Sermon
Son, Shepherd & Savior | Pastor Matt Keller
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I'm so pumped because we are launching a new series that
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honestly has been a year in the making that it was March of last
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year that God dropped this this series in my spirit.
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And so the name of our series, as you can see behind me is
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called Jesus. Everyone say Jesus, the one and
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only. Come on, say that with me, the
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one and only. And for the next 4 weeks, we're
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going to be exploring different aspects of who Jesus was, why he
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came, and what it means for our lives today.
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And our launch verse. I actually want us to look at
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this. And then we're going to, I want
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us to pray Matthew chapter 16. And we're actually going to
Matthew 16 chapter mention
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break this down a little bit more, show some pictures next
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weekend. But Matthew chapter 16, Jesus
Matthew 16 chapter mention
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gathers his 12 disciples to himself at a place called
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Caesarea Philippi and he asks them two questions.
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And I want us to see this as we're launching into this series
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called Jesus the One and only. Look what it at verse 13 says
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when Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his
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disciples, who do people say the Son of man talking about himself
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is? And they replied, well, some
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say, I want to say, some say some say you're John the
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Baptist. Some, some say Elijah, others
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still Jeremiah or one of the prophets.
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In other words, in Jesus day there was a lot of information
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floating around about who he was.
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We'll call that TikTok theology. I think we can relate, can't we?
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There's a lot floating around about who Jesus is and some were
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saying well he's a great prophet.
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Some were saying he's John the Baptist raised from the dead.
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Some were saying he's a good teacher.
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Some were saying he's the next radical influencer of the day.
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And see the same is true today that in our social media world
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today, in our day and age, there's a whole lot floating
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around about what people believe Jesus and who they believe Jesus
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to be. And some are think he's a social
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reformer. Somebody if you asked him, you
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know, what do you who do you think Jesus is?
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They said, well, he was, you know, a good person.
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He was an enlightened teacher. Oh, he was a Jewish moralist,
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right? He was.
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Some would say he's a fraud. Some would say, Oh well, he's
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it's a symbol of good, right? But that's why I wear a cross
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like people wear a gold chain, right?
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They Jesus just a symbol of me of good goodwill or good
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intentions. But for us, I love this next
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part Jesus verse 15 looks at his disciples and he says, what
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about you? Who do you say I am in church?
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This is the question right here. Who do you say that I am?
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Who do we say he is? And how you and I answer that
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question matters a whole lot. And that's why from now to
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Easter, we're going to do this series called Jesus the One and
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Only. So that's where I want to start
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today. Come on, one more time before we
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turn to God's Word. Let's pray.
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Father, I just thank you that your presence is here.
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Holy Spirit, thank you that you're moving at our altars.
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God, you're ministering to people through our prayer team.
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God, thank you that you're meeting with us during worship.
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And now Lord, as we look into your word, the Bible, I pray you
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would let scripture come alive in our heart.
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God, give us a new revelation today of who you are not
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according to the world, who you are according to the word.
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We ask this in Jesus name and everyone who agreed with that
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prayer said, hey man, hey, around here at Next Level
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Church, we like to say that we're note takers.
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And so there's a note card actually there in front of you
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and you can take notes on that. Maybe if you want to take notes
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on your phone, that's fine as long as you promise not to
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scroll. Come on, somebody pinky swear
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with right? We're not going to scroll.
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OK, Because I want to start this series by giving us 3 truths
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according to the Bible of who Jesus is, 3 truths about who
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Jesus is. And here's the first one.
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This is where I want to start. When we study the Bible, when we
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study the life and ministry of Jesus, it becomes very, very
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clear very quickly that number one, Jesus is the Son of God.
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Jesus is the Son of God. Now let me explain what that
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means. OK, so when when you study the
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Bible, the Bible makes it clear that Jesus was 100% God and 100%
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human. That his mother was married a
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human, but his father was God. OK now here's the thing.
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Most all of us have heard this before.
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If you've ever attended church on Christmas Eve, which I know
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most of you have, you've heard this.
