{"id":1397,"date":"2025-11-17T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T09:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/andrew-bramhill-life-changing-sayings-of-the-lord-jesus-class-2-the-call-responding-over\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:32:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:32:56","slug":"andrew-bramhill-life-changing-sayings-of-the-lord-jesus-class-2-the-call-responding-over","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/andrew-bramhill-life-changing-sayings-of-the-lord-jesus-class-2-the-call-responding-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Bramhill – Life-Changing Sayings of the Lord Jesus – Class 2 – The Call – Responding Over"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note:<\/strong> The end of this class was missing from the source recording, but we have added it so you can listen to as much of the series as possible.<\/p>\n

Class 3 from this series was used in GCT Episode 374.<\/p>\n

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\nThank you, Jake, and good
\nmorning, everybody. <\/p>\n

2
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\nNice to see you all.
\nYes, on Tuesday, the week’s fair<\/p>\n

3
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\nflying by, isn’t it?
\nSo we’re talking this morning <\/p>\n

4
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\nabout about responding to the
\ncall and the point I’m going to <\/p>\n

5
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\nmake, which I make now so you
\ndon’t miss it, is that it’s not <\/p>\n

6
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\na one off thing.
\nWe’re going to be responding <\/p>\n

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\nover and over and over.
\nAnd that’s what we’re going to <\/p>\n

8
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\nsee as we spend a little bit of
\ntime together in our scriptures <\/p>\n

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\nthis morning.
\nJust want to finish off with a <\/p>\n

10
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\nlittle point, though, from last
\nnight, which we didn’t quite <\/p>\n

11
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\nconclude because we were talking
\nabout preparing for the Kingdom,<\/p>\n

12
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\nand I was talking about the
\nvision coming and seeing through<\/p>\n

13
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\nthe judgement.
\nBecause we are not in <\/p>\n

14
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\ncondemnation, but we stand
\njustified that God did not send <\/p>\n

15
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\nHis Son into the world to
\ncondemn the world, but to save <\/p>\n

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\nthe world.
\nAnd and we’re we’re in hope of <\/p>\n

17
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\nthat.
\nI want to just start this <\/p>\n

18
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\nmorning in Second Chronicles 29
\nfor a moment, if I may, which is<\/p>\n

19
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\nan odd place to start.
\nPerhaps I want to think about <\/p>\n

20
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\nthe coming Kingdom as we set our
\nminds ready for responding to <\/p>\n

21
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\nthe call.
\nYou see, it’s if you’re, if <\/p>\n

22
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\nyou’re expecting a Kingdom to
\ncome, I wonder what you do for <\/p>\n

23
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\nit whilst you’re waiting.
\nRight. <\/p>\n

24
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\nPut, put, put yourselves in the
\nin the position of William and <\/p>\n

25
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\nKate.
\nOK. <\/p>\n

26
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\nI don’t know William and Kate.
\nI’ve never met William and Kate.<\/p>\n

27
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\nIronically, the only time I’ve
\never seen them from a distance <\/p>\n

28
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\nwas on a beach in Australia of
\nall places. <\/p>\n

29
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\nYou, you Australians think we
\nsee the royal family around and <\/p>\n

30
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\nabout all the time.
\nWe never, ever see them in this <\/p>\n

31
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\ncountry, but overseas you might.
\nAnd Sue and I happened to see <\/p>\n

32
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\nthem.
\nIt was only William, Kate Sue me<\/p>\n

33
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\nthree and and 3000 others on the
\nbeach, but we saw them as a <\/p>\n

34
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\ndistance.
\nThink about William OK, he is <\/p>\n

35
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\nthe next king of England.
\nIf if the natural process works <\/p>\n

36
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\nout, he knows that one day a
\nKingdom is coming to him. <\/p>\n

37
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\nHe doesn’t know when, he doesn’t
\nknow how soon, He might have to <\/p>\n

38
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\nwait till he’s 74 like his
\nfather did, but one day a <\/p>\n

39
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\nKingdom is coming to him.
\nSo the most peculiar position to<\/p>\n

40
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\nbe in is now.
\nWhat do you do whilst you’re <\/p>\n

41
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\nwaiting for the Kingdom to come?
\nHe knows it’s happening but he <\/p>\n

42
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\ndoesn’t know when.
\nAnd I wonder what you feel or I <\/p>\n

43
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\nI can absolutely guarantee that
\na Kingdom is coming to you. <\/p>\n

44
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\nSo, so So what?
\nWhat do we do? <\/p>\n

45
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\nDid you just sit back and say,
\nwell, it’s coming one day, I’ll <\/p>\n

46
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\njust wait.
\nLike like you wait for the <\/p>\n

47
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\ntrain, it’ll come soon.
\nI’ll just sit and wait. <\/p>\n

48
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\nOr do you do something?
\nWhat’s William doing? <\/p>\n

49
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\nIs he just sitting at home
\nwaiting or is he active? <\/p>\n

50
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\nIs he doing, is he preparing?
\nDoes he have ideas what he will <\/p>\n

51
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\ndo when his Kingdom comes to
\nhim? <\/p>\n

52
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\nInteresting idea, isn’t it?
\nBut we’ll take you to to Second <\/p>\n

53
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\nChronicles 29, because here we
\nmeet Hezekiah at the time of his<\/p>\n

54
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\nKingdom coming to him.
\nAnd we’re not going to do a <\/p>\n

55
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\nlittle study of Hezekiah, but I
\njust make the point that in <\/p>\n

56
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\nverse one of Second Chronicles
\n29, Hezekiah began to reign when<\/p>\n

57
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\nhe was 5 and 20 years old.
\nOK. <\/p>\n

58
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\nSo his Kingdom came to him when
\nhe was 25. <\/p>\n

59
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\nYou can all relate to that.
\nI can’t really, but you can. <\/p>\n

60
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\nAnd he reigned 29 years in
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n

61
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\nHis mother’s name was Abijah,
\nthe daughter of Zechariah, and <\/p>\n

62
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\nhe did that which was right in
\nthe sight of the Lord, according<\/p>\n

63
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\nto all that David, his father,
\nhas done. <\/p>\n

64
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\nSo that’s our introduction to
\nhim. <\/p>\n

65
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\nIt comes to the Kingdom.
\nHe doesn’t know he’s going to <\/p>\n

66
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\nget it when he’s 25, but at 25
\nyears old, the Kingdom arrives <\/p>\n

67
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\nand we’re told that he did the
\nright thing in verse 2. <\/p>\n

68
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\nAnd verse 3 tells us why he did
\nthe right thing, because in the <\/p>\n

69
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\nfirst year of his reign, verse
\nthree, in the first month, he <\/p>\n

70
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\nopened the doors of the House of
\nthe Lord and prepared and <\/p>\n

71
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\nrepaired them.
\nNow I find that quite <\/p>\n

72
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\ninteresting because this young
\nman, 25 is still young. <\/p>\n

73
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\nThis young man knew his Kingdom
\nwas coming, knew that one day it<\/p>\n

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\nwould be his, and he had a plan
\nas to what he would do in that <\/p>\n

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\nKingdom.
\nAnd it was a thing for God, <\/p>\n

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\nwasn’t it?
\nHe was going to get the House of<\/p>\n

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\nGod, the temple repaired,
\nrestored. <\/p>\n

78
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\nHe was going to make sure that
\nthe worship in his Kingdom was <\/p>\n

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\nproperly centred on that
\nrightful place in Mount Zion. <\/p>\n

80
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\nHe’d got this plan in place.
\nSo before the Kingdom came, he’d<\/p>\n

81
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\ntaken steps.
\nHe’d make preparations. <\/p>\n

82
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\nHe didn’t get to the first month
\nof his reign and think, right, <\/p>\n

83
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\nwhat am I going to do?
\nLet’s form a committee. <\/p>\n

84
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\nLet’s get a working party
\ntogether. <\/p>\n

85
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\nAnd in three years time he’s got
\nsome plans and he starts his <\/p>\n

86
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\ntemple restoration doesn’t do
\nthat. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s ready to go on day on day
\none. <\/p>\n

88
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\nAnd I just take you down to
\nverse 17, because verse 17 tells<\/p>\n

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\nus it wasn’t the first, the
\nfirst month of the first year, <\/p>\n

90
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\nbut it was the first day of the
\nfirst month of the first year. <\/p>\n

91
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\nAs soon as his Kingdom comes, he
\nknows what he’s going to do. <\/p>\n

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\nNow that suggests to me that as
\na young man he was making <\/p>\n

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\npreparations for the Kingdom.
\nHe’d got ideas. <\/p>\n

