{"id":1098,"date":"2024-04-28T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/293-david-edwards-exhortation-the-value-of-a-vision\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T23:36:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T23:36:05","slug":"293-david-edwards-exhortation-the-value-of-a-vision","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/293-david-edwards-exhortation-the-value-of-a-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"293: David Edwards- Exhortation: The Value of a Vision"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to an exhortation by Brother David Edwards titled \u201cThe Value of a Vision\u201d that was given at the Arima Ecclesia in Trinidad on October 29, 2023.<\/p>\n

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\nthis week’s talk.
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\nThis is Jason Hensley and in
\nthis episode we are going to be <\/p>\n

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\nlistening to an exhortation by
\nBrother David Edwards. <\/p>\n

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\nBrother David is from Trinidad
\nand Tobago and I believe he’s <\/p>\n

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\npart of the Arima Ecclesia if
\nI’m not mistaken. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m really excited for you to
\nlisten to this talk. <\/p>\n

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\nI got to say, it’s called the
\nvalue of a vision. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the reason that I’m really
\nlooking forward to sharing this <\/p>\n

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\nis because I think Brother David
\nreally brings out a key piece <\/p>\n

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\nthat we often forget about.
\nOne of the things I really loved<\/p>\n

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\nwhen I was in Trinidad and
\nTobago years ago was the <\/p>\n

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\nemphasis on preaching and on the
\nneed to share the good news that<\/p>\n

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\nwe have.
\nAnd that’s one of the beautiful <\/p>\n

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\nthings that really comes out in
\nthis talk that Brother David <\/p>\n

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\ngives.
\nHe really emphasizes that if we <\/p>\n

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\nare not preaching, we are not
\nfulfilling the vision that we <\/p>\n

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\nare to be a light and that
\nthat’s a key thing. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, he he doesn’t come down
\nheavy on it, but that’s a really<\/p>\n

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\nbig message here that we need to
\nlook inside, do a little bit of <\/p>\n

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\nintrospection and consider how
\ndo we and how does our ecclesia <\/p>\n

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\nas a whole, how do we preach,
\nhow do we open up those doors <\/p>\n

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\nand those opportunities to
\nshare. <\/p>\n

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\nSo he calls this exhortation,
\nthe value of a vision, because <\/p>\n

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\nwhat he’s going to do is he’s
\ngoing to break down the <\/p>\n

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\ndifference between a mission and
\na vision. <\/p>\n

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\nSo you’ll hear him do that.
\nAnd as he does that, he then <\/p>\n

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\nexplains what his Ecclesia’s
\nvision is, and then ultimately <\/p>\n

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\nwhat the vision is that the Lord
\nJesus Christ gives of his <\/p>\n

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\necclesia.
\nAnd we’ll see how those all fit <\/p>\n

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\ntogether.
\nSo I hope that you find this <\/p>\n

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\nmotivating.
\nI think you will. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I hope that that motivation
\nthen encourages you to go out <\/p>\n

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\nand to share that light.
\nBecause we are surrounded in a <\/p>\n

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\nWorld of Darkness and people
\nneed the light. <\/p>\n

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\nWe have something really special
\nthat we can give. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I think this exhortation
\nreminds us of that. <\/p>\n

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\nSo thanks for listening.
\nAnd here comes the value of a <\/p>\n

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\nVision by Brother David Edwards.
\nAnd good morning to everyone who<\/p>\n

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\nwho is gathered here on this
\nplatform. <\/p>\n

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\nIt is a pleasure to be able to
\nbring to you this morning’s <\/p>\n

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\nwords of exhortation.
\nNow, the title for this <\/p>\n

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\nexhortation is called The Value
\nof a Vision. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd if I was to ask a question,
\nwhat is the mission statement <\/p>\n

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\nfor your church?
\nHow would you answer? <\/p>\n

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\nIn fact, I would have done a
\npool that I will actually launch<\/p>\n

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\nnow which will ask that
\nquestion. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I just wanted to answer
\nhonestly, it’s, I think it’s <\/p>\n

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\nanonymous and see if you know,
\nwe actually know what this <\/p>\n

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\nmission statement is for our
\nchurch now while you, while you <\/p>\n

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\ndo that pool.
\nSome years ago someone asked me <\/p>\n

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\nthat same question and I I
\ndidn’t know the answer to that <\/p>\n

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\nquestion.
\nYou know, I was like, well, I <\/p>\n

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\nknow.
\nI think I think we have one, but<\/p>\n

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\nI really can’t remember what it
\nis. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it was embarrassing, Yes.
\nAnd I realized that something <\/p>\n

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\nwas was wrong.
\nAll organizations, what is <\/p>\n

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\nchurches or companies, should
\nhave a mission and a vision and <\/p>\n

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\nthat would require something
\ncalled a mission statement and a<\/p>\n

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\nvision statement.
\nWhat a mission statement is, <\/p>\n

