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Greg Laurie - Jesus and the Doubters

January 20, 2026 | 27:29

Greg Laurie - Jesus and the Doubters
Join Pastor Greg Laurie for a time of encouragement, worship, and Bible study.
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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - Jesus and the Doubters | January 20, 2026
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  • Greg laurie: sometimes we misunderstand god in his word.
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  • Like when tragedy hits in the life of a godly man or woman,
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  • And we ask, "why?"
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  • When a child dies, or a loved one gets cancer, we ask, "why?
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  • Why did god do this to me?"
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  • We find ourselves interpreting god in the light of the tragedy
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  • Instead of the other way around.
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  • So, john is effectively saying, "lord, why haven't you
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  • Helped me?"
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  • And so, he's doubting.
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  • And everyone deals with doubt in some way, shape, or form in
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  • Their life.
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  • ♪ this is the day, ♪
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  • ♪ the day when life begins. ♪
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  • ♪ this is the day, ♪
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  • ♪ the day when life begins. ♪♪
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  • Greg: heard a story about a father and son that walked into
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  • A hardware store.
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  • There was a big old jar full of candy sitting out there on
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  • The counter.
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  • The owner of the store said to the little boy, "son, why don't
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  • You grab yourself a handful of candy?
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  • It's free."
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  • The little boy just looked up at his father.
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  • The store owner said, "son, did you hear what i said?
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  • I said grab a handful of candy, it's free."
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  • Again, the little boy looks up at his father.
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  • So, finally the dad reaches in, grabs a handful of candy, and
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  • They're walking out of the hardware store.
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  • And the dad asks his boy, "son, why didn't you grab that handful
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  • Of candy?
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  • It was free."
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  • And the little guy said to his dad, "because dad, your hand is
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  • Bigger than mine."
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  • I like that.
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  • And that to me is a picture of god.
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  • Some people envision god as being stingy or cheap or
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  • Wanting to withhold his blessings, but as we read the
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  • Bible, we find the opposite is the case.
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  • God loves to lavish his blessings on us.
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  • He wants to bless us even more than we want to be blessed.
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  • I mean, i think it's an amazing thing that of all of the
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  • Pictures jesus could have chosen to show us what god is like, he
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  • Chose to portray god as a loving father in what we call the
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  • Parable of the prodigal son.
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  • That son of the father went out and dragged the family name
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  • Through the gutter and did all kinds of things he shouldn't
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  • Have done, but yet when he came to his senses and returned home,
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  • Jesus portrays his dad as someone who missed his son and
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  • Ran to him and threw his arms around him and forgave him.
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  • And that was a picture from christ of god himself.
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  • So, you wanna know what god is like?
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  • Jesus just told you, he's like a loving, heavenly father that
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  • Longs for relationship and friendship with us, not because
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  • He needs us.
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  • God doesn't need us.
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  • We have nothing to offer him that he is lacking, but he does
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  • It because we need him, you see, and because he loves us.
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  • And that is why jesus came.
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  • Jesus was god with skin on.
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  • Jesus was not just a good man, he was indeed the god man.
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  • Jesus was god spelling himself out in language we
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  • Could understand.
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  • God had a face.
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  • God came near.
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  • And there's never been anyone who has ever walked this earth
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  • More influential than jesus christ.
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  • You know, we may gauge a person's influence by how many
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  • Followers they have on social media or when someone is honored
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  • At an event, they're chosen to be the man or the woman of
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  • The year.
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  • Every december, time magazine releases an issue pointing out
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  • Who they consider to be the person of the year.
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  • Then every ten years, they have the person of the decade.
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  • But there's only one person that divides human history in half,
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  • And that's jesus christ.
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  • That's how significant he is.
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  • The name of jesus is the most powerful in all of the universe.
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  • If you don't believe me, just say his name out loud in a
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  • Crowded room.
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  • You'll get an immediate reaction.
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  • It's a name that is above all names.
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  • But the first person i want to look at in this series, "jesus
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  • And you," is the cousin of christ.