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\nHe knew the rightful things that
\nhe ought to do when the Kingdom <\/p>\n

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\ncame to him, and he’d made plans
\nand preparations. <\/p>\n

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\nSo when the Kingdom comes, he’s
\nthere, He knows, he presses the <\/p>\n

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\nbutton and he starts his work.
\nThat’s a marvellous thing. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd, and I wonder then put
\nyourselves in the position of <\/p>\n

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\nwaiting for the Kingdom.
\nI guarantee you the Kingdom will<\/p>\n

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\ncome.
\nAnd I wonder what we’re doing <\/p>\n

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\nthat there is a fair probability
\nthat a number of us are just <\/p>\n

102
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\nthinking, well, I’ll wait.
\nI don’t know what I’ll do in the<\/p>\n

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\nKingdom.
\nI’ll wait till Jesus tells me <\/p>\n

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\nwhat I’ll do in the Kingdom.
\nWell, Hezekiah wasn’t like that.<\/p>\n

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\nHe, he got this sorted out in
\nhis own mind. <\/p>\n

106
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\nHe knew about the right things
\nand he had a plan to put them in<\/p>\n

107
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\nplace.
\nSo, so as we progress this <\/p>\n

108
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\nmorning now where we’re thinking
\nabout the call and the Lord <\/p>\n

109
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\nJesus Christ inviting us to
\nrespond to him, just just think <\/p>\n

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\nabout this, you know, this
\npreparation for the Kingdom and <\/p>\n

111
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\nwhat steps we might be taking
\nnow. <\/p>\n

112
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\nIt’s the simple Bible principle
\nisn’t it, that if you are to be <\/p>\n

113
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\nsaved you need to be baptised?
\nOK, could anyone just mention a <\/p>\n

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\nverse or two that you might take
\nsomeone to if they said, oh <\/p>\n

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\nwhere does it say that in our
\nscriptures to be baptised, to be<\/p>\n

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\nsaved, we must be baptised.
\nWhich verse would you quote <\/p>\n

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\nsomeone or show to someone to
\nhelp them with that? <\/p>\n

118
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\nMark 16, just settle on Mark 16,
\nverse 16. <\/p>\n

119
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\nThat’ll do me very nicely.
\nYes, he that believes and is <\/p>\n

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\nbaptized, the same shall be
\nsaved. <\/p>\n

121
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\nYeah, very good.
\nYou could go to lots of verses <\/p>\n

122
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\nin the Acts.
\nWould you just indulge me a <\/p>\n

123
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\nmoment or two.
\nLook, look, look at how our <\/p>\n

124
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\nfirst principles work.
\nBrothers and sisters sat with me<\/p>\n

125
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\nin in Acts chapter 2 for a
\nmoment, would you? <\/p>\n

126
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\nThese are how our key teachings
\nwork in the Word of God. <\/p>\n

127
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\nActs chapter 2, verse 38.
\nPeter said unto them, Repent and<\/p>\n

128
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\nbe baptized, everyone of you in
\nthe name of Jesus Christ for the<\/p>\n

129
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\nremission of sins.
\nThat’s Peter speaking clearly <\/p>\n

130
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\nthere.
\nLook at chapter 4 and verse 12. <\/p>\n

131
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\nYou could underline all these
\nverses. <\/p>\n

132
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\nPeter again, verse 12, chapter
\n4. <\/p>\n

133
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\nNeither is there salvation in
\nany other, for there is none of <\/p>\n

134
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\nthe name under heaven given
\namong men whereby we must be <\/p>\n

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\nsaved.
\nChapter 8, verse 12, another key<\/p>\n

136
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\nverse.
\nYou might have these all <\/p>\n

137
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\nunderlined already. 8 verse 12,
\nwhen they believed Philip <\/p>\n

138
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\npreaching the good things
\nconcerning the Kingdom of God <\/p>\n

139
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\nand the name of Jesus Christ,
\nthey were baptized, both men and<\/p>\n

140
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\nwomen.
\nChapter 16, verse 31, we could <\/p>\n

141
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\ngo on.
\nYou turn the page after page <\/p>\n

142
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\nafter page after page when
\nthere’s a key teaching in <\/p>\n

143
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\nScripture.
\nThe Bible is full of it. <\/p>\n

144
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\nSo when it’s about baptism and
\nwe are called to be baptized, <\/p>\n

145
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\nlots and lots of verses to
\nconfirm it. <\/p>\n

146
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\nWhen it’s the return of the Lord
\nJesus Christ, the New Testament <\/p>\n

147
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\nis just full of it.
\nWhen it’s the Trinity, oh boy, <\/p>\n

148
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\nyou have to scratch away at half
\na verse here and try and make <\/p>\n

149
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\nsomething of it or a phrase
\nwhich you might think is a bit <\/p>\n

150
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\nambiguous here and build
\nsomething on it. <\/p>\n

151
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\nYou know, if it’s a false
\ndoctrine, you can’t really find <\/p>\n

152
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\nit in Scripture at all.
\nBut when it’s a strong first <\/p>\n

153
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\nprinciple, it’s just there on
\nevery page. <\/p>\n

154
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\nSo, so, so just bear that in
\nmind, you know, if, if someone’s<\/p>\n

155
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\nquoting a 1\/2 a verse and
\nthey’re reading it a bit <\/p>\n

156
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\nunusually and building a false
\ndoctrine on it, well, see if you<\/p>\n

157
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\ncan find something else which
\nbacks it up. <\/p>\n

158
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\nUnless you can turn page after
\npage and say, Oh yeah, it’s <\/p>\n

159
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\nhere.
\nOh, it’s here as well. <\/p>\n

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\nOh, it’s here as well.
\nThat’s how you realise that <\/p>\n

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\nthese are the key teachings.
\nThese are our first principles. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd of course, the Lord Jesus
\nChrist knew about baptism. <\/p>\n

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\nHe himself submitted to the act
\nof baptism. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was committed to the baptism
\nof his death in order that the <\/p>\n

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\npossible might be done, the
\nimpossible might have been done <\/p>\n

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\nfor mankind.
\nAnd it’s his conversation with <\/p>\n

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\nNicodemus in John chapter 3
\nplease, that I’d like to start <\/p>\n

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\nthis morning session with
\nplease. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause the Lord Jesus Christ
\ntaught baptism, but he didn’t <\/p>\n

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\nactually baptise anybody.
\nI think that was probably quite <\/p>\n

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\nwise.
\nIt wasn’t that he didn’t agree <\/p>\n

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\nwith baptism or didn’t think it
\nright, but just imagine if you <\/p>\n

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\nhad been baptised in the time of
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ and you <\/p>\n

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\npersonally had been baptised by
\nJesus. <\/p>\n

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\nOh, wouldn’t that make you feel
\nspecial? <\/p>\n

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\nYet look at me, I Jesus baptise
\nme. <\/p>\n

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\nYou can imagine it can’t you,
\nThat that there was to be no <\/p>\n

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\nstatus amongst 1st century
\nbelievers. <\/p>\n

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\nThey were all one in the Lord
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nSo his disciples did all the
\nbaptising, not the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nhimself.
\nHe wasn’t going to give anyone <\/p>\n

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\nthe opportunity to boast about
\nwho had baptised them, but yet <\/p>\n

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\nhe believed it.
\nHe succumbed to the ACT. <\/p>\n

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\nHe, he, he, he gave himself
\nthrough the waters of baptism to<\/p>\n

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\nthe will of his father.
\nAnd here he is having a <\/p>\n

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\nconversation with Nicodemus,
\nthis man who comes to him by <\/p>\n

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\nnight.
\nAnd and this this gives to us <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:22,200 –> 00:11:26,960
\nour next life changing saying
\nand it’s one of the most obvious<\/p>\n

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\nones when you think about it,
\nbecause here is the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:30,960 –> 00:11:35,920
\nChrist saying in verse 3, except
\na man be born again, he cannot <\/p>\n

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\nsee the Kingdom of God.
\nIt’s an obvious thing to say and<\/p>\n

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\n00:11:42,000 –> 00:11:46,920
\nyou need to change your life by
\nsuccumbing to the waters of <\/p>\n

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\nbaptism and being born again.
\nSo Jesus makes this this <\/p>\n

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\nstatement.
\nJust look at verse 2, the same <\/p>\n

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\nthat’s Nicodemus came to Jesus
\nby night and said to him, Rabbi,<\/p>\n

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\nwe know that thou art a teacher,
\ncome from God, for no man can do<\/p>\n

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\nthese miracles that thou doest
\naccept God be with him. <\/p>\n

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\nSo, so Nicodemus is impressed by
\nChrist’s miracles that we’ve <\/p>\n

