Sadie Robertson - Are You Hiding From God?

July 27, 2025 | S E | 28:35

Messages of hope and redemption from Passion City Church in Atlanta, Georgia, with Louie Giglio.

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Passion with Louie Giglio | Sadie Robertson - Are You Hiding From God? | July 27, 2025
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  • >> god loves you
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  • With a fierce love.
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  • You are prized by majesty.
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  • But it's not about you,
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  • It is all about
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  • The glory of god.
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  • And honestly,
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  • That's the best news
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  • You can ever hear.
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  • >> by a show of hands,
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  • >> by a show of hands, was anyone ever --
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  • Was anyone ever -- did anyone ever get lost
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  • Did anyone ever get lost when you were a kid?
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  • When you were a kid? jeez.
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  • Jeez. okay, that's like way more
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  • Okay, that's like way more people than i thought.
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  • People than i thought. so, that just represents,
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  • So, that just represents, like, thousands of parents'
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  • Like, thousands of parents' worst day of their entire life.
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  • Worst day of their entire life. i mean, i bet your parents
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  • I mean, i bet your parents tell the story all the time
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  • Tell the story all the time about the time
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  • About the time that you got lost.
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  • That you got lost. that's like my biggest fear.
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  • That's like my biggest fear. if you lose your kid,
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  • If you lose your kid, it is the worst
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  • It is the worst feeling in the world.
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  • Feeling in the world. you have no idea where they are.
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  • You have no idea where they are. you know they're desperate
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  • You know they're desperate for you to find them.
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  • For you to find them. they're looking,
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  • They're looking, you're calling,
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  • You're calling, they can't hear you.
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  • They can't hear you. it is the worst.
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  • It is the worst. but lost kids are not
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  • But lost kids are not the only kids
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  • The only kids you have to search for.
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  • You have to search for. was anyone a hider in the house?
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  • Was anyone a hider in the house? anybody like a good game
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  • Anybody like a good game of hide and go seek?
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  • Of hide and go seek? yeah, okay.
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  • Yeah, okay. hiding is all
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  • Hiding is all fun and games right,
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  • Fun and games right, while you're playing
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  • While you're playing hide and go seek
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  • Hide and go seek until it takes a turn,
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  • Until it takes a turn, until it's time to come out
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  • Until it's time to come out and you don't come out.
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  • And you don't come out. my in-laws actually had
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  • My in-laws actually had to call the cops one time
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  • To call the cops one time on my brother-in-law
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  • On my brother-in-law during a game of
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  • During a game of hide and go seek
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  • Hide and go seek because it was time
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  • Because it was time for the game to be over
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  • For the game to be over and chance just
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  • And chance just wouldn't come out.
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  • Wouldn't come out. so, hiding is all fun in games
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  • So, hiding is all fun in games until it's not so funny anymore,
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  • Until it's not so funny anymore, because you don't
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  • Because you don't come out of hiding.
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  • Come out of hiding. my girls right now,
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  • My girls right now, i have a three-year-old
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  • I have a three-year-old and a one-year-old,
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  • And a one-year-old, and they are obsessed
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  • And they are obsessed with hiding.
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  • With hiding. they think it's the funniest
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  • They think it's the funniest thing in the world.
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  • Thing in the world. it's not that funny, okay?
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  • It's not that funny, okay? because every time
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  • Because every time i come home,
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  • I come home, they immediately hide.
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  • They immediately hide. i hear them,
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  • I hear them, they say, "hide,"
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  • They say, "hide," and they run and hide,
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  • And they run and hide, and then i go find them.
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  • And then i go find them. and it's kinda cute
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  • And it's kinda cute whenever i first get home,
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  • Whenever i first get home, but it's not so cute
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  • But it's not so cute when i'm trying to leave
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  • When i'm trying to leave the house with them
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  • The house with them and i can't find them
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  • And i can't find them because they're too busy hiding.
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  • Because they're too busy hiding. hiding can be fun.
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  • Hiding can be fun. there's a time
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  • There's a time and a place for it,
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  • And a place for it, but when it's time to come out,
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  • But when it's time to come out, and the person -- you know
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  • And the person -- you know the child can hear you,
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  • The child can hear you, and they're just not listening,
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  • And they're just not listening, all of a sudden,
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  • All of a sudden, it's just frustrating.
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  • It's just frustrating. you seem hiding and being lost,
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  • You seem hiding and being lost, if you're a parent
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  • If you're a parent you're going after your kid
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  • You're going after your kid for the same reason, right?
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  • For the same reason, right? your desire in both scenarios
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  • Your desire in both scenarios is that you find your kid.
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  • Is that you find your kid. it's just that you're going
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  • It's just that you're going after it with a little bit of
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  • After it with a little bit of a different tone, right?
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  • A different tone, right? because if honey is lost,
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  • Because if honey is lost, my tone is going to be
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  • My tone is going to be completely different
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  • Completely different as i search for her
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  • As i search for her than if honey is hiding.
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  • Than if honey is hiding. if honey is lost, man,
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  • If honey is lost, man, there is an ache in my voice.
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  • There is an ache in my voice. there's anxiety,
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  • There's anxiety, there's tears in my eyes.
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  • There's tears in my eyes. "honey, honey where are you?
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  • "honey, honey where are you? i'm searching.
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  • I'm searching. i'm desperate to find you.
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  • I'm desperate to find you. i don't know where you are."
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  • I don't know where you are." but if honey is hiding,
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  • But if honey is hiding, i'm like, "honey james huff,
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  • I'm like, "honey james huff, come out wherever you are.
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  • Come out wherever you are. don't make me count to three."
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  • Don't make me count to three." okay, like the tone
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  • Okay, like the tone has changed.
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  • Has changed. both scenarios
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  • Both scenarios i desire to find her,
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  • I desire to find her, but the tone's
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  • But the tone's a little different.
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  • A little different. why do i say that?
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  • Why do i say that? i say that because
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  • I say that because i think that represents
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  • I think that represents some different spiritual
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  • Some different spiritual realities in the room today.
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  • Realities in the room today. i think that there are people
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  • I think that there are people in this room who are
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  • In this room who are genuinely lost,
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  • Genuinely lost, who genuinely have not made
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  • Who genuinely have not made the lord jesus christ
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  • The lord jesus christ your lord and savior,
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  • Your lord and savior, therefore you don't
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  • Therefore you don't know the way.
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  • Know the way. you don't know the truth.
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  • You don't know the truth. you don't know the life.
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  • You don't know the life. you don't know how
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  • You don't know how to get to the father.
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  • To get to the father. you don't know how to get home.
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  • You don't know how to get home. you have felt lost.
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  • You have felt lost. maybe you came in here
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  • Maybe you came in here last night feeling lost,
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  • Last night feeling lost, and maybe you've already felt --
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  • And maybe you've already felt -- found -- there are people
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  • Found -- there are people in this room genuinely lost,
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  • In this room genuinely lost, and i wanna to say that
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  • And i wanna to say that god is pursuing you
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  • God is pursuing you in this place today,
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  • In this place today, and desires for you to be found.
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  • And desires for you to be found. but there is also a large
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  • But there is also a large group of people in here
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  • Group of people in here who i feel like are not lost
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  • Who i feel like are not lost because you know the way,
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  • Because you know the way, you hear the voice,
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  • You hear the voice, you're just choosing to hide.
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  • You're just choosing to hide. you're choosing to stay hidden
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  • You're choosing to stay hidden from the call of god
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  • From the call of god on your life,
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  • On your life, and it's actually
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  • And it's actually a bigger deal than you think.
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  • A bigger deal than you think. because as long as
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  • Because as long as you stay hiding,
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  • You stay hiding, you're never gonna reach
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  • You're never gonna reach the fullness of what god
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  • The fullness of what god actually has for you.
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  • Actually has for you. and here's the thing too,
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  • And here's the thing too, as long as you stay hiding,
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  • As long as you stay hiding, people are gonna stay lost.
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  • People are gonna stay lost. because i think that the reason
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  • Because i think that the reason why there's so many lost people
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  • Why there's so many lost people still in the world,
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  • Still in the world, it's 'cause there's so many
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  • It's 'cause there's so many people in the church
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  • People in the church just hiding,
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  • Just hiding, thinking it's all okay,
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  • Thinking it's all okay, fun and games,
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  • Fun and games, not a big deal.
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  • Not a big deal. "it doesn't really matter.
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  • "it doesn't really matter. it just affects me."
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  • It just affects me." no, it affects
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  • No, it affects everyone around you,
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  • Everyone around you, because as long as you're hiding
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  • Because as long as you're hiding what can you do for anyone else?
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  • What can you do for anyone else? what can you do for the lord?
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  • What can you do for the lord? you're just hiding.
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  • You're just hiding. and then i think there's
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  • And then i think there's another group in the room
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  • Another group in the room and you're the finders, right?
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  • And you're the finders, right? you're like the search crew.
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  • You're like the search crew. like, if honey
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  • Like, if honey was actually lost,
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  • Was actually lost, i'd be calling you,
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  • I'd be calling you, because i know you're
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  • Because i know you're gonna go after the lost,
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  • Gonna go after the lost, you're gonna go
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  • You're gonna go after finding them.
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  • After finding them. and that's, i think,
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  • And that's, i think, the posture we all should be in.
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  • The posture we all should be in. we've already been found by god,
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  • We've already been found by god, now we're going to help find
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  • Now we're going to help find and save others, right?
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  • And save others, right? i wanna talk to you
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  • I wanna talk to you today though, genuinely
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  • Today though, genuinely to the lost and to the hiding.
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  • To the lost and to the hiding. because i wanna show you
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  • Because i wanna show you that god really is
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  • That god really is pursuing both of you.
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  • Pursuing both of you. he really does desire for both
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  • He really does desire for both of you guys to be found.
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  • Of you guys to be found. and i'm gonna show you
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  • And i'm gonna show you that through the book of jonah.
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  • That through the book of jonah. so, if you have your bibles
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  • So, if you have your bibles you can turn to jonah.
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  • You can turn to jonah. it's about two pages
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  • It's about two pages in the bible.
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  • In the bible. it's a little bit hard to find.
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  • It's a little bit hard to find. it's towards the end of
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  • It's towards the end of the old testament.
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  • The old testament. and this is one of those,
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  • And this is one of those, kind of like christine said,
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  • Kind of like christine said, you probably think
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  • You probably think you know the story really,
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  • You know the story really, and well maybe you do,
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  • And well maybe you do, but i just hope that
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  • But i just hope that you would lean in,
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  • You would lean in, that we would be expected
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  • That we would be expected of what god's gonna show us
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  • Of what god's gonna show us today through this book.
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  • Today through this book. think it shows just
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  • Think it shows just the beauty of god's heart.
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  • The beauty of god's heart. so, jonah 1:1.
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  • So, jonah 1:1. "now the word of the lord came
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  • "now the word of the lord came to jonah the son of amittai,
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  • Saying, 'arise, and go to
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  • Saying, 'arise, and go to nineveh, the great city,
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  • Nineveh, the great city, and call out against it
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  • And call out against it for their evil has
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  • For their evil has come up before me.'
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  • Come up before me.' but jonah rose to flee
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  • But jonah rose to flee to tarshish from
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  • To tarshish from the presence of god.
