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Road to Resurrection part 3 - Jed Hill
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Welcome to the Bridge Church Greenbrier podcast where we connect all people to the person,
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power and purpose of Jesus.
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Wherever you are listening from, we're so glad that you are joining us.
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Now let's listen to this week's message.
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And so I am just really honored to bring you the word this morning.
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I believe I have a word this morning that might even make a Catholic shout.
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And so we're in Holy Week, as you guys know this is Palm Sunday, that they were all yelling
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Hosanna!
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Hosanna!
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And Hosanna means save us!
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Save us!
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Everybody loves a Savior, but when it comes to the Lord part, they wanted to crucify
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Him.
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And so two weeks ago we started this series.
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The Road to Resurrection.
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And the Road to Resurrection, as we can see in Jesus' footsteps, the Road to Resurrection
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is paved by rejection.
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They rejected the chief cornerstone.
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They rejected to the one who came to save and deliver His people.
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And so when Jesus came in on a donkey, we went through that first week that He came
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in on a donkey which symbolized humility and signified peace.
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That He didn't come to condemn the world, but He came to save the world, that through
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His Son we might be saved.
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And then we read, this was a Sunday, and then Monday He goes into the temple.
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And He flips the tables.
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And we talked last week, are you sitting at a table Jesus would flip?
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We got to examine that in our own lives, and we know when Jesus cleared out the temple,
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after it was cleared out, things started happening.
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Healings started to happen.
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Blind eyes were open.
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The children, since the religious priests wouldn't cry out, Hosanna, Jesus hijacked
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the mouth of children, and children cried out, Hosanna.
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How many people know that Jesus will get His praise, whether He's going to get
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it out of children or He's going to get it out of rocks?
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If you won't praise Him, He'll get something else to praise Him, amen?
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Because that's why we were created.
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You were created to worship Him, to praise Him.
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And so we walked through that, the cleansing of the temple.
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And then on Wednesday, Tuesday was a day of sacrifice.
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We read that Mary, she broke the jar of fragrance over Jesus.
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She worshiped Jesus with her fragrance.
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The oil, they said it was 20 denarii, which is like a year pay.
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And I can imagine, you know, Jesus coming in, that when He went to the cross, He smelled
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her worship dripping down His face.
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The oil she poured over His head, He smelled that day on the cross.
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And then Wednesday was a pretty quiet day.
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Wednesday, they think that this is when Judas went in and betrayed Jesus for the
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Thirty Shekels.
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But then we get to Thursday, and Thursday is where Jesus has the Last Supper.
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And He tells the disciples, He says, go and prepare a place.
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There'll be a certain somebody that's going to have an inn and an upper room for us
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to partake in the Festival on Unleavened Bread.
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And this new covenant that's about to take place at this dinner is about to change
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the world.
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And so in Matthew 26, Matthew 26 is where we're going to be at this morning.
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You know, it says that they were sitting at a table, and if you look at Da Vinci's
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picture, Leonardo Da Vinci had this painting, it's a very significant painting.
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And this painting is of the 12 disciples and Jesus at the Last Supper.
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And as we look at this, it's not a true painting, right?
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It is a painting, but it isn't a lot of facts that Da Vinci didn't get right.
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You know, none of the disciples were old.
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All of them were in their late teens, early 20s.
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But this is right after Jesus says, one of you will deny Me.
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It would be better for you to be dead than to deny Me.
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Right when He said that, this is when He captured what the disciples must have been
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doing, as they were all saying, not I, Jesus.
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Not me.
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I would not deny You.
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But you look at this, we look at the disciples, we look at all the people sitting here.
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And how many people actually did deny Jesus?
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Before and after, during this, and so all of them were wondering who would be denied.
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But ultimately, I was looking at this, and I wanted to break down.
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We hear about these 12 disciples, we know that they followed Jesus, we know that Jesus
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empowered them, just like He's empowered us to go lay hands on the sick and heal
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the sick and to drive out demons and all this different stuff.
