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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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 Good morning.

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 Glad that you guys are joining us, whether you're here on campus with us or you're joining

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 us online.

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 You got a lot of announcements there, a lot of things are going on in the life of our

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 church, and we're thankful that you guys are on that journey and participating with us.

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 One of the things that I want to draw us all to, to kind of make note of, so it doesn't

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 sneak up on you, right, is Easter is early this year.

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 Easter is April 4th, the first Sunday in April.

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 Usually it's a little bit later in April, so I don't want you to think, oh, we got a couple

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 more weeks, when actually it's right here on us.

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 So we're going to do something a little bit different for Easter here at Willow Ridge

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 Church.

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 I don't know about you, but I grew up in a tradition where we had a sunrise service.

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 And so kind of beginning to think through, as we've been doing for all year, how we do services,

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 looking at doing services differently.

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 What we've decided to do as more and more people are coming back to our face-to-face gatherings

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 here, is to provide a third service for Easter, all right?

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 And so what we're going to do is provide a 730, and we're calling it like sunrise service.

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 I know the sun's up before then, but that's as sunrise-y as Baptists get, right?

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 So a 730 service.

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 In that service, there will be a full family, everybody out there, no nursery provided.

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 We're going to have some scaled back worship, acoustic worship that we're going to have,

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 but just gathered outdoors, out on the patio to worship together.

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 And then our 930 and 11 services will gather in here.

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 We'll still stream the 11 o'clock services, but the 930 and 11 will gather.

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 It's going to be more of a family service, meaning that we will provide nursery that day,

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 but that is it.

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 We're going to bring everybody in here together.

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 So we are going to do Lord's Supper also for each of those three services.

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 So we'd love to have you.

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 So maybe you're joining us online because you're not comfortable with face-to-face and being

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 in a building, but you would like to be with us.

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 We would love to have you.

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 And so you can come to that 730.

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 Maybe you're like, I love face-to-face.

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 I've been here since we reopened, but I want to try something different as well.

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 Come join us for that early morning hour, right?

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 I promise we'll have coffee available, right?

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 Pastor Dave's going to have it waiting on us and ready to go.

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 So 730, 930, and 11.

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 Here's one favor that we need to ask so that we can make sure we have the right amount of

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 seating is we're going to ask that everyone register on the church website for whichever

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 service that you want to be a part of so that we can be ready and equipped for you to celebrate

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 the fact that Jesus is risen.

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 Well, it's been a year.

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 It's been a long year.

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 It's been a different year.

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 It's been a difficult year.

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 One year ago today, we gathered as Willow Ridge Church for our last time normally, right?

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 From that moment on, in that day, we had begun and had fully made the transition from two services

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 to one service, an important piece for us as a body of believers.

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 You know, when my family, when we eat a meal together, half of us don't stay upstairs while

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 the other half eat, and then we switch.

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 We believe in our family that we eat together as a family, if at all possible.

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 And we are strongly convicted that that's what God's family needs to do as well.

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 And so we've made the transition to one service.

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 It wasn't easy.

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 Many of you took on sacrifices in order for that to happen, and we're greatly thankful for

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 those sacrifices that you made during that season.

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 Our students and our kids were gathering on Sunday morning and then back together, gathering on Sunday

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 nights.

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 If you drove past Willow Ridge Church on a Sunday night, you would see the parking lot filled.

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 Our Hispanics had Bible studies going on.

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 Celebrate Recovery had step studies going on.

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 Student ministry was meeting.

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 Kids ministry was meeting.

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 It was a packed place where God was doing a lot of things.

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 We had plans.

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 I don't know about you, but I'd be willing to bet at least one of your plans this past year

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 was canceled, right?

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 We had plans as a church.

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 We were going to go overseas, continuing in the journey to take the gospel to the nations,

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 to see some of you take your first steps on the foreign soil, not because you were going

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 to a resort, but instead you were going to a persecuted people to share the hope of the

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 gospel.

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 One year ago, we had a picnic planned for today, for that day, March 15th.

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 It was going to be a picnic where all members of Willow Ridge Church were invited to be there,

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 the English speakers and the Spanish speakers.

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 We were going to gather together for one big picnic.

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 Our youth groups were coming together to prepare food, to serve, to raise money for each's mission

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 trips that they were going to be a part of, and we had celebrated that, and it was a remarkable

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 work of what God was doing.

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 But then at three o'clock that day, and this is not me casting a stone at our governor, Henry

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 McMaster.

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 If one thing is COVID is created, in me is a greater sense of grace for people who make

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 decisions.

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 Because oftentimes, and you know this in your own life, we only make decisions based off

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 of what we have to the best of our ability.

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 And on March 15th, I believe that that's what our governor did.

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 About three o'clock that day, he placed us on a lockdown.

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 I don't remember the exact numbers, but I think we were limited to groups no larger than 20.

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 And we were here, and we got youth all in this building preparing food for everybody.

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 I think most of them had gloves on.

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 And I remember walking around, and we were like, we got 24.

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 Uh-oh.

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 Like, what's going on?

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 Are the police going to show up and arrest us?

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 And so, like, we're intentionally like, this group work over here, this group work over

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 here.

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 You may need to hide, right, if they show up.

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 It's crazy.

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 You showed up, and you picked up your food.

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 We started our Chick-fil-A drive-thru out there, and you got it, and you went.

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 We're grateful for what you did and your understanding in that.

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 I went in my office about 3.30, 3.45 that day, and I cried.

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 If you know me, man, I cry a lot.

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 I'm a crier.

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 I think real men cry, and we're okay with admitting that, but I cried.

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 I was afraid.

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 I was frustrated.

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 I was disappointed.

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 I was hurt.

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 My wife came in.

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 I don't know, Erin, if you remember this conversation, but Erin came into my office.

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 She had been in here serving plates, and she came into my office, and she said, are you

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 okay?

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 And I said, no, I'm not.

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 And she listened to me.

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 As my insecurities and fears and concerns and frustrations began to come out, she listened,

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 and then gave the greatest, godliest advice.

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 She said, we're going to get through it.

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 We're going to get through it.

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 And for the last year, we, me, you, we got through it.

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 We got through the last year.

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 There's things we wish we'd have done differently.

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 There's things that we celebrate that we did, but we got through it.

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 God worked.

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 God worked because we, we adjusted.

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 You know, you adjusted.

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 You, you began to do things differently at your home, with your family.

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 You, you rethought how you do family vacation.

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 You rethought date nights.

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 You rethought how to have activities with your kids.

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 We bought bikes.

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 We went out on trails.

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 Instead of going to arcades.

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 We did more picnics together.

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 We adjusted.

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 We adjusted life.

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 We adjusted here.

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 We went online.

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 The most petrifying thing that I've ever done in ministry.

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 We started online services.

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 And it is rough.

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 We got through it.

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 We got better.

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 And you extended us the grace to do that.

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 We did online Bible studies.

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 Everybody in the course of a week got introduced to this thing called Zoom.

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 Which you didn't know would take on so much with schools.

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 But we got on and we did our Bible studies and we met differently and we adjusted.

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 We adjusted with resources.

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 Probably the most proud that I've been of, of, of any of the ministries at our, at our church

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 has been with our children's ministry.

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 Like there, there's more resources that they work on diligently to be able to provide for

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 you as a family, whether you show up here on Sunday morning or whether you're going through

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 at home.

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 And so if you, if you feel like they haven't done enough, I just want to be honest with

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 you, that's on you because there's stuff that's there.

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 We purchased right now media in the world of, of Netflix and streaming for everything.

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 We, we purchased right now media and in our church jumped in and embraced that and started

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 online Bible studies where we could study things online and, and meet together.

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 And it was fantastic.

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 One of the things I remember kind of my highlight for, for all of this, Don, Don shared with

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 me one day that we were going to do a Facebook live magic show for the kids in our kids ministry.

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 And I thought that is the craziest idea that I've ever heard, but we did it right.

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 And it was, the gospel was shared and families logged on and kids and myself were wowed and amazed because I

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 still can't figure out how some of those things happen, but right.

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 Thought outside of the box.

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 It's what we did.

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 It's what you did.

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 We adjusted, we adjusted, we got through it, we, we changed and are doing things differently.

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 We changed, we had standards and then we decided our standards aren't, aren't quite right.

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 So we need to, we need to go above and beyond.

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 You did that.

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 So many of you did that.

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 When there's so many churches that have depended on government loans in order to not just make

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 budget because some of them still didn't, but to make payroll or to be able to pay their bills.

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 We had the opportunity and were eligible for the same loan and God laid on our heart to say,

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 no, thank you.

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 Because we believed of what God was going to do in you and God did and you did and God worked in you

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 and through you and you gave and you gave not out of ease and not out of comfort, but you gave out

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 of sacrifice and you gave faithfully and from the bottom of my heart, thank you.

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 I know so many churches where during COVID pastors have laid off staff members, been laid off themselves,

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 taken massive pay cuts, that some of you have walked those same paths in your job.

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 We didn't.

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 I'm blessed.

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 And my family's grateful for you.

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 You went above and beyond.

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 We went above and beyond as a church.

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 We had a missions plan to go and we couldn't, but you gave to a missions plan, so we just gave it away.

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 We fulfilled every financial commitment that we said we would fulfill in 2020.

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 Every single one.

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 There was not a missionary who was denied a penny of what we had committed.

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 But then we were also, through your kindness and your generosity and your faithfulness with how God was working in you,

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 we were able to give above and beyond to some of our partners.

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 We were also able to give to churches and organizations that we weren't even partnered with,

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 but we heard about an opportunity.

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 One that I'll share with you is there's a church that we became aware of.

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 I'll say we're friends.

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 We're not partnering together, but we got a friendship with them.

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 And they're right outside, like literally two miles outside of downtown Atlanta.

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 And y'all know our state has been a little bit more lax on COVID restrictions, and that's for you to decide what you feel about that.

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 But Georgia and Atlanta especially was a little bit more restrictive during that time.

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 And as a result, men and women lost their jobs and didn't get paychecks.

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 And I don't know if you've ever tried to tithe off of zero, but that's hard.

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 And so this church was struggling.

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 In my conversation with the pastor, I said, where are you lacking?

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 What do you need?

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 And he said, it's not, we're not worried about anything else.

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 We're worried because we've spent all of our money.

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 We have no more money for benevolence.

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 And right now, I don't know if you've ever been to Atlanta in the summer,

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 but it is equally as hot as Columbia.

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 And he said, we have people who are making decisions.

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 Do I pay the power bill or do I buy groceries?

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 What do I do?

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 And so we gave to them, and they then in turn gave it away as well.

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 And so we're thankful for you guys.

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 We as a church tried to model your faith, and we went above and beyond.

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 Over the course of 2020, we've continued to see lives change through the power of the gospel.

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 What it's all about.

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 Celebrate Recovery embraced online.

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 They had bumps in the road like we had bumps in the road as you try to stream and go through all those type things.

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 But they rallied together, and they kept going on.

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 They kept going virtually before they could come back together as one of our groups that went back face to face.

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 And through the ministry of Celebrate Recovery, I don't know if you realize this,

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 but 2020 has been marked by a year of unprecedented depression, substance abuse.

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 And it's been marked by Celebrate Recovery stepping into a lot of those areas within the men and women and families in their ministry and meeting needs and providing a place of safety and a place of comfort where people can come through and work through their hurts, habits, and hangups through the power of the gospel.

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 So they continued, figured it out.

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 And we've seen families and individuals' lives changed and freed from the bondage that held them before.

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 We've seen parents engage in different ways.

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 One of the things I kind of laugh about, my wife has been a school teacher for a long time.

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 My mom retired as a school teacher.

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 I was a school teacher for three weeks.

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 And said, nah, I can't do this.

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 Went back into ministry, right?

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 That's tough.

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 I don't know how y'all do that.

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 But we as parents, we became teachers.

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 I didn't understand how complex middle school math was until my kids would say, could you help me with this?

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 And I would think, absolutely.

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 No, I can't.

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 I have no clue.

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 Call an eighth grader.

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 All right?

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 But we did, all right?

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 As parents, we engaged in things.

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 We dove in.

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 And one of the exciting things that I've seen through COVID is parents engaging in the discipleship process.

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 So many of you decided, I can't drop my kid off on Sunday night, so I'm just going to go forward with it.

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 And here's what I believe.

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 You're a better parent because of COVID.

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 Discipleship became not what you dropped them off at, but the discipleship became what you do in your home.

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 And so you did it in a different manner and places that you weren't comfortable with, but God worked.

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 And as a result, lives were changed through the gospel.

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 We started a baptism class that Pastor Dave had been working on, seeing individuals and families go through that to understand more about what life with Christ means and the Lord blessed during that season in different ways to baptize some.

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 People joined our family.

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 Never forget our first Sunday when we came back face-to-face.

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 There wasn't a whole lot of us.

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 It was easy to pick out who the visitors were because you ain't ever seen them before.

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 And then it was different because they had seen you before.

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 Because they had been watching online.

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 And you began to realize, wow, y'all went through that and you stuck around with us.

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 We appreciate you, you know?

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 And they joined and they became part of our family and they've grown with us.

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 And now they continue to meet with us face-to-face.

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 And we continue right now.

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 We got families that are joining online with us.

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 They're at home.

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 They've got their convictions of the reasons why they're not here with us.

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 And we're glad that they're here.

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 Some of those families we know and we can't wait for them to be able to meet back with us.

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 And some families we don't know.

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 And we long for the day that we can meet them for the first time face-to-face this side of eternity.

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 Knowing that we'll meet face-to-face that side.

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 One of the interesting...

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 I'm going to call her a church member because I want to.

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 My grandmother started watching online.

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 She'd get on Facebook.

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 She didn't have an account.

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 My aunt would log her in.

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 And before she passed, in January, she became a part of Willow Ridge.

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 And I'm grateful for that.

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 And I wouldn't have had that without COVID.

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 You don't get to say that in a positive manner very often.

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 God worked.

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 God moved.

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 God worked in your life and worked in my life.

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 And we celebrate those things.

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 And it's been phenomenal to see the growth that you've gone through and the growth that you've experienced.

00:21:14.300 --> 00:21:15.320
 2020 was hard.

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 We all lost someone, I'd be willing to bet, over the course of that year.

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 We had to make tough decisions financially.

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 We probably got into arguments at some point in time.

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 Maybe somebody fussed at us because we were five feet behind them in line and not six.

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 You know?

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 You forget.

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 But we got into arguments and we got over it.

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 It's crazy politically.

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 We got through it.

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 Right?

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 God worked.

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 For me, a big piece of what 2020 has been all about and how God works, I want to share a story with you.

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 We're going to have a message today.

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 We'll read scripture.

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 It'll be brief.

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 If you were in children's ministry last service, I apologize ahead of time.

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 This is why we went over.

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 A lot over.

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 But there's a guy whose life and whose story became real to me over 2020.

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 A guy who's been a church, been a part of our church for a decent amount of time.

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 Not a long time.

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 But who most of you probably don't know him.

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 You never met him.

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 You may have seen him.

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 Be willing to bet you haven't spoken with him.

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 He's pretty quiet.

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 I guarantee you, you know his son and you know his daughter-in-law.

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 And you definitely know their kids.

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 It's the McGrady's.

