.38
It gave her an
opportunity to witness.
00:35:22.42\00:35:24.99
It gave Him an
opportunity to express that
00:35:25.02\00:35:27.92
it was not the physical touching
00:35:27.96\00:35:29.62
that had healed.
00:35:29.66\00:35:30.99
Clear up any
misconception in that.
00:35:31.03\00:35:33.63
Our Lord stopped the woman also,
00:35:33.66\00:35:35.06
so other people would know.
00:35:35.10\00:35:36.53
So that now she could
be looked upon as clean
00:35:36.56\00:35:39.37
and associate with others.
00:35:39.40\00:35:41.07
And He also stopped
00:35:41.10\00:35:42.44
so that the greater
miracle could occur.
00:35:42.47\00:35:45.67
Jairus' daughter,
remember He was on His way
00:35:45.71\00:35:47.84
to Jairus' daughter
00:35:47.88\00:35:49.21
that she
wouldn't just be healed,
00:35:49.24\00:35:50.58
now she would literally
be raised from the dead.
00:35:50.61\00:35:53.58
Mercy. Amen.
00:35:53.62\00:35:55.12
Thank you very much, Sweetie.
00:35:55.15\00:35:56.48
Blessing to sit next to
you on Sabbath School Panel.
00:35:56.52\00:35:58.39
Sure.
00:35:58.42\00:35:59.75
I have "Jesus'
Healing Ministry: Part 2."
00:35:59.79\00:36:03.53
And I wanted to
start with Matthew 9:35.
00:36:03.56\00:36:08.66
I actually want to look
00:36:08.70\00:36:10.03
at a three-fold
ministry of Christ
00:36:10.07\00:36:12.13
while here on this earth.
00:36:12.17\00:36:13.80
One of those being healing,
Jill looked at part one,
00:36:13.84\00:36:16.71
I'm looking at part two.
00:36:16.74\00:36:18.07
Matthew 9:35 says,
"Then Jesus went about
00:36:18.11\00:36:22.98
all the cities and villages,"
00:36:23.01\00:36:24.61
number one,
"teaching in their synagogues,"
00:36:24.65\00:36:27.32
number two,
00:36:27.35\00:36:28.68
"preaching the
gospel of the kingdom,"
00:36:28.72\00:36:30.29
and number three,
"healing every sickness
00:36:30.32\00:36:33.29
and every disease
among the people."
00:36:33.32\00:36:37.13
Now I was
homeschooled by my mother,
00:36:37.16\00:36:40.06
so I appreciate my mother.
00:36:40.10\00:36:41.43
She was my teacher.
00:36:41.46\00:36:43.83
I have sat under
many different pastors
00:36:43.87\00:36:46.67
and ministers is my
growing up right now our pastor,
00:36:46.70\00:36:49.24
my pastor for
probably the last 20 years
00:36:49.27\00:36:51.07
or close to that is
Pastor John Lomacang,
00:36:51.11\00:36:53.48
a very powerful
speaker of the Word.
00:36:53.51\00:36:56.54
I was very sick at one time
and I was in a foreign country,
00:36:56.58\00:37:01.42
I couldn't even walk,
00:37:01.45\00:37:02.82
they had to carry me
into the emergency room
00:37:02.85\00:37:05.55
and the doctors were
able to get me better.
00:37:05.59\00:37:08.59
They healed me, but
nothing against my mother.
00:37:08.62\00:37:11.86
Nothing against
Pastor John Lomacang
00:37:11.89\00:37:13.53
or all the other pastors
or the doctors that healed me.
00:37:13.56\00:37:16.03
Can you imagine to
be under the teacher,
00:37:16.06\00:37:18.17
Jesus Christ, to
be under the healer,
00:37:18.20\00:37:20.74
Jesus Christ,
00:37:20.77\00:37:22.10
or under the
preacher of Jesus Christ,
00:37:22.14\00:37:23.54
as He walked on this earth
had been absolutely phenomenal.
00:37:23.57\00:37:27.64
So I want to just briefly look
at the three aspects of Christ.
00:37:27.68\00:37:30.88
When He came here, John 10:10,
I don't want to miss this.
00:37:30.91\00:37:33.68
"Jesus came, that
they may have life,
00:37:33.72\00:37:36.18
and that they may
have it more abundantly."
00:37:36.22\00:37:38.75
So Christ's
mission on this earth,
00:37:38.79\00:37:40.19
of course, was for
salvation, but to seek
00:37:40.22\00:37:42.42
and to save that which was lost,
00:37:42.46\00:37:44.69
teaching Christ as our teacher.
00:37:44.73\00:37:46.70
Basically, when you
look at the Greek word,
00:37:46.73\00:37:48.10
it means to literally teach,
00:37:48.13\00:37:49.50
to impart knowledge, to
disseminate information.
00:37:49.53\00:37:52.37
There's about 45
times in the scriptures
00:37:52.40\00:37:54.60
that Christ is
referred to as the teacher.
00:37:54.64\00:37:58.41
So I just wrote
down some different,
00:37:58.44\00:38:00.08
I know time it
just always seemed like
00:38:00.11\00:38:01.44
we're trying to cram so
much in these 10 minutes.
00:38:01.48\00:38:03.88
But Jesus taught with power.
00:38:03.91\00:38:06.31
You can look these
up, Matthew 4:23 and 24.
00:38:06.35\00:38:10.22
Jesus teaching was
unique, or he amazed others.