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But the 12 disciples that He used weren't perfect people.
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That He used the imperfect people, He uses broken people.
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And what Jesus did with these 12 disciples, I mean, He flipped the world upside down.
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That these 12 disciples, He flipped the world upside down, and so as we go through these
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12 disciples, Jesus has a tendency of picking nobodies, turning them into somebodies in
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front of everybody.
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And if He could do that with 12 and change the world, what could He do with Bridge
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Church Greenbrier, that we get about 500 here on a Sunday, we could turn this
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city upside down for Jesus.
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We could reach our communities, we could go to the darkest places in our community,
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we could tear this city upside down and turn it to Jesus.
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They said there's going to be a great falling away at the end times, but how about we make
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it a great coming back, too?
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That's up to us, if we're willing to sit at the table.
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And so as we sit here, we look at all the disciples, you know, I'll run through
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the disciples real quick.
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How many people in here could name all 12 disciples right now?
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Well, crickets, I love it, I love it.
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Okay, there's like, I see that little hand back there, maybe me, I don't know.
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But we're going to run through the 12 today.
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I want you to be confident.
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That's why the Bible says, He says, being confident in this, like, when you know the
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Bible, you're unashamed.
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That's why it says, put on the belt of truth.
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How many people know when you don't have a belt on, your shame's going to show?
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Yeah, come on.
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And so that's why I want you guys to be empowered, I want you guys to know the word
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and not be ashamed.
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And so we'll look at Matthew, Matthew is in the picture and Matthew, as we know, Matthew
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was a tax collector.
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And in the Bible, it says there's sinners and there's tax collectors, like tax collectors
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have their own bracket of sin, that's how bad they were.
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They were the ones that would, you know, actually Matthew was a Jew, but he turned
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his back on his own people to collect tax money for the Roman Empire.
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So he was hated.
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And we have Matthew and then we have Thomas, everybody knows Thomas was known for his doubting
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Thomas and Thomas was the one when Jesus died that he said, I will not believe unless
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I see the nail marks in his hands and the, if I could put my finger in his side.
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And so we know Thomas is doubting Thomas.
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We have the brothers, James and John, they're also known as the son of Zebedee.
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Like they were people who were a little prejudice, I want to say, you know, they,
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they didn't like the Samaritans.
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They wanted to call down fire from heaven to kill the Samaritans.
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They also were, you know, James and John also argued for position in heaven.
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Like they wanted to be seated in heaven next to Jesus and they, they were always
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arguing over, over position.
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And then we have Simon the Zealot, who he was like a terrorist.
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He was, he was the one that would, they would form a group.
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They had this group, the Zealots, and they would go in and, and every time they saw
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Romans, they would go in and kill him.
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With swords, they would go in and stab him.
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And so he was a murderer.
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He was a terrorist.
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We have Philip, who, who was lacking in his confidence.
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Philip was the one who kind of had a full, he kind of struggled to believe in
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Jesus.
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He struggled to believe in all the things that Jesus could do.
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And then we have Andrew.
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Andrew was another doubter.
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You know, Andrew was the one at defeating the 5,000.
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He wanted to dismiss the 5,000 saying, Jesus, listen, there's a lot of mouths
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to feed and I know that we ain't got enough money to do it.
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And so he kind of doubted Jesus and Jesus said, no, no, no, go get the boy.
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Go get, go, go get the two loaves and the fish and watch what I do.
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And we also have Bartholomew.
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Bartholomew is also known as Nathaniel in the Bible.
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And so, and we have another person who's a little racist.
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You know, Bartholomew, whenever Philip came to Nathaniel, he said, he, he said that
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we have found the one that Moses was talking about, the teacher of the law, Jesus of
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Nazareth and Nathaniel Bartholomew, he responds back.
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He said, no, not Nazareth.
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Can anything good come from there?
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How many people ever doubted like in your family, you, you know, you're like, I don't
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know.