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\nactually only read of 1 so far,
\nbut we know that other signs <\/p>\n

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\nwere taking place.
\nThe one that John has recorded <\/p>\n

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\nso far is water into wine.
\nBut Nicodemus, who is a teacher <\/p>\n

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\nin Israel, a senior person in
\nIsrael, he’s impressed by these <\/p>\n

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\nmiracles.
\nHe knows that Christ must have <\/p>\n

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\ncome from God.
\nThat’s what he says here. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so he comes secretly at
\nnight to have a conversation <\/p>\n

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\nwith the Lord Jesus.
\nAnd he’s coming secretly at <\/p>\n

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\nnight because he’s hedging his
\nbets here, isn’t he? <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s he’s not wanting to damage
\nhis reputation. <\/p>\n

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\nHe doesn’t want to be seen with
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ yet. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he’s sort of in his own mind
\ngetting persuaded, but he <\/p>\n

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\ndoesn’t want other men to know
\nyet. <\/p>\n

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\nHe doesn’t want to give up on
\nhis former ways. <\/p>\n

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\nSo he comes with this idea that
\nhe wants to talk to the Lord <\/p>\n

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\nJesus Christ.
\nAnd Jesus makes clear this <\/p>\n

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\nstatement.
\nExcept a man be born again, he <\/p>\n

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\ncannot see the Kingdom of God
\nborn again. <\/p>\n

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\nYour, your translation, your
\nmargin might say born anew or <\/p>\n

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\nborn from above.
\nThat’s the idea here, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\nSo this isn’t your natural
\nbirth. <\/p>\n

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\nIt isn’t a second natural birth.
\nYou know, it’s interesting, <\/p>\n

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\nisn’t it, that this intelligent
\nman says, what do I have to <\/p>\n

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\nenter back into my mother’s womb
\nand be born again? <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, it’s a nonsense that
\nisn’t it. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s not what the Lord Jesus
\nChrist is talking about. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s talking about a baptism
\nfrom above. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Nicodemus doesn’t quite get
\nit. <\/p>\n

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\nJesus explains it again in verse
\n5, and there’s always something <\/p>\n

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\nabout the explanations in the
\nGospel of John. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen the explanation is given,
\nit’s always seems more difficult<\/p>\n

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\nthan the original statement.
\nI don’t quite know why, but the <\/p>\n

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\nLord Jesus Christ does this.
\nSo he gives you a simple <\/p>\n

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\nstatement and then when he
\nexplains it, you think, wow, <\/p>\n

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\nthat’s even more confusing now.
\nAnd never give up on the <\/p>\n

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\nexplanation.
\nOK, when the Lord Jesus Christ <\/p>\n

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\nexplains something and it seems
\nmore confusing, don’t give up on<\/p>\n

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\nit.
\nBecause when you work at it and <\/p>\n

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\nyou see what the Lord Jesus
\nChrist is saying is in in his <\/p>\n

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\nexplanation, it opens the
\nScriptures far more, far more <\/p>\n

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\ngreatly for us.
\nSo Jesus in verse 5 says, verily<\/p>\n

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\nI say unto you, except a man be
\nborn of water and the Spirit, he<\/p>\n

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\ncannot enter into the Kingdom of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:50,160 –> 00:14:52,680
\nSo he elaborates a little bit
\nnow, now what? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat do you make of that verse
\nthen? <\/p>\n

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\nHow, how do you explain that we
\nhave to be born of the water and<\/p>\n

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\nthe spirit?
\nWe kind of get the water that, <\/p>\n

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\nthat that’s easy enough, isn’t
\nit? <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re going to be baptized,
\naren’t we? <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s, that’s pretty simple,
\nisn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\nWe go down into water and we are
\nborn as new people. <\/p>\n

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\nBut what do you think about
\nbeing born of the spirits? <\/p>\n

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\nWell, it just gets a little more
\ntricky, doesn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\nBecause we of course don’t
\naccept the idea that the Holy <\/p>\n

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\nSpirit in in the terms of spirit
\ngifts is available today. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:29,040 –> 00:15:33,720
\nWe don’t believe in the incoming
\nHoly Spirit, which gives us <\/p>\n

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\nknowledge and understanding
\nwhich other churches would <\/p>\n

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\nbelieve today.
\nWe don’t accept that. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd yet we’re confused a little
\nbit because in my Bible, and <\/p>\n

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\nmaybe in your Bible, the
\ntranslators have put a capital S<\/p>\n

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\non Spirit.
\nAnd sometimes you read it and <\/p>\n

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\nthink, oh, it’s got a capital S.
\nThere must be something really <\/p>\n

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\nimportant here.
\nDon’t be fooled. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:54,840 –> 00:15:56,880
\nDon’t ever be fooled by
\ncapitals. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen the New Testament was
\nwritten in Greek, it was written<\/p>\n

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\nin block capitals.
\nAll right, The the translators <\/p>\n

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\nhave no clue as to what should
\nbe capital and what should be <\/p>\n

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\nlower case because the Greek was
\nalways in capitals. <\/p>\n

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\nSo so it’s a translator who
\nstuck a capital S on there just <\/p>\n

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\nbecause he might have thought
\nthe spirit was important here. <\/p>\n

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\nSo, so how do you explain this
\nverse and brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n

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\nwhere we are told that there’s
\nsomething about water which we <\/p>\n

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\nunderstand and there’s something
\nabout spirit which we don’t <\/p>\n

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\nquite understand?
\nWell, I think it’s ever so easy.<\/p>\n

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\nI, I, I really do.
\nYou see, when you read the word <\/p>\n

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\nSpirit in the New Testament,
\nit’s not just about the <\/p>\n

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\ndisciples or the apostles who
\nhad the Holy Spirit and could <\/p>\n

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\nperform miracles or could speak
\nin tongues or had perfect <\/p>\n

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\nknowledge.
\nIt wasn’t that at all. <\/p>\n

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\nIn every case there was another
\nmeaning of the word Spirit, <\/p>\n

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\nwhich is you’ve got to adopt the
\nmind from above. <\/p>\n

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\nSo you’re going to be baptized
\nin water, but you’re going to <\/p>\n

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\nabsorb the mind from above, the
\nmind of Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s what you’re going to do.
\nYou’re going to start to think <\/p>\n

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\nlike him.
\nYou’re going to start to speak <\/p>\n

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\nlike him.
\nYou’re going to start to behave <\/p>\n

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\nlike him.
\nYou’re going to be doing things <\/p>\n

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\nin the spirit of Christ.
\nThat’s not a special Holy Spirit<\/p>\n

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\nthat gives you special powers.
\nThat’s because you’re doing it <\/p>\n

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\nin the spirit of the one who has
\ncalled you. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s what the Lord Jesus
\nChrist is explaining to us here.<\/p>\n

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\nJust keep a finger in John
\nchapter 3 and I’ll, I’ll, I’ll <\/p>\n

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\nshow you this if I may.
\nSo turn over with me to Romans <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:43,280 –> 00:17:48,200
\nchapter 8.
\nWe finished here last night I <\/p>\n

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\nthink, didn’t we?
\nWith the with Paul beating <\/p>\n

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\nhimself up in Chapter 7 because
\nof his poor performance. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then it begins in chapter 8
\nhaving realised that he’s saved <\/p>\n

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\nfrom all this by the Lord Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

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\nIt begins in chapter 8 verse
\none. <\/p>\n

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\nThere is therefore now no
\ncondition, condemnation for them<\/p>\n

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\nwhich are in Christ Jesus.
\nMy King James Version. <\/p>\n

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\nNot all translations will have
\nthis. <\/p>\n

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\nMy King James Version says who
\nwalk not after the flesh, but <\/p>\n

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\nafter the Spirit.
\nSo that’s the difference here. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re stopping being people who
\nthink worldly things and we’re <\/p>\n

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\ngoing to try and think heavenly
\nthings. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re going to try and be
\ninfluenced by the things from <\/p>\n

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\nabove.
\nVerse 2 carries on for the law <\/p>\n

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\nof the Spirit of life in Christ
\nJesus has made me free from the <\/p>\n

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\nlaw of sin and death.
\nYou see, there’s a law of sin <\/p>\n

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\nand death, and there’s a law of
\nfreedom in Christ, and a spirit <\/p>\n

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\nof thinking like He does and
\nbehaving like he does. <\/p>\n

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\nThis spirit which frees us from
\nthe burden of the flesh. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the Lord Jesus Christ here
\nand his Spirit isn’t about his <\/p>\n

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\nspecial powers or enabling us to
\ndo certain things, but it’s the <\/p>\n

