Pastor Robert delivers a message about how we grow in fellowship with the Lord and warns us about tactics the enemy uses to halt this process.
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Pastor Robert Morris Ministries | Fellowship | July 8, 2021
- Have you ever stopped to consider where you are in life?
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- Or where you're going?
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- Have you considered where God wants you to go?
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- Join us today, as my pastor, Robert Morris,
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- begins a new series that will reveal to you where you are now,
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- and more importantly, how to get to the next level
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- of your walk with him.
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- ♪ ♪
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- ROBERT MORRIS: We're beginning a new series called,
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- "You Are Here",
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- and I'm extremely excited about this series.
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- It'll be a four-week series.
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- I'll preach all of the messages in this series.
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- I'm excited about this series, because I believe that Jesus
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- gave us a teaching that shows us exactly where we are
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- in our life with God, our journey with God,
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- and how to get to the next step.
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- And the reason I titled it, "You Are Here",
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- everyone knows about, you know, the, "You Are Here" --
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- you've seen it in a mall, or you've seen it in --
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- you know, at an amusement park or something.
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- We used to have season passes to Six Flags
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- when the kids were young.
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- And I remember the first thing we did; we went
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- to the "You Are Here" sign.
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- And the reason we did that, was not to know where we were --
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- we knew where we were -- but to know how to get
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- where we wanted to go.
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- And there's a passage of scripture in Mark 4
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- that shows us that.
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- Now, before I show you this passage, let me show --
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- let me tell you about a survey that we actually
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- participated in about seven years ago.
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- There were 525 churches that participated in the survey.
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- 525 churches.
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- And 180.000 people participated in the survey.
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- The purpose of the survey was to see how well we were,
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- as churches, disciplining people and teaching people God's Word.
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- And it helped pastors and leadership to be able
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- to see that, but what came out of this survey was it showed
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- that everyone that's attending church is
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- in one of four groups of people.
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- And not only did it show that, but it showed how you get
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- to the next stage --
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- And immediately, when I saw the results of that survey,
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- I thought of Mark 4.
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- So let me just show four groups.
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- Don't make any snide remark to the person beside you
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- about my artistic abilities.
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- So what this survey showed was that everyone is in
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- one of four groups of people.
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- The first group are those people who -- and I'm just
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- going to put the initials, who are exploring God.
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- Now, I want to show you something else.
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- If you're taking notes and you want to put this,
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- it'll help you.
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- Put a cross right there, because these are people that
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- are actually attending church, but have not come to know
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- the Lord as their Savior yet.
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- And we love these people, because this is where
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- we all start.
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- All of us have a journey, and people start exploring God,
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- but they just haven't come to understand that they need
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- to accept Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior yet.
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- So -- by the way, this survey was only people
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- attending church.
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- So there's a whole other group of people over here
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- that aren't even attending church, and we would call them
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- far from God.
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- The second group are people who are beginning in God.
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- These are people who have accepted Christ now,
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- and they are now beginning in God.
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- The next group are people who are close to God,
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- and they're growing in their relationship even more.
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- And then, this last group are people who are God centered.
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- And I'll show you the difference between close to God,
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- and God centered.
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- And, what I'm doing is each of these, each week,
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- I've given 'em a name.
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- And this week, it's "Fellowship".
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- These are people that are learning to -- about fellowship,
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- the people in the first group, and we'll -- each week,
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- there'll be another word like this over each of these.
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- I'll go ahead and give it to you,
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- so you can kind of understand.
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- I don't mind.
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- These people, are people who are -- let me think...
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- Okay, I'll give it to you next week.
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- So anyway. [laughter]
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- It's driving me crazy now.
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- Yeah; I knew that.
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- I just wanted to do something funny.
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- [laughter]
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- These are people now who are in relationship with God;
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- they've begun their relationship.
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- These are people who are learning about discipleship.
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- And then, these are people who've really entered into,
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- and are experiencing on a daily basis,
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- the lordship of Christ.
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- And so, we're going to talk about this for
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- the next four weeks, alright?
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- Okay. Look at Mark 4:1.
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- "And he again began to teach by the sea.
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- And a great multitude was gathered to him,
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- so that he got into a boat and he sat it -- in it on the sea.
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- And the whole multitude was on the land facing the sea.
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- Then he taught them many things by parables," --
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- remember the word parables: "And he said to them
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- in his teaching: 'Listen!
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- Behold, a sower went out to sow.
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- And it happened, as he sowed, that some seed
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- fell by the wayside.