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I don't think anything good could come from here or your, your city.
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Like I don't know if anything good really could come from Chesapeake.
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And so it's the, it's the doubting and all these, all the disciples, they were
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imperfect people.
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And then we have Peter who always spoke before thinking Peter was hot headed.
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Peter, Peter was another one who denied Jesus three times before the rooster crowed.
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And he's going to say this in this passage.
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And so Peter denied.
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And then we have Judas.
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Judas sold Jesus out, denied Jesus, sold him for 30 seconds of silver.
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And then what happened?
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What's the difference though between Judas and Peter?
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Both of them denied Jesus.
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Judas, one led to death, the other one led to repentance.
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That was the difference that when you repent of your sins, he's faithful and just to forgive
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us of our sins, it cleanses us from all unrighteousness.
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And so Judas didn't want to repent.
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He sold Jesus out.
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I'm sure if Judas would have went to Jesus and said, I'm sorry, you think Jesus would
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have held a grudge?
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No, it's not his character.
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That's not what he would have done.
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But Judas refused to repent.
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And there's some of us here today.
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You know, we see the table and we're wondering why, you know, we have a seat at the table.
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We've accepted Jesus into our lives and we have a seat at this table.
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And just like the disciples, we're not perfect.
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We're broken people in a broken world.
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But we have a seat at the table where we always complain like, I don't hear from God.
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I'm never full.
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Well, it's kind of hard to be full on the Holy Spirit when you're busy snacking on sin.
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And it's not until we get rid of the sin in our life that we're willing to confess
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it, that it causes a void that the Holy, listen, Jesus fills every gap in your life.
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Every void ever since the beginning of the time in Genesis when he created the heavens
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and the earth and they were with void, he has the capacity to fill every void in your life.
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The problem is we haven't filled up ourselves and God can't pour in because you're
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already full on something else.
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And so we sit here and we see this, it's powerful to know that I have a seat at the
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table and what the table represents here and Jesus is about to make a new covenant
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saying listen, y'all don't have to sacrifice bulls, lambs, and goats and do all this
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anymore that I am the sacrifice, that my body is going to be broken, I am going
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to bleed, and it's going to be for you, for the forgiveness of sins.
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And I'm so happy that Psalms 23 tells us, he says that I have prepared a table,
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come on, where are my old Christians at in here?
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You know about this, let's lay this out loud.
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I think you need to speak this over your life today.
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Psalms 23, you prepared a table for me in the presence of my enemies.
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Come on, you anointed my head with oil, my cup runneth over, surely goodness and mercy
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will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell.
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Come on, somebody say I will.
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That means you have a choice that whether you're going to dwell in the house at the
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table or you're going to get up and you're going to leave the table.
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My wife, she's a great cook and we've made this new covenant, I'll say, with our family
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because we grew up in families that didn't sit at the kitchen table.
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And so we've been sitting at the kitchen table and what happens at the kitchen table
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is really amazing.
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It really is, you know, if anybody eats at the kitchen table, you know, conversations
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happen at the kitchen table.
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You know, sometimes forgiveness happens at the table.
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You know, the truth is spoken at the table, that relationships are developed at the table.
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So while my wife and I are sitting at the table, we talk, we put away the devices.
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Come on, somebody.
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Yeah, why don't you try that next time you go to the table?
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Get rid of the distractions at the table.
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And we get rid of the distractions and we start to have conversations.
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You know, the lack of communication always leads to frustration and so I don't get as
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frustrated no more.
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Why?
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Why?
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Because I bring my communication to the table.
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That when you come to the table with Jesus, there is freedom at the table.
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There is forgiveness at the table.
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There is a covenant at the table that washes all my sins away.
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Come on, what washes my sins away?
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Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
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It's the blood of Jesus that has forgiven me.
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It's the blood of Jesus that has washed all my sins away.
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What can make me whole again because I'm broken?
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Nothing but the blood of Jesus and he poured his blood out for you and me.