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But it can slip right by us, what with all of the packages
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and trappings, right? We can miss it.
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So I actually want to come on, it's March.
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Let's do this. Let's look at the Christmas
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story, OK, which is found in two places, Matthew and Luke.
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OK, Luke chapter 1 is where I want us to look.
Luke 1 chapter mention
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So, so this is the the beginning right here.
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It is OK, this is the Christmas story.
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But I want you to see the truth of God's Word as it comes out of
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the Christmas story. Luke chapter one, verse 28 says
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the Angel went to her Speaking of Mary this teenage girl and
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said, greetings, you who are highly favored, the Lord is with
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you. Verse 31 then the Angel
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continues and he says to Mary, this teenage girl, you will
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conceive and give birth to a son and you are to call him Jesus.
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He will be great and will be called, look what it says, the
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Son of the Most High, in other words, the Son of God and the
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Lord God will, will give him the throne of his father David, and
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he will reign over Jacob's descendants forever.
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His Kingdom will never end. Boom, that's our Jesus.
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But Mary, like some of us right now, needs a little more
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clarity. Look at verse 34.
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Mary looks back at the Angel and good for her and says hold on
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bro my translation how will this be?
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Mary asked the Angel since I'm a virgin in other words I've never
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known a man in that way so how can I become pregnant?
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The Angel answered her. The Holy Spirit God will come on
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you and the power of the Most High will over shadow you.
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So the Holy One to be born will be called, look right here.
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It is the Son of God and church family.
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Just so we're clear, let me say this, we believe this.
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We believe in the Immaculate Conception.
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We believe that Jesus was 100% human and 100% God.
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Jesus is the one and only Son of God, and because he's God's Son,
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he is all powerful. He is all knowing and he is all
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present. He is Jesus the one and only and
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and because Jesus is the Son of God, not just a good teacher,
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not just a moralist, not just a prophet, not just a movement
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leader, He gives us, everyone say us the ability to be sons
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and daughters of God as well. This is awesome.
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OK, The Bible makes it clear that because of Jesus you and I
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can be adopted into the family of God.
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John chapter one, verse 12. Look yet to all who did receive
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him, Speaking of Jesus to those who believed in his name.
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So if you have believed in the name of Jesus, look, he gave the
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right to become children of God because Jesus is the Son of God,
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you and I can become the children of God.
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And then the apostle Paul, I love this, actually breaks this
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down even further in the book of Romans, which right now we're
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actually reading and studying in our soap guide.
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And what we read just just this week, Romans chapter 8, the
Romans 8 chapter mention
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apostle Paul speaks to this look at verses 14 to 15.
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He says for those who are led by the Spirit of God.
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In other words, when we receive Jesus, he puts the Holy Spirit
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inside of us. So those of us who are led by
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the Spirit of God are the children of God.
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Then he he even double clicks. He goes the spirit you received
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does not make you slaves so that you live in fear again.
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He's like no, no, no. This relationship between you
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and your heavenly Father is not a master slave relationship.
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It is a father, son, father, daughter relationship.
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The spirit you received brought about.
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I love this your adoption to sonship and is implied in the in
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the original language and daughtership you and I because
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Jesus is the son of God. You and I can be called sons and
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daughters of God as well. Church family.
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That's really, really, really good news.
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Come on, turn to somebody sitting next to you and tell
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them you and I we're in the family of God.
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Come on, tell them we're in the family of God.
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Somebody say Jesus is the son. Jesus is the son of God.
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Here's the second truth I want to give us according to the
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Bible about who Jesus is. First, he's the Son of God.
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But #2 the Bible makes it very clear that Jesus is a Good
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Shepherd. Everyone say Good Shepherd.
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So we see Jesus in, in, in John chapter 10, which I want us to
John 10 chapter mention
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look at several verses here. John chapter 10, Jesus is in the
John 10 chapter mention
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height of his ministry and he's teaching people and he's using
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the illustration of a of sheep and a shepherd.