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  • The presence of god. he went down to joppa
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  • He went down to joppa and found a ship
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  • And found a ship going to tarshish.
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  • Going to tarshish. so, he paid the fare,
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  • So, he paid the fare, went down into it,
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  • Went down into it, to go with them to tarshish,
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  • To go with them to tarshish, away from the presence
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  • Away from the presence of the lord."
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  • Of the lord." so, let's just establish
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  • So, let's just establish this real fast.
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  • This real fast. jonah is not lost.
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  • Jonah knows the way
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  • Jonah knows the way he's supposed to be going,
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  • He's supposed to be going, but he's intentionally
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  • But he's intentionally going the other way.
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  • Going the other way. jonah is not lost.
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  • Jonah is not lost. he can hear the voice
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  • He can hear the voice of the lord calling,
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  • Of the lord calling, but he's ignoring
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  • But he's ignoring the call of the lord,
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  • The call of the lord, and intentionally going
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  • And intentionally going the other way, right?
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  • The other way, right? see, jonah is a prophet,
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  • See, jonah is a prophet, so jonah hears
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  • So jonah hears the voice of the lord.
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  • The voice of the lord. and he's an israelite prophet,
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  • And he's an israelite prophet, so jonah is used to getting
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  • So jonah is used to getting words from the lord
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  • Words from the lord for the israelite people.
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  • For the israelite people. he's getting a word
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  • He's getting a word for his people to repent,
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  • For his people to repent, and he would say the word
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  • And he would say the word to the people of israel.
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  • To the people of israel. but this time,
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  • But this time, this is a different
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  • This is a different prophetic word than normal,
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  • Prophetic word than normal, because god is not
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  • Because god is not calling jonah to tell
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  • Calling jonah to tell the israelite people
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  • The israelite people to repent before the lord.
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  • To repent before the lord. god is calling jonah
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  • God is calling jonah to go to nineveh,
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  • To go to nineveh, which is like
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  • Which is like the worst city ever.
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  • The worst city ever. when it says a great city,
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  • When it says a great city, it's like greatly terrible.
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  • It's like greatly terrible. it's like some of the worst
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  • It's like some of the worst people in human history.
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  • People in human history. there's like terrorists here.
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  • There's like terrorists here. the things that you read about
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  • The things that you read about what these people would do
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  • What these people would do it's absolutely
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  • It's absolutely awful and brutal.
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  • Awful and brutal. and god's telling jonah,
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  • And god's telling jonah, "go tell those
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  • "go tell those people to repent,"
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  • People to repent," and jonah's like, "no.
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  • And jonah's like, "no. i'm not doing that.
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  • I'm not doing that. i'm not doing that.
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  • I'm not doing that. absolutely not,
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  • Absolutely not, we're not doing this."
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  • We're not doing this." and so, jonah decides,
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  • And so, jonah decides, "i actually, literally,
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  • "i actually, literally, am not gonna do this.
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  • Am not gonna do this. i'm gonna go the opposite way
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  • I'm gonna go the opposite way and just totally ignore
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  • And just totally ignore the call of god on my life."
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  • The call of god on my life." now, why is he running?
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  • Now, why is he running? i think it's really important
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  • I think it's really important to establish the why.
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  • To establish the why. now, this is a spoiler alert
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  • Now, this is a spoiler alert to the end of jonah.
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  • To the end of jonah. i'm gonna go ahead
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  • I'm gonna go ahead and tell you why he's running.
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  • And tell you why he's running. he's running because
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  • He's running because he totally disagrees
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  • He totally disagrees with the plan of god.
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  • With the plan of god. he's like, "i know
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  • He's like, "i know you're merciful.
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  • You're merciful. i know you're gracious.
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  • I know you're gracious. i know what's gonna happen.
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  • I know what's gonna happen. they're gonna repent and then
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  • They're gonna repent and then you're gonna forgive them,
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  • You're gonna forgive them, and i'm not cool with that,
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  • And i'm not cool with that, so i'm not doing that."
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  • So i'm not doing that." and he runs
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  • And he runs the opposite direction
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  • The opposite direction because he is actually
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  • Because he is actually in disagreement
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  • In disagreement with god's plan.
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  • With god's plan. he doesn't wanna be
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  • He doesn't wanna be a part of god's plan.
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  • A part of god's plan. why do i say that?
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  • Why do i say that? because there are
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  • Because there are a lot of us running today
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  • A lot of us running today for a lot of different reasons.
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  • For a lot of different reasons. i think for a lot of us,
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  • I think for a lot of us, it might not be that deep.
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  • It might not be that deep. it might not be like,
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  • It might not be like, "oh, we're running
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  • "oh, we're running from god's plan because
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  • From god's plan because we don't like the plan of god."
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  • We don't like the plan of god." most of us are probably
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  • Most of us are probably cool with the mercy
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  • Cool with the mercy and the grace of god.
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  • And the grace of god. we just -- there's a lot
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  • We just -- there's a lot of reasons why we run.
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  • Of reasons why we run. for me, personally,
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  • For me, personally, if i got this word
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  • If i got this word from the lord
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  • From the lord to go and do this,
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  • To go and do this, if i don't do it,
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  • If i don't do it, if i choose to disobey
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  • If i choose to disobey and i run, i'mma tell you
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  • And i run, i'mma tell you why i'm running,
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  • Why i'm running, i'm terrified.
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  • I'm terrified. my anxiety is
  • 00:08:19.557 --> 00:08:20.190
  • My anxiety is through the roof.
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  • Through the roof. i'm like, "what? no.
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  • I'm like, "what? no. you want me to go where?
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  • You want me to go where? there?
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  • There? do you know
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  • Do you know those kind of people?
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  • Those kind of people? i'm so scared.
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  • I'm so scared. i don't wanna do it?
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  • I don't wanna do it? god, do you actually think
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  • God, do you actually think i could do anything?
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  • I could do anything? what are those people
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  • What are those people gonna think of me?
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  • Gonna think of me? how -- what am i even gonna say?
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  • How -- what am i even gonna say? how is this gonna go?"
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  • How is this gonna go?" i'm gonna be thinking
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  • I'm gonna be thinking about all the plans,
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  • About all the plans, step one, two, and three.
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  • Step one, two, and three. it's not gonna
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  • It's not gonna pan out in my mind.
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  • Pan out in my mind. i'm not gonna want to do it.
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  • I'm not gonna want to do it. so, i would run, i would hide,
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  • So, i would run, i would hide, because my anxiety
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  • Because my anxiety would get in the way.
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  • Would get in the way. what would be your reason?
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  • What would be your reason? maybe you have a reason
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  • Maybe you have a reason currently why you're not
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  • Currently why you're not doing the will of god.
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  • Doing the will of god. maybe it's just complacency.
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  • Maybe it's just complacency. you see, maybe you're like,
  • 00:08:54.725 --> 00:08:55.526
  • You see, maybe you're like, "i'm not rebelling from god.
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  • "i'm not rebelling from god. i'm not running in
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  • I'm not running in the opposite direction."
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  • The opposite direction." but maybe you are letting
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  • But maybe you are letting the boat take you
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  • The boat take you in the opposite direction,
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  • In the opposite direction, and your complacency
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  • And your complacency in and of itself is a run.
  • 00:09:03.067 --> 00:09:05.436
  • In and of itself is a run. your lack of care
  • 00:09:05.502 --> 00:09:06.437
  • Your lack of care in and of itself is hiding.
  • 00:09:06.503 --> 00:09:09.673
  • In and of itself is hiding. maybe it's a lack of confidence.
  • 00:09:09.740 --> 00:09:11.775
  • Maybe it's a lack of confidence. maybe it's a lack of faith.
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  • Maybe it's a lack of faith. maybe it's you think
  • 00:09:13.644 --> 00:09:14.411
  • Maybe it's you think you've gone too far that,
  • 00:09:14.478 --> 00:09:16.013
  • You've gone too far that, "how could god use me?"
  • 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:17.181
  • "how could god use me?" there's maybe a lot of reasons
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  • There's maybe a lot of reasons why people are running
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  • Why people are running in this room
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  • In this room and why people are hiding
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  • And why people are hiding from the call of god
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  • From the call of god on their life.
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  • On their life. but verse 4,
  • 00:09:24.121 --> 00:09:24.855
  • But verse 4, "but the lord hurled
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  • "but the lord hurled a great wind upon the sea,
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  • And there was a mighty
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  • And there was a mighty tempest on the sea,
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  • Tempest on the sea, so that the ship
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  • So that the ship threatened to break up."
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  • Threatened to break up." now, here's what
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  • Now, here's what we have to establish
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  • We have to establish at the very beginning,
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  • At the very beginning, you can't hide from god.
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  • I mean, literally,
  • 00:09:37.368 --> 00:09:38.702
  • I mean, literally, my one-year-old she loves
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  • My one-year-old she loves to hide because she sees
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  • To hide because she sees her big sister hide,
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  • Her big sister hide, but she doesn't really
  • 00:09:42.439 --> 00:09:42.973
  • But she doesn't really master the art of hiding.
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  • Master the art of hiding. so, the other day
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  • So, the other day i walked in the house
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  • I walked in the house and she's standing there
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  • And she's standing there lights fully on like this.
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  • [laughter]
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  • And i said, "haven,
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  • And i said, "haven, what are you doing?"
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  • What are you doing?" "i hide."
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  • "i hide." and i just started
  • 00:09:53.617 --> 00:09:54.952
  • And i just started laughing at that.
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  • Laughing at that. god, that's how
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  • God, that's how we look, isn't it?
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  • We look, isn't it? that's how we look, isn't it?
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  • That's how we look, isn't it? we think we're hiding from god.
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  • We think we're hiding from god. you can't hide from god, friend.
  • 00:10:00.324 --> 00:10:01.759
  • You can't hide from god, friend. jonah thinks he's hiding.
  • 00:10:01.825 --> 00:10:02.693
  • Jonah thinks he's hiding. he's running from
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  • He's running from the presence of the lord,
  • 00:10:03.360 --> 00:10:04.294
  • The presence of the lord, but the lord sent
  • 00:10:04.361 --> 00:10:05.696
  • But the lord sent a big storm right to his ship.
  • 00:10:05.763 --> 00:10:08.899
  • A big storm right to his ship. "then the mariners were afraid,
  • 00:10:08.966 --> 00:10:10.367
  • "then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god.
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  • And they hurled the cargo
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  • And they hurled the cargo that was on the ship
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  • That was on the ship in the sea to
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  • In the sea to lighten it for them.
  • 00:10:14.872 --> 00:10:15.773
  • Lighten it for them. but jonah had gone down
  • 00:10:15.839 --> 00:10:17.908
  • But jonah had gone down to the inner part of the ship
  • 00:10:17.975 --> 00:10:19.176
  • To the inner part of the ship and had lain down
  • 00:10:19.243 --> 00:10:20.144
  • And had lain down and was fast asleep.
  • 00:10:20.210 --> 00:10:22.046
  • And was fast asleep. so, the captain came and said,
  • 00:10:22.112 --> 00:10:23.714
  • So, the captain came and said, 'what do you mean, you sleeper?
  • 00:10:23.781 --> 00:10:25.049
  • 'what do you mean, you sleeper? arise, call out to your god!