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- And the birds of the air came and devoured it.
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- Some fell on stony ground,'" -- this is the second group
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- "Where it did not have much earth.
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- And immediately it sprang up because it had
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- no depth of earth.
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- But when the sun was up and it was scorched,
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- and because it had no root it withered away."
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- Here's the third group.
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- "Some seed fell among thorns.
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- And the thorns grew up and choked it,
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- and it yielded no crop."
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- And the fourth group.
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- Mark 4:8.
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- "But other seed fell on good ground and yielded a crop
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- that sprang up, increased and produced:
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- some thirty fold, some sixty, and some a hundred."
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- Mark 4:9 says: "And he said to them, 'He who has ears to hear,
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- let him hear!'"
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- Now, for those of you that have been in church awhile,
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- this phrase, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
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- is familiar to you.
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- But if you've never been in church, you know,
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- if you think about that phrase, it's a little odd,
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- because it sounds like that there were people that day
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- that didn't have ears.
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- And so, you know, they were thinking, okay.
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- Oh, that guy, he doesn't have any ears
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- on the side of his head, so Jesus isn't talking to him.
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- Obviously, he's not talking about literal ears.
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- He's talking about spiritual ears.
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- So he said, "I'm talking about something spiritual.
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- "I want to remind you that the Bible
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- is a spiritual book, written by a spiritual being,
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- to spiritual beings.
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- So according to 1 Corinthians 2,
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- the natural mind can't understand this book.
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- We can't -- you can't understand it,
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- unless you understand it through the spirit.
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- All right?
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- So notice Mark 4:10.
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- "When he was alone, those around him with the twelve
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- asked him about the parable."
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- Now, watch Mark 4:13.
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- "And he said to them, 'Do you not understand this parable?
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- How then will you understand all the parables?'"
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- Now, I don't want us to go past this, this quickly.
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- Because we are reading through the Bible,
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- and we go past stuff, you know?
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- And let me just tell you, when you read something
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- in the Bible, you need to stop and think about it.
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- I just want you to let this sink in a moment, alright?
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- Here's what Jesus said: "You don't understand this Parable?
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- How are you going to understand the rest of them?"
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- Now, think about that.
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- This is Jesus.
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- Here, in essence, is what he said.
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- "If you don't understand this one, you can't understand
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- any of 'em."
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- "How are you going to understand all of the parables,
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- if you don't understand this one?"
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- So this one's pretty important.
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- That's why we're going to spend four weeks on it.
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- All right, look at Mark 4:14.
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- "The sower sows the word."
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- He's explaining it now.
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- So seed represents the word in this.
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- "And these are the ones by the wayside where the word
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- is sown.
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- When they hear, Satan," -- so the birds of the air
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- represent Satan in this parable.
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- "Satan comes immediately," that's a very important word.
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- Immediately: "And takes away the word that was sown
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- in their hearts.
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- These likewise are the ones," here's the second group:
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- "Sown on stony ground who, when they hear the word,
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- immediately receive it," they receive it:
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- "With gladness.
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- And they have no root in themselves,
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- so they endure only for a time.
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- Afterward, when tribulation or persecution arises
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- for the word's sake, immediately they stumble."
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- I'm not saying they fall away, just said they stumble.
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- Mark 4:18.
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- "These are the ones among -- sown among thorns."
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- And we -- and I'll show you it later, what thorns represent
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- in the Bible.
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- "They are the ones who hear the word, and the cares
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- of this world, the deceitfulness of riches,
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- and the desires for other things entering in choke the word,
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- and it becomes unfruitful." In their lives, in other words.
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- Mark 4:20.
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- "These are the ones," fourth group: "Sown on good ground,
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- those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit:
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- some thirty fold, some sixty, and some a hundred."
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- Okay, let's talk about this for a moment.
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- First of all, the word parable.
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- The word parable comes from a Greek word, para --
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- it's two Greek words put together.
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- Para, bole.
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- Parable.
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- Para, bole.
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- Para means alongside.
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- Bole means to throw.
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- Now, that doesn't make much sense to us,
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- unless we think about it.
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- It means to throw something alongside.
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- That's what a parable is.
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- A parable is a story that Jesus would use
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- to throw alongside a truth.
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- So you could see the -- understand something
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- in the natural, and see the truth.
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- There's another Greek word that para as it --
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- as part of it, and it's parakletos.
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- Now, we say in English, kind of a version of it.
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- People say paraclete.
