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 Hi, and welcome to the Willow Ridge Church weekly podcast.

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 This is where you can find audio for our current and past sermons.

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 We hope that you enjoy this week's installment, and be sure to check back next week to hear

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 the latest message.

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 Thanks for listening.

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 Well, good morning.

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 It is a great privilege to get to be with you guys today.

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 I am excited.

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 I am, first of all, thankful.

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 I hope that you know how grateful myself and my wife and those who are part of this new

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 church plant are for a church like Willow Ridge, who's willing to see the value and the needs

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 for the work that we're trusting in God to do in Utah, and to come alongside us and partner.

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 So thank you.

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 Thank you for that.

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 Thank you for the opportunity to share God's Word this morning, and to share a little bit

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 of our story and of what God's doing in Utah.

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 I'll start there.

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 If you have a card there, you saw a picture.

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 I've got another picture here of our family.

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 So unfortunately, they were not able to travel out with me, but that is my wife is Sarah.

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 Now they're all, she's not a lot taller than our oldest daughter now, but she's the one in the middle.

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 And Sarah is an incredible blessing in my life and to our family and to our church.

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 And she wanted me to make sure and share how much she wishes she could be here to meet you and how grateful she is for you.

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 We also have two daughters.

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 Ellie is on the right side, the one that is about to be taller than my wife.

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 She is our 10-year-old, and she is our mature, knows almost everything, beautiful daughter.

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 And we love her dearly.

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 She is amazing.

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 And then Sadie on the left side is our almost 8-year-old here in a couple weeks.

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 And she is our rotten, silly, goofball daughter.

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 And maybe you have both of those personalities in your house as well.

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 But as a family, God has called us to uproot our lives and move to Utah.

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 And I'll tell you more about that in a minute.

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 But first, I want to just go ahead and set the scene.

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 Bo described this.

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 So I want to tell you a little bit more detail about the place we live and a little bit about what makes this place so unique.

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 So there's another picture there.

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 This aerial view, this is what we call the Salt Lake Valley.

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 So on the right side there, you see some mountains.

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 That's the Wasatch Mountains.

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 They're beautiful mountains full of ski resorts and everything else.

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 And on the left side, you see some other mountains, smaller mountains.

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 On the top left side, you see some water there.

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 That is the southern end of the Great Salt Lake.

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 The Great Salt Lake is very large.

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 And it looks beautiful from a distance.

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 It looks beautiful at sunset.

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 There's a lot of beauty in it until you get outside and smell it or see all the dead animals that drank its water and stuff like that.

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 But it's worth seeing, okay?

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 Just don't get in it.

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 But that's our area.

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 And in the middle there, in the valley, that is home to over a million people.

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 Close to 1.2 million people live in the Salt Lake Valley.

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 And specifically that shaded-in area, that red area there, is the west side of a city called West Jordan, Utah, which is a suburb there in the valley.

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 And that's where we live.

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 That's where our girls go to school.

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 That's where Hope Valley Church will be meeting.

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 And that is the community that we are focused on reaching out to with the gospel of Jesus.

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 A few things about that community, though.

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 There are nearly 60,000 people living in that shaded area.

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 And it is quickly growing.

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 There is still land that is available for development out there.

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 But that is some of the only land left in the valley.

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 So it's quickly growing.

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 And among those 60,000 people, only about 2.5% of those people would profess to be saved by grace alone through faith alone in Jesus Christ.

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 That 2.5% of those people, and this would be true of the whole state of Utah, that 2.5% are evangelical Christians, believers of the true gospel of Jesus.

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 And further, in that shaded area, in that area that is home to these 60,000 people, there are zero evangelical Christian churches.

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 In fact, the only non-Latter-day Saint church of any kind in that area is a Spanish-speaking church.

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 There's a tremendous need for gospel-preaching evangelical churches.

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 And that's what God's called us to.

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 And that's why we are planting this church in the heart of this community and focusing our efforts on this community.

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 Some things you may or may not know about Utah.

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 You might already know that Utah is the kind of home and world headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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 And that is very true, and that shapes the culture of our area.

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 It's also, though, home to a growing number of just non-religious people, whether they're agnostic or atheistic.

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 Most of our growth is coming in from California, and it's a lot of just non-religious people.

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 And so, while we, in some ways, see that the percentage of our population that is members of the LDS churches is decreasing,

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 it does not mean that it's becoming more evangelical, more Christian.

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 Because, in fact, it's actually just becoming a larger percentage of non-religious.

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 But here's what we have found, and here's what we want you to hear clearly.

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 These people, they're our neighbors, they're our friends, they're our community members that we love dearly.

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 And they are not an enemy, they are not a project, but that they are people created in God's image

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 who have been separated from God because of sin,

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 and need to hear the truth of how they can be reconciled and brought back into relationship with God

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 and find abundant life in Him.

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 And these people, our greatest hope, our greatest desire for them,

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 is that, as 1 Peter 1-3 says, that because of the great mercy of God the Father,

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 that they will experience new birth into a living hope

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 through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

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 That's our prayer, that's our hope.

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 Our hope is not to build a church full of a lot of people that makes us look good.

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 Our hope is to see people by the saving power of Jesus brought back into relationship with Him.

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 This morning, we're going to read from and be in Matthew chapter 16 here in just a couple minutes.

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 So I invite you, you can go ahead and turn over there.

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 And as you're doing that, I want to tell you a little bit more about my family's story

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 and what's brought us to where we're at.

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 And so you can know more about that and see how God is working in that.