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\nit’s an explanation of and
\norganizations reason for <\/p>\n

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\nexistence.
\nIt describes the purpose and <\/p>\n

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\nintention and the overall
\nobjectives. <\/p>\n

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\nA visual statement is all
\ndifferent. <\/p>\n

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\nIt looks into the future of the
\norganization and it asks <\/p>\n

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\nquestions like what problems are
\nwe seeking to solve? <\/p>\n

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\nWhere are we headed?
\nIf we achieve all all strategic <\/p>\n

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\ngoals, what will we look like 10
\nyears from now? <\/p>\n

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\nSo the mission and the vision
\nstatement is to help to direct <\/p>\n

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\nthe efforts in the organization
\ntowards a common goal. <\/p>\n

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\nSo in other words, it binds the
\norganization together as one. <\/p>\n

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\nNow I am seeing the results of
\nthe the pool Alan. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s fine.
\nI was in the same, I was in the <\/p>\n

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\nsame you know category where I
\ndid not know that it even had a <\/p>\n

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\nvision, a mission statement, but
\nwe do have one and I will just <\/p>\n

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\nread it out for you.
\nAnd as I read it, I would like <\/p>\n

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\nus to ask ourselves the
\nquestions. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, how am I contributing
\ntowards or am I contributing <\/p>\n

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\ntowards fulfilling our mission
\nand our vision? <\/p>\n

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\nSo it reads.
\nWe aspire to live up to the name<\/p>\n

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\nChristadelphian, which means
\nbrothers and sisters in Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nBy God’s grace, we strive to be
\nthe House of God and the body of<\/p>\n

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\nChrist in our area.
\nWe are a Bible based group who <\/p>\n

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\nshare a common belief in God.
\nWe seek to support and encourage<\/p>\n

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\neach other in our faith and be a
\nlight to those in the community <\/p>\n

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\naround us.
\nAnd it gives 5 different points <\/p>\n

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\nin matters of worship.
\nAs a first point it says we <\/p>\n

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\nacknowledge our love of God and
\nHis Son and of all God praise <\/p>\n

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\nand worship.
\nSecond point. <\/p>\n

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\nIn matters of growth, it says,
\nwe seek the spiritual <\/p>\n

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\ndevelopment and nourishment of
\nall members and encourage and <\/p>\n

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\nguide our children and visitors
\ntoward conviction and baptism. <\/p>\n

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\nIn matters of witness, we share
\nthe hope of the return of Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nChrist and the coming Kingdom
\nwith our local community and <\/p>\n

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\ntestify to those with whom we
\ncome in contact. <\/p>\n

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\nIn matters of community, we
\nprovide our godly social <\/p>\n

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\nenvironment involving every
\nmember, visitor, young person <\/p>\n

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\nand child to build a people for
\nGod’s name. <\/p>\n

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\nIn matters of compassion, we
\nreflect the love of God by <\/p>\n

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\nshowing care and compassion to
\none another and to those in the <\/p>\n

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\ncommunity around us.
\nSo that is our mission vision <\/p>\n

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\nstatement.
\nSo our vision statement is to be<\/p>\n

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\na light to the community around
\nus and the mission with the five<\/p>\n

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\ndifferent things that I would
\nhave mentioned that would get us<\/p>\n

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\nthere towards the vision.
\nThe visual animation is supposed<\/p>\n

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\nto bind us together as a
\ncommunity. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s supposed to give us
\ndirection, which means any <\/p>\n

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\nactivity or event that we plan,
\nit should be in alignment with <\/p>\n

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\nthe mission and division
\nstatement. <\/p>\n

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\nSo even when we look in
\nscripture, we see that God has a<\/p>\n

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\nvision statement.
\nYes He does, and we may be <\/p>\n

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\nfamiliar with it.
\nIt is in number chapter 14, <\/p>\n

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\nverse 21.
\nWe don’t have to look this up. <\/p>\n

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\nIt says as truly as I live, all
\nthe earth shall be filled with <\/p>\n

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\nthe glory of the Lord.
\nAnd he says it again in Habakkuk<\/p>\n

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\nchapter 2, verse 14.
\nThe Earth for the earth shall be<\/p>\n

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\nfilled with the knowledge of the
\nglory of the Lord as the waters <\/p>\n

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\ncover the sea.
\nSo that is the idea. <\/p>\n

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\nThat is what God wants.
\nThat is his end goal. <\/p>\n

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\nThat is his vision statement.
\nIt’s something futuristic. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s trying to fill this world,
\nthis wicked world, with his <\/p>\n

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\ngoodness.
\nBut how would he fill the earth <\/p>\n

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\nwith his glory?
\nThat would be his mission <\/p>\n

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\nstatement as to how would he
\naccomplish something like that. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I want us to turn to Isaiah
\nchapter 49 and verse 6, Isaiah <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 49 and verse six in one
\nhand. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in the other hand I would
\nlike you to also have Acts <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 13 and verse 47.
\nSorry about those who are <\/p>\n