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\nway he thinks and feels and
\nbehaves. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I can just confirm that a
\nlittle bit further by taking you<\/p>\n

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\nover to 1 Corinthians chapter 5,
\nplease, where Paul encourages <\/p>\n

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\nthe believers to behave in his
\nspirit, in Paul’s spirit, which <\/p>\n

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\nis an odd thing, isn’t it?
\nVerse four of first Corinthians <\/p>\n

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\n5, verse four, in the name of
\nour Lord Jesus Christ, when ye <\/p>\n

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\nare gathered together and and my
\nspirit with the power of our <\/p>\n

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\nLord Jesus Christ.
\nNow Paul doesn’t have any <\/p>\n

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\nspecial spirit, does he?
\nHe doesn’t have a a special <\/p>\n

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\nspirit that he can give to
\nothers. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s talking there about the way
\nhe thinks when you come together<\/p>\n

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\nand the Lord Jesus Christ is
\nwith us and my spirit, I want <\/p>\n

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\nyou to think like I think here.
\nI want you to judge in the way I<\/p>\n

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\njudge.
\nAnd it was a particular <\/p>\n

328
\n00:19:57,840 –> 00:20:01,160
\ndifficult case that he was
\nencouraging them to, to work <\/p>\n

329
\n00:20:01,160 –> 00:20:04,560
\nthrough and encouraging them to
\nthink like he thinks and think <\/p>\n

330
\n00:20:04,560 –> 00:20:07,760
\nlike Christ thinks.
\nSo back to John chapter 3. <\/p>\n

331
\n00:20:07,760 –> 00:20:10,240
\nThen you, you, you see the point
\nhere? <\/p>\n

332
\n00:20:10,360 –> 00:20:17,840
\nWe are to be born of water and
\nthere needs to be a change. <\/p>\n

333
\n00:20:19,320 –> 00:20:23,120
\nAnd that helps us understand the
\nnext verse, which is quite odd. <\/p>\n

334
\n00:20:24,520 –> 00:20:29,120
\nVerse 7, Verse 8, Marvel not the
\ntype. 72 you must be born again.<\/p>\n

335
\n00:20:29,120 –> 00:20:32,400
\nSay Jesus, the wind blows where
\nit listeth, and thou hearest the<\/p>\n

336
\n00:20:32,400 –> 00:20:35,120
\nsound thereof, but canst not
\ntell whence it cometh, and <\/p>\n

337
\n00:20:35,120 –> 00:20:37,760
\nwither it goeth.
\nSo is everyone that is born of <\/p>\n

338
\n00:20:37,760 –> 00:20:38,400
\nthe Spirit.
\nWhat? <\/p>\n

339
\n00:20:38,400 –> 00:20:40,720
\nWhat’s that verse saying?
\nHere’s another explanation of <\/p>\n

340
\n00:20:40,720 –> 00:20:42,440
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ.
\nAnd you think, wow, this is <\/p>\n

341
\n00:20:42,440 –> 00:20:46,760
\ngetting even more complicated.
\nWell, well, again, when you <\/p>\n

342
\n00:20:46,760 –> 00:20:48,880
\nthink about it, it’s quite
\nstraightforward. <\/p>\n

343
\n00:20:49,760 –> 00:20:55,280
\nYou see, you can’t see wind.
\nNo one can see wind. <\/p>\n

344
\n00:20:55,280 –> 00:20:58,480
\nBut you can see what the wind
\ndoes, right? <\/p>\n

345
\n00:20:58,480 –> 00:21:03,400
\nSo it blows trees, it moves the
\nlitter along the road. <\/p>\n

346
\n00:21:03,440 –> 00:21:06,760
\nIt’s it has some effect on
\nthings. <\/p>\n

347
\n00:21:06,760 –> 00:21:11,280
\nThe curtains waft in the draft
\nbecause the wind blows. <\/p>\n

348
\n00:21:11,280 –> 00:21:14,120
\nYou can’t see the wind, but you
\ncan see what it does. <\/p>\n

349
\n00:21:15,280 –> 00:21:17,360
\nAnd that just concludes then
\nwhat the Lord Jesus is. <\/p>\n

350
\n00:21:17,360 –> 00:21:19,360
\nChrist is saying.
\nHe says yes, you need to be <\/p>\n

351
\n00:21:19,360 –> 00:21:25,600
\nbaptised, but you need to change
\nand that change needs to be <\/p>\n

352
\n00:21:25,600 –> 00:21:28,080
\nevidence.
\nI can’t see standing here <\/p>\n

353
\n00:21:28,320 –> 00:21:33,320
\nwhether you are baptised or not.
\nThere isn’t a big mark on your <\/p>\n

354
\n00:21:33,320 –> 00:21:36,040
\nforehead here that says I’m
\nbaptised. <\/p>\n

355
\n00:21:36,760 –> 00:21:38,560
\nThere’s no outward mark is
\nthere? <\/p>\n

356
\n00:21:38,680 –> 00:21:40,520
\nYou, you, you wouldn’t know if
\nthis was a room full of <\/p>\n

357
\n00:21:40,520 –> 00:21:42,480
\nstrangers.
\nYou would not have a clue who’s <\/p>\n

358
\n00:21:42,480 –> 00:21:46,160
\nbaptised and who isn’t.
\nAnd the Lord Jesus Christ is <\/p>\n

359
\n00:21:46,160 –> 00:21:51,360
\nsaying you need to evidence it
\nby being a different person, a <\/p>\n

360
\n00:21:51,360 –> 00:21:54,640
\nchild of the Spirit.
\nNow the way you think, the way <\/p>\n

361
\n00:21:54,680 –> 00:21:58,920
\nyou talk, the way you behave, no
\none can see this Spirit at work,<\/p>\n

362
\n00:21:59,120 –> 00:22:02,240
\nbut your minds need to change so
\nthat you become different <\/p>\n

363
\n00:22:02,240 –> 00:22:04,480
\npeople.
\nAnd that’s what baptism is all <\/p>\n

364
\n00:22:04,480 –> 00:22:06,680
\nabout, isn’t it?
\nYou know, it’s not a one off <\/p>\n

365
\n00:22:06,680 –> 00:22:09,800
\nevent where we get baptized and
\nthink, great, that’s it sorted <\/p>\n

366
\n00:22:09,800 –> 00:22:13,000
\nout now.
\nNow everyone says it’s the start<\/p>\n

367
\n00:22:13,000 –> 00:22:16,560
\nof something and each day you
\nare going to try and become a <\/p>\n

368
\n00:22:16,560 –> 00:22:20,640
\nchild of the Spirit and you are
\ngoing to try and learn and grow <\/p>\n

369
\n00:22:20,640 –> 00:22:24,360
\nand behave like him.
\nSo there is some evidence that <\/p>\n

370
\n00:22:24,360 –> 00:22:27,320
\nyou are one who belongs to the
\nLord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

371
\n00:22:28,160 –> 00:22:31,880
\nNicodemus really struggled with
\nthis, you know, in verse 9, how <\/p>\n

372
\n00:22:31,880 –> 00:22:35,400
\ncan these things be?
\nHe’s he’s really puzzled by what<\/p>\n

373
\n00:22:35,400 –> 00:22:40,840
\nactually is a simple idea.
\nAnd Jesus says in verse 10, are <\/p>\n

374
\n00:22:40,840 –> 00:22:45,880
\nyou a master?
\nAre you the teacher in Israel? <\/p>\n

375
\n00:22:46,400 –> 00:22:52,080
\nAnd know us not these things,
\nthe teacher that that that must <\/p>\n

376
\n00:22:52,080 –> 00:22:55,120
\nmake him someone very senior
\nthat must make him someone on <\/p>\n

377
\n00:22:55,120 –> 00:22:57,520
\nthe Sanhedrin.
\nThat might make him a very <\/p>\n

378
\n00:22:57,520 –> 00:23:02,520
\nsenior person in the Sanhedrin.
\nHe is the teacher in Israel. <\/p>\n

379
\n00:23:02,560 –> 00:23:05,720
\nJesus says you are the teacher
\nin Israel and you don’t get <\/p>\n

380
\n00:23:05,720 –> 00:23:08,280
\nthis.
\nAnd, and unfortunately, this was<\/p>\n

381
\n00:23:08,280 –> 00:23:11,160
\ngoing to be an encounter where
\nNicodemus is going to drift <\/p>\n

382
\n00:23:11,160 –> 00:23:17,360
\naway, puzzled by it all.
\nJust turn over to chapter 12 of <\/p>\n

383
\n00:23:17,360 –> 00:23:21,040
\nJohn, please, because we find
\nwhat happens to a number of <\/p>\n

