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Greg Laurie - The Joy Of Sharing Your Faith

November 28, 2025 | 27:40

Greg Laurie - The Joy Of Sharing Your Faith
Greg Laurie overcomes his fear of public speaking to spread the gospel. Through his personal journey and insights, he emphasizes the importance of caring for others and the joy of sharing faith. Drawing from biblical teachings, real-life examples, and cultural observations, he motivates believers to actively engage in evangelism as a means of personal and spiritual growth. As he challenges common misconceptions and shares practical tips, listeners are encouraged to step out of their comfort zones and make evangelism a natural part of their everyday lives.
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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - The Joy Of Sharing Your Faith | November 28, 2025
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  • Greg laurie: when you share the gospel,
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  • You're doing as a christian what you should be doing.
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  • The gospel by its very design is not meant to be hoarded.
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  • It's meant to be shared.
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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: all right, lemme start with a question.
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  • What are you afraid of?
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  • According to a study that was done of the top fears of most
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  • People, among the top ones were claustrophobia,
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  • That's a fear of small spaces.
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  • Then there's the fear of bugs, i think it's called anacrophobia.
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  • And then there's the fear of snakes and other
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  • Critters like that.
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  • Then there's the fear of heights.
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  • But the number one fear of most people is public speaking.
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  • Public speaking.
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  • How many of you have the fear of public speaking,
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  • Raise your hand.
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  • Okay, i want you to come up now.
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  • [congregation laughing]
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  • Greg: it's true, we have that fear.
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  • In fact, it was mark twain who said, and i quote, "there are
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  • Two types of speakers: those who get nervous
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  • And those who are liars," end quote.
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  • So, you know, we all have the nerves when we get up to speak,
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  • And i have to say that's why i was so surprised when god called
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  • Me at around 18 years old to be an evangelist.
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  • That was the last thing i ever aspired to be.
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  • I never was a public speaker.
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  • I was more of a behind the scenes kind of a person.
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  • It was not something i really wanted to do, but it's a calling
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  • God put on my life.
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  • The biblical definition of evangelist is a bringer
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  • Of good news.
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  • Now, there's other synonyms for evangelist that you'd find if
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  • You go to a dictionary, which are a preacher, a crusader, and
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  • My favorite, a propagandist.
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  • Now, those are not popular ideas.
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  • "hi, i'm a propagandist;" even worse, "--a preacher."
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  • You know, when i'm traveling, maybe i'll be seated next to
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  • Someone on a plane and we're striking up a conversation
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  • And everything's fine.
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  • Then they'll say, "what do you do for a living?"
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  • And i'll say, "i'm a preacher."
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  • I might as well say i'm an axe murderer,
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  • Or worse, a telemarketer.
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  • I don't know.
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  • But, you know, people recoil when you tell them
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  • That sort of thing.
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  • But listen, jesus has called every christian, young and old,
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  • Men and women, no matter what, to go into all the world and
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  • Preach the gospel.
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  • But stats tell us that only 95%--excuse me, 95% of
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  • Christians have never led a person to christ.
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  • Ninety-five percent have not led another person to christ.
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  • Lemme ask you, taking a quick poll, how many of you have been
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  • Able to lead someone to christ?
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  • Aw, i'm so proud of you.
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  • See, you're not like the rest of those stats out there, so well
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  • Done on that.
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  • But also, only 2% of churchgoers have invited an unchurched
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  • Person to church in the last year, and 59% of all christians
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  • Say they seldom or never share their faith with others.
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  • Now, why is that?
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  • One of the top reasons is the fear of rejection.
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  • Another would be anxiety, maybe they'll ask a question
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  • You can't answer.
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  • Or maybe feeling you're not the best example.
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  • I would say it this way: there's one thing that believers and
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  • Nonbelievers have in common.
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  • We're both uptight about evangelism.
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  • Nonbelievers are uptight about being evangelized, and believers
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  • Are uptight about evangelizing.
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  • And i want to help you to change that way of thinking.
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  • I want you to discover not the mere duty of sharing your faith,
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  • But the joy of sharing your faith.