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 Scott sings up here from time to time.

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 Sarah runs the words.

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 And I love their precious kids.

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 They ain't never met a stranger.

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 And that always warms my heart when they come up and give me hugs or their drawings that they've done during service.

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 They have.

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 I love it.

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 But I met Jerry.

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 Jerry's the dad of Scott.

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 And he comes in with them.

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 And he's quiet.

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 And before COVID, they would slide in somewhere near the back and they would sit there together.

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 And then as they would leave and you find yourself being taken into the warmth and the love and the family of the McGrady's.

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 And Jerry's kind of hang back and drift on out.

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 And Jerry, I'm sorry, went through a powerful time during this.

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 And I wanted to share the story with you.

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 And I asked his son, Scott, if Scott would kind of help me tell the story.

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 And instead of Scott helping me, he did a beautiful thing.

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 He wrote a letter.

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 And I'm going to read Scott's words, word for word, to you this morning.

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 As Scott helps to tell the story of his dad.

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 He says this, I wasn't sure what exactly you wanted me to send, so use as much or as little of this as you want.

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 Well, Scott, I'm going to use it all.

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 He says, Dad has been a believer for as long as I can remember, but he was never a churchgoer.

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 He encouraged us to go to church, but never went himself.

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 I remember having a conversation with him as a young adult about getting saved.

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 And he told me that he had been saved, but struggles with the idea of submitting to God.

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 And that was kind of how things went for the longest time.

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 When we started going to Willow Ridge and decided that it was the church for us,

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 we invited him every week until he finally broke down and came with us.

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 Then a few weeks later, he came again.

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 And then before long, he was coming every week.

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 He told me that Willow Ridge was the first church he really felt comfortable in.

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 As the weeks passed and Dad continued to attend it, it was amazing to see the changes God was making in him.

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 When Sarah and I were baptized, he was there with us.

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 Shortly thereafter, he started asking questions about baptism and started showing interest in being baptized himself.

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 Unfortunately, COVID happened, and he hasn't been able to attend church since because of his condition.

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 Dad has advanced lung cancer, COPD, heart disease, and a host of other issues that make going to many places impossible for him.

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 At any rate, things reached a point where we realized that we needed to go ahead and get Dad baptized for his health,

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 kept him from being able to do it.

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 And that's when we reached out to Dave.

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 Dad sat down with Dave, and he talked him through it.

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 And again, it was like seeing a different person there.

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 The strength of faith was apparent.

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 And even though I knew Dad was struggling through the issues he is facing from cancer,

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 it was apparent that he has found peace through Christ.

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 Anyway, I know you said short, but I tend to get a little wordy.

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 I hope this helps.

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 Take care, sir.

00:26:25.780 --> 00:26:26.480
 Scott McGrady.

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 So a few weeks ago,

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 we gathered here

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 one night,

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 and Jerry McGrady and his family came,

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 and we got to baptize Jerry.

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 Y'all check out the video.

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 Well, it's a pleasure and an honor to continue to celebrate baptism this morning.

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 Right here we got Jerry McGrady,

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 who's professed his faith in Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior,

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 shared what God's been doing with him with Pastor Dave,

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 and we receive him for baptism

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 because he's been saved by Christ

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 and we'll spend eternity with him.

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 So, Mr. Jerry,

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 based off of your profession of faith

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 as Jesus Christ is your Lord and Savior,

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 it's a privilege and an honor for me

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 to baptize you, my brother,

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 in the name of the Father,

00:27:19.780 --> 00:27:20.420
 the Son,

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 and the Holy Spirit.

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 Amen.

00:27:28.360 --> 00:27:30.800
 Congratulations.

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:34.820
 Thank you.

00:27:35.020 --> 00:27:35.480
 Thank you.

00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:36.960
 Thank you.

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 So,

00:27:44.360 --> 00:27:44.880
 2020

00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:47.480
 COVID

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.920
 government,

00:27:49.100 --> 00:27:50.560
 whatever you want to call it,

00:27:51.280 --> 00:27:52.300
 stopped a lot of things.

00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:54.480
 It stopped your vacation.

00:27:55.800 --> 00:27:57.300
 It stopped your plans.

00:27:58.360 --> 00:27:59.800
 It stopped school.

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 It stopped jobs.

00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:04.940
 It didn't stop God.

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 And God kept working

00:28:09.120 --> 00:28:11.000
 and God kept moving.

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 So, in this time where we've got everybody

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:18.440
 kind of giving their one-year assessment

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:23.560
 that's met with praise and skepticism

00:28:23.560 --> 00:28:25.980
 and really nowhere in between,

00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:29.000
 we want to look at our one year.

00:28:30.100 --> 00:28:30.980
 It's been tough.

00:28:32.300 --> 00:28:33.180
 It's been hard.

00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:35.260
 But it's been good

00:28:35.260 --> 00:28:37.520
 because God's kept going.

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 I'm going to read the Bible in just a minute.

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 We're going to have an abbreviated message.

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.660
 Let's pray before we do.

00:28:49.040 --> 00:28:49.360
 Lord,

00:28:49.360 --> 00:28:50.460
 Lord, I thank you so much.

00:28:52.280 --> 00:28:53.340
 Lord, for what you've done.

00:28:55.540 --> 00:28:56.620
 Lord, we didn't do anything.

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 We didn't.

00:29:00.800 --> 00:29:02.220
 We just said yes and you went.

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 And Lord, I feel like we were just holding on

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:09.060
 to the edge of your robe

00:29:09.060 --> 00:29:11.680
 as you led us.

00:29:13.620 --> 00:29:15.340
 And Lord, you led us down the path

00:29:15.340 --> 00:29:16.420
 of trying to figure out

00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:18.680
 online worship services

00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:19.600
 and live streaming.

00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:23.300
 And you led us down a financial path of faith

00:29:23.300 --> 00:29:24.940
 that we've never experienced before.

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:29.120
 And you led families down a path of discipleship

00:29:29.120 --> 00:29:31.380
 and church down a path of discipleship.

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:35.440
 And all the time this was happening, Lord,

00:29:36.360 --> 00:29:37.640
 you're changing lives.

00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:40.380
 You're drawing people to yourself.

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 And you're being glorified.

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:46.820
 And so God, I thank you for this opportunity

00:29:46.820 --> 00:29:50.000
 that we have to just be a part of this.

00:29:51.880 --> 00:29:55.060
 That in the smallness, Lord,

00:29:55.120 --> 00:29:57.460
 that is my life.

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 Lord, you allowed me

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:02.040
 in your sovereignty

00:30:02.040 --> 00:30:03.420
 and in your grace

00:30:03.420 --> 00:30:05.140
 and in your goodness

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:06.860
 to experience this past year.

00:30:08.540 --> 00:30:10.740
 And so, Lord, I thank you for that.

00:30:12.100 --> 00:30:13.760
 I thank you for Jerry McGrady.

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:17.120
 And I thank you for so many like him.

00:30:19.340 --> 00:30:21.720
 2020, COVID, shutdowns,

00:30:22.100 --> 00:30:24.240
 masks, quarantines,

00:30:25.560 --> 00:30:26.580
 social distancing,

00:30:27.060 --> 00:30:27.880
 Lord, didn't stop.

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:32.460
 You from radically changing his life.

00:30:33.860 --> 00:30:35.160
 And so we praise you for it.

00:30:36.040 --> 00:30:37.220
 And it's in Jesus' name we pray.

00:30:38.020 --> 00:30:38.320
 Amen.

00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:42.140
 If you've got your Bibles with you this morning,

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:44.280
 open up to Luke chapter 11.

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.340
 In just a minute,

00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:48.640
 we're going to start reading in verse 37.

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 And we're going to read about an encounter

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:53.720
 that Jesus has

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:56.300
 with a group of Pharisees.

00:30:57.440 --> 00:31:00.260
 Now, if you know about Pharisees,

00:31:00.540 --> 00:31:03.000
 or maybe you don't know about Pharisees,

00:31:03.380 --> 00:31:05.660
 commonly Pharisees are viewed as

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:07.200
 the enemy of Jesus.

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:11.800
 And so if Jesus is the superhero of the story,

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:14.380
 then the Pharisees are the villain.

00:31:15.340 --> 00:31:17.680
 They're the ones who are attacking Jesus.

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:20.560
 They're the ones who are trying to

00:31:20.560 --> 00:31:23.500
 shut down the work that Jesus is doing.

00:31:24.120 --> 00:31:26.020
 But I want us to look at Pharisees

00:31:26.020 --> 00:31:27.640
 a little bit different.

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:30.080
 That they really,

00:31:31.140 --> 00:31:33.940
 just as COVID didn't really shut down anything,

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:37.100
 Pharisees didn't really shut down anything.

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:40.120
 They changed things.

00:31:40.260 --> 00:31:41.780
 They altered things.

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:43.520
 They made things look different.

00:31:44.080 --> 00:31:46.800
 But Jesus kept going.

00:31:47.560 --> 00:31:48.220
 In fact,

00:31:49.020 --> 00:31:50.920
 Jesus would oftentimes use

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:52.840
 interactions with the Pharisees

00:31:52.840 --> 00:31:53.840
 where they think,

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:55.040
 I got him

00:31:55.040 --> 00:31:57.480
 to often leverage an opportunity

00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:58.460
 to declare the gospel

00:31:58.460 --> 00:31:59.620
 in a way that

00:31:59.620 --> 00:32:01.240
 wouldn't have been possible

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:03.320
 if not for the Pharisee.

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:05.280
 And so in a lot of ways,

00:32:05.360 --> 00:32:07.740
 like you and I need to be thankful

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:09.060
 that the Pharisees were there

00:32:09.060 --> 00:32:11.060
 because we get moments like this

00:32:11.060 --> 00:32:12.200
 of what we're about to read

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:13.200
 where Jesus says,

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:14.080
 hey, watch this.

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:15.020
 I know what you're trying to do,

00:32:15.080 --> 00:32:15.960
 but boom, here we go.

00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:16.580
 Right?

00:32:17.260 --> 00:32:18.080
 And that's what we see.

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:20.260
 So let's start looking at verse 37.

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 It says,

00:32:22.020 --> 00:32:23.580
 While Jesus was speaking,

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.960
 a Pharisee asked him

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:27.540
 to dine with him,

00:32:27.820 --> 00:32:28.700
 so he went in

00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:30.140
 and reclined at the table.

00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:32.880
 And the Pharisee was astonished

00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:35.120
 to see that he did not first wash

00:32:35.120 --> 00:32:35.780
 before dinner.

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:37.820
 And the Lord said to him,

00:32:38.080 --> 00:32:39.360
 Now you Pharisees

00:32:39.360 --> 00:32:41.780
 cleanse the outside of the cup

00:32:41.780 --> 00:32:42.760
 and of the dish,

00:32:42.760 --> 00:32:45.000
 but inside you are full of greed

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:46.140
 and wickedness.

00:32:46.620 --> 00:32:47.320
 You fools!

00:32:47.780 --> 00:32:50.120
 Did not he who made the outside

00:32:50.120 --> 00:32:52.260
 make the inside also,

00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:54.320
 but give as alms

00:32:54.320 --> 00:32:56.200
 those things that are within

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:57.200
 and behold,

00:32:57.640 --> 00:33:00.640
 everything is clean for you.

00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:03.100
 And so this encounter,

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:04.220
 Jesus had been speaking

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:05.180
 and teaching

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:07.580
 and a Pharisee comes up to Jesus

00:33:07.580 --> 00:33:08.060
 and says,

00:33:08.360 --> 00:33:09.360
 Hey, come to my house.

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:10.860
 Have dinner with me.

00:33:11.760 --> 00:33:12.820
 Now I don't know about you,

00:33:12.820 --> 00:33:15.120
 but that's not a common encounter

00:33:15.120 --> 00:33:17.100
 for two strangers to have.

00:33:17.540 --> 00:33:18.740
 But it is common

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:19.780
 for you and I

00:33:19.780 --> 00:33:20.460
 to invite someone

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:21.900
 into our house for dinner.

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:23.880
 And it's a very vulnerable thing, right?

00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:25.240
 You come into my house,

00:33:25.320 --> 00:33:26.280
 you see who I am.

00:33:26.620 --> 00:33:27.660
 You come into my house,

00:33:27.800 --> 00:33:30.000
 you see how I live life.

00:33:30.140 --> 00:33:31.320
 We sit down at the table,

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:32.560
 we break bread together,

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:34.160
 we share stories together,

00:33:34.300 --> 00:33:35.700
 we share life together.

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:37.420
 And so this Pharisee,

00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:38.880
 and I don't know the intention

00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:40.300
 of his heart at the time,

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:42.940
 has an encounter with Jesus

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.480
 and he says,

00:33:43.760 --> 00:33:45.580
 Hey, come to my house

00:33:45.580 --> 00:33:48.140
 wash and eat dinner with me.

00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:50.800
 And as Jesus does,

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:53.260
 there's something that is said here

00:33:53.260 --> 00:33:57.420
 that Jesus didn't wash before dinner.

00:33:58.420 --> 00:33:59.980
 Now, growing up, right,

00:34:00.060 --> 00:34:02.080
 before you came to eat,

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:03.080
 at least at the house

00:34:03.080 --> 00:34:04.300
 that I was growing up,

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:05.220
 it was kind of like,

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:06.340
 I don't know about y'all,

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:07.760
 but breakfast and lunch

00:34:07.760 --> 00:34:08.960
 were kind of like fair game.

00:34:09.180 --> 00:34:09.400
 You know,

00:34:09.580 --> 00:34:10.420
 if you were dirty

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:12.120
 after being outside and playing,

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:12.900
 I feel like,

00:34:13.100 --> 00:34:13.980
 hey, here's a peanut butter

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:14.680
 and jelly sandwich

00:34:14.680 --> 00:34:16.060
 and just go on with it, right?

00:34:16.160 --> 00:34:17.600
 My wife probably cringed,

00:34:17.680 --> 00:34:19.640
 but that's kind of how I've done things

00:34:19.640 --> 00:34:21.100
 and she does things differently.

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:22.820
 But now for dinner,

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:24.480
 ever since growing up, right,

00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:25.960
 it's that moment where it's like,

00:34:26.160 --> 00:34:27.460
 okay, wash up,

00:34:27.540 --> 00:34:28.340
 it's time to eat.

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.980
 Wash your hands,

00:34:30.060 --> 00:34:31.120
 it's time to eat.

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.480
 And that's,

00:34:32.860 --> 00:34:34.020
 it's not only acceptable,

00:34:34.260 --> 00:34:35.120
 it's the norm

00:34:35.120 --> 00:34:36.540
 and it's what's expected.

00:34:37.100 --> 00:34:38.840
 Now over this last year, right,

00:34:39.080 --> 00:34:39.840
 even more so,

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:41.240
 even more so,

00:34:42.020 --> 00:34:43.060
 right between the time

00:34:43.060 --> 00:34:44.780
 that you walk out these doors

00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:47.160
 and go out the other set of doors

00:34:47.160 --> 00:34:47.780
 to leave here,

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:49.680
 there's multiple times

00:34:49.680 --> 00:34:50.280
 and places

00:34:50.280 --> 00:34:51.300
 where you can stop

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:52.340
 and sanitize

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:53.580
 and wash your hands.

