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Thank you

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where you have some excellent song leaders here at Collierville.

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We've enjoyed our singing together and our fellowship.

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The meal was just a blessing.

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And thank you so much for being here this afternoon.

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You know, every successful organization has a model.

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And the Lions Club, they have a model and they've been following it for a very long time.

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Chick-fil-A has a model.

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And the employees are trained in that model.

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Chick-fil-A wants you to know how their franchise works.

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They franchise that model for a better company.

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have a model.

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FedEx has a model.

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FedEx wants you to know that model.

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They want you to know how it works and where you fit in.

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Every successful unit.

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Sports team has a model.

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The military has a model.

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And they want you to follow the model.

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They've been using the same model.

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The Navy has been in ship building and operating ships for decades, for a century.

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And they want you to follow the model.

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Teachers have a model.

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And they follow the model every day.

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It's a time-tested model.

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People use it because it works.

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The sports teams, the football team, you know, they have a model.

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Tennessee balls, they got a model.

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They keep working.

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They want you to follow the model.

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When the players come, they don't want the player to rewrite the model.

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They want you to find your place in the model.

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And then they want you to become an expert in your place.

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So what is the model of the New Testament church when it comes to evangelism?

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Well, when I did not come this morning or this afternoon to reinvent the wheel, the model
was invented 2,000 years ago.

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The model stood the test of time.

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And if we want to know how to grow, we need

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to go back to the model and franchise the model.

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So what is the model?

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What is it that we need to do in order to duplicate what the New Testament church did?

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So what I want to introduce to you this afternoon is a model that comes right out of the
book of Acts.

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How do we get people to sit down around the kitchen table and have a Bible study?

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How do we get them to open a Bible?

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How do we get them into our home?

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How do we tell the hearts of the people that live around us?

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Well, the model is nuts.

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It's not difficult.

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It's a simple six step model that you can read about throughout Matthew, Mark, Luke, and
John.

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Jesus demonstrates it in his life, acts, implements it, and you can see it practiced
throughout the pages of the New Testament.

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And it begins with people.

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You need contacts.

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A church cannot grow without them.

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You're not going to grow if you don't reach the people.

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The people are the key to the model.

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And every industry understands this.

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Walmart calls them customers without them.

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does not function.

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And so you need customers.

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You know, FedEx, you have to have customers.

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There's no FedEx without customers.

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Well, in the military, they need soldiers.

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They recruit soldiers.

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Without them, there is no military.

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The volunteers need players.

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Without players, there is no team.

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And so the team doesn't function.

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Dentists need patients.

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Without patients, you have no practice.

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Teachers need students.

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The airlines need passengers.

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You have to have people.

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Everybody understands this.

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But in the Church of Christ, where is our contact base?

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Who are they?

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How do we develop a customer base?

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Customer acquisition.

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And when you look at your strategy for reaching the lost here in Collierville, what's your
strategy to develop?

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Now, I know that Aaron has a customer acquisition strategy in his area of work.

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He knows how to acquire them.

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He knows how to use his resources to build and

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and to draw in people so that he will have a base upon which to develop.

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And some of you here, we have a family that he said he was a plumber, him and his wife,
and they're getting ready to sell their business this afternoon.

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He said, Rob, I can't make it this afternoon.

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I've been in this business for 37 years.

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I'm gonna sell my plumbing business today.

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He says, and I'm meeting someone at two o'clock.

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But I know that that man, I said, how many people work for you?

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says, we have eight, we have six service techs, two secretaries.

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knows something about what he's doing because he's got a customer base.

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He's selling his customer base.

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It's not just the tools that he has, it's the customer base that surrounds his business.

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It's worth something.

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And without it, he does not have any business.

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He can't feed his family.

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He can't support himself.

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So where are your contacts?

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So where are they?

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So the church, the plumber understands it.

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Diploma, he lives by it.

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Walmart gets it, FedEx gets it, Chick-fil-A gets it.

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How do we develop that?

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So that's step number one.

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So our school is based upon six simple steps, life steps, steps that everyone in this room
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Because if you don't succeed here, you fail, you cannot function, you cannot support your
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Number two, you gotta prospect your contacts.

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The military knows how to do it.

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place their recruiting centers in high population areas.

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That's where they put recruiting centers.

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They want contacts.

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They're not gonna put them in a desert.

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They're gonna put them, not in Iuka, Sam, I'm sorry.

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They're gonna be somewhere else.

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And so they're gonna put that recruiting station where people are.

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That's contacts, they need them.

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When they finally find contacts, they're gonna prospect their contact.

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$20,000 signing bonus.

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I'll pay your college.

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All you gotta do is commit four years to us.

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Sign the dotted line, $20,000.

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So they're prospecting.

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Now know we're not going to offer $20,000 if you come to the Church of Christ, but the
concept is they know how to prospect their contacts.

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know, Josh Hypol knows how to prospect his contacts.

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He brings them over to Thomas Bowlin Arena.

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I'm talking about football players, five-star recruits.

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I was there not long ago and I was watching a basketball game and the announcer comes on
and he says, coming into the stadium now is Josh Hypol.

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They put a big light on him and he says, sitting next to him at the five,

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quarterback, signed him.

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He's coming.

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Now next year, he's gonna play.

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But how did Josh Hyple sign him?

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Listen to the crowd.

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Look at the people.

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Best fan base in America.

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He said, I want you to look at the history of this area.

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I want you to note the program we have.

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I want you to understand the commitment that we're willing to make for you.

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don't forget the NIL deal.

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We do have the money.

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They know how to prospect their recruits.

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If a football team doesn't know how to prospect their recruits, the football team loses.

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You gotta learn how to prospect.

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So there's my question, how do we prospect?

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Do we even know what the tools are?

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Do we know how Jesus did it?

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Because if we don't learn how to prospect our contacts, we're gonna fail.

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So now we gotta plant the seed.

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Every farmer knows how to fertilize and till up his soil.

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He gets the soil, he acquires the soil, those are contacts.

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And then he tills it up.

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He runs his discs through it.

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He runs a color packer through it.

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He gets the rocks out.

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He fertilizes, puts the nitrogen in there.

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He makes sure he gets everything ready.

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Isn't it interesting?

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Gardeners know how to do it.

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Farmers know how to do it.

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Josh Heidple knows how to do it.

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Church Christ doesn't know how to do it.

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We have no idea how to do any of this.

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We're not doing it, we're sitting in our pews, we have a sign out there that says come on
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They're not coming because the gospel of Jesus Christ is a commission that says go on out.

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And if we don't go out and get them, they're coming.

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Jesus said go out to the highways and the byways and these are his words, compel them.

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When's the last time you compelled anybody?

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Most of us are not a compelant or a repellent because of the way we treat people, because
we don't know how to prospect people.

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Instead of a compelling, we're repelling and I would never go to that church if that's how
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And so we've got to learn how to do step two.

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Now, those first two steps, they incorporate more than half of evangelism.

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I'd say 60 % of evangelism is in steps one and two.

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If you don't know how to do steps one and two, you lose.

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And so we're gonna focus on steps one and two.

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She walked down the aisle and she had a piece of paper in her hand and I went to the
church and I said, church, I need help.

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I said, I didn't grow up in Collegereville.

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I don't live in Collegereville.

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I don't work in this area.

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I didn't go to school in this area.

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I don't know people.

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And I said, church, I need your help.

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I need to know who you know.

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I need to know the people that you live next to.

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I need to know the people you're friends with and your sphere of influence.

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So it doesn't matter if it's in Collegereville, wherever it is you live, that's your
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And I need to know who they are.

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And I specifically want to know who they are when they have a life event.

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event I want you to bring me their name so if they get sick I want their name if they have
a if they just had a baby I want their name if they just got married I want their name if

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get a divorce I want their name depression I want their name surgery I want their name
funeral want their name whatever life event they go through I want you to bring me their

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name and if you'll do that I'll help you bring them to Christ good deal

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Brandy Fleming was the first one.

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She walks down the aisle, she has a piece of paper in her hand, she says, Rob, I know
somebody.

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Her name's Sharon Fisher.

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I said, great, Brandy.

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She said, Rob, she's disgruntled right now, she just had surgery.

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She said, I think we can reach her.

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Now everybody open up the Evangelism Simplified Guidebook to page 105.

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This is when the church gets busy.

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This entire lesson is for the membership.

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This isn't for Aaron, this is for you.

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And this is the only time Aaron can keep his book closed and you can open your book.

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Because this is about the membership.

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105, we need to know who they are.

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I need to know the prospects because this is the, this is the, this is kind of the
bottleneck of the mission work.

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If you don't do this, it fails.

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We need to know who you know so we can bring them to Christ.

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So we put on the list Sharon Fisher.

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Look at, says name, Sharon Fisher.

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Let's look at description.

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She's a friend of Brandy Fleming.

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Let's look at a relationship.

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Again, friend of Brandy Fleming, description, she's disgruntled, she needs encouragement.

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Listen to the address, put it on there, and let's hit that little box that says multiple,
meaning that every member of the Church of Christ is going to reach out to, we're all

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reach out to Sharon Fisher.

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Erin, I know your wife, Erin, finds you irresistible.

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I know she does.

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That's why she married you.

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Erin, look at me, I don't.

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Okay, I can resist you, Erin.

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Now, I want you to listen, Church.

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You can resist one person.

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but you won't resist to call your village Church of Christ.

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We're not gonna just try to save Sharon with Brandy Fleming.

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We're gonna try to reach Sharon with the entire Willette Church of Christ.

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Everybody's gonna try to reach Sharon Fisher.

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And so this is a different approach.

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It's a congregational approach.

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Now when I started this seminar in 2018, I called it a personal evangelism seminar.

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I don't call it a personal evangelism seminar anymore.

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About four years ago, I changed the name of it to a congregational evangelism seminar
because I learned that evangelism is not about me, it's about us.

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Evangelism is not about you, it's about everyone.

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And if we don't get everybody participating, we fail.

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And so evangelism isn't about just one person, it's about the entire Church of Christ
reaching out.

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And I knew that.

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but I didn't market it correctly.

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Because as soon as I say personal evangelism, you check out.

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it's a preacher's job.

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that's not what I do.

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I'm not very good at that.

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Aaron, Josh, that's for you and you can do that, but I'm gonna let somebody else do that
personal evangelism stuff.

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Well, let me be clear.

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What we read about in the Bible is not personal evangelism, it's congregational
evangelism.

242
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It's when you get everybody in the church involved, everybody has skin in the game, no one
shakes out, no one says, well, that's not my responsibility.

243
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Let me be clear.

244
00:12:33,333 --> 00:12:38,555
It is the responsibility of the entire Collierville Church of Christ to reach the

245
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period.

246
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You can't put that on the back of your preacher or you will break him.

247
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You know we have something called preacher fatigue today.

248
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You know what that means?

249
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Preacher fatigue is when preachers burn out because they can't carry the church on their
back.

250
00:12:55,942 --> 00:13:01,904
They just can't do it and if they don't get the help they just finally give up and they
say hey I'm tired of it.

251
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I just can't do it anymore.

252
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And so that's because we have a pastoral model.

253
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And we don't call him pastors, that would be unscriptural.

254
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But we do everything but that.

255
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We expect them to do it for us.

256
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And so this paradigm that I'm trying to build as we come to churches is a different
paradigm.

257
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It's a paradigm that doesn't revolve around Aaron.

258
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It doesn't revolve around Justin.

259
00:13:24,721 --> 00:13:26,973
It revolves around everybody.

260
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Jacob.

261
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Justin.

262
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Very good, thank you.

263
00:13:32,491 --> 00:13:34,943
right, it revolves around everybody.

264
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And so this is very important.

265
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So I went to the church and I said, church, let's build a prospect list.

266
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Who went on it?

267
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Sharon Fisher.

268
00:13:41,986 --> 00:13:43,266
Now, what are we gonna do?

269
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Compassion cards, lots of cards.

270
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And we've tested this over and over again and we know exactly how to do this because we've
done it for years with 325 churches.

271
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What does that mean?

272
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That means that you're going to send cards, two to three cards every single day for three
to four weeks to your prospects.

273
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cards are going to be designed to prospect your contact.

274
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That's the second step.

275
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And so we're going to open their hearts, fertilize, till, love them.

276
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We're not going to offer a signing bonus.

277
00:14:12,515 --> 00:14:19,335
Okay, that's not what we do, but we can offer grace, compassion, forgiveness, love, joy.