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  • Hence the title, "the joy of sharing your faith."
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  • So, what is the gospel?
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  • Of course, the word "gospel" simply means "good news."
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  • And, so let's use an example.
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  • Let's say that you found a cure for cancer and you decided you
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  • Wanted to share that with others.
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  • I hope you would want to do that, of course.
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  • You would in fact be evangelizing for your cause.
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  • That's all it is.
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  • Take the gospel out of it.
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  • If you're passionate about something, you will find
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  • Yourself evangelizing for it.
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  • And i suggest to you that there are people that are called to be
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  • An evangelist that have never stood behind a pulpit.
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  • Some of the most effective evangelists i've met are not
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  • Preachers; they're just committed christians
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  • That have that gifting.
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  • You say, "how do you know if you're gifted to do that?"
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  • It's an ability--well, it starts with a passion and a concern
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  • For nonbelievers, but it's an ability
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  • To articulate the gospel.
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  • It's the kind of a person that will engage somebody
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  • And want to share this message.
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  • You may have this gift in your life.
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  • But let's take the word "evangelism" out of the picture
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  • Here and just use another word: "recommendation."
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  • Now, we do that all the time.
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  • Recommendation: advocating for something, endorsing something.
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  • So let's put it a new way.
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  • Go into all the world and endorse the gospel.
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  • Go into all the world and recommend the gospel.
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  • We all recommend things all the time.
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  • I mean, you ask me a question.
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  • I have an opinion on almost everything.
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  • So you say, "greg, what is the best burger?"
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  • "okay, lemme ask you a question: what kind of a burger?
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  • A take-out burger or a restaurant burger?"
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  • "no, take-out burger."
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  • "well, it's in-n-out burger, for sure.
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  • And then, here's the way you need to order the in-n-out
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  • Burger, and i have my own order and i think my order is better
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  • Than anyone else's order.
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  • And i order it in the animal style with chopped chilies
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  • On it, okay?"
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  • So, that's what i do, but here's what i've discovered about
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  • In-n-out for me personally.
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  • I only like it as a guilty pleasure.
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  • When i have in-n-out for lunch, i don't like it.
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  • I have to eat it 10 o'clock at night when i'm not supposed to,
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  • After i've already had dinner.
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  • That's when i like in-n-out.
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  • Am i alone in this?
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  • That's the way it works for me.
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  • Okay, so we'll get passionate about a great burger, yet we're
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  • Not passionate about the most important message of all time,
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  • The message of the gospel?
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  • Go into all the world and recommend the gospel.
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  • Go into all the world and advocate for the gospel,
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  • Bringin' me to point number one: effective sharing
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  • Starts with caring.
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  • I could talk to you all day long about how to share the gospel,
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  • How to start a conversation, how to answer a difficult question,
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  • And so forth.
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  • But really, none of that matters if you don't care.
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  • It starts with a concern for people.
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  • And here's something that is an established fact
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  • Of the universe: we don't like to share.
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  • We don't.
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  • Go back to your childhood, when you were a little kid.
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  • Did you like to share your toys with others?
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  • Probably not.
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  • And we're that way in life. we want it for ourself.
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  • We don't wanna necessarily share it with someone else.
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  • And i think if we're honest, and we may not like to admit this,
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  • But the reason many of us don't tell others about jesus is we
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  • Just don't care about them.
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  • "hey," we'll say, "i've got my eternal life.
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  • I know where i'm going when i die, and i'm happy in this
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  • Relationship with god, but i don't wanna inconvenience
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  • Myself, and i really don't care that much about that person.
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  • Even worse, we could start seeing nonbelievers
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  • As the enemy.
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  • In these morally and politically charged times, people are more
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  • Divided than any time i can remember in my lifetime.
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  • People are extremely angry at each other, and now with social
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  • Media, that's all amplified and we can attack one another, and
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  • As christians, we can get caught up into this.
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  • And we can start seeing that nonbeliever that maybe has made
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  • A lifestyle choice that is contrary to scripture, or a
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  • Political choice we don't agree with, or some other choice, and
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  • Suddenly they have become in our minds the mortal enemy.