384
\n00:23:21,040 –> 00:23:26,920
\nthese elders, not Nicodemus, but
\nlook what happened to these <\/p>\n

385
\n00:23:26,920 –> 00:23:34,040
\nchief rulers in verse 42.
\nNevertheless, among the chief <\/p>\n

386
\n00:23:34,040 –> 00:23:39,840
\nrulers, John 1242, many believed
\non him. <\/p>\n

387
\n00:23:40,360 –> 00:23:45,040
\nSo many were like Nicodemus, but
\nbecause of the Pharisees, they <\/p>\n

388
\n00:23:45,040 –> 00:23:49,760
\ndid not confess him lest they
\nshould be put out of the <\/p>\n

389
\n00:23:49,760 –> 00:23:56,000
\nsynagogue, for they loved the
\nglory of men more than the glory<\/p>\n

390
\n00:23:56,000 –> 00:24:00,400
\nof God.
\nSo So here are a group of men <\/p>\n

391
\n00:24:00,400 –> 00:24:04,880
\nwho came to a a logical
\nunderstanding of the things of <\/p>\n

392
\n00:24:04,880 –> 00:24:09,960
\nChrist sufficient to believe in
\nhim, and yet they could not make<\/p>\n

393
\n00:24:09,960 –> 00:24:13,600
\nthis change.
\nAnd there were two things there <\/p>\n

394
\n00:24:13,600 –> 00:24:17,600
\nweren’t the one was they didn’t
\nwant to suffer the consequences.<\/p>\n

395
\n00:24:17,600 –> 00:24:20,240
\nSo we we were looking at Moses
\nwith brother Mark, weren’t we? <\/p>\n

396
\n00:24:20,240 –> 00:24:26,240
\nWho was willing to take on the
\nreproach of Christ because he <\/p>\n

397
\n00:24:26,240 –> 00:24:28,840
\nesteemed that better than all
\nthe riches of Egypt? <\/p>\n

398
\n00:24:29,200 –> 00:24:33,240
\nWell, these men didn’t want the
\nconsequences of being cast out <\/p>\n

399
\n00:24:33,240 –> 00:24:34,560
\nof the synagogues.
\nThey didn’t want the <\/p>\n

400
\n00:24:34,560 –> 00:24:40,160
\nconsequences, but also they were
\nrather enjoying the praise of <\/p>\n

401
\n00:24:40,160 –> 00:24:42,840
\nmen.
\nAnd that that’s, that’s a good <\/p>\n

402
\n00:24:42,840 –> 00:24:45,920
\nwarm feeling when men pat you on
\nthe back and say you’re doing <\/p>\n

403
\n00:24:45,920 –> 00:24:49,600
\ngood things.
\nThat makes us feel good, doesn’t<\/p>\n

404
\n00:24:49,600 –> 00:24:52,160
\nit?
\nAnd it would be praised, <\/p>\n

405
\n00:24:52,160 –> 00:24:54,440
\nreplaced by opprobrium, wouldn’t
\nit? <\/p>\n

406
\n00:24:54,440 –> 00:24:56,600
\nAnd these men aren’t willing to
\nhave that. <\/p>\n

407
\n00:24:56,880 –> 00:25:00,240
\nThey aren’t willing to give God
\nthe glory. <\/p>\n

408
\n00:25:00,400 –> 00:25:05,160
\nThey want it for themselves.
\nSo here’s a here’s a an <\/p>\n

409
\n00:25:05,160 –> 00:25:11,160
\ninteresting idea then, that we
\nhave to be baptized in the Lord <\/p>\n

410
\n00:25:11,160 –> 00:25:13,440
\ninto the Lord Jesus Christ.
\nThat’s step one. <\/p>\n

411
\n00:25:13,440 –> 00:25:17,400
\nAnd you, you so far might be
\nsitting there thinking, well, <\/p>\n

412
\n00:25:17,400 –> 00:25:21,280
\nthis is a comment made to those
\nwho are unbaptized that they <\/p>\n

413
\n00:25:21,280 –> 00:25:24,960
\nneed to respond to the call.
\nAnd I guess there is an element <\/p>\n

414
\n00:25:24,960 –> 00:25:26,960
\nof that.
\nAnd if you are an unbaptized <\/p>\n

415
\n00:25:26,960 –> 00:25:31,520
\nperson, then at some stage you
\nneed to start thinking seriously<\/p>\n

416
\n00:25:31,520 –> 00:25:35,000
\nabout whether or not you are
\ngoing to be born from above. <\/p>\n

417
\n00:25:35,560 –> 00:25:37,760
\nYou need to start thinking about
\nwhether or not you’re going to <\/p>\n

418
\n00:25:37,760 –> 00:25:40,520
\nrespond to the call.
\nPlenty in this room have. <\/p>\n

419
\n00:25:40,840 –> 00:25:43,960
\nPlenty haven’t.
\nWhere do you stand on that? <\/p>\n

420
\n00:25:44,520 –> 00:25:48,720
\nIf the Kingdom comes and you
\nhaven’t for some reason got <\/p>\n

421
\n00:25:48,720 –> 00:25:51,400
\naround to making that decision,
\nwhere does that leave you? <\/p>\n

422
\n00:25:51,960 –> 00:25:55,160
\nWhat, what, what, what
\nexplanation would you give to <\/p>\n

423
\n00:25:55,160 –> 00:25:58,600
\nyourself for not responding to
\nthat call? <\/p>\n

424
\n00:25:59,400 –> 00:26:02,840
\nBut yeah, this isn’t just a
\nmessage for the unbaptised, this<\/p>\n

425
\n00:26:02,840 –> 00:26:05,000
\nis a message for everyone, isn’t
\nit? <\/p>\n

426
\n00:26:05,000 –> 00:26:09,680
\nBecause we are all called here
\nto be changing. <\/p>\n

427
\n00:26:10,680 –> 00:26:13,440
\nWe are all called to be children
\nof the Spirit. <\/p>\n

428
\n00:26:13,440 –> 00:26:16,400
\nWhat kind of evidence is there?
\nIf men look at us, they can’t <\/p>\n

429
\n00:26:16,400 –> 00:26:19,800
\nsee that we belong to the Lord
\nJesus Christ, but what evidence <\/p>\n

430
\n00:26:19,800 –> 00:26:23,760
\ncan they amass now?
\nIs the way you speak is the way <\/p>\n

431
\n00:26:23,760 –> 00:26:30,160
\nyou you, you act and react?
\nIs that sufficient for men to <\/p>\n

432
\n00:26:30,160 –> 00:26:34,840
\nrealize that you are different?
\nAnd one of the great challenges <\/p>\n

433
\n00:26:34,840 –> 00:26:39,080
\nhere I’ve put it in our title,
\nresponding over. <\/p>\n

434
\n00:26:40,000 –> 00:26:44,440
\nYou have to keep responding.
\nTime and time and time again, <\/p>\n

435
\n00:26:44,440 –> 00:26:47,720
\nJeremiah tells us that the
\nmercies of God are new every <\/p>\n

436
\n00:26:47,720 –> 00:26:51,680
\nmorning and every morning when
\nyou wake up and you find the <\/p>\n

437
\n00:26:51,680 –> 00:26:53,920
\nmercies of God, you have to
\nchoose. <\/p>\n

438
\n00:26:54,440 –> 00:26:57,920
\nAm I going to take up my cross
\nand follow him today? <\/p>\n

439
\n00:26:59,160 –> 00:27:03,000
\nEvery day you have to make that
\ndecision because every day when <\/p>\n

440
\n00:27:03,000 –> 00:27:05,760
\nyou get out of bed, you are not
\ncarrying the cross. <\/p>\n

441
\n00:27:05,760 –> 00:27:10,160
\nIt’s lying there.
\nSo you can walk away from it <\/p>\n

442
\n00:27:10,160 –> 00:27:12,680
\neach morning if you want that,
\nthat that’s the, that’s the <\/p>\n

443
\n00:27:12,680 –> 00:27:15,640
\ndefault position.
\nActually, you can walk away from<\/p>\n

444
\n00:27:15,640 –> 00:27:18,840
\nit and leave it where it is.
\nYou don’t have to pick it up. <\/p>\n

445
\n00:27:19,040 –> 00:27:21,360
\nYou have to make a conscious
\ndecision to pick it up. <\/p>\n

446
\n00:27:21,360 –> 00:27:26,360
\nSo, so let me ask you, when you
\nwoke this morning bleary eyed, <\/p>\n

447
\n00:27:27,000 –> 00:27:30,560
\nfull of events of last night,
\nyou know, how many of you <\/p>\n