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But as he sits at this table, he sits at the table and the Bible says in Matthew
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26, Matthew 26, it says he took the bread.
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So it means he grabbed the bread, he took the bread.
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He gave thanks, which means he blessed the bread.
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The Bible says he broke the bread and he gave the bread to the disciples.
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The bread that he gave, which is also the bread that he broke, which is also the
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bread that he blessed, which is also the bread that he took.
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You see, when he takes over your life, he'll bless your life.
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But the same hands that bless your life are the same hands that must be trusted
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when your life's shattered in pieces.
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I'm talking like when the devil's taking his best shot at you, you got to trust
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that you're in the hands of God.
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Come on, somebody.
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The Bible actually says that I am not just in Jesus' hands, but I'm in God's
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hands as well.
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Yeah, that I'm in his hands and there's not a devil in hell that can pluck me
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from his hands.
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When I'm seated at the table, listen, I love the fact that my name is written
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down in glory, and yes, this seat is mine.
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Oh, yes, it's mine.
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And guess what?
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Your name is written down there too.
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Whether you accept the invitation or not, your name is written on this seat.
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You know, I fly all the time, and, you know, when I fly, I come in,
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and I don't know why they do this to me.
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I think it's God humbling me because he opposes the proud,
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but shows favor to the humble.
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But I always get stuck in the middle seat.
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I do, and I get stuck in the middle seat.
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But this always happens to me that when I come in, and I sit down,
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like, it's always open.
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The window seat is always open.
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I'm like, favor, favor, blessings follow me.
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But no, and I'll be sitting there, and I'll take, not my seat,
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but I'll take someone else's seat, and I'm sitting there,
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and I'm watching everybody coming in the plane.
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Like, I'm watching them, and they're looking at the ticket,
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and they're looking up, and they're looking at the ticket.
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And it always happens to me, it's the last person that shows up on the plane
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right before the doors close, and they'll come walk in,
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and they're looking, and I'm like, I know they ain't coming all the way down
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to E37.
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Here they are looking, and they're looking,
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and they're looking up, and they're looking down.
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And sure enough, they'll come right in my seat and say,
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excuse me, sir, you're sitting in my seat.
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And I can't argue with them.
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Why?
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Because their name is on the ticket.
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Can I just tell you each and every one of us
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have an invitation that your name is on this seat,
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and Jesus is just waiting for you to come fill this seat
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and know that this seat is mine?
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Oh, yes, it's mine.
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That it don't matter who thinks they're sitting in my seat.
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No one can have my seat.
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I could come in and claim my seat because my name is on the ticket.
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I just need to receive the invitation.
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Oh, and the Bible says in verse 25, though, it says that he took the cup.
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Oh, this is real.
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Oh, this is real apple juice.
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No, no, no, it's what is this baby cranberry juice?
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And so when the Bible says he he took the cup in like manner.
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He took the cup, and when he had given thanks to the cup,
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he gave it to them, saying, drink from it, all of you.
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That means everybody.
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That means the people you don't like.
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Come on, everybody.
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He says, this is my blood of the covenant.
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This is a new covenant saying you don't have to sacrifice things
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that I am the sacrifice.
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I am the forgiveness of sins that my blood is spilt out
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so you could be forgiven and set free.
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He says, which is poured out for many.
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For the forgiveness of sins.
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Wait, why did I say all?
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Because not all receive him,
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that Jesus died for your maybe,
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that maybe you'll receive him and be forgiven of your sins.
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Maybe you'll confess your sins and maybe you won't.
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I died for you to be forgiven, but maybe you won't.
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Receive me.
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And that's his will is that none should perish,
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but all have everlasting life.
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And then when he's taking the cup and I just the blood
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is for the forgiveness of sins, and when you sit at the table.
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Come on, somebody.
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When you sit at the table of God, the blessings that come out,
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that I'm covered.
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I don't know who needs to hear that, that when you're sitting at the table,
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like when he pours the blood out for you, it's covered.