278
00:14:19,375 --> 00:14:25,195
We can offer the very Christian graces, the fruits of the spirit, because that's what
really people want.

279
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People can get money, but what they can't get is your time.

280
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People, you know, they can get stuff, but what they can't get is

281
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forgiveness and grace and they need that in their life and we will provide it.

282
00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:43,666
So what we want you to do is send two to three cards every day to every prospect for three
to four weeks.

283
00:14:43,666 --> 00:14:45,555
So what's gonna happen when you do that?

284
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You're gonna open up the heart.

285
00:14:47,109 --> 00:14:51,872
Now there's always a penny pincher in the group and all they can think about is the money.

286
00:14:52,405 --> 00:14:56,582
And so what they're going to think about is this, but that's going to cost a lot of money.

287
00:14:56,582 --> 00:15:01,921
And so if we had one card, we could sign it with 25 signatures, and it works just as good.

288
00:15:01,921 --> 00:15:04,364
On what basis do you say that?

289
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Okay, what study have you done?

290
00:15:06,590 --> 00:15:09,581
Because we have done the studies and we have learned that that does not work.

291
00:15:09,581 --> 00:15:11,592
You will not move the needle doing that.

292
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You're just checking a box.

293
00:15:12,862 --> 00:15:16,334
And if you want to check a box and say, I've done it, don't ask me to come.

294
00:15:16,334 --> 00:15:18,075
Okay, so we know what works.

295
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Two to three cards per day, per prospect, three to four weeks.

296
00:15:21,697 --> 00:15:24,578
Now if you do that, you're gonna move the needle.

297
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You're gonna get their attention.

298
00:15:26,579 --> 00:15:29,741
You're gonna have an opportunity to reach their souls.

299
00:15:29,741 --> 00:15:32,409
Now, that's what we do with Jimmy and Sharon Fisher.

300
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They're our first test subject.

301
00:15:34,703 --> 00:15:36,425
You know what happens when they got those cards?

302
00:15:36,425 --> 00:15:38,707
They were overwhelmed by your love.

303
00:15:38,707 --> 00:15:39,577
They couldn't believe it.

304
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went to Brandy.

305
00:15:40,848 --> 00:15:45,492
Brandy, that church that's praying for me, that church is sending me cards.

306
00:15:45,492 --> 00:15:48,695
Brandy, I've never felt so much love.

307
00:15:48,695 --> 00:15:53,329
Brandy, can you tell that church, Brandy, what can I do to thank that church?

308
00:15:53,329 --> 00:15:54,199
He said,

309
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Visit, come visit.

310
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She said, I'll be there.

311
00:15:58,964 --> 00:16:01,566
Sure enough on Sunday morning, that's exactly what happened.

312
00:16:01,566 --> 00:16:02,747
They walked through the doors.

313
00:16:02,747 --> 00:16:04,789
My wife and I got to introduce ourselves.

314
00:16:04,789 --> 00:16:05,970
It's Sharon Fisher.

315
00:16:05,970 --> 00:16:07,712
I said, Sharon, we're so glad you're here.

316
00:16:07,712 --> 00:16:08,943
She said, are you the preacher?

317
00:16:08,943 --> 00:16:09,914
I said, yes ma'am.

318
00:16:09,914 --> 00:16:14,367
She said, preacher, would you thank the church for all the cards they've been sending?

319
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I said, I'd be glad to.

320
00:16:15,921 --> 00:16:21,744
I said, church, this morning we are visiting Jimmy and Sharon Fisher and they want to
thank you for all the cards you've sent.

321
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After services.

322
00:16:23,277 --> 00:16:27,837
We walked up to him and said, Jimmy and Sharon, we happen to have this little custom here
at Willette.

323
00:16:27,837 --> 00:16:28,737
They said, well, what is it?

324
00:16:28,737 --> 00:16:31,837
I said, we always invite visitors out to eat.

325
00:16:31,837 --> 00:16:34,457
I said, we'd like to take you out to eat our treat.

326
00:16:34,457 --> 00:16:35,777
Would you like to go?

327
00:16:35,777 --> 00:16:37,197
Jimmy said, well, I like to eat.

328
00:16:37,197 --> 00:16:38,177
I said, good, Jimmy.

329
00:16:38,177 --> 00:16:39,257
I said, let's go eat.

330
00:16:39,257 --> 00:16:40,917
Who doesn't like to eat?

331
00:16:40,917 --> 00:16:45,477
Brother, when a steak costs $20, everybody wants to go out to eat, especially when you're
paying for it.

332
00:16:45,477 --> 00:16:47,517
And so we just took him out to eat.

333
00:16:47,517 --> 00:16:48,177
I do this.

334
00:16:48,177 --> 00:16:48,697
do.

335
00:16:48,697 --> 00:16:50,657
My family does this all the time.

336
00:16:50,657 --> 00:16:52,737
This is our MO, right?

337
00:16:53,931 --> 00:16:57,033
took them out to eat, we got around the table, we just talked.

338
00:16:57,033 --> 00:16:59,094
Jimmy and Shane, where you from?

339
00:16:59,094 --> 00:17:00,813
Those are called the introductory questions.

340
00:17:00,813 --> 00:17:03,116
I'm pretty robotic, I do the same thing every time.

341
00:17:03,116 --> 00:17:03,806
You know why?

342
00:17:03,806 --> 00:17:05,256
Because it works.

343
00:17:05,377 --> 00:17:07,858
When I find something that works, why change it?

344
00:17:07,858 --> 00:17:10,419
The crescent wrench has worked since we invented it.

345
00:17:10,419 --> 00:17:12,340
That's why it's still called the crescent wrench.

346
00:17:12,340 --> 00:17:14,111
It hasn't changed, men.

347
00:17:14,111 --> 00:17:19,183
Of course you do have that eight inch to ten inch and six inch, but we've never changed a
crescent wrench.

348
00:17:19,183 --> 00:17:21,004
It's always a crescent wrench.

349
00:17:21,004 --> 00:17:22,805
I just keep doing what I do.

350
00:17:23,329 --> 00:17:24,429
I said, where are from?

351
00:17:24,429 --> 00:17:25,990
I'm from a local boy.

352
00:17:25,990 --> 00:17:27,450
I said, good, Jimmy.

353
00:17:27,450 --> 00:17:29,161
I said, tell me about being a local boy.

354
00:17:29,161 --> 00:17:30,551
He told me all about it.

355
00:17:30,551 --> 00:17:31,872
I said, Sharon, where are you from?

356
00:17:31,872 --> 00:17:33,412
I'm from the bayou.

357
00:17:33,412 --> 00:17:37,554
I learned everything there was to know about Louisiana in 45 minutes.

358
00:17:37,554 --> 00:17:39,634
I mean, she told me everything.

359
00:17:39,634 --> 00:17:42,355
And so much that I couldn't get the question to.

360
00:17:42,355 --> 00:17:43,356
That's all right.

361
00:17:43,356 --> 00:17:44,456
It's okay.

362
00:17:44,456 --> 00:17:45,817
So we finished the dinner.

363
00:17:45,817 --> 00:17:48,397
And I said, Jimmy and Sharon, we surely enjoyed being with you.

364
00:17:48,397 --> 00:17:49,658
Well, we did too.

365
00:17:49,658 --> 00:17:51,188
I said, I hope we'll see you again.

366
00:17:51,188 --> 00:17:51,899
you will.

367
00:17:51,899 --> 00:17:52,799
I said,

368
00:17:53,319 --> 00:17:56,261
I got to church Sunday night and I said, hey church, it worked.

369
00:17:56,261 --> 00:17:57,642
I said, this is working.

370
00:17:57,642 --> 00:17:59,363
I said, thank you for sending cards.

371
00:17:59,363 --> 00:18:05,167
Now, I want everybody to go back to the card room and send the compassion cards and say
thank you for coming, come back soon.

372
00:18:05,167 --> 00:18:07,828
And we're gonna flood them with cards, more cards.

373
00:18:07,828 --> 00:18:14,482
We're gonna send cards every single day, some on Monday, some on Tuesday, some on
Wednesday, some on Thursday, some on Friday, equally distributed.

374
00:18:14,482 --> 00:18:16,784
And we're gonna make sure they get the cards every day.

375
00:18:16,784 --> 00:18:19,135
And we're gonna do it for three to four weeks.

376
00:18:19,135 --> 00:18:21,356
Now, what happens when you do that?

377
00:18:22,295 --> 00:18:23,479
to come back.

378
00:18:23,479 --> 00:18:24,239
That's what happens.

379
00:18:24,239 --> 00:18:25,770
They're gonna come back.

380
00:18:25,770 --> 00:18:30,952
In fact, I was sitting in my living room one evening and I got a message from Brandy
Fleming.

381
00:18:31,173 --> 00:18:32,263
I saved the message.

382
00:18:32,263 --> 00:18:33,094
You know why?

383
00:18:33,094 --> 00:18:34,934
Because I knew it was a teaching moment.

384
00:18:34,934 --> 00:18:37,536
I told Nicole right then, I Nicole, this is working.

385
00:18:37,536 --> 00:18:39,116
I said, I'm gonna save this.

386
00:18:39,116 --> 00:18:41,617
Someday I might even use it in teaching.

387
00:18:41,718 --> 00:18:44,559
I received a message from Sharon's husband, Jimmy.

388
00:18:44,639 --> 00:18:50,442
She said, Rob, he and Sharon received at least four cards a day thanking them for visiting
or wishing Sharon well.

389
00:18:50,442 --> 00:18:53,423
He said, Rob, it's just the type of church they've been looking for, one that would take

390
00:18:53,423 --> 00:18:55,213
or Sharon if anything ever happened to him.

391
00:18:55,213 --> 00:19:00,064
Now Rob, he says he's still praying and trying to let God lead him to where he needs to
be.

392
00:19:00,064 --> 00:19:02,825
Now Rob, I try to be very encouraging.

393
00:19:02,825 --> 00:19:04,966
I even offer to have a Bible study sometimes.

394
00:19:04,966 --> 00:19:10,787
Rob, I wasn't expecting him to message me back so quickly with the question, do you have
to be a member there to take communion?

395
00:19:10,787 --> 00:19:14,868
Now Rob, if he's asking that question, doesn't he need to know a whole lot more?

396
00:19:14,868 --> 00:19:16,308
Any suggestions?

397
00:19:16,348 --> 00:19:20,649
Suggestion number one, do not answer that question.

398
00:19:20,941 --> 00:19:22,522
That's my first suggestion.

399
00:19:24,564 --> 00:19:27,186
I typed it and hit sin before I wrote anything else.

400
00:19:27,186 --> 00:19:29,107
I please don't answer that question.

401
00:19:29,107 --> 00:19:32,480
I said, because if you answer the question, you won't have a Bible study.

402
00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:35,012
Don't chase the rabbit.

403
00:19:35,012 --> 00:19:40,726
You're not going to convert someone by having a discussion about the Lord's Supper.

404
00:19:40,726 --> 00:19:43,818
That is not what you need to be doing.

405
00:19:43,818 --> 00:19:45,179
I said, don't answer that.

406
00:19:45,179 --> 00:19:47,500
I said, well, you can discuss it with him.

407
00:19:47,863 --> 00:19:48,935
Don't answer it.

408
00:19:48,935 --> 00:19:52,359
said, Brandy, I said, can you get them to come back to church?

409
00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:53,381
He said, yes.

410
00:19:53,381 --> 00:19:55,542
I said, we need to take them to step two.

411
00:19:55,904 --> 00:19:57,085
They came back to church.

412
00:19:57,085 --> 00:19:58,727
After church, Nicole and I walked up.

413
00:19:58,727 --> 00:19:59,839
I said, hey, Jimmy is here.

414
00:19:59,839 --> 00:20:01,992
And I said, we got a little custom here.

415
00:20:01,992 --> 00:20:02,989
Another one?

416
00:20:02,989 --> 00:20:03,589
I said, yes.

417
00:20:03,589 --> 00:20:06,329
I said, my wife is the best cook in Macon County.

418
00:20:06,329 --> 00:20:09,569
I said, my daughter, best dessert maker you'll ever meet.

419
00:20:09,569 --> 00:20:11,289
I said, why don't you guys come over to the house?

420
00:20:11,289 --> 00:20:14,109
We'll get to know you and have some good food.

421
00:20:14,109 --> 00:20:15,929
they said, Jimmy says, well, I like to eat.