448
\n00:27:30,600 –> 00:27:34,920
\nconsciously thought today I’m
\ngoing to follow the Lord Jesus? <\/p>\n

449
\n00:27:34,920 –> 00:27:36,840
\nHow many of you consciously
\nthought that? <\/p>\n

450
\n00:27:36,840 –> 00:27:40,800
\nI wonder, Please don’t put your
\nhands up, but but I wonder you <\/p>\n

451
\n00:27:40,800 –> 00:27:44,360
\nwhen you got out of bed, how
\nmany of you had that thought in <\/p>\n

452
\n00:27:44,360 –> 00:27:47,520
\nyour mind?
\nI, I rather think you didn’t. <\/p>\n

453
\n00:27:47,520 –> 00:27:51,800
\nI might be judging you harshly,
\nbut there’d be all sorts of <\/p>\n

454
\n00:27:51,800 –> 00:27:53,840
\nother thoughts in your mind this
\nmorning. <\/p>\n

455
\n00:27:54,080 –> 00:27:56,600
\nDo do, do you ever think that,
\nyou know, do you ever get out of<\/p>\n

456
\n00:27:56,600 –> 00:28:00,480
\nbed and think today, this day,
\nI’m going to pick up my cross, <\/p>\n

457
\n00:28:00,480 –> 00:28:02,160
\nI’m going to try and be like the
\nLord Jesus. <\/p>\n

458
\n00:28:02,160 –> 00:28:04,360
\nI am going to follow him.
\nDo you ever think that? <\/p>\n

459
\n00:28:05,200 –> 00:28:07,080
\nWell, that’s what the Lord is
\nasking for. <\/p>\n

460
\n00:28:07,080 –> 00:28:11,760
\nThat’s the Lord that the Lord is
\nwanting not just today, but <\/p>\n

461
\n00:28:11,840 –> 00:28:14,440
\nevery day.
\nSo the Lord is calling us now. <\/p>\n

462
\n00:28:14,440 –> 00:28:20,760
\nLet me just take you to to our
\nnext saying, if I might. <\/p>\n

463
\n00:28:23,520 –> 00:28:26,360
\nThis is a bizarre one, but I
\nwant to spend a little bit of <\/p>\n

464
\n00:28:26,360 –> 00:28:31,560
\ntime with this idea of the call.
\nCome unto me. <\/p>\n

465
\n00:28:32,640 –> 00:28:34,800
\nSo let’s just start in Matthew,
\ncan we? <\/p>\n

466
\n00:28:34,800 –> 00:28:40,720
\nMatthew chapter 4, verse 18.
\nYou’ll know the incident well <\/p>\n

467
\n00:28:40,720 –> 00:28:46,720
\nhere, disciples being called the
\nLord starting his ministry. <\/p>\n

468
\n00:28:49,720 –> 00:28:57,280
\nInterestingly, we read about
\nthem fishing, verse 18 on the <\/p>\n

469
\n00:28:57,280 –> 00:29:00,160
\nSea of Galilee.
\nJesus walking by the Sea of <\/p>\n

470
\n00:29:00,160 –> 00:29:03,800
\nGalilee saw two brothers, Simon
\ncalled Peter, Andrew his <\/p>\n

471
\n00:29:03,800 –> 00:29:06,880
\nbrother, casting a net into the
\nsea, for they were fishers. <\/p>\n

472
\n00:29:07,160 –> 00:29:10,000
\nAnd he saith unto them, follow
\nme. <\/p>\n

473
\n00:29:10,000 –> 00:29:13,480
\nNow that’s the revised, sorry.
\nThat’s the King James Version <\/p>\n

474
\n00:29:13,480 –> 00:29:15,080
\nthere.
\nIf you’ve got anything other <\/p>\n

475
\n00:29:15,080 –> 00:29:18,000
\nthan the King James Version, it
\nwill say something like come <\/p>\n

476
\n00:29:18,320 –> 00:29:26,160
\nfollow me, come after me and I
\nwill make you fishers of men and<\/p>\n

477
\n00:29:26,240 –> 00:29:30,480
\nnotice that here is the Lord
\nJesus Christ saying I’m if <\/p>\n

478
\n00:29:30,480 –> 00:29:34,520
\nyou’re willing, I’m going to
\nmake something of you. <\/p>\n

479
\n00:29:34,520 –> 00:29:36,920
\nRemember our comments on
\nSaturday night. <\/p>\n

480
\n00:29:37,160 –> 00:29:39,600
\nThis isn’t everything I’m going
\nto give you. <\/p>\n

481
\n00:29:39,920 –> 00:29:42,560
\nWe’re not in a take
\nrelationship. <\/p>\n

482
\n00:29:42,600 –> 00:29:47,560
\nGive me I want this is saying if
\nyou’re willing to get involved <\/p>\n

483
\n00:29:47,560 –> 00:29:50,880
\nhere, I’m going to make
\nsomething of you. <\/p>\n

484
\n00:29:50,880 –> 00:29:52,600
\nThat’s where the prodigal ended
\nup, wasn’t it? <\/p>\n

485
\n00:29:52,600 –> 00:29:55,000
\nMake me as one of your hired
\nservants. <\/p>\n

486
\n00:29:55,000 –> 00:29:57,320
\nWell, here is the Lord Jesus
\nChrist saying that’s what I want<\/p>\n

487
\n00:29:57,320 –> 00:29:59,920
\nto do.
\nI want to make you and in this <\/p>\n

488
\n00:29:59,920 –> 00:30:02,840
\nparticular case it was fishers
\nof men. <\/p>\n

489
\n00:30:03,960 –> 00:30:08,800
\nSo, so the disciples here have
\nthe opportunity to allow Christ <\/p>\n

490
\n00:30:08,800 –> 00:30:13,680
\nto make something of them.
\nAnd notice the encouragement to <\/p>\n

491
\n00:30:13,680 –> 00:30:16,680
\nfollow means that he’s going
\nfirst. <\/p>\n

492
\n00:30:17,560 –> 00:30:21,200
\nAnd there’s no aspect of our
\ndiscipleship, there’s no aspect <\/p>\n

493
\n00:30:21,200 –> 00:30:23,920
\nof our walking Christ that he
\nhasn’t done first. <\/p>\n

494
\n00:30:24,120 –> 00:30:27,480
\nSo he’s gone.
\nHe’s he’s plowed the furrow, if <\/p>\n

495
\n00:30:27,480 –> 00:30:29,120
\nyou like.
\nHe’s shown us the way. <\/p>\n

496
\n00:30:29,360 –> 00:30:33,240
\nHe’s not prepared to, to ask us
\nto do something if he’s not <\/p>\n

497
\n00:30:33,240 –> 00:30:35,760
\nwilling to do it himself.
\nHe’s willing to do everything <\/p>\n

498
\n00:30:35,760 –> 00:30:38,760
\nhimself and he wants us to
\nfollow. <\/p>\n

499
\n00:30:38,760 –> 00:30:42,280
\nSo he’s gone first.
\nHe wants to make something of <\/p>\n

500
\n00:30:42,280 –> 00:30:46,680
\nus, and I think he’s wanting to
\nuse the talents that you’ve got,<\/p>\n

501
\n00:30:46,680 –> 00:30:50,280
\nthe skills that you’ve got.
\nIn this case, he’s taking fishes<\/p>\n

502
\n00:30:50,360 –> 00:30:53,840
\nof fish to become fishermen of
\nmen. <\/p>\n

503
\n00:30:54,480 –> 00:30:57,160
\nIt was just changing their
\nskills somewhat, and he’s <\/p>\n

504
\n00:30:57,160 –> 00:31:00,240
\nwanting to do the same with you.
\nI can take something from you, <\/p>\n

505
\n00:31:00,440 –> 00:31:04,080
\nhe says, and use it for my
\npurpose. <\/p>\n

506
\n00:31:04,080 –> 00:31:06,640
\nWhatever it is you’ve got to
\noffer, I can do something and <\/p>\n

507
\n00:31:06,640 –> 00:31:10,360
\nmake it.
\nI can make something of it if <\/p>\n

508
\n00:31:10,360 –> 00:31:12,960
\nyou will allow me.
\nNow, if you, if you go to a <\/p>\n

509
\n00:31:12,960 –> 00:31:16,040
\nconcordance, if you go to a
\nsearch engine and put in the <\/p>\n

510
\n00:31:16,040 –> 00:31:20,680
\nword, come and look at the
\noccurrences in the gospels, you <\/p>\n

511
\n00:31:20,680 –> 00:31:22,760
\nget dozens and dozens and
\ndozens. <\/p>\n

512
\n00:31:22,840 –> 00:31:27,360
\nOK, the word comes up frequently
\nand you think, ah, what analysis<\/p>\n