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And in those days in that culture, the agricultural
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culture that Israel was in those days, they would have known as
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soon as he started talking about sheep and shepherds, all of them
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would have had a reference point for that.
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And so here in John Shepherd 10, the verse we're about to look at
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Jesus, it is describing like a sheep pen.
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And So what shepherds would do in those days is they would
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gather wood and sticks and and bushes and they would they would
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basically build like a wall around where they would put
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their sheep at night. So in the daytime, the sheep
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would graze and then the shepherd would call them in at
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night and then he would put them inside the sheep pen.
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But they'd leave a small little opening and the shepherd would
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literally lay across the opening so that during the night, no
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wolves or thieves or anyone else or predators could come in and
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attack or steal the sheep. So the shepherd would lay across
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that opening and protect the sheep.
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In other words, the shepherd was the door.
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So watch now Jesus starts to describe himself in John chapter
John 10 chapter mention
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10, verse seven. He says now so Jesus again said
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to them, truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep
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speaking about us, those of us who have put our faith in Him,
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All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the
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sheep did not listen to them. Verse 9, I am the door.
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He repeats it again, if anyone think of the illustration, if
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anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and
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find pasture. In other words, the sheep that
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come in and out through Jesus, they are fed, they are, they are
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they are mature, they are taken care of.
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The thief comes and this is a famous verse verse 10.
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We all if you've been around Bible said you know this one.
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The thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy.
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But perhaps you didn't know the context.
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I Jesus said came that they may have life and have it
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abundantly. So then verse 11 here look,
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Jesus makes it so he says I'm the door to the sheep pen.
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But then he says this verse 11, I am the Good Shepherd.
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The Good Shepherd lays down his life for the sheep, he who is a
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hired hand, and not a shepherd who does not own the sheep.
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He sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and
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the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
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Verse 13. He flees because he's a hired
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hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
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Then Jesus repeats it again. Look, he says, I am the Good
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Shepherd. I know my own and my own know
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me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father.
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There's the Father child relationship again.
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Then look what he says. And I lay down my life for the
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sheep Church family. I want you to know something.
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This, this needs to, we need to take comfort to our souls.
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Jesus is the Good Shepherd. He is the shepherd, He is the
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door. He is the gatekeeper to your
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heart and your soul. And I love this imagery of, of
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of a shepherd. And here's why.
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Because by definition, shepherds do two things and it's implied
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in what Jesus was teaching there in John chapter 10.
John 10 chapter mention
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Shepherds first of all, lead the sheep to places of good
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nourishment. Jesus said that they go in and
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out and find pastor he he said one of the primary
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responsibilities of a shepherd is to to lead sheep to places of
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good nourishment. The second by definition thing
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that shepherds do is they care for and protect the sheep from
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harm. And again in Jesus teaching in
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John 10, he's making it clear part of his role as a shepherd
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in the life of the sheep is to protect them and care for them
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and keep them from harm. Jesus came to do those two
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things. Now I want to slow down for a
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minute and talk to us as a church family about our role as
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pastors and shepherds in all of your lives.
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Because see, Jesus is the senior shepherd, but he has made us as
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pastors under shepherds. I actually want to I want to
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show you that. So let me kind of take a little
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tangent here for a couple minutes.
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So in Ephesians chapter 4, the apostle Paul is writing again in
Ephesians 4 chapter mention
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the New Testament and he says that Jesus gave 5 gifts, only 5
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gifts to the Church of Jesus Christ.
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So to his bride, the Church of Jesus, Jesus gave 5 gifts.
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And I want us to see that because Paul lays out for us
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Jesus is the senior shepherd, but then he gives under
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shepherds. Let me show you.
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Ephesians 4 Chapter 11 says this.
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So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the
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evangelist, the pastors, which the Greek word for pastor there
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literally is the same word as shepherd and the teachers.