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  • They're not the enemy, and if they've made bad decisions,
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  • They need to meet christ who can change their life.
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  • They're not the enemy, they're under the control of the enemy.
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  • And here's what the bible says we're supposed
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  • To do as believers.
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  • First of all, be patient with them.
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  • And then it tells us that we should pray that to their senses
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  • And escape from the devil's trap, for they're being held
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  • Captive by him to do whatever he wants.
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  • So it starts with a concern and a burden.
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  • In acts chapter 17, the apostle paul went to the city of athens.
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  • Athens at that time was the intellectual capitol
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  • Of the world.
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  • And he went to a place called the areopagus on mars hill.
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  • This is where all the philosophers hung out to discuss
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  • The latest things that were popular at the time.
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  • And so paul stood up before them and began to share the gospel.
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  • What's interesting, though, i before he stood up and spoke to
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  • Them, we read that as he walked through athens, he was deeply
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  • Troubled by all of the idols.
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  • You see, in athens, they erected images to so many gods.
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  • There were thousands and thousands of idols in athens.
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  • In fact, it was said in that day, it's easier to find a god
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  • With a small "g" in athens than a person.
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  • So, paul's walking around and his heart is getting stirred.
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  • And the word that is used there for "stirred" means that he was
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  • Irritated and aroused to anger.
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  • Another translation would be "hot and mad."
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  • When i look at culture, i get angry.
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  • "ah, this isn't right.
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  • Why is this happening?
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  • Why is that happening?
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  • Okay, but this is what's important.
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  • What are we supposed to do after that?
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  • I mean, think about what's happening with so many people
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  • Today, especially young people.
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  • I just read that the us surgeon general says we're facing an
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  • Urgent public health crisis.
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  • According to a statement, and i quote, "there's a devastating
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  • Decline in the mental health of kids across the country.
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  • The rates of suicide, self-harm, anxiety, and depression are up
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  • Among adolescents.
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  • And by the way, this is a trend that began before the pandemic.
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  • According to the cdc, hospital admissions data show the number
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  • Of teen girls who had been suicidal
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  • Has increased 50% since 2019!
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  • 2019, that's not that long ago, is it?
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  • So, young people are depressed, filled with anxiety, concerned
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  • About their future, and in many cases, even suicidal.
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  • This should concern us.
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  • This should move us.
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  • And what should we do?
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  • We need to share jesus with them.
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  • We need to tell them there's a god in heaven who loves them,
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  • And whatever they're gong through, they can get through
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  • It, and god has a plan and a purpose for their life.
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  • We have to care.
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  • We have to see them as jesus sees them, as sheep without a
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  • Shepherd, as people that need a savior, instead of cursing the
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  • Darkness, we need to turn on the light.
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  • And how do we do it?
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  • By proclaiming, advocating for, and recommending
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  • The gospel of jesus christ.
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  • Greg: greg laurie here.
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  • You know, at harvest ministries we're committing to reaching
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  • Unexpected people in unexpected places with an
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  • Unexpected message.
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  • And thanks to your financial support, we've been able to
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  • Touch people all over the world with the hope of jesus christ.
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  • Your gifts today not only help us reach millions across the
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  • Country through this television program, they also help us to
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  • Bring hope to people in their biggest need, whether through
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  • Our evangelistic events or our relief efforts, together we've
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  • Been able to minister to so many people devastated by the fires
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  • In lahaina on the island of maui.
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  • And also, your support has helped us partner to bring
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  • Medical help in the ongoing conflict in israel.
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  • So i'm asking you today to continue to support this
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  • Ministry so we can do everything possible to fulfill the
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  • Great commission.
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  • Let's do this together, and let me say in advance,
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  • Thank you and god bless you.
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  • Greg: let's read now the words
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  • Of paul in romans 10 and i'm gonna read verses 14 to 15.
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  • Paul says, "how can then call on him to save them unless they
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  • Believe in him?
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  • How can they believe in him if they've never heard about him?
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  • How can they hear about him unless someone tells them?
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  • And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent?"