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  • Arise, call out to your god! perhaps the god will
  • 00:10:26.950 --> 00:10:27.851
  • Perhaps the god will give us a thought,
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  • Give us a thought, and we might not perish."
  • 00:10:28.886 --> 00:10:31.321
  • And we might not perish." i love that, he's like,
  • 00:10:31.388 --> 00:10:32.156
  • I love that, he's like, "what do you mean, you sleep?
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  • What do you mean you're
  • 00:10:34.291 --> 00:10:34.792
  • What do you mean you're sleeping in this storm?"
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  • Sleeping in this storm?" jonah, in full disobedience
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  • Jonah, in full disobedience going the opposite direction,
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  • Going the opposite direction, is just sitting
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  • Is just sitting in the storm sleeping.
  • 00:10:40.497 --> 00:10:43.200
  • In the storm sleeping. i think so often we act so
  • 00:10:43.267 --> 00:10:45.002
  • I think so often we act so casual about disobeying god,
  • 00:10:45.069 --> 00:10:46.970
  • Casual about disobeying god, and there's nothing
  • 00:10:47.037 --> 00:10:47.504
  • And there's nothing casual about it.
  • 00:10:47.571 --> 00:10:49.573
  • Casual about it. there's nothing casual
  • 00:10:49.640 --> 00:10:50.474
  • There's nothing casual about disobedience.
  • 00:10:50.541 --> 00:10:51.608
  • About disobedience. there's always a storm.
  • 00:10:51.675 --> 00:10:53.077
  • There's always a storm. sin always is going
  • 00:10:53.143 --> 00:10:54.378
  • Sin always is going to lead to destruction.
  • 00:10:54.445 --> 00:10:56.046
  • To lead to destruction. the thing is though is we can
  • 00:10:56.113 --> 00:10:57.581
  • The thing is though is we can just get so comfortable
  • 00:10:57.648 --> 00:10:59.383
  • Just get so comfortable even in our disobedience
  • 00:10:59.450 --> 00:11:00.818
  • Even in our disobedience 'cause we ignore
  • 00:11:00.884 --> 00:11:01.418
  • 'cause we ignore our conviction so often
  • 00:11:01.485 --> 00:11:03.420
  • Our conviction so often that we find a way
  • 00:11:03.487 --> 00:11:04.521
  • That we find a way to sleep in the chaos,
  • 00:11:04.588 --> 00:11:06.590
  • To sleep in the chaos, that we find things
  • 00:11:06.657 --> 00:11:07.658
  • That we find things that mimic peace,
  • 00:11:07.725 --> 00:11:09.426
  • That mimic peace, and we think because
  • 00:11:09.493 --> 00:11:10.427
  • And we think because we feel kind of peaceful
  • 00:11:10.494 --> 00:11:12.062
  • We feel kind of peaceful 'cause we can sleep
  • 00:11:12.129 --> 00:11:12.930
  • 'cause we can sleep that it must be okay.
  • 00:11:12.996 --> 00:11:14.264
  • That it must be okay. but friend, it's not okay.
  • 00:11:14.331 --> 00:11:16.467
  • But friend, it's not okay. the storm's about
  • 00:11:16.533 --> 00:11:17.067
  • The storm's about to break the ship.
  • 00:11:17.134 --> 00:11:18.602
  • To break the ship. it's like whenever --
  • 00:11:18.669 --> 00:11:19.803
  • It's like whenever -- if you've ever gotten on
  • 00:11:19.870 --> 00:11:20.637
  • If you've ever gotten on a boat ride in the ocean, right?
  • 00:11:20.704 --> 00:11:22.573
  • A boat ride in the ocean, right? the first couple waves
  • 00:11:22.639 --> 00:11:24.074
  • The first couple waves you hit you're like, "whoa!
  • 00:11:24.141 --> 00:11:25.609
  • You hit you're like, "whoa! like, this is crazy.
  • 00:11:25.676 --> 00:11:26.677
  • Like, this is crazy. something doesn't feel right.
  • 00:11:26.744 --> 00:11:27.778
  • Something doesn't feel right. like, there's no way
  • 00:11:27.845 --> 00:11:29.113
  • Like, there's no way i can sit on --
  • 00:11:29.179 --> 00:11:30.080
  • I can sit on -- i'm gonna get sick."
  • 00:11:30.147 --> 00:11:30.848
  • I'm gonna get sick." like, it doesn't feel right.
  • 00:11:30.914 --> 00:11:32.082
  • Like, it doesn't feel right. it feels like you might
  • 00:11:32.149 --> 00:11:32.683
  • It feels like you might should turn back
  • 00:11:32.750 --> 00:11:33.383
  • Should turn back because the waves are so strong,
  • 00:11:33.450 --> 00:11:35.018
  • Because the waves are so strong, and then sure enough
  • 00:11:35.085 --> 00:11:36.019
  • And then sure enough 45 minutes into the ride,
  • 00:11:36.086 --> 00:11:37.721
  • 45 minutes into the ride, you're gonna be sleeping
  • 00:11:37.788 --> 00:11:38.555
  • You're gonna be sleeping on the boat, right?
  • 00:11:38.622 --> 00:11:40.424
  • On the boat, right? the same waves that once
  • 00:11:40.491 --> 00:11:41.925
  • The same waves that once rocked your conscience
  • 00:11:41.992 --> 00:11:42.993
  • Rocked your conscience awake saying, "whoa!
  • 00:11:43.060 --> 00:11:43.994
  • Awake saying, "whoa! something might not be right,"
  • 00:11:44.061 --> 00:11:45.262
  • Something might not be right," are now the same waves
  • 00:11:45.329 --> 00:11:46.430
  • Are now the same waves that you're sleeping in.
  • 00:11:46.497 --> 00:11:49.967
  • That you're sleeping in. and i wanna point that out
  • 00:11:50.033 --> 00:11:51.135
  • And i wanna point that out because i think that
  • 00:11:51.201 --> 00:11:51.869
  • Because i think that some of you might think that,
  • 00:11:51.935 --> 00:11:54.338
  • Some of you might think that, you know, just because it
  • 00:11:54.404 --> 00:11:55.639
  • You know, just because it doesn't feel as bad anymore,
  • 00:11:55.706 --> 00:11:57.941
  • Doesn't feel as bad anymore, it's not still sin.
  • 00:11:58.008 --> 00:12:00.477
  • It's not still sin. but sin doesn't become
  • 00:12:00.544 --> 00:12:02.312
  • But sin doesn't become less sinful because
  • 00:12:02.379 --> 00:12:03.280
  • Less sinful because it feels less bad.
  • 00:12:03.347 --> 00:12:05.549
  • It feels less bad. sin doesn't become less sinful
  • 00:12:05.616 --> 00:12:07.050
  • Sin doesn't become less sinful because you got used to it,
  • 00:12:07.117 --> 00:12:09.186
  • Because you got used to it, you quenched the spirit,
  • 00:12:09.253 --> 00:12:11.655
  • You quenched the spirit, you seared your conscience.
  • 00:12:11.722 --> 00:12:13.857
  • You seared your conscience. so that relationship
  • 00:12:13.924 --> 00:12:15.626
  • So that relationship that you're in that's ungodly,
  • 00:12:15.692 --> 00:12:18.428
  • That you're in that's ungodly, it's not all of a sudden
  • 00:12:18.495 --> 00:12:19.696
  • It's not all of a sudden not ungodly because you
  • 00:12:19.763 --> 00:12:21.465
  • Not ungodly because you don't feel that nagging
  • 00:12:21.532 --> 00:12:22.499
  • Don't feel that nagging anymore in your spirit.
  • 00:12:22.566 --> 00:12:24.802
  • Anymore in your spirit. the party and the going out,
  • 00:12:24.868 --> 00:12:25.869
  • The party and the going out, it's not all of a sudden
  • 00:12:25.936 --> 00:12:26.603
  • It's not all of a sudden just not bad anymore
  • 00:12:26.670 --> 00:12:27.805
  • Just not bad anymore because you don't
  • 00:12:27.871 --> 00:12:28.472
  • Because you don't feel bad about it.
  • 00:12:28.539 --> 00:12:29.940
  • Feel bad about it. you just found a way
  • 00:12:30.007 --> 00:12:30.974
  • You just found a way to sleep through it.
  • 00:12:31.041 --> 00:12:33.177
  • To sleep through it. and you see,
  • 00:12:33.243 --> 00:12:33.577
  • And you see, you need to be thankful
  • 00:12:33.644 --> 00:12:36.046
  • You need to be thankful when you feel
  • 00:12:36.113 --> 00:12:36.747
  • When you feel the rocking of the wave
  • 00:12:36.814 --> 00:12:38.015
  • The rocking of the wave and it wakes you up,
  • 00:12:38.081 --> 00:12:38.882
  • And it wakes you up, and it says to your spirit,
  • 00:12:38.949 --> 00:12:40.117
  • And it says to your spirit, "i might should turn around."
  • 00:12:40.184 --> 00:12:41.418
  • "i might should turn around." that's the lord speaking to you.
  • 00:12:41.485 --> 00:12:42.853
  • That's the holy spirit
  • 00:12:42.953 --> 00:12:43.821
  • That's the holy spirit and conviction.
  • 00:12:43.887 --> 00:12:44.521
  • And conviction. that's a gift.
  • 00:12:44.588 --> 00:12:45.455
  • That's a gift. you should be more afraid
  • 00:12:45.522 --> 00:12:46.690
  • You should be more afraid when you're able
  • 00:12:46.757 --> 00:12:47.357
  • When you're able to sleep through it.
  • 00:12:47.424 --> 00:12:49.526
  • To sleep through it. that's when you should go,
  • 00:12:49.593 --> 00:12:50.194
  • That's when you should go, "god, man, i need to repent.
  • 00:12:50.260 --> 00:12:54.531
  • "god, man, i need to repent. if i'm able to sleep
  • 00:12:54.598 --> 00:12:55.199
  • If i'm able to sleep through this storm,
  • 00:12:55.265 --> 00:12:55.866
  • Through this storm, if i'm able to sleep
  • 00:12:55.933 --> 00:12:56.500
  • Through these waves,
  • 00:12:56.600 --> 00:12:57.301
  • Through these waves, i don't wanna quench
  • 00:12:57.367 --> 00:12:58.435
  • I don't wanna quench your spirit in my life.
  • 00:12:58.502 --> 00:13:01.071
  • Your spirit in my life. lord, i need to turn back.
  • 00:13:01.138 --> 00:13:03.140
  • Lord, i need to turn back. i need to get off this boat."
  • 00:13:03.207 --> 00:13:05.042
  • I need to get off this boat." but jonah is here sleeping.
  • 00:13:05.108 --> 00:13:08.846
  • But jonah is here sleeping. "and they said to one another,
  • 00:13:08.912 --> 00:13:09.980
  • "and they said to one another, 'come let us cast lots,
  • 00:13:10.047 --> 00:13:11.982
  • That we may know
  • 00:13:12.082 --> 00:13:12.516
  • That we may know who whose account
  • 00:13:12.583 --> 00:13:13.116
  • Who whose account this evil has come upon.'
  • 00:13:13.183 --> 00:13:14.351
  • This evil has come upon.' so, they cast lots
  • 00:13:14.418 --> 00:13:15.085
  • So, they cast lots and lots fell on jonah.