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  • We know him best as john the baptist.
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  • In fact, john the baptist recognized jesus before either
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  • One of them was even born.
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  • Because they were both in the wombs of their mothers, john in
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  • The womb of elizabeth, jesus in the womb of mary.
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  • And when mary came to visit elizabeth, john the baptist, not
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  • Born yet but very alive and already full of that unique
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  • Personality that he had, the bible says, "lept in the womb."
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  • So, there was an immediate connection.
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  • And even the story of john is quite a miraculous story, not on
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  • The level of christ who was supernaturally conceived in the
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  • Womb of a virgin, but john's parents were elderly, far past
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  • The age of bearing a child, and the angel gabriel came and
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  • Announced to them that they were gonna have a son, and his name
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  • Would be john, and he would be a prophet of the most high, and he
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  • Would prepare the way of the lord.
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  • And then when john emerged on the scene, he began his
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  • Preaching ministry.
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  • It was so significant, many thought that he actually was
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  • The messiah.
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  • The ancient historian, josephus, actually wrote more about john
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  • Than he did about jesus.
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  • So, john was a rock star, john was a very popular figure.
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  • He would have had more followers on instagram than jesus
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  • Had, okay.
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  • I don't know if i'd scream at that, but the point is, he was
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  • So popular, but he had a short--what's going on
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  • Over here?
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  • Okay, so yeah.
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  • He had a short-lived ministry because his job was just sort of
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  • The end of the scene, get the attention of the people, he was
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  • Hard to miss.
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  • He dressed in animal skins, his diet consisted of locusts and
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  • Wild honey.
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  • So, he would have been the guy when you go out to order in a
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  • Restaurant that would be problematic.
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  • There's always one of those people, "excuse me, i'm
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  • Lactose intolerant."
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  • And they have all these issues and they want to substitute
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  • Everything for everything, right?
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  • John, yeah, "you got any locust and wild honey here in
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  • This restaurant?"
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  • You know, he would have fit perfectly on "duck dynasty" with
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  • All those guys, right?
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  • So, you couldn't miss john.
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  • He wasn't dressed in the beautiful robes of the
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  • Religious leaders.
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  • And in fact, he called them out without any apprehension.
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  • He said in matthew chapter 3, verse 7, "they're a brood of
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  • Snakes facing the judgment of god."
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  • So, john's job, if you will, was to prepare the way of
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  • The messiah.
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  • He was to be the voice of one crying in the wilderness.
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  • And so, one day as he's baptizing people in the jordan
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  • River, who shows up?
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  • Jesus himself and jesus said, "john, i want you to
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  • Baptize me."
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  • John says, "baptize you?
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  • You should be baptizing me."
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  • And jesus says, "no, john, you need to do this.
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  • Let this happen right now, so we can fulfill all righteousness."
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  • So, john baptized jesus and you remember the amazing things
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  • That happened.
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  • The holy spirit came upon christ in the form of a dove, and there
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  • Was a voice from heaven, the father saying, "this is my
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  • Beloved son, in whom i'm well pleased."
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  • There you see the trinity in action.
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  • The son being baptized, the holy spirit is manifested, the father
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  • Is speaking.
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  • Now john's job is done.
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  • As he himself said, "he must increase," speaking of christ,
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  • "and i must decrease."
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  • And he said to his own disciples, "behold the lamb of
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  • God who takes away the sin of the world."
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  • In other words, boys, we're done here.
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  • I want you to follow jesus, and they did.
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  • And now the public ministry of jesus is beginning.
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  • So, john is waiting because he, like most people of this time,
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  • Had a misunderstanding of the role of messiah.
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  • It was their view that when messiah came that he would
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  • Overthrow the ruling power, in this case rome, and he would
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  • Establish his kingdom of righteousness on the earth.
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  • But time is now passing.
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  • In fact, 18 months have passed and none of this is
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  • Taking place.
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  • And john is wondering, "wait, did i get something wrong?