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\nelectronic devices, but you’ll
\nneed to have a Bible to have two<\/p>\n

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\npassages in front of you.
\nSo Isaiah chapter 49 verse six <\/p>\n

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\nin one hand and the other hand
\nActs chapter 13 verse 47 and it <\/p>\n

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\nreads in Isaiah chapter 49 verse
\n6. <\/p>\n

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\nI am cheating a little bit
\nbecause I have it in front of my<\/p>\n

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\nscreen here.
\nSo in verse six it says. <\/p>\n

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\nIn the second part of verse six
\nit says I will also give thee <\/p>\n

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\nfor a light to the Gentiles or
\nto the nations, that thou mayest<\/p>\n

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\nbe my salvation unto the end of
\nthe eighth. <\/p>\n

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\nSorry that again.
\nIn order for God to fill the <\/p>\n

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\nearth with his glory, he needed
\na mission statement. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when we look at Isaiah 49
\nverse six, it says, I will also <\/p>\n

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\ngive thee for a light to the
\nGentiles or nations, that thou <\/p>\n

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\nmayest be my salvation unto the
\nend of the earth. <\/p>\n

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\nSo let’s fill the earth with his
\nglory and save the world. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat God needed to do was to
\nsend a light into this Dark <\/p>\n

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\nWorld, and Jesus was that light.
\nAs we know, Jesus said I am the <\/p>\n

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\nlight of the will.
\nHe that followeth me shall not <\/p>\n

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\nwalk in darkness, but shall have
\nthe light of life. <\/p>\n

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\nThat is John 812.
\nAnd if we look at God’s meshah <\/p>\n

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\nand vision, it is filled with a
\nlot of love, because he sees the<\/p>\n

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\nwill in darkness and wickedness
\nand he sends light into it so <\/p>\n

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\nthat we will not stumble, so
\nthat we will not fall and <\/p>\n

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\neventually perish.
\nBut when he when he sends the <\/p>\n

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\nlight into the will, we will be
\nable to see and not stumble and <\/p>\n

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\nlive.
\nSo it’s a situation where God <\/p>\n

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\ngives hope to those who are
\nhopeless. <\/p>\n

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\nHe gives healing to those who
\nare broken hearted, who are sad.<\/p>\n

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\nSo God’s vision is to affiliate
\nwith his glory and his mission. <\/p>\n

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\nThat is how he was to fulfill
\nThat was to create a light which<\/p>\n

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\nwas Jesus for the will to follow
\nto be saved. <\/p>\n

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\nSo now Jesus has the vision
\nstatement of being a light to <\/p>\n

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\nthe will, but it doesn’t end
\nthere. <\/p>\n

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\nI hope we have our other hand in
\nActs chapter 13 verse 49, <\/p>\n

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\nbecause you will notice that
\nPaul and Barnabas quote that <\/p>\n

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\nsame passage we looked at in
\nIsaiah 49, verse six, a passage <\/p>\n

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\nthat seemed to only speak about
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nThey applied it to themselves,
\nthey said in Acts 13, verse 47. <\/p>\n

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\nFor so hath the Lord commanded
\nus, saying, We have said thee to<\/p>\n

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\nbe a light of the Gentiles,
\nthat’s the nations that thou <\/p>\n

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\nshouldst be for salvation until
\nthe ends of the Eve. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then it said in 48, when the
\nGentiles heard this, they were <\/p>\n

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\nglad and the glorified word of
\nthe Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nSo Paul is telling us that we
\nneed to be a light to the <\/p>\n

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\nGentiles.
\nWe need to be a light to the <\/p>\n

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\nnations around us.
\nAnd not only Paul, but Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nhimself points to us and says
\nthat we’ll just sit into Matthew<\/p>\n

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\nchapter 5, verse 14 to 16.
\nSo Matthew chapter 5 verse 14 to<\/p>\n

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\n16.
\nSo Paul is telling us that we <\/p>\n

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\nneed to be a light for the
\nGentiles. <\/p>\n

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\nWe are the light for the
\nGentiles and poor. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Jesus points to us and says
\nin Matthew chapter 5, verse 14, <\/p>\n

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\nYe are the light of the womb.
\nA city that is set on an hill <\/p>\n

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\ncannot be hidden.
\nNeither do men. <\/p>\n

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\nLight a candle and put it under
\na bushel, but on a Candlestick, <\/p>\n

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\nand it giveth light unto all
\nthat are in the house. <\/p>\n

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\nLet your lights will shine
\nbefore men that they may see <\/p>\n

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\nyour good works and glorify your
\nFather which is in heaven. <\/p>\n

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\nSo Jesus is saying my vision
\nstatement is your vision <\/p>\n

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\nstatement.
\nSo my vision is your vision. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s what Jesus is telling us
\nnow. <\/p>\n