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 For me, I have, up until July of last year, I've lived my whole life in the state of Oklahoma.

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 I, for about the last 15 years, have served a few different local churches across Oklahoma as a student pastor.

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 And I have always been known that I was called to do that work, and I was very content in that call.

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 I did not view it as something I was going to do for a little while and then church plan or pastor or something else.

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 But I viewed it as where God had me unless He showed me that He was doing something else.

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 And what happened in our lives is that about three years ago, in the summer of 2018, God showed us that He was doing something else.

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 And in my wife's heart and in my heart, individually, God showed us in a short period of time,

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 God stirred us that He was calling us to be a part of church planning.

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 And He stirred us that that was in an area that was outside of kind of the Bible Belt area where we had known most of our life.

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 And through a course of about six months, six to ten months, God began to really give us clarity and really continue to confirm that.

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 And through that course, He began to really show us that Utah was the place, that the Salt Lake City area was the place where He was calling us to.

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 Now, it was a place I didn't know much about.

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 But as He put it on our minds, and as we began to learn more about it and talk to people who were there doing ministry,

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 and see the incredible need, and become burdened for the incredible people that are there who have such limited access to the truth of the gospel, of the true gospel.

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 And as we took all that in, it became something we just could not shake.

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 And so, in the middle of everything that was 2020, a pandemic and everything else,

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 it seemed like the perfect time to go ahead and just add a little bit of change to our lives, right?

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 So, in July of last year, we picked up and left western Oklahoma to move to the Salt Lake City area of Utah.

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 And as we've settled in there and began to meet our neighbors and doing the work to prepare for what this summer,

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 we'll begin the first public worship gatherings of Hope Valley Church.

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 As we've worked towards all of that, trusting in God to work,

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 and we've found such peace in being where God has called us.

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 It's been hard, and it's overwhelming at times, and there's a lot of uncertainties about it.

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 But of knowing that it is what God has called us to has been a great joy for our family.

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 And so, today, as I just mentioned, like when we think about a task like I'm thinking about in our lives,

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 a task of starting a church in an area where there are none,

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 or you think about tasks that you have coming up in your life,

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 you think about things that God is calling you to,

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 and if you're like me, you can get overwhelmed with those things.

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 And I can think about in my life how in those busy seasons or in those seasons where there's a lot of uncertainty,

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 how I'm often prone to stress and just discouragement and wondering how is all this going to happen.

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 But today, I want to share a great encouragement with you.

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 And here's the encouragement is that the fact that God is the one who will do the work.

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 He is the one who will build His church.

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 He is the one who will save people, restore them into relationship with Himself.

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 And it's not just an encouragement for a church planner or a pastor or a church staff member or a missionary.

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 This is an encouragement that is for anyone who professes to be a disciple of Jesus Christ.

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 It's an encouragement that you are not the one in control.

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 You are not the one responsible for the results, but our Lord Jesus is.

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 So let's read from Matthew chapter 16, starting in verse 13.

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 It says,

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 And when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples,

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 Who do people say that the Son of Man is?

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 And they said,

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 Some say John the Baptist.

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 Others say Elijah.

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 And others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.

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 He said to them,

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 But who do you say that I am?

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 Simon Peter replied,

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 You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

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 And Jesus answered him,

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 Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you,

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 but my Father who is in heaven.

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 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church,

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 and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

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 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven.

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 And whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven.

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 And whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

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 Then He strictly charged His disciples to tell no one that He was the Christ.

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 Now there's a lot in this passage that we're not going to be able to speak in detail to this morning.

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 In fact, we're really just going to focus on verse 18 here.

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 But before we get to that, we do want to see what is happening here.

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 As Jesus is with His disciples, He says,

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 Who do people say that the Son of Man is?

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 And they say, well, some say Elijah or John the Baptist or Jeremiah or one of the prophets.

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 And these are all accurate answers of what the people would be saying

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 as they think about the Jewish context.

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 But then He changes this, and He says,

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 But who do you say that I am?

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 And here we see Peter replies.

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 He says, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

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 This is this first New Testament confession of Jesus as Messiah, as the Christ.

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 And it's such an important understanding for us to see here.

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 And as we get, like I said, we'll focus on verse 18 and spend our time there this morning.

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 Let's pray first, though.

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 Lord Jesus, I thank You for Your Word, and I pray that today You reveal Your truth to us.

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 You encourage us with it to continue in the work of the Great Commission,

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 to continue in the work of making Your Gospel known and walking faithfully,

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 being obedient to You.

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 Lord, I pray that You'll speak Your truth by Your power through Your Spirit today.

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 Amen.

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 So, first thing we want to see in verse 18 here is that Jesus will build His church.

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 It says that very clearly.

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 Jesus, in verse 18, says,

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 I will build my church.

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 Now, I want us to understand, though, that the pronouns are not unimportant here.

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 We see the word I and the word my, which tells us both who will do the work and who owns the product,

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 who owns what's being made.

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 Jesus will build His church.

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 The church does not belong to us.

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 We do not build it.

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 You are not the owners of Willow Ridge Church.

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 I am not the owner of Hope Valley Church.

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 It is not ours.

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 It is Jesus' church.

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 And when we understand that it is His,

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 we also understand and trust that He cares for it.

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 And that He is the one who has built it,

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 and He is the one who will sustain it,

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 and He is the one who will come alongside His people.

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 He is the one who's chosen to use us.

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 We'll talk more about that in a moment.

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 But that it's His church.

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 That God has not called us to do what only He can do.

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 He has called us to faithfulness.