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  • Did i misunderstand?
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  • Is jesus actually the messiah?"
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  • And he finds himself discouraged and grappling with doubt.
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  • The title of my message is, "jesus and the doubter."
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  • So, if you've ever entertained doubts, you'll connect to
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  • The story.
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  • Let's read about it.
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  • Matthew 11 starting in verse 1, "and when john had heard in
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  • Prison about the works of christ, he sent two of his
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  • Disciples and said to him, 'are you the coming one, or should we
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  • Look for another?'
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  • Jesus answered and said, 'you go tell john the things that you
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  • Hear and see.
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  • The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the
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  • Deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have the
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  • Gospel preached to them.
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  • And blessed is he who is not offended because of me.'"
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  • Let's stop there.
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  • So, where is john?
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  • He's in a dungeon.
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  • And why is he in a dungeon?
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  • He's in a dungeon because he called out king herod, who was
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  • Living an immoral lifestyle.
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  • John didn't pull his punches.
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  • It ticked off herod, so he imprisoned this great man
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  • Of god.
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  • Here's a guy that loves to be out in the open air fulfilling
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  • His ministry, trapped in this horrible little dungeon, and
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  • He's hearing about jesus, but he doesn't like what he's hearing.
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  • "oh, that jesus, he's hanging out with sinners."
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  • "hanging out with sinners?
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  • Oh, i thought that he was gonna establish his kingdom.
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  • Did i get something wrong?"
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  • See, the problem was he was looking at things bc, not before
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  • Christ, but before calvary, before jesus would wear many
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  • Crowns, he would first wear the crown of thorns.
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  • Before there would be the throne, there would be
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  • The cross.
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  • And it was after christ died and rose again, they all understood
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  • Those two disciples who were discouraged on the road to
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  • Emmaus, leaving town after christ was crucified, and
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  • Happened to be joined by jesus himself incognito, said this,
  • 00:11:16.976 --> 00:11:22.081
  • "we had hoped," past tense, "he would have been the one to
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  • Deliver israel."
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  • This paraphrase, "yeah, he didn't quite measure up.
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  • He let us down."
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  • And then jesus is like, "what's wrong with you guys?"
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  • You know, and then he took them to the scriptures, pointing them
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  • To all the passages that showed that this was always part of
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  • The plan.
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  • The messiah would suffer, messiah would die for the sin of
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  • The world, messiah would rise again from the dead.
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  • The messiah would return one day, and that one day is still
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  • In our future.
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  • But don't be too quick to judge these guys because we can do the
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  • Same thing.
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  • Listen to this, sometimes we need to go through the foyer
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  • Of doubt to get into the sanctuary of certainty.
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  • That's not original to me.
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  • It's a good statement though, isn't it?
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  • We have to go through the foyer, we'll say, lobby to make it
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  • Easier because that's french, foyer, foyer.
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  • We have to go through the lobby of doubt to get into the
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  • Sanctuary of certainty.
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  • A french proverb says, "he who knows nothing doubts nothing."
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  • It's also been said doubt is not the opposite of faith, it's an
  • 00:12:31.884 --> 00:12:36.021
  • Element of faith.
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  • Doubt is not necessarily a sign that a person is wrong, rather
  • 00:12:37.723 --> 00:12:41.460
  • It's a sign they're thinking.
  • 00:12:41.460 --> 00:12:43.562
  • So, it's okay to have moments of doubt.
  • 00:12:43.562 --> 00:12:46.165
  • Even great men of the bible had their doubts.
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  • Moses was ready to quit on one occasion in complaining to god
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  • About the israelites.
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  • He said, "if they're gonna treat me like this, lord, i'd
  • 00:12:57.009 --> 00:12:59.979
  • Appreciate it if you would just take me out, just kill me now."
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  • Little dramatic, right?
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  • Elijah was ready to quit after hearing of the threats
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  • Of jezebel.
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  • And he said, "lord, just take my life."
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  • We all remember doubting thomas.
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  • He wanted to see the risen lord himself.