422
00:20:15,929 --> 00:20:17,189
I said, me too, Jimmy.

423
00:20:17,189 --> 00:20:18,849
And I said, don't y'all come?

424
00:20:18,989 --> 00:20:20,389
Tuesday, they came.

425
00:20:20,389 --> 00:20:21,329
Walked in our house.

426
00:20:21,329 --> 00:20:21,969
We sit down.

427
00:20:21,969 --> 00:20:23,029
We're talking.

428
00:20:23,329 --> 00:20:26,009
We're going to go through the rest of the introductory questions.

429
00:20:26,009 --> 00:20:28,109
Question number two.

430
00:20:28,245 --> 00:20:29,906
Jimmy, what do do for a living?

431
00:20:29,906 --> 00:20:32,088
He I'm a security guard at Bonnell.

432
00:20:32,088 --> 00:20:34,149
So Lumen and in fact, they're down there in I-40.

433
00:20:34,149 --> 00:20:35,390
I said, I get it.

434
00:20:35,390 --> 00:20:36,891
I said, tell me some stories.

435
00:20:36,891 --> 00:20:37,862
He's not a big talker.

436
00:20:37,862 --> 00:20:38,952
It's OK.

437
00:20:39,371 --> 00:20:42,622
Sharon Fisher, Sharon, what do you do for a living?

438
00:20:42,622 --> 00:20:44,442
I'm a kindergarten teacher.

439
00:20:44,703 --> 00:20:47,224
That's all that needed to be said for the next 45 minutes.

440
00:20:47,224 --> 00:20:49,504
I heard about every child in the classroom.

441
00:20:49,504 --> 00:20:52,365
Nothing was left out.

442
00:20:52,365 --> 00:20:55,106
so I mean, I never got to question three.

443
00:20:55,106 --> 00:20:56,887
And so we go to the dinner table.

444
00:20:56,887 --> 00:21:00,208
We're having a beautiful meal, best food in the county.

445
00:21:00,208 --> 00:21:04,209
And we're just having a good time exactly where I want them.

446
00:21:04,813 --> 00:21:06,153
It always happens.

447
00:21:06,153 --> 00:21:07,613
All you gotta do is feed them.

448
00:21:07,613 --> 00:21:10,173
You don't have to ask any religious questions, you just feed them.

449
00:21:10,173 --> 00:21:11,473
They'll bring it up.

450
00:21:11,713 --> 00:21:13,673
Hey Rob, yeah?

451
00:21:13,833 --> 00:21:15,513
Could we talk to you for just a minute?

452
00:21:15,513 --> 00:21:18,153
I said, sure, what's going on?

453
00:21:19,333 --> 00:21:21,293
Rob, uh.

454
00:21:21,525 --> 00:21:24,385
She said, I want you to know first we're religious.

455
00:21:24,385 --> 00:21:25,525
Well, I thought you were.

456
00:21:25,525 --> 00:21:27,010
I said, you good people.

457
00:21:27,010 --> 00:21:29,842
She said, we got that big community church down there at Westmoreland.

458
00:21:29,842 --> 00:21:31,073
I said, I know the one.

459
00:21:31,073 --> 00:21:35,697
I said, she said, Rob, we work in their children's home during the summer in Honduras.

460
00:21:35,697 --> 00:21:37,339
I said, well, that's wonderful.

461
00:21:37,339 --> 00:21:39,291
And she said, I'm a Bible class teacher too.

462
00:21:39,291 --> 00:21:39,691
teach that.

463
00:21:39,691 --> 00:21:41,362
I said, Sharon, that's great.

464
00:21:41,362 --> 00:21:49,049
And she said, since I've been sick two months ago, I haven't got one card, one phone call
or one visit from my church.

465
00:21:49,471 --> 00:21:51,882
She says, don't even know where my preacher lives.

466
00:21:52,603 --> 00:21:54,545
I said, I'm sorry, Sharon.

467
00:21:54,545 --> 00:21:58,057
I said, I can see how that would be just difficult.

468
00:21:58,057 --> 00:22:02,870
mean, she says, Rob, no one cares about me except y'all.

469
00:22:03,511 --> 00:22:09,255
He said, complete strangers writing me cards every day encouraging me, people praying for
me.

470
00:22:09,255 --> 00:22:12,127
She says, you guys are different.

471
00:22:12,127 --> 00:22:13,678
I said, well, Sharon, we care about you.

472
00:22:13,678 --> 00:22:14,958
We really do.

473
00:22:14,958 --> 00:22:16,859
And she said, I can see it.

474
00:22:16,859 --> 00:22:17,980
I know you do.

475
00:22:17,980 --> 00:22:19,641
I said, y'all have gone out of your way.

476
00:22:19,641 --> 00:22:21,777
And Rob, this is our first time.

477
00:22:21,777 --> 00:22:23,362
I said, first time for what?

478
00:22:23,362 --> 00:22:30,625
She says, in all the years Jimmy and I have been married, no one has ever invited us into
their home, not once.

479
00:22:31,886 --> 00:22:32,906
Wow.

480
00:22:33,747 --> 00:22:38,049
That's when things begin to, I begin to realize people are lonely.

481
00:22:38,797 --> 00:22:42,651
I I grew up in a home where my mother constantly invited people over to the house.

482
00:22:42,651 --> 00:22:44,362
I just thought that's what we do.

483
00:22:44,442 --> 00:22:48,445
But you know today, are a lot of, when's the last time you had a center in your house?

484
00:22:48,897 --> 00:22:50,968
When's the last time you just had a meal?

485
00:22:50,968 --> 00:22:52,479
You ladies, cooked a nice meal.

486
00:22:52,479 --> 00:22:55,172
You invited them over just to get to know them.

487
00:22:55,172 --> 00:22:56,893
We don't do that anymore.

488
00:22:57,247 --> 00:23:00,238
I began to realize that this is opening a door.

489
00:23:00,238 --> 00:23:01,249
I said, this is great.

490
00:23:01,249 --> 00:23:02,840
said, Jimmy, sure, we've enjoyed this.

491
00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:04,140
I mean, just love this.

492
00:23:04,140 --> 00:23:05,120
I said, I tell you what.

493
00:23:05,120 --> 00:23:06,711
I said, we've enjoyed it so much.

494
00:23:06,711 --> 00:23:08,582
Why don't y'all come back next week?

495
00:23:08,582 --> 00:23:10,443
And Jimmy said, will she cook another meal?

496
00:23:10,443 --> 00:23:11,764
I said, yes, Jimmy.

497
00:23:11,764 --> 00:23:12,714
I said, what would you like?

498
00:23:12,714 --> 00:23:14,055
He said, I love lasagna.

499
00:23:14,055 --> 00:23:15,766
I said, it's her specialty, Jimmy.

500
00:23:15,766 --> 00:23:17,346
At least it became the specialty.

501
00:23:17,346 --> 00:23:20,248
and so, in any way, they came back the next week.

502
00:23:20,248 --> 00:23:22,589
And sure enough, Nicole made the lasagna.

503
00:23:22,589 --> 00:23:25,010
makes the dessert, chocolate chip cookies.

504
00:23:25,010 --> 00:23:25,710
I love it.

505
00:23:25,710 --> 00:23:27,651
And so, we're all sitting around just

506
00:23:28,412 --> 00:23:29,911
I'm a great time.

507
00:23:29,911 --> 00:23:31,575
I'm going to help him.

508
00:23:32,376 --> 00:23:35,500
Hey Jimmy, I said, this nation's in trouble.

509
00:23:35,500 --> 00:23:36,880
He said, yes.

510
00:23:37,109 --> 00:23:38,920
I said, what's wrong with our nation, Jimmy?

511
00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:41,791
Tell me what you think's He said, Rob, it's the morals.

512
00:23:41,791 --> 00:23:42,291
it is.

513
00:23:42,291 --> 00:23:43,122
I agree with that.

514
00:23:43,122 --> 00:23:44,713
Well, tell me about that, Jimmy.

515
00:23:44,713 --> 00:23:46,193
Why are the morals so bad?

516
00:23:46,193 --> 00:23:48,294
Rob, don't you know we've forgotten God?

517
00:23:48,294 --> 00:23:49,855
I said, we have, have we?

518
00:23:49,855 --> 00:23:51,836
I said, Jimmy, tell me about God.

519
00:23:51,836 --> 00:23:53,797
He said, now, Rob, it's all in the Bible.

520
00:23:53,797 --> 00:23:55,558
I said, what do you know about the Bible?

521
00:23:55,558 --> 00:23:58,259
He said, Rob, it's in the book of Revelation.

522
00:23:58,259 --> 00:23:59,650
I said, well, what about it?

523
00:23:59,650 --> 00:24:01,581
He said, Rob, it's Armageddon.

524
00:24:01,581 --> 00:24:04,792
Battle of Megiddo, 144,000.

525
00:24:04,792 --> 00:24:07,023
Rob, pestilence, rapture, it's coming, Rob.

526
00:24:07,023 --> 00:24:08,004
You gotta get ready.

527
00:24:08,004 --> 00:24:10,766
Haven't you read the Left Behind series?

528
00:24:11,106 --> 00:24:13,548
Now we did that in 60 seconds.

529
00:24:13,548 --> 00:24:17,731
Brother, how many of you wanna start a Bible study out in the book of Revelation, anybody?

530
00:24:17,912 --> 00:24:18,953
Because I don't.

531
00:24:18,953 --> 00:24:22,505
And I said, Jimmy, the book of Revelation says a lot of things.

532
00:24:22,505 --> 00:24:28,580
said, thankfully, Jimmy, I said, I do have the answer to all the problems you just gave.

533
00:24:28,901 --> 00:24:29,631
what hard bay.

534
00:24:29,631 --> 00:24:33,944
said, Jimmy, I tell you what, I just so happen to have, let me see if I have them.

535
00:24:34,625 --> 00:24:36,788
These are the booklets are called Back to the Bible.

536
00:24:36,788 --> 00:24:39,291
And I said, Jimmy, why don't we go right over here to the table?

537
00:24:39,291 --> 00:24:46,619
said, in fact, we just so happen to have some Bibles and pins, John 832, when we started
the Bible study.

538
00:24:46,619 --> 00:24:47,741
I do this a lot.

539
00:24:47,741 --> 00:24:49,663
I don't ask people for Bible studies.

540
00:24:49,663 --> 00:24:50,764
I earn them.

541
00:24:50,764 --> 00:24:52,135
You've eaten my food.

542
00:24:52,135 --> 00:24:53,527
You're in my house.

543
00:24:53,527 --> 00:24:54,868
You'll do the study.

544
00:24:55,287 --> 00:24:56,258
You'll do the study.

545
00:24:56,258 --> 00:24:58,700
We just sat around the table and we started it.

546
00:24:59,282 --> 00:25:01,324
We went through the study and we loved it.

547
00:25:01,324 --> 00:25:10,454
At the end of the study, Sharon Fisher, she makes a little fish, she gets a little bit
upset, she hits the table and I looked at Sharon and I said, Sharon, you upset?

548
00:25:10,454 --> 00:25:12,076
Yes, I am upset.

549
00:25:12,076 --> 00:25:13,678
I said, Sharon, what just happened?

550
00:25:13,678 --> 00:25:17,191
You guys, I want to know.

551
00:25:17,621 --> 00:25:22,705
church all my life and I've learned more about the Bible in this one study than I have
learned my whole life.

552
00:25:22,705 --> 00:25:26,468
I didn't even know there was a difference between the Old and New Testament.

553
00:25:29,331 --> 00:25:30,752
You get it don't you?

554
00:25:30,993 --> 00:25:33,935
Because most people have never done a Bible study in their life.

555
00:25:33,935 --> 00:25:35,657
They've never done a Bible study.

556
00:25:35,657 --> 00:25:36,978
You want to know why they're lost?

557
00:25:36,978 --> 00:25:38,459
They've never studied the Bible.

558
00:25:38,459 --> 00:25:40,341
No one has invited them to their home.

559
00:25:40,341 --> 00:25:41,922
No one has gone to a study.

560
00:25:41,922 --> 00:25:45,544
They don't know their left hand from their right hand.

561
00:25:45,823 --> 00:25:47,594
I said, hey guys, I said, I'll tell you what.

562
00:25:47,594 --> 00:25:49,476
I said, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

563
00:25:49,476 --> 00:25:52,858
I said, by the way, would y'all like to come back for another meal and a study?

564
00:25:52,858 --> 00:25:55,480
And Jimmy said, would she cook any more of those desserts?