  • 00:13:15.152 --> 00:13:16.787
  • And lots fell on jonah. then they said to him,
  • 00:13:16.854 --> 00:13:17.855
  • Then they said to him, 'tell us on whose account
  • 00:13:17.921 --> 00:13:19.089
  • 'tell us on whose account this evil has come.'
  • 00:13:19.156 --> 00:13:20.224
  • This evil has come.' they say,
  • 00:13:20.290 --> 00:13:20.557
  • They say, 'what's your occupation?
  • 00:13:20.624 --> 00:13:21.725
  • 'what's your occupation? where have you come from?
  • 00:13:21.792 --> 00:13:22.826
  • Where have you come from? what country are you from?
  • 00:13:22.893 --> 00:13:24.194
  • What country are you from? what are what people are you?'"
  • 00:13:24.261 --> 00:13:25.462
  • What are what people are you?'" they're trying to figure out,
  • 00:13:25.529 --> 00:13:26.296
  • They're trying to figure out, "what did you do?
  • 00:13:26.363 --> 00:13:27.564
  • Like, what could you have done
  • 00:13:27.664 --> 00:13:29.700
  • Like, what could you have done that's so bad that you would
  • 00:13:29.766 --> 00:13:31.101
  • That's so bad that you would put us in this position?"
  • 00:13:31.168 --> 00:13:33.003
  • Put us in this position?" and jonah stands up,
  • 00:13:33.070 --> 00:13:35.005
  • And this is so unbelievably
  • 00:13:35.105 --> 00:13:36.940
  • And this is so unbelievably shocking what he says because
  • 00:13:37.007 --> 00:13:38.575
  • Shocking what he says because you think this is the time
  • 00:13:38.642 --> 00:13:39.910
  • You think this is the time that he's gonna confess, right?
  • 00:13:39.977 --> 00:13:41.945
  • That he's gonna confess, right? they're trying to grill him,
  • 00:13:42.012 --> 00:13:42.880
  • "what did you do?"
  • 00:13:42.980 --> 00:13:44.248
  • "what did you do?" and he stands up,
  • 00:13:44.314 --> 00:13:45.449
  • And he stands up, "and he says, 'i am a hebrew,
  • 00:13:45.515 --> 00:13:48.018
  • And i fear the lord,
  • 00:13:48.118 --> 00:13:48.752
  • And i fear the lord, the god of heaven,
  • 00:13:48.819 --> 00:13:50.187
  • The god of heaven, who made the sea
  • 00:13:50.254 --> 00:13:51.488
  • Who made the sea and the dry land.'"
  • 00:13:51.555 --> 00:13:54.324
  • And the dry land.'" huh?
  • 00:13:54.391 --> 00:13:55.959
  • Huh? did he just stand up
  • 00:13:56.026 --> 00:13:57.661
  • Did he just stand up and confidently say he fears
  • 00:13:57.728 --> 00:14:00.697
  • And confidently say he fears the lord who made the sea
  • 00:14:00.764 --> 00:14:03.600
  • The lord who made the sea that he's currently on
  • 00:14:03.667 --> 00:14:06.270
  • That he's currently on disobeying the lord?
  • 00:14:06.336 --> 00:14:07.738
  • Disobeying the lord? that's so interesting
  • 00:14:07.804 --> 00:14:09.373
  • That he just stood up
  • 00:14:09.473 --> 00:14:10.207
  • That he just stood up so confidently and said,
  • 00:14:10.274 --> 00:14:11.842
  • So confidently and said, "i'm a hebrew
  • 00:14:11.909 --> 00:14:12.476
  • "i'm a hebrew and i fear the lord."
  • 00:14:12.542 --> 00:14:16.280
  • And i fear the lord." and you know,
  • 00:14:16.346 --> 00:14:16.880
  • And you know, i think sometimes like
  • 00:14:16.947 --> 00:14:17.748
  • I think sometimes like in modern day christianity,
  • 00:14:17.814 --> 00:14:19.349
  • In modern day christianity, in this part of the story
  • 00:14:19.416 --> 00:14:20.384
  • In this part of the story we might go, "oh, ho.
  • 00:14:20.450 --> 00:14:22.452
  • We might go, "oh, ho. okay, good.
  • 00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:23.453
  • Okay, good. jonah's actually good, guys.
  • 00:14:23.520 --> 00:14:25.355
  • Jonah's actually good, guys. jonah's cool.
  • 00:14:25.422 --> 00:14:26.690
  • Jonah's cool. he still believes in god.
  • 00:14:26.757 --> 00:14:28.592
  • He still believes in god. like, everything's fine.
  • 00:14:28.659 --> 00:14:29.860
  • Like, everything's fine. everything's fine.
  • 00:14:29.927 --> 00:14:30.494
  • Everything's fine. jonah's not lost,
  • 00:14:30.560 --> 00:14:31.828
  • Jonah's not lost, jonah is good.
  • 00:14:31.895 --> 00:14:32.696
  • Jonah is good. see, actually he just stood up
  • 00:14:32.763 --> 00:14:34.564
  • See, actually he just stood up and he says he fears the lord.
  • 00:14:34.631 --> 00:14:36.233
  • And he says he fears the lord. he says he believes in god,
  • 00:14:36.300 --> 00:14:37.200
  • He says he believes in god, he's a hebrew,
  • 00:14:37.267 --> 00:14:38.035
  • He's a hebrew, and he actually said it
  • 00:14:38.101 --> 00:14:38.902
  • And he actually said it to pagan sailors
  • 00:14:38.969 --> 00:14:40.003
  • To pagan sailors which is really impressive,
  • 00:14:40.070 --> 00:14:41.271
  • Which is really impressive, pretty bold of him, right?
  • 00:14:41.338 --> 00:14:42.539
  • Pretty bold of him, right? jonah believes in god.
  • 00:14:42.606 --> 00:14:43.407
  • Jonah believes in god. jonah is not lost.
  • 00:14:43.473 --> 00:14:44.207
  • Jonah is not lost. jonah's good."
  • 00:14:44.274 --> 00:14:46.243
  • Jonah's good." no, jonah is not good.
  • 00:14:46.310 --> 00:14:48.812
  • No, jonah is not good. jonah is deliberately
  • 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:50.013
  • Jonah is deliberately disobeying god,
  • 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:50.881
  • Disobeying god, going the opposite direction.
  • 00:14:50.948 --> 00:14:52.950
  • Going the opposite direction. and i think so often
  • 00:14:53.016 --> 00:14:54.184
  • And i think so often in today's world,
  • 00:14:54.251 --> 00:14:55.385
  • In today's world, we are so confident
  • 00:14:55.452 --> 00:14:56.553
  • We are so confident to stand up and say
  • 00:14:56.620 --> 00:14:57.554
  • To stand up and say we believe in god
  • 00:14:57.621 --> 00:14:58.855
  • We believe in god while publicly and directly
  • 00:14:58.922 --> 00:15:00.524
  • While publicly and directly disobeying god.
  • 00:15:00.590 --> 00:15:02.893
  • Disobeying god. we think as long as
  • 00:15:02.960 --> 00:15:04.127
  • We think as long as we go to church,
  • 00:15:04.194 --> 00:15:05.662
  • We go to church, as long as we're known
  • 00:15:05.729 --> 00:15:06.697
  • As long as we're known as the people of god,
  • 00:15:06.763 --> 00:15:07.931
  • As the people of god, "as long as people know
  • 00:15:07.998 --> 00:15:08.598
  • "as long as people know i believe in god,
  • 00:15:08.665 --> 00:15:10.033
  • I believe in god, then i can live
  • 00:15:10.100 --> 00:15:10.634
  • Then i can live whatever life i wanna live.
  • 00:15:10.701 --> 00:15:13.003
  • Whatever life i wanna live. and guess what?
  • 00:15:13.070 --> 00:15:14.004
  • And guess what? no one's really gonna
  • 00:15:14.071 --> 00:15:14.838
  • No one's really gonna come after me for that
  • 00:15:14.905 --> 00:15:16.773
  • Come after me for that 'cause i'm not lost,
  • 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:18.742
  • 'cause i'm not lost, and i'm kinda hiding
  • 00:15:18.809 --> 00:15:19.409
  • And i'm kinda hiding in plain sight,
  • 00:15:19.476 --> 00:15:20.978
  • In plain sight, because i'm a hebrew,
  • 00:15:21.044 --> 00:15:21.979
  • Because i'm a hebrew, and i believe in god,
  • 00:15:22.045 --> 00:15:22.713
  • And i believe in god, and i fear the lord,
  • 00:15:22.779 --> 00:15:23.814
  • And i fear the lord, and i'm saying
  • 00:15:23.880 --> 00:15:24.314
  • And i'm saying the right things."
  • 00:15:24.381 --> 00:15:26.316
  • The right things." but you're going
  • 00:15:26.383 --> 00:15:27.250
  • But you're going in the wrong direction.
  • 00:15:27.317 --> 00:15:29.720
  • In the wrong direction. it's one thing to say
  • 00:15:29.786 --> 00:15:31.021
  • It's one thing to say you believe in god,
  • 00:15:31.088 --> 00:15:33.156
  • You believe in god, even the demons believe in god,
  • 00:15:33.223 --> 00:15:35.692
  • Even the demons believe in god, it's another thing
  • 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:36.560
  • It's another thing to follow god,
  • 00:15:36.626 --> 00:15:38.128
  • To follow god, to be obedient to god,
  • 00:15:38.195 --> 00:15:39.930
  • To be obedient to god, to respond to the voice of god,
  • 00:15:39.997 --> 00:15:41.164
  • To respond to the voice of god, and the call of god
  • 00:15:41.231 --> 00:15:42.599
  • And the call of god on your life.
  • 00:15:42.666 --> 00:15:44.101
  • On your life. so, jonah is standing here
  • 00:15:44.167 --> 00:15:45.736
  • So, jonah is standing here confident to say one thing
  • 00:15:45.802 --> 00:15:46.837
  • Confident to say one thing while deliberately,
  • 00:15:46.903 --> 00:15:47.604
  • While deliberately, going in the opposite direction.
  • 00:15:47.671 --> 00:15:48.772
  • Going in the opposite direction. i just wonder if we're
  • 00:15:48.839 --> 00:15:49.406
  • I just wonder if we're in that position.
  • 00:15:49.473 --> 00:15:50.540
  • In that position. i think about it like this,
  • 00:15:50.607 --> 00:15:51.742
  • I think about it like this, what does it even mean
  • 00:15:51.808 --> 00:15:52.642
  • What does it even mean to say you fear the lord?
  • 00:15:52.709 --> 00:15:54.978
  • To say you fear the lord? what does it even mean
  • 00:15:55.045 --> 00:15:55.946
  • What does it even mean for him to say he fears
  • 00:15:56.013 --> 00:15:57.414
  • For him to say he fears the lord while directly
  • 00:15:57.481 --> 00:15:59.583
  • The lord while directly disobeying the lord?
  • 00:15:59.649 --> 00:16:01.218
  • Disobeying the lord? and you think,
  • 00:16:01.284 --> 00:16:01.651
  • And you think, "oh, it's okay because
  • 00:16:01.718 --> 00:16:02.986
  • "oh, it's okay because he believes in god."