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 As I was even just flying in yesterday,

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 I was reading a book,

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 and I came across this quote from a pastor named Paul Tripp.

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 He writes that,

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 In a sermon from David Platt,

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 he said it this way,

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 he said that a high view of God's sovereignty

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 fuels death-defying devotion to global missions.

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 So the higher that our view of God is,

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 the greater our faith will become

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 to risk everything for His glory.

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 And there's risk in it, right?

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 There's risk in what we're doing.

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 There's risk that we will do everything

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 we feel like we know we're called to do,

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 to plant this church,

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 and that nothing will happen.

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 That people won't get saved.

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 That people won't attend.

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 There's risk that it just feels like it failed.

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 There's risk.

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 There's risk in sharing Christ with your neighbor.

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 There's risk.

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 But the risk is worth it

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 when we understand that God is in control,

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 that He is sovereign,

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 that He is the one who goes before us,

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 that He is the one who wants the work to be done

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 infinitely more than we can even grasp.

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 Our desires, our kingdom,

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 gospel-focused desires,

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 those desires are given to us by God,

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 but they're so much smaller

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 than the vastness of those in the heart of God, okay?

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 He wants the work done.

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 And so in this, we understand,

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 and it keeps us going when we feel overwhelmed,

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 when we think about the things we can't do.

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 Some of those things I think about

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 is I can't create the resources

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 and the finances needed

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 for the work we're trying to do.

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 I can't on my own make other disciples of Jesus

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 decide to join us in this work.

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 I can't grant ourselves favor among our neighbors.

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 I can't cause people who are lost,

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 who are dead in their sin,

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 to know that the only way out

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 is through trusting in the grace of Jesus.

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 I can't do these things.

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 But what we know

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 and what Scripture tells us so clearly

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 and what the faithfulness of God shows

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 is that, but God can

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 and that He will.

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 And this truth is not exclusive

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 to pastors or church staff people

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 or missionaries.

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 It is a truth that is for every believer

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 in Lord Jesus.

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 It is a truth that is for all disciples.

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 It's that you can't do the work,

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 but that God wants to use you.

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 He wants to use you to do His work

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 as we'll see now.

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 Still in verse 18,

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 but we'll kind of go back

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 and look at the first part that we skipped.

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 And we'll see this,

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 that we'll see that He will build it

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 upon His disciples.

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 Talking about the church,

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 that Jesus will build the church

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 upon His disciples.

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 It says in verse 18,

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 He says,

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 You are Peter,

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 and upon this rock

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 I will build my church.

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 Now,

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 this verse

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 is a source of great,

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 has been over the centuries

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 in the church history

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 of great controversy.

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 Okay?

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 For the Roman Catholic Church,

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 this is a,

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 from this verse,

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 they look and they say

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 that Peter was the first pope.

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 And they take that from this.

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 Often as a reaction

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 to that teaching,

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 which we know is not true,

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 we often see this passage interpreted

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 as saying that this phrase,

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 upon this rock,

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 is in fact only referring

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 to Peter's confession

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 a few verses ahead

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 where he says,

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 You are the Christ,

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 the Son of the living God.

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 They say,

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 Well,

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 upon this rock means that.

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 Well,

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 in fact,

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 we see that

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 he is referring to Peter here.

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 And when he says rock,

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 that is the meaning

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 of the name Peter

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 that he's been given.

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 But that doesn't mean

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 we have to go to this view

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 that we talked about

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 from the Catholic Church.

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 We can understand it

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 a little bit better

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 as we look at other places

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 in Scripture.

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 One of those

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 is in Ephesians chapter 2.

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 I'm going to read

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 verses 19 through 21.

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 Here it says,

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 So then you are no longer

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 strangers and aliens,

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 but you are fellow citizens

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 with the saints

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 and members

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 of the household of God,

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 built on the foundation

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 of the apostles

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 and prophets,

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 Christ Jesus himself

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 being the cornerstone,

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 in whom the whole structure

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 being joined together

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 grows into a holy temple

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 in the Lord.

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 Christ has built the church

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 upon the apostles,

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 the disciples,

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 faithful believers.

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 Okay?

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 And so Peter,

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 as he is the first here

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 who has made this

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 public confession

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 that Jesus is the Christ,

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 that he's saying,

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 upon you,

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 upon those who have believed in me,

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 I'll build my church.

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 And we understand

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 that this is by his sovereign power,

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 that he'll save people,

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 he'll build his church,

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 but the obedient work

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 of his disciples

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 is his chosen,

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 tool,

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 it's his instrument.

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 God has called us

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 to be a tool

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 for my family

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 in planning

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 what we call

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 Hope Valley Church

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 in West Shore in Utah.

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 God has also called

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 Christians from across

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 the globe

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 to be his chosen instruments

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 to take the gospel forward.

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 One special way

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 that you,

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 as Willow Ridge Church,

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 are doing that

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 is through partnering

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 with us.

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 that even in a way

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 that you have not been,

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 I take it most of you

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 have probably not ever been

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 to Salt Lake City even,

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 but that you're able

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 to partner

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 in the gospel ministry

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 there through this partnership,

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 through finances,

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 through prayer,

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 which we do not just mention

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 as something that it seems

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 like we're supposed to say

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 because we're good Christians,

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 but I mentioned it as saying

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 that I know

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 we desperately need

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 your prayer.

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 Okay?

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 Through sending teams,

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 as Bo mentioned,

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 there will be students

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 out this summer,

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 through those things

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 you get to partner in that.