565
00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:56,957
I said, yes, Jimmy, what would you like?

566
00:25:56,957 --> 00:25:58,643
He said, peanut butter pie.

567
00:25:58,643 --> 00:26:00,144
I said, it's her specialty.

568
00:26:00,144 --> 00:26:02,105
Yes, we will have peanut butter pie.

569
00:26:02,105 --> 00:26:05,868
So Hannah makes a peanut butter pie, Nicole makes one of her nice meals.

570
00:26:05,868 --> 00:26:10,231
We have a great meal, we sit down, and then we do the second study, and they loved it.

571
00:26:10,231 --> 00:26:11,812
They enjoyed it.

572
00:26:11,812 --> 00:26:13,063
Couldn't have gone.

573
00:26:13,485 --> 00:26:19,649
So then they come back for the third meal, the third dessert, and the third study, and we
do it again.

574
00:26:19,649 --> 00:26:22,491
Guess what happens when people study the Bible?

575
00:26:24,432 --> 00:26:25,913
They're baptized.

576
00:26:27,917 --> 00:26:33,437
Brethren, you show me a church that's doing Bible studies in their homes, I'll show you a
church that's having baptisms.

577
00:26:33,757 --> 00:26:37,437
You show me a church that's not doing this, I'll show you a church that's dead.

578
00:26:37,517 --> 00:26:39,657
I'll show you a dying church.

579
00:26:39,697 --> 00:26:42,557
Because this is how churches grow.

580
00:26:42,557 --> 00:26:48,397
It's when the members realize the enormous potential you have.

581
00:26:48,397 --> 00:26:55,437
Ladies, you have an ability that you don't even realize because most people haven't had a
home cooked meal in six months.

582
00:26:56,939 --> 00:26:59,810
And if you don't think you can cook, I got a suggestion for you.

583
00:26:59,810 --> 00:27:04,112
Go to the KFC, get the bucket, put it in a platter, they'll never know.

584
00:27:04,672 --> 00:27:07,334
You've been doing it at Pharris Hook Meals for years.

585
00:27:07,334 --> 00:27:09,374
We still haven't figured it out.

586
00:27:09,955 --> 00:27:12,155
We just think you make good fried chicken.

587
00:27:12,516 --> 00:27:14,006
Let me share with you what happened.

588
00:27:14,006 --> 00:27:17,778
Look, I want you to look at Miss Sharon Fisher after that Bible study.

589
00:27:17,998 --> 00:27:21,379
She is doing a Bible study in Jamaica.

590
00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:24,521
Within one year of her conversion.

591
00:27:24,607 --> 00:27:28,243
On the other side is Richard Pratt from this morning, he's doing a Bible study.

592
00:27:28,243 --> 00:27:30,592
On the other side is Jimmy Fischer, he's doing it.

593
00:27:30,592 --> 00:27:38,860
I want to know how we've got brand new Christians that know enough to do a Bible study and
those of us who've been in the pews for 30 years, we don't know enough.

594
00:27:42,867 --> 00:27:44,163
Shame on you.

595
00:27:46,197 --> 00:27:47,778
We should be ashamed.

596
00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:50,380
We know plenty.

597
00:27:50,841 --> 00:27:52,382
We know more than they know.

598
00:27:52,723 --> 00:27:53,664
So what did I learn?

599
00:27:53,664 --> 00:27:56,181
People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.

600
00:27:56,181 --> 00:27:57,287
That's what I learned.

601
00:27:57,287 --> 00:27:59,288
My wife taught me this lesson.

602
00:27:59,309 --> 00:28:09,477
there was ever a time when I needed to listen to my wife who was during this stage of the
development of evangelism, that she brings something to the table I just don't have.

603
00:28:10,061 --> 00:28:20,201
She taught me to slow down, to get to know people, eat with them, care about them, be
genuine and authentic, and you'll get the Bible study.

604
00:28:20,201 --> 00:28:22,281
So where do we find that in the scriptures?

605
00:28:22,281 --> 00:28:24,641
Well, it's all through the life of Christ.

606
00:28:24,641 --> 00:28:35,841
I mean, think about the people Jesus spent time with, the leper, the blind, the hulk, the
main, the poor, the women at the well, even John 2, the wedding feast.

607
00:28:35,841 --> 00:28:37,801
That's a life event, by the way.

608
00:28:38,091 --> 00:28:41,443
Have you ever noticed that Jesus focused on the life events?

609
00:28:41,623 --> 00:28:43,844
And when there was a life event, he's there.

610
00:28:44,425 --> 00:28:47,027
It's hard to get people when there's not a life event.

611
00:28:47,027 --> 00:28:48,467
Remember the rich young ruler?

612
00:28:48,467 --> 00:28:50,128
Hard to get to him, isn't it?

613
00:28:50,168 --> 00:28:52,350
Not having a life event, everything's good.

614
00:28:52,350 --> 00:28:54,571
Hard to help people when things are good.

615
00:28:54,571 --> 00:28:58,273
And he turned away and was sad at the same time, for he had great possessions.

616
00:28:58,273 --> 00:29:01,035
The greatest teacher in the world couldn't get to him.

617
00:29:01,755 --> 00:29:04,617
So I wanna know, who do you know having a life event right now?

618
00:29:06,679 --> 00:29:07,930
Who's depressed?

619
00:29:08,231 --> 00:29:11,794
Who's going through some difficult times in their life?

620
00:29:12,155 --> 00:29:13,797
Who's having surgery?

621
00:29:13,797 --> 00:29:15,599
Who's just lost a loved one?

622
00:29:15,599 --> 00:29:17,581
Does this church know anybody like that?

623
00:29:17,581 --> 00:29:23,046
If you know someone right now, a neighbor, friend, or family that's going through a life
event, raise your hand.

624
00:29:24,488 --> 00:29:25,809
It's not hard.

625
00:29:26,130 --> 00:29:28,897
All we've got to do is have a plan, and we've got to care.

626
00:29:28,897 --> 00:29:30,428
But that's gotta come from your church.

627
00:29:30,428 --> 00:29:32,140
This is not gonna be organic.

628
00:29:32,140 --> 00:29:35,864
So I can't just teach a lesson and all of a sudden we're just gonna start converting
people.

629
00:29:35,864 --> 00:29:37,845
No, there's gotta be a process involved.

630
00:29:37,845 --> 00:29:40,247
There's gotta be training that takes place.

631
00:29:40,448 --> 00:29:43,631
We've gotta make sure the membership understands what we're trying to do.

632
00:29:43,631 --> 00:29:45,913
And in the early church, that's what they did.

633
00:29:45,913 --> 00:29:48,575
Praising God and having the favor with the people.

634
00:29:48,575 --> 00:29:51,538
The church was a favorable place.

635
00:29:51,538 --> 00:29:54,261
People loved the church of Christ.

636
00:29:54,261 --> 00:29:55,085
Why?

637
00:29:55,085 --> 00:29:56,145
the Church of Christ.

638
00:29:56,145 --> 00:30:00,005
Well, because they garnered the faith, they were a graceful people.

639
00:30:00,105 --> 00:30:02,005
They were a kind people.

640
00:30:02,005 --> 00:30:03,965
The Pharisees were not the church people.

641
00:30:03,965 --> 00:30:06,265
People didn't like the Church of the Pharisees.

642
00:30:06,265 --> 00:30:08,445
They didn't like the denomination of the Sadducees.

643
00:30:08,445 --> 00:30:10,585
They didn't like the denomination of the Zealots.

644
00:30:10,585 --> 00:30:14,045
You know when they took Judaism and they denominated it?

645
00:30:14,485 --> 00:30:15,545
You just couldn't be a Jew.

646
00:30:15,545 --> 00:30:20,245
You had to be a Pharisee Jew or a Sadducee Jew or a Zealot Jew or an Essing Jew.

647
00:30:20,245 --> 00:30:23,205
It's not hard to apply this if you just think.

648
00:30:23,661 --> 00:30:26,281
What have they done to Christianity today?

649
00:30:26,381 --> 00:30:28,381
Why they denominated it.

650
00:30:28,501 --> 00:30:31,301
I just want to be a Christian, that's all I want to be.

651
00:30:31,301 --> 00:30:33,561
Jesus just wanted to be a Jew, didn't he?

652
00:30:33,561 --> 00:30:34,781
That's all wanted to be.

653
00:30:34,781 --> 00:30:36,881
Well, oh Jesus, we want you to be a Pharisee.

654
00:30:36,881 --> 00:30:37,521
He said, no.

655
00:30:37,521 --> 00:30:39,041
We want you to be a Sadducee.

656
00:30:39,041 --> 00:30:39,501
No.

657
00:30:39,501 --> 00:30:46,781
Then they both ganged up on him and crucified him because they were envious because he
wouldn't join their sect.

658
00:30:48,021 --> 00:30:50,775
We're not joining any sects in the Church of Christ.

659
00:30:50,775 --> 00:30:55,232
We're just Christians, we love people, and we want to help them see the cross.

660
00:30:55,232 --> 00:30:58,317
And so what did the church in the early century do?

661
00:30:58,317 --> 00:31:00,280
They sold their possessions.

662
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:01,713
They gave things away.

663
00:31:01,713 --> 00:31:03,685
They were, they were benign.

664
00:31:05,961 --> 00:31:10,204
as many as were possessors of lands and houses sold them.

665
00:31:10,204 --> 00:31:15,647
And distribution was made to every man according as he had need.

666
00:31:15,988 --> 00:31:21,631
Jesus increased in wisdom and stature in favor with God and, there's your word, favor.

667
00:31:22,152 --> 00:31:24,694
Favor with God and man.

668
00:31:24,694 --> 00:31:26,215
Did people like Jesus?

669
00:31:26,215 --> 00:31:27,715
They loved him.

670
00:31:27,796 --> 00:31:28,166
Why?

671
00:31:28,166 --> 00:31:29,717
Because he was favorable.

672
00:31:29,771 --> 00:31:33,803
He was graceful, he was kind, he was compassionate, he listened to people.

673
00:31:33,803 --> 00:31:37,344
Some said, preacher, what you're saying today is just too hard.

674
00:31:37,664 --> 00:31:39,505
just can't do this today.

675
00:31:39,565 --> 00:31:41,926
This isn't gonna work in Calderville.

676
00:31:41,926 --> 00:31:44,867
It works with every human being on earth.

677
00:31:45,528 --> 00:31:49,029
Everybody, everybody wants people to listen.

678
00:31:49,029 --> 00:31:55,732
If there's one characteristic about every human being on the face of this earth from
Antarctica to the North Pole, here it is.

679
00:31:55,732 --> 00:31:58,133
Everybody likes to talk about themselves.

680
00:31:58,539 --> 00:32:00,650
I mean, everybody, everybody loves to talk.

681
00:32:00,650 --> 00:32:03,851
And if you can just listen to people, they'll talk.

682
00:32:03,851 --> 00:32:12,125
And in fact, I would suggest that our society today is more susceptible to favor than any
society on the face of this earth in history.

683
00:32:12,125 --> 00:32:12,875
You know why?

684
00:32:12,875 --> 00:32:14,636
Because we are lonely.

685
00:32:14,636 --> 00:32:16,056
How do I know that?

686
00:32:16,356 --> 00:32:18,017
I'll show you how I know that.

687
00:32:19,278 --> 00:32:21,758
That's how I know we're lonely.

688
00:32:22,419 --> 00:32:26,761
Because when God created you, he created you to be a social creature.

689
00:32:26,761 --> 00:32:28,173
That's how I know it.

690
00:32:28,173 --> 00:32:32,713
Genesis 2, 18, God formed you out of the dust of the ground.

691
00:32:32,713 --> 00:32:34,713
He breathed into your nostrils the breath of life.

692
00:32:34,713 --> 00:32:36,453
Man became a living soul.

693
00:32:36,453 --> 00:32:40,513
In Genesis 2, 18, the Bible says that man was lonely.

694
00:32:40,513 --> 00:32:43,033
And God said, I will make a help meet for you.

695
00:32:43,033 --> 00:32:45,433
We don't do well alone.

696
00:32:48,171 --> 00:32:55,527
Sociologists don't know what to call it, but there's a phenomenon going on right now in
our culture, and they don't know what to call it.

697
00:32:56,469 --> 00:32:57,790
You know what it is?

698
00:32:59,412 --> 00:33:05,237
Social media has changed completely how we socialize with people.