00:34:53.680 --> 00:34:55.140
 If you walk into my home,

00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:56.200
 there's at least

00:34:56.200 --> 00:34:57.460
 four different places

00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:58.500
 from the time you enter

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.640
 into the door

00:34:59.640 --> 00:35:01.620
 to you get to our table

00:35:01.620 --> 00:35:02.360
 in the kitchen

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:04.520
 where you can wash your hands.

00:35:04.780 --> 00:35:06.820
 So what is going on here?

00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:08.040
 Like,

00:35:08.100 --> 00:35:09.940
 is Jesus being the gross guy

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:11.060
 at the dinner table

00:35:11.060 --> 00:35:11.740
 who's like,

00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:12.380
 nah, I'm good,

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:13.240
 you just gotta give

00:35:13.240 --> 00:35:13.980
 and accept

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:14.800
 that I've got dirt

00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:16.360
 underneath my fingernails, right?

00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:17.840
 That's not what's happening

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:18.760
 here at all.

00:35:19.120 --> 00:35:20.500
 This isn't a matter

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:21.360
 of hygiene

00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:22.560
 of what's happening

00:35:22.560 --> 00:35:23.480
 and taking place here.

00:35:24.100 --> 00:35:25.460
 What the Pharisees

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:25.980
 would do

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:27.520
 during the time of Jesus

00:35:27.520 --> 00:35:28.120
 is there was

00:35:28.120 --> 00:35:29.280
 different times

00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:31.200
 where they would agree to,

00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:32.000
 would encourage,

00:35:32.340 --> 00:35:33.100
 and would teach

00:35:33.100 --> 00:35:34.880
 for a ceremonial washing

00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:36.560
 or a ceremonial cleansing.

00:35:37.220 --> 00:35:38.680
 And in order to eat

00:35:38.680 --> 00:35:39.400
 in the house

00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:40.800
 of a Pharisee,

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:42.500
 what they wanted you to do

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:44.780
 was ceremonially wash

00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:46.520
 so that you could partake

00:35:46.520 --> 00:35:48.100
 in life with them.

00:35:48.560 --> 00:35:48.880
 Now,

00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:49.780
 they weren't necessarily

00:35:49.780 --> 00:35:50.640
 worried about you

00:35:50.640 --> 00:35:51.640
 getting the germs

00:35:51.640 --> 00:35:52.700
 off of you

00:35:52.700 --> 00:35:53.540
 before they would

00:35:53.540 --> 00:35:54.400
 shake your hand,

00:35:55.160 --> 00:35:56.440
 before they would greet you,

00:35:56.840 --> 00:35:57.640
 before they'd pull up

00:35:57.640 --> 00:35:58.880
 a seat to their table.

00:35:59.460 --> 00:36:01.060
 What they were concerned with

00:36:01.060 --> 00:36:01.760
 is that you would

00:36:01.760 --> 00:36:02.980
 get rid of the sin

00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:04.420
 off of you

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:06.500
 so that you could be worthy

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:07.960
 to sit at their table,

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:10.140
 so that you could be worthy

00:36:10.140 --> 00:36:11.660
 to dine with them.

00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:12.160
 Why?

00:36:12.780 --> 00:36:13.540
 Because they're good.

00:36:14.640 --> 00:36:15.840
 They've done it all right.

00:36:16.800 --> 00:36:17.580
 They followed

00:36:17.580 --> 00:36:19.360
 every in their mind,

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:20.780
 every law

00:36:20.780 --> 00:36:21.640
 and every command

00:36:21.640 --> 00:36:23.380
 that God had told them to do.

00:36:23.520 --> 00:36:25.220
 But you have not.

00:36:26.020 --> 00:36:27.320
 So what do you need to do?

00:36:27.640 --> 00:36:28.840
 You need to go

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:30.800
 and make yourself clean

00:36:30.800 --> 00:36:32.600
 before you can engage

00:36:32.600 --> 00:36:34.820
 in a relationship with me.

00:36:35.200 --> 00:36:36.500
 Now, here's the irony

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:37.680
 of the situation.

00:36:38.720 --> 00:36:40.480
 There's only one person

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:42.300
 who never needed

00:36:42.300 --> 00:36:43.480
 to be cleansed

00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:44.560
 from their sins.

00:36:45.600 --> 00:36:46.200
 It was Jesus.

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:48.660
 So the whole point

00:36:48.660 --> 00:36:49.540
 of the conflict

00:36:49.540 --> 00:36:51.480
 of what we begin to see here

00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:52.620
 in this encounter

00:36:52.620 --> 00:36:54.660
 is you've got a sinful man

00:36:54.660 --> 00:36:57.300
 looking at perfect divinity

00:36:57.300 --> 00:36:58.160
 and saying,

00:36:58.440 --> 00:36:59.540
 hey, before you can

00:36:59.540 --> 00:37:00.660
 eat with me,

00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:02.780
 before you can fellowship

00:37:02.780 --> 00:37:03.520
 with me,

00:37:04.300 --> 00:37:05.960
 go and make

00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:08.180
 yourself clean.

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:10.680
 Not because God's called

00:37:10.680 --> 00:37:11.680
 you to do that,

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:14.440
 but because I've called you

00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:15.680
 to do that.

00:37:16.300 --> 00:37:17.260
 See, the irony

00:37:17.260 --> 00:37:18.440
 in this passage

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:19.140
 of Scripture,

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:20.940
 the hypocrisy

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:22.520
 of what we find here,

00:37:22.820 --> 00:37:23.900
 but this was common

00:37:23.900 --> 00:37:25.340
 with the Pharisees.

00:37:25.740 --> 00:37:26.480
 The Pharisees

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:27.360
 obsessed over

00:37:27.360 --> 00:37:28.800
 the external actions

00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:29.880
 of what they would do

00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:30.980
 and their goal

00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:31.800
 in doing that

00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:32.900
 and knowing that

00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:33.560
 their hearts

00:37:33.560 --> 00:37:34.480
 and their thoughts

00:37:34.480 --> 00:37:35.080
 were wicked,

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:36.060
 but the goal

00:37:36.060 --> 00:37:36.840
 in making sure

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:37.560
 that they observe

00:37:37.560 --> 00:37:38.480
 all of these

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:39.700
 external actions

00:37:39.700 --> 00:37:40.620
 is so that people

00:37:40.620 --> 00:37:41.240
 would think

00:37:41.240 --> 00:37:42.280
 they're spiritually

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:43.400
 more obedient

00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:44.700
 than they really were.

00:37:44.940 --> 00:37:45.340
 And that's why

00:37:45.340 --> 00:37:45.980
 Jesus says,

00:37:46.120 --> 00:37:47.400
 now you Pharisees

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:48.640
 cleanse the outside

00:37:48.640 --> 00:37:49.560
 of the cup

00:37:49.560 --> 00:37:50.700
 and of the dish,

00:37:51.400 --> 00:37:52.400
 but inside

00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:54.040
 you are full

00:37:54.040 --> 00:37:55.280
 of greed

00:37:55.280 --> 00:37:56.840
 and wickedness.

00:37:57.300 --> 00:37:57.740
 Jesus says,

00:37:57.940 --> 00:37:57.960
 look,

00:37:58.080 --> 00:37:58.960
 the outside

00:37:58.960 --> 00:38:00.880
 doesn't really match

00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:02.060
 who you are.

00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:03.600
 And I love

00:38:03.600 --> 00:38:04.340
 his illustration

00:38:04.340 --> 00:38:05.080
 that he gives.

00:38:05.900 --> 00:38:07.700
 He gives the picture

00:38:07.700 --> 00:38:09.060
 of something

00:38:09.060 --> 00:38:09.860
 that you and I

00:38:09.860 --> 00:38:11.120
 can all understand.

00:38:12.160 --> 00:38:12.580
 A picture

00:38:12.580 --> 00:38:13.340
 of a dirty dish.

00:38:14.380 --> 00:38:15.060
 Now let's say

00:38:15.060 --> 00:38:16.600
 that after church

00:38:16.600 --> 00:38:18.280
 all of you

00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:18.760
 are going to go

00:38:18.760 --> 00:38:19.440
 and eat lunch

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:20.100
 at our house.

00:38:20.720 --> 00:38:20.880
 Right?

00:38:21.240 --> 00:38:22.260
 And my wife

00:38:22.260 --> 00:38:24.040
 makes phenomenal,

00:38:24.920 --> 00:38:26.160
 absolutely wonderful,

00:38:26.420 --> 00:38:27.760
 out of this world,

00:38:28.080 --> 00:38:29.500
 best I've ever had,

00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:30.300
 lasagna.

00:38:30.660 --> 00:38:31.320
 I'm just going to tell you,

00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:32.420
 when you eat it,

00:38:32.580 --> 00:38:33.600
 you're going to be amazed.

00:38:33.720 --> 00:38:34.040
 All right?

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.860
 So we're going to invite you

00:38:35.860 --> 00:38:36.340
 to our house

00:38:36.340 --> 00:38:37.520
 to eat lasagna.

00:38:38.160 --> 00:38:38.940
 And so you're pumped

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:40.140
 because you love lasagna

00:38:40.140 --> 00:38:41.100
 and you show up

00:38:41.100 --> 00:38:41.740
 at our house

00:38:41.740 --> 00:38:42.640
 and we go

00:38:42.640 --> 00:38:43.500
 and she pulls out

00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:44.920
 that pan of lasagna

00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:46.000
 and she peels

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:47.180
 that foil back

00:38:47.180 --> 00:38:48.340
 and the cheese

00:38:48.340 --> 00:38:49.760
 is just that ride

00:38:49.760 --> 00:38:51.220
 of toasted and gooey

00:38:51.220 --> 00:38:51.700
 and you can see

00:38:51.700 --> 00:38:52.780
 the bubbles on the side.

00:38:52.900 --> 00:38:53.060
 Y'all know

00:38:53.060 --> 00:38:53.720
 what I'm talking about?

00:38:53.840 --> 00:38:54.780
 It is getting close

00:38:54.780 --> 00:38:55.500
 to lunch, right?

00:38:57.180 --> 00:38:58.380
 And I open up

00:38:58.380 --> 00:38:58.920
 the cabinet

00:38:58.920 --> 00:38:59.820
 and there's no plates.

00:39:01.160 --> 00:39:01.460
 I don't know,

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:01.880
 what do we do?

00:39:03.520 --> 00:39:04.200
 So all of a sudden

00:39:04.200 --> 00:39:04.640
 I realize

00:39:04.640 --> 00:39:06.100
 everything's dirty.

00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:07.720
 But it's okay.

00:39:07.820 --> 00:39:08.740
 So I'll go over

00:39:08.740 --> 00:39:09.360
 to the sink

00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:11.120
 and I reach down

00:39:11.120 --> 00:39:12.820
 into like the bottom

00:39:12.820 --> 00:39:13.640
 of the sink water.

00:39:13.740 --> 00:39:13.960
 Y'all know

00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:14.800
 what I'm talking about, right?

00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:15.820
 And I pull out

00:39:15.820 --> 00:39:16.280
 the plate

00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:17.020
 from the day before.

00:39:18.360 --> 00:39:19.400
 And on the top

00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:20.080
 of that plate

00:39:20.080 --> 00:39:21.880
 there's that

00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:22.900
 dried ketchup

00:39:22.900 --> 00:39:24.660
 and mustard

00:39:24.660 --> 00:39:26.300
 from where I ate

00:39:26.300 --> 00:39:27.320
 too many corn dogs

00:39:27.320 --> 00:39:27.920
 the day before.

00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:30.120
 And so it's alright,

00:39:30.180 --> 00:39:30.800
 I'll get it clean.

00:39:31.680 --> 00:39:32.140
 So I go

00:39:32.140 --> 00:39:32.880
 and I get a rag

00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:33.980
 and I get some warm water

00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:35.500
 going and I get some soap

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:36.880
 and I create a lather

00:39:36.880 --> 00:39:38.040
 and I flip that plate

00:39:38.040 --> 00:39:38.900
 over to the bottom

00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:39.260
 of it.

00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:40.980
 and I wash

00:39:40.980 --> 00:39:41.500
 the bottom

00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:41.880
 of it

00:39:41.880 --> 00:39:43.660
 and I scrub

00:39:43.660 --> 00:39:44.680
 the outside

00:39:44.680 --> 00:39:45.800
 of that plate

00:39:45.800 --> 00:39:47.240
 and I rinse

00:39:47.240 --> 00:39:47.700
 it off

00:39:47.700 --> 00:39:49.220
 and then I turn

00:39:49.220 --> 00:39:49.620
 it over

00:39:49.620 --> 00:39:51.140
 and there's the ketchup

00:39:51.140 --> 00:39:51.760
 and the mustard.

00:39:52.860 --> 00:39:53.020
 And I go,

00:39:53.140 --> 00:39:53.360
 eh.

00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:55.280
 And I go over

00:39:55.280 --> 00:39:56.000
 and I go to that

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:57.180
 wonderful dish

00:39:57.180 --> 00:39:58.520
 of lasagna

00:39:58.520 --> 00:39:59.920
 that she's made

00:39:59.920 --> 00:40:00.320
 for you

00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:01.940
 and I take

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:02.820
 a big scoop out

00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:03.980
 and plop it

00:40:03.980 --> 00:40:04.740
 right on top

00:40:04.740 --> 00:40:05.320
 of that mustard

00:40:05.320 --> 00:40:06.940
 and then I hand

00:40:06.940 --> 00:40:07.380
 it to you.

00:40:08.400 --> 00:40:08.700
 What are you

00:40:08.700 --> 00:40:08.980
 going to do?

00:40:09.180 --> 00:40:09.800
 Somebody just said

00:40:09.800 --> 00:40:10.060
 nope.

00:40:10.140 --> 00:40:10.880
 I love that,

00:40:10.940 --> 00:40:11.160
 right?

00:40:11.520 --> 00:40:12.000
 Nope.

00:40:12.420 --> 00:40:13.680
 I ain't eating that.

00:40:14.340 --> 00:40:15.380
 That is not

00:40:15.380 --> 00:40:15.800
 happening,

00:40:15.900 --> 00:40:16.140
 right?

00:40:16.680 --> 00:40:16.880
 You're like,

00:40:16.940 --> 00:40:18.180
 but no one

00:40:18.180 --> 00:40:19.520
 would ever do that.

00:40:19.860 --> 00:40:20.540
 That's Jesus'

00:40:20.780 --> 00:40:21.120
 point.

00:40:22.560 --> 00:40:23.500
 That's his point.

00:40:24.540 --> 00:40:25.200
 No one

00:40:25.200 --> 00:40:26.200
 would ever say,

00:40:27.020 --> 00:40:27.200
 oh,

00:40:27.320 --> 00:40:28.420
 there's filth

00:40:28.420 --> 00:40:30.020
 and germs

00:40:30.020 --> 00:40:31.440
 and bacteria

00:40:31.440 --> 00:40:32.860
 in the inside

00:40:32.860 --> 00:40:34.040
 of this water bottle

00:40:34.040 --> 00:40:35.160
 but the outside

00:40:35.160 --> 00:40:35.740
 is good

00:40:35.740 --> 00:40:36.480
 so drink up.