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  • This is why the scripture says, "how beautiful are the feet of
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  • Messengers who bring good news.
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  • Look at your feet for a moment. look at them.
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  • You have beautiful feet.
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  • Now, when we admire a feature in someone,
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  • We don't generally notice their feet.
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  • We might say, "oh, i love their eyes."
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  • Or, "i love their hair."
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  • I never have people say that to me, but, or "oh, you know,
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  • You're beautiful in this way or that way."
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  • We don't generally say, "man, you have amazing feet.
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  • I've just been lookin' at those feet of yours."
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  • But really, what this is saying, beautiful feet means,
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  • It would better be translated, "full bloom."
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  • So think of a blossoming flower.
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  • So the idea being communicated here is you bloom to life when
  • 00:14:31.870 --> 00:14:36.040
  • You share the gospel.
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  • When you share the gospel, you're doing as a christian what
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  • You should be doing.
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  • The gospel by its very design is not meant to be hoarded.
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  • It's meant to be shared.
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  • Bringing me to point number two, listen to this, and this is the
  • 00:14:53.291 --> 00:14:55.760
  • Most important point of this message: sharing the gospel is
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  • Lifegiving to us as well as the person we are sharing with.
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  • Part two, often we think of sharing our faith as something
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  • That's hard, undesirable,
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  • Something we really don't wanna do.
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  • But it's lifegiving to the one who's hearing it, and it's
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  • Lifegiving to you too.
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  • Another translation of the word "beautiful" as in "how beautiful
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  • Are the feet of those that share the gospel," is lively.
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  • "how lively are the feet of those that preach
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  • The gospel of peace.
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  • So if you want happy feet, if you want a spring in your step,
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  • Tell others about jesus.
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  • I honestly believe this is a key to personal revival, to share
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  • Your faith.
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  • And i find that new believers make the most
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  • Effective evangelists.
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  • Have you noticed that?
  • 00:15:52.517 --> 00:15:54.085
  • Those that have known the lord for the longest usually share
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  • The gospel less, and those that have known the lord only for a
  • 00:15:57.388 --> 00:16:01.726
  • Short time often share the gospel more.
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  • Why do you think that is?
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  • I think it's because when you first come to christ,
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  • You're just so amazed by what god has done for you.
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  • You're so thrilled that god has forgiven you of your sin, you're
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  • So close to it, and you can't wait to tell
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  • Other people about it.
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  • But when you've known the lord for a while, you start to take
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  • These things for granted.
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  • When we hold in what god has done for us and we don't share,
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  • When i say share i don't just mean sharing the gospel, i mean
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  • Serving god, discovering your gifts that god has given you.
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  • God gives spiritual gifts to believers.
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  • When we don't think of others, when we don't start serving and
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  • Helping others and it's all about us and the world revolves
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  • Around us, we're gonna become a very unhappy person spiritually.
  • 00:16:50.875 --> 00:16:57.415
  • In isaiah chapter 58, god speaks to israel.
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  • They'd been drying up spiritually and thinking
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  • Only of themselves.
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  • They were very dutiful with their prayers and external
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  • Things, but they lost sight of the needs of others.
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  • So god says this to them in isaiah 58:
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  • "let the oppressed go free.
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  • Remove the chains that bind people."
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  • Then god makes a beautiful promise, "then your light will
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  • Shine out from the darkness, and i will guide you continually,"
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  • Says the lord, "and give you water when you're dry and
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  • Restore your strength, and you'll be like a well-watered
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  • Garden with an ever-flowing spring."
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  • I'm telling you, evangelism is important for you, not just for
  • 00:17:37.522 --> 00:17:43.061
  • The person you're sharing with.
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  • You need to do this.
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  • This will spiritually replenish you.
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  • This is part of your spiritual growth.
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  • There is a joy in doing this and i want you to discover
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  • The joy of doing it.
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  • So i've a test for you today: put what i'm saying to the test.
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  • Intentionally try to start a conversation today with someone
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  • About jesus christ.
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  • Jesus says "give and it shall be given to you pressed down,
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  • Shaken together, running over.
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  • And with the same measure you give to others, it will be given
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  • Back to you."