699
00:33:05,333 --> 00:33:12,302
because it's created an artificial socialization network where we can artificially try to
fill that void.

700
00:33:12,302 --> 00:33:18,048
But what we're finding is that you can have 5,000 Facebook friends, but you're still
lonely.

701
00:33:18,667 --> 00:33:21,138
Because Facebook can't fix this.

702
00:33:21,138 --> 00:33:23,398
Twitter or X can't fix this.

703
00:33:23,398 --> 00:33:26,139
Truth social can't fix this.

704
00:33:26,139 --> 00:33:28,320
Instagram can't fix this.

705
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:33,481
Because what people need is a warm-blooded human being to talk to.

706
00:33:33,782 --> 00:33:35,162
And we don't have it.

707
00:33:36,262 --> 00:33:38,703
Most people, all they get is that.

708
00:33:39,263 --> 00:33:40,284
So how do we fix it?

709
00:33:40,284 --> 00:33:41,264
I'll give you four things.

710
00:33:41,264 --> 00:33:42,824
Y'all ready to write these down?

711
00:33:42,824 --> 00:33:44,825
Four things you can do to fix it.

712
00:33:44,917 --> 00:33:50,581
So if you want to fill the void, and there's a vacuum, there's a void, and a void is a
vacuum is always filled.

713
00:33:50,581 --> 00:33:55,804
That's why these social media companies are billion dollar companies, a fill and a void, a
vacuum.

714
00:33:55,804 --> 00:34:01,867
Someone's gonna fill it, but I can just guarantee what we have is far better than what
Mark Zuckerberg has.

715
00:34:02,047 --> 00:34:04,769
We've got something far better than that.

716
00:34:05,269 --> 00:34:09,112
All you gotta do is sit down with them, talk to them, and listen to them.

717
00:34:09,112 --> 00:34:11,433
First thing you gotta do is open up your house.

718
00:34:12,161 --> 00:34:16,705
You gotta unlock the deadbolt, put out the welcome mat, and invite people in your home.

719
00:34:16,705 --> 00:34:20,749
Have people in your house and talk to them, or listen to them.

720
00:34:20,749 --> 00:34:23,791
I mean, use your home as a mission statement.

721
00:34:23,851 --> 00:34:27,034
Brother, we gotta understand it's biblical.

722
00:34:27,034 --> 00:34:33,070
Acts 5.42 and daily in the temple and every house, they cease not to preach and teach
Jesus.

723
00:34:33,070 --> 00:34:34,081
Where did they do that?

724
00:34:34,081 --> 00:34:34,989
In their home.

725
00:34:34,989 --> 00:34:44,249
Acts 2, 46, and they continuing daily with one accord in the temple, breaking bread from
house to house, did eat their meat with singleness and gladness of heart.

726
00:34:44,249 --> 00:34:45,069
Where did they do it?

727
00:34:45,069 --> 00:34:46,049
In their homes.

728
00:34:46,049 --> 00:34:52,649
Acts 20, 20, how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but I showed you
publicly and from house to house.

729
00:34:52,649 --> 00:34:55,189
You've got to open up your homes.

730
00:34:55,701 --> 00:35:02,725
We cannot be successful if we do not share the blessing of a home with those who are
outside of Christ.

731
00:35:02,725 --> 00:35:04,066
I want to get back on Wednesday.

732
00:35:04,066 --> 00:35:05,887
Guess what's going to happen Thursday in my home.

733
00:35:05,887 --> 00:35:07,567
My wife will open her home.

734
00:35:07,567 --> 00:35:12,670
Her and Hannah will bring in a stranger to do a Bible study on Thursday.

735
00:35:13,471 --> 00:35:15,712
We are in a hotel 200 nights a year.

736
00:35:15,712 --> 00:35:17,933
If my wife can do it, you can do it.

737
00:35:19,013 --> 00:35:23,117
And then on Friday, we're doing it again with another, another couple.

738
00:35:23,117 --> 00:35:28,741
Because we know when we have you in our home, you are baptized and you don't even know it
yet.

739
00:35:30,323 --> 00:35:31,964
You're in my home now.

740
00:35:32,585 --> 00:35:35,308
And I'm love you like you've never been loved before.

741
00:35:35,308 --> 00:35:37,009
And I'm gonna show you the cross.

742
00:35:37,009 --> 00:35:39,031
And I'm gonna share with you the blood of Christ.

743
00:35:39,031 --> 00:35:40,552
Try to resist it.

744
00:35:40,552 --> 00:35:41,853
It's gonna be hard.

745
00:35:42,807 --> 00:35:44,269
But you know we don't do that in the church.

746
00:35:44,269 --> 00:35:45,260
You know what we do?

747
00:35:45,260 --> 00:35:46,481
Well they're going to come forward.

748
00:35:46,481 --> 00:35:48,083
They're not coming brother.

749
00:35:48,083 --> 00:35:49,924
They're not coming forward.

750
00:35:50,157 --> 00:35:50,717
All right?

751
00:35:50,717 --> 00:35:52,657
They're not, it doesn't work.

752
00:35:52,657 --> 00:35:56,797
What we've got to do is we've got to get people in a personal situation.

753
00:35:56,817 --> 00:35:57,057
All right?

754
00:35:57,057 --> 00:35:58,697
Where we can share that with them.

755
00:35:58,697 --> 00:36:01,757
And this is hard because we're all busy.

756
00:36:01,757 --> 00:36:06,997
We all get these insane schedules that we try to keep up with.

757
00:36:07,017 --> 00:36:12,197
And so yes, we're going to have to carve out time for your neighbor, carve out time for
others.

758
00:36:12,197 --> 00:36:16,977
But I know that if I can ask my wife to do it and she can do it, everybody else can do it
too.

759
00:36:16,977 --> 00:36:18,877
I know you can do this.

760
00:36:18,877 --> 00:36:20,337
It's just do you want to?

761
00:36:24,479 --> 00:36:31,932
Next, in Luke chapter 19, Zacchaeus made haste, come down from there, for there today I
must abide at thine house.

762
00:36:31,932 --> 00:36:34,773
Why did Jesus want to go to the house of Zacchaeus?

763
00:36:34,773 --> 00:36:37,675
You think it was to learn more about Roman tax policy?

764
00:36:37,675 --> 00:36:39,435
I seriously doubt it.

765
00:36:40,455 --> 00:36:42,837
Why did Jesus want to go to his home?

766
00:36:43,257 --> 00:36:47,319
There's only one reason, to seek and save the lost.

767
00:36:47,319 --> 00:36:49,449
That's what it says in verse 10.

768
00:36:50,240 --> 00:36:51,450
How powerful is the home?

769
00:36:51,450 --> 00:36:53,101
Jesus knew it was powerful.

770
00:36:53,441 --> 00:36:54,842
Let's keep going, you want to see more?

771
00:36:54,842 --> 00:36:59,364
Luke 736, and one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him.

772
00:36:59,364 --> 00:37:03,226
He went into his house and he sat down to eat.

773
00:37:03,226 --> 00:37:05,586
Why did Jesus go into his house?

774
00:37:05,807 --> 00:37:08,048
Why not just do it on the street corner?

775
00:37:08,108 --> 00:37:10,529
Because it doesn't work well on the street corner.

776
00:37:11,109 --> 00:37:13,590
You ever seen these people preaching on the street corners?

777
00:37:13,590 --> 00:37:15,271
What do you consider them when you see them?

778
00:37:15,271 --> 00:37:17,152
They have mental disorders.

779
00:37:17,332 --> 00:37:19,493
Stay away, they're dangerous.

780
00:37:19,501 --> 00:37:21,742
It doesn't work, they may not, I don't know.

781
00:37:21,742 --> 00:37:29,737
But I know that when I'm busy going down the road, right, in my car, the last thing I'm
gonna do is stop it and go up somebody in a street corner and listen to them.

782
00:37:29,737 --> 00:37:33,008
Okay, and let me give you another place it doesn't work.

783
00:37:33,008 --> 00:37:34,609
It doesn't work well here.

784
00:37:34,870 --> 00:37:39,382
Most visitors, when they walk in the church building, the first thing that goes up is
called shields.

785
00:37:39,382 --> 00:37:42,273
They hear about fourth of what you say.

786
00:37:43,594 --> 00:37:45,735
Put them in your home, feed them.

787
00:37:46,636 --> 00:37:47,736
They'll listen.

788
00:37:48,727 --> 00:37:50,018
You know, we used to be good at this.

789
00:37:50,018 --> 00:38:00,422
How many of you older members remember a time, I'm to ask you to raise your hands if this
fits, you remember a time when a visitor would come in, there would always be people ready

790
00:38:00,422 --> 00:38:02,113
to take him into their home to feed them.

791
00:38:02,113 --> 00:38:03,323
You all remember that?

792
00:38:03,323 --> 00:38:05,443
yeah, we used to be good at it.

793
00:38:05,904 --> 00:38:11,527
In fact, I'll just say this, today, in every, almost every country but ours, we still do
that.

794
00:38:11,527 --> 00:38:17,169
Because my family has traveled, and I'll tell you, I'll go to a foreign country, and the
first thing, come over to the house.

795
00:38:17,677 --> 00:38:20,250
I mean, she's completely unprepared.

796
00:38:20,250 --> 00:38:23,715
Now, you'll sit there for two hours as she prepares, and she will prepare.

797
00:38:23,715 --> 00:38:26,178
And then they do this commonly.

798
00:38:26,178 --> 00:38:27,809
We don't do that anymore.

799
00:38:28,991 --> 00:38:30,593
We better get back to it.

800
00:38:32,107 --> 00:38:33,178
Hospitality.

801
00:38:33,178 --> 00:38:34,798
So it's more than just your house.

802
00:38:34,798 --> 00:38:37,279
We gotta learn how to treat people once they're inside of it.

803
00:38:37,279 --> 00:38:38,980
We gotta learn how to relate to people.

804
00:38:38,980 --> 00:38:41,281
We gotta learn how to interact with people.

805
00:38:41,281 --> 00:38:44,042
We gotta learn how to socialize with people.

806
00:38:44,042 --> 00:38:51,946
Jesus increased in wisdom and stature that's intellectually and physically in favor with
God, that's spiritually, and man, that's social.

807
00:38:51,946 --> 00:38:54,947
Never been a more social person than Jesus Christ.

808
00:38:56,468 --> 00:38:58,769
He's the most social person who's ever lived.

809
00:38:58,769 --> 00:39:00,109
People loved him.

810
00:39:00,607 --> 00:39:02,438
You gotta learn how to be social.

811
00:39:02,598 --> 00:39:06,982
And it came to pass, Jesus sat, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him.

812
00:39:06,982 --> 00:39:11,645
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto the disciples, why eateth your Lord with
publicans and sinners?

813
00:39:11,645 --> 00:39:13,666
Why would you do that, Jesus?

814
00:39:13,666 --> 00:39:17,809
I mean, you're thinking the name of Christ.

815
00:39:18,950 --> 00:39:21,811
I I can't believe you'd spend your time with sinners.

816
00:39:21,932 --> 00:39:24,793
Now want you to notice how Jesus responds.

817
00:39:26,075 --> 00:39:29,717
Jesus said, they that behold need not a physician, but they that are sick.

818
00:39:31,553 --> 00:39:36,519
Brethren, if we'd spend as much time with the loss as we do in our fellowship meals,
people would be saved.

819
00:39:37,641 --> 00:39:39,824
We love to socialize with the brethren.

820
00:39:39,824 --> 00:39:41,226
I get it, I love you.

821
00:39:41,226 --> 00:39:44,089
I enjoy talking to you, but you're saved.

822
00:39:44,090 --> 00:39:46,712
I want to know about the people outside this building.

823
00:39:46,805 --> 00:39:48,967
I wanna know about the people that are lost.

824
00:39:48,967 --> 00:39:51,928
I wanna know about the people who need the cross.

825
00:39:52,009 --> 00:39:55,271
Jesus said, they that are whole, they don't need a physician, they don't understand.

826
00:39:55,271 --> 00:39:56,542
Don't learn what this means.

827
00:39:56,542 --> 00:39:58,854
I will have mercy and not sacrifice.

828
00:39:58,854 --> 00:40:03,116
Behold I've come to call not the righteous to repentance, but the sinners.

829
00:40:03,937 --> 00:40:06,239
We have got to learn how to do this.

830
00:40:06,619 --> 00:40:08,960
Another good example is Mary and Martha.