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 But we also,

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 for us,

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 I know firsthand

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 that the one way

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:52.340
 Jesus builds his church

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 is by calling out people

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 to uproot their lives,

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 to be God's chosen instrument

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 in a place

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 that needs his gospel.

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 And so,

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 it might be that

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 while there is always

00:24:05.620 --> 00:24:06.840
 great commission work

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 to be done

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 wherever we are,

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 but it might be that

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 God chooses

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 and calls you out

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 to use you

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 in a place

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 that is not

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 your home,

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 a place that is not

00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:19.920
 where you've lived before.

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 And as we think

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 about all these things,

00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:26.520
 we also have to understand

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 and see

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 a really important part

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 of it.

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 Okay?

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 That this verse,

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 and it continues,

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 but that verse 18

00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:35.900
 doesn't end right there.

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 As the end of verse 18

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 says that,

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 and the gates of hell

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 shall not prevail against it.

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 That Jesus' church

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 will prevail

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 over darkness.

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 Because as you have encountered

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 in this life,

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 there is darkness.

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 As we encounter

00:24:54.760 --> 00:24:56.200
 what becomes really heavy

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:56.800
 for us

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 is when we drive around

00:24:58.180 --> 00:24:59.740
 in our community

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 and we just look

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 at rooftops.

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.880
 Or when I go

00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:04.220
 to my daughter's bedrooms,

00:25:04.360 --> 00:25:05.400
 which are on the top floor

00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:06.140
 of our house,

00:25:06.580 --> 00:25:07.260
 and overlook

00:25:07.260 --> 00:25:08.140
 the whole valley,

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:09.360
 and I just look

00:25:09.360 --> 00:25:11.260
 at all the rooftops.

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 And when I think

00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:13.520
 about the fact

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 that over 97%

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:16.780
 of those rooftops

00:25:16.780 --> 00:25:17.460
 are represented

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:18.160
 by families

00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:19.100
 that do not know

00:25:19.100 --> 00:25:19.560
 the hope

00:25:19.560 --> 00:25:20.680
 that we have in Jesus,

00:25:22.060 --> 00:25:23.080
 it gets real.

00:25:23.600 --> 00:25:24.440
 And we understand

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:25.140
 the darkness

00:25:25.140 --> 00:25:26.880
 of the place.

00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:28.140
 But darkness

00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:28.700
 is everywhere.

00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:29.560
 Hell is real.

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:30.180
 We know

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:31.060
 very clearly

00:25:31.060 --> 00:25:31.720
 from Scripture

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:33.320
 that anyone

00:25:33.320 --> 00:25:34.040
 who has not

00:25:34.040 --> 00:25:35.360
 trusted in Jesus

00:25:35.360 --> 00:25:36.400
 for their salvation,

00:25:36.620 --> 00:25:37.280
 for the forgiveness

00:25:37.280 --> 00:25:38.100
 of their sins,

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:39.160
 is bound for hell.

00:25:39.800 --> 00:25:40.560
 We also know

00:25:40.560 --> 00:25:41.120
 that Satan

00:25:41.120 --> 00:25:42.800
 and his demonic forces

00:25:42.800 --> 00:25:44.140
 are likewise

00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:44.920
 very real,

00:25:45.260 --> 00:25:46.020
 and that they are

00:25:46.020 --> 00:25:47.480
 in great opposition

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.500
 to the work

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:50.120
 of the one true gospel.

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:53.380
 But Jesus promises here

00:25:53.380 --> 00:25:54.580
 that hell

00:25:54.580 --> 00:25:55.700
 will not win.

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:57.380
 We know

00:25:57.380 --> 00:25:58.280
 that victory

00:25:58.280 --> 00:25:59.380
 was secured

00:25:59.380 --> 00:26:00.140
 when Jesus

00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:00.740
 took on

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.900
 the penalty of sin,

00:26:02.360 --> 00:26:03.680
 all of our sins,

00:26:03.860 --> 00:26:04.820
 upon the cross.

00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:06.320
 That he triumphed

00:26:06.320 --> 00:26:07.100
 over death

00:26:07.100 --> 00:26:08.540
 by rising on the third day.

00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:09.620
 And in fact,

00:26:09.760 --> 00:26:11.080
 we're one week

00:26:11.080 --> 00:26:11.760
 from Easter.

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 We remember

00:26:12.540 --> 00:26:14.720
 we just celebrated

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.220
 Easter

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:17.020
 that Jesus

00:26:17.020 --> 00:26:18.600
 rose again.

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:19.720
 And there is

00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:21.060
 no greater testimony

00:26:21.060 --> 00:26:22.620
 of God's sovereignty,

00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:24.000
 of his power

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:25.160
 to save people,

00:26:25.600 --> 00:26:27.440
 than the resurrection.

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:30.260
 There's nothing greater.

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.800
 And as we think

00:26:31.800 --> 00:26:32.340
 about this,

00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:33.280
 we think about these

00:26:33.280 --> 00:26:34.120
 and trust

00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:35.120
 in these truths

00:26:35.120 --> 00:26:37.400
 that Jesus

00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:39.440
 saves sinners.

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:41.020
 That Jesus

00:26:41.020 --> 00:26:41.680
 saves sinners.

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.920
 We don't.

00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:44.180
 We're powerless

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:45.060
 to do that.

00:26:45.820 --> 00:26:47.520
 We're a faithful witness

00:26:47.520 --> 00:26:48.740
 is what we are.

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:51.400
 That Jesus

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:52.560
 builds his church.

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.980
 His church.

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.300
 He builds it.