00:40:37.420 --> 00:40:38.100
 No one

00:40:38.100 --> 00:40:38.640
 would ever

00:40:38.640 --> 00:40:39.380
 do that.

00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:41.200
 And for Jesus,

00:40:41.440 --> 00:40:42.220
 his point

00:40:42.220 --> 00:40:42.980
 is this.

00:40:43.900 --> 00:40:45.020
 Don't just focus

00:40:45.020 --> 00:40:45.900
 in on the outside.

00:40:45.940 --> 00:40:46.920
 The outside's important.

00:40:47.040 --> 00:40:47.960
 The outside matters.

00:40:48.240 --> 00:40:48.960
 Read James.

00:40:49.120 --> 00:40:49.660
 It's important

00:40:49.660 --> 00:40:50.260
 what we do.

00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:53.000
 But the inside

00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:54.580
 matters

00:40:54.580 --> 00:40:56.540
 and the inside

00:40:56.540 --> 00:40:58.140
 needs to be clean

00:40:58.140 --> 00:40:59.180
 because there's

00:40:59.180 --> 00:40:59.780
 danger

00:40:59.780 --> 00:41:00.760
 when it's just

00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:01.460
 the outside

00:41:01.460 --> 00:41:02.160
 that appears

00:41:02.160 --> 00:41:02.740
 to be clean

00:41:02.740 --> 00:41:03.660
 when the inside

00:41:03.660 --> 00:41:04.700
 is really filthy.

00:41:05.040 --> 00:41:05.760
 Later on

00:41:05.760 --> 00:41:07.000
 in chapter 11,

00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:07.940
 Jesus is talking

00:41:07.940 --> 00:41:08.520
 to the same group

00:41:08.520 --> 00:41:09.180
 of Pharisees

00:41:09.180 --> 00:41:10.140
 and he says this.

00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:10.640
 He says,

00:41:10.760 --> 00:41:11.220
 you're like

00:41:11.220 --> 00:41:12.880
 unmarked graves

00:41:12.880 --> 00:41:13.780
 which people

00:41:13.780 --> 00:41:14.520
 walk over

00:41:14.520 --> 00:41:15.400
 without knowing it.

00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:17.560
 And what he means

00:41:17.560 --> 00:41:17.940
 is this

00:41:17.940 --> 00:41:18.900
 during his time.

00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:20.640
 To be ceremonial

00:41:20.640 --> 00:41:21.420
 unclean,

00:41:21.640 --> 00:41:22.360
 you could do

00:41:22.360 --> 00:41:23.160
 certain things

00:41:23.160 --> 00:41:23.620
 which you would

00:41:23.620 --> 00:41:24.660
 become unclean.

00:41:24.880 --> 00:41:25.640
 And one of them

00:41:25.640 --> 00:41:26.000
 would be

00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:27.540
 to interact with

00:41:27.540 --> 00:41:28.460
 or touch

00:41:28.460 --> 00:41:29.180
 a dead body.

00:41:29.340 --> 00:41:29.800
 And they had

00:41:29.800 --> 00:41:30.480
 taken it to such

00:41:30.480 --> 00:41:31.140
 a degree

00:41:31.140 --> 00:41:31.980
 of making sure

00:41:31.980 --> 00:41:32.480
 that you didn't

00:41:32.480 --> 00:41:33.420
 interact with a dead

00:41:33.420 --> 00:41:34.340
 body or touch

00:41:34.340 --> 00:41:34.920
 a dead body

00:41:34.920 --> 00:41:36.660
 that all graves

00:41:36.660 --> 00:41:37.740
 must be marked.

00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:38.140
 And so

00:41:38.140 --> 00:41:39.260
 if a grave

00:41:39.260 --> 00:41:40.300
 is here

00:41:40.300 --> 00:41:41.180
 and there's

00:41:41.180 --> 00:41:41.920
 the marker

00:41:41.920 --> 00:41:42.600
 that's there

00:41:42.600 --> 00:41:43.320
 that you would

00:41:43.320 --> 00:41:44.020
 not walk

00:41:44.020 --> 00:41:44.800
 on top

00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:46.620
 of the grave

00:41:46.620 --> 00:41:47.740
 out of fear

00:41:47.740 --> 00:41:48.940
 that you might

00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:50.300
 become unclean.

00:41:50.300 --> 00:41:50.940
 So you would

00:41:50.940 --> 00:41:52.040
 walk around it

00:41:52.040 --> 00:41:53.000
 so that the ground

00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:53.880
 underneath you

00:41:53.880 --> 00:41:55.500
 had no death

00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:56.580
 that was in it

00:41:56.580 --> 00:41:57.340
 so that you could

00:41:57.340 --> 00:41:57.940
 be clean.

00:41:58.200 --> 00:41:58.720
 So look what

00:41:58.720 --> 00:41:59.400
 he says

00:41:59.400 --> 00:42:00.580
 to the Pharisees.

00:42:00.880 --> 00:42:01.800
 You're like

00:42:01.800 --> 00:42:02.980
 a dead person.

00:42:04.220 --> 00:42:05.240
 You're dead.

00:42:06.800 --> 00:42:07.740
 You don't get it.

00:42:08.800 --> 00:42:10.080
 You're not alive.

00:42:11.520 --> 00:42:12.520
 And in that

00:42:12.520 --> 00:42:13.780
 what is happening

00:42:13.780 --> 00:42:14.980
 in your life

00:42:14.980 --> 00:42:16.360
 is the death

00:42:16.360 --> 00:42:17.600
 and the decay

00:42:17.600 --> 00:42:18.860
 that is there

00:42:18.860 --> 00:42:20.580
 so that when

00:42:20.580 --> 00:42:21.320
 people walk

00:42:21.320 --> 00:42:22.020
 over you

00:42:22.020 --> 00:42:23.440
 or people

00:42:23.440 --> 00:42:24.740
 interact with you

00:42:24.740 --> 00:42:25.820
 or people

00:42:25.820 --> 00:42:26.720
 touch you

00:42:26.720 --> 00:42:28.760
 what you spread

00:42:28.760 --> 00:42:29.900
 is death

00:42:29.900 --> 00:42:31.440
 and what you

00:42:31.440 --> 00:42:32.200
 spread

00:42:32.200 --> 00:42:33.020
 is

00:42:33.020 --> 00:42:36.220
 filth

00:42:36.220 --> 00:42:38.080
 and destruction.

00:42:40.060 --> 00:42:40.380
 And so

00:42:40.380 --> 00:42:41.380
 chapter 12

00:42:41.380 --> 00:42:41.860
 verse 1

00:42:41.860 --> 00:42:42.620
 look down at this

00:42:42.620 --> 00:42:44.880
 it says

00:42:44.880 --> 00:42:45.580
 in the meantime

00:42:45.580 --> 00:42:47.100
 when so many

00:42:47.100 --> 00:42:47.940
 thousands of people

00:42:47.940 --> 00:42:48.900
 had gathered together

00:42:48.900 --> 00:42:49.400
 that they were

00:42:49.400 --> 00:42:50.400
 trampling one another

00:42:50.400 --> 00:42:52.020
 he began to say

00:42:52.020 --> 00:42:52.840
 to his disciples

00:42:52.840 --> 00:42:53.500
 first

00:42:53.500 --> 00:42:55.040
 beware

00:42:55.040 --> 00:42:55.740
 of the leaven

00:42:55.740 --> 00:42:56.920
 of the Pharisees

00:42:56.920 --> 00:42:58.700
 which is hypocrisy.

00:42:59.880 --> 00:43:00.400
 So Jesus

00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:01.160
 has interacted

00:43:01.160 --> 00:43:01.640
 with

00:43:01.640 --> 00:43:03.540
 the Pharisees

00:43:03.540 --> 00:43:04.220
 he's interacted

00:43:04.220 --> 00:43:05.240
 with the lawyers

00:43:05.240 --> 00:43:05.960
 and these are the

00:43:05.960 --> 00:43:07.260
 teachers of the law

00:43:07.260 --> 00:43:07.740
 right

00:43:07.740 --> 00:43:09.560
 and then people

00:43:09.560 --> 00:43:10.320
 begin to gather

00:43:10.320 --> 00:43:12.560
 and as the crowds

00:43:12.560 --> 00:43:13.300
 come

00:43:13.300 --> 00:43:14.820
 as people

00:43:14.820 --> 00:43:15.480
 were surrounding

00:43:15.480 --> 00:43:16.020
 them

00:43:16.020 --> 00:43:17.340
 Jesus

00:43:17.340 --> 00:43:18.160
 looks

00:43:18.160 --> 00:43:18.940
 at his

00:43:18.940 --> 00:43:19.420
 disciples

00:43:19.420 --> 00:43:20.920
 says

00:43:20.920 --> 00:43:22.540
 understand

00:43:22.540 --> 00:43:23.300
 this

00:43:23.300 --> 00:43:25.100
 beware

00:43:25.100 --> 00:43:25.600
 don't be like

00:43:25.600 --> 00:43:26.260
 the Pharisees

00:43:26.260 --> 00:43:28.120
 because what's

00:43:28.120 --> 00:43:28.640
 going to happen

00:43:28.640 --> 00:43:29.260
 is it can

00:43:29.260 --> 00:43:30.060
 take a hold

00:43:30.060 --> 00:43:31.300
 and it can

00:43:31.300 --> 00:43:31.940
 destroy

00:43:31.940 --> 00:43:33.160
 and what

00:43:33.160 --> 00:43:33.840
 destroys

00:43:33.840 --> 00:43:34.760
 is hypocrisy.