  • 00:16:03.053 --> 00:16:03.587
  • He believes in god." no, it's not okay
  • 00:16:03.653 --> 00:16:04.187
  • No, it's not okay because the call of god
  • 00:16:04.254 --> 00:16:05.622
  • Because the call of god on your life is not
  • 00:16:05.689 --> 00:16:06.490
  • On your life is not just about you.
  • 00:16:06.556 --> 00:16:09.426
  • Just about you. see, it's not just about jonah.
  • 00:16:09.493 --> 00:16:11.828
  • See, it's not just about jonah. it's about nineveh.
  • 00:16:11.895 --> 00:16:14.197
  • It's about nineveh. you see, god is pursuing jonah
  • 00:16:14.264 --> 00:16:17.134
  • You see, god is pursuing jonah and also pursuing nineveh.
  • 00:16:17.200 --> 00:16:18.969
  • And also pursuing nineveh. he's pursuing nineveh
  • 00:16:19.036 --> 00:16:20.037
  • He's pursuing nineveh because in this story,
  • 00:16:20.103 --> 00:16:21.104
  • Because in this story, nineveh represents
  • 00:16:21.171 --> 00:16:22.139
  • Nineveh represents the truly lost.
  • 00:16:22.205 --> 00:16:23.874
  • The truly lost. at the end of jonah,
  • 00:16:23.940 --> 00:16:25.275
  • At the end of jonah, god says, you know,
  • 00:16:25.342 --> 00:16:26.209
  • God says, you know, "nineveh is a people --
  • 00:16:26.276 --> 00:16:27.110
  • "nineveh is a people -- a hundred and twenty thousand
  • 00:16:27.177 --> 00:16:28.011
  • A hundred and twenty thousand people don't know their
  • 00:16:28.078 --> 00:16:28.578
  • People don't know their left hand from their right."
  • 00:16:28.645 --> 00:16:30.213
  • Left hand from their right." they're lost.
  • 00:16:30.280 --> 00:16:30.881
  • They're lost. god's heart breaks for the lost.
  • 00:16:30.947 --> 00:16:32.816
  • God's heart breaks for the lost. he's crying out,
  • 00:16:32.883 --> 00:16:33.350
  • He's crying out, "nineveh! nineveh!"
  • 00:16:33.417 --> 00:16:34.851
  • "nineveh! nineveh!" meanwhile, "jonah! jonah!
  • 00:16:34.918 --> 00:16:37.821
  • Meanwhile, "jonah! jonah! come out of hiding,
  • 00:16:37.888 --> 00:16:39.222
  • Come out of hiding, because there is
  • 00:16:39.289 --> 00:16:40.090
  • Because there is a nineveh who's lost.
  • 00:16:40.157 --> 00:16:41.958
  • A nineveh who's lost. and if you are a believer,
  • 00:16:42.025 --> 00:16:43.427
  • And if you are a believer, and you say you believe in me,
  • 00:16:43.493 --> 00:16:45.162
  • And you say you believe in me, and you hear my voice,
  • 00:16:45.228 --> 00:16:46.196
  • And you hear my voice, and you fear me, then obey me.
  • 00:16:46.263 --> 00:16:49.499
  • And you fear me, then obey me. come out of hiding,
  • 00:16:49.566 --> 00:16:50.467
  • Come out of hiding, be a part of my plan
  • 00:16:50.534 --> 00:16:51.701
  • Be a part of my plan and actually go
  • 00:16:51.768 --> 00:16:52.769
  • And actually go and save the lost."
  • 00:16:52.836 --> 00:16:54.971
  • And save the lost." what does it mean to say
  • 00:16:55.038 --> 00:16:56.473
  • What does it mean to say we believe if our heart
  • 00:16:56.540 --> 00:16:57.941
  • We believe if our heart doesn't break for the things
  • 00:16:58.008 --> 00:16:58.942
  • Doesn't break for the things that breaks the lord's?
  • 00:16:59.009 --> 00:17:00.343
  • That breaks the lord's? what does it mean
  • 00:17:00.410 --> 00:17:00.877
  • What does it mean to say we believe
  • 00:17:00.944 --> 00:17:02.112
  • To say we believe if we're not moved by
  • 00:17:02.179 --> 00:17:03.246
  • If we're not moved by that belief to do
  • 00:17:03.313 --> 00:17:04.214
  • That belief to do something about it,
  • 00:17:04.281 --> 00:17:05.749
  • Something about it, if we're not moved by
  • 00:17:05.816 --> 00:17:06.650
  • If we're not moved by that belief to go to nineveh,
  • 00:17:06.716 --> 00:17:08.218
  • That belief to go to nineveh, if we're not moved by that
  • 00:17:08.285 --> 00:17:09.453
  • If we're not moved by that belief to pray for
  • 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:10.287
  • Belief to pray for the pagan sailors,
  • 00:17:10.353 --> 00:17:11.655
  • The pagan sailors, if we're not moved it
  • 00:17:11.721 --> 00:17:12.789
  • If we're not moved it for it to be in action?
  • 00:17:12.856 --> 00:17:14.758
  • For it to be in action? i think about like this
  • 00:17:14.825 --> 00:17:15.392
  • I think about like this when we're young,
  • 00:17:15.459 --> 00:17:16.493
  • When we're young, everybody wants to be
  • 00:17:16.560 --> 00:17:17.060
  • Everybody wants to be a superhero, right?
  • 00:17:17.127 --> 00:17:18.762
  • A superhero, right? you wanna dress like
  • 00:17:18.829 --> 00:17:19.563
  • You wanna dress like a superhero, be a superhero.
  • 00:17:19.629 --> 00:17:21.198
  • A superhero, be a superhero. you watch all
  • 00:17:21.264 --> 00:17:21.631
  • You watch all the superhero movies.
  • 00:17:21.698 --> 00:17:22.933
  • The superhero movies. you wanna be that hero,
  • 00:17:22.999 --> 00:17:25.735
  • You wanna be that hero, until you grow up
  • 00:17:25.802 --> 00:17:27.337
  • Until you grow up and you realize that to be
  • 00:17:27.404 --> 00:17:28.438
  • And you realize that to be a superhero you actually
  • 00:17:28.505 --> 00:17:30.140
  • A superhero you actually have to save the world
  • 00:17:30.207 --> 00:17:31.141
  • Have to save the world from destruction.
  • 00:17:31.208 --> 00:17:32.909
  • From destruction. to be a superhero
  • 00:17:32.976 --> 00:17:33.844
  • To be a superhero you actually have to go
  • 00:17:33.910 --> 00:17:34.644
  • You actually have to go into the darkest parts,
  • 00:17:34.711 --> 00:17:36.213
  • Into the darkest parts, into the middle of the fight,
  • 00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:37.614
  • Into the middle of the fight, you have to save the people
  • 00:17:37.681 --> 00:17:39.082
  • You have to save the people who are hurting,
  • 00:17:39.149 --> 00:17:40.016
  • Who are hurting, use the power that's within
  • 00:17:40.083 --> 00:17:41.718
  • Use the power that's within you to save the people.
  • 00:17:41.785 --> 00:17:44.588
  • You to save the people. and i think so many of us,
  • 00:17:44.654 --> 00:17:45.555
  • And i think so many of us, we wanna wear the cape,
  • 00:17:45.622 --> 00:17:47.591
  • We wanna wear the cape, but you don't want to fly
  • 00:17:47.657 --> 00:17:49.392
  • But you don't want to fly into the place
  • 00:17:49.459 --> 00:17:50.327
  • Into the place that's actually needed.
  • 00:17:50.393 --> 00:17:52.028
  • That's actually needed. it's like honey,
  • 00:17:52.095 --> 00:17:52.929
  • It's like honey, honey loves moana,
  • 00:17:52.996 --> 00:17:54.865
  • Honey loves moana, loves her, thinks she is her,
  • 00:17:54.931 --> 00:17:57.100
  • Loves her, thinks she is her, dresses like moana
  • 00:17:57.167 --> 00:17:58.034
  • Dresses like moana every single day of her life,
  • 00:17:58.101 --> 00:17:59.836
  • Every single day of her life, calls herself a wayfinder,
  • 00:17:59.903 --> 00:18:01.304
  • Calls herself a wayfinder, the whole nine yards.
  • 00:18:01.371 --> 00:18:03.006
  • The whole nine yards. she is moana.
  • 00:18:03.073 --> 00:18:05.575
  • She is moana. but then recently,
  • 00:18:05.642 --> 00:18:07.177
  • But then recently, we go on this trip
  • 00:18:07.244 --> 00:18:08.178
  • We go on this trip to these islands
  • 00:18:08.245 --> 00:18:08.712
  • To these islands and i'm thinking,
  • 00:18:08.778 --> 00:18:09.346
  • And i'm thinking, "this is amazing.
  • 00:18:09.412 --> 00:18:10.413
  • "this is amazing. this is gonna make
  • 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:10.947
  • This is gonna make her dreams come true.
  • 00:18:11.014 --> 00:18:12.382
  • Her dreams come true. she is gonna be in heaven.
  • 00:18:12.449 --> 00:18:13.917
  • She is gonna be in heaven. she is gonna get to be moana."
  • 00:18:13.984 --> 00:18:16.419
  • She is gonna get to be moana." and we get to this day,
  • 00:18:16.486 --> 00:18:17.554
  • And we get to this day, we're literally gonna go to
  • 00:18:17.621 --> 00:18:18.889
  • We're literally gonna go to this island, and i'm thinking
  • 00:18:18.955 --> 00:18:20.223
  • This island, and i'm thinking all of her dreams
  • 00:18:20.290 --> 00:18:21.024
  • All of her dreams are gonna come true
  • 00:18:21.091 --> 00:18:21.791
  • Are gonna come true because she's literally
  • 00:18:21.858 --> 00:18:22.993
  • Because she's literally dressed like moana.
  • 00:18:23.059 --> 00:18:24.494
  • Dressed like moana. and as soon as we jump
  • 00:18:24.561 --> 00:18:25.562
  • And as soon as we jump in the water, she starts
  • 00:18:25.629 --> 00:18:26.496
  • In the water, she starts screaming and cry.
  • 00:18:26.563 --> 00:18:27.764
  • Screaming and cry. she's like,
  • 00:18:27.831 --> 00:18:28.165
  • She's like, "get me out the water.
  • 00:18:28.231 --> 00:18:28.798
  • "get me out the water. i don't wanna --
  • 00:18:28.865 --> 00:18:29.432
  • I don't wanna -- i don't wanna be in the water.
  • 00:18:29.499 --> 00:18:30.534
  • I don't wanna be in the water. i'm scared."
  • 00:18:30.600 --> 00:18:31.401
  • I'm scared." i'm like, "honey, you're moana.
  • 00:18:31.468 --> 00:18:33.270
  • I'm like, "honey, you're moana. you're a wayfinder.
  • 00:18:33.336 --> 00:18:35.105
  • You're a wayfinder. like da -- i --
  • 00:18:35.172 --> 00:18:36.039
  • Like da -- i -- the water is with you,
  • 00:18:36.106 --> 00:18:37.207
  • The water is with you, you know."
  • 00:18:37.274 --> 00:18:38.308
  • You know." and she's like,
  • 00:18:38.375 --> 00:18:38.942
  • And she's like, "no, get me out of the water."