00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:57.800
 That he uses

00:26:57.800 --> 00:26:59.340
 the faithful obedience

00:26:59.340 --> 00:27:01.000
 of his disciples

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:02.300
 to accomplish

00:27:02.300 --> 00:27:03.780
 his glory.

00:27:04.780 --> 00:27:05.980
 And that hell

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:07.220
 opposes it.

00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:08.340
 But God

00:27:08.340 --> 00:27:09.280
 has already won

00:27:09.280 --> 00:27:10.200
 the victory.

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:14.280
 And that is,

00:27:14.600 --> 00:27:16.120
 that's enough.

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:17.840
 Whatever it is

00:27:17.840 --> 00:27:19.040
 that God's calling you to,

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:19.800
 whatever it is

00:27:19.800 --> 00:27:20.580
 that God is

00:27:20.580 --> 00:27:22.740
 speaking to you

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.340
 in your life,

00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:24.900
 whatever the things are

00:27:24.900 --> 00:27:25.640
 that you know

00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:27.580
 you need to be

00:27:27.580 --> 00:27:28.620
 obedient to,

00:27:29.600 --> 00:27:30.520
 those facts

00:27:30.520 --> 00:27:31.180
 are enough

00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:32.160
 to allow us

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:33.520
 to walk faithfully.

00:27:33.780 --> 00:27:34.280
 To say,

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:34.680
 God,

00:27:35.040 --> 00:27:36.340
 I am yours.

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.660
 Use me.

00:27:38.040 --> 00:27:39.460
 I know I can't do it.

00:27:40.080 --> 00:27:40.700
 The greatest,

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.620
 the greatest

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.660
 source of

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:44.520
 help for me

00:27:44.520 --> 00:27:45.360
 to trust in God

00:27:45.360 --> 00:27:45.840
 right now

00:27:45.840 --> 00:27:46.440
 is knowing

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:47.300
 that there is

00:27:47.300 --> 00:27:48.220
 no way

00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:50.240
 that I can figure out

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.740
 how to do

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.300
 what I'm supposed

00:27:51.300 --> 00:27:52.260
 to do right now.

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:53.920
 That I can figure out

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:54.540
 how to plant

00:27:54.540 --> 00:27:55.520
 this church

00:27:55.520 --> 00:27:56.620
 apart from

00:27:56.620 --> 00:27:58.140
 the power

00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:58.700
 of God.

00:27:59.800 --> 00:28:00.260
 And so

00:28:00.260 --> 00:28:01.240
 when we reach

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.900
 that point,

00:28:02.040 --> 00:28:02.880
 it's a good place

00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:03.280
 to be

00:28:03.280 --> 00:28:04.380
 because we can

00:28:04.380 --> 00:28:05.060
 choose

00:28:05.060 --> 00:28:05.880
 and embrace

00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:06.780
 and know

00:28:06.780 --> 00:28:07.600
 that it is

00:28:07.600 --> 00:28:08.520
 all because

00:28:08.520 --> 00:28:09.300
 of His power,

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:10.080
 that He

00:28:10.080 --> 00:28:11.260
 is enough.

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.260
 He will do it.

00:28:12.800 --> 00:28:13.080
 He has

00:28:13.080 --> 00:28:13.880
 called us

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:14.640
 His faithful.

00:28:16.020 --> 00:28:16.860
 But I do

00:28:16.860 --> 00:28:17.380
 want to,

00:28:18.380 --> 00:28:19.540
 I hope

00:28:19.540 --> 00:28:20.360
 you're encouraged

00:28:20.360 --> 00:28:20.740
 in that.

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:21.940
 I do also

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.660
 want to share

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:23.180
 just some

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:24.860
 specific ways

00:28:24.860 --> 00:28:25.740
 in our lives

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.860
 right now

00:28:26.860 --> 00:28:27.740
 and in the life

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:29.020
 of Hope Valley Church

00:28:29.020 --> 00:28:29.620
 right now

00:28:29.620 --> 00:28:30.940
 in its very infancy

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:32.580
 that you can be

00:28:32.580 --> 00:28:33.240
 joining us

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:33.800
 in prayer

00:28:33.800 --> 00:28:35.480
 and praying

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:36.300
 for God

00:28:36.300 --> 00:28:38.060
 to do this work

00:28:38.060 --> 00:28:38.560
 and praying

00:28:38.560 --> 00:28:39.080
 for God

00:28:39.080 --> 00:28:39.720
 to bring

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.680
 the people

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:41.600
 and the things

00:28:41.600 --> 00:28:42.560
 and everything

00:28:42.560 --> 00:28:43.620
 together for it.

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.260
 The first

00:28:45.260 --> 00:28:45.780
 of those ways

00:28:45.780 --> 00:28:46.320
 is that

00:28:46.320 --> 00:28:47.000
 join us

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.380
 in praying

00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:48.500
 for people.

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:50.180
 Be praying

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:50.960
 for other

00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:51.440
 Christians.

00:28:52.760 --> 00:28:53.880
 We have

00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:54.560
 some people

00:28:54.560 --> 00:28:55.080
 but we

00:28:55.080 --> 00:28:55.700
 desire

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.640
 and hope

00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:57.340
 and are praying

00:28:57.340 --> 00:28:57.800
 for God

00:28:57.800 --> 00:28:58.420
 to bring other

00:28:58.420 --> 00:28:58.840
 Christians

00:28:58.840 --> 00:28:59.740
 to join us

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.620
 in the work

00:29:00.620 --> 00:29:02.060
 at Hope Valley Church.