00:38:10.25\00:38:14.82
They were
astonished at His teaching.
00:38:14.86\00:38:17.13
Matthew 7:28.
00:38:17.16\00:38:20.03
Jesus taught at various
places to various people.
00:38:20.06\00:38:23.67
He went about many
different villages,
00:38:23.70\00:38:25.10
many different towns and cities.
00:38:25.13\00:38:27.37
But He also
talked to the scholars,
00:38:27.40\00:38:29.50
and he talked to
the little children,
00:38:29.54\00:38:30.87
I think that's just beautiful.
00:38:30.91\00:38:32.81
Jesus taught with
compassion, Mark 6:34.
00:38:32.84\00:38:36.95
I just want to
read this scripture,
00:38:36.98\00:38:38.31
because to me, it's just,
00:38:38.35\00:38:39.68
it's just a beautiful
passage in the Word of God.
00:38:39.71\00:38:41.25
Mark 6:34 says, "And Jesus went,
00:38:41.28\00:38:44.15
and when he came
out, saw many people,
00:38:44.19\00:38:47.26
and he was moved with
compassion toward them,
00:38:47.29\00:38:51.13
because they were a
sheep not having a shepherd.
00:38:51.16\00:38:54.00
And he began to
teach them many things."
00:38:54.03\00:38:57.60
Number five,
like I just mentioned
00:38:57.63\00:38:58.97
a little bit ago is
He could talk to scholars
00:38:59.00\00:39:02.84
were just astonished
that the people who said,
00:39:02.87\00:39:04.54
He didn't go to our schools.
00:39:04.57\00:39:06.27
How is this
possible, Pastor Kenny,
00:39:06.31\00:39:08.28
that you can just dumbfound us?
00:39:08.31\00:39:10.41
We don't even have
answers. He asks us a question.
00:39:10.45\00:39:12.25
We're not sure how to
even answer these questions
00:39:12.28\00:39:14.08
so He could
communicate with the elite,
00:39:14.12\00:39:17.19
so to speak of His time.
00:39:17.22\00:39:18.92
Jesus taught by
placing other people first.
00:39:18.95\00:39:23.19
Luke 13:10-17.
00:39:23.22\00:39:25.39
This is the woman
00:39:25.43\00:39:26.76
with the infirmary for 18 years.
00:39:26.80\00:39:28.53
And how Jesus healed
her on the Sabbath day.
00:39:28.56\00:39:30.77
He was criticized, wasn't He?
00:39:30.80\00:39:32.47
Why are You healing
her on the Sabbath day?
00:39:32.50\00:39:33.87
And then He says, "Well,
00:39:33.90\00:39:35.24
wouldn't you pull
your ox out of the ditch,
00:39:35.27\00:39:37.47
why wouldn't I heal this woman?"
00:39:37.51\00:39:39.07
So again, He puts the
scholar's kind of like,
00:39:39.11\00:39:40.98
wow, what do we say now?
00:39:41.01\00:39:42.34
But He taught people
or He placed people first.
00:39:42.38\00:39:46.61
Number seven, He taught
with authority and power.
00:39:46.65\00:39:50.05
He again talked to the
scribes and the elders,
00:39:50.09\00:39:51.65
I have Luke 20:1-8.
00:39:51.69\00:39:54.96
And then Jesus taught
His disciples how to pray,
00:39:54.99\00:39:57.86
and I think that's
a beautiful part too.
00:39:57.89\00:39:59.39
Luke 11:1 says,
"And it came to pass,
00:39:59.43\00:40:01.86
that, as he was
praying in a certain place,
00:40:01.90\00:40:04.77
when he stopped,
00:40:04.80\00:40:06.33
one of his
disciples said unto him,
00:40:06.37\00:40:08.10
Lord, teach us to pray,
00:40:08.14\00:40:10.61
as John also
taught his disciples."
00:40:10.64\00:40:13.14
So we're looking
at Christ as teacher,
00:40:13.17\00:40:15.18
Christ is
preaching, or as a pastor,
00:40:15.21\00:40:17.75
it's interesting
to think of that.
00:40:17.78\00:40:19.51
The Greek word means to preach,
00:40:19.55\00:40:21.08
to announce a message publicly
00:40:21.12\00:40:23.65
and I like this, with conviction
00:40:23.69\00:40:25.75
and with persuasion.
00:40:25.79\00:40:28.02
There's about 13
times in the Bible
00:40:28.06\00:40:29.96
where Christ is
referred to as preaching.
00:40:29.99\00:40:32.63
And I just have
three points here.
00:40:32.66\00:40:34.66
Jesus applied the scriptures
to the lives of His hearers.
00:40:34.70\00:40:40.10
I think that's beautiful,
00:40:40.14\00:40:41.47
He made it very
relevant to them,
00:40:41.50\00:40:43.64
especially in the
parables and the things that
00:40:43.67\00:40:45.27
He said they could understand
00:40:45.31\00:40:47.71
what He was saying,
so He applied it to them.
00:40:47.74\00:40:50.81
This is Luke 4:16-20.
00:40:50.85\00:40:54.58
And during this
passage, Christ mentions Isaiah
00:40:54.62\00:40:59.32
and is referring
to Isaiah Chapter 61.
00:40:59.35\00:41:03.59
And the part here it
says, "And he came to Nazareth,"
00:41:03.63\00:41:06.93
verse 16, "where he
had been brought up.