00:43:35.980 --> 00:43:36.340
 I don't know

00:43:36.340 --> 00:43:37.100
 if you've

00:43:37.100 --> 00:43:37.800
 ever baked

00:43:37.800 --> 00:43:38.220
 bread

00:43:38.220 --> 00:43:39.380
 or dealt

00:43:39.380 --> 00:43:40.020
 with yeast

00:43:40.020 --> 00:43:40.820
 but leaven

00:43:40.820 --> 00:43:41.720
 is yeast

00:43:41.720 --> 00:43:43.380
 and what

00:43:43.380 --> 00:43:43.920
 I know

00:43:43.920 --> 00:43:44.580
 about yeast

00:43:44.580 --> 00:43:45.400
 is this

00:43:45.400 --> 00:43:46.960
 number one

00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:47.320
 a little bit

00:43:47.320 --> 00:43:47.660
 of the yeast

00:43:47.660 --> 00:43:48.380
 goes a long way

00:43:48.380 --> 00:43:49.960
 it doesn't take

00:43:49.960 --> 00:43:50.640
 a lot of yeast

00:43:50.640 --> 00:43:52.440
 a little bit

00:43:52.440 --> 00:43:53.200
 of yeast

00:43:53.200 --> 00:43:54.540
 goes a long way

00:43:54.540 --> 00:43:55.680
 and then also

00:43:55.680 --> 00:43:56.380
 I know this

00:43:56.380 --> 00:43:57.580
 once you mix

00:43:57.580 --> 00:43:58.560
 a little bit

00:43:58.560 --> 00:43:59.300
 of yeast

00:43:59.300 --> 00:44:00.160
 in with your

00:44:00.160 --> 00:44:01.240
 other ingredients

00:44:01.240 --> 00:44:01.880
 do you know

00:44:01.880 --> 00:44:02.720
 what you can't do

00:44:02.720 --> 00:44:03.720
 you can't go

00:44:03.720 --> 00:44:04.340
 remove it

00:44:04.340 --> 00:44:05.920
 it's not like

00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:06.600
 it's not like

00:44:06.600 --> 00:44:07.360
 putting pecans

00:44:07.360 --> 00:44:07.940
 in and then

00:44:07.940 --> 00:44:08.360
 deciding you

00:44:08.360 --> 00:44:09.040
 don't want that

00:44:09.040 --> 00:44:09.800
 so it's just

00:44:09.800 --> 00:44:10.720
 an inconvenience

00:44:10.720 --> 00:44:11.400
 let's pick

00:44:11.400 --> 00:44:11.980
 them out

00:44:11.980 --> 00:44:13.420
 once you mix

00:44:13.420 --> 00:44:13.620
 it

00:44:13.620 --> 00:44:14.560
 it becomes

00:44:14.560 --> 00:44:15.320
 a part

00:44:15.320 --> 00:44:16.100
 of what's

00:44:16.100 --> 00:44:16.420
 there

00:44:16.420 --> 00:44:18.400
 and a little

00:44:18.400 --> 00:44:18.760
 bit

00:44:18.760 --> 00:44:19.860
 goes a long

00:44:19.860 --> 00:44:20.200
 way

00:44:20.200 --> 00:44:21.280
 and Jesus

00:44:21.280 --> 00:44:21.980
 says that

00:44:21.980 --> 00:44:23.100
 hypocrisy

00:44:23.100 --> 00:44:24.840
 is the exact

00:44:24.840 --> 00:44:26.280
 same way

00:44:26.280 --> 00:44:27.840
 it spreads

00:44:27.840 --> 00:44:30.940
 and it moves

00:44:30.940 --> 00:44:32.960
 and it consumes

00:44:32.960 --> 00:44:34.480
 and it takes

00:44:34.480 --> 00:44:34.780
 over

00:44:34.780 --> 00:44:36.560
 I love this quote

00:44:36.560 --> 00:44:37.080
 that I found

00:44:37.080 --> 00:44:37.580
 this week

00:44:37.580 --> 00:44:38.560
 about hypocrisy

00:44:38.560 --> 00:44:39.020
 and it says

00:44:39.020 --> 00:44:39.400
 this

00:44:39.400 --> 00:44:40.440
 hypocrisy

00:44:40.440 --> 00:44:41.040
 puts the

00:44:41.040 --> 00:44:41.400
 bar

00:44:41.400 --> 00:44:41.980
 at an

00:44:41.980 --> 00:44:42.440
 impossible

00:44:42.440 --> 00:44:43.020
 height

00:44:43.020 --> 00:44:43.880
 and then

00:44:43.880 --> 00:44:44.480
 encourages

00:44:44.480 --> 00:44:45.200
 everyone

00:44:45.200 --> 00:44:46.420
 to pretend

00:44:46.420 --> 00:44:47.200
 that they're

00:44:47.200 --> 00:44:47.680
 jumping over

00:44:47.680 --> 00:44:47.880
 it

00:44:47.880 --> 00:44:49.600
 I love that

00:44:49.600 --> 00:44:50.980
 hypocrisy

00:44:50.980 --> 00:44:51.540
 says

00:44:51.540 --> 00:44:52.700
 let's put

00:44:52.700 --> 00:44:53.160
 the bar

00:44:53.160 --> 00:44:53.620
 at this

00:44:53.620 --> 00:44:54.120
 height

00:44:54.120 --> 00:44:55.240
 where we

00:44:55.240 --> 00:44:55.740
 know we

00:44:55.740 --> 00:44:56.080
 can't

00:44:56.080 --> 00:44:56.640
 clear it

00:44:56.640 --> 00:44:57.920
 and then

00:44:57.920 --> 00:44:58.640
 let's

00:44:58.640 --> 00:44:59.160
 don't even

00:44:59.160 --> 00:44:59.900
 try

00:44:59.900 --> 00:45:01.320
 but let's

00:45:01.320 --> 00:45:01.820
 let everybody

00:45:01.820 --> 00:45:02.660
 think that

00:45:02.660 --> 00:45:03.040
 we're jumping

00:45:03.040 --> 00:45:03.660
 over it

00:45:03.660 --> 00:45:05.280
 hypocrisy

00:45:05.280 --> 00:45:06.000
 says

00:45:06.000 --> 00:45:06.900
 that within

00:45:06.900 --> 00:45:07.440
 you

00:45:07.440 --> 00:45:07.900
 is the

00:45:07.900 --> 00:45:08.800
 realization

00:45:08.800 --> 00:45:09.480
 within

00:45:09.480 --> 00:45:10.220
 us

00:45:10.220 --> 00:45:10.620
 is the

00:45:10.620 --> 00:45:11.180
 realization

00:45:11.180 --> 00:45:11.480
 of

00:45:11.480 --> 00:45:12.240
 we're not

00:45:12.240 --> 00:45:12.900
 meeting that

00:45:12.900 --> 00:45:13.760
 we're not

00:45:13.760 --> 00:45:14.760
 conquering that

00:45:14.760 --> 00:45:15.640
 but we want

00:45:15.640 --> 00:45:16.380
 everybody else

00:45:16.380 --> 00:45:16.860
 to think that

00:45:16.860 --> 00:45:17.200
 we're doing

00:45:17.200 --> 00:45:17.460
 that

00:45:17.460 --> 00:45:18.960
 and that's

00:45:18.960 --> 00:45:19.980
 what hypocrisy

00:45:19.980 --> 00:45:20.980
 begins to

00:45:20.980 --> 00:45:21.500
 look like

00:45:21.500 --> 00:45:22.160
 oftentimes

00:45:22.160 --> 00:45:23.160
 you and I

00:45:23.160 --> 00:45:24.080
 and I'll be

00:45:24.080 --> 00:45:24.600
 honest with you

00:45:24.600 --> 00:45:24.940
 oftentimes

00:45:24.940 --> 00:45:25.920
 most people

00:45:25.920 --> 00:45:26.600
 in our

00:45:26.600 --> 00:45:27.020
 culture

00:45:27.020 --> 00:45:28.040
 they think

00:45:28.040 --> 00:45:29.360
 that hypocrisy

00:45:29.360 --> 00:45:30.460
 is when you

00:45:30.460 --> 00:45:31.320
 speak about

00:45:31.320 --> 00:45:32.380
 things that

00:45:32.380 --> 00:45:33.000
 are true

00:45:33.000 --> 00:45:33.820
 but then you

00:45:33.820 --> 00:45:34.580
 can't fulfill

00:45:34.580 --> 00:45:35.280
 them yourself

00:45:35.280 --> 00:45:36.820
 that's not

00:45:36.820 --> 00:45:37.640
 hypocrisy

00:45:37.640 --> 00:45:39.280
 hypocrisy

00:45:39.280 --> 00:45:40.140
 isn't declaring

00:45:40.140 --> 00:45:41.020
 the truth

00:45:41.020 --> 00:45:41.740
 of God

00:45:41.740 --> 00:45:42.640
 and then not

00:45:42.640 --> 00:45:43.120
 being able

00:45:43.120 --> 00:45:43.940
 to fulfill

00:45:43.940 --> 00:45:44.460
 the fullness

00:45:44.460 --> 00:45:44.980
 of that

00:45:44.980 --> 00:45:45.740
 in yourself

00:45:45.740 --> 00:45:47.200
 if that

00:45:47.200 --> 00:45:47.580
 was the

00:45:47.580 --> 00:45:47.940
 case

00:45:47.940 --> 00:45:48.440
 Jesus

00:45:48.440 --> 00:45:48.860
 couldn't

00:45:48.860 --> 00:45:49.340
 tell us

00:45:49.340 --> 00:45:49.840
 to not

00:45:49.840 --> 00:45:50.140
 be a

00:45:50.140 --> 00:45:50.620
 hypocrite

00:45:50.620 --> 00:45:51.260
 because I

00:45:51.260 --> 00:45:51.500
 would be

00:45:51.500 --> 00:45:52.080
 a hypocrite

00:45:52.080 --> 00:45:53.480
 every Sunday

00:45:53.480 --> 00:45:54.120
 morning

00:45:54.120 --> 00:45:56.060
 as we declare

00:45:56.060 --> 00:45:56.520
 the truth

00:45:56.520 --> 00:45:56.920
 of God's

00:45:56.920 --> 00:45:57.160
 word

00:45:57.160 --> 00:45:58.580
 so Jesus

00:45:58.580 --> 00:45:59.380
 says that

00:45:59.380 --> 00:46:00.560
 in this

00:46:00.560 --> 00:46:01.880
 to beware

00:46:01.880 --> 00:46:02.600
 to live

00:46:02.600 --> 00:46:03.140
 our lives

00:46:03.140 --> 00:46:03.620
 in a way

00:46:03.620 --> 00:46:04.260
 that's not

00:46:04.260 --> 00:46:04.860
 a hypocrite

00:46:04.860 --> 00:46:05.500
 so what

00:46:05.500 --> 00:46:06.000
 does this

00:46:06.000 --> 00:46:06.880
 look like

00:46:06.880 --> 00:46:07.860
 what's the

00:46:07.860 --> 00:46:08.920
 warning signs

00:46:08.920 --> 00:46:10.080
 of hypocrisy

00:46:10.080 --> 00:46:10.940
 for you

00:46:10.940 --> 00:46:12.180
 and for me

00:46:12.180 --> 00:46:13.400
 so I want to

00:46:13.400 --> 00:46:13.960
 give you a few

00:46:13.960 --> 00:46:14.280
 of these

00:46:14.280 --> 00:46:14.980
 this morning

00:46:14.980 --> 00:46:15.900
 we'll move

00:46:15.900 --> 00:46:16.140
 through these

00:46:16.140 --> 00:46:16.740
 really quickly

00:46:16.740 --> 00:46:18.020
 the first one

00:46:18.020 --> 00:46:18.520
 is this

00:46:18.520 --> 00:46:19.800
 hypocrisy

00:46:19.800 --> 00:46:21.040
 is a lack

00:46:21.040 --> 00:46:21.940
 of confession

00:46:21.940 --> 00:46:24.080
 hypocrisy

00:46:24.080 --> 00:46:24.620
 is a lack

00:46:24.620 --> 00:46:25.240
 of confession

00:46:25.240 --> 00:46:26.580
 hypocrisy

00:46:26.580 --> 00:46:27.760
 is an unwillingness

00:46:27.760 --> 00:46:28.680
 to confess

00:46:28.680 --> 00:46:29.120
 sin

00:46:29.120 --> 00:46:30.380
 and ask

00:46:30.380 --> 00:46:30.880
 for help

00:46:30.880 --> 00:46:32.600
 hypocrisy

00:46:32.600 --> 00:46:33.080
 is you

00:46:33.080 --> 00:46:33.680
 and I

00:46:33.680 --> 00:46:34.960
 feeling

00:46:34.960 --> 00:46:35.640
 that within

00:46:35.640 --> 00:46:36.440
 ourselves

00:46:36.440 --> 00:46:36.980
 there are

00:46:36.980 --> 00:46:37.480
 areas

00:46:37.480 --> 00:46:38.100
 in our

00:46:38.100 --> 00:46:38.460
 life

00:46:38.460 --> 00:46:38.840
 which are

00:46:38.840 --> 00:46:39.160
 just

00:46:39.160 --> 00:46:39.820
 private

00:46:39.820 --> 00:46:41.360
 and they're

00:46:41.360 --> 00:46:41.780
 personal

00:46:41.780 --> 00:46:43.520
 and no one

00:46:43.520 --> 00:46:44.200
 has the right

00:46:44.200 --> 00:46:44.860
 or the authority

00:46:44.860 --> 00:46:45.580
 to step

00:46:45.580 --> 00:46:46.100
 into this

00:46:46.100 --> 00:46:47.300
 one of the

00:46:47.300 --> 00:46:47.940
 beautiful things

00:46:47.940 --> 00:46:48.560
 that I love

00:46:48.560 --> 00:46:49.060
 about our

00:46:49.060 --> 00:46:50.440
 CR program

00:46:50.440 --> 00:46:51.460
 the ministry

00:46:51.460 --> 00:46:52.080
 that's there

00:46:52.080 --> 00:46:53.120
 one of the

00:46:53.120 --> 00:46:53.940
 beautiful things

00:46:53.940 --> 00:46:54.740
 that I love

00:46:54.740 --> 00:46:55.520
 about our

00:46:55.520 --> 00:46:56.320
 small groups

00:46:56.320 --> 00:46:56.840
 and what we

00:46:56.840 --> 00:46:57.200
 have

00:46:57.200 --> 00:46:57.700
 it is

00:46:57.700 --> 00:46:58.080
 this

00:46:58.080 --> 00:46:59.080
 it's

00:46:59.080 --> 00:46:59.460
 okay

00:46:59.460 --> 00:47:00.200
 to go

00:47:00.200 --> 00:47:00.480
 there

00:47:00.480 --> 00:47:00.920
 and not

00:47:00.920 --> 00:47:01.460
 be okay

00:47:01.460 --> 00:47:03.080
 it's

00:47:03.080 --> 00:47:03.460
 okay

00:47:03.460 --> 00:47:04.200
 to go

00:47:04.200 --> 00:47:04.600
 there

00:47:04.600 --> 00:47:05.460
 and say

00:47:05.460 --> 00:47:06.180
 you know

00:47:06.180 --> 00:47:07.100
 I've never

00:47:07.100 --> 00:47:07.880
 really shared

00:47:07.880 --> 00:47:08.500
 this with

00:47:08.500 --> 00:47:09.020
 anyone

00:47:09.020 --> 00:47:10.680
 but here

00:47:10.680 --> 00:47:11.120
 we go

00:47:11.120 --> 00:47:13.860
 because we're

00:47:13.860 --> 00:47:14.420
 commanded in

00:47:14.420 --> 00:47:14.740
 scripture

00:47:14.740 --> 00:47:16.760
 God's word

00:47:16.760 --> 00:47:17.180
 tells us

00:47:17.180 --> 00:47:17.760
 that we repent

00:47:17.760 --> 00:47:18.300
 before him

00:47:18.300 --> 00:47:18.840
 but we confess

00:47:18.840 --> 00:47:19.460
 to one another

00:47:19.460 --> 00:47:20.660
 right

00:47:20.660 --> 00:47:22.920
 confession

00:47:22.920 --> 00:47:23.680
 is not

00:47:23.680 --> 00:47:24.300
 just

00:47:24.300 --> 00:47:25.720
 between us

00:47:25.720 --> 00:47:25.980
 and the

00:47:25.980 --> 00:47:26.280
 Lord

00:47:26.280 --> 00:47:27.740
 but if

00:47:27.740 --> 00:47:27.860
 you're

00:47:27.860 --> 00:47:28.060
 going to