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- It's really not the best way to say it,
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- but it's parakletos.
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- And that is the Holy Spirit.
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- Para, again, means alongside.
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- Kletos means to come or to walk.
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- So this is really good news, the Holy Spirit is someone
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- who would like to walk alongside you.
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- So that's what that means.
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- So this is what Jesus is doing.
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- He's telling us this story, so that we understand a truth.
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- Now, I misunderstood this parable for years.
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- I actually thought, and many people believe this,
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- that it was talking about three people who were bad people.
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- And one person who was good.
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- Three people who didn't receive the word,
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- and one who did.
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- But it actually -- even, very clearly says on one
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- of 'em they receive the word.
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- So this isn't talking about bad people.
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- Listen carefully.
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- It's talking about a bad enemy.
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- And it's talking about how you overcome the enemy,
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- at each stage of your growth in God.
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- All right?
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- So if you notice, there are four groups, and you could
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- actually put -- if you want to, over all four of these,
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- you could put the word growing.
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- Because all of these people are growing.
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- So people grow in their understanding of God
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- before they're born again.
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- So we're all growing.
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- By the way, these people who are God centered
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- haven't arrived.
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- They're still growing.
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- And if you ever stop growing, you'll start going backwards.
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- We call it backsliding, right?
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- Okay?
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- All right, so I want you to notice.
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- There are four groups.
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- If there are four groups, there are three movements.
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- Three steps.
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- You see that?
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- In other words, if I have four fingers here,
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- how many gaps are there?
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- One, two, three.
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- If I were to move from this finger to this finger,
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- that's one move.
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- That's a move.
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- And that's a move.
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- So in this survey now, this is 180.000 people.
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- And it was just to find out how well are we doing as churches,
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- disciplining people, and helping people
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- grow in their understanding of God and his Word?
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- And it was just amazing how it boiled down to these --
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- that every person attending church was in one of
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- these four groups, and every person attending church,
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- it was easy to see one truth that caused them to move
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- from group one to group two.
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- All right?
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- So let me show you that truth.
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- If you move from group one to group two, it was
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- because of this one truth that you understood finally.
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- It was the truth of grace.
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- That's how people moved.
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- Let me say it another way.
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- People in this category, when they talk -- in all
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- three of these, but when they talked about salvation,
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- they said, "I strongly agree that nothing I have ever done
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- or ever will do could earn my salvation."
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- But people who were over here, thought, no, I have to do
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- something to earn it.
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- But once they understood grace, they could move over here.
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- That's how you become a believer,
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- is you understand Jesus paid for your sins, and you accept that.
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- You accept him as your Savior.
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- You follow me?
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- Okay.
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- People that move from group two to group three was people
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- who began to have an understanding of God's Word
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- as the final authority in their life.
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- In other words, when a person gets saved, he thinks
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- the Bible's a good book, and it is, it's God's Word,
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- but once you understand, no, no, no.
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- Wait a minute.
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- This is God's Word to my life.
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- This is how I run my life.
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- I want to know how to run my business,
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- I want to know how to be married.
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- I want to know how to raise my children.
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- I -- it's in the book.
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- This is not just a good book.
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- This is the book, and once people begin to recognize
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- God's Word as the final authority in their life.
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- You know, when I used to be able to talk with people
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- about their marriage, going through
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- marriage difficulties, I'd always have to come
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- to that point.
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- Let me just ask you something, sir, ma'am.
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- Is God's Word the final authority in your life?
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- Because if it is, we can fix this marriage.
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- If it's not, I can't help you.
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- So people who begin to move and grow in their relationship
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- with God, they understood that.
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- Now, this third move, I got really excited about.
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- And I want to remind you, this is a survey again,
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- 525 churches, 180.000 people.
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- But one truth, people move from the third group
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- to the fourth group -- watch the word,
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- you're going to see that I really like it.
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- When they understood the truth of giving.
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- That's the theme of the Bible, right there.
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- Now, here -- but, listen.
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- It's not just giving money.
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- It's giving your life.
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- It's giving your life away for the Kingdom of God.
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- These people understood, I'm not on the earth for me.
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- I'm on the earth for the Kingdom of God.
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- And this is when God became -- God centered.
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- And they began to give of their time, their talents,
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- and their treasure.
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- you could also think about this as "friendship".
- 00:15:51.509 --> 00:15:54.312
- I just, you know, they all have "-ship".
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- I'm just -- I'm gifted that way, but you could think about it,
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- this is friendship. Okay?