  • 00:13:19.165 --> 00:13:21.967
  • He said, "i'll believe him when i can put my hand in the wound
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  • In his side."
  • 00:13:24.737 --> 00:13:26.105
  • Then christ appears and he says, "that's okay.
  • 00:13:26.105 --> 00:13:28.474
  • My lord and my god," right?
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  • But he just wanted to know for himself, there's nothing wrong
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  • With that.
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  • Nothing wrong with you saying, "i want to see it for myself.
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  • I want to know it for myself."
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  • This is all part of growing.
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  • Even the great apostle paul was discouraged.
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  • He writes about it in 2 corinthians 1:8.
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  • He was burdened beyond measure.
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  • And he said, "we despaired even of life."
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  • So, if you're struggling with discouragement and doubt, you
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  • Are not the first, nor will you be the last.
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  • The problem with john is he had a troubled mind and a
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  • Broken heart.
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  • Hey man, the guy was in a dungeon, cut him some slack.
  • 00:14:06.512 --> 00:14:10.115
  • Things are not going the way he thought they would go because
  • 00:14:10.115 --> 00:14:12.885
  • He misunderstood.
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  • So, he sends two friends, "just ask jesus this question, 'are
  • 00:14:14.220 --> 00:14:17.756
  • You the one or should we look for another?'"
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  • Now notice how christ responds.
  • 00:14:20.526 --> 00:14:22.795
  • He refers to old testament prophecies that he is the
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  • Messiah, alluding to isaiah 35 and isaiah 61.
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  • Jesus says, matthew 11, verse 4, "you go tell john, the blind are
  • 00:14:32.238 --> 00:14:37.309
  • Seeing, the lame are walking, the lepers are cleansed, and the
  • 00:14:37.309 --> 00:14:41.380
  • Deaf hear, and the dead are raised up."
  • 00:14:41.380 --> 00:14:44.350
  • So, you could really be offended by that question, you know.
  • 00:14:44.350 --> 00:14:48.787
  • The question is, "john wants to know if you're really the one or
  • 00:14:48.787 --> 00:14:51.824
  • Should he look for another?"
  • 00:14:51.824 --> 00:14:53.192
  • What? hello?
  • 00:14:53.192 --> 00:14:54.526
  • And so, he's really questioning the ministry of our lord jesus.
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  • Could have said, "you know what?
  • 00:14:58.731 --> 00:15:00.599
  • Got a little offended.
  • 00:15:00.599 --> 00:15:02.601
  • My cousin's always been a little weird, okay.
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  • Come on, let's get real.
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  • Really locusts and wild honey, is that necessary?"
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  • Now he didn't do that at all.
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  • In fact, jesus did the very opposite.
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  • He looked for this.
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  • He saw this as an opportunity to speak of the greatness of john.
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  • Look at matthew 11, he says, "as the disciples were leaving,
  • 00:15:20.219 --> 00:15:25.457
  • Jesus began talking."
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  • Matthew 11 rather, "began talking about him to the crowds.
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  • He said, 'what kind of man did you go into the wilderness
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  • To see?
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  • A reed just blowing in the wind?
  • 00:15:35.968 --> 00:15:38.537
  • Someone unstable with no courage?
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  • Some kind of a snowflake?
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  • This is john the baptist, people.
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  • And i loved him, and let me tell you a little something about
  • 00:15:45.945 --> 00:15:50.115
  • John," and then he goes on to describe who john really was.
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  • And you know, here's what it comes down to.
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  • You know, it's really not what others think about us or even
  • 00:15:55.421 --> 00:15:58.691
  • What we think about ourselves.
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  • I'm interested in what jesus thinks about me.
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  • Jesus had some good thoughts about john.
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  • And jesus has some good thoughts about you too.
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  • I want you to know that.
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  • Now, we know what happens when jes--when we get bragged on by
  • 00:16:12.404 --> 00:16:15.474
  • God in heaven.
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  • We saw that in the book of job.