  • 00:18:39.009 --> 00:18:40.310
  • "no, get me out of the water." so, it's one thing to say it,
  • 00:18:40.377 --> 00:18:42.379
  • So, it's one thing to say it, it's one thing
  • 00:18:42.445 --> 00:18:42.946
  • It's one thing to think about it,
  • 00:18:43.013 --> 00:18:43.580
  • To think about it, it it's one thing
  • 00:18:43.647 --> 00:18:44.080
  • It it's one thing to dress like it,
  • 00:18:44.147 --> 00:18:44.915
  • To dress like it, it's another thing to live it,
  • 00:18:44.981 --> 00:18:46.683
  • It's another thing to live it, it's another thing to be it,
  • 00:18:46.750 --> 00:18:48.185
  • It's another thing to be it, it's another thing
  • 00:18:48.251 --> 00:18:48.585
  • It's another thing to jump in the water,
  • 00:18:48.652 --> 00:18:49.619
  • To jump in the water, to swim to the rock,
  • 00:18:49.686 --> 00:18:51.254
  • To swim to the rock, to climb up on it.
  • 00:18:51.321 --> 00:18:53.089
  • To climb up on it. it's another thing
  • 00:18:53.156 --> 00:18:53.590
  • It's another thing to go to nineveh.
  • 00:18:53.657 --> 00:18:56.193
  • To go to nineveh. it's one thing to be at passion
  • 00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:59.196
  • It's one thing to be at passion and be in a room
  • 00:18:59.262 --> 00:19:00.130
  • And be in a room of this many thousands
  • 00:19:00.197 --> 00:19:01.198
  • Of this many thousands of people worshiping god,
  • 00:19:01.264 --> 00:19:03.433
  • Of people worshiping god, and being able to
  • 00:19:03.500 --> 00:19:04.000
  • And being able to raise our hands,
  • 00:19:04.067 --> 00:19:04.868
  • Raise our hands, and believe in him
  • 00:19:04.935 --> 00:19:06.436
  • And believe in him confidently because
  • 00:19:06.503 --> 00:19:07.304
  • Confidently because everyone else is too.
  • 00:19:07.370 --> 00:19:09.039
  • Everyone else is too. it's another thing
  • 00:19:09.105 --> 00:19:10.974
  • It's another thing to go back to your campus
  • 00:19:11.041 --> 00:19:15.078
  • To go back to your campus and for your heart to truly
  • 00:19:15.145 --> 00:19:15.946
  • And for your heart to truly break for the people around you,
  • 00:19:16.012 --> 00:19:20.750
  • Break for the people around you, and to be willing to be
  • 00:19:20.817 --> 00:19:22.452
  • And to be willing to be a light in the darkness,
  • 00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:24.521
  • A light in the darkness, to be willing to actually use
  • 00:19:24.588 --> 00:19:26.122
  • To be willing to actually use the power of the holy spirit
  • 00:19:26.189 --> 00:19:27.724
  • The power of the holy spirit inside of you
  • 00:19:27.791 --> 00:19:28.225
  • Inside of you to speak to people,
  • 00:19:28.291 --> 00:19:29.092
  • To speak to people, to pray to people,
  • 00:19:29.159 --> 00:19:29.759
  • To pray to people, to believe for people,
  • 00:19:29.826 --> 00:19:31.061
  • To believe for people, on your campus.
  • 00:19:31.127 --> 00:19:32.929
  • On your campus. friend, the call of god
  • 00:19:32.996 --> 00:19:34.698
  • Friend, the call of god on your life in this room today
  • 00:19:34.764 --> 00:19:36.299
  • On your life in this room today that you will respond to.
  • 00:19:36.366 --> 00:19:38.468
  • That you will respond to. man, he's coming after you,
  • 00:19:38.535 --> 00:19:39.703
  • Man, he's coming after you, but he is also coming after
  • 00:19:39.769 --> 00:19:40.904
  • But he is also coming after the people you're going back to.
  • 00:19:40.971 --> 00:19:44.307
  • The people you're going back to. it's not just about you.
  • 00:19:44.374 --> 00:19:46.476
  • It's not just about you. it's about the university.
  • 00:19:46.543 --> 00:19:47.644
  • It's about the university. it's about your future family.
  • 00:19:47.711 --> 00:19:49.879
  • It's about your future family. it's about the people that
  • 00:19:49.946 --> 00:19:50.580
  • It's about the people that you will meet whenever
  • 00:19:50.647 --> 00:19:51.548
  • You will meet whenever you're working the job
  • 00:19:51.615 --> 00:19:52.382
  • You're working the job that you work.
  • 00:19:52.449 --> 00:19:53.783
  • That you work. when you become a believer,
  • 00:19:53.850 --> 00:19:55.085
  • When you become a believer, when you become found by god,
  • 00:19:55.151 --> 00:19:56.620
  • When you become found by god, now you're on the mission
  • 00:19:56.686 --> 00:19:59.155
  • Now you're on the mission to go help find others.
  • 00:19:59.222 --> 00:20:01.958
  • To go help find others. carrying on, it says,
  • 00:20:02.025 --> 00:20:04.661
  • Carrying on, it says, "what shall we do then
  • 00:20:04.728 --> 00:20:06.596
  • "what shall we do then that the sea make
  • 00:20:06.663 --> 00:20:07.364
  • That the sea make quiet down for us?"
  • 00:20:07.430 --> 00:20:08.064
  • Quiet down for us?" verse 11,
  • 00:20:08.131 --> 00:20:08.965
  • Verse 11, "for the sea continued to grow
  • 00:20:09.032 --> 00:20:10.267
  • "for the sea continued to grow more and more tempestuous.'
  • 00:20:10.333 --> 00:20:12.569
  • And he said," jonah said this,
  • 00:20:12.669 --> 00:20:14.271
  • And he said," jonah said this, "he said, 'pick me up,
  • 00:20:14.337 --> 00:20:15.772
  • "he said, 'pick me up, hurl me into the sea,
  • 00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:17.374
  • Hurl me into the sea, then the sea will
  • 00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:18.108
  • Then the sea will quiet down for you,
  • 00:20:18.174 --> 00:20:19.976
  • Quiet down for you, for i know it is
  • 00:20:20.043 --> 00:20:21.044
  • For i know it is because of me that this great
  • 00:20:21.111 --> 00:20:22.379
  • Because of me that this great tempest has come upon you.'
  • 00:20:22.445 --> 00:20:24.347
  • Tempest has come upon you.' nevertheless,
  • 00:20:24.414 --> 00:20:24.848
  • Nevertheless, the men began to row harder
  • 00:20:24.914 --> 00:20:26.182
  • The men began to row harder to get back to dry land,
  • 00:20:26.249 --> 00:20:27.150
  • To get back to dry land, but they couldn't,
  • 00:20:27.217 --> 00:20:28.518
  • But they couldn't, for the sea grew more and more
  • 00:20:28.585 --> 00:20:29.753
  • For the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.
  • 00:20:29.819 --> 00:20:31.187
  • Tempestuous against them. therefore they call
  • 00:20:31.254 --> 00:20:31.888
  • Therefore they call out to the lord,
  • 00:20:31.955 --> 00:20:32.822
  • Out to the lord, 'lord, let us not perish
  • 00:20:32.889 --> 00:20:34.024
  • 'lord, let us not perish for this man's life.
  • 00:20:34.090 --> 00:20:35.492
  • For this man's life. let us not -- lay not on us
  • 00:20:35.558 --> 00:20:37.260
  • Let us not -- lay not on us this innocent man's blood.'
  • 00:20:37.327 --> 00:20:39.095
  • This innocent man's blood.' so, they pick up jonah,
  • 00:20:39.162 --> 00:20:40.697
  • So, they pick up jonah, and they hurl him into the sea
  • 00:20:40.764 --> 00:20:42.432
  • And they hurl him into the sea and the sea ceased
  • 00:20:42.499 --> 00:20:43.466
  • And the sea ceased from its raging.
  • 00:20:43.533 --> 00:20:44.134
  • From its raging. then the fe --
  • 00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:44.968
  • Then the fe -- the men began to fear
  • 00:20:45.035 --> 00:20:45.802
  • The men began to fear the lord exceedingly
  • 00:20:45.869 --> 00:20:46.803
  • The lord exceedingly and they offered a sacrifice
  • 00:20:46.870 --> 00:20:48.004
  • And they offered a sacrifice to the lord and made vows."
  • 00:20:48.071 --> 00:20:49.873
  • To the lord and made vows." now guys, you are literally
  • 00:20:49.939 --> 00:20:51.608
  • Now guys, you are literally not gonna believe
  • 00:20:51.675 --> 00:20:52.242
  • Not gonna believe what's about to happen.
  • 00:20:52.309 --> 00:20:55.245
  • What's about to happen. totally kidding.
  • 00:20:55.312 --> 00:20:55.879
  • Everybody probably knows
  • 00:20:55.979 --> 00:20:56.713
  • Everybody probably knows what's about to happen.
  • 00:20:56.780 --> 00:20:58.248
  • What's about to happen. what is about to
  • 00:20:58.315 --> 00:20:58.748
  • What is about to happen in the story?
  • 00:20:58.815 --> 00:21:00.550
  • Happen in the story? what?
  • 00:21:00.617 --> 00:21:01.918
  • What? he's about to get
  • 00:21:01.985 --> 00:21:02.452
  • He's about to get swallowed by a fish.
  • 00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:04.587
  • Swallowed by a fish. that's crazy.
  • 00:21:04.654 --> 00:21:06.323
  • That's crazy. okay, sometimes we know
  • 00:21:06.389 --> 00:21:07.691
  • Okay, sometimes we know these stories so well
  • 00:21:07.757 --> 00:21:08.692
  • These stories so well that they lose their like --
  • 00:21:08.758 --> 00:21:10.393
  • That they lose their like -- edge of your seat, right?
  • 00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:11.961
  • Edge of your seat, right? a suspicion.
  • 00:21:12.028 --> 00:21:12.729
  • A suspicion. because if you were
  • 00:21:12.796 --> 00:21:13.663
  • Because if you were really just reading this
  • 00:21:13.730 --> 00:21:14.264
  • Really just reading this for the first time,
  • 00:21:14.331 --> 00:21:15.298
  • For the first time, you would not believe
  • 00:21:15.365 --> 00:21:16.733
  • You would not believe what's about to happen next.
  • 00:21:16.800 --> 00:21:18.368
  • What's about to happen next. you'd be like,
  • 00:21:18.435 --> 00:21:18.868
  • You'd be like, "he's about to die?
  • 00:21:18.935 --> 00:21:20.670
  • "he's about to die? how is there two,
  • 00:21:20.737 --> 00:21:21.738
  • How is there two, three more chapters?
  • 00:21:21.805 --> 00:21:22.839
  • Three more chapters? how -- like,
  • 00:21:22.906 --> 00:21:23.406
  • How -- like, what is about to happen?"
  • 00:21:23.473 --> 00:21:24.708
  • What is about to happen?" and he deserves to die, right?
  • 00:21:24.774 --> 00:21:26.376
  • And he deserves to die, right? because he's gone
  • 00:21:26.443 --> 00:21:27.377
  • Because he's gone the opposite way.