00:29:02.520 --> 00:29:03.080
 Whether those

00:29:03.080 --> 00:29:03.660
 are Christians

00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:06.140
 in another

00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:06.940
 church already

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.860
 in the valley

00:29:07.860 --> 00:29:09.020
 who get

00:29:09.020 --> 00:29:09.540
 the vision

00:29:09.540 --> 00:29:10.820
 to help start

00:29:10.820 --> 00:29:11.660
 another church.

00:29:12.600 --> 00:29:13.420
 Or whether

00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:14.280
 those are Christians

00:29:14.280 --> 00:29:14.960
 who are living

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:16.540
 in another state

00:29:16.540 --> 00:29:17.260
 right now

00:29:17.260 --> 00:29:19.000
 as we have

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:20.080
 people we've talked

00:29:20.080 --> 00:29:21.140
 to who have

00:29:21.140 --> 00:29:21.820
 come out and visited

00:29:21.820 --> 00:29:22.500
 and are praying

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.180
 about that

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:24.120
 and we are also

00:29:24.120 --> 00:29:24.800
 praying for others

00:29:24.800 --> 00:29:25.340
 we don't even

00:29:25.340 --> 00:29:26.520
 know of yet

00:29:26.520 --> 00:29:27.740
 that might follow

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:28.800
 God's call on that.

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.540
 But also for

00:29:30.540 --> 00:29:31.500
 people who do

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:32.320
 not yet know

00:29:32.320 --> 00:29:32.820
 Jesus.

00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:34.000
 People who do

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.640
 not yet know

00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:35.520
 the gospel

00:29:35.520 --> 00:29:36.140
 of Jesus.

00:29:37.320 --> 00:29:38.740
 The true

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.740
 gospel

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:41.380
 that God

00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:42.060
 saves

00:29:42.060 --> 00:29:42.740
 by grace

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.180
 alone.

00:29:44.080 --> 00:29:44.240
 Okay?

00:29:46.080 --> 00:29:47.100
 That is

00:29:47.100 --> 00:29:48.080
 hard in our

00:29:48.080 --> 00:29:48.500
 area

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.900
 as for our

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.540
 LDS

00:29:50.540 --> 00:29:51.140
 neighbors

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:51.900
 and friends

00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:53.160
 they understand

00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:53.640
 the gospel

00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:54.560
 very differently.

00:29:56.360 --> 00:29:57.120
 Praying

00:29:57.120 --> 00:29:58.020
 that as we

00:29:58.020 --> 00:29:58.840
 proclaim

00:29:58.840 --> 00:30:00.140
 the truths

00:30:00.140 --> 00:30:00.940
 of the gospel

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:02.060
 as we

00:30:02.060 --> 00:30:02.640
 talk about

00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:03.360
 the truths

00:30:03.360 --> 00:30:04.000
 of Jesus'

00:30:04.300 --> 00:30:04.720
 work

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:06.500
 in salvation

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.500
 that they

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:08.040
 will hear

00:30:08.040 --> 00:30:08.420
 that.

00:30:09.520 --> 00:30:10.180
 We were

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:10.740
 convinced

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.580
 that we

00:30:11.580 --> 00:30:12.920
 our task

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:13.460
 is not

00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:14.100
 to like

00:30:14.100 --> 00:30:15.040
 argue

00:30:15.040 --> 00:30:15.520
 people

00:30:15.520 --> 00:30:15.960
 out of

00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:16.140
 their

00:30:16.140 --> 00:30:16.660
 beliefs.

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:18.220
 Our task

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.700
 is not

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:18.940
 whether

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.240
 they're

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:19.420
 an

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:19.840
 LDS

00:30:19.840 --> 00:30:20.280
 friend

00:30:20.280 --> 00:30:21.040
 or an

00:30:21.040 --> 00:30:21.560
 agnostic

00:30:21.560 --> 00:30:22.180
 or atheist

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:22.560
 friend.

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.680
 Our task

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.200
 is not

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:25.040
 to convince

00:30:25.040 --> 00:30:25.300
 them

00:30:25.300 --> 00:30:25.540
 they're

00:30:25.540 --> 00:30:26.040
 wrong,

00:30:26.260 --> 00:30:26.740
 but our

00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:27.200
 task

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:27.580
 is to

00:30:27.580 --> 00:30:27.840
 show

00:30:27.840 --> 00:30:28.020
 them

00:30:28.020 --> 00:30:28.800
 the truth.

00:30:29.540 --> 00:30:29.720
 It's

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:30.560
 to show

00:30:30.560 --> 00:30:30.980
 them

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:32.200
 what truth

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:32.560
 is.

00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:33.160
 To show

00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:33.400
 them

00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:33.700
 who

00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:34.160
 Jesus

00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:34.820
 is

00:30:34.820 --> 00:30:35.380
 and

00:30:35.380 --> 00:30:35.680
 what

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:35.860
 the

00:30:35.860 --> 00:30:36.260
 gospel

00:30:36.260 --> 00:30:36.740
 truly

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.320
 is

00:30:37.320 --> 00:30:37.820
 and

00:30:37.820 --> 00:30:38.120
 to

00:30:38.120 --> 00:30:38.560
 show

00:30:38.560 --> 00:30:38.800
 them

00:30:38.800 --> 00:30:38.980
 that

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.180
 there

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:39.340
 is

00:30:39.340 --> 00:30:39.820
 hope.

00:30:40.540 --> 00:30:40.720
 That

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:40.900
 they

00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:41.120
 can

00:30:41.120 --> 00:30:41.540
 trust

00:30:41.540 --> 00:30:41.740
 in

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.080
 that.