  • 00:16:16.809 --> 00:16:18.811
  • It's like, hey, let's not be bragging too much in
  • 00:16:18.811 --> 00:16:21.046
  • Heaven, okay.
  • 00:16:21.046 --> 00:16:22.381
  • After i look at the calamities that befell your servant.
  • 00:16:22.381 --> 00:16:25.284
  • But you know, i love jeremiah 29:11.
  • 00:16:25.284 --> 00:16:28.387
  • I think you know that by now, i quote it quite often.
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  • But here's what god thinks about you, "'i know the thoughts that
  • 00:16:31.123 --> 00:16:34.026
  • I think toward you,' says the lord, 'thoughts of peace and not
  • 00:16:34.026 --> 00:16:37.329
  • Of evil, to give you a future and a hope.'"
  • 00:16:37.329 --> 00:16:40.199
  • See, a lot of us think god is mad at us when in reality, god
  • 00:16:40.199 --> 00:16:44.103
  • Is mad about us.
  • 00:16:44.103 --> 00:16:46.338
  • He loves us, that's what we see so clearly in scripture.
  • 00:16:46.338 --> 00:16:50.642
  • So, now jesus says this about john, verse 11.
  • 00:16:50.642 --> 00:16:53.379
  • Let me tell you something, "among those born of women there
  • 00:16:53.379 --> 00:16:56.348
  • Has not been one greater than john the baptist."
  • 00:16:56.348 --> 00:17:00.886
  • John the baptist was the last of the old testament prophets.
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  • Not only was he the last, but he was the greatest of the old
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  • Testament prophets.
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  • Now that's pretty amazing.
  • 00:17:11.964 --> 00:17:13.632
  • How could john be greater than samuel, elijah, isaiah, ezekiel?
  • 00:17:13.632 --> 00:17:19.304
  • John never called fire down from heaven like elijah did.
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  • He never parted the red sea as moses did.
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  • He did not write a book of the bible like isaiah, or ezekiel,
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  • Or even minor prophets like micah.
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  • That doesn't mean that he was underage micah.
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  • Being a minor prophet just meant shorter book.
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  • He didn't write a book.
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  • He didn't do a miracle.
  • 00:17:39.992 --> 00:17:41.760
  • But jesus says, "of men born of women, there has never been a
  • 00:17:41.760 --> 00:17:44.963
  • Greater than john the baptist."
  • 00:17:44.963 --> 00:17:47.299
  • Why was john the greatest of the old testament prophets?
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  • Answer, because john and john alone was the direct forerunner
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  • Of jesus.
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  • His greatness came as a result of his closeness to christ.
  • 00:17:57.876 --> 00:18:02.481
  • And now jesus drops his bombshell, verse 11, "and he who
  • 00:18:02.481 --> 00:18:06.385
  • Was least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he."
  • 00:18:06.385 --> 00:18:10.589
  • What that means is, you as a christian, in the new covenant
  • 00:18:10.589 --> 00:18:15.360
  • Now, are greater than john.
  • 00:18:15.360 --> 00:18:17.930
  • You say, "how could i be greater than john?
  • 00:18:17.930 --> 00:18:19.731
  • He was the direct forerunner.
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  • He was the voice crying in the wilderness."
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  • I know, but you see, you have a relationship with god that john
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  • Did not have.
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  • John was a herald of the king.
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  • You're a friend of the king.
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  • John was a friend of the bridegroom, you're the bride of
  • 00:18:34.446 --> 00:18:38.817
  • The bridegroom, right?
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  • So, this all happened because of the death and resurrection
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  • Of christ.
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  • So, i titled this message, "jesus and the doubter," jesus
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  • And you.
  • 00:18:51.730 --> 00:18:53.232
  • Now maybe you're struggling with doubt right now.
  • 00:18:53.232 --> 00:18:55.767
  • There's a difference between doubt and unbelief.
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  • You know, doubt asks questions, unbelief doesn't want answers.