513
\n00:31:27,360 –> 00:31:30,280
\ncan I do on this?
\nI’ve got 312 entries. <\/p>\n

514
\n00:31:30,280 –> 00:31:32,360
\nHow do I work out what’s going
\non here? <\/p>\n

515
\n00:31:32,840 –> 00:31:38,800
\nBut, but, but here actually,
\nit’s a very interesting word and<\/p>\n

516
\n00:31:38,800 –> 00:31:43,400
\nit’s a very unusual word and
\nit’s a very strong word. <\/p>\n

517
\n00:31:43,400 –> 00:31:47,480
\nIt’s an imperative word.
\nCome here says the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

518
\n00:31:47,480 –> 00:31:50,080
\nChrist, come and follow me.
\nIt’s very strong. <\/p>\n

519
\n00:31:50,360 –> 00:31:54,280
\nAnd he’s directing it to his
\ndisciples and he’s calling them <\/p>\n

520
\n00:31:54,280 –> 00:31:58,400
\nto be with him.
\nAnd this word, it’s translated <\/p>\n

521
\n00:31:58,400 –> 00:32:00,920
\nfollowing my King James.
\nBut all the other translations, <\/p>\n

522
\n00:32:00,920 –> 00:32:06,520
\nit’s, it’s come, come after me.
\nIt’s a very strong word, and it <\/p>\n

523
\n00:32:06,520 –> 00:32:09,520
\ndoes not appear very often in
\nour Gospels. <\/p>\n

524
\n00:32:10,720 –> 00:32:14,840
\nNow, what do you think?
\nThe Lord Jesus Christ is eager <\/p>\n

525
\n00:32:15,080 –> 00:32:18,240
\nfor us to come to him For what?
\nWhat? <\/p>\n

526
\n00:32:18,240 –> 00:32:23,080
\nWhat do you think the Lord Jesus
\nChrist would be calling us for <\/p>\n

527
\n00:32:23,600 –> 00:32:26,680
\nwhen he implores us to be with
\nHim? <\/p>\n

528
\n00:32:27,200 –> 00:32:29,240
\nYou, you might think this is
\ngoing to be really hard. <\/p>\n

529
\n00:32:29,240 –> 00:32:33,240
\nActually, He’s calling me to be
\na follower of the Lord Jesus. <\/p>\n

530
\n00:32:33,240 –> 00:32:34,920
\nLook at the road he had to
\ntravel. <\/p>\n

531
\n00:32:35,080 –> 00:32:38,640
\nLook at the things he had to do.
\nLook at where he had to go and <\/p>\n

532
\n00:32:38,640 –> 00:32:42,240
\nall the persecution and the
\nopposition he faced. <\/p>\n

533
\n00:32:42,480 –> 00:32:46,280
\nIs that what I’m signing up for?
\nWell, this imperative word for <\/p>\n

534
\n00:32:46,280 –> 00:32:50,720
\ncome, just just look how it
\nplays out in the gospel. <\/p>\n

535
\n00:32:50,720 –> 00:32:55,400
\nSo we’ve seen it here.
\nHe wants to make something of <\/p>\n

536
\n00:32:55,880 –> 00:33:01,760
\nus.
\nHe wants to give us rest. <\/p>\n

537
\n00:33:01,760 –> 00:33:04,680
\nTake my yoke upon you.
\nCome follow me. <\/p>\n

538
\n00:33:04,680 –> 00:33:08,360
\nTake my my burden is easy.
\nWe’re going to look at this a <\/p>\n

539
\n00:33:08,360 –> 00:33:10,800
\nlittle later this morning.
\nSo we won’t dwell on it now. <\/p>\n

540
\n00:33:10,800 –> 00:33:14,360
\nSo he’s promising I will give
\nyou rest. <\/p>\n

541
\n00:33:14,360 –> 00:33:18,280
\nCome unto me and I’ll give you
\nrest. <\/p>\n

542
\n00:33:19,080 –> 00:33:21,240
\nOK.
\nThis is this is sounding OK <\/p>\n

543
\n00:33:21,360 –> 00:33:28,920
\nactually come apart unto a
\ndesert place and rest a while. <\/p>\n

544
\n00:33:29,640 –> 00:33:32,080
\nThe the disciples had all been
\nout preaching. <\/p>\n

545
\n00:33:32,080 –> 00:33:35,480
\nThey they toured the land.
\nHe’d sent them out by twos in <\/p>\n

546
\n00:33:35,480 –> 00:33:39,440
\nMark chapter 6 and they’d all
\ncome back and they’d told him <\/p>\n

547
\n00:33:39,440 –> 00:33:42,720
\nthe things that they’d been able
\nto achieve and they’d come back <\/p>\n

548
\n00:33:42,720 –> 00:33:46,360
\nto him and he said come aside,
\ncome into a desert place. <\/p>\n

549
\n00:33:46,360 –> 00:33:52,000
\nLet’s go and rest a while.
\nThat sounds attractive to me. <\/p>\n

550
\n00:33:52,000 –> 00:33:57,440
\nThat’s a caring master who wants
\nus to come and be with him. <\/p>\n

551
\n00:33:58,920 –> 00:34:03,880
\nThese are chronological.
\nThis appears in a, in a, in a <\/p>\n

552
\n00:34:03,880 –> 00:34:06,200
\nparable.
\nLet’s have a look at Matthew 22.<\/p>\n

553
\n00:34:06,640 –> 00:34:12,679
\nCan we where this word comes and
\nit’s an invitation to the <\/p>\n

554
\n00:34:12,679 –> 00:34:17,159
\nKingdom because it’s a parable
\nof the marriage feast, isn’t it?<\/p>\n

555
\n00:34:17,159 –> 00:34:22,679
\nMatthew chapter 22, we have the
\nstory of a, a certain king, <\/p>\n

556
\n00:34:22,719 –> 00:34:28,480
\nverse 2, which made a marriage
\nfor his son and he sent forth <\/p>\n

557
\n00:34:28,480 –> 00:34:31,679
\nhis servants to call them that
\nwere bidden to the wedding and <\/p>\n

558
\n00:34:31,679 –> 00:34:34,400
\nthey would not come again.
\nHe sent forth other servants <\/p>\n

559
\n00:34:34,400 –> 00:34:35,880
\nsaying, tell them which are
\nbidden. <\/p>\n

560
\n00:34:35,880 –> 00:34:39,480
\nBehold, I have prepared my
\ndinner, my oxen and my fatlings <\/p>\n

561
\n00:34:39,520 –> 00:34:41,520
\nare killed.
\nAll things are ready. <\/p>\n

562
\n00:34:41,520 –> 00:34:44,360
\nCome unto the marriage.
\nThat’s the word there. <\/p>\n

563
\n00:34:44,360 –> 00:34:49,520
\nCome unto the marriage.
\nWhat a lovely picture this is of<\/p>\n

564
\n00:34:49,600 –> 00:34:52,120
\nall the preparations have been
\nmade by God. <\/p>\n

565
\n00:34:52,120 –> 00:34:56,199
\nThis Kingdom feast, this Kingdom
\ncelebration is coming, this <\/p>\n

566
\n00:34:56,199 –> 00:34:58,880
\nmarriage for his Son and he
\nwants us to be there. <\/p>\n

567
\n00:34:58,880 –> 00:35:05,440
\nCome, I implore you, I want you
\nto be here is the message, isn’t<\/p>\n

568
\n00:35:05,440 –> 00:35:08,440
\nit?
\nAnd disappointingly, these, <\/p>\n

569
\n00:35:08,920 –> 00:35:13,520
\nthese individuals who have been
\ninvited, these guests, that <\/p>\n

570
\n00:35:13,520 –> 00:35:17,160
\nthey’re not interested.
\nI find this little parable <\/p>\n

571
\n00:35:17,160 –> 00:35:20,720
\nabsolutely fascinating because
\nit just underlines the key <\/p>\n

572
\n00:35:20,720 –> 00:35:24,440
\nteaching of the scriptures.
\nHere of God wants us to be in <\/p>\n

573
\n00:35:24,440 –> 00:35:27,040
\nthe Kingdom.
\nHere He is imploring us. <\/p>\n

574
\n00:35:27,240 –> 00:35:31,400
\nThe guests have been invited and
\nhe sent 2 reminders. <\/p>\n

575
\n00:35:32,440 –> 00:35:34,400
\nCome to the wedding.
\nCome to the wedding. <\/p>\n

576
\n00:35:34,400 –> 00:35:36,400
\nEverything is prepared.
\nCome to the wedding. <\/p>\n