00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:42.740
 Because

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:42.960
 we

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:43.320
 believe

00:30:43.320 --> 00:30:43.500
 that

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:43.680
 the

00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:44.080
 truth

00:30:44.080 --> 00:30:44.640
 speaks.

00:30:45.300 --> 00:30:45.780
 Doesn't

00:30:45.780 --> 00:30:45.980
 mean

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.180
 we

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.440
 won't

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:46.760
 deal

00:30:46.760 --> 00:30:47.020
 and

00:30:47.020 --> 00:30:47.340
 talk

00:30:47.340 --> 00:30:47.600
 about

00:30:47.600 --> 00:30:47.940
 hard

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:48.540
 things,

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:49.020
 but

00:30:49.020 --> 00:30:49.240
 we

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.600
 want

00:30:49.600 --> 00:30:49.920
 the

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:50.520
 gospel

00:30:50.520 --> 00:30:51.000
 to be

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.220
 what

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.420
 we

00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:51.560
 are

00:30:51.560 --> 00:30:51.820
 known

00:30:51.820 --> 00:30:52.180
 for.

00:30:52.300 --> 00:30:52.400
 We

00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:52.620
 want

00:30:52.620 --> 00:30:52.800
 the

00:30:52.800 --> 00:30:53.220
 truth

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.420
 of

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:53.540
 it

00:30:53.540 --> 00:30:53.680
 to

00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:53.800
 be

00:30:53.800 --> 00:30:54.000
 what

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.160
 we

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:54.280
 are

00:30:54.280 --> 00:30:54.540
 known

00:30:54.540 --> 00:30:54.860
 for.

00:30:54.860 --> 00:30:55.540
 We

00:30:55.540 --> 00:30:55.840
 want

00:30:55.840 --> 00:30:56.220
 any

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.860
 offense

00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:57.080
 to

00:30:57.080 --> 00:30:57.300
 be

00:30:57.300 --> 00:30:57.600
 in

00:30:57.600 --> 00:30:58.280
 Jesus.

00:30:59.340 --> 00:30:59.760
 And

00:30:59.760 --> 00:30:59.900
 will

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:00.020
 you

00:31:00.020 --> 00:31:00.280
 pray

00:31:00.280 --> 00:31:00.500
 for

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:00.700
 those

00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:01.020
 people?

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:01.920
 Will

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:02.000
 you

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.140
 pray

00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:02.320
 for

00:31:02.320 --> 00:31:02.460
 the

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:03.000
 resources

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:04.260
 as

00:31:04.260 --> 00:31:04.420
 we

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:05.040
 get

00:31:05.040 --> 00:31:05.520
 equipment

00:31:05.520 --> 00:31:05.860
 and

00:31:05.860 --> 00:31:06.120
 things

00:31:06.120 --> 00:31:06.380
 like

00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:06.700
 that.

00:31:06.800 --> 00:31:06.900
 We'll

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.040
 be

00:31:07.040 --> 00:31:07.300
 meeting

00:31:07.300 --> 00:31:07.480
 in

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:07.580
 a

00:31:07.580 --> 00:31:07.860
 dance

00:31:07.860 --> 00:31:08.280
 studio

00:31:08.280 --> 00:31:08.780
 and

00:31:08.780 --> 00:31:09.500
 as

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:09.640
 we

00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:09.780
 get

00:31:09.780 --> 00:31:10.420
 trailer

00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:10.760
 and

00:31:10.760 --> 00:31:11.240
 equipment

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:11.540
 and

00:31:11.540 --> 00:31:11.740
 all

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:11.880
 of

00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:12.060
 those

00:31:12.060 --> 00:31:12.280
 things.

00:31:12.360 --> 00:31:12.440
 Will

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:12.500
 you

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:12.660
 pray

00:31:12.660 --> 00:31:12.860
 for

00:31:12.860 --> 00:31:13.000
 the

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.480
 resources

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:13.800
 to

00:31:13.800 --> 00:31:17.720
 sustain

00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:17.920
 the

00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:18.320
 ministry

00:31:18.320 --> 00:31:18.600
 of

00:31:18.600 --> 00:31:18.740
 the

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.100
 church?

00:31:19.660 --> 00:31:19.740
 Will

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:19.880
 you

00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:20.040
 pray

00:31:20.040 --> 00:31:20.240
 for

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:20.460
 our

00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:20.920
 outreach

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.400
 efforts?