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\nIn order to fulfill his vision
\nas Jesus, he needed a mission <\/p>\n

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\nand he found his mission by
\nreading and studying the <\/p>\n

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\nscriptures.
\nIt says in Luke chapter 4, verse<\/p>\n

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\n17.
\nWe don’t have to turn this up, <\/p>\n

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\nbut when Jesus was in the
\nsynagogue in Nazareth, it says <\/p>\n

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\nthat we’re probably familiar
\nwith the verse. <\/p>\n

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\nThere was delivered unto him the
\nbook of the prophet Isaiah, and <\/p>\n

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\nwhen he had opened the book he
\nfound a place where it was <\/p>\n

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\nwritten.
\nThe Spirit of the Lord is upon <\/p>\n

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\nme, because he hath anointed me
\nto preach the gospel to the <\/p>\n

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\npoor.
\nHe hath sent me to heal the <\/p>\n

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\nbroken hearted, to preach
\ndeliverance to the captives, <\/p>\n

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\nrecovering of sight to the
\nblind, to set out liberty them <\/p>\n

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\nthat are bruised, to preach the
\nacceptable year of the Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then he closed the book,
\ngave it to the minister, and <\/p>\n

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\nsaid to the congregation, This
\nday, is scripture fulfilled in <\/p>\n

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\nyour ears?
\nSo that was Jesus’s mission. <\/p>\n

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\nHe had a clear vision of how he
\nwas to be a light of the world, <\/p>\n

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\nand he went about doing just
\nthat. <\/p>\n

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\nSo Jesus is telling us we need
\nto be a light of this world. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat does that mean for us?
\nWell, if Jesus’s vision is our <\/p>\n

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\nvision, then Jesus’s mission has
\nto be our mission, because his <\/p>\n

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\nmission as to how he wanted to
\naccomplish being allied to the <\/p>\n

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\nworld.
\nIf our vision is the same thing <\/p>\n

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\nas it says in the the
\nChristopher statement, if we <\/p>\n

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\nwere to do that, we need a
\nmission to accomplish that. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Jesus’s mission, as we just
\nread, is to preach the gospel to<\/p>\n

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\nthe poor.
\nHealy broken hearted preach <\/p>\n

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\ndeliverance to the captives,
\nrecovering our sight to the <\/p>\n

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\nblind, set out Liberty Denver to
\nbrews, preach the acceptable <\/p>\n

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\nyear of the Lord.
\nAnd we should still be in <\/p>\n

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\nMatthew chapter 5, But I want us
\nto check off with Siri. <\/p>\n

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\nWe will see that these different
\npoints, these different missions<\/p>\n

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\nthat we need in order to be
\nalighted will is part of the <\/p>\n

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\ngospel message.
\nSo verse 3. <\/p>\n

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\nTo preach the gospel to the
\npoor. <\/p>\n

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\nIt says blessed are the poor in
\nspirit for days is the Kingdom <\/p>\n

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\nof heaven.
\nTo heal the broken hearted it <\/p>\n

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\nsays in verse four blessed are
\nthey that mourn for they shall <\/p>\n

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\nbe comforted to preach
\ndeliverance to the captives. <\/p>\n

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\nWe know that the light sorry we
\nare made free from sin in <\/p>\n

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\nChrist.
\nThat’s what the the gospel <\/p>\n

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\nmessengers system to make us
\nfree from sin because we know <\/p>\n

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\nthat we have captured by sin and
\nJesus made us free from sin. <\/p>\n

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\nSo that is part of the gospel
\nmessage. <\/p>\n

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\nRecovering of sight to the blind
\nthat is the light of the gospel.<\/p>\n

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\nJesus is saying they’ll be blind
\nleaders of the blind but he was <\/p>\n

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\nthe light of the world to give
\nthem sight the gospel message to<\/p>\n

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\nset at liberty.
\nThem that are bruised in verse <\/p>\n

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\n10 we see blessed are they which
\nare persecuted for <\/p>\n

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\nrighteousness.
\nSee, for there is the Kingdom of<\/p>\n

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\nheaven and we know that is what
\nthe gospel message is about. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then finally to preach the
\nacceptable year of the Lord is <\/p>\n

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\nthe gospel message.
\nSo we see that all those <\/p>\n

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\ndifferent points has to do with
\nthe gospel message. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Jesus packaged all of that
\ninto a statement that he makes <\/p>\n

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\nin Matthew chapter 28 and verse
\n18. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we could look at this
\nMatthew chapter 28 still in <\/p>\n

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\nMatthew but just chapter 28
\nverses 18 to 20 Jesus before his<\/p>\n

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\nascension he tells us exactly
\nwhat our mission is. <\/p>\n

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\nHe says in verse 18.
\nAnd Jesus came and speak unto <\/p>\n

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\nthem, saying, All power is given
\nunto me in heaven and in youth <\/p>\n

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\nand verse. 19 Go ye therefore,
\nand teach all nations, baptizing<\/p>\n