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- These people really don't know Christ,
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- they've never met him.
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- They've only heard about him.
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- He's not a friend yet.
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- Okay?
- 00:16:07.692 --> 00:16:08.526
- These people, now he's a friend.
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- He's become their friend.
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- They have actually met him and been introduced to him
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- through salvation, so he's a friend.
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- These people, he's the best friend.
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- He's their best friend.
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- They talk to him.
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- As a matter of fact, in the survey,
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- these people rarely talked to God.
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- These people occasionally talk to God.
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- This is how we could tell the difference.
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- These people frequently talked to God,
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- and these people talked to God often.
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- So this is best friend.
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- You say, "So, what?
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- What's a higher than that?"
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- Well, in our society, unfortunately,
- 00:16:40.658 --> 00:16:43.327
- it's difficult sometimes for some people to relate to this,
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- because of the society we live in.
- 00:16:45.663 --> 00:16:47.765
- The sin, the fallen nature that we live in,
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- and it's gotten to such a degree,
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- we don't understand this.
- 00:16:51.335 --> 00:16:52.370
- But I'm going to show you.
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- I'll give it to you in another term.
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- This is the person, that not only are you married to,
- 00:16:55.006 --> 00:16:58.176
- but it's your soulmate -- as Jimmy said a few weeks ago --
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- it's the person you've been married to 35 years,
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- and you lay your life down for that person.
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- That's -- when you see all of a sudden the Lord
- 00:17:05.516 --> 00:17:08.219
- is now your husband.
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- Your spouse.
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- And you enter into a deeper relationship.
- 00:17:11.823 --> 00:17:13.391
- But we're focusing on people who are exploring God
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- this weekend.
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- All right?
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- So let me just show you again -- look back at Mark 4:14.
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- It says: "The sower sows the word.
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- And these are the ones by the wayside
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- where the word is sown.
- 00:17:29.073 --> 00:17:31.075
- When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away
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- the word that was sown in their hearts."
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- Okay, two -- couple things I want to share about this.
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- This is Jesus talking, remember.
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- First of all, I'm -- this is going to shock you.
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- But Satan can take the word out of your heart.
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- That's what Jesus said.
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- So if you disagree with me, I don't need an email on it.
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- Email him.
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- This is in red, by the way, okay?
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- Satan comes immediately and takes away the word
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- that was sown in their hearts.
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- This is why you need to protect your heart,
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- 'cause your heart is the ground that can produce thirty,
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- sixty, or a hundredfold.
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- Or, Satan can take the word out of your heart.
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- So it's very important.
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- Now, you say, "Well, I'm not in that group.
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- I don't need to hear this message."
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- Yes, you do.
- 00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:22.793
- Because even if you're not in the group, exploring God,
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- you know someone in this group.
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- Is that right?
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- You know someone in that group.
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- We -- you're either in this first group, or you know
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- someone in this group.
- 00:18:32.837 --> 00:18:34.038
- And here's what's amazing.
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- Have you ever had someone that you've been working on,
- 00:18:35.540 --> 00:18:38.276
- and they go through a difficulty or a tragedy,
- 00:18:38.276 --> 00:18:41.212
- and they're all of a sudden open to God?
- 00:18:41.212 --> 00:18:43.881
- You ever had that?
- 00:18:43.881 --> 00:18:45.149
- And they're real open to God, and they even talk to you,
- 00:18:45.149 --> 00:18:47.685
- and they ask for your prayers and all.
- 00:18:47.685 --> 00:18:49.120
- And a few weeks go by, and they're not open anymore?
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- You ever seen that?
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- You know why?
- 00:18:53.624 --> 00:18:54.692
- Because Satan followed up on 'em immediately.
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- The word was sown in their heart, and Satan
- 00:18:57.962 --> 00:19:01.365
- came and took it out.
- 00:19:01.365 --> 00:19:03.334
- So I have a question for you.
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- If Satan follows up on people immediately,
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- why don't we?
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- Why don't we follow up on 'em immediately?
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- Okay.
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- Now, this same parable in Mark 4 is in Matthew 13
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- and Luke 8.
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- You don't need to turn to those, but I'm just going to
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- read you that one verse in those passages as well,
- 00:19:19.150 --> 00:19:22.186
- and hopefully, the next few weeks, you could read this
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- in all the gospels, and maybe in different versions.