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And here's why Jesus gave these to the church to equip his
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people for works of service so that everyone say so that in
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other words, here's the reason why so that the body of Christ
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may be built up. So watch, when it comes to our
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church, Next Level Church here in Southwest Florida, Sarah and
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I, my wife and I pastor. Sarah and I are the lead pastors
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or the lead shepherds, but we also have dozens of other
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pastors in place to equip all of you and build you up like Jesus
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said. But see, the climate of our
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world has changed in the last 20 years with the advent of social
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media, right? Like some of us who are older
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and I'm 50 now, so I can say that I got the silver hair to
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prove it. Remember like 25 years ago how
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we got information like literally 25 years ago, before
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the advent of social media, you and the Internet you like there
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was a newspaper that got thrown on your driveway every night or
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morning, right? And you would you'd have to wait
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to read the newspaper about what happened in the world that day.
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And then there were, there were weekly periodicals called
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magazines, and they came out once a week.
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And once a week you got Time or Newsweek, right?
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And that you would read the articles in a magazine and you'd
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be like, wow, that's what's going on in the world.
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And then there were only three television stations, ABCNBC and
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CBS, and literally you got 30 minutes of news every night
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called the Evening News. And if you missed it, you missed
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it. That was it.
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That was. And that's how we got our
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information about what was going on in the world.
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No, now watch. Fast forward now to our present
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day. Our present day, there's
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literally thousands, 10s of the, there are literally millions of
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voices and opinions and perspectives that are bombarding
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us. OK, so, so I've been thinking
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about this for a while. And, and honestly, I've been
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talking a lot with our other pastors and with the pastors and
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our, our relational network of churches and with our pastoral
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oversight team and others who do this.
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And, and see, it's easy to think in our world today that our
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voice as pastors in your life is equal to or the same as the
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social media influencers or news personalities we listen to.
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But as but as we just saw Jesus said in John 10 that shepherds
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are different than hired hands. And we just saw in Ephesians 4
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that the office of pastor is literally appointed by Jesus.
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And it's not the same as a social media influencer or
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personality in church. We as pastors of the church
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where you're planted are not called to build a platform.
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We're called to build you. We're shepherds of your souls,
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not hired hand social media influencers.
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Now listen, please don't hear what I'm not saying.
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I'm not criticizing anyone who's called to do that.
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I'm simply pointing out that there's a difference.
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Ephesians 4 let's I want to keep going because because Paul
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continues the thought. He says Jesus gave apostles,
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prophets of ancient pastors, teachers to to equip the Saints
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for the work of the ministry and to build up.
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Look at verse 12 to equip his people for works of service so
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that the body of Christ may be built up.
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So why are there apostles, prophets and vantage pastors and
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teachers. They are put in the in the
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church that so that the body of Christ may be built up.
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Look until we all reach unity. So our responsibility is unity,
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not division in the faith and to build you up in the knowledge of
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the Son of God. In other words, teach you the
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whole council of Scripture and look so that you become mature.
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Our goal is not headlines, it's maturity, attaining to the whole
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measure of the fullness of Christ.
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In other words, there is an understanding of the way Jesus
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Christ approached the world that it's our responsibility to make
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sure you have, but see church. There's this pressure that we as
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pastors can feel and that that's the because because we have a
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similar presence on social media or because we're on a YouTube
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channel, somehow it could be seen as the same as those
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personalities. But we're not.
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Their whole goal is to gain followers, create sound bites,
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and drive clicks and views. Our goal as pastors is to
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shepherd and care for your souls by knowing, loving, and
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challenging you toward Christ likeness.
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Do you see it? And Jesus was the ultimate
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shepherd. And I don't have time to show
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you today, but literally he felt the same pressure.
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There's a moment where his brothers actually come to him
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and they're like Jesus, you need to go show yourself like you
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need to go exert your influence on the world.
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And Jesus says to them, my time has not yet come.
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That that when you study the ministry of Jesus, he didn't
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speak to every issue in headline.
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He didn't give sound bites. He didn't make statements.