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  • Proverbs 11 says, "those who refresh others will themselves
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  • Be refreshed."
  • 00:18:23.601 --> 00:18:25.470
  • And then jesus said in acts 20, "it's more blessed to give than
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  • To receive."
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  • And the word "blessed" could be translated "happy."
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  • It's more happy-making to give that it is to receive.
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  • So we need to all engage in this and sow that seed of the gospel.
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  • Look at verse 14 of romans chapter 10:
  • 00:18:45.690 --> 00:18:49.627
  • "how will they hear without a preacher?"
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  • Well, that's the last thing most of us wanna do.
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  • "preacher? i don't wanna be a preacher."
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  • If you're saying somethin' to someone, they'll
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  • Say, "don't preach to me.
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  • I don't need a sermon, man."
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  • So, this is something people avoid,
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  • But remove the word "preach."
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  • Let's just say "talk."
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  • Go into all the world and talk the gospel conversationally.
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  • You don't have to elevate your voice
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  • Unless you're speaking to a large group of people.
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  • But this is the idea of verbal communication.
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  • Listen, the primary way that god has chosen to reach nonbelievers
  • 00:19:23.294 --> 00:19:27.365
  • Is through the verbal communication of the gospel.
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  • Now, in effect you've earned the right to do that by living
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  • A godly life and bein' a good example.
  • 00:19:34.305 --> 00:19:37.275
  • Now, some people will say, "well, i don't like to preach.
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  • I'm uncomfortable with that.
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  • I'll just be a good example and that will bring people
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  • To christ."
  • 00:19:44.081 --> 00:19:45.416
  • Well, that may open their hearts a little bit, but you need to
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  • Engage them in a conversation.
  • 00:19:47.985 --> 00:19:50.054
  • And the greatest compliment that a nonbeliever can pay to a
  • 00:19:50.054 --> 00:19:52.590
  • Believer is when they come to you and say, "what is it that
  • 00:19:52.590 --> 00:19:56.627
  • Makes you so different?"
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  • Ah, now the door is open for you to share your faith.
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  • But you gotta speak up.
  • 00:20:03.501 --> 00:20:05.269
  • Jesus said, "if salt has lost its saltiness, it's no longer
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  • Good for anything."
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  • Salt should be salty.
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  • That's what jesus is saying.
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  • Now, we need to understand the role of salt
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  • In the ancient world.
  • 00:20:17.582 --> 00:20:19.684
  • It was extremely valuable.
  • 00:20:19.684 --> 00:20:21.385
  • It had both preservative and medicinal value.
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  • Number one, it kept meat from rotting.
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  • So you would rub salt into your meat
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  • And it would last for a long time.
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  • There was no refrigeration.
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  • And in the same way, in many ways the christian keeps culture
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  • From rotting, where they're to speak up for what is right and
  • 00:20:38.035 --> 00:20:43.107
  • Speak out against what is wrong.
  • 00:20:43.107 --> 00:20:46.844
  • But that's not all salt did.
  • 00:20:46.844 --> 00:20:48.179
  • Salt also helped to heal wounds and stop infection.
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  • People love to go to the dead sea.
  • 00:20:51.382 --> 00:20:52.984
  • That has a very high salt content to heal their wounds.
  • 00:20:52.984 --> 00:20:57.488
  • And for salt to do its work, it must come into contact
  • 00:20:57.488 --> 00:21:02.093
  • With the person who needs to be healed or to the product
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  • That needs to be preserved.
  • 00:21:05.730 --> 00:21:07.531
  • And in the same way, if we're gonna be salt in the culture we
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  • Have to come into contact with people.
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  • And the last thing is salt stimulates thirst.
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  • If you have something that's really salty,
  • 00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:17.775
  • It makes you thirsty.
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  • Like when you go to the movie and you order popcorn
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  • And maybe they over-salt it.
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  • So you go and ask for, "can i have a little cup of water?"
  • 00:21:23.814 --> 00:21:26.450
  • "we can't give cups for water.
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  • But we'll sell you this water for $35."