  • 00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:07.012
  • Doubt can be overcome and resolved, but unbelief is an act
  • 00:19:07.012 --> 00:19:10.782
  • Of disobedience.
  • 00:19:10.782 --> 00:19:12.684
  • So, it's okay to come with your doubts and say, "lord, i don't
  • 00:19:12.684 --> 00:19:15.888
  • Get this, help me."
  • 00:19:15.888 --> 00:19:17.256
  • Like that one guy that said, "lord, i believe, help
  • 00:19:17.256 --> 00:19:20.425
  • My unbelief."
  • 00:19:20.425 --> 00:19:22.461
  • So, when you're praying about something, you say, "lord, we're
  • 00:19:22.461 --> 00:19:25.364
  • Praying for this, we're asking this in the name of jesus.
  • 00:19:25.364 --> 00:19:28.467
  • We're praying about this together, but lord, we're also
  • 00:19:28.467 --> 00:19:31.970
  • Saying we believe but help our unbelief."
  • 00:19:31.970 --> 00:19:35.908
  • Because sometimes our faith is not as strong as it should be,
  • 00:19:35.908 --> 00:19:39.978
  • But god understands that.
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  • He'll more than meet you halfway.
  • 00:19:41.313 --> 00:19:44.449
  • So, let's wrap this up now.
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  • How did jesus deal with doubt in the life of john and how does he
  • 00:19:46.251 --> 00:19:51.657
  • Wanna deal with doubt in our life?
  • 00:19:51.657 --> 00:19:53.892
  • Number one, he refocused john's priorities.
  • 00:19:53.892 --> 00:19:58.630
  • He refocused john's priorities.
  • 00:19:58.630 --> 00:20:01.466
  • John misunderstood, as i said, the mission and purpose of the
  • 00:20:01.466 --> 00:20:04.870
  • Coming of christ, and it was true of the disciples as well.
  • 00:20:04.870 --> 00:20:09.575
  • He refocused him.
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  • He didn't rebuke him, he refocused him.
  • 00:20:10.943 --> 00:20:14.313
  • Because the problem with john was not that he was asking too
  • 00:20:14.313 --> 00:20:17.549
  • Much, it's that he was asking too little.
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  • "hey, john, i'm gonna do something even bigger than
  • 00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:22.788
  • You're expecting.
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  • Overthrow the romans?
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  • I'm gonna come and establish my kingdom on earth one day, and
  • 00:20:26.525 --> 00:20:30.362
  • The righteousness of the lord will fill the planet.
  • 00:20:30.362 --> 00:20:33.899
  • So, it's gonna be bigger than anything you ever dreamed."
  • 00:20:33.899 --> 00:20:36.835
  • So, he refocused his priorities.
  • 00:20:36.835 --> 00:20:39.371
  • Secondly, he used this scripture or brought john back to
  • 00:20:39.371 --> 00:20:43.508
  • The scripture.
  • 00:20:43.508 --> 00:20:45.043
  • He took john back to the bible.
  • 00:20:45.043 --> 00:20:46.545
  • "buddy, remember what the bible says.
  • 00:20:46.545 --> 00:20:48.580
  • Remember what the prophets say.
  • 00:20:48.580 --> 00:20:50.682
  • You need to go back."
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  • I cannot say enough about how important the word of god is for
  • 00:20:52.050 --> 00:20:57.723
  • Everything in life that you are facing.
  • 00:20:57.723 --> 00:21:00.626
  • This is why we need to memorize scripture and know scripture.
  • 00:21:00.626 --> 00:21:05.764
  • When we fall into that little pit of despair, when we're
  • 00:21:05.764 --> 00:21:09.501
  • Dealing with hardship, when we're looking for direction,
  • 00:21:09.501 --> 00:21:12.938
  • Really whatever you're going through, know the word of god.
  • 00:21:12.938 --> 00:21:15.807
  • And as i've said to you, you need to think biblically.
  • 00:21:15.807 --> 00:21:19.144
  • So, jesus brings him back to the bible.