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He certainly didn't make statements to appease an
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audience. When you study the ministry of
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Jesus as the Good Shepherd, he helped his followers do three
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things. He helped his followers know him
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and the Father's love. He helped his followers know his
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ways and his filters, and he helped his followers be
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witnesses for him. That's what Jesus, the Good
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Shepherd did. So I just wanted to take a
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couple of minutes this morning and tell you that we as your
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pastors, dozens of us, have made a commitment to continue to
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shepherd you. And we're not going to be
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consumed then with every news story or opinion because that
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would mean we wouldn't have time to be in the Word and shepherd
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your soul. Because our responsibility is
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the same as Jesus. We want you to know Him and the
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Father's love, and we want you to know His ways and His
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filters. Because when things come up in
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our world, and they will come up in our world, we need you to
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know how to respond, how Jesus would respond.
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That's our responsibility so that we all can be witnesses for
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him. Do you see it?
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Jesus said, Jesus said, Jesus said He's the door, that he's
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the way to abundant life. So church, as a pastor in your
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life, can I caution you to be careful with how much you're
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getting from hired hands? Let's be sure we're following
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the Good Shepherd. Amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Yeah, Amen. So Jesus is the sun.
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Everyone say the sun. Jesus is the Good Shepherd.
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Everyone say Good Shepherd. And 3rd truth I want to give you
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today as we're launching this series about Jesus, the one and
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only #3 is that Jesus is the Savior.
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Everyone say savior, man, I love it.
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I love it. We're four weeks, we're less
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than a month. We're less than a month away
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from Easter, everybody. Which when they made that
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announcement a few minutes ago, I'm like, oh, I got work to do.
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How about that church? When you study who Jesus was in
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the Bible, it doesn't take long to discover that Jesus was and
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is the Savior. He made it clear during His time
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here on earth that He came for one purpose and that was to seek
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and to save the lost. Luke 19 verse 10.
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He literally said for the Son of Man, referring to Himself came
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for this purpose to seek and to save the lost.
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Like think about there were literally thousands of things
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Jesus could have given Himself to during His time here on
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earth, but there was only one thing He knew that could change
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everything for mankind and that was Him paying the price for the
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sin of the world. I love what we read it, but I
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want to read it again. John 10 verse 11 I am the Good
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Shepherd, he says, and the Good Shepherd lays down his life for
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the sheep. Jesus laid down his life for us,
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his sheep. He willingly gave his life so
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you and I could have access to not just the sheep pen, you and
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I could have access to the Father.
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One more verse, John 14, verse 6, Jesus answered and said, I am
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the way and the truth and the life.
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And then he makes this statement.
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No one comes to the Father except through me.
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In other words, there's only one way to get in.
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It's not by being a good person, it's not by having a lot of
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knowledge. It's not hope and work,
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whatever. No, no, no.
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There's only one way to know the Father, and that's through the
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door, that's through the Good Shepherd, that's through Jesus.
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Jesus is the one and only. He's the Son, He's the Shepherd,
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He's the Savior. So we've intentionally left a
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few minutes here at the end of all of our services today.
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And the reason why is because we don't want to just hear
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information, we want you to receive an impartation.
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So as I want to invite our worship teams to come back and
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join us at all of our locations. And so let me ask you this, this
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first question. Let's let's take Savior first.
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Do you know Jesus as Savior? Have you ever had a moment where
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you cross that line of faith in your life?
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Maybe you've always thought that Jesus was just a good person, or
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Jesus was just a famous teacher or some historical figure or
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some, you know, moralist or or whatever, you know, influence
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whatever. Like Jesus was the Son of God
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who laid down his life for you and I.
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You can know Jesus today as your Savior and Lord.
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It can happen right now. I want to give you a chance to
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do that. You know what, At every
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location, can we just bow our heads, maybe even close our eyes
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just for the personalness of this moment, just for the
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privacy of this moment. Maybe that's you.
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You've come into one of our locations today.
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Maybe, maybe you're online and you've never, you've never said
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yes, never embrace Jesus as Savior and Lord of your life.