00:41:06.96\00:41:09.66
And as His custom was,
He went into the synagogue
00:41:09.70\00:41:11.80
on the Sabbath day
and stood up for to read.
00:41:11.83\00:41:14.84
And there was delivered unto Him
00:41:14.87\00:41:16.20
the book of the Prophet Isaiah.
00:41:16.24\00:41:18.37
And when He had opened the book,
00:41:18.41\00:41:20.08
He found the place
where it was written."
00:41:20.11\00:41:22.51
Verse 18, "The Spirit
of the Lord is upon me."
00:41:22.54\00:41:24.85
This goes back
to your scripture,
00:41:24.88\00:41:26.21
Pastor Kenny,
"Because he hath anointed me
00:41:26.25\00:41:29.15
to preach the
gospel to the poor.
00:41:29.18\00:41:32.72
He has sent me to
heal the brokenhearted,
00:41:32.75\00:41:36.22
to preach
deliverance to the captives,
00:41:36.26\00:41:39.29
and recovering of
sight to the blind,
00:41:39.33\00:41:42.43
and to set at liberty
those that are bruised."
00:41:42.46\00:41:46.50
Again, Christ applied the
scriptures to His hearers,
00:41:46.53\00:41:50.34
but He also, I think
this is just powerful.
00:41:50.37\00:41:52.94
He spoke directly
to the human condition,
00:41:52.97\00:41:55.78
so He was
mentioning a lot of points
00:41:55.81\00:41:57.15
you're brokenhearted,
captives, bruised.
00:41:57.18\00:42:00.15
And I think that's just the Lord
00:42:00.18\00:42:02.85
and God that we
serve cares about us
00:42:02.88\00:42:05.12
on an intimate level.
00:42:05.15\00:42:07.09
And the third point
is He shared His mission,
00:42:07.12\00:42:09.52
we can again go right
back to this passage here,
00:42:09.56\00:42:12.03
Luke 4:18, where
He shared His mission
00:42:12.06\00:42:15.23
and that was to
preach to the poor,
00:42:15.26\00:42:18.43
to heal, to
deliver, to give eyesight,
00:42:18.47\00:42:23.34
and to set free
those that are in bondage.
00:42:23.37\00:42:25.17
I mean, that's just beautiful.
00:42:25.21\00:42:26.57
So Christ, as the
preacher, Christ as our healer.
00:42:26.61\00:42:30.15
And that is to,
00:42:30.18\00:42:31.51
the Greek means
to physically restore
00:42:31.55\00:42:34.02
to from someone
00:42:34.05\00:42:35.38
from their illness or infirmity.
00:42:35.42\00:42:37.75
There's 22
stories, as Jill mentioned,
00:42:37.79\00:42:39.55
in the Synoptic
Gospels of Christ's healing.
00:42:39.59\00:42:43.16
And Mark 1:32-39.
00:42:43.19\00:42:47.43
This is from the lesson
and I won't read all of that
00:42:47.46\00:42:50.40
but going down to basically
00:42:50.43\00:42:53.10
what's happening here
is Jesus has been preaching
00:42:53.13\00:42:56.20
and then that evening
which is interesting to me,
00:42:56.24\00:42:59.07
there are people that
are coming to be healed,
00:42:59.11\00:43:01.21
so after sundown,
Christ heals many people.
00:43:01.24\00:43:04.98
Then He goes to sleep
somewhere in that time period,
00:43:05.01\00:43:07.52
because then it
says He gets up a great
00:43:07.55\00:43:09.55
while before daybreak.
00:43:09.58\00:43:10.92
So He's healing people
to who knows what hour.
00:43:10.95\00:43:13.36
Then He gets up
and He goes to pray.
00:43:13.39\00:43:15.76
And His disciples
come to Him and say,
00:43:15.79\00:43:17.13
"There's lots of
people already coming,
00:43:17.16\00:43:18.49
they want to be healed."
00:43:18.53\00:43:19.86
And Jesus says to them,
"Let us go into the next towns
00:43:19.89\00:43:23.53
that I may preach
there, also for therefore,
00:43:23.57\00:43:26.37
that's why I came.
00:43:26.40\00:43:27.94
And He preached
in the synagogues
00:43:27.97\00:43:29.64
throughout all
Galilee and cast out devils.
00:43:29.67\00:43:32.47
So yeah,
Christ, definitely busy,
00:43:32.51\00:43:34.28
but He cared for others,
and He physically healed them,
00:43:34.31\00:43:36.91
but His main
purpose and this comes
00:43:36.95\00:43:38.58
from the lesson if
you have your quarterly
00:43:38.61\00:43:40.82
with you can see this quote.
00:43:40.85\00:43:42.75
It says, "Jesus was not merely
00:43:42.78\00:43:44.49
some spectacular miracle worker.
00:43:44.52\00:43:47.09
He was the divine Son of God,
00:43:47.12\00:43:49.42
who came in a
redemptive mission.
00:43:49.46\00:43:51.73
His mission was to
bring eternal life to others."
00:43:51.76\00:43:55.23
And again, Luke 19:10 says,
00:43:55.26\00:43:57.03
"For the Son of
Man has come to seek
00:43:57.07\00:43:58.90
and to save
that which was lost."
00:43:58.93\00:44:01.70
Again another
quote from the lesson,
00:44:01.74\00:44:03.17
"Each act of
healing was an opportunity
00:44:03.20\00:44:05.71
to reveal God's character,
00:44:05.74\00:44:08.04
relieve suffering and
provide an opportunity
00:44:08.08\00:44:11.78
for eternal life.