  • 00:21:27.444 --> 00:21:28.244
  • The opposite way. and jonah thinks
  • 00:21:28.311 --> 00:21:29.112
  • And jonah thinks he deserves to die.
  • 00:21:29.179 --> 00:21:29.946
  • He deserves to die. jonah is like,
  • 00:21:30.013 --> 00:21:30.914
  • Jonah is like, "throw me over and, like,
  • 00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:33.049
  • "throw me over and, like, it'll be done.
  • 00:21:33.116 --> 00:21:34.217
  • It'll be done. just throw me over.
  • 00:21:34.284 --> 00:21:34.951
  • Just throw me over. like, i'm caught.
  • 00:21:35.018 --> 00:21:36.219
  • Like, i'm caught. i'm found.
  • 00:21:36.286 --> 00:21:36.820
  • I'm found. like, i did the wrong thing.
  • 00:21:36.886 --> 00:21:38.421
  • Like, i did the wrong thing. just throw me over
  • 00:21:38.488 --> 00:21:39.189
  • Just throw me over and this will all be over."
  • 00:21:39.255 --> 00:21:41.524
  • And this will all be over." and i think it's in this
  • 00:21:41.591 --> 00:21:42.792
  • And i think it's in this moment right here,
  • 00:21:42.859 --> 00:21:44.561
  • Moment right here, this is the reason,
  • 00:21:44.627 --> 00:21:45.195
  • This is the reason, pre knowledge of the will,
  • 00:21:45.261 --> 00:21:46.696
  • Pre knowledge of the will, that people are afraid
  • 00:21:46.763 --> 00:21:47.864
  • That people are afraid to be found by god.
  • 00:21:47.931 --> 00:21:49.699
  • To be found by god. you're afraid to be found
  • 00:21:49.766 --> 00:21:51.067
  • You're afraid to be found because you're afraid
  • 00:21:51.134 --> 00:21:52.302
  • Because you're afraid of the confrontation
  • 00:21:52.369 --> 00:21:53.470
  • Of the confrontation that comes with being found.
  • 00:21:53.536 --> 00:21:55.605
  • That comes with being found. because up to this point,
  • 00:21:55.672 --> 00:21:56.806
  • Because up to this point, you're like,
  • 00:21:56.873 --> 00:21:57.140
  • You're like, "this is not going
  • 00:21:57.207 --> 00:21:57.841
  • "this is not going so good for jonah."
  • 00:21:57.907 --> 00:21:59.576
  • So good for jonah." he does the wrong thing,
  • 00:21:59.642 --> 00:22:00.744
  • He does the wrong thing, he disobeys.
  • 00:22:00.810 --> 00:22:02.112
  • He disobeys. god sends this massive
  • 00:22:02.178 --> 00:22:03.346
  • God sends this massive storm in his direction.
  • 00:22:03.413 --> 00:22:05.014
  • Storm in his direction. everything's in chaos,
  • 00:22:05.081 --> 00:22:06.149
  • Everything's in chaos, everything's crazy.
  • 00:22:06.216 --> 00:22:07.584
  • Everything's crazy. the sailors are like,
  • 00:22:07.650 --> 00:22:08.218
  • The sailors are like, throwing everything overboard.
  • 00:22:08.284 --> 00:22:09.886
  • Throwing everything overboard. this is not a good situation.
  • 00:22:09.953 --> 00:22:11.388
  • This is not a good situation. then he's like comes clean.
  • 00:22:11.454 --> 00:22:12.956
  • Then he's like comes clean. he's like, "okay, i did it.
  • 00:22:13.022 --> 00:22:14.524
  • He's like, "okay, i did it. like, just throw me overboard.
  • 00:22:14.591 --> 00:22:15.725
  • Like, just throw me overboard. like, i'll just die.
  • 00:22:15.792 --> 00:22:16.459
  • Like, i'll just die. like, i don't deserve to live
  • 00:22:16.526 --> 00:22:18.228
  • Like, i don't deserve to live because i've gone so far.
  • 00:22:18.294 --> 00:22:19.863
  • Because i've gone so far. like, just throw me overboard."
  • 00:22:19.929 --> 00:22:23.099
  • Like, just throw me overboard." and at this moment,
  • 00:22:23.166 --> 00:22:24.634
  • And at this moment, what's so wild to think about
  • 00:22:24.701 --> 00:22:26.369
  • What's so wild to think about is that even though everybody
  • 00:22:26.436 --> 00:22:27.704
  • Is that even though everybody in this room knows that
  • 00:22:27.771 --> 00:22:28.972
  • In this room knows that jonah is about to get
  • 00:22:29.038 --> 00:22:29.973
  • Jonah is about to get swallowed by a whale,
  • 00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:30.573
  • Swallowed by a whale, let me tell you who did not
  • 00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:31.908
  • Let me tell you who did not know he was about to get
  • 00:22:31.975 --> 00:22:32.976
  • Know he was about to get swallowed by a whale, jonah.
  • 00:22:33.042 --> 00:22:35.678
  • Swallowed by a whale, jonah. it wasn't like when jonah
  • 00:22:35.745 --> 00:22:37.714
  • It wasn't like when jonah was thrown overboard
  • 00:22:37.781 --> 00:22:38.681
  • Was thrown overboard he thinking to himself,
  • 00:22:38.748 --> 00:22:40.383
  • He thinking to himself, "50% chance i die,
  • 00:22:40.450 --> 00:22:42.485
  • "50% chance i die, 50% chance i might get
  • 00:22:42.552 --> 00:22:44.120
  • 50% chance i might get swallowed by a giant fish
  • 00:22:44.187 --> 00:22:45.989
  • Swallowed by a giant fish stay in there for a couple days,
  • 00:22:46.055 --> 00:22:47.223
  • Stay in there for a couple days, and get spit back out."
  • 00:22:47.290 --> 00:22:48.224
  • And get spit back out." no, he's thinking,
  • 00:22:48.291 --> 00:22:49.225
  • No, he's thinking, "a hundred percent i die.
  • 00:22:49.292 --> 00:22:51.294
  • "a hundred percent i die. a hundred percent i die,
  • 00:22:51.361 --> 00:22:52.729
  • A hundred percent i die, and i deserve it
  • 00:22:52.796 --> 00:22:54.063
  • And i deserve it 'cause i blew it,
  • 00:22:54.130 --> 00:22:54.564
  • 'cause i blew it, 'cause i went
  • 00:22:54.631 --> 00:22:54.931
  • 'cause i went the opposite direction,
  • 00:22:54.998 --> 00:22:55.598
  • The opposite direction, because i should have
  • 00:22:55.665 --> 00:22:56.099
  • Because i should have gone nineveh because
  • 00:22:56.166 --> 00:22:56.733
  • Gone nineveh because i heard the voice of the lord,
  • 00:22:56.800 --> 00:22:57.600
  • I heard the voice of the lord, but i didn't do it,
  • 00:22:57.667 --> 00:22:58.468
  • But i didn't do it, went the opposite direction,
  • 00:22:58.535 --> 00:22:59.235
  • Went the opposite direction, so now i'm gonna die
  • 00:22:59.302 --> 00:22:59.903
  • So now i'm gonna die here in this sea,
  • 00:22:59.969 --> 00:23:01.070
  • Here in this sea, in this giant storm
  • 00:23:01.137 --> 00:23:01.838
  • In this giant storm that's all brought on
  • 00:23:01.905 --> 00:23:02.705
  • That's all brought on because of my rebellion."
  • 00:23:02.772 --> 00:23:05.942
  • Because of my rebellion." and he gets thrown overboard.
  • 00:23:06.009 --> 00:23:08.411
  • And he gets thrown overboard. and right in the place
  • 00:23:08.478 --> 00:23:09.212
  • And right in the place that he deserved to die,
  • 00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:12.482
  • That he deserved to die, he gets swept up by the grace
  • 00:23:12.549 --> 00:23:15.752
  • He gets swept up by the grace and the mercy of god.
  • 00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:18.688
  • And the mercy of god. this is god's grace.
  • 00:23:18.755 --> 00:23:20.089
  • This is god's grace. this is god's mercy.
  • 00:23:20.156 --> 00:23:21.991
  • This is god's mercy. he begins to praise god,
  • 00:23:22.058 --> 00:23:24.160
  • He begins to praise god, and he begins to cry out to god.
  • 00:23:24.227 --> 00:23:26.062
  • And he begins to cry out to god. he begins to tell the lord,
  • 00:23:26.129 --> 00:23:27.297
  • He begins to tell the lord, "salvation belongs to you god."
  • 00:23:27.363 --> 00:23:30.834
  • "salvation belongs to you god." and things begin to change
  • 00:23:30.900 --> 00:23:32.135
  • And things begin to change in those three days
  • 00:23:32.202 --> 00:23:33.236
  • In those three days and those three nights
  • 00:23:33.303 --> 00:23:34.170
  • And those three nights in the belly of the whale.
  • 00:23:34.237 --> 00:23:35.038
  • In the belly of the whale. and then he is spit back out,
  • 00:23:35.104 --> 00:23:37.140
  • And then he is spit back out, and then what does he do?
  • 00:23:37.207 --> 00:23:38.041
  • And then what does he do? he goes towards nineveh.
  • 00:23:38.107 --> 00:23:39.642
  • He goes towards nineveh. in chapter 3,
  • 00:23:39.709 --> 00:23:40.910
  • In chapter 3, it starts the same way
  • 00:23:40.977 --> 00:23:42.078
  • It starts the same way as chapter 1,
  • 00:23:42.145 --> 00:23:42.712
  • As chapter 1, except for this time,
  • 00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:44.013
  • Except for this time, he does the right thing.
  • 00:23:44.080 --> 00:23:45.348
  • He does the right thing. he gets on board.
  • 00:23:45.415 --> 00:23:46.249
  • He gets on board. he goes and preaches to nineveh,
  • 00:23:46.316 --> 00:23:47.417
  • He goes and preaches to nineveh, and nineveh has a revival
  • 00:23:47.484 --> 00:23:48.952
  • And nineveh has a revival and it's crazy.
  • 00:23:49.018 --> 00:23:50.153
  • And it's crazy. y'all, let me
  • 00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:50.653
  • Y'all, let me tell you something.
  • 00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.721
  • Tell you something. the same grace of god
  • 00:23:51.788 --> 00:23:53.857
  • The same grace of god is going to capture you.
  • 00:23:53.923 --> 00:23:55.792
  • Is going to capture you. but let me tell you
  • 00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:56.426
  • But let me tell you the most amazing news about it.
  • 00:23:56.493 --> 00:23:58.294
  • The most amazing news about it. you don't have to get
  • 00:23:58.361 --> 00:23:59.128
  • You don't have to get swallowed by a whale
  • 00:23:59.195 --> 00:24:01.264
  • Swallowed by a whale and spend three days
  • 00:24:01.331 --> 00:24:02.532
  • And spend three days and three nights
  • 00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:03.132
  • And three nights in the belly of a whale
  • 00:24:03.199 --> 00:24:03.933
  • In the belly of a whale because jesus christ
  • 00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:05.168
  • Because jesus christ spent three days on
  • 00:24:05.235 --> 00:24:06.402
  • Spent three days on your behalf in the tomb.