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You've never surrendered your life to Him.
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It's as simple as acknowledging that you're a Sinner.
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See, sin is what separates us from God.
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That God is a loving, perfect Father and we are fallen, sinful
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humans. That's why Jesus came to build a
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bridge. He lived a perfect, sinless life
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for 33 years on this earth and then went to the cross, died on
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the cross, a bloody, gruesome death as payment not for his sin
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because he was perfect, but for the sin of you and I Jesus came
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to build be that bridge between a perfect heavenly Father and us
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fallen, sinful, broken humanity. If you've never let the reality
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of that sink in, if you've never surrendered your life to Jesus
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and said yes to Him, it's a free gift.
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You don't have to earn it by grace.
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We have been saved through faith and this not of ourselves.
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The Bible says if you're ready to put your faith in Jesus to
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call on Him. Make him Lord of your life in
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just a moment. I'm going to count the three
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when I hit 3. Would you throw your hand up
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whatever room you're in right now, young and old?
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Maybe you've been attending church your whole life.
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Maybe you've heard this 1000 times, but something today, it's
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becoming real. You've never fully surrendered
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to the Savior, to the Son of God.
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You want to do that? 123?
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Throw your hand up right now. Awesome.
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Yeah, that's it. Keep it up, just for a second.
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Yep. Every location.
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Awesome. Thank you.
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Thank you. Hands are going up in the room
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I'm in right now. Yeah, that's it.
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Pastor Matt. That's me.
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I want to surrender my life to the Savior, to the Son of God,
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whose name is Jesus. I want to.
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I want to go God's way. Pastor Matt, that's me.
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Yeah. Awesome.
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Thank you. Yep.
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Yep. Anybody else?
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Yeah. Thank you.
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Awesome. Hands are going up in this room.
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E location, Cape Coral, downtown location, online family.
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You can mention that in the chat.
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One of our team will reach out to you.
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You can put your hands down. Man, what an awesome thing.
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Hey, listen, I want to, I want to put words to what you're
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feeling in your heart. So if you just lifted your hand,
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a matter of fact, I want all of us to repeat this prayer after
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me. But if you just lifted your
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hand, I want you to pray this prayer in your heart.
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And the God of the universe, who, who loves you more than you
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can fathom or understand, is going to hear your prayer.
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He's going to forgive you of your sin, that which separates
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you from God, and through Jesus, He's going to begin a
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relationship with you right now. Come on every location.
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Let's pray this good and loud. For those of those who lifted
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their hand, let's pray it say, dear Jesus, thank you for
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bringing me here today so I could hear this message.
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I recognize in this moment that I'm a Sinner and my sin
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separates me from you right now. I confess that sin and I ask you
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to forgive me, wash me clean of everything that separates me
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from you. I receive you now, Jesus as my
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Lord and my Savior. I surrender my life.
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Help me from this moment on to go your way, to follow your
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ways, because it's the best way for my whole life.
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In Jesus name I pray and have access.
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Amen. Wow.
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Wow. Yeah, wow.
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My goodness. OK, OK, OK.
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Listen, if you just said yes in just a couple minutes before we
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dismiss all of our location, passwords are going to come
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back. We have a free gift we want to
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put in your hands. It's a Bible, and it has AQR
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code and some videos. We don't leave your location
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today without getting that Bible because we want to make sure
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that we can follow up with you and help you take next steps in
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this new relationship that you just began with your heavenly
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Father through Jesus. Amen.
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Wow, that's awesome. Yeah.
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Come on, let's celebrate that one more time.
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Yeah, that's awesome. Hey, you know what?
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You've been sitting for quite a while.
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Every location, let's stand to our feet.
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We're not done. We're not done.
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We're done. Don't leave.
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Don't leave. Don't leave.
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Don't leave. Don't leave.
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God's not done. God's not done.
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I just have a sense we're in Jesus, the one and only.
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We're in the series. And I just have this sense that
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God wants to touch some of us today.