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Everything you do is covered.
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That means there's no boundaries, just like at this table.
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It's pouring this way. It's pouring that way.
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The blessings will come this way.
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The forgiveness of the blood covers me and I am forgiven.
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What can wash away my sins?
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The blood of Jesus does that.
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And since we have a seat at the table,
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since we have a seat at the table, you and I have a responsibility.
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We also have a responsibility
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that once we accept this invitation at the table, we have a responsibility.
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And we refine that responsibility in Hebrews.
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In Hebrews, it tells us there's a responsibility that you and I have.
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But like as we sit at every table, what is the
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what's like the number one thing you're sitting in here?
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If you're on a we'll see people who aren't even on diets.
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What's usually served first at the table?
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Salad. Come on, somebody.
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And what's the number one ingredient in salad?
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Lettuce. Come on.
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And so I want us to turn into Hebrews.
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Go to Hebrews. Go to Hebrews 10 19.
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We got the lettuce, baby.
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Come on. I didn't put radishes and pickles in here, but I just did lettuce.
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And so he says, Therefore, since you have a seat at the table,
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he says, Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have confidence
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to enter the most holy place by the blood of Jesus,
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by this new and living way opened for us through the curtain.
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That means the veil.
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When Jesus died, the veil that covered the Ark of the Covenant
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was ripped from top to bottom that you and I have access to the kingdom.
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You and I have full access and we can come before the throne boldly.
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I'm so happy that when I pray to Jesus, it isn't my first time anymore,
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that I could go before boldly. Why?
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Because I see them do something before and I know he'll do it again.
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That God didn't run out of miracles when he gave me one last month,
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that he's still handing out miracles today.
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But the thing about us, some of us, we come before the throne real timidly.
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It's because of our lack of faith.
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It might it be that God cannot do what he wants to do in your life
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because of your lack of faith.
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You went back to when he went back to his hometown in Nazareth,
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the Bible says it's the only time he could not perform miracles.
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Why? It says because of their lack of faith.
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What have you been believing God for?
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But your faith has not let you believe for.
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And so we come into this.
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And so the number one ingredients in in in a salad.
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This will be like a biblical diet for you guys. You ready?
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Now that we have a seat to the table, he says in verse 21, he says,
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Let us come on somebody.
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Let us draw near to God with sincere heart,
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with a sincere heart and with full assurance
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that the faith brings that I know when I go to God, I come to him in faith.
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I know that he would, he says, having he says,
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having sprinkled your hearts and cleansed your hearts.
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That means before you come to God, you better cleanse yourself.
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That means you better get rid of all unrighteousness.
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The Bible says the second second chronicle 714,
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if my people who are called by my name would humble themselves,
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turn from their wicked ways, oh, then I'll hear them from heaven.
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The reason why God has not heard you from heaven is because you refuse
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to cleanse yourself and you refuse to come to him in humility and maturity.
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I want God to hear me, and so I have to constantly,
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even as a pastor, I have to ask forgiveness of my sins every single day.
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Every day, he says, even if you thought it is as if you've done it.
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I'll train somebody.
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And so there's the part, so he says, let us and then in verse and, you know,
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we look at that and it's like it's the blood, man.
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I just love the blood of Jesus because it's this confession of sins.
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And in Isaiah 118, he says, Come now,
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let us come on, settle the matter.
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Let us settle the matter.
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Come on. We got something to settle today.
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We let us settle the matter, says who?
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Not your pastor, says the Lord.
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He says, though your sins are like scarlet, though your sins are nasty.
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Come on. I don't know what your sin looks like, but mine was pretty nasty.
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I was busted down, beat down and disgusted by my sin.
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But he says, though your sins were like scarlet,
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they have been made white as snow, though they were red as criminals.
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They are they shall be like wool, the white wool.
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What? I just I love that fact, knowing that
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he'll forgive me,
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that I don't have to walk around with the burden I've been carrying,
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that I've been forgiven, I've been bought at a price.