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\nthem in the name of the Father,
\nof the Son, and of the Holy <\/p>\n

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\nSpirit, teaching them to observe
\nall things whatsoever I have <\/p>\n

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\ncommanded you.
\nAnd lo, and with you always, <\/p>\n

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\neven to the end of the world.
\nAmen. <\/p>\n

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\nThis should be our #1 mission
\nstatement and by the wider <\/p>\n

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\nChristian community.
\nThey know it as the Great <\/p>\n

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\nCommission.
\nSo the Great Commission, which <\/p>\n

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\nis a commandment given to us by
\nJesus Christ to go out into the <\/p>\n

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\nworld and preach it, is the sole
\npurpose of any Christian Church.<\/p>\n

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\nIf nothing else, and many times
\nwe forget or ignore this <\/p>\n

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\ncommand, but it will be
\ndetrimental to the health of <\/p>\n

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\nyour church.
\nNow there’s a book called The <\/p>\n

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\nThe Autopsy of a Deceased Church
\nby Thomas Rayna and I recommend <\/p>\n

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\neverybody gets a copy of that
\nbook. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s a book where Thomas, well,
\nThomas Rayna, the author, he <\/p>\n

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\ndoes research on dead churches
\nand does an autopsy on them and <\/p>\n

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\nhe’s trying to find out how what
\nwas the cause of death for the <\/p>\n

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\nchurch and what an autopsy is.
\nIt’s where you’re trying to find<\/p>\n

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\nout how the person dies, but he
\ndoes not in relation to <\/p>\n

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\nchurches.
\nAnd there’s a chapter that is <\/p>\n

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\nentitled The Great Commission
\nBecomes The Great Omission. <\/p>\n

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\nHe explains that that is where
\nthe church stopped preaching in <\/p>\n

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\nthe communities and those that
\nhe interviewed from the dead. <\/p>\n

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\nChurch said that they remember
\nthe good old days when the <\/p>\n

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\nchurch was packed and they had
\nmultiple baptisms every year. <\/p>\n

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\nA lot of members in the church
\nvibrant preaching efforts in the<\/p>\n

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\ncommunity and they longed for
\nsimilar results for today and <\/p>\n

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\nwondered how come they couldn’t
\nreplicate the same results <\/p>\n

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\ntoday.
\nAnd they mostly played the blame<\/p>\n

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\ngame, but they were not willing
\nto extend the effort to go out <\/p>\n

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\nand teach.
\nSo Jesus commanded us saying, go<\/p>\n

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\nmake disciples.
\nThere’s another chapter in the <\/p>\n

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\nbook, and I will read an excerpt
\nfrom the book itself, And that <\/p>\n

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\nsubheading is entitled The
\nChurch Becomes a Fortress. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it reads What imagery comes
\nto your mind when you hear the <\/p>\n

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\nword fortress.
\nA medieval castle, Fort Knox, <\/p>\n

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\nHuge buildings with gates and
\nlocks and moats, something that <\/p>\n

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\nis almost impossible for the
\noutside world to enter. <\/p>\n

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\nAny of these with pictures will
\nwork. <\/p>\n

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\nThe key is to keep people and
\npossessions on the inside safe <\/p>\n

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\nand to keep people on the other
\nside out. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you talk to members in a
\ndying church, most will deny <\/p>\n

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\nthat their church is a fortress.
\nBut in our autopsy we found that<\/p>\n

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\nis exactly what was taking
\nplace. <\/p>\n

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\nPeople in the community did not
\nfeel welcome in the church. <\/p>\n

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\nThose in the church were more
\nconcerned about protecting the <\/p>\n

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\nway they did church rather than
\nreaching the residents of the <\/p>\n

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\ncommunity.
\nYou see, these churches really <\/p>\n

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\nwere fortresses.
\nThe very thought of making <\/p>\n

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\nsignificant changes to reach and
\nimpact the community is <\/p>\n

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\nfrightening.
\nIt is our fortress, they say. <\/p>\n

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\nOutsiders are not welcome.
\nWe will fight to keep the church<\/p>\n

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\njust as it did until we die.
\nAnd that day is not very far <\/p>\n

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\naway.
\nNow. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s another chapter entitled
\nThe Budget Moved Inwardly, and I<\/p>\n

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\nwill read this passage as well.
\nNow, as I read it, we have to, <\/p>\n

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\nyou know, think about it, think
\nabout where we are as an <\/p>\n

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\nEcclesia and these different
\nthings and see how we could <\/p>\n

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\nbest, you know, help our
\necclesia, see if we fall into <\/p>\n

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\nany of these categories.
\nSo this chart, this title, this <\/p>\n

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\nchapter title, was the budget
\nmoved inwardly. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I’ll just read a short
\nexhume from it. <\/p>\n

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\nIt says it is fascinating to
\nlook at 20 consecutive annual <\/p>\n