00:44:11.81\00:44:14.65
"You know, I think of Christ's
healing ministry on this earth,
00:44:14.68\00:44:19.15
I think of a
Savior that cares for me.
00:44:19.19\00:44:23.29
I think of a Savior
00:44:23.32\00:44:25.19
that's
concerned with my worries,
00:44:25.23\00:44:28.13
my concerns, what's
going on in my life,
00:44:28.16\00:44:30.93
the necessities, the things
that I need on a daily basis.
00:44:30.97\00:44:34.94
And you know, Jesus
is our example, right?
00:44:34.97\00:44:36.91
He's that
perfect example for us.
00:44:36.94\00:44:38.77
So we're to emulate
00:44:38.81\00:44:40.18
that example here on this earth.
00:44:40.21\00:44:42.68
There is an old children's
song that probably all of us,
00:44:42.71\00:44:46.41
probably you at
home have sung as well.
00:44:46.45\00:44:48.68
And it's called a
sermon in shoes and it says,
00:44:48.72\00:44:51.35
"Do you know O Christian,
you're a sermon in shoes.
00:44:51.39\00:44:56.02
Do you know, O Christian,
you're a sermon in shoes."
00:44:56.06\00:45:00.53
Jesus calls upon you
to spread the gospel news.
00:45:00.56\00:45:04.33
So walk it, and talk
it, live it and give it,
00:45:04.37\00:45:09.47
teach it and preach
it, know it and show it,
00:45:09.50\00:45:14.14
a sermon in shoes.
00:45:14.18\00:45:16.54
So I just want to
encourage you today
00:45:16.58\00:45:19.61
to be the hands
and the feet of Christ.
00:45:19.65\00:45:23.39
He had His healing ministry
here on this earth is teaching
00:45:23.42\00:45:25.42
and preaching, you
may not be able to heal
00:45:25.45\00:45:27.69
as Jesus did.
00:45:27.72\00:45:29.16
But you can still go
and touch somebody for Him.
00:45:29.19\00:45:32.13
So I want to encourage
00:45:32.16\00:45:33.50
you today to be
that sermon in shoes
00:45:33.53\00:45:35.30
by our
affections, our attitudes,
00:45:35.33\00:45:38.43
and our actions.
00:45:38.47\00:45:40.20
Amen. Thank you
so much, Brother.
00:45:40.24\00:45:42.50
Wow, that was powerful,
the healing ministry of Jesus,
00:45:42.54\00:45:45.44
where would we be
without it? That's right.
00:45:45.47\00:45:47.94
In bottomless pit, in fact,
00:45:47.98\00:45:49.31
we've made this
point many times,
00:45:49.34\00:45:50.68
as you guys clearly alluded
to the fact that you know,
00:45:50.71\00:45:54.35
much of the gospel
records Jesus healing
00:45:54.38\00:45:56.89
more than He actually preached
00:45:56.92\00:45:58.25
and so we can see
there clearly not only
00:45:58.29\00:46:00.29
does He care about
our physical well-being,
00:46:00.32\00:46:02.22
but as you guys
brought out our spiritual
00:46:02.26\00:46:04.39
well-being as well,
which sets us up wonderfully
00:46:04.43\00:46:06.93
for Thursday's lesson
00:46:06.96\00:46:08.30
which is entitled,
"What Matters to Jesus."
00:46:08.33\00:46:12.20
What matters to Jesus,
00:46:12.23\00:46:13.67
I suspect that there's a
lot that matters to Jesus.
00:46:13.70\00:46:16.97
But I love how
Pastor Mark Finley
00:46:17.01\00:46:20.14
lines out this particular lesson
00:46:20.18\00:46:21.84
because he brings it
00:46:21.88\00:46:23.21
from the
perspective of three parables
00:46:23.24\00:46:25.78
that Jesus told in His last week
00:46:25.81\00:46:28.72
before He would go to the cross.
00:46:28.75\00:46:30.32
In fact, to kind of set this up,
00:46:30.35\00:46:32.69
we're talking about
the Olivet Discourse.
00:46:32.72\00:46:35.29
We're talking about Jesus coming
00:46:35.32\00:46:36.66
had just come out of the temple,
00:46:36.69\00:46:38.39
in the latter
parts of Matthew 23.
00:46:38.43\00:46:40.80
So we see there
00:46:40.83\00:46:42.16
in the opening
verses of Matthew 24,
00:46:42.20\00:46:44.17
the disciples and
Jesus are coming out
00:46:44.20\00:46:45.67
of the temple and
they say to Jesus,
00:46:45.70\00:46:47.14
Lord, you know,
look at the temple,
00:46:47.17\00:46:49.00
look how beautiful it
is because Jesus just had
00:46:49.04\00:46:50.84
a showdown in the temple, right?
00:46:50.87\00:46:52.21
He just turned over the tables.
00:46:52.24\00:46:53.81
He's let them know you
have defiled My Father's house,
00:46:53.84\00:46:57.28
and I'm not going
to stand for this.
00:46:57.31\00:46:58.65
And so, Jesus expressed
a righteous indignant anger
00:46:58.68\00:47:02.32
against the
defiling of His temple.
00:47:02.35\00:47:04.25
And so that you can
imagine that the disciples
00:47:04.29\00:47:06.35
are just kind of
trying to calm Him down,
00:47:06.39\00:47:07.72
Oh, Jesus, look at
the beautiful temple
00:47:07.76\00:47:09.09
and the buildings.