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I'm invited to the party.
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I love it because you look at,
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you know, we we have these birthday parties and stuff like that.
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You know, you ask your kids, like, who do you want at the party?
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Caleb just had a birthday.
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I don't know if he had a party, but but he had a party.
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So he got to ultimately invite people to the party.
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But guess who had the final say who came to the party?
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The ones who paid for the party.
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And can I just tell you
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this party that we're getting invited to, it's going to be in heaven.
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Jesus paid the price.
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So he decides who gets to enter the party.
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And he wishes that all,
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all, none should perish, but all have eternal life,
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that all of us would accept this, this this ticket.
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All of us would accept this and be able to enter into heaven
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boldly, knowing without a shadow of a doubt.
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That's the second let us.
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He says, let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering.
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That means stop second guessing your salvation.
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You wonder why you're not going because you're guessing.
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You wonder why you're not guessing because you're guessing
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and you don't you're not going to go anywhere if you keep guessing.
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I don't know. I wonder if I'm saved.
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Pastor, if you knew my thoughts.
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It's not your thoughts that keep you from your salvation.
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But once you get saved, I think you guys need to know once I'm saved,
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I know without a shadow of a doubt
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that I'm saved.
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There's not a devil in hell that can take my salvation away.
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Somebody shout, I'm saved.
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I'm saved when I'm happy.
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I'm saved when I'm mad.
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I'm saved when I'm blessed.
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I'm saved when I'm broken.
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I'm saved in the pit.
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I'm saved in the palace.
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Whether feast or famine, baby, I'm saved.
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And there's not a devil in hell that can take my salvation away.
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And that's why he says, do not waver.
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Do not waver.
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Go to Hebrews 10 says, do not waver the second lettuce.
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Hold fast to confession.
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Next one. There we go.
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That's it right here.
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He says, let us consider one another.
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The last one.
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So now that we're sitting at the table, guess what?
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It's not just about you, Ashlyn.
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It's not just about you.
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He says, let us consider one another
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and one another in order to stir up love and good works.
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Not forsaking the assembling together.
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Because when we come together, we're able to exhort each other.
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When we come together, when we see someone,
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when we see someone hurting, we're able to love on them
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and bless them and pray for them.
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When we come together in unity, for one thing,
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we're able to lift each other up.
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Hey, I see you're hurting right now, but I don't want to see you hurting.
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So what am I going to do?
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I'm going to lift you up and we're going to lay hands
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and we're going to pray for people.
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That's what we do.
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We anoint him with oil and we pray for him,
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because I don't know about you, he's given me the authority
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that come on, that things have to bow at the name of Jesus,
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not because of the name of Jed, but the name of Jesus.
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When I when I say the name of Jesus, things have to go.
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I just get so excited.
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So don't and do it even more as you see the day approaching.
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Do it even more.
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As you see the day approaching.
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I don't know, guys, I know that Jesus is coming back.
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I'm not going to tell you when, because I don't know when.
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But I know that I'm going to start preparing myself.
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I know I have a seat at the table.
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I know I'm not going to waver from my faith,
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but I'm going to walk fully in my faith.
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I know that I'm going to love the hell out of people.
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Because we have a lost and dying world that's headed there
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until they see the love that's shown through you and I.
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That if we would stop saying, oh, I'm the salt and the light of the world.
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Yes, you are, but it's not a compliment.
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It's a responsibility.
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That I have to go and be the salt and the light.
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It's a responsibility.
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When I sit at this table, it's a responsibility that I hold.
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You know, I just.
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In Second Samuel, now I'm going to end with this.
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In Second Samuel nine, we have King David
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and King David replaced Saul.
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And Saul and Jonathan, his son, died in battle.
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And David was anointed to be the next king.
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And so David made a promise, a covenant saying that
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anybody from Saul's family that I'm going to take care of
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with some time had passed and David got reminded of this covenant.