  • 00:21:19.144 --> 00:21:21.680
  • Number three, jesus kept right on with this purpose and asked
  • 00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:26.218
  • John to not be stumbled or annoyed.
  • 00:21:26.218 --> 00:21:29.288
  • He's just saying, "just trust me."
  • 00:21:29.288 --> 00:21:32.291
  • God never promised he would inform us all about his plan
  • 00:21:32.291 --> 00:21:35.727
  • Ahead of time.
  • 00:21:35.727 --> 00:21:37.095
  • He just promised us that he has one.
  • 00:21:37.095 --> 00:21:39.865
  • And ultimately, it's for our good and it's for his glory.
  • 00:21:39.865 --> 00:21:44.670
  • Let me say that again, god never promised he would inform us all
  • 00:21:44.670 --> 00:21:48.307
  • About his plan ahead of time.
  • 00:21:48.307 --> 00:21:50.309
  • He just promised that he has one and it's ultimately for our good
  • 00:21:50.309 --> 00:21:55.347
  • And it's for his glory.
  • 00:21:55.347 --> 00:21:57.649
  • I know there are things in life that don't make sense.
  • 00:21:57.649 --> 00:22:00.819
  • I know there are questions that remain unanswered.
  • 00:22:00.819 --> 00:22:04.389
  • I know you have times of disappointment as a follower of
  • 00:22:04.389 --> 00:22:08.360
  • Jesus, but one day it will all be made clear.
  • 00:22:08.360 --> 00:22:12.364
  • And whatever you've lost for the kingdom of god in this life,
  • 00:22:12.364 --> 00:22:15.667
  • Whatever you've suffered will be made up to you in the next life.
  • 00:22:15.667 --> 00:22:20.238
  • God has promised that in scripture.
  • 00:22:20.238 --> 00:22:22.607
  • So, right now the bible says, "we see through a glass darkly,
  • 00:22:22.607 --> 00:22:26.678
  • But then face to face."
  • 00:22:26.678 --> 00:22:29.448
  • You know, sort of like someone that has tinted glass on their
  • 00:22:29.448 --> 00:22:32.784
  • Car and you can't see in.
  • 00:22:32.784 --> 00:22:34.820
  • And that's how it is sometimes, we're trying to figure these
  • 00:22:34.820 --> 00:22:37.989
  • Things out.
  • 00:22:37.989 --> 00:22:39.324
  • We squint our eyes, we're trying to see, you know, what is taking
  • 00:22:39.324 --> 00:22:43.128
  • Place and why god is doing it.
  • 00:22:43.128 --> 00:22:45.063
  • Another translation of that same verse there in 1 corinthians 13
  • 00:22:45.063 --> 00:22:48.967
  • Says, paul speaking, "i know now in a fragmentary fashion, but
  • 00:22:48.967 --> 00:22:56.541
  • Then i will fully known as i am known."
  • 00:22:56.541 --> 00:23:00.779
  • Yeah, i know you have questions you want to ask god.
  • 00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:03.749
  • But in that final day when we stand before god, we'll realize
  • 00:23:03.749 --> 00:23:07.519
  • He never sat on his hands because they were nailed to
  • 00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:11.590
  • A cross.
  • 00:23:11.590 --> 00:23:12.991
  • God's in control.
  • 00:23:12.991 --> 00:23:14.626
  • God is at work.
  • 00:23:14.626 --> 00:23:16.361
  • So, if you have a doubt, you just bring it to jesus.
  • 00:23:16.361 --> 00:23:18.663
  • And that's really to me the big story here.
  • 00:23:18.663 --> 00:23:21.333
  • John had his doubts, but he brought his doubts to jesus.
  • 00:23:21.333 --> 00:23:25.737
  • And that's what we need to do.
  • 00:23:25.737 --> 00:23:27.105
  • And jesus wants to more than meet you halfway.
  • 00:23:30.542 --> 00:23:33.578
  • He came to this earth, he walked among us.