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\nbudgets of churches that closed.
\nIn the few churches where we <\/p>\n

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\nwere able to get budgets, we had
\na clearer understanding of why <\/p>\n

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\nthe churches eventually died.
\nFollow the money. <\/p>\n

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\nLook at the line items in the
\nbudget. <\/p>\n

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\nSee where the cuts are made.
\nOur autopsy revealed in most <\/p>\n

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\ncases, cuts were made to
\nministries and programs with <\/p>\n

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\noutward focus, so a particular
\nministry to the community is no <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:31,680 –> 00:25:35,720
\nlonger essential.
\nFunds to reach beyond the church<\/p>\n

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\n00:25:35,880 –> 00:25:40,640
\nare no longer available.
\nThe decision is justified by <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:40,800 –> 00:25:43,280
\ndeclining receipts.
\nFair enough. <\/p>\n

333
\n00:25:43,840 –> 00:25:47,920
\nBut notice that the outreach and
\nthe community ministries are the<\/p>\n

334
\n00:25:47,920 –> 00:25:52,640
\n1st to go, not those ministries
\nfor church members. <\/p>\n

335
\n00:25:53,200 –> 00:25:58,360
\nNot at first anyway.
\nAnd the chapter concludes with <\/p>\n

336
\n00:25:58,560 –> 00:26:00,960
\nthe closing statement.
\nIn all the churches we <\/p>\n

337
\n00:26:00,960 –> 00:26:04,760
\nautopsied, a financial pattern
\ndeveloped over time. <\/p>\n

338
\n00:26:05,080 –> 00:26:08,400
\nThe pattern was one where funds
\nwere used more to keep the <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:08,400 –> 00:26:12,160
\nmachinery of the church moving
\nand to keep the members happy <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:12,480 –> 00:26:15,720
\nthan funding the Great
\nCommission and the Great <\/p>\n

341
\n00:26:15,720 –> 00:26:19,280
\nCommandment.
\nThe money, though, was <\/p>\n

342
\n00:26:19,280 –> 00:26:24,280
\nsymptomatic of a heart problem.
\nThe church cared more for its <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:24,280 –> 00:26:28,640
\nown needs than the community and
\nthe world, and no church can <\/p>\n

344
\n00:26:28,640 –> 00:26:32,280
\nsustain such an inward focus
\nindefinitely. <\/p>\n

345
\n00:26:32,720 –> 00:26:37,800
\nIt will eventually die of heart
\nfailure and coot. <\/p>\n

346
\n00:26:40,120 –> 00:26:44,200
\nNo, I’m not reading these things
\nto have us point fingers at <\/p>\n

347
\n00:26:44,200 –> 00:26:46,120
\nanybody and say, hey, you know,
\nit’s your fault. <\/p>\n

348
\n00:26:46,480 –> 00:26:50,600
\nBut it is for us to ask
\nourselves, is this the <\/p>\n

349
\n00:26:50,600 –> 00:26:55,760
\ntrajectory of my closure?
\nWhat can I do to be of service? <\/p>\n

350
\n00:26:56,080 –> 00:26:59,880
\nHow can I help my closure to
\nobeyed Great Commission? <\/p>\n

351
\n00:27:01,200 –> 00:27:07,360
\nAm IA burden to my closure?
\nThere’s an example that Paul <\/p>\n

352
\n00:27:07,360 –> 00:27:11,000
\ngives to Timothy in First
\nTimothy chapter 5, verse 16, <\/p>\n

353
\n00:27:11,000 –> 00:27:15,840
\nwhere he makes the statement and
\nsays if any woman who’s a <\/p>\n

354
\n00:27:15,840 –> 00:27:20,160
\nbeliever has widows in her care,
\nshe should continue to help them<\/p>\n

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\n00:27:20,160 –> 00:27:24,200
\nand not let the church be
\nburdened with them so that the <\/p>\n

356
\n00:27:24,200 –> 00:27:28,840
\nchurch can help those widows who
\nare really in need. <\/p>\n

357
\n00:27:30,360 –> 00:27:34,600
\nSo while the church is tasked
\nwith taking care of its members,<\/p>\n

358
\n00:27:34,840 –> 00:27:39,600
\nwe must be aware that that
\nshould not be the only task that<\/p>\n

359
\n00:27:39,720 –> 00:27:45,760
\nthe church does.
\nIt must have an outward focus on<\/p>\n

360
\n00:27:45,760 –> 00:27:52,680
\nthe community and on outreach.
\nSo while this is individual <\/p>\n

361
\n00:27:52,680 –> 00:27:58,080
\ninspection introspection, it
\nshould be a joint effort for us <\/p>\n

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\n00:27:58,200 –> 00:28:03,400
\nall to help steer our eclesia
\ntowards its vision. <\/p>\n

363
\n00:28:04,960 –> 00:28:09,160
\nAnd we must remember that we are
\nnot alone in this. <\/p>\n