831
00:40:09,001 --> 00:40:10,782
What about Mary and Martha?

832
00:40:10,942 --> 00:40:14,665
Martha says, Jesus.

833
00:40:15,617 --> 00:40:17,138
Come over to the house.

834
00:40:17,518 --> 00:40:19,660
You come to our house, we'll take care of you.

835
00:40:19,660 --> 00:40:22,482
He walks inside the house and what does Mary do?

836
00:40:22,482 --> 00:40:25,464
Mary sees Jesus and Mary says, wow.

837
00:40:25,464 --> 00:40:27,725
Hey Lord, would you tell me about Abraham?

838
00:40:27,981 --> 00:40:29,821
Lord, tell me about the kingdom.

839
00:40:29,821 --> 00:40:32,161
Lord, tell me about Moses.

840
00:40:32,221 --> 00:40:34,541
Lord, tell me about heaven.

841
00:40:34,801 --> 00:40:36,020
And then of course there's Martha.

842
00:40:36,020 --> 00:40:39,821
Martha's in the house thinking, man, I got the Lord Jesus in my house.

843
00:40:39,821 --> 00:40:41,901
This is an incredible opportunity.

844
00:40:42,621 --> 00:40:46,121
oh no, the Lord is in this house.

845
00:40:46,121 --> 00:40:48,001
Oh, I've got dust bunnies in the corner.

846
00:40:48,001 --> 00:40:51,321
They've not been, oh no, I told my husband to sweep those out.

847
00:40:51,321 --> 00:40:53,541
Oh, my floors are not clean either.

848
00:40:53,541 --> 00:40:55,301
And my furniture's not been polished.

849
00:40:55,301 --> 00:40:56,941
And oh, I got the musty smell in the house.

850
00:40:56,941 --> 00:40:57,935
This is awful.

851
00:40:57,935 --> 00:40:59,186
think I'm a terrible house cleaner.

852
00:40:59,186 --> 00:41:00,728
What am I going to do?

853
00:41:00,728 --> 00:41:02,700
My silverware's not polished.

854
00:41:02,700 --> 00:41:04,355
This is just awful.

855
00:41:04,355 --> 00:41:06,224
I'm not a very good cook.

856
00:41:06,224 --> 00:41:09,397
I've to cook something and he's probably got a peanut allergy.

857
00:41:09,397 --> 00:41:10,708
I'm going to kill him.

858
00:41:14,699 --> 00:41:16,090
You know what Jesus said?

859
00:41:16,370 --> 00:41:24,977
Martha, Martha, thou art troubled about a great many things, but there's just one thing
that matters.

860
00:41:26,078 --> 00:41:31,863
And your sister has chosen the good part and I won't take it away from her.

861
00:41:33,064 --> 00:41:35,005
How many things matter in life?

862
00:41:35,106 --> 00:41:35,907
How many things?

863
00:41:35,907 --> 00:41:36,847
One thing.

864
00:41:36,847 --> 00:41:38,628
There's just one thing that matters.

865
00:41:38,829 --> 00:41:42,832
Is it possible that we're majoring in the minors and minoring in the majors?

866
00:41:43,984 --> 00:41:46,519
Is it possible that we've become so self-fulfilled?

867
00:41:46,519 --> 00:41:52,179
We're more worried about pine saw on the furniture than we are about souls that are lost.

868
00:41:54,858 --> 00:41:56,048
Shame on us.

869
00:41:57,509 --> 00:41:59,571
Principle number three, we gotta learn to hearken.

870
00:41:59,571 --> 00:42:06,554
James 1.19, wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak,
and slow to wrath.

871
00:42:06,554 --> 00:42:10,072
Let me give you a theological definition to this verse.

872
00:42:10,072 --> 00:42:10,426
You ready?

873
00:42:10,426 --> 00:42:11,576
This is deep.

874
00:42:12,317 --> 00:42:14,578
God gave you two ears and one mouth.

875
00:42:14,578 --> 00:42:17,060
You are to listen twice as much as you're to speak.

876
00:42:17,060 --> 00:42:18,100
Pretty good.

877
00:42:18,952 --> 00:42:21,533
I'm sad, I don't need Greek or Hebrew for that one.

878
00:42:21,533 --> 00:42:23,634
I just needed to listen to people.

879
00:42:23,634 --> 00:42:26,415
People want you to listen to them, so listen.

880
00:42:26,415 --> 00:42:32,937
So when Jimmy and Sharon were in our living room and Jimmy says, now Rob, it's all in the
book of Revelation.

881
00:42:33,337 --> 00:42:35,898
Pretty important that I'm listening.

882
00:42:35,898 --> 00:42:39,239
Or when Sharon Fisher says, now Rob, in my first marriage.

883
00:42:39,452 --> 00:42:41,900
Kind of important that I listen to that, isn't it?

884
00:42:42,928 --> 00:42:45,289
or when they talk about their religious background.

885
00:42:45,289 --> 00:42:46,590
Important that I listen to that.

886
00:42:46,590 --> 00:42:47,861
Now is not the time for talking.

887
00:42:47,861 --> 00:42:49,892
Now is not the time for interrupting.

888
00:42:49,892 --> 00:42:52,473
And now is not the time for correction and instruction.

889
00:42:52,473 --> 00:42:54,124
Now is the time to listen.

890
00:42:54,124 --> 00:42:55,934
It's okay.

891
00:42:56,135 --> 00:42:57,735
We're not very good listeners sometimes.

892
00:42:57,735 --> 00:42:59,416
We wanna talk and.

893
00:42:59,658 --> 00:43:04,572
We try to teach them everything they need to know in the house and that's not good.

894
00:43:04,572 --> 00:43:06,223
We don't need to be teaching them anything.

895
00:43:06,223 --> 00:43:07,634
We just need to listen to them.

896
00:43:07,634 --> 00:43:19,142
Brother Bobby Bates, the great evangelist, once said, if you'll give them information,
excuse me, quote, if you'll show them interest, they will give you information.

897
00:43:19,363 --> 00:43:21,424
All you gotta do is show them interest.

898
00:43:21,612 --> 00:43:23,852
And so just care.

899
00:43:23,852 --> 00:43:25,372
And they'll give you all the information you need.

900
00:43:25,372 --> 00:43:26,632
You don't even have to ask.

901
00:43:26,632 --> 00:43:27,852
They'll volunteer it.

902
00:43:27,852 --> 00:43:28,972
Nothing's off limits.

903
00:43:28,972 --> 00:43:30,712
In 1950, off limits.

904
00:43:30,712 --> 00:43:32,112
You don't talk about that.

905
00:43:32,792 --> 00:43:35,212
2025, there's nothing off limits.

906
00:43:35,212 --> 00:43:36,092
They tell you everything.

907
00:43:36,092 --> 00:43:37,692
They will embarrass you.

908
00:43:37,846 --> 00:43:40,067
They will talk about things you wish they would not talk about.

909
00:43:40,067 --> 00:43:42,438
They're gonna ask you questions you wish they would not ask.

910
00:43:42,438 --> 00:43:50,221
And they're gonna use words that you don't even, you may have to give it some thought,
words that you wouldn't even say, but they're gonna ask, because they don't have no

911
00:43:50,221 --> 00:43:50,672
filter.

912
00:43:50,672 --> 00:43:52,462
There are no filters in 2025.

913
00:43:52,462 --> 00:43:54,923
No filters.

914
00:43:54,984 --> 00:43:56,274
People just say what's on their mind.

915
00:43:56,274 --> 00:43:59,506
All right, so be prepared.

916
00:43:59,506 --> 00:44:00,906
What should you do?

917
00:44:00,906 --> 00:44:01,687
Listen.

918
00:44:01,687 --> 00:44:03,407
Don't comment, just listen.

919
00:44:03,828 --> 00:44:05,328
Just be sympathetic.

920
00:44:05,460 --> 00:44:06,961
Realize they're not where you're at.

921
00:44:06,961 --> 00:44:08,403
They don't know what you know.

922
00:44:08,403 --> 00:44:09,694
You should not expect them to.

923
00:44:09,694 --> 00:44:11,305
Don't correct them.

924
00:44:11,545 --> 00:44:15,208
They may not wear, you know, their most modest clothing all the time.

925
00:44:15,289 --> 00:44:15,979
They don't know.

926
00:44:15,979 --> 00:44:19,732
And so they may not use a language.

927
00:44:19,772 --> 00:44:23,095
You know, sometimes my wife and I are with people and they use language.

928
00:44:23,095 --> 00:44:24,436
It's very inappropriate.

929
00:44:24,436 --> 00:44:33,504
I would never use that language, but now's not the time for me to correct them because I
have a goal to bring them to the cross and I need to give them a little space.

930
00:44:34,334 --> 00:44:37,267
All these things are important because I'm listening to people.

931
00:44:37,267 --> 00:44:42,292
Mark 4.24, and he said unto them, take heed what you hear.

932
00:44:42,694 --> 00:44:43,364
You know why?

933
00:44:43,364 --> 00:44:45,136
Because you're accountable for it.

934
00:44:47,104 --> 00:44:48,015
You're accountable for it.

935
00:44:48,015 --> 00:44:51,928
By the way, do know you're accountable for your neighbor?

936
00:44:52,669 --> 00:44:54,391
You're accountable for your coworkers?

937
00:44:54,391 --> 00:44:56,823
You're accountable for the people in your sphere of influence?

938
00:44:56,823 --> 00:44:58,694
You will give an accounting someday.

939
00:44:58,694 --> 00:45:01,877
That word accounting is, it's a frightening word.

940
00:45:02,858 --> 00:45:05,180
Accountants give an accounting of their.

941
00:45:07,326 --> 00:45:10,179
of their numbers, of their tally sheets.

942
00:45:10,179 --> 00:45:14,805
And if you're off at the end of the day at Walmart, if you're off, you're in trouble.

943
00:45:14,805 --> 00:45:16,647
You gotta find out where it's at.

944
00:45:16,647 --> 00:45:18,719
We're gonna find out who somebody's steal from us.

945
00:45:18,719 --> 00:45:24,896
We're gonna find out, I think there are Christians stealing from the living God every day.

946
00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:29,797
Look 18, take K, therefore how you hear?

947
00:45:29,797 --> 00:45:31,451
Let's come in the eyes.

948
00:45:33,548 --> 00:45:35,368
Don't play on your cell phone.

949
00:45:35,969 --> 00:45:38,389
Look them in the eyes, talk to them.

950
00:45:38,549 --> 00:45:40,630
Give them your undivided attention.

951
00:45:40,630 --> 00:45:43,111
Make sure they know you're sincere and you care.

952
00:45:43,111 --> 00:45:45,631
Go to principle number four, hesitate.

953
00:45:45,631 --> 00:45:46,892
It's our last one.

954
00:45:46,892 --> 00:45:49,272
Hesitate, you gotta learn how to hesitate.

955
00:45:49,272 --> 00:45:58,705
If we can learn how to hesitate, brethren, we know that if we can do this, we can hold
back, we won't ruin the environment.

956
00:45:58,705 --> 00:46:00,015
We'll have a Bible study.

957
00:46:00,015 --> 00:46:01,476
What do mean by that?

958
00:46:01,476 --> 00:46:02,356
Well.

959
00:46:02,728 --> 00:46:05,830
Sometimes it's just not the right time.

960
00:46:05,830 --> 00:46:11,745
When Sharon Fisher said, now Rob, in my first marriage, hesitate preacher.

961
00:46:11,745 --> 00:46:15,137
Now's not the time to talk about marriage, divorce, and remarriage.

962
00:46:17,519 --> 00:46:24,203
When Jimmy said, now Rob, he said, when Jesus comes about, don't you know about the
earthquakes, the tsunamis, and the volcanoes?

963
00:46:24,938 --> 00:46:29,149
Brethren, most people don't know enough about the first coming, much less the second.

964
00:46:29,149 --> 00:46:34,470
Why in the world are we engaging people on the second coming when we haven't even got them
to the cross?

965
00:46:35,188 --> 00:46:37,211
All right, stop doing that.

966
00:46:37,211 --> 00:46:38,352
Hesitate.

967
00:46:38,352 --> 00:46:40,472
It's now is not the time.

968
00:46:40,472 --> 00:46:44,953
And so there's ample evidence in the life of Christ where he'd said, not yet.

969
00:46:44,953 --> 00:46:46,654
I'm not gonna do it just now.

970
00:46:46,654 --> 00:46:48,294
Tell no man.