00:47:09.12\00:47:10.46
And it's so
magnificent, isn't it?
00:47:10.49\00:47:12.26
And then Jesus says to them,
you know, there's coming a time
00:47:12.29\00:47:14.56
when there will not be
one stone left upon another.
00:47:14.60\00:47:18.13
And the Bible says
that He and the disciples
00:47:18.17\00:47:20.07
went away privately
atop the Mount of Olives.
00:47:20.10\00:47:22.40
And He began to unfold to them,
00:47:22.44\00:47:24.61
the things that would
happen in the last days.
00:47:24.64\00:47:26.88
And we see that clearly
in the signs of the times,
00:47:26.91\00:47:29.14
the latter events
that will happen there
00:47:29.18\00:47:31.11
as recorded in Matthew 24.
00:47:31.15\00:47:33.08
But many people
don't consider that
00:47:33.11\00:47:34.45
Matthew 25 is an
extension of that discourse.
00:47:34.48\00:47:37.65
And I wanted to start
with the opening parable
00:47:37.69\00:47:40.89
here in the opening
verses of Matthew 25.
00:47:40.92\00:47:43.32
It's one that we
are often familiar with,
00:47:43.36\00:47:45.73
it is the parable of
the ten virgins, and again,
00:47:45.76\00:47:48.16
we're talking about
what matters to Jesus.
00:47:48.20\00:47:50.27
And I can tell
you no other parable
00:47:50.30\00:47:52.33
that would clearly communicate
00:47:52.37\00:47:53.77
if we had three of
these parables here,
00:47:53.80\00:47:55.94
if you would, we're
going to talk about one
00:47:55.97\00:47:57.51
that would really clearly show
what it is that we must have,
00:47:57.54\00:48:01.14
what it is that
we must experience
00:48:01.18\00:48:02.98
in these last days
in order to prepare
00:48:03.01\00:48:04.88
for the kingdom of God.
00:48:04.91\00:48:06.25
I believe the answer is
found within this parable.
00:48:06.28\00:48:07.98
So we're going to do
our best with the time given
00:48:08.02\00:48:09.72
to address these three parables.
00:48:09.75\00:48:11.55
But I want to start with
verse 1 Matthew Chapter 25.
00:48:11.59\00:48:15.02
Here it is, it says,
"Jesus is the kingdom of heaven
00:48:15.06\00:48:17.33
shall be likened to ten
virgins who took their lamps
00:48:17.36\00:48:20.56
and went out to
meet the bridegroom."
00:48:20.60\00:48:23.00
Now, just to kind
of give you a heads up
00:48:23.03\00:48:24.53
for those of
you who might not be
00:48:24.57\00:48:25.90
familiar with this parable.
00:48:25.93\00:48:27.27
This is a parable.
00:48:27.30\00:48:28.64
Obviously, Jesus
is using a short story
00:48:28.67\00:48:30.21
to teach a moral lesson here.
00:48:30.24\00:48:32.07
But obviously, this
is a highly symbolic,
00:48:32.11\00:48:35.04
prophetic parable as well.
00:48:35.08\00:48:37.05
We're going to deal
with some symbols here.
00:48:37.08\00:48:38.61
So we see right in
the opening sentence here,
00:48:38.65\00:48:40.52
the opening
verse, these ten virgins,
00:48:40.55\00:48:42.62
these are obviously ten
women, and He's liking them
00:48:42.65\00:48:45.05
unto the kingdom of God.
00:48:45.09\00:48:47.29
And it's
interesting that in the Bible,
00:48:47.32\00:48:49.92
we're told that a
woman represents what?
00:48:49.96\00:48:52.16
Church.
00:48:52.19\00:48:53.53
The church, so we're dealing
with God's people, His church,
00:48:53.56\00:48:56.67
in this particular parable,
and then notice verse 2.
00:48:56.70\00:48:59.83
It says, "Now
five of them were wise,
00:48:59.87\00:49:02.87
and five were foolish."
00:49:02.90\00:49:04.24
Now I want to
kind of back up again
00:49:04.27\00:49:05.61
to verse 1 and
extend into verse 2 here.
00:49:05.64\00:49:07.84
It says, "They took their lamps
00:49:07.88\00:49:09.21
and they went out to
meet the bridegroom."
00:49:09.24\00:49:10.81
So we know that
we have God's Church,
00:49:10.85\00:49:12.51
these women,
they have their lamps.
00:49:12.55\00:49:14.18
And we've learned in our study
00:49:14.22\00:49:15.55
so far, that the Word of
God according to Psalms119:105,
00:49:15.58\00:49:20.99
"Remember thy word
is a lamp unto my feet
00:49:21.02\00:49:23.43
and a light unto my path."
00:49:23.46\00:49:24.89
So they have their
lamps, they have their lamps,
00:49:24.93\00:49:27.30
they put their
trust in God's Word,
00:49:27.33\00:49:29.06
in the promises of
God's Word that the bridegroom
00:49:29.10\00:49:32.13
and we know this bridegroom,
00:49:32.17\00:49:33.50
none other
represents Jesus Christ,
00:49:33.54\00:49:35.80
the bridegroom,
they have put their trust
00:49:35.84\00:49:38.34
in the power of this lamp,
00:49:38.37\00:49:40.11
which promises them
that Jesus will return.