00:47:28.060 --> 00:47:28.460
 walk

00:47:28.460 --> 00:47:28.840
 in the

00:47:28.840 --> 00:47:29.160
 fullness

00:47:29.160 --> 00:47:29.660
 of your

00:47:29.660 --> 00:47:30.240
 faith

00:47:30.240 --> 00:47:31.640
 and obedience

00:47:31.640 --> 00:47:32.540
 and growth

00:47:32.540 --> 00:47:33.340
 there's

00:47:33.340 --> 00:47:33.880
 got to be

00:47:33.880 --> 00:47:34.440
 someone that

00:47:34.440 --> 00:47:34.760
 you sit

00:47:34.760 --> 00:47:35.340
 across the

00:47:35.340 --> 00:47:36.000
 table from

00:47:36.000 --> 00:47:36.600
 that you

00:47:36.600 --> 00:47:37.160
 look at

00:47:37.160 --> 00:47:37.920
 eye to eye

00:47:37.920 --> 00:47:38.680
 and that you

00:47:38.680 --> 00:47:39.220
 can say

00:47:39.220 --> 00:47:40.060
 I'm not

00:47:40.060 --> 00:47:40.460
 okay

00:47:40.460 --> 00:47:42.140
 and that in

00:47:42.140 --> 00:47:42.600
 turn

00:47:42.600 --> 00:47:43.720
 they can do

00:47:43.720 --> 00:47:44.320
 the exact

00:47:44.320 --> 00:47:44.940
 same thing

00:47:44.940 --> 00:47:46.540
 so hypocrisy

00:47:46.540 --> 00:47:47.520
 is a lack

00:47:47.520 --> 00:47:48.260
 of confession

00:47:48.260 --> 00:47:48.980
 the second

00:47:48.980 --> 00:47:49.340
 thing

00:47:49.340 --> 00:47:50.320
 hypocrisy

00:47:50.320 --> 00:47:51.880
 is man-made

00:47:51.880 --> 00:47:52.500
 standards

00:47:52.500 --> 00:47:54.080
 man-made

00:47:54.080 --> 00:47:54.580
 standards

00:47:54.580 --> 00:47:55.740
 hypocrisy

00:47:55.740 --> 00:47:56.240
 is saying

00:47:56.240 --> 00:47:56.820
 man-made

00:47:56.820 --> 00:47:57.240
 rules

00:47:57.240 --> 00:47:58.160
 that become

00:47:58.160 --> 00:47:58.880
 the standard

00:47:58.880 --> 00:47:59.900
 for others

00:47:59.900 --> 00:48:00.620
 holiness

00:48:00.620 --> 00:48:02.280
 now remember

00:48:02.280 --> 00:48:02.760
 what we talked

00:48:02.760 --> 00:48:03.100
 about the

00:48:03.100 --> 00:48:03.640
 standard is

00:48:03.640 --> 00:48:04.100
 the bar

00:48:04.100 --> 00:48:05.460
 I can't

00:48:05.460 --> 00:48:06.000
 clear it

00:48:06.000 --> 00:48:07.460
 but for you

00:48:07.460 --> 00:48:08.920
 that's the

00:48:08.920 --> 00:48:09.380
 standard

00:48:09.380 --> 00:48:10.800
 I'm going to

00:48:10.800 --> 00:48:11.280
 tell you I

00:48:11.280 --> 00:48:11.820
 clear it

00:48:11.820 --> 00:48:12.940
 you go clear

00:48:12.940 --> 00:48:13.500
 it as well

00:48:13.500 --> 00:48:15.560
 and the dangers

00:48:15.560 --> 00:48:16.760
 and the pitfalls

00:48:16.760 --> 00:48:17.440
 of religion

00:48:17.440 --> 00:48:18.220
 that we find

00:48:18.220 --> 00:48:19.760
 and in that

00:48:19.760 --> 00:48:20.440
 it causes us

00:48:20.440 --> 00:48:21.000
 to completely

00:48:21.000 --> 00:48:21.400
 miss

00:48:21.400 --> 00:48:22.080
 who Jesus

00:48:22.080 --> 00:48:22.620
 is

00:48:22.620 --> 00:48:23.500
 it's a

00:48:23.500 --> 00:48:23.900
 man-made

00:48:23.900 --> 00:48:24.420
 standard

00:48:24.420 --> 00:48:24.840
 that you

00:48:24.840 --> 00:48:25.120
 would have

00:48:25.120 --> 00:48:25.960
 to wash

00:48:25.960 --> 00:48:26.540
 yourself

00:48:26.540 --> 00:48:27.480
 before you

00:48:27.480 --> 00:48:27.980
 could sit

00:48:27.980 --> 00:48:28.840
 at the table

00:48:28.840 --> 00:48:29.160
 with the

00:48:29.160 --> 00:48:29.700
 Pharisee

00:48:29.700 --> 00:48:31.440
 and in doing

00:48:31.440 --> 00:48:31.980
 that the

00:48:31.980 --> 00:48:32.820
 Pharisee missed

00:48:32.820 --> 00:48:33.820
 who Jesus

00:48:33.820 --> 00:48:34.280
 was

00:48:34.280 --> 00:48:35.600
 the third

00:48:35.600 --> 00:48:36.060
 thing

00:48:36.060 --> 00:48:37.340
 for hypocrisy

00:48:37.340 --> 00:48:38.600
 hypocrisy

00:48:38.600 --> 00:48:39.400
 is comfort

00:48:39.400 --> 00:48:40.180
 with sin

00:48:40.180 --> 00:48:42.560
 now hypocrisy

00:48:42.560 --> 00:48:43.660
 externally

00:48:43.660 --> 00:48:44.860
 hates sin

00:48:44.860 --> 00:48:46.840
 hypocrisy

00:48:46.840 --> 00:48:47.980
 externally

00:48:47.980 --> 00:48:49.640
 really hates

00:48:49.640 --> 00:48:50.440
 the sins

00:48:50.440 --> 00:48:50.780
 of other

00:48:50.780 --> 00:48:51.100
 people

00:48:51.100 --> 00:48:53.180
 when we're

00:48:53.180 --> 00:48:53.880
 falling into

00:48:53.880 --> 00:48:54.620
 a good line

00:48:54.620 --> 00:48:55.120
 of being

00:48:55.120 --> 00:48:55.720
 a hypocrite

00:48:55.720 --> 00:48:57.020
 it ain't

00:48:57.020 --> 00:48:58.200
 hard for us

00:48:58.200 --> 00:48:58.480
 to be able

00:48:58.480 --> 00:48:59.100
 to point out

00:48:59.100 --> 00:49:00.340
 the shortcomings

00:49:00.340 --> 00:49:01.040
 and failings

00:49:01.040 --> 00:49:01.560
 of those

00:49:01.560 --> 00:49:02.440
 around us

00:49:02.440 --> 00:49:04.840
 but when

00:49:04.840 --> 00:49:05.580
 we're a hypocrite

00:49:05.580 --> 00:49:07.140
 we become

00:49:07.140 --> 00:49:07.740
 comfortable

00:49:07.740 --> 00:49:08.820
 with our

00:49:08.820 --> 00:49:09.380
 own sin

00:49:09.380 --> 00:49:11.760
 for a hypocrite

00:49:11.760 --> 00:49:13.520
 sin is okay

00:49:13.520 --> 00:49:14.200
 as long as

00:49:14.200 --> 00:49:14.960
 it's private

00:49:14.960 --> 00:49:16.480
 as long as

00:49:16.480 --> 00:49:17.200
 no one knows

00:49:17.200 --> 00:49:17.840
 about them

00:49:17.840 --> 00:49:19.120
 as long as

00:49:19.120 --> 00:49:19.700
 we don't have

00:49:19.700 --> 00:49:20.260
 to be

00:49:20.260 --> 00:49:21.040
 outed

00:49:21.040 --> 00:49:22.200
 for them

00:49:22.200 --> 00:49:24.180
 a line

00:49:24.180 --> 00:49:24.840
 that a hypocrite

00:49:24.840 --> 00:49:25.720
 likes to make

00:49:25.720 --> 00:49:26.820
 when confronted

00:49:26.820 --> 00:49:27.680
 with their sin

00:49:27.680 --> 00:49:29.960
 is who made

00:49:29.960 --> 00:49:30.440
 you God

00:49:30.440 --> 00:49:31.420
 don't judge

00:49:31.420 --> 00:49:31.980
 me

00:49:31.980 --> 00:49:33.220
 right

00:49:33.220 --> 00:49:34.580
 and here's

00:49:34.580 --> 00:49:35.160
 the difference

00:49:35.160 --> 00:49:37.180
 in love

00:49:37.180 --> 00:49:38.220
 when a

00:49:38.220 --> 00:49:38.620
 Christian

00:49:38.620 --> 00:49:39.240
 confronts

00:49:39.240 --> 00:49:39.780
 the sin

00:49:39.780 --> 00:49:40.560
 of another

00:49:40.560 --> 00:49:41.040
 Christian

00:49:41.040 --> 00:49:42.120
 they're not

00:49:42.120 --> 00:49:42.660
 practicing

00:49:42.660 --> 00:49:43.180
 judgment

00:49:43.180 --> 00:49:43.900
 they're practicing

00:49:43.900 --> 00:49:44.340
 vision

00:49:44.340 --> 00:49:46.460
 this is what

00:49:46.460 --> 00:49:47.160
 I see

00:49:47.160 --> 00:49:49.460
 this is what

00:49:49.460 --> 00:49:50.000
 I know

00:49:50.000 --> 00:49:51.980
 this is where

00:49:51.980 --> 00:49:52.520
 you are

00:49:52.520 --> 00:49:54.160
 come with

00:49:54.160 --> 00:49:54.660
 me

00:49:54.660 --> 00:49:55.700
 you know

00:49:55.700 --> 00:49:56.120
 we're told

00:49:56.120 --> 00:49:56.680
 in scripture

00:49:56.680 --> 00:49:57.760
 right

00:49:57.760 --> 00:49:58.760
 that we're

00:49:58.760 --> 00:49:59.640
 to look

00:49:59.640 --> 00:50:00.800
 engage

00:50:00.800 --> 00:50:01.680
 each other

00:50:01.680 --> 00:50:02.680
 by fruit

00:50:02.680 --> 00:50:03.680
 right

00:50:03.680 --> 00:50:05.220
 so God's

00:50:05.220 --> 00:50:06.120
 word calls

00:50:06.120 --> 00:50:06.840
 us to

00:50:06.840 --> 00:50:07.440
 confrontation

00:50:07.440 --> 00:50:08.780
 God's word

00:50:08.780 --> 00:50:09.500
 calls us

00:50:09.500 --> 00:50:09.920
 to say

00:50:09.920 --> 00:50:10.940
 now you say

00:50:10.940 --> 00:50:11.960
 that that's

00:50:11.960 --> 00:50:12.340
 an apple

00:50:12.340 --> 00:50:13.840
 but I

00:50:13.840 --> 00:50:14.400
 know fruit

00:50:14.400 --> 00:50:15.800
 and that

00:50:15.800 --> 00:50:16.100
 ain't an

00:50:16.100 --> 00:50:16.360
 apple

00:50:16.360 --> 00:50:17.940
 and I

00:50:17.940 --> 00:50:18.380
 love you

00:50:18.380 --> 00:50:18.980
 too much

00:50:18.980 --> 00:50:20.300
 to pretend

00:50:20.300 --> 00:50:21.340
 that it's

00:50:21.340 --> 00:50:21.840
 not there

00:50:21.840 --> 00:50:23.160
 right

00:50:23.160 --> 00:50:25.580
 hypocrisy

00:50:25.580 --> 00:50:27.400
 loves

00:50:27.400 --> 00:50:28.660
 false

00:50:28.660 --> 00:50:29.540
 holiness

00:50:29.540 --> 00:50:30.960
 right

00:50:30.960 --> 00:50:32.160
 when we

00:50:32.160 --> 00:50:32.760
 pretend

00:50:32.760 --> 00:50:34.200
 to be

00:50:34.200 --> 00:50:35.520
 more holy

00:50:35.520 --> 00:50:36.200
 than we

00:50:36.200 --> 00:50:36.500
 are

00:50:36.500 --> 00:50:37.960
 when we

00:50:37.960 --> 00:50:38.580
 pretend

00:50:38.580 --> 00:50:39.580
 to have

00:50:39.580 --> 00:50:40.200
 everything

00:50:40.200 --> 00:50:41.100
 put together

00:50:41.100 --> 00:50:42.480
 when we're

00:50:42.480 --> 00:50:43.220
 not

00:50:43.220 --> 00:50:43.980
 willing

00:50:43.980 --> 00:50:45.140
 to let

00:50:45.140 --> 00:50:46.040
 our guard

00:50:46.040 --> 00:50:46.680
 down

00:50:46.680 --> 00:50:47.980
 here's

00:50:47.980 --> 00:50:48.300
 I want to

00:50:48.300 --> 00:50:48.900
 close with

00:50:48.900 --> 00:50:51.360
 but what's

00:50:51.360 --> 00:50:51.840
 the big deal

00:50:51.840 --> 00:50:53.540
 why does

00:50:53.540 --> 00:50:54.120
 it matter

00:50:54.120 --> 00:50:55.720
 why can't

00:50:55.720 --> 00:50:56.100
 I just

00:50:56.100 --> 00:50:56.880
 have my

00:50:56.880 --> 00:50:57.560
 secrets

00:50:57.560 --> 00:50:59.100
 why can't

00:50:59.100 --> 00:50:59.420
 I just

00:50:59.420 --> 00:50:59.800
 have my

00:50:59.800 --> 00:51:00.300
 stuff

00:51:00.300 --> 00:51:01.120
 they're

00:51:01.120 --> 00:51:01.680
 personal

00:51:01.680 --> 00:51:02.420
 I have

00:51:02.420 --> 00:51:02.960
 my rights

00:51:02.960 --> 00:51:03.420
 to those

00:51:03.420 --> 00:51:04.000
 no you

00:51:04.000 --> 00:51:04.260
 don't

00:51:04.260 --> 00:51:04.620
 for either

00:51:04.620 --> 00:51:04.980
 one of

00:51:04.980 --> 00:51:05.140
 them

00:51:05.140 --> 00:51:07.200
 but Jesus

00:51:07.200 --> 00:51:07.900
 tells us

00:51:07.900 --> 00:51:09.520
 the danger

00:51:09.520 --> 00:51:10.880
 of hypocrisy

00:51:10.880 --> 00:51:11.940
 is this

00:51:11.940 --> 00:51:13.060
 God knows

00:51:13.060 --> 00:51:14.880
 God knows

00:51:14.880 --> 00:51:17.360
 our hypocrisy

00:51:17.360 --> 00:51:18.300
 is our

00:51:18.300 --> 00:51:18.760
 worst

00:51:18.760 --> 00:51:19.260
 kept

00:51:19.260 --> 00:51:19.880
 secret

00:51:19.880 --> 00:51:21.640
 if we're

00:51:21.640 --> 00:51:22.300
 not careful

00:51:22.300 --> 00:51:24.000
 there are

00:51:24.000 --> 00:51:24.500
 things you

00:51:24.500 --> 00:51:24.760
 and I

00:51:24.760 --> 00:51:25.040
 will take

00:51:25.040 --> 00:51:25.260
 to the

00:51:25.260 --> 00:51:25.640
 grave

00:51:25.640 --> 00:51:27.780
 that we've

00:51:27.780 --> 00:51:28.220
 hidden from

00:51:28.220 --> 00:51:28.960
 our spouse

00:51:28.960 --> 00:51:30.520
 that we've

00:51:30.520 --> 00:51:30.860
 hidden from

00:51:30.860 --> 00:51:31.440
 our parents

00:51:31.440 --> 00:51:31.760
 that we've

00:51:31.760 --> 00:51:32.180
 hidden from

00:51:32.180 --> 00:51:33.000
 our kids

00:51:33.000 --> 00:51:33.720
 our friends

00:51:33.720 --> 00:51:34.300
 our loved

00:51:34.300 --> 00:51:34.640
 ones

00:51:34.640 --> 00:51:35.380
 our church

00:51:35.380 --> 00:51:35.860
 family

00:51:35.860 --> 00:51:37.580
 we've got

00:51:37.580 --> 00:51:38.260
 secrets that

00:51:38.260 --> 00:51:38.620
 we can

00:51:38.620 --> 00:51:39.360
 take to

00:51:39.360 --> 00:51:39.840
 the grave

00:51:39.840 --> 00:51:40.800
 with us

00:51:40.800 --> 00:51:42.080
 but here's

00:51:42.080 --> 00:51:42.400
 the thing

00:51:42.400 --> 00:51:42.920
 after the

00:51:42.920 --> 00:51:43.520
 grave

00:51:43.520 --> 00:51:44.180
 they're

00:51:44.180 --> 00:51:44.740
 exposed