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So we talked about Savior. Some of you.
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It's the son and daughter ship. God wants to bring a revelation
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of who you are in him because he is the Son of God.
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You and I are called sons and daughters of God.
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Some of us, it's conviction, you're feeling conviction that
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maybe you've allowed some of those those voices of influence
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in our world today, news or social or whatever Youtubers
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that you've allowed them to, to take a larger voice than than
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Jesus, your shepherd. And so I'm going to invite our
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worship team to sing that new song that we're learning.
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Don't you love that song? Just give me Jesus.
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We're going to be singing that from for the next lot because I
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like that song a lot. So get ready.
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Hey, come on, as we sing in worship, why don't you just ask
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the Holy Spirit, what do you want to do in me?
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God, how do you want to move in my heart?
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Come on, let's sing. Let's worship every location
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together. Now I want to pray.
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Things in the world, the world, let God just give me, Jesus give
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me just. Even it times, even it's life.
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When I can see trust in the headlines for.
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Me there's. Only there's only one thing that
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I mean. Come on, every location, let's
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sing it. Now you know it good and loud.
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Let's sing it out. Even it.
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Just give me Jesus. Yeah, yeah, yeah, even at times.
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Even at times when I can see just in the head, I told thee
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there's only one thing that I need.
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Just give me Jesus. Give me.
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Lord, that's a cry of our heart. Jesus, you are the one and only.
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Jesus, that's who you are. You're the one and only.
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And Father, I just believe that right now across all of our
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rooms, Lord, that many of our sons and daughters are are
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recognize it God, I believe that your Holy Spirit, God, you've
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turned the Searchlight on today as we've looked in your word, as
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we've examined who you are. Holy Spirit, you're speaking to
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some of us right now. You're revealing to us got areas
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of our life where it's not Jesus the one and only, it's other
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voices, it's other influences. It's others that that have we've
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allowed to get louder than the word.
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We've allowed to get louder than the truth of God's word.
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We've allowed to get louder in our life than the voice of the
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Good Shepherd. And so Father, today we just
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repent of that. Maybe that's you right now we're
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standing right where you are. Just say, God, I've repent to
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repent means to do a 180 to turn, I gotta turn away.
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Gotta I just acknowledge Lord, I've let other voices, some of
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us, we've we've sought the voice of popularity.
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We've sought the voice of likes. We've sought the voice of the
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crowd. Some of us and and we just, we,
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we just in a, in a, in a desire to fit in.
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We've, we've, we've walked away from Jesus a little bit.
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We're not as close as we used to be because we we, we're drifting
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toward the crowd. But today, right now, in this
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moment, God, we come back, we come back to you, we humble
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ourselves and we we come back to you, Jesus.
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God, we re up. Lord, we want you Jesus to be
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our one and only. So Lord, we repent, we turn away
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from that and we turn back to you.
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You're the Son of God, You're the Savior of the world.
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You're our Good Shepherd. Jesus, Thank you.
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I want us to sing that again, Even if, even if everything.
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Come on, Sing these words from your heart.
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Some of you, you need to cling. You need to cling to the one who
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won't let go. Just give me.
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To God that we sing it as a prayer, we sing it as a prayer,
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we sing it as a prayer even. At times when I can't see I'm.
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Trusting the head. Just in the head and I told.
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You. Yes, there's only one.
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There's only one that I just give me Jesus.
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Give me Jesus here is everything I know is taken away.
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I want things in the world Go, let go dress Give me Jesus give
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me come on see you one more time.
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Give it at times when I can see I'm dressed in the head that
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hold me be there's only love me that I.
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So Heavenly Father, right now, in the name of Jesus, I come
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before you and I pray for each of us that this week we would
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live with a new revelation. We would live with a greater
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understanding of who you, Jesus, the one and only are in our
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lives. And may we hear and follow the
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voice of the Good Shepherd eyes in Jesus name God, I've blessed
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each of these today and everyone who agreed to that prayer said
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Amen. Come on, every location Let's.