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And so he asked one of his servants.
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He's like, Listen, is there is there any family from Saul that I could bless?
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Because I want to keep my promises.
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Is there any family?
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Is there any, where are they at?
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And they said, well, there's this one guy,
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M'shibiphath, there's this one guy, he's Jonathan's son.
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So he's the prince's son.
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David said, he said, go get him.
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And so the thing about M'shibiphath, like he was, his feet were paralyzed.
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Because when the king died, it was back then they were they were savage.
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So back then, they used to kill everybody who was when it
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when a new king came in, they would kill all the princes.
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They would kill all the family members, immediate family members,
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because they didn't want any of them rebelling and coming against the king.
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And so what happened was the caretaker
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picked up M'shibiphath and ran and tried to set him on a horse and dropped him.
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And he became paralyzed.
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I was like, man, I don't know.
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And it got me thinking,
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there might be some people in the church today here.
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That's what the Bible says, don't judge other people.
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Because you don't know who dropped them.
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I don't judge people for smoking in the parking lot.
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I don't judge people for, I don't care.
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It's not my position to judge, not you should be judged.
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I don't judge people for going on the weekends and drinking.
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Is it right? It's not my position to judge.
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I don't know who dropped them.
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I don't judge people
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for doing drugs.
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I don't drug people because I know the drugs are the problem.
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It's their solution to a deeper rooted problem.
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Who dropped them?
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Who dropped you?
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Who's got you feeling the way you're feeling right now?
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Maybe you feel like M'shibiphath and you feel paralyzed.
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Spiritually.
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Who dropped you?
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Was your mom?
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Was your dad, was your grandpa?
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Someone in your family that should have protected you and loved you.
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Instead, they dropped you.
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And here you are feeling paralyzed.
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Maybe it was a spouse that dropped you.
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And now you feel paralyzed.
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Your heart's at a thousand pieces.
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Who dropped you?
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But when M'shibiphath came to the king, he bowed down and said,
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what is your servant?
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That you should notice me, a dead dog like me.
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The king called him.
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He said, I want you at my table.
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And his response was, I'm just a dead dog.
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Who in here is like, maybe you feel like a dead dog.
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I'm rotten.
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If you only knew was on the inside, I can make the outside look real good.
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But on the inside, I'm broken.
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I'm hurting. I'm paralyzed.
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King David said, I don't care.
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I want you sitting at my table.
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Jesus is saying, I don't care.
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I want you sitting at my table.
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I came here for broken people.
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I came here so you can live.
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In verse 13, M'shibiphath, after he got accepted the invitation, he accepted the invitation.
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It says that he lived in Jerusalem and always ate at the king's table.
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He was lame in both feet.
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There's a significance when you sit at the king's table.
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Oh, my God.
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I could imagine him sitting at the table, looking at King David, like, what am I doing here?
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King David, you know, your family.
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He probably felt pretty good, though, because when he sat at the table,
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no one at the table knew he was paralyzed.
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Because the table covered him.
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It covers your flaws.
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You may be feeling paralyzed this morning, but Jesus is saying, when you sit at my table,
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when you get bought with my blood, when you understand the covenant that I died so you could live,
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I died so you could live.
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My God.
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If you all could stand up.
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Like the disciples, you know, we're we're all unworthy.
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We're all unworthy.
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But the fact is.
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Jesus desires you to be forgiven, it's not that we deserve forgiveness.
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He desires for us to be forgiven.
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I want a very bad every head bowed and every eye closed.
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We got some broken people in the room.
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Maybe you're the one that you feel like a dead dog.
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And it's not even your fault, but just because it's not your fault doesn't mean it's not your prison.
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Who dropped you?
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God wants to pick you up this morning.
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He wants to pick you up.
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He wants to place you at his table.
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The table is going to cover your lameness.
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The table is going to fix your brokenness too.
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Thank you so much for joining us today.
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Thanks so much for listening.
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Now go out and be the bridge.