577
\n00:35:36,680 –> 00:35:42,800
\nIt says that in verse 5.
\nThey made light of it. <\/p>\n

578
\n00:35:42,800 –> 00:35:45,800
\nThat’s how they responded.
\nThey made light of it. <\/p>\n

579
\n00:35:46,680 –> 00:35:48,040
\nKeep a finger in Matthew,
\nplease. <\/p>\n

580
\n00:35:48,040 –> 00:35:51,400
\nWould you just turn over with me
\nto to Hebrews chapter 2 for a <\/p>\n

581
\n00:35:51,400 –> 00:36:13,360
\nmoment?
\nHebrews chapter 2 it’s talking <\/p>\n

582
\n00:36:13,360 –> 00:36:19,840
\nabout the word of God.
\nSo the book in chapter 1 tells <\/p>\n

583
\n00:36:19,840 –> 00:36:28,200
\nus that God at various times and
\nin various ways spoke in the <\/p>\n

584
\n00:36:28,200 –> 00:36:31,440
\ntimes past to the fathers by the
\nprophets. <\/p>\n

585
\n00:36:32,200 –> 00:36:36,760
\nBut now verse 2, chapter 1, he’s
\nspoken unto us by his Son. <\/p>\n

586
\n00:36:36,760 –> 00:36:42,400
\nGod has spoken to us by his Son.
\nAnd chapter 2 picks this up, <\/p>\n

587
\n00:36:42,520 –> 00:36:46,560
\nsaying, you ought to listen more
\ncarefully than if God has spoken<\/p>\n

588
\n00:36:46,560 –> 00:36:50,040
\nunto his unto us by his Son.
\nVerse 1, chapter 2. <\/p>\n

589
\n00:36:50,200 –> 00:36:54,680
\nTherefore we ought to give the
\nmore earnest heed to that which <\/p>\n

590
\n00:36:54,680 –> 00:36:56,920
\nhave we have been, which which
\nwe have heard. <\/p>\n

591
\n00:36:56,920 –> 00:37:00,760
\nIf God has spoken to us by his
\nSon, we ought to pay attention. <\/p>\n

592
\n00:37:01,000 –> 00:37:06,080
\nVerse 2, Chapter 2.
\nFor if the word spoken by angels<\/p>\n

593
\n00:37:06,080 –> 00:37:09,320
\nwas steadfast, and every
\ntransgression and disobedience <\/p>\n

594
\n00:37:09,320 –> 00:37:12,880
\nreceived a just recompense of
\nreward, how shall we escape if <\/p>\n

595
\n00:37:12,880 –> 00:37:19,960
\nwe neglect so great salvation?
\nSo the things that have been <\/p>\n

596
\n00:37:19,960 –> 00:37:22,480
\nspoken by the Lord Jesus Christ
\nare offered to us. <\/p>\n

597
\n00:37:22,480 –> 00:37:26,840
\nAnd that phrase in verse three
\nthere, how should we escape if <\/p>\n

598
\n00:37:26,960 –> 00:37:34,400
\nwe neglect that word?
\nNeglect is translated as made <\/p>\n

599
\n00:37:34,480 –> 00:37:38,760
\nlight of in Matthew 22.
\nIt’s the same word. <\/p>\n

600
\n00:37:38,840 –> 00:37:43,800
\nThey neglected the great
\nsalvation which at the first <\/p>\n

601
\n00:37:43,920 –> 00:37:49,120
\nbegan to be spoken by the Lord,
\nand was confirmed unto us by His<\/p>\n

602
\n00:37:49,120 –> 00:37:52,720
\nSon.
\nI was not astonishing then. <\/p>\n

603
\n00:37:52,720 –> 00:37:57,960
\nSo back in Matthew chapter 22,
\nthey are neglecting making light<\/p>\n

604
\n00:37:57,960 –> 00:38:01,640
\nof this offer of salvation, and
\nthey’ve got better things to do.<\/p>\n

605
\n00:38:01,880 –> 00:38:05,560
\n1 went to his farm, one went to
\nhis merchandise, some took his <\/p>\n

606
\n00:38:05,560 –> 00:38:10,680
\nservants and treated them badly
\nand killed them. <\/p>\n

607
\n00:38:11,880 –> 00:38:14,040
\nSo you know the parable, how it
\nworks out. <\/p>\n

608
\n00:38:14,480 –> 00:38:18,960
\nThose who were bidden verse 8 of
\nMatthew chapter 22 were not <\/p>\n

609
\n00:38:18,960 –> 00:38:20,720
\nworthy.
\nWhy were they not worthy? <\/p>\n

610
\n00:38:20,920 –> 00:38:23,520
\nBecause they rejected the idea
\nof the Kingdom. <\/p>\n

611
\n00:38:24,600 –> 00:38:28,520
\nYou see, I think our entry into
\nthe Kingdom, you know, is under <\/p>\n

612
\n00:38:28,600 –> 00:38:30,680
\nour control.
\nYou might not think that. <\/p>\n

613
\n00:38:30,680 –> 00:38:33,240
\nYou might think Christ is the
\njudge. <\/p>\n

614
\n00:38:33,240 –> 00:38:34,800
\nHe’s going to make an
\nassessment. <\/p>\n

615
\n00:38:34,800 –> 00:38:37,000
\nHe’s going to say whether or not
\nwe can go in. <\/p>\n

616
\n00:38:37,320 –> 00:38:40,200
\nYeah, I think he’s saying, no, I
\nwant you there. <\/p>\n

617
\n00:38:40,840 –> 00:38:44,920
\nWould you like to come?
\nAnd you have to decide. <\/p>\n

618
\n00:38:45,160 –> 00:38:47,400
\nIt’s as easy as that.
\nYou can say, yeah, I’d like to <\/p>\n

619
\n00:38:47,400 –> 00:38:48,920
\nbe there.
\nWhat do I need to do? <\/p>\n

620
\n00:38:48,920 –> 00:38:51,400
\nOh, repent.
\nBelieve baptized. <\/p>\n

621
\n00:38:51,680 –> 00:38:54,240
\nJust try.
\nI know you’ll fail, but just <\/p>\n

622
\n00:38:54,240 –> 00:38:56,360
\ntry.
\nIt’s not that difficult, is it? <\/p>\n

623
\n00:38:56,360 –> 00:39:02,400
\nCome on in if you want it.
\nBut some, and I fear the reality<\/p>\n

624
\n00:39:02,400 –> 00:39:06,480
\nis that some perhaps in this
\nroom will say, Nah, it’s not for<\/p>\n

625
\n00:39:06,480 –> 00:39:09,320
\nme.
\nEven amongst us who are <\/p>\n

626
\n00:39:09,320 –> 00:39:12,360
\nbaptised, there’ll be some who
\nwill say, Nah, it’s not for me. <\/p>\n

627
\n00:39:13,680 –> 00:39:16,040
\nIt’s not a tragedy.
\nIf you’ve had an opportunity, <\/p>\n

628
\n00:39:16,040 –> 00:39:19,320
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ is saying,
\ncome, I want you at the marriage<\/p>\n

629
\n00:39:19,320 –> 00:39:22,440
\nfeast.
\nThe, the, the parable concludes <\/p>\n

630
\n00:39:22,440 –> 00:39:23,880
\nin a most unusual way, doesn’t
\nit? <\/p>\n

631
\n00:39:23,880 –> 00:39:27,640
\nBecause if you, if you remember,
\nthey gather in all these, you <\/p>\n

632
\n00:39:27,640 –> 00:39:30,680
\nknow, from the highways and the
\nbyways and they fill the wedding<\/p>\n

633
\n00:39:30,680 –> 00:39:32,840
\nfeast, don’t they?
\nVerse 10. <\/p>\n

634
\n00:39:32,840 –> 00:39:38,640
\nIf you look at Matthew 22 verse
\n10, so those servants went out <\/p>\n

635
\n00:39:38,640 –> 00:39:41,600
\ninto the highways, gathered
\ntogether, all as many as they <\/p>\n

636
\n00:39:41,600 –> 00:39:46,760
\nfound both bad and good.
\nThis marriage feast is filled <\/p>\n

637
\n00:39:46,760 –> 00:39:50,440
\nwith bad and good people.
\nWho’d have thought it that, that<\/p>\n

638
\n00:39:50,440 –> 00:39:53,640
\nthe Kingdom of God is filled
\nwith good and bad people. <\/p>\n

639
\n00:39:54,880 –> 00:39:57,880
\nSo if you’re a bad person,
\nyou’re not without hope here, <\/p>\n

640
\n00:39:57,880 –> 00:39:59,520
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