00:51:44.740 --> 00:51:45.760
 the Bible

00:51:45.760 --> 00:51:46.180
 tells us

00:51:46.180 --> 00:51:46.700
 in Revelation

00:51:46.700 --> 00:51:47.180
 that the

00:51:47.180 --> 00:51:47.440
 righteous

00:51:47.440 --> 00:51:47.780
 and the

00:51:47.780 --> 00:51:48.200
 unrighteous

00:51:48.200 --> 00:51:48.580
 will both

00:51:48.580 --> 00:51:49.060
 be judged

00:51:49.060 --> 00:51:50.820
 we will

00:51:50.820 --> 00:51:51.340
 stand

00:51:51.340 --> 00:51:52.800
 before

00:51:52.800 --> 00:51:53.760
 God

00:51:53.760 --> 00:51:55.900
 and in

00:51:55.900 --> 00:51:56.440
 Luke 12

00:51:56.440 --> 00:51:57.020
 verse 2

00:51:57.020 --> 00:51:57.400
 here's what

00:51:57.400 --> 00:51:58.100
 Jesus says

00:51:58.100 --> 00:52:00.740
 nothing is

00:52:00.740 --> 00:52:01.600
 covered up

00:52:01.600 --> 00:52:02.560
 that will

00:52:02.560 --> 00:52:03.040
 not be

00:52:03.040 --> 00:52:03.580
 revealed

00:52:03.580 --> 00:52:05.140
 or hidden

00:52:05.140 --> 00:52:06.020
 that will

00:52:06.020 --> 00:52:06.420
 not be

00:52:06.420 --> 00:52:06.900
 known

00:52:06.900 --> 00:52:07.940
 therefore

00:52:07.940 --> 00:52:08.720
 whatever you

00:52:08.720 --> 00:52:09.320
 have said

00:52:09.320 --> 00:52:10.180
 in the dark

00:52:10.180 --> 00:52:10.620
 shall be

00:52:10.620 --> 00:52:11.360
 heard in

00:52:11.360 --> 00:52:11.920
 the light

00:52:11.920 --> 00:52:12.660
 and what

00:52:12.660 --> 00:52:13.020
 you have

00:52:13.020 --> 00:52:13.660
 whispered in

00:52:13.660 --> 00:52:14.600
 private rooms

00:52:14.600 --> 00:52:15.340
 shall be

00:52:15.340 --> 00:52:15.920
 proclaimed

00:52:15.920 --> 00:52:17.400
 on the

00:52:17.400 --> 00:52:18.020
 housetops

00:52:18.020 --> 00:52:19.340
 right

00:52:19.340 --> 00:52:20.880
 Jesus isn't

00:52:20.880 --> 00:52:21.440
 talking about

00:52:21.440 --> 00:52:22.020
 calling someone

00:52:22.020 --> 00:52:22.400
 out on

00:52:22.400 --> 00:52:23.240
 social media

00:52:23.240 --> 00:52:23.620
 right

00:52:23.620 --> 00:52:24.400
 posting

00:52:24.400 --> 00:52:24.760
 some nice

00:52:24.760 --> 00:52:25.160
 stuff

00:52:25.160 --> 00:52:26.300
 Jesus

00:52:26.300 --> 00:52:26.580
 is talking

00:52:26.580 --> 00:52:26.760
 about

00:52:26.760 --> 00:52:27.400
 gossiping

00:52:27.400 --> 00:52:28.340
 when we

00:52:28.340 --> 00:52:28.820
 find out

00:52:28.820 --> 00:52:29.000
 this

00:52:29.000 --> 00:52:29.440
 information

00:52:29.440 --> 00:52:29.660
 about

00:52:29.660 --> 00:52:29.940
 people

00:52:29.940 --> 00:52:30.180
 and then

00:52:30.180 --> 00:52:30.580
 making sure

00:52:30.580 --> 00:52:31.100
 that others

00:52:31.100 --> 00:52:31.960
 know under

00:52:31.960 --> 00:52:32.460
 the guise

00:52:32.460 --> 00:52:32.820
 of prayer

00:52:32.820 --> 00:52:33.240
 requests

00:52:33.240 --> 00:52:33.440
 right

00:52:33.440 --> 00:52:34.280
 that's not

00:52:34.280 --> 00:52:34.640
 what Jesus

00:52:34.640 --> 00:52:35.040
 is talking

00:52:35.040 --> 00:52:35.320
 about

00:52:35.320 --> 00:52:36.100
 what Jesus

00:52:36.100 --> 00:52:36.480
 is talking

00:52:36.480 --> 00:52:36.700
 about

00:52:36.700 --> 00:52:37.120
 is this

00:52:37.120 --> 00:52:37.760
 you got

00:52:37.760 --> 00:52:38.180
 things that

00:52:38.180 --> 00:52:38.440
 you want

00:52:38.440 --> 00:52:38.660
 to take

00:52:38.660 --> 00:52:38.920
 to the

00:52:38.920 --> 00:52:39.320
 grave

00:52:39.320 --> 00:52:39.840
 well here's

00:52:39.840 --> 00:52:40.060
 what you

00:52:40.060 --> 00:52:40.360
 got to

00:52:40.360 --> 00:52:41.020
 understand

00:52:41.020 --> 00:52:41.720
 when you

00:52:41.720 --> 00:52:42.240
 stand

00:52:42.240 --> 00:52:43.140
 before

00:52:43.140 --> 00:52:44.060
 God

00:52:44.060 --> 00:52:44.780
 what was

00:52:44.780 --> 00:52:45.500
 in dark

00:52:45.500 --> 00:52:46.740
 is going

00:52:46.740 --> 00:52:46.860
 to be

00:52:46.860 --> 00:52:47.140
 brought up

00:52:47.140 --> 00:52:47.640
 to light

00:52:47.640 --> 00:52:49.700
 right

00:52:49.700 --> 00:52:50.560
 what was

00:52:50.560 --> 00:52:51.000
 whispered

00:52:51.000 --> 00:52:51.180
 in the

00:52:51.180 --> 00:52:51.800
 privacy

00:52:51.800 --> 00:52:53.060
 of a

00:52:53.060 --> 00:52:53.460
 room

00:52:53.460 --> 00:52:54.900
 is going

00:52:54.900 --> 00:52:55.060
 to be

00:52:55.060 --> 00:52:55.340
 shouted

00:52:55.340 --> 00:52:55.700
 from the

00:52:55.700 --> 00:52:56.200
 rooftops

00:52:56.200 --> 00:52:58.000
 so how

00:52:58.000 --> 00:52:58.240
 do we

00:52:58.240 --> 00:52:58.740
 avoid

00:52:58.740 --> 00:52:59.880
 how do

00:52:59.880 --> 00:53:00.300
 we not

00:53:00.300 --> 00:53:00.680
 walk

00:53:00.680 --> 00:53:00.920
 through

00:53:00.920 --> 00:53:01.300
 that

00:53:01.300 --> 00:53:02.400
 well we

00:53:02.400 --> 00:53:02.640
 walk

00:53:02.640 --> 00:53:02.800
 through

00:53:02.800 --> 00:53:03.120
 just by

00:53:03.120 --> 00:53:03.500
 Jesus

00:53:03.500 --> 00:53:03.940
 what he

00:53:03.940 --> 00:53:04.240
 said

00:53:04.240 --> 00:53:06.120
 beware

00:53:06.120 --> 00:53:06.660
 of the

00:53:06.660 --> 00:53:07.120
 leaven

00:53:07.120 --> 00:53:08.040
 of the

00:53:08.040 --> 00:53:08.600
 Pharisee

00:53:08.600 --> 00:53:09.960
 don't

00:53:09.960 --> 00:53:10.400
 bring that

00:53:10.400 --> 00:53:10.680
 in

00:53:10.680 --> 00:53:12.160
 and here's

00:53:12.160 --> 00:53:12.340
 what I

00:53:12.340 --> 00:53:12.680
 tell you

00:53:12.680 --> 00:53:12.960
 we'll

00:53:12.960 --> 00:53:13.660
 wrap up

00:53:13.660 --> 00:53:14.120
 with this

00:53:14.120 --> 00:53:16.260
 this morning

00:53:16.260 --> 00:53:17.040
 what I want

00:53:17.040 --> 00:53:17.500
 you to take

00:53:17.500 --> 00:53:17.920
 away is

00:53:17.920 --> 00:53:18.180
 this

00:53:18.180 --> 00:53:19.500
 there's

00:53:19.500 --> 00:53:19.920
 freedom

00:53:19.920 --> 00:53:21.120
 in that

00:53:21.120 --> 00:53:21.520
 God

00:53:21.520 --> 00:53:22.540
 knows

00:53:22.540 --> 00:53:24.020
 God

00:53:24.020 --> 00:53:24.420
 knows

00:53:24.420 --> 00:53:26.340
 you know

00:53:26.340 --> 00:53:26.520
 why you

00:53:26.520 --> 00:53:26.680
 don't

00:53:26.680 --> 00:53:27.040
 confess

00:53:27.040 --> 00:53:27.340
 anything

00:53:27.340 --> 00:53:27.800
 to God

00:53:27.800 --> 00:53:29.500
 because

00:53:29.500 --> 00:53:29.800
 he already

00:53:29.800 --> 00:53:30.140
 knows

00:53:30.140 --> 00:53:31.420
 that's

00:53:31.420 --> 00:53:31.620
 why we

00:53:31.620 --> 00:53:31.980
 repent

00:53:31.980 --> 00:53:33.140
 to God

00:53:33.140 --> 00:53:34.620
 repenting

00:53:34.620 --> 00:53:34.900
 is saying

00:53:34.900 --> 00:53:35.500
 I'm sorry

00:53:35.500 --> 00:53:37.340
 confession

00:53:37.340 --> 00:53:37.840
 is declaring

00:53:37.840 --> 00:53:38.180
 what we've

00:53:38.180 --> 00:53:38.480
 done

00:53:38.480 --> 00:53:40.200
 we repent

00:53:40.200 --> 00:53:40.580
 to God

00:53:40.580 --> 00:53:40.900
 because

00:53:40.900 --> 00:53:41.860
 God

00:53:41.860 --> 00:53:42.260
 knows

00:53:42.260 --> 00:53:43.120
 and what

00:53:43.120 --> 00:53:43.460
 does God

00:53:43.460 --> 00:53:43.980
 do every

00:53:43.980 --> 00:53:44.640
 single

00:53:44.640 --> 00:53:45.200
 time

00:53:45.200 --> 00:53:46.760
 he brings

00:53:46.760 --> 00:53:47.560
 in

00:53:47.560 --> 00:53:48.380
 grace

00:53:48.380 --> 00:53:49.560
 he brings

00:53:49.560 --> 00:53:50.300
 in

00:53:50.300 --> 00:53:51.080
 forgiveness

00:53:51.240 --> 00:53:52.220
 he brings

00:53:52.220 --> 00:53:53.080
 in

00:53:53.080 --> 00:53:53.920
 freedom

00:53:53.920 --> 00:53:55.240
 and that's

00:53:55.240 --> 00:53:55.500
 what it

00:53:55.500 --> 00:53:55.980
 looks like

00:53:55.980 --> 00:53:58.280
 not being

00:53:58.280 --> 00:53:58.980
 a hypocrite

00:53:58.980 --> 00:54:00.960
 right

00:54:00.960 --> 00:54:02.660
 is found

00:54:02.660 --> 00:54:03.020
 when we

00:54:03.020 --> 00:54:03.660
 accept

00:54:03.660 --> 00:54:05.400
 the grace

00:54:05.400 --> 00:54:06.500
 of God

00:54:06.500 --> 00:54:07.460
 that God

00:54:07.460 --> 00:54:08.220
 gives us

00:54:08.220 --> 00:54:09.380
 I'm gonna pray

00:54:09.380 --> 00:54:09.980
 in just a

00:54:09.980 --> 00:54:10.240
 moment

00:54:10.240 --> 00:54:11.580
 but here's

00:54:11.580 --> 00:54:11.720
 what I

00:54:11.720 --> 00:54:11.920
 want to

00:54:11.920 --> 00:54:12.140
 say

00:54:12.140 --> 00:54:13.080
 Mark

00:54:13.080 --> 00:54:13.680
 and Jennifer

00:54:13.680 --> 00:54:14.320
 Babb

00:54:14.320 --> 00:54:14.780
 are here

00:54:14.780 --> 00:54:15.020
 and they

00:54:15.020 --> 00:54:15.360
 lead our

00:54:15.360 --> 00:54:15.700
 CR

00:54:15.700 --> 00:54:16.280
 ministry

00:54:16.280 --> 00:54:19.180
 some of

00:54:19.180 --> 00:54:19.680
 you guys

00:54:19.680 --> 00:54:20.220
 right now

00:54:20.220 --> 00:54:20.580
 2020

00:54:20.580 --> 00:54:20.880
 has been

00:54:20.880 --> 00:54:21.200
 a tough

00:54:21.200 --> 00:54:21.420
 year

00:54:21.420 --> 00:54:21.640
 it's been

00:54:21.640 --> 00:54:22.160
 a hard

00:54:22.160 --> 00:54:22.440
 year

00:54:22.440 --> 00:54:22.640
 it's been

00:54:22.640 --> 00:54:23.200
 a long

00:54:23.200 --> 00:54:23.640
 year

00:54:23.640 --> 00:54:24.420
 all right

00:54:24.420 --> 00:54:25.960
 and in

00:54:25.960 --> 00:54:26.780
 this year

00:54:26.780 --> 00:54:27.840
 you've been

00:54:27.840 --> 00:54:28.420
 taking some

00:54:28.420 --> 00:54:28.640
 of the

00:54:28.640 --> 00:54:29.400
 things in

00:54:29.400 --> 00:54:30.140
 your life

00:54:30.140 --> 00:54:31.300
 and you've

00:54:31.300 --> 00:54:31.680
 been hiding

00:54:31.680 --> 00:54:32.180
 them here

00:54:32.180 --> 00:54:32.920
 and hiding

00:54:32.920 --> 00:54:33.380
 them here

00:54:33.380 --> 00:54:34.040
 and hiding

00:54:34.040 --> 00:54:34.500
 them here

00:54:34.500 --> 00:54:35.100
 and hiding

00:54:35.100 --> 00:54:35.500
 them here

00:54:35.500 --> 00:54:36.560
 and what

00:54:36.560 --> 00:54:36.960
 you're doing

00:54:36.960 --> 00:54:37.500
 every single

00:54:37.500 --> 00:54:38.020
 time that you

00:54:38.020 --> 00:54:38.320
 do that

00:54:38.320 --> 00:54:38.640
 is you're

00:54:38.640 --> 00:54:39.060
 connecting

00:54:39.060 --> 00:54:39.880
 another weight

00:54:39.880 --> 00:54:40.820
 of sin

00:54:40.820 --> 00:54:41.740
 and struggle

00:54:41.740 --> 00:54:42.700
 onto you

00:54:42.700 --> 00:54:43.400
 that builds

00:54:43.400 --> 00:54:43.960
 you down

00:54:43.960 --> 00:54:44.680
 and builds

00:54:44.680 --> 00:54:44.960
 a layer

00:54:44.960 --> 00:54:45.520
 of destruction

00:54:45.520 --> 00:54:46.000
 around your

00:54:46.000 --> 00:54:46.360
 life

00:54:46.360 --> 00:54:47.500
 you know

00:54:47.500 --> 00:54:48.040
 with CR

00:54:48.040 --> 00:54:48.400
 with our

00:54:48.400 --> 00:54:48.700
 celebrate

00:54:48.700 --> 00:54:49.140
 recovery

00:54:49.140 --> 00:54:49.480
 with our

00:54:49.480 --> 00:54:50.180
 small groups

00:54:50.180 --> 00:54:50.460
 with the

00:54:50.460 --> 00:54:51.000
 different ones

00:54:51.000 --> 00:54:51.540
 that we

00:54:51.540 --> 00:54:51.960
 have meeting

00:54:51.960 --> 00:54:52.360
 one of the

00:54:52.360 --> 00:54:52.940
 greatest things

00:54:52.940 --> 00:54:53.320
 that we can

00:54:53.320 --> 00:54:53.800
 give you

00:54:53.800 --> 00:54:54.860
 an opportunity

00:54:54.860 --> 00:54:55.560
 to do

00:54:55.560 --> 00:54:56.380
 right

00:54:56.380 --> 00:54:57.600
 is find the

00:54:57.600 --> 00:54:58.080
 freedom in

00:54:58.080 --> 00:54:58.500
 confession

00:54:58.500 --> 00:54:59.900
 the freedom

00:54:59.900 --> 00:55:00.580
 in a safe

00:55:00.580 --> 00:55:01.600
 place to share

00:55:01.600 --> 00:55:02.540
 your hurts

00:55:02.540 --> 00:55:03.400
 your habits

00:55:03.400 --> 00:55:04.340
 your hangups

00:55:04.340 --> 00:55:05.380
 your struggles

00:55:05.380 --> 00:55:05.860