00:31:22.280 --> 00:31:22.560
 This

00:31:22.560 --> 00:31:22.880
 summer

00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:23.140
 we

00:31:24.860 --> 00:31:25.640
 will

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:26.120
 be

00:31:26.120 --> 00:31:26.380
 one

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:26.520
 of

00:31:26.520 --> 00:31:26.880
 those

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:28.640
 to

00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:29.140
 make

00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:29.540
 sure

00:31:29.540 --> 00:31:29.920
 by

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:30.080
 the

00:31:30.080 --> 00:31:30.200
 end

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:30.300
 of

00:31:30.300 --> 00:31:30.440
 the

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:30.680
 summer

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:30.960
 that

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.320
 every

00:31:31.320 --> 00:31:31.760
 home

00:31:31.760 --> 00:31:32.160
 in

00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:32.480
 that

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:33.380
 area

00:31:33.380 --> 00:31:34.260
 that

00:31:34.260 --> 00:31:34.400
 is

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:34.580
 home

00:31:34.580 --> 00:31:34.720
 to

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.380
 60,000

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:35.700
 people

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:35.900
 that

00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:36.160
 every

00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:36.600
 home

00:31:36.600 --> 00:31:36.820
 will

00:31:36.820 --> 00:31:37.340
 receive

00:31:37.340 --> 00:31:37.960
 a

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.160
 door

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:38.520
 hanger

00:31:38.520 --> 00:31:39.860
 that

00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:40.200
 allows

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:40.360
 them

00:31:40.360 --> 00:31:40.520
 to

00:31:40.520 --> 00:31:40.680
 know

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:40.840
 that

00:31:40.840 --> 00:31:40.960
 we

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.100
 are

00:31:41.100 --> 00:31:41.480
 here

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:41.800
 and

00:31:41.800 --> 00:31:42.160
 shows

00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:42.400
 them

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:42.560
 a

00:31:42.560 --> 00:31:42.680
 way

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:42.860
 that

00:31:42.860 --> 00:31:43.020
 they

00:31:43.020 --> 00:31:43.220
 can

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:43.600
 connect

00:31:43.600 --> 00:31:43.820
 with

00:31:43.820 --> 00:31:44.040
 us

00:31:44.040 --> 00:31:44.180
 at

00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:44.320
 a

00:31:44.320 --> 00:31:44.560
 kids

00:31:44.560 --> 00:31:45.120
 camp

00:31:45.120 --> 00:31:45.280
 and

00:31:45.280 --> 00:31:45.420
 a

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:45.680
 block

00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:46.040
 party

00:31:46.040 --> 00:31:46.180
 in

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:46.300
 their

00:31:46.300 --> 00:31:46.640
 neighborhood

00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:47.280
 park

00:31:47.280 --> 00:31:47.940
 and

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.080
 our

00:31:48.080 --> 00:31:48.300
 goal

00:31:48.300 --> 00:31:48.440
 is

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:48.560
 that

00:31:48.560 --> 00:31:48.740
 through

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:48.920
 all

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.040
 of

00:31:49.040 --> 00:31:49.240
 that

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.380
 at

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:49.460
 the

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:49.540
 end

00:31:49.540 --> 00:31:49.640
 of

00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:49.760
 the

00:31:49.760 --> 00:31:49.960
 summer

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.520
 our

00:31:50.520 --> 00:31:50.740
 whole

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.240
 community

00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:52.280
 knows

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 that

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 we

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 are

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 there

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 and

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 that

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 through

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 those

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 things

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 pray

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 that

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 we

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 have

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 conversations

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 and

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 build

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 relationships

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 can share

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 the

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 gospel

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 that

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 people

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 will

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 come

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 to

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 Christ

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 and

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 that

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 God

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 will

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 build

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 his

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 church

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 thank

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 you

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 Willow

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 Ridge

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 is

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 a

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 pleasure

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 to

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 be

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 with

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 you

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 today

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 let's

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 pray

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 together

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 Lord

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 you

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 are

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 faithful

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 and

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 you

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 are

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 good

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 we

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 trust

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 in

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 you

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 and

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 we

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 thank

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 you

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 for

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 your

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 incredible

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 work

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 Lord

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 that

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 there

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 is

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 nothing

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 we

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 could

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 do

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 but

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 it

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 is

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 all

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 because

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 of

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 Jesus

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 it

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 is

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 all

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 because

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 of

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 you

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 that

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 we

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 have

00:32:25.840 --> 00:32:26.340
 life

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 and

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 Lord

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 I

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 pray

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 that

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 today

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 you

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 will

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 encourage

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 us

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 by

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 your

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 truth

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 by

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 your

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 word

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 that

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 we

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 will

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 know

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 that

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 we

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 just

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 walk

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 in

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 obedience

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.480
 and

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:35.680
 that

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:35.920
 you

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 are

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:36.700
 sovereign

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 to

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 do

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 the

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 work

00:32:37.580 --> 00:32:38.100
 Lord

00:32:38.100 --> 00:32:38.280
 that

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 you

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 will

00:32:38.620 --> 00:32:38.880
 draw

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 sinners

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 to

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 yourself

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 Lord

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 help

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 us

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 to

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 have

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 opportunities

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 to

00:32:43.320 --> 00:32:43.780
 show

00:32:43.780 --> 00:32:44.040
 your

00:32:44.040 --> 00:32:44.460
 gospel

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:44.720
 to

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.140
 walk

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 in

00:32:45.900 --> 00:32:46.920
 boldness

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 and

00:32:47.260 --> 00:32:47.800
 obedience

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 and to

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 take

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 risks

00:32:49.060 --> 00:32:49.640
 for

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 your

00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:50.420
 gospel

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:51.260
 because

00:32:51.260 --> 00:32:51.780
 you

00:32:51.780 --> 00:32:52.460
 have

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:52.720
 called

00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:52.900
 us

00:32:52.900 --> 00:32:53.120
 out

00:32:53.120 --> 00:32:53.340
 you

00:32:53.340 --> 00:32:53.520
 have

00:32:53.520 --> 00:32:53.900
 saved

00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:54.140
 us

00:32:54.140 --> 00:32:54.300
 and

00:32:54.300 --> 00:32:54.440
 you

00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:54.500
 are

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.020
 faithful

00:32:55.020 --> 00:32:55.540
 we

00:32:55.540 --> 00:32:55.760
 love

00:32:55.760 --> 00:32:55.880
 you

00:32:55.880 --> 00:32:56.040
 Lord

00:32:56.040 --> 00:32:56.400
 Jesus

00:32:56.400 --> 00:32:57.100
 Amen

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