971
00:46:48,294 --> 00:46:49,555
Holds his peace.

972
00:46:49,555 --> 00:46:51,835
He wrote on the ground as though he heard them not.

973
00:46:51,835 --> 00:46:52,385
Why?

974
00:46:52,385 --> 00:46:54,716
Because it's not the right time.

975
00:46:55,222 --> 00:46:56,993
Timing's important, isn't it?

976
00:46:57,013 --> 00:47:02,655
Husbands, do you ever pick the right time to talk to your wife about things?

977
00:47:02,655 --> 00:47:05,256
You ever know when not to talk to her?

978
00:47:06,537 --> 00:47:09,412
Any husband who's been married for any length of time knows that one.

979
00:47:09,412 --> 00:47:10,149
How about wives?

980
00:47:10,149 --> 00:47:12,540
You know when to talk to your husband and when not to?

981
00:47:12,940 --> 00:47:15,431
All right, so there times you shouldn't talk to him?

982
00:47:15,431 --> 00:47:16,581
Maybe when he's exhausted.

983
00:47:16,581 --> 00:47:19,002
Now's not the right time, right?

984
00:47:19,002 --> 00:47:22,761
And so, how about our children, mothers and fathers?

985
00:47:22,761 --> 00:47:25,844
Do know there are times to talk to your children and times not to talk to them?

986
00:47:25,844 --> 00:47:27,224
Of course!

987
00:47:27,544 --> 00:47:30,365
So I just always find this fascinating.

988
00:47:30,365 --> 00:47:35,866
Mothers get it, fathers get it, husbands get it, wives get it, the boss gets it, the
employee gets it, but what about the Christian?

989
00:47:35,866 --> 00:47:37,007
Do we get it?

990
00:47:38,587 --> 00:47:39,667
We better.

991
00:47:40,088 --> 00:47:41,968
We better learn those lessons.

992
00:47:42,124 --> 00:47:44,065
Because they're going to bring up their doctrine.

993
00:47:44,204 --> 00:47:46,307
They're going to bring up the tongue speaking.

994
00:47:46,588 --> 00:47:49,101
They're going to bring up Mount Miracle, Mount Version.

995
00:47:49,101 --> 00:47:53,955
Rather than instead of climbing Mount Version, let's climb Mount Conversion.

996
00:47:54,016 --> 00:47:55,998
Why are we climbing Mount Version?

997
00:47:55,998 --> 00:47:57,249
We just met these people.

998
00:47:57,249 --> 00:48:01,103
Now is not the time to talk about the different versions of the Bible.

999
00:48:01,103 --> 00:48:02,583
Let it go.

1000
00:48:03,072 --> 00:48:04,904
We're not talking about elders and preachers.

1001
00:48:04,904 --> 00:48:07,757
We're talking about people who are not even Christians yet.

1002
00:48:07,757 --> 00:48:11,941
Do you really want to climb Mount Versin and take out your sword and fight on it?

1003
00:48:11,941 --> 00:48:13,822
Because that's what you're going to do.

1004
00:48:16,065 --> 00:48:17,506
Don't climb Mount Miracle.

1005
00:48:17,506 --> 00:48:19,007
Don't climb Mount Second Coming.

1006
00:48:19,007 --> 00:48:20,348
Just leave it alone.

1007
00:48:21,290 --> 00:48:23,211
I don't want you to climb Mount Sports Team.

1008
00:48:23,211 --> 00:48:25,493
You know what's going to happen, don't you, brother?

1009
00:48:25,994 --> 00:48:28,116
They're going to be Alabama fans.

1010
00:48:28,362 --> 00:48:31,273
and you're going to have to like Alabama to get a Bible study.

1011
00:48:31,273 --> 00:48:31,983
You can do it.

1012
00:48:31,983 --> 00:48:34,214
I know it's hard, but I know you can do it.

1013
00:48:34,294 --> 00:48:37,315
Go Crimson, my, go Crimson Tide.

1014
00:48:37,315 --> 00:48:40,236
If I'm gonna do that to get a Bible study, so be it.

1015
00:48:41,196 --> 00:48:43,477
Okay, you take a deep breath, you can do it.

1016
00:48:44,197 --> 00:48:45,418
All right, Georgia.

1017
00:48:45,418 --> 00:48:49,539
Mounts politics, they're gonna have a different political persuasion than you do.

1018
00:48:49,919 --> 00:48:52,200
They're going down your, you

1019
00:48:52,633 --> 00:48:57,317
And they're going to go, I mean it's going to be, you know, they're going to just assume
you believe everything they believe.

1020
00:48:57,317 --> 00:48:58,579
That's what Americans do.

1021
00:48:58,579 --> 00:49:01,881
And they're just shocked that anybody believes any differently.

1022
00:49:02,262 --> 00:49:04,484
Brethren, let me be clear.

1023
00:49:05,345 --> 00:49:09,469
The Republican Party and the Democrat Party are not worth it.

1024
00:49:09,730 --> 00:49:12,031
The parties aren't worth it.

1025
00:49:13,900 --> 00:49:15,382
There's one party I'm a member of.

1026
00:49:15,382 --> 00:49:17,123
It's called the Christian Party.

1027
00:49:18,346 --> 00:49:20,268
And I'll take that one to my grave.

1028
00:49:22,688 --> 00:49:24,989
We're not gonna let money divide us.

1029
00:49:25,089 --> 00:49:26,509
Just be careful.

1030
00:49:27,090 --> 00:49:30,291
So all these things you should probably hesitate a little bit.

1031
00:49:30,411 --> 00:49:31,811
Just hold back.

1032
00:49:32,412 --> 00:49:34,833
All right, you just need to have a sympathetic ear.

1033
00:49:35,413 --> 00:49:39,475
You know, Jesus never let the Herodians divide him, did he?

1034
00:49:39,555 --> 00:49:40,815
The political party.

1035
00:49:40,815 --> 00:49:41,816
They tried.

1036
00:49:41,816 --> 00:49:44,857
Jesus, should we give the taxes to Caesar?

1037
00:49:44,857 --> 00:49:47,518
That was an attempt to divide Jesus by politics.

1038
00:49:47,518 --> 00:49:49,679
He was smarter than that, didn't he?

1039
00:49:50,579 --> 00:49:52,400
he's smart about this stuff.

1040
00:49:52,672 --> 00:49:55,353
And Jesus, what about that old resurrection?

1041
00:49:55,353 --> 00:49:57,334
Who's gonna be married in the resurrection?

1042
00:49:57,334 --> 00:49:59,235
They thought they had him, didn't they?

1043
00:50:00,195 --> 00:50:01,956
He wasn't biting on that.

1044
00:50:02,356 --> 00:50:13,521
You know, if we would just follow his example and not bite on this stuff and allow this
stuff to distract us, we hesitate, we hold back.

1045
00:50:14,702 --> 00:50:19,604
You know, I've put four more lessons in your hands tonight.

1046
00:50:19,872 --> 00:50:22,574
Four lessons, I said this morning, defer, don't debate.

1047
00:50:22,574 --> 00:50:25,156
When they ask questions, just defer them.

1048
00:50:25,156 --> 00:50:27,358
Number two, show them, don't tell them.

1049
00:50:27,358 --> 00:50:28,919
Number three, plant, don't pick.

1050
00:50:28,919 --> 00:50:30,441
Number four, open up your home.

1051
00:50:30,441 --> 00:50:33,413
Number five, extend kindness and hospitality.

1052
00:50:33,413 --> 00:50:36,336
Number six, harken and listen to people.

1053
00:50:36,336 --> 00:50:38,227
Number seven, hesitate.

1054
00:50:38,367 --> 00:50:43,951
Don't climb up a mountain unless you're willing to pull out your sword and fall on it.

1055
00:50:44,032 --> 00:50:49,036
There's only one mountain I wanna climb this afternoon and it's called Mount Galgotha.

1056
00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:51,400
and I'll climb that mountain with you.

1057
00:50:52,321 --> 00:50:54,101
I'll take Calvary any day of the week.

1058
00:50:54,101 --> 00:50:55,682
That's the mountain I want.

1059
00:50:55,682 --> 00:50:57,922
And I'm so laser focused on it.

1060
00:50:57,922 --> 00:51:02,144
And if I can take you to the cross, you'll become a Christian almost every time.

1061
00:51:02,144 --> 00:51:03,904
But you know why they don't become Christians?

1062
00:51:03,904 --> 00:51:05,404
Because we don't take them to the cross.

1063
00:51:05,404 --> 00:51:08,145
We're too busy on Mount Tongues speaking.

1064
00:51:09,506 --> 00:51:11,046
That's why we're losing.

1065
00:51:11,766 --> 00:51:14,027
And we've got to learn how to be like Jesus.

1066
00:51:14,827 --> 00:51:18,008
She came down the aisle and she had a piece of paper in her hand and...

1067
00:51:18,060 --> 00:51:19,920
Man, it's building, will let.

1068
00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:23,320
We've gone from 220 to 300, and the church has got it.

1069
00:51:23,320 --> 00:51:27,260
And they bring those contacts to me, and they prospect them.

1070
00:51:27,380 --> 00:51:28,720
And Brandy Fleming walked down there.

1071
00:51:28,720 --> 00:51:30,880
One of the most evangelistic sisters I've ever met.

1072
00:51:30,880 --> 00:51:35,160
Never conducted a Bible study to my knowledge, but she's evangelistic.

1073
00:51:35,480 --> 00:51:38,680
And I grabbed a piece of paper and I said, Dustin McKinney.

1074
00:51:38,860 --> 00:51:42,860
I said, wait a minute, you talking about the basketball coach, Dustin?

1075
00:51:42,860 --> 00:51:44,280
She said, yeah.

1076
00:51:44,876 --> 00:51:47,996
I said, Brandy, I coach basketball in Cookeville.

1077
00:51:47,996 --> 00:51:50,296
I play Dustin in Red Bowling Springs.

1078
00:51:52,516 --> 00:51:54,096
what's wrong with it?

1079
00:51:55,416 --> 00:51:58,256
Robbie's got cancer, and it's not operable.

1080
00:51:59,416 --> 00:52:04,012
I said, Brandy, Rob, I think we can prospect him.

1081
00:52:04,012 --> 00:52:05,672
I said, I'll put him on the list.

1082
00:52:05,672 --> 00:52:13,632
So we put him on the list, the church started praying for Dustin, sending cars to Dustin,
and after about a week I grabbed my son Jared, said, Jared, let's go meet Dustin McKinney,

1083
00:52:13,632 --> 00:52:14,572
let's go see him.

1084
00:52:14,572 --> 00:52:18,952
And I went to the house, knocked on the door, he opened the door, I said, what's going on?

1085
00:52:18,952 --> 00:52:21,032
I said, hey, Dustin, said, huh?

1086
00:52:21,032 --> 00:52:28,752
We talked about the season a little bit, we play each other, and I said, Dustin, I said, I
heard you had cancer, Dustin.

1087
00:52:29,972 --> 00:52:30,832
Yeah.

1088
00:52:31,244 --> 00:52:35,244
I'm sorry, man, I don't know how I'd feel right now, but I came to help you.

1089
00:52:35,244 --> 00:52:36,864
He said, what can you do to help me?

1090
00:52:36,864 --> 00:52:38,424
I said, I can pray.

1091
00:52:38,764 --> 00:52:39,644
I said, would it be okay?

1092
00:52:39,644 --> 00:52:41,724
My son came in, we just came to pray with you.

1093
00:52:41,724 --> 00:52:43,624
He said, man, Rob, please pray for me.

1094
00:52:43,624 --> 00:52:49,284
So we bowed our heads and prayed and I finished a prayer and I said, Dustin, I said, is it
okay if I come back to pray again?

1095
00:52:49,284 --> 00:52:51,144
He said, Rob, you can come back every day and pray.

1096
00:52:51,144 --> 00:52:57,424
Don't worry, I will, because I have one mission and I never lose sight of my mission.

1097
00:52:58,028 --> 00:53:02,010
A week later I grabbed one of the elders and I said, let's go visit Dustin McKinney.

1098
00:53:02,010 --> 00:53:04,979
Went over to the house, knocked on the door and said, hey, Rob, what do you got there?

1099
00:53:04,979 --> 00:53:06,892
I said, just a friend of mine, Steve Draper.

1100
00:53:06,892 --> 00:53:08,453
Come on in, Steve Draper.