  • 00:21:29.387 --> 00:21:34.025
  • More water than you would drink in a month.
  • 00:21:34.025 --> 00:21:37.295
  • But that's the whole point.
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  • So when you have salt, it means that you're stirring and
  • 00:21:40.798 --> 00:21:44.468
  • Stimulating thirst in others, and they wanna hear what you
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  • Have to say.
  • 00:21:47.905 --> 00:21:49.240
  • There's no question that nothing drives a person away from the
  • 00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:52.543
  • Faith more than hypocrisy in the church, right?
  • 00:21:52.543 --> 00:21:56.714
  • Mahatma gandhi certainly made his mark on history, especially
  • 00:21:56.714 --> 00:22:00.584
  • In the nation of india.
  • 00:22:00.584 --> 00:22:02.753
  • Many people don't know that gandhi admired jesus and
  • 00:22:02.753 --> 00:22:06.757
  • Actually quoted the sermon on the mount.
  • 00:22:06.757 --> 00:22:09.460
  • So a missionary met with gandhi and asked him
  • 00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:11.529
  • Why he was not a christian.
  • 00:22:11.529 --> 00:22:14.265
  • And mahatma gandhi said this in response, quote, "i don't reject
  • 00:22:14.265 --> 00:22:17.668
  • Your christ, i love your christ.
  • 00:22:17.668 --> 00:22:20.571
  • It's just so many of you christians are so unlike your
  • 00:22:20.571 --> 00:22:23.641
  • Christ," end quote.
  • 00:22:23.641 --> 00:22:26.510
  • Wow, and unfortunately that can be true.
  • 00:22:26.510 --> 00:22:29.347
  • So we wanna live this and it will earn us
  • 00:22:29.347 --> 00:22:32.316
  • The right to preach this.
  • 00:22:32.316 --> 00:22:34.719
  • One of the best illustrations of this is found in acts 16.
  • 00:22:34.719 --> 00:22:38.189
  • Paul and silas are imprisoned for preaching the gospel.
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  • They're put into a dungeon.
  • 00:22:42.660 --> 00:22:45.096
  • Their feet are fastened into stocks where they would pull
  • 00:22:45.096 --> 00:22:48.199
  • Them apart.
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  • And this is a hellhole, the worst environment
  • 00:22:49.533 --> 00:22:52.403
  • You can even imagine.
  • 00:22:52.403 --> 00:22:54.372
  • And they were treated with such cruelty by this jailer.
  • 00:22:54.372 --> 00:22:57.842
  • But we read at midnight, paul and silas began to sing praises
  • 00:22:57.842 --> 00:23:01.145
  • To god, and the other prisoners were listening.
  • 00:23:01.145 --> 00:23:04.515
  • That's interesting in the original language.
  • 00:23:04.515 --> 00:23:06.417
  • It could be translated, they were listening with pleasure.
  • 00:23:06.417 --> 00:23:10.087
  • They had never heard anything like this in that prison before.
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  • Paul and silas singing, kinda harmonizing like the everly
  • 00:23:13.324 --> 00:23:16.160
  • Brothers, i don't know.
  • 00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:17.862
  • But it was beautiful music to their ears.
  • 00:23:17.862 --> 00:23:20.498
  • And then a great earthquake comes and shakes the walls and
  • 00:23:20.498 --> 00:23:23.300
  • The foundation of the prison.
  • 00:23:23.300 --> 00:23:25.669
  • And suddenly every prisoner is free to go and the chains even
  • 00:23:25.669 --> 00:23:29.440
  • Come off of their arms and legs.
  • 00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:31.342
  • And the jailer pulls out his sword and is ready
  • 00:23:31.342 --> 00:23:34.712
  • To kill himself.
  • 00:23:34.712 --> 00:23:36.046
  • Why?
  • 00:23:36.046 --> 00:23:37.381
  • Because he would be executed for losing his prisoners.
  • 00:23:37.381 --> 00:23:40.384
  • And paul says, "stop, don't hurt yourself, we're all here."
  • 00:23:40.384 --> 00:23:44.755
  • And that jailer goes over to paul and silas and drops on his
  • 00:23:44.755 --> 00:23:48.426
  • Knees and says, "sirs, what must i do to be saved?"