00:49:40.14\00:49:42.94
So they've went out,
they're expressing faith
00:49:42.98\00:49:44.98
in the Word of God,
all ten of these virgins.
00:49:45.01\00:49:47.18
They go out to
meet the bridegroom.
00:49:47.22\00:49:49.58
But it reminds us
here in verse 2 that
00:49:49.62\00:49:51.15
five are wise
and five are foolish,
00:49:51.19\00:49:53.05
and we'll see why
that is the case here.
00:49:53.09\00:49:54.76
Those who are
foolish took their lamps
00:49:54.79\00:49:57.09
and took no oil with them.
00:49:57.13\00:50:01.06
But the wise took oil
00:50:01.10\00:50:02.56
in their vessels
with their lamps.
00:50:02.60\00:50:04.40
Okay, so obviously if
you do an in-depth study
00:50:04.43\00:50:06.43
of God's Word,
00:50:06.47\00:50:07.80
oil in the Bible
is a representation
00:50:07.84\00:50:10.17
of the Spirit of God.
00:50:10.21\00:50:11.84
And that goes to
show us, my friends,
00:50:11.87\00:50:13.38
that you can have your lamps,
00:50:13.41\00:50:15.08
you can know this word,
you can be smart, intelligent,
00:50:15.11\00:50:18.15
you can have the
verses memorized,
00:50:18.18\00:50:20.42
you can know it
from cover to cover,
00:50:20.45\00:50:22.22
you can know it front to back.
00:50:22.25\00:50:23.59
But if you do not have the power
00:50:23.62\00:50:25.39
that activates the
light of this lamp in you,
00:50:25.42\00:50:28.72
dwelling in you and through
you and working through you,
00:50:28.76\00:50:31.13
the oil of the Holy Spirit,
then it is of no avail to us.
00:50:31.16\00:50:34.53
It does not serve its purpose.
00:50:34.56\00:50:36.83
And so these five foolish
00:50:36.87\00:50:38.67
while they're
going out to meet Christ,
00:50:38.70\00:50:40.47
while they put
their trust in God's Word,
00:50:40.50\00:50:42.54
they don't have the
Holy Spirit in their life.
00:50:42.57\00:50:44.64
They need the Holy Spirit
so that they can press forward
00:50:44.67\00:50:47.81
to get through the times
00:50:47.84\00:50:49.18
that they are about to
endure before the bridegroom
00:50:49.21\00:50:51.91
but before the bridegroom
comes and retrieves them.
00:50:51.95\00:50:54.28
And so we go on to
read here very quickly.
00:50:54.32\00:50:56.32
Then all those virgins arose
and trim their lamps, okay.
00:50:56.35\00:50:59.49
Actually go back to verse 6.
00:50:59.52\00:51:00.86
I actually I skipped
a couple of verses here.
00:51:00.89\00:51:03.29
Verse 5.
00:51:03.32\00:51:04.66
"While the bridegroom delayed,
they all slumbered and slept."
00:51:04.69\00:51:07.10
And I think we've experienced
00:51:07.13\00:51:08.46
a little bit of
that in these last days.
00:51:08.50\00:51:09.83
It seems like the church
has been a little stagnant,
00:51:09.86\00:51:11.93
maybe a little bit
complacent in their work,
00:51:11.97\00:51:13.57
but you know what?
00:51:13.60\00:51:14.94
God still has people.
00:51:14.97\00:51:16.30
God still has people
00:51:16.34\00:51:17.67
and even while those
five wives were sleeping,
00:51:17.71\00:51:20.68
notice verse 6, at
midnight, a cry was heard,
00:51:20.71\00:51:23.28
"Behold, the bridegroom is
coming, go out to meet him.
00:51:23.31\00:51:26.55
Then all those virgins
arose and trimmed their lamps.
00:51:26.58\00:51:30.02
And the foolish
said to the wise,
00:51:30.05\00:51:31.52
give us some of your oil,
00:51:31.55\00:51:32.89
for our lamps are going out.
00:51:32.92\00:51:35.12
But the wise answered and said,
00:51:35.16\00:51:36.49
"No less, there should
not be enough for you and us,
00:51:36.52\00:51:38.69
but go rather to those who
sell and buy for yourselves."
00:51:38.73\00:51:42.86
Now, this is vitally important.
00:51:42.90\00:51:44.87
They don't have enough oil.
00:51:44.90\00:51:46.43
They look to the human sources
to supply their oil needs.
00:51:46.47\00:51:51.61
And there's a
lot of people today
00:51:51.64\00:51:52.97
that are looking unto
man, and they're saying,
00:51:53.01\00:51:55.31
you know, share
with us your experience,
00:51:55.34\00:51:57.18
are looking
into man to lead them
00:51:57.21\00:51:58.55
and to guide them
when really they need to be
00:51:58.58\00:52:00.22
going to Him who is selling.
00:52:00.25\00:52:02.15
And in this case,
00:52:02.18\00:52:03.52
it's interesting
that in Revelation 3,
00:52:03.55\00:52:04.89
we see Jesus, Jesus
Christ, He's selling, He says,
00:52:04.92\00:52:07.96
"I counsel you to
buy from me," right?
00:52:07.99\00:52:10.16
Jesus wants to give
us His righteousness.
00:52:10.19\00:52:12.09
He wants to give us
the oil of the spirit.
00:52:12.13\00:52:14.60
But, of course, right
here, they go to other agents.