  • 00:23:33.578 --> 00:23:36.348
  • He lived a perfect life, he died a perfect death.
  • 00:23:36.348 --> 00:23:39.518
  • He died on the cross for our sins and he rose again.
  • 00:23:39.518 --> 00:23:42.621
  • And now he stands at the door of our life, and he knocks and
  • 00:23:42.621 --> 00:23:45.757
  • Says, "if you'll hear my voice and open the door, i'll
  • 00:23:45.757 --> 00:23:48.527
  • Come in."
  • 00:23:48.527 --> 00:23:49.895
  • Sometimes people say, "i have a few questions, and if you can
  • 00:23:49.895 --> 00:23:52.197
  • Ask--answer these questions, i'll become a christian."
  • 00:23:52.197 --> 00:23:55.867
  • I think many times what we will see is when we become a
  • 00:23:55.867 --> 00:23:58.670
  • Christian, that's when the questions are answered.
  • 00:23:58.670 --> 00:24:01.706
  • Not all of them, but i will say this, most of them, most of the
  • 00:24:01.706 --> 00:24:05.610
  • Big ones for sure.
  • 00:24:05.610 --> 00:24:07.312
  • When you enter into this relationship with god that is
  • 00:24:07.312 --> 00:24:12.350
  • Available through jesus christ.
  • 00:24:12.350 --> 00:24:14.486
  • You know, i saw an interesting interview the other day between
  • 00:24:14.486 --> 00:24:18.790
  • Tucker carlson and elon musk.
  • 00:24:18.790 --> 00:24:21.793
  • And what an amazing guy elon musk is.
  • 00:24:21.793 --> 00:24:24.496
  • You know, i just saw a video of one of his rockets landing in
  • 00:24:24.496 --> 00:24:28.567
  • Some kind of a container of sorts.
  • 00:24:28.567 --> 00:24:31.736
  • I've never seen anything like that before.
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  • And then all the other things that he has created.
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  • The man is an absolute genius.
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  • And so, tucker asks elon, who's an engineer, knows a little bit
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  • About creating things, "do you believe in a creator?"
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  • And elon had to say he did believe in a creator.
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  • Of course he would because creators or engineers make
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  • Things for a purpose, and he realizes that all the things he
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  • Makes have a purpose, and the same must be true of god
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  • As well.
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  • But then elon said, "but i don't know that we can really know
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  • His nature."
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  • But we can and we must.
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  • And that is what i started this message with talking about how
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  • God is a loving, heavenly father that longs for a relationship
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  • With us, a friendship with us that comes through christ.
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  • Greg: hi, i'm greg laurie.
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  • Years ago, i was in the ocean with my son, and we got caught
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  • In a riptide.
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  • Problem is, we were only a few feet from the shore.
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  • The lifeguard comes to rescue me.
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  • I say, "i think i'm okay."
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  • And i've finally got my feet on firm ground.
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  • But the problem was i was too proud to say i needed help.
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  • That's like us, drowning in sin, drowning in addiction, needing
  • 00:25:50.248 --> 00:25:55.120
  • The help of god.
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  • Here's what the bible says, "whoever will call upon the name
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  • Of the lord will be saved."
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  • Whatever you're facing right now, jesus is ready to come and
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  • Help you, to save you.
  • 00:26:05.363 --> 00:26:06.831
  • You can just pray, "lord jesus, save me, forgive me of my sin.
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  • I need a relationship with you.
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  • I need hope in my life."
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  • Pray that prayer, he'll hear it, and he'll answer it.
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  • I want to send you a bible at no charge to help you get started
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  • In a relationship with jesus christ.
  • 00:26:22.981 --> 00:26:26.952
  • Greg: you know, we say to a new believer, start reading the
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  • Bible, but they don't know where to start, do they?
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  • So we have a special edition of the bible called the "new
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  • Believer's bible."
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  • I wrote thousands of notes for it and i sort of see it as what
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  • I would do if i was sitting down with a person over a cup of
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  • There's over 10 million copies of this bible in print, but
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