1101
00:53:08,453 --> 00:53:10,114
Now I'm in the house.

1102
00:53:10,114 --> 00:53:12,615
I have one mission.

1103
00:53:12,615 --> 00:53:13,936
I sat in the living room.

1104
00:53:13,936 --> 00:53:18,458
Now his little son, his name is, ready, ready, Neeland.

1105
00:53:18,458 --> 00:53:19,648
Neeland is his name.

1106
00:53:19,648 --> 00:53:24,170
He runs across the living room, little tight basketball, whoop.

1107
00:53:24,170 --> 00:53:27,702
He's excited, we're talking about Tennessee, know, basketball.

1108
00:53:27,702 --> 00:53:28,368
ball.

1109
00:53:28,368 --> 00:53:30,779
Things are going good and I looked around the

1110
00:53:34,604 --> 00:53:35,904
I saw your card.

1111
00:53:36,544 --> 00:53:37,804
Thank you.

1112
00:53:37,944 --> 00:53:39,664
I saw your card too.

1113
00:53:40,324 --> 00:53:41,664
I saw yours.

1114
00:53:42,244 --> 00:53:43,764
I saw yours.

1115
00:53:43,964 --> 00:53:46,264
And their house is covered in cards.

1116
00:53:46,624 --> 00:53:49,744
And I don't ask questions I don't know the answers to.

1117
00:53:49,964 --> 00:53:51,944
I said, Dustin, where'd all these cards come from?

1118
00:53:51,944 --> 00:53:54,824
That church I preach for, Rob, they send cards every day.

1119
00:53:54,824 --> 00:53:56,044
Oh, they do.

1120
00:53:56,784 --> 00:53:58,044
It's strategic.

1121
00:53:59,146 --> 00:54:00,917
He says, Rob, those cards get me through the day.

1122
00:54:00,917 --> 00:54:02,558
I can't tell you how much they mean to me.

1123
00:54:02,558 --> 00:54:06,801
I said, well, Dustin, we're glad to pray for you and keep encouraging you.

1124
00:54:06,801 --> 00:54:09,472
And I guess I noticed your lawn's getting a little tall out there.

1125
00:54:09,472 --> 00:54:12,564
Rob, the doctor says, I can't get under the sun.

1126
00:54:12,564 --> 00:54:13,334
They won't let me.

1127
00:54:13,334 --> 00:54:14,685
I said, Dustin, you know what?

1128
00:54:14,685 --> 00:54:17,527
Your lawn will be mowed every week by the Willette Church of Christ.

1129
00:54:17,527 --> 00:54:19,188
Steve Draper, the elders over here.

1130
00:54:19,188 --> 00:54:20,149
He said, will.

1131
00:54:20,149 --> 00:54:24,211
Now, when you work with elders, it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission.

1132
00:54:24,211 --> 00:54:25,672
It works very well.

1133
00:54:26,284 --> 00:54:29,544
So anyway, so now we've got it all done.

1134
00:54:29,644 --> 00:54:33,704
And so we were walking out of the house, we prayed, and we got to the church that night.

1135
00:54:33,704 --> 00:54:36,024
The elder said, Rob, we need to see you.

1136
00:54:36,024 --> 00:54:37,344
Uh-oh.

1137
00:54:37,644 --> 00:54:40,684
And they said, Rob, we get it now.

1138
00:54:41,684 --> 00:54:46,104
And I love these moments as a preacher, when the elders look at you and say, we get it.

1139
00:54:46,564 --> 00:54:48,124
We want to help, Rob.

1140
00:54:48,164 --> 00:54:49,464
I said, what do you want?

1141
00:54:49,464 --> 00:54:51,664
Send a message to Dustin and Natalie.

1142
00:54:52,004 --> 00:54:53,864
I said, what's the message, gentlemen?

1143
00:54:53,878 --> 00:54:57,755
They said, you tell them we'll pay their highest medical bills, no questions asked.

1144
00:54:59,000 --> 00:54:59,770
Wow.

1145
00:55:01,324 --> 00:55:03,264
I said, are you sure you want me to say that?

1146
00:55:03,264 --> 00:55:04,144
They said, yep.

1147
00:55:04,144 --> 00:55:05,124
Don't tell anybody.

1148
00:55:05,124 --> 00:55:06,984
Tell them this is not to be told.

1149
00:55:06,984 --> 00:55:08,184
I said, yes, sir.

1150
00:55:08,444 --> 00:55:09,363
So I went to their house.

1151
00:55:09,363 --> 00:55:12,304
I told them, you ought to have seen the look on their face.

1152
00:55:13,464 --> 00:55:14,624
And Natalie says, hey, Rob.

1153
00:55:14,624 --> 00:55:16,144
He said, I don't know what to say.

1154
00:55:16,144 --> 00:55:17,084
I said, it's OK.

1155
00:55:17,084 --> 00:55:17,724
We love y'all.

1156
00:55:17,724 --> 00:55:18,644
We care.

1157
00:55:18,884 --> 00:55:22,704
Hey, Rob, we finally found a surgeon to do the surgery.

1158
00:55:22,704 --> 00:55:23,384
I said, great.

1159
00:55:23,384 --> 00:55:24,184
Where is he?

1160
00:55:24,184 --> 00:55:25,324
said, Vanderbilt Hospital.

1161
00:55:25,324 --> 00:55:26,464
I said, man, I'll be there.

1162
00:55:26,464 --> 00:55:27,624
Rob, can't go to Vanderbilt.

1163
00:55:27,624 --> 00:55:28,384
That's too far.

1164
00:55:28,384 --> 00:55:29,964
I said, I'll be there.

1165
00:55:30,570 --> 00:55:35,206
That morning I got up, I told my wife, I'll tell you all day honey, you what happens.

1166
00:55:35,206 --> 00:55:37,239
I said just keep the church updated.

1167
00:55:37,239 --> 00:55:38,150
want you to update.

1168
00:55:38,150 --> 00:55:40,714
It's a day of prayer for Dustin McKinney.

1169
00:55:40,714 --> 00:55:43,197
And I got to the hospital after the surgery.

1170
00:55:43,197 --> 00:55:44,289
The surgeon comes out.

1171
00:55:44,289 --> 00:55:47,342
He says McKinney family, I raise my hand.

1172
00:55:50,506 --> 00:55:58,920
I've never seen anything like this, Miss McKinney." He said, it was worse than we thought,
but I, Miss McKinney, I got it out.

1173
00:55:59,500 --> 00:56:00,851
And I said, Doctor, can I pray?

1174
00:56:00,851 --> 00:56:02,402
He said, you better, son.

1175
00:56:02,442 --> 00:56:05,063
He said, I can't explain what just happened today.

1176
00:56:05,503 --> 00:56:07,103
He said, but I think I got it.

1177
00:56:09,162 --> 00:56:13,813
Two weeks later they called me and they said, hey Rob, we're filling up to it, you can
come over.

1178
00:56:13,894 --> 00:56:21,036
I loaded my family up, went to the house, I'm sitting at the living room surrounded by
your cards and prayers and love.

1179
00:56:21,896 --> 00:56:23,256
It's not hard.

1180
00:56:23,637 --> 00:56:26,418
Hey Dustin, would you like to know more about Jesus?

1181
00:56:26,418 --> 00:56:28,408
He said, Rob, I'd love to know more about Jesus.

1182
00:56:28,408 --> 00:56:31,059
Good, I just so happen to have, let me see if I have them.

1183
00:56:31,059 --> 00:56:34,020
These little booklets are called Back to the Bible.

1184
00:56:40,950 --> 00:56:42,300
Can you send a card?

1185
00:56:43,021 --> 00:56:44,041
Can you?

1186
00:56:44,442 --> 00:56:45,822
Can you give me a name?

1187
00:56:46,502 --> 00:56:47,503
Can you send a card?

1188
00:56:47,503 --> 00:56:48,523
Can you?

1189
00:56:49,364 --> 00:56:51,304
Who here can't help us?

1190
00:56:51,504 --> 00:56:54,225
Who here is just gonna be a bystander?

1191
00:56:54,226 --> 00:56:57,046
Brethren, it's time that we get some skin in the game.

1192
00:56:57,660 --> 00:57:00,408
And everybody in this church needs to step up and help.

1193
00:57:05,898 --> 00:57:08,169
We must earn the right to have a Bible study.

1194
00:57:08,169 --> 00:57:09,809
Church, you've got to earn it.

1195
00:57:10,310 --> 00:57:12,070
And you earn it together.

1196
00:57:12,070 --> 00:57:14,091
You work together.

1197
00:57:14,091 --> 00:57:24,135
And when you work together, train your members, it's gonna take a little time, equip them
with tools, and then begin reaching out.

1198
00:57:25,256 --> 00:57:26,396
You can grow.

1199
00:57:28,106 --> 00:57:30,697
People are growing all over this country because of that.

1200
00:57:30,697 --> 00:57:31,486
It's a great tool.

1201
00:57:31,486 --> 00:57:33,918
It's not just one tool in our toolbox.

1202
00:57:34,279 --> 00:57:43,342
Nicole wrote a book called Recipes for Evangelism and after this session we'll open that
table up and you can take a look, but this is one of her books.

1203
00:57:43,342 --> 00:57:46,033
She's only written one book and that book says this.

1204
00:57:46,033 --> 00:57:48,204
Sharon Fisher wrote a chapter in it.

1205
00:57:48,224 --> 00:57:52,045
So these are Sharon Fisher's words, not ours.

1206
00:57:52,286 --> 00:57:57,808
The hospitality we were shown made all the difference to our willingness to get involved
in a Bible study.

1207
00:57:59,628 --> 00:58:01,876
Without my wife, there is no study.

1208
00:58:03,387 --> 00:58:05,001
I can't do it without her.

1209
00:58:08,522 --> 00:58:10,395
She's more than my best friend.

1210
00:58:11,558 --> 00:58:13,050
She's far more than that.

1211
00:58:14,988 --> 00:58:17,268
You want to learn how to reach the lost?

1212
00:58:17,848 --> 00:58:19,208
You start working together.

1213
00:58:19,208 --> 00:58:21,208
Husbands and wives work together.

1214
00:58:22,588 --> 00:58:25,968
As a church, you're a widow or a widower, go to your preacher and say, I'll help you.

1215
00:58:25,968 --> 00:58:27,188
Eddie's got three boys.

1216
00:58:27,188 --> 00:58:28,348
Eddie, you need help cooking?

1217
00:58:28,348 --> 00:58:29,468
I'll help cook.

1218
00:58:29,468 --> 00:58:30,508
Eddie, you need help cleaning?

1219
00:58:30,508 --> 00:58:31,748
I'll help clean.

1220
00:58:32,048 --> 00:58:33,008
Work together, church.

1221
00:58:33,008 --> 00:58:34,388
Help each other.

1222
00:58:35,188 --> 00:58:40,368
I mean, there's so much that you can do right here in this church.

1223
00:58:41,488 --> 00:58:44,448
So I'm thankful for your time and efforts.

1224
00:58:45,228 --> 00:58:49,828
This afternoon you're here, that means you love souls and I'm gonna offer the invitation.

1225
00:58:50,508 --> 00:59:01,628
If you're a child of God and maybe now's the time to make a change in your life and maybe
you need strength and wanna come before this church and ask the church to pray for you,

1226
00:59:01,628 --> 00:59:03,848
maybe there's a church we all need to pray.

1227
00:59:04,608 --> 00:59:06,748
Render our hearts and not our garments.

1228
00:59:07,028 --> 00:59:09,788
Make this an inward change, not an outward change.

1229
00:59:10,008 --> 00:59:11,648
Change my life, God.

1230
00:59:11,668 --> 00:59:15,168
Help me be the Christian I need to be to my neighbor.

1231
00:59:15,518 --> 00:59:21,212
Maybe you're not a Christian and maybe someone taught you and you've not obeyed the
gospel.

1232
00:59:21,212 --> 00:59:22,553
This invitation is yours.

1233
00:59:22,553 --> 00:59:28,197
All you gotta do is come, we'll take your confession, we'll baptize you into Christ for
the remission of your sins.

1234
00:59:28,197 --> 00:59:32,780
You'll be added to the greatest army in the world, the army of Christ.

1235
00:59:34,871 --> 00:59:37,585
So Jesus came to seek and save the lost.

1236
00:59:38,277 --> 00:59:40,230
God help us be like Jesus.

1237
00:59:40,291 --> 00:59:42,016
Will you come as we together stand.