364
\n00:28:11,640 –> 00:28:14,800
\nWe should recall in that same
\npassage in Matthew 28 where it <\/p>\n

365
\n00:28:14,800 –> 00:28:18,720
\nsays go ye therefore enter the
\nworld and teach all nations. <\/p>\n

366
\n00:28:19,240 –> 00:28:27,440
\nIn verse 20 it actually says I
\nam with you always, even unto <\/p>\n

367
\n00:28:27,440 –> 00:28:31,520
\nthe end of the world.
\nSo we might feel that it might <\/p>\n

368
\n00:28:31,520 –> 00:28:34,240
\nbe too much to fix or too hard
\nto fix. <\/p>\n

369
\n00:28:34,360 –> 00:28:36,320
\nI have nobody to help me fix
\nthis. <\/p>\n

370
\n00:28:36,840 –> 00:28:41,480
\nBut we should always remember
\nthat Jesus will be with us, he <\/p>\n

371
\n00:28:41,480 –> 00:28:45,160
\nsays, not us.
\nAnd if it is, we actually want <\/p>\n

372
\n00:28:45,160 –> 00:28:48,520
\nto help our churches.
\nDo you think God will allow us <\/p>\n

373
\n00:28:48,520 –> 00:28:53,960
\nto fail that?
\nDefinitely not, because what we <\/p>\n

374
\n00:28:53,960 –> 00:28:58,600
\nsaw is that our vision aligns
\nwith what God wants. <\/p>\n

375
\n00:28:58,600 –> 00:29:02,640
\nOnce our vision is to be a light
\nfor the community to around us, <\/p>\n

376
\n00:29:02,840 –> 00:29:05,560
\nwe know that is exactly what
\nJesus commanded. <\/p>\n

377
\n00:29:05,560 –> 00:29:12,280
\nThat is what God wants, and we
\nwill be one with him if our <\/p>\n

378
\n00:29:12,640 –> 00:29:18,480
\npurpose is the same.
\nAnd this was actually a prayer <\/p>\n

379
\n00:29:18,480 –> 00:29:27,240
\nthat Jesus offered for us.
\nThat’s in John 17, where Jesus’s<\/p>\n

380
\n00:29:27,240 –> 00:29:29,600
\nprayer he was praying for his
\ndisciples. <\/p>\n

381
\n00:29:30,560 –> 00:29:33,680
\nHe says in verse 18 of John
\nchapter 17. <\/p>\n

382
\n00:29:35,280 –> 00:29:40,560
\nAs thou hast sent me into the
\nworld, Even so have I also sent <\/p>\n

383
\n00:29:40,920 –> 00:29:43,640
\nthem into the world.
\nThat’s verse 18. <\/p>\n

384
\n00:29:43,920 –> 00:29:49,560
\nThat is the same vision.
\nGod sent Jesus into the world to<\/p>\n

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\n00:29:49,560 –> 00:29:52,680
\nbe our light.
\nSo Jesus is sending us into the <\/p>\n

386
\n00:29:52,680 –> 00:29:55,560
\nworld to be our light, the same
\nvision. <\/p>\n

387
\n00:29:57,320 –> 00:30:01,760
\nAnd he says neither pray I for
\nthese alone as his disciples, <\/p>\n

388
\n00:30:02,040 –> 00:30:06,880
\nbut for them also which shall
\nbelieve on me through their <\/p>\n

389
\n00:30:06,880 –> 00:30:08,520
\nwill.
\nSo that’s talking about us <\/p>\n

390
\n00:30:08,560 –> 00:30:13,280
\nbecause we believe their will.
\nAnd he see goes on in verse 21, <\/p>\n

391
\n00:30:13,280 –> 00:30:18,600
\nthat they all may be warned, as
\nthou father art in me, and I <\/p>\n

392
\n00:30:18,600 –> 00:30:22,640
\nindeed, that they also may be
\none in us, that the world may <\/p>\n

393
\n00:30:22,640 –> 00:30:28,120
\nbelieve that thou has sent me.
\nAnd verse 22 and the glory which<\/p>\n

394
\n00:30:28,120 –> 00:30:33,280
\nthou give us me, I have given
\nthem that they may be one, even <\/p>\n

395
\n00:30:33,280 –> 00:30:38,720
\nas we are one.
\nSo Jesus prayed for us 2000 <\/p>\n

396
\n00:30:38,720 –> 00:30:43,680
\nyears ago that we may be one,
\nand that is one in purpose, one <\/p>\n

397
\n00:30:43,680 –> 00:30:49,640
\nin mission, one in vision.
\nAnd there were results of <\/p>\n

398
\n00:30:49,640 –> 00:30:53,720
\nJesus’s prayer in the 1st
\ncentury church in Acts chapter <\/p>\n

399
\n00:30:53,720 –> 00:30:59,840
\n2, verse 41.
\nWe may recall they were of one <\/p>\n