00:52:14.63\00:52:17.70
And that's why in 1 John 4:1,
00:52:17.73\00:52:20.17
it says, beloved,
believe not every spirit
00:52:20.20\00:52:23.00
but test the spirits,
00:52:23.04\00:52:24.67
whether they are of God or not,
00:52:24.71\00:52:26.04
because they go
and they find oil.
00:52:26.07\00:52:28.04
They go away and
they find their oil.
00:52:28.08\00:52:29.81
They go and find their source
because they come back later,
00:52:29.84\00:52:32.15
as you continue to read,
and they knock on that door
00:52:32.18\00:52:34.58
thinking that
they're going to get in
00:52:34.62\00:52:36.15
after the
bridegroom has already come,
00:52:36.18\00:52:38.15
and they are turned away
by the most haunting words
00:52:38.19\00:52:41.06
that a person could possibly
00:52:41.09\00:52:42.42
ever hear coming out of
the mouth of their Savior.
00:52:42.46\00:52:45.16
"I do not know you."
00:52:45.19\00:52:48.16
My friends, what does
this parable teach us?
00:52:48.20\00:52:50.10
I know I wanted to go
through it all and read it all.
00:52:50.13\00:52:51.57
We just don't have time.
00:52:51.60\00:52:52.97
But the parable
of the ten virgins
00:52:53.00\00:52:54.47
emphasizes the
importance of a genuine,
00:52:54.50\00:52:58.74
authentic spirit filled life.
00:52:58.77\00:53:01.11
What matters to Christ most?
00:53:01.14\00:53:02.91
A genuine,
authentic, spirit filled life.
00:53:02.94\00:53:07.05
You can know about Jesus,
00:53:07.08\00:53:08.88
you can be a cheerleader
00:53:08.92\00:53:10.25
on the sidelines
cheering Jesus on.
00:53:10.29\00:53:12.02
But if you're not
engaged in the work with Christ,
00:53:12.05\00:53:15.22
if you're not
actually following Him,
00:53:15.26\00:53:17.03
and being led by
the Spirit of God,
00:53:17.06\00:53:18.83
my friends, we are
in a dangerous spot.
00:53:18.86\00:53:21.76
And He continues to communicate
00:53:21.80\00:53:23.93
this same need for
Christ in a spirit filled life
00:53:23.97\00:53:27.60
when He goes on to
tell us the next parable,
00:53:27.64\00:53:29.34
which I'm not going to
spend a lot of time in,
00:53:29.37\00:53:30.94
but it's the
parable of the talents.
00:53:30.97\00:53:32.31
We've already referenced
this parable of the talents.
00:53:32.34\00:53:34.81
Of course, it
says there in verse 15,
00:53:34.84\00:53:36.64
that he gave five
talents to one, another two
00:53:36.68\00:53:39.28
and of course, he
gave one to another,
00:53:39.31\00:53:40.88
and of course, the one that gets
00:53:40.92\00:53:42.65
the one talent, you know,
00:53:42.68\00:53:44.29
and I love Jill,
how you brought that out
00:53:44.32\00:53:46.05
in a previous lesson.
00:53:46.09\00:53:47.42
You talked about these talents
00:53:47.46\00:53:48.79
and how we often sometimes
00:53:48.82\00:53:50.26
we become kind of
00:53:50.29\00:53:51.63
tunnel visioned on other people.
00:53:51.66\00:53:54.00
You know, we're
looking at the horizontal,
00:53:54.03\00:53:55.50
we're not
focused on the vertical
00:53:55.53\00:53:56.87
and we're looking at each other
00:53:56.90\00:53:58.23
and we're comparing
ourselves to each other.
00:53:58.27\00:54:00.17
Why does that brother or
sister have more than me, Lord?
00:54:00.20\00:54:02.27
Why is that You're blessing
that person more than me?
00:54:02.30\00:54:04.44
Why did you equip
that person more than me,
00:54:04.47\00:54:06.34
you know, I would love to
be able to preach the gospel
00:54:06.37\00:54:08.94
like Pastor John Lomacang.
00:54:08.98\00:54:10.58
But that still
don't change the fact
00:54:10.61\00:54:11.95
that while God
may have given Him,
00:54:11.98\00:54:13.85
let's say, five
talents and me one,
00:54:13.88\00:54:15.72
He still looks at Ryan and says,
00:54:15.75\00:54:17.09
you know what,
00:54:17.12\00:54:18.45
"I've given you the one,
do something with the ones.
00:54:18.49\00:54:19.82
Stop focus on the
brother that I've given five to,
00:54:19.85\00:54:22.39
because when I come back, I
want to see that you've taken
00:54:22.42\00:54:24.29
what I've given you
00:54:24.33\00:54:25.66
and you've used
it for My kingdom."
00:54:25.69\00:54:27.40
The parable of the
ten talents underlines
00:54:27.43\00:54:29.63
the importance of
faithfully using the gifts
00:54:29.66\00:54:32.30
that God has
given to each one of us.
00:54:32.33\00:54:34.57
And, of course,
00:54:34.60\00:54:35.94
last and the
minute I have left here,
00:54:35.97\00:54:37.37
our last parable,
which I'm not going to be
00:54:37.41\00:54:39.01
able to go in detail,
00:54:39.04\00:54:40.38
but it's the parable of
the sheep and the goats.
00:54:40.41\00:54:42.41
And we see there that God
says, "Look, at the end of time,
00:54:42.44\00:54:45.41
I'm going to have my
sheep on my right side.