  • 00:24:06.469 --> 00:24:08.505
  • [applause]
  • 00:24:08.771 --> 00:24:09.205
  • Because on your behalf,
  • 00:24:09.973 --> 00:24:11.441
  • Because on your behalf, when you deserved to die
  • 00:24:11.508 --> 00:24:13.109
  • When you deserved to die because of your rebellion,
  • 00:24:13.176 --> 00:24:14.611
  • Because of your rebellion, he came down on your behalf
  • 00:24:14.677 --> 00:24:16.779
  • He came down on your behalf because his love for god,
  • 00:24:16.846 --> 00:24:19.249
  • Because his love for god, and his love for the world,
  • 00:24:19.315 --> 00:24:21.384
  • And his love for the world, for the lost, for the hiding.
  • 00:24:21.451 --> 00:24:23.920
  • For the lost, for the hiding. and he took on your sin
  • 00:24:23.987 --> 00:24:24.854
  • And he took on your sin on the cross,
  • 00:24:24.921 --> 00:24:25.722
  • On the cross, and he spent three days
  • 00:24:25.788 --> 00:24:26.789
  • And he spent three days in the tomb,
  • 00:24:26.856 --> 00:24:27.891
  • In the tomb, and then he resurrected
  • 00:24:27.957 --> 00:24:29.158
  • And then he resurrected back to life.
  • 00:24:29.225 --> 00:24:30.293
  • Back to life. and when you find
  • 00:24:30.360 --> 00:24:31.027
  • And when you find yourself in that story,
  • 00:24:31.094 --> 00:24:33.196
  • Yourself in that story, when you identify with christ,
  • 00:24:33.263 --> 00:24:35.265
  • When you identify with christ, you're crucified with christ,
  • 00:24:35.331 --> 00:24:36.966
  • You're crucified with christ, you are dead to your sin,
  • 00:24:37.033 --> 00:24:39.035
  • You are dead to your sin, and now you're alive in christ,
  • 00:24:39.102 --> 00:24:40.837
  • And now you're alive in christ, and have the hope of
  • 00:24:40.904 --> 00:24:41.838
  • And have the hope of heaven before you.
  • 00:24:41.905 --> 00:24:43.940
  • Heaven before you. and so, what happened to
  • 00:24:44.007 --> 00:24:44.974
  • And so, what happened to jonah is it was a redirection,
  • 00:24:45.041 --> 00:24:48.711
  • Jonah is it was a redirection, and a bit of a resurrection,
  • 00:24:48.778 --> 00:24:50.914
  • And a bit of a resurrection, and a new opportunity.
  • 00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:52.382
  • And a new opportunity. and what happens for you
  • 00:24:52.448 --> 00:24:53.983
  • And what happens for you is it will be a redirection,
  • 00:24:54.050 --> 00:24:56.553
  • Is it will be a redirection, it will be a resurrection,
  • 00:24:56.619 --> 00:24:58.888
  • It will be a resurrection, and a new opportunity.
  • 00:24:58.955 --> 00:25:00.890
  • And a new opportunity. but here's the thing with jonah,
  • 00:25:00.957 --> 00:25:03.159
  • But here's the thing with jonah, i already told you about
  • 00:25:03.226 --> 00:25:03.927
  • I already told you about the last chapter,
  • 00:25:03.993 --> 00:25:04.994
  • The last chapter, his heart didn't really change.
  • 00:25:05.061 --> 00:25:07.830
  • His heart didn't really change. so, i don't know how much of
  • 00:25:07.897 --> 00:25:09.532
  • So, i don't know how much of the whale was true repentance.
  • 00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:12.468
  • The whale was true repentance. i don't know how much of it
  • 00:25:12.535 --> 00:25:13.536
  • I don't know how much of it was true repentance
  • 00:25:13.603 --> 00:25:14.604
  • Was true repentance and resurrection,
  • 00:25:14.671 --> 00:25:15.605
  • And resurrection, but it was a redirection.
  • 00:25:15.672 --> 00:25:16.639
  • But it was a redirection. and he tried to get back
  • 00:25:16.706 --> 00:25:17.440
  • And he tried to get back on the right track,
  • 00:25:17.507 --> 00:25:18.341
  • On the right track, and he tried to do
  • 00:25:18.408 --> 00:25:18.942
  • And he tried to do the right thing.
  • 00:25:19.008 --> 00:25:19.475
  • The right thing. and the lord still used him,
  • 00:25:19.542 --> 00:25:20.777
  • And the lord still used him, but his heart wasn't
  • 00:25:20.843 --> 00:25:21.477
  • But his heart wasn't right in the end.
  • 00:25:21.544 --> 00:25:22.712
  • Right in the end. i wanna tell you, when you
  • 00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.646
  • I wanna tell you, when you identify with jesus christ,
  • 00:25:23.713 --> 00:25:25.181
  • Identify with jesus christ, when you died your sin
  • 00:25:25.248 --> 00:25:26.649
  • When you died your sin and you are alive in him,
  • 00:25:26.716 --> 00:25:28.718
  • And you are alive in him, it's not just a redirection
  • 00:25:28.785 --> 00:25:30.186
  • It's not just a redirection and now you get to try again
  • 00:25:30.253 --> 00:25:31.187
  • And now you get to try again and try to do it
  • 00:25:31.254 --> 00:25:31.854
  • And try to do it the right way this time.
  • 00:25:31.921 --> 00:25:33.623
  • The right way this time. it's a complete resurrection
  • 00:25:33.690 --> 00:25:34.991
  • It's a complete resurrection into a new life.
  • 00:25:35.058 --> 00:25:36.759
  • Into a new life. you're not trying to do it
  • 00:25:36.826 --> 00:25:37.894
  • You're not trying to do it again, going back to school,
  • 00:25:37.961 --> 00:25:39.028
  • Again, going back to school, the same school you
  • 00:25:39.095 --> 00:25:39.529
  • The same school you went to last year,
  • 00:25:39.596 --> 00:25:40.029
  • Went to last year, and just trying to do it
  • 00:25:40.096 --> 00:25:40.797
  • And just trying to do it right this time.
  • 00:25:40.863 --> 00:25:42.065
  • Right this time. you're doing it as
  • 00:25:42.131 --> 00:25:42.665
  • You're doing it as a new person this time.
  • 00:25:42.732 --> 00:25:44.400
  • A new person this time. you're doing it as
  • 00:25:44.467 --> 00:25:45.001
  • You're doing it as a new creation this time.
  • 00:25:45.068 --> 00:25:46.803
  • A new creation this time. you're doing it filled with
  • 00:25:46.869 --> 00:25:47.670
  • You're doing it filled with the spirit of god this time,
  • 00:25:47.737 --> 00:25:49.505
  • The spirit of god this time, with the mind of christ,
  • 00:25:49.572 --> 00:25:50.540
  • With the mind of christ, with the heart of christ,
  • 00:25:50.607 --> 00:25:51.541
  • With the heart of christ, with the things for christ.
  • 00:25:51.608 --> 00:25:54.544
  • With the things for christ. so, i do wanna call
  • 00:25:54.611 --> 00:25:55.678
  • So, i do wanna call a lot of people out of hiding.
  • 00:25:55.745 --> 00:25:59.182
  • A lot of people out of hiding. and this is not a moment
  • 00:25:59.248 --> 00:26:00.516
  • And this is not a moment of like close your eyes,
  • 00:26:00.583 --> 00:26:01.451
  • Of like close your eyes, bow your head.
  • 00:26:01.517 --> 00:26:02.452
  • Bow your head. this is a moment in
  • 00:26:02.518 --> 00:26:03.252
  • This is a moment in the full light of day
  • 00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:04.087
  • The full light of day in an afternoon session
  • 00:26:04.153 --> 00:26:05.154
  • In an afternoon session with all your friends
  • 00:26:05.221 --> 00:26:05.922
  • With all your friends looking around.
  • 00:26:05.989 --> 00:26:06.756
  • Looking around. if you genuinely feel
  • 00:26:06.823 --> 00:26:07.824
  • If you genuinely feel like you have been hiding
  • 00:26:07.890 --> 00:26:08.992
  • Like you have been hiding from the call of god
  • 00:26:09.058 --> 00:26:09.892
  • From the call of god on your life, that you have --
  • 00:26:09.959 --> 00:26:11.928
  • On your life, that you have -- you've known the right thing,
  • 00:26:11.995 --> 00:26:13.496
  • You've known the right thing, you believed in god
  • 00:26:13.563 --> 00:26:14.364
  • You believed in god for your life,
  • 00:26:14.430 --> 00:26:14.964
  • For your life, but you have not been
  • 00:26:15.031 --> 00:26:15.999
  • But you have not been following him,
  • 00:26:16.065 --> 00:26:18.001
  • Following him, and you're willing today to say,
  • 00:26:18.067 --> 00:26:19.535
  • And you're willing today to say, "i want to follow you, god.
  • 00:26:19.602 --> 00:26:21.871
  • "i want to follow you, god. i don't wanna just
  • 00:26:21.938 --> 00:26:22.372
  • I don't wanna just believe in you.
  • 00:26:22.438 --> 00:26:23.306
  • Believe in you. of course,
  • 00:26:23.373 --> 00:26:23.740
  • Of course, i believe in you.
  • 00:26:23.806 --> 00:26:24.907
  • I believe in you. but god, now, i am willing to
  • 00:26:24.974 --> 00:26:26.376
  • But god, now, i am willing to follow you no matter the cost."
  • 00:26:26.442 --> 00:26:29.178
  • Follow you no matter the cost." in matthew, jesus says,
  • 00:26:29.245 --> 00:26:30.813
  • In matthew, jesus says, "if anyone will come after me,"
  • 00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:32.148
  • "if anyone will come after me," what does it say?
  • 00:26:32.215 --> 00:26:33.149
  • What does it say? "pick up your cross
  • 00:26:33.216 --> 00:26:35.284
  • "pick up your cross and follow me."
  • 00:26:35.351 --> 00:26:37.754
  • And follow me." this is that moment for you.
  • 00:26:37.820 --> 00:26:38.955
  • This is that moment for you. you're willing to say,
  • 00:26:39.022 --> 00:26:39.455
  • You're willing to say, "i'm gonna pick up my cross
  • 00:26:39.522 --> 00:26:40.890
  • "i'm gonna pick up my cross and follow you."
  • 00:26:40.957 --> 00:26:43.393
  • And follow you." if that's you today,
  • 00:26:43.459 --> 00:26:44.060
  • If that's you today, i just ask that you'd stand up
  • 00:26:44.127 --> 00:26:45.461
  • I just ask that you'd stand up in full boldness
  • 00:26:45.528 --> 00:26:46.329
  • In full boldness in front of your friends.
  • 00:26:46.396 --> 00:26:47.664
  • In front of your friends. say, "i'm coming out of hiding.
  • 00:26:47.730 --> 00:26:49.532
  • Say, "i'm coming out of hiding. i wanna follow god
  • 00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:50.099
  • I wanna follow god with all my heart."
  • 00:26:50.166 --> 00:26:51.567
  • With all my heart." it's beautiful.
  • 00:26:51.634 --> 00:26:52.835
  • [applause]
  • 00:26:53.102 --> 00:26:58.741
  • So beautiful.
  • 00:26:59.108 --> 00:27:01.544
  • So good.
  • 00:27:01.611 --> 00:27:02.345
  • [applause]
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  • ♪ ♪
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