400
\n00:30:59,840 –> 00:31:02,560
\nmind and one heart and
\nsingleness of mind. <\/p>\n

401
\n00:31:03,520 –> 00:31:07,680
\nIt says of the church in Acts
\nchapter 2, verse 41. <\/p>\n

402
\n00:31:09,080 –> 00:31:13,840
\nThen they that gladly received
\nHis word were baptized, and the <\/p>\n

403
\n00:31:13,840 –> 00:31:19,360
\nsame day they were added on to
\nthem about 3000 souls, 3000 <\/p>\n

404
\n00:31:19,360 –> 00:31:24,800
\npeople in one day, verse 42 And
\nthey continued steadfastly in <\/p>\n

405
\n00:31:24,800 –> 00:31:28,880
\nthe apostles, doctrine and
\nfellowship, and in breaking of <\/p>\n

406
\n00:31:28,880 –> 00:31:34,440
\nbread and in prayers, and all
\nthat believed were together. <\/p>\n

407
\n00:31:34,440 –> 00:31:37,400
\nThey had all things in common.
\nVerse 46. <\/p>\n

408
\n00:31:37,400 –> 00:31:41,360
\nThey continued daily with one
\naccord in the temple, and <\/p>\n

409
\n00:31:41,360 –> 00:31:44,240
\nbreaking bread from house to
\nhouse did they lead their meat <\/p>\n

410
\n00:31:44,240 –> 00:31:47,560
\nwith gladness and singleness of
\nheart. <\/p>\n

411
\n00:31:49,680 –> 00:31:52,120
\nAnd they were praising God,
\nhaving favour with all the <\/p>\n

412
\n00:31:52,120 –> 00:31:54,920
\npeople.
\nAnd the Lord added to the Church<\/p>\n

413
\n00:31:54,920 –> 00:32:00,840
\ndaily as such should be saved.
\nAnd of the same Church, Chapter <\/p>\n

414
\n00:32:00,840 –> 00:32:03,400
\n4, verse 32.
\nIt said the multitude of them <\/p>\n

415
\n00:32:03,400 –> 00:32:07,800
\nnot believed, were of one heart
\nand of one soul. <\/p>\n

416
\n00:32:10,560 –> 00:32:13,280
\nSo this was the result of
\nJesus’s prayer. <\/p>\n

417
\n00:32:14,160 –> 00:32:17,760
\nThe 1st century church was
\nblessed significantly because <\/p>\n

418
\n00:32:17,760 –> 00:32:22,680
\nthey obeyed the Great Commission
\nto be a light for the world <\/p>\n

419
\n00:32:22,680 –> 00:32:25,800
\naround them.
\nThey obeyed the commandment to <\/p>\n

420
\n00:32:25,800 –> 00:32:31,160
\ngo out into the world to preach,
\nand we must do the same as well.<\/p>\n

421
\n00:32:32,720 –> 00:32:38,680
\nAnd as we turn our minds to our
\nLord Jesus Christ, we know that <\/p>\n

422
\n00:32:38,680 –> 00:32:43,760
\nour Lord fulfill His mission and
\nHis vision on earth. <\/p>\n

423
\n00:32:44,440 –> 00:32:48,400
\nWe see at the end of His life in
\nJohn chapter 19, when he was <\/p>\n

424
\n00:32:48,400 –> 00:32:53,960
\ncrucified, it says in verse 13.
\nWhen Jesus therefore had <\/p>\n

425
\n00:32:53,960 –> 00:32:58,560
\nreceived the vinegar, he said it
\nis finished and he bowed his <\/p>\n

426
\n00:32:58,560 –> 00:33:04,200
\nhead and gave up the Spirit.
\nIt is finished. <\/p>\n

427
\n00:33:05,000 –> 00:33:08,320
\nThat marks the end of Jesus’s
\nmission. <\/p>\n

428
\n00:33:09,040 –> 00:33:14,120
\nHis life was wholly dedicated to
\nfulfilling his mission from God,<\/p>\n

429
\n00:33:15,480 –> 00:33:18,840
\nand we also need to see our
\nlives like that. <\/p>\n

430
\n00:33:19,240 –> 00:33:22,360
\nWe need to see our lives as not
\nbelonging to us. <\/p>\n

431
\n00:33:22,360 –> 00:33:27,080
\nWe were bought with our price.
\nOur life is not our own, but we <\/p>\n

432
\n00:33:27,080 –> 00:33:32,480
\nare the Lords.
\nWe have a mission to accomplish <\/p>\n

433
\n00:33:32,520 –> 00:33:36,120
\nin being the light to the
\ncommunity around us. <\/p>\n

434
\n00:33:37,320 –> 00:33:43,480
\nGo ye into all the world and
\npreach the gospel as our Lord <\/p>\n

435
\n00:33:43,480 –> 00:33:46,480
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\nThank you very much. <\/p>\n

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