  • 00:23:48.426 --> 00:23:52.763
  • Paul says, "believe in the lord jesus christ and you'll be
  • 00:23:52.763 --> 00:23:55.766
  • Saved, and that goes for your household too," and that man
  • 00:23:55.766 --> 00:23:58.469
  • Believed right there on the spot.
  • 00:23:58.469 --> 00:24:01.772
  • What happened?
  • 00:24:01.772 --> 00:24:03.107
  • They earned the right to be heard.
  • 00:24:03.107 --> 00:24:05.009
  • What must i do to be saved?
  • 00:24:05.009 --> 00:24:07.945
  • That phrase has sort of fallen out of popularity.
  • 00:24:07.945 --> 00:24:11.282
  • Saved.
  • 00:24:11.282 --> 00:24:13.017
  • You'd have people come up to you and say, "are you saved?"
  • 00:24:13.017 --> 00:24:15.586
  • Or if you're a preacher, you would say, "are you saved?"
  • 00:24:15.586 --> 00:24:18.622
  • Right?
  • 00:24:18.622 --> 00:24:20.191
  • But it's really a good question, and it's really a perfect term,
  • 00:24:20.191 --> 00:24:23.127
  • "saved."
  • 00:24:23.127 --> 00:24:24.762
  • It shows the drama of it all.
  • 00:24:24.762 --> 00:24:27.131
  • We're like a drowning person that needs to be saved
  • 00:24:27.131 --> 00:24:29.667
  • By the lifeguard.
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  • We're like a person trapped in a burning building that need to be
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  • Saved by a firefighter, or we're a person in trouble and we need
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  • To be saved by the police officer or whatever it might be.
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  • It's saved, and we're either saved or we're not saved.
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  • Or we're going to heaven or literally we're going to hell.
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  • People just need someone to show them the way.
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  • When's the last time you asked someone, "are you saved?"
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  • "well, i'm not comfortable sayin' that."
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  • Well, say it any way you want.
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  • "do you know jesus christ?
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  • Have you asked him to come into your life?
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  • Can i tell you about what jesus has done for me?"
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  • This is the message we need to give.
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  • We need to care, and there's joy in sharing it.
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  • I promise you, there's joy in sharing it.
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  • Make a decision to share it today.
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  • Make a decision to share it tomorrow.
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  • Make a commitment to have evangelism be a part of your
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  • Everyday life, and you will be spiritually replenished in a way
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  • You have never known before.
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  • "i'm not a preacher." don't need to be a preacher.
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  • Just make your recommendation. just give your endorsement.
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  • You can talk about burgers and movies and everything else.
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  • "oh, the series i binge watch."
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  • Okay.
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  • Talk about jesus with as much if not more passion.
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  • Greg: hi, i'm greg laurie. i've got some good news for you.
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  • God loves you, and god has a plan for your life.
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  • Here's the problem: we're separated from god by our sin
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  • Because we've all broken his commandments.
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  • But the good news is, is two thousand years ago, god sent his
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  • Son, jesus christ, to die on the cross for your sin, and then to
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  • Rise again from the dead.
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  • The same jesus who died and rose is alive and ready to come into
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  • Your life right now.
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  • Would you like your sin forgiven?
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  • Would you like to know that when you die you will go to heaven?
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  • If so, pray this simple prayer with me right now.
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  • Just say, "lord jesus, i know i'm a sinner, but i believe
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  • You're the savior who died on the cross for my sin.
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  • I turn from my sin now, and i choose to follow you from this
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  • Moment forward."
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  • Did you just pray that prayer with me?
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  • If you did, god in heaven has
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  • Heard you, and i wanna send you
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  • A new testament to start reading.
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  • Female announcer: jesus says that where two or three are
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  • Gathered in my name, there i am in the midst of them.
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  • We are all different.
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  • We have different interests, different personalities,
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  • Different upbringings, and different ways we do life,
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  • But here, we have a deep connection,
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  • And you are welcome here.
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  • This is harvest.
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