00:54:45.45\00:54:47.78
I'm going to have
the goats on my left,"
00:54:47.82\00:54:49.25
much like the parable
of the wheat and the tares
00:54:49.28\00:54:50.79
we see in Matthew 13.
00:54:50.82\00:54:52.29
He says, "Look, I'm
coming back and guess what?
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There's going to be some wheat,
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there's going to be some tares."
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And let me tell you something,
my brothers and sisters,
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Jesus is coming
back for a Holy church,
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He's not coming back
to this process, refine,
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he wants us to be
spirit filled and transform
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from the inside out.
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And so what we're seeing
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in this separation of
the sheeps and the goats,
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you can't hide
anything from God.
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He knows if you
are a genuine Christian
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or if you are not.
00:55:16.61\00:55:18.01
And so what does
this parable teach us?
00:55:18.05\00:55:19.75
The parable of the
sheep and the goats reveals
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that genuine
Christianity truly ministers
00:55:21.92\00:55:24.92
to the needs of those God brings
00:55:24.95\00:55:26.92
into our lives each day.
00:55:26.96\00:55:28.56
These sheep are the ones
00:55:28.59\00:55:29.92
who go out and
they feed the needy,
00:55:29.96\00:55:31.69
they clothed the needy,
00:55:31.73\00:55:33.13
they go and visit those
and they preach in the gospel.
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They're not only
meeting the physical needs,
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but they're also meeting
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the spiritual
needs of those as well.
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My friends, as I said,
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He's coming back
for a Holy church.
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Are you in that fold?
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Are you going to be
a part of that sheep?
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That He is going to
say, "Well done, welcome,
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My good and faithful servant."
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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You talk about
wrapping it up. Praise God.
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Thank you for
all of those thoughts
00:55:57.99\00:55:59.32
from everyone of
you and, you know,
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as we always do at the end,
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we go around and
ask some thoughts.
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And sometimes people
say that's not important.
00:56:05.09\00:56:07.03
But I believe that
Holy Spirit puts things
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on each of your
heart and your life
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that He could use.
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So, Pastor John,
through this lesson,
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what did God lay on your heart?
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Now I gave six points
of what our words are.
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And the seventh one,
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our words are
also determinative,
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determinative.
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Matthew 12:37,
"For by your words,
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you will be
judged, and by your words,
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you will be condemned.
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Our words are determinative."
00:56:30.42\00:56:32.12
Amen. Absolutely.
00:56:32.15\00:56:33.49
I talked about the
healing ministry of Jesus,
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the second healing example
00:56:35.19\00:56:36.93
we talked about the
woman with the issue of blood.
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I want to read the final verse
from that, that's Mark 5:34.
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"And Jesus said to her,
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'Daughter, your faith has
made you well, go in peace,
00:56:45.27\00:56:49.60
and be healed of
your affliction."
00:56:49.64\00:56:51.44
And that's what
Jesus says to you today.
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Your faith has made you whole.
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Yes. Amen.
00:56:55.98\00:56:57.61
You know, Pastor
Kenny, at the beginning
00:56:57.65\00:56:58.98
of this lesson
you mentioned this
00:56:59.01\00:57:00.35
and I like this a lot.
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Jesus came to
demonstrate the gospel.
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So I just pray
that in my own life
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and hopefully yours as well
00:57:06.55\00:57:07.99
that we would demonstrate
the Gospel of Jesus Christ
00:57:08.02\00:57:10.99
and the love that
He has for us that
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we would put that out and
demonstrate that to others.
00:57:12.39\00:57:14.66
Amen.
00:57:14.70\00:57:16.03
Beautiful quote
from Pastor Mark Finley
00:57:16.06\00:57:17.63
here in the Thursday's lesson,
00:57:17.67\00:57:19.80
in reference to the
sheep and the goat's parable.
00:57:19.83\00:57:21.64
And he says in the parable,
"Those who give their lives
00:57:21.67\00:57:24.81
for something
more than themselves
00:57:24.84\00:57:27.01
are commended by their Lord
and welcomed into eternity."
00:57:27.04\00:57:30.68
And so with the Spirit
of the Lord transforming us,
00:57:30.71\00:57:33.25
we can indeed have the promise
00:57:33.28\00:57:34.82
that we will be
welcomed into eternity.
00:57:34.85\00:57:37.45
Amen, I've just
really thoroughly enjoyed
00:57:37.49\00:57:39.49
this lesson ministering the way
00:57:39.52\00:57:41.12
that Jesus wants us to minister.
00:57:41.16\00:57:43.19
So a lot of good points
00:57:43.22\00:57:44.56
and we pray that's
been a blessing to you.
00:57:44.59\00:57:46.16
And we want to make sure
that you tune in next week
00:57:46.19\00:57:48.53
because we be on
lesson number nine
00:57:48.56\00:57:50.53
is talking about
developing a winning attitude.
00:57:50.57\00:57:53.23
That's right.
00:57:53.27\00:57:54.60
All of us like to
be on winning side,
00:57:54.64\00:57:55.97
get on the side of Christ,
00:57:56.00\00:57:57.34
and you're going to
be on that winning side.
00:57:57.37\00:57:59.21
Again, we've enjoyed
spending this time with you.
00:57:59.24\00:58:01.48
We look forward to
spending with you next week.
00:58:01.51\00:58:03.11
May God bless you
and we'll see you then.
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