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Greg Laurie - The Joy Of Sharing Your Faith

March 20, 2025 | S25:E68

Greg Laurie - The Joy Of Sharing Your Faith
Join Pastor Greg Laurie for a time of encouragement, worship, and Bible study.
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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - The Joy Of Sharing Your Faith | March 20, 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: 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
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  • 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
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  • 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?
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  • 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
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  • 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.
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  • 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
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  • 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."
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  • 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:
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  • "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
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  • 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.
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  • 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."
  • 00:19:42.891 --> 00:19:44.226
  • Well, that may open their hearts a little bit, but you need to
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  • Engage them in a conversation.
  • 00:19:46.795 --> 00:19:48.864
  • And the greatest compliment that a nonbeliever can pay to a
  • 00:19:48.864 --> 00:19:51.400
  • Believer is when they come to you and say, "what is it that
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
  • 00:20:16.391 --> 00:20:18.493
  • It was extremely valuable.
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  • 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
  • 00:20:36.845 --> 00:20:41.917
  • Speak out against what is wrong.
  • 00:20:41.917 --> 00:20:45.654
  • But that's not all salt did.
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  • Salt also helped to heal wounds and stop infection.
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  • People love to go to the dead sea.
  • 00:20:50.192 --> 00:20:51.793
  • That has a very high salt content to heal their wounds.
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  • And for salt to do its work, it must come into contact
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  • With the person who needs to be healed or to the product
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  • That needs to be preserved.
  • 00:21:04.539 --> 00:21:06.341
  • 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,
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  • 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?"
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  • "we can't give cups for water.
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  • But we'll sell you this water for $35."
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  • More water than you would drink in a month.
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  • But that's the whole point.
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  • So when you have salt, it means that you're stirring and
  • 00:21:39.608 --> 00:21:43.278
  • Stimulating thirst in others, and they wanna hear what you
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  • Have to say.
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  • There's no question that nothing drives a person away from the
  • 00:21:48.050 --> 00:21:51.353
  • Faith more than hypocrisy in the church, right?
  • 00:21:51.353 --> 00:21:55.524
  • Mahatma gandhi certainly made his mark on history, especially
  • 00:21:55.524 --> 00:21:59.394
  • In the nation of india.
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  • Many people don't know that gandhi admired jesus and
  • 00:22:01.563 --> 00:22:05.567
  • Actually quoted the sermon on the mount.
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  • So a missionary met with gandhi and asked him
  • 00:22:08.270 --> 00:22:10.339
  • Why he was not a christian.
  • 00:22:10.339 --> 00:22:13.075
  • And mahatma gandhi said this in response, quote, "i don't reject
  • 00:22:13.075 --> 00:22:16.478
  • Your christ, i love your christ.
  • 00:22:16.478 --> 00:22:19.381
  • It's just so many of you christians are so unlike your
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  • Christ," end quote.
  • 00:22:22.451 --> 00:22:25.320
  • Wow, and unfortunately that can be true.
  • 00:22:25.320 --> 00:22:28.156
  • So we wanna live this and it will earn us
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  • The right to preach this.
  • 00:22:31.126 --> 00:22:33.528
  • One of the best illustrations of this is found in acts 16.
  • 00:22:33.528 --> 00:22:36.998
  • Paul and silas are imprisoned for preaching the gospel.
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  • They're put into a dungeon.
  • 00:22:41.470 --> 00:22:43.905
  • Their feet are fastened into stocks where they would pull
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  • Them apart.
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  • And this is a hellhole, the worst environment
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  • You can even imagine.
  • 00:22:51.213 --> 00:22:53.181
  • And they were treated with such cruelty by this jailer.
  • 00:22:53.181 --> 00:22:56.651
  • But we read at midnight, paul and silas began to sing praises
  • 00:22:56.651 --> 00:22:59.955
  • To god, and the other prisoners were listening.
  • 00:22:59.955 --> 00:23:03.325
  • That's interesting in the original language.
  • 00:23:03.325 --> 00:23:05.227
  • It could be translated, they were listening with pleasure.
  • 00:23:05.227 --> 00:23:08.897
  • They had never heard anything like this in that prison before.
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  • Paul and silas singing, kinda harmonizing like the everly
  • 00:23:12.134 --> 00:23:14.970
  • Brothers, i don't know.
  • 00:23:14.970 --> 00:23:16.671
  • But it was beautiful music to their ears.
  • 00:23:16.671 --> 00:23:19.307
  • And then a great earthquake comes and shakes the walls and
  • 00:23:19.307 --> 00:23:22.110
  • The foundation of the prison.
  • 00:23:22.110 --> 00:23:24.479
  • And suddenly every prisoner is free to go and the chains even
  • 00:23:24.479 --> 00:23:28.250
  • Come off of their arms and legs.
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  • And the jailer pulls out his sword and is ready
  • 00:23:30.152 --> 00:23:33.522
  • To kill himself.
  • 00:23:33.522 --> 00:23:34.856
  • Why?
  • 00:23:34.856 --> 00:23:36.191
  • Because he would be executed for losing his prisoners.
  • 00:23:36.191 --> 00:23:39.194
  • And paul says, "stop, don't hurt yourself, we're all here."
  • 00:23:39.194 --> 00:23:43.565
  • And that jailer goes over to paul and silas and drops on his
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  • Knees and says, "sirs, what must i do to be saved?"
  • 00:23:47.235 --> 00:23:51.573
  • Paul says, "believe in the lord jesus christ and you'll be
  • 00:23:51.573 --> 00:23:54.576
  • Saved, and that goes for your household too," and that man
  • 00:23:54.576 --> 00:23:57.279
  • Believed right there on the spot.
  • 00:23:57.279 --> 00:24:00.582
  • What happened?
  • 00:24:00.582 --> 00:24:01.917
  • They earned the right to be heard.
  • 00:24:01.917 --> 00:24:03.819
  • What must i do to be saved?
  • 00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:06.755
  • That phrase has sort of fallen out of popularity.
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  • Saved.
  • 00:24:10.091 --> 00:24:11.827
  • You'd have people come up to you and say, "are you saved?"
  • 00:24:11.827 --> 00:24:14.396
  • Or if you're a preacher, you would say, "are you saved?"
  • 00:24:14.396 --> 00:24:17.432
  • Right?
  • 00:24:17.432 --> 00:24:19.000
  • But it's really a good question, and it's really a perfect term,
  • 00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:21.937
  • "saved."
  • 00:24:21.937 --> 00:24:23.572
  • It shows the drama of it all.
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  • We're like a drowning person that needs to be saved
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  • 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 heard you, and i wanna send you
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