 right

00:55:05.860 --> 00:55:07.380
 so that we

00:55:07.380 --> 00:55:07.900
 can find the

00:55:07.900 --> 00:55:08.320
 freedom

00:55:08.320 --> 00:55:09.360
 that God

00:55:09.360 --> 00:55:10.060
 has for us

00:55:10.060 --> 00:55:10.960
 and live

00:55:10.960 --> 00:55:12.560
 in that

00:55:12.560 --> 00:55:13.500
 so Mark

00:55:13.500 --> 00:55:13.760
 and Jennifer

00:55:13.760 --> 00:55:14.060
 if y'all

00:55:14.060 --> 00:55:14.540
 wouldn't mind

00:55:14.540 --> 00:55:14.940
 after the

00:55:14.940 --> 00:55:15.400
 service is

00:55:15.400 --> 00:55:15.760
 over with

00:55:15.760 --> 00:55:16.020
 if y'all

00:55:16.020 --> 00:55:16.460
 might hand

00:55:16.460 --> 00:55:16.820
 back in

00:55:16.820 --> 00:55:17.160
 the back

00:55:17.160 --> 00:55:17.540
 with me

00:55:17.540 --> 00:55:17.740
 and if

00:55:17.740 --> 00:55:18.020
 anybody

00:55:18.020 --> 00:55:18.700
 has any

00:55:18.700 --> 00:55:19.080
 information

00:55:19.080 --> 00:55:19.740
 about CR

00:55:19.740 --> 00:55:20.500
 Pastor Dave

00:55:20.500 --> 00:55:20.980
 will be there

00:55:20.980 --> 00:55:21.420
 as well

00:55:21.420 --> 00:55:21.940
 if we've

00:55:21.940 --> 00:55:22.500
 got information

00:55:22.500 --> 00:55:23.140
 about small

00:55:23.140 --> 00:55:23.760
 groups to try

00:55:23.760 --> 00:55:24.180
 to connect

00:55:24.180 --> 00:55:24.720
 you with

00:55:24.720 --> 00:55:25.380
 because we

00:55:25.380 --> 00:55:25.820
 want you to

00:55:25.820 --> 00:55:26.300
 walk in

00:55:26.300 --> 00:55:26.700
 what God

00:55:26.700 --> 00:55:27.020
 has given

00:55:27.020 --> 00:55:27.220
 you

00:55:27.220 --> 00:55:27.760
 let's pray

00:55:27.760 --> 00:55:30.320
 Lord we

00:55:30.320 --> 00:55:30.900
 thank you so

00:55:30.900 --> 00:55:31.500
 much for this

00:55:31.500 --> 00:55:32.160
 time and this

00:55:32.160 --> 00:55:32.980
 opportunity that

00:55:32.980 --> 00:55:33.420
 we could be

00:55:33.420 --> 00:55:33.720
 here

00:55:33.720 --> 00:55:35.080
 Lord I

00:55:35.080 --> 00:55:35.520
 thank you for

00:55:35.520 --> 00:55:36.120
 the grace

00:55:36.120 --> 00:55:37.140
 extended to me

00:55:37.140 --> 00:55:37.660
 by our church

00:55:37.660 --> 00:55:38.560
 family as I've

00:55:38.560 --> 00:55:39.240
 gone a little

00:55:39.240 --> 00:55:39.840
 over this

00:55:39.840 --> 00:55:40.200
 morning

00:55:40.200 --> 00:55:42.280
 but I just

00:55:42.280 --> 00:55:42.740
 Lord I think

00:55:42.740 --> 00:55:43.460
 it's so important

00:55:43.460 --> 00:55:44.040
 for us to be

00:55:44.040 --> 00:55:44.380
 able to see

00:55:44.380 --> 00:55:44.920
 what you've

00:55:44.920 --> 00:55:45.340
 done

00:55:45.340 --> 00:55:46.640
 Lord where

00:55:46.640 --> 00:55:47.320
 you've worked

00:55:47.320 --> 00:55:47.900
 where you've

00:55:47.900 --> 00:55:48.400
 moved

00:55:48.400 --> 00:55:49.900
 Lord in a

00:55:49.900 --> 00:55:50.580
 culture of

00:55:50.580 --> 00:55:51.200
 negativity

00:55:51.200 --> 00:55:53.820
 in a culture

00:55:53.820 --> 00:55:54.580
 of being a

00:55:54.580 --> 00:55:55.200
 skeptic

00:55:55.200 --> 00:55:57.280
 in a culture

00:55:57.280 --> 00:55:58.420
 of conspiracy

00:55:58.420 --> 00:56:00.420
 Lord can we

00:56:00.420 --> 00:56:01.140
 be reminded

00:56:01.140 --> 00:56:02.020
 of the grace

00:56:02.020 --> 00:56:02.660
 of the goodness

00:56:02.660 --> 00:56:03.500
 of God

00:56:03.500 --> 00:56:05.060
 which covers

00:56:05.060 --> 00:56:05.580
 all of

00:56:05.580 --> 00:56:05.920
 these

00:56:05.920 --> 00:56:09.040
 Lord and

00:56:09.040 --> 00:56:09.460
 you've done

00:56:09.460 --> 00:56:09.840
 that

00:56:09.840 --> 00:56:11.600
 Lord and

00:56:11.600 --> 00:56:12.420
 now as

00:56:12.420 --> 00:56:13.340
 we're here

00:56:13.340 --> 00:56:16.340
 my fear

00:56:16.340 --> 00:56:16.860
 Lord

00:56:16.860 --> 00:56:18.820
 the burden

00:56:18.820 --> 00:56:19.680
 of my heart

00:56:19.680 --> 00:56:21.300
 is that there's

00:56:21.300 --> 00:56:22.740
 so many of us

00:56:22.740 --> 00:56:23.420
 who've walked

00:56:23.420 --> 00:56:24.320
 in here with

00:56:24.320 --> 00:56:24.980
 a facade

00:56:24.980 --> 00:56:25.900
 that everything's

00:56:25.900 --> 00:56:26.240
 okay

00:56:26.240 --> 00:56:27.660
 that everything's

00:56:27.660 --> 00:56:28.080
 good

00:56:28.080 --> 00:56:29.060
 that I'm

00:56:29.060 --> 00:56:30.060
 exactly who I

00:56:30.060 --> 00:56:30.640
 need to be

00:56:30.640 --> 00:56:31.300
 and where I

00:56:31.300 --> 00:56:32.060
 need to be

00:56:32.060 --> 00:56:34.080
 Lord

00:56:34.080 --> 00:56:35.740
 it's just not

00:56:35.740 --> 00:56:36.180
 true

00:56:36.180 --> 00:56:40.180
 and that deceit

00:56:40.180 --> 00:56:41.360
 that is in us

00:56:41.360 --> 00:56:43.780
 it's taking root

00:56:43.780 --> 00:56:44.640
 like cancer

00:56:44.640 --> 00:56:47.700
 and spreading

00:56:47.700 --> 00:56:48.320
 throughout

00:56:48.320 --> 00:56:51.280
 it's consuming

00:56:51.280 --> 00:56:51.840
 us

00:56:51.840 --> 00:56:55.620
 and what we

00:56:55.620 --> 00:56:56.320
 need Lord

00:56:56.320 --> 00:56:58.400
 we need to be

00:56:58.400 --> 00:56:58.960
 able to walk

00:56:58.960 --> 00:56:59.500
 in the joy

00:56:59.500 --> 00:57:00.320
 of our salvation

00:57:00.320 --> 00:57:02.660
 and that's

00:57:02.660 --> 00:57:03.220
 not found

00:57:03.220 --> 00:57:03.840
 in the depths

00:57:03.840 --> 00:57:04.700
 of our secrets

00:57:04.700 --> 00:57:07.720
 but it's found

00:57:07.720 --> 00:57:08.240
 in the freedom

00:57:08.240 --> 00:57:09.060
 of our confession

00:57:09.060 --> 00:57:13.140
 and so Lord

00:57:13.140 --> 00:57:13.820
 I pray that as

00:57:13.820 --> 00:57:15.320
 we respond

00:57:15.320 --> 00:57:15.880
 to your word

00:57:15.880 --> 00:57:16.560
 this morning

00:57:16.560 --> 00:57:18.640
 number one

00:57:18.640 --> 00:57:19.080
 that we would

00:57:19.080 --> 00:57:20.080
 embrace a heart

00:57:20.080 --> 00:57:20.640
 of repentance

00:57:20.640 --> 00:57:22.680
 to you

00:57:22.680 --> 00:57:24.060
 Lord

00:57:24.060 --> 00:57:24.460
 that we're

00:57:24.460 --> 00:57:24.980
 sorry

00:57:24.980 --> 00:57:26.100
 where we

00:57:26.100 --> 00:57:26.580
 faltered

00:57:26.580 --> 00:57:27.460
 we're sorry

00:57:27.460 --> 00:57:28.220
 where we

00:57:28.220 --> 00:57:28.760
 failed

00:57:28.760 --> 00:57:29.980
 Lord

00:57:29.980 --> 00:57:30.600
 we ask

00:57:30.600 --> 00:57:31.000
 for you

00:57:31.000 --> 00:57:31.580
 to take

00:57:31.580 --> 00:57:32.020
 our crooked

00:57:32.020 --> 00:57:32.620
 paths

00:57:32.620 --> 00:57:33.140
 and to

00:57:33.140 --> 00:57:33.520
 make them

00:57:33.520 --> 00:57:34.000
 straight

00:57:34.000 --> 00:57:35.740
 Lord

00:57:35.740 --> 00:57:36.280
 we ask

00:57:36.280 --> 00:57:36.580
 you

00:57:36.580 --> 00:57:37.280
 to work

00:57:37.280 --> 00:57:37.760
 and move

00:57:37.760 --> 00:57:38.600
 in our lives

00:57:38.600 --> 00:57:39.340
 to set us

00:57:39.340 --> 00:57:39.760
 free

00:57:39.760 --> 00:57:40.340
 from the

00:57:40.340 --> 00:57:40.700
 struggles

00:57:40.700 --> 00:57:41.080
 that we

00:57:41.080 --> 00:57:41.580
 face

00:57:41.580 --> 00:57:43.660
 but then

00:57:43.660 --> 00:57:43.920
 Lord

00:57:43.920 --> 00:57:44.480
 we invite

00:57:44.480 --> 00:57:44.900
 others

00:57:44.900 --> 00:57:45.400
 into that

00:57:45.400 --> 00:57:45.640
 journey

00:57:45.640 --> 00:57:46.160
 with us

00:57:46.160 --> 00:57:47.920
 to help

00:57:47.920 --> 00:57:48.100
 us

00:57:48.100 --> 00:57:48.460
 to see

00:57:48.460 --> 00:57:49.000
 the blind

00:57:49.000 --> 00:57:49.460
 spots

00:57:49.460 --> 00:57:49.900
 around the

00:57:49.900 --> 00:57:50.240
 corner

00:57:50.240 --> 00:57:51.980
 to see

00:57:51.980 --> 00:57:52.560
 the areas

00:57:52.560 --> 00:57:52.860
 of our

00:57:52.860 --> 00:57:53.220
 life

00:57:53.220 --> 00:57:53.500
 that we're

00:57:53.500 --> 00:57:54.280
 neglecting

00:57:54.280 --> 00:57:55.940
 to live

00:57:55.940 --> 00:57:56.200
 in a

00:57:56.200 --> 00:57:57.040
 posture

00:57:57.040 --> 00:57:57.440
 and an

00:57:57.440 --> 00:57:57.800
 attitude

00:57:57.800 --> 00:57:58.640
 of confession

00:57:58.640 --> 00:58:00.700
 where secrets

00:58:00.700 --> 00:58:01.340
 and lies

00:58:01.340 --> 00:58:02.060
 are exposed

00:58:02.060 --> 00:58:02.620
 and where

00:58:02.620 --> 00:58:03.320
 truth

00:58:03.320 --> 00:58:04.380
 and hope

00:58:04.380 --> 00:58:05.160
 is replaced

00:58:05.160 --> 00:58:09.140
 Lord may we

00:58:09.140 --> 00:58:10.000
 not live

00:58:10.000 --> 00:58:11.920
 in isolation

00:58:11.920 --> 00:58:13.900
 but may we

00:58:13.900 --> 00:58:14.280
 live in

00:58:14.280 --> 00:58:14.760
 community

00:58:14.760 --> 00:58:18.080
 the bond

00:58:18.080 --> 00:58:18.800
 of Christ

00:58:18.800 --> 00:58:20.260
 that joins

00:58:20.260 --> 00:58:21.040
 us

00:58:21.040 --> 00:58:24.760
 and it's

00:58:24.760 --> 00:58:25.180
 in Jesus

00:58:25.180 --> 00:58:25.540
 name we

00:58:25.540 --> 00:58:25.860
 pray

00:58:25.860 --> 00:58:27.180
 amen

00:58:27.180 --> 00:58:28.900
 I'll be

00:58:28.900 --> 00:58:29.460
 down front

00:58:29.460 --> 00:58:29.980
 during our

00:58:29.980 --> 00:58:31.020
 time of

00:58:31.020 --> 00:58:31.400
 worship

00:58:31.400 --> 00:58:32.780
 after the

00:58:32.780 --> 00:58:33.020
 service

00:58:33.020 --> 00:58:33.380
 be back

00:58:33.380 --> 00:58:33.580
 in the

00:58:33.580 --> 00:58:33.920
 back

00:58:33.920 --> 00:58:35.600
 if you

00:58:35.600 --> 00:58:35.760
 want to

00:58:35.760 --> 00:58:36.020
 talk

00:58:36.020 --> 00:58:36.520
 or pray

00:58:36.520 --> 00:58:37.520
 we're

00:58:37.520 --> 00:58:37.820
 here

00:58:37.820 --> 00:58:39.740
 if you

00:58:39.740 --> 00:58:39.940
 need to

00:58:39.940 --> 00:58:40.400
 come down

00:58:40.400 --> 00:58:40.720
 here

00:58:40.720 --> 00:58:41.580
 and lay

00:58:41.580 --> 00:58:42.060
 have a

00:58:42.060 --> 00:58:42.460
 time of

00:58:42.460 --> 00:58:43.000
 repentance

00:58:43.000 --> 00:58:46.140
 but don't

00:58:46.140 --> 00:58:46.640
 walk out

00:58:46.640 --> 00:58:46.940
 of here

00:58:46.940 --> 00:58:47.320
 the same

00:58:47.320 --> 00:58:47.620
 way that

00:58:47.620 --> 00:58:47.960
 you walked

00:58:47.960 --> 00:58:48.160
 in

00:58:48.160 --> 00:58:49.640
 don't

00:58:49.640 --> 00:58:50.120
 carry the

00:58:50.120 --> 00:58:50.460
 burden

00:58:50.460 --> 00:58:51.660
 that you

00:58:51.660 --> 00:58:52.040
 are never

00:58:52.040 --> 00:58:52.560
 intended to

00:58:52.560 --> 00:58:52.780
 carry

00:58:52.780 --> 00:58:53.100
 alone

00:58:53.100 --> 00:58:54.280
 would you

00:58:54.280 --> 00:58:54.680
 stand

00:58:54.680 --> 00:58:55.560
 as we

00:58:55.560 --> 00:58:55.840
 worship

00:58:55.840 --> 00:59:15.600
 thanks again

00:59:15.600 --> 00:59:18.240
 for listening

00:59:18.240 --> 00:59:18.600
 to the

00:59:18.600 --> 00:59:19.020
 Willow Ridge

00:59:19.020 --> 00:59:19.380
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00:59:19.380 --> 00:59:19.740
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00:59:19.740 --> 00:59:20.160
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00:59:20.160 --> 00:59:21.100
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00:59:21.100 --> 00:59:21.340
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00:59:21.340 --> 00:59:21.680
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00:59:21.680 --> 00:59:22.000
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00:59:22.000 --> 00:59:22.360
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00:59:22.360 --> 00:59:22.640
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00:59:22.640 --> 00:59:22.980
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00:59:22.980 --> 00:59:23.880
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