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- Matthew 13:19 says: "When anyone hears the word
- 00:19:28.292 --> 00:19:31.963
- of the Kingdom" when anyone hears the word of the Kingdom,
- 00:19:31.963 --> 00:19:35.199
- the gospel: "And does not understand it,
- 00:19:35.199 --> 00:19:39.370
- the wicked one comes -- then the wicked one comes
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- and snatches away what was sown in his heart."
- 00:19:41.939 --> 00:19:46.577
- Now, why does God want you to understand it?
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- Well, Luke 8 tells us.
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- Again, same verse.
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- Luke 8:12.
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- "Those by the wayside are the ones who hear.
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- Then the devil comes and takes away the word out of
- 00:19:55.653 --> 00:19:58.756
- their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved."
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- Did I not tell you that these people haven't been saved yet?
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- See?
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- Lest they believe and be saved.
- 00:20:10.801 --> 00:20:13.371
- Here are three things that you need to know
- 00:20:13.371 --> 00:20:16.140
- if you're in the exploring God group,
- 00:20:16.140 --> 00:20:18.609
- so that you can understand the word, and be saved.
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- Number one, this is on salvation,
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- it's not based on works.
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- It's not based on works.
- 00:20:28.052 --> 00:20:30.755
- Ephesians 2:8-9 says: "For by grace you have
- 00:20:30.755 --> 00:20:34.258
- been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves.
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- It is the gift of God, not of works,
- 00:20:38.929 --> 00:20:42.533
- lest anyone should boast."
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- Listen, I've got good news for you.
- 00:20:44.702 --> 00:20:46.704
- If you want to go to heaven, it's not based on your works.
- 00:20:46.704 --> 00:20:50.675
- That's good news.
- 00:20:50.675 --> 00:20:52.043
- It's based on his work.
- 00:20:52.043 --> 00:20:54.178
- John 6:28-29.
- 00:20:54.178 --> 00:20:56.280
- "They said to him, 'What shall we do, that we may work
- 00:20:56.280 --> 00:20:59.383
- the works of God?'"
- 00:20:59.383 --> 00:21:02.286
- Even plural, work the works, plural, of God.
- 00:21:02.286 --> 00:21:04.622
- "Jesus answered and said to them, 'This is the work of God,
- 00:21:04.622 --> 00:21:08.659
- that you believe in him whom he sent.'"
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- That's how you get saved.
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- Now, let me just say something, by the way, okay?
- 00:21:13.531 --> 00:21:16.267
- These people are still growing.
- 00:21:16.267 --> 00:21:17.935
- I have noticed, more than anything,
- 00:21:17.935 --> 00:21:21.038
- one of the greatest battles against people I know
- 00:21:21.038 --> 00:21:24.041
- who are in this group, it's to get them back in works.
- 00:21:24.041 --> 00:21:27.945
- It's amazing to me.
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- Because when you got saved, you knew that you didn't
- 00:21:30.214 --> 00:21:33.417
- deserve it.
- 00:21:33.417 --> 00:21:34.618
- There was no doubt, you didn't deserve it.
- 00:21:34.618 --> 00:21:36.687
- But now, it's 20 years later.
- 00:21:36.687 --> 00:21:38.856
- And you're a leader in the church, and you know
- 00:21:38.856 --> 00:21:40.491
- the Word of God, and you tithe.
- 00:21:40.491 --> 00:21:45.129
- You still don't deserve it.
- 00:21:45.129 --> 00:21:47.198
- It's still by his grace.
- 00:21:47.198 --> 00:21:49.166
- It's by his grace.
- 00:21:49.166 --> 00:21:50.201
- Ephesians says it's a gift.
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- It's a gift.
- 00:21:52.303 --> 00:21:53.304
- So, point number one, it's not by works.
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- Here's number two, it's a free gift.
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- I've got even better news for you.
- 00:21:58.342 --> 00:21:59.677
- Not only is it a gift, it's free.
- 00:21:59.677 --> 00:22:02.279
- Romans 6:23 says: "For the wages of sin is death,"
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- notice, wages, that's what you get if you work for it.
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- That's what you get paid, death.
- 00:22:09.120 --> 00:22:11.922
- "But the free gift of God is eternal life through
- 00:22:11.922 --> 00:22:17.461
- Jesus Christ our Lord."
- 00:22:17.461 --> 00:22:19.363
- I know there's an old hymn, but listen to me carefully.
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- Jesus paid it all.
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- He did not make a down payment on your salvation,
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- and you have to pay the rest.
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- He paid it all.
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- You just -- that's good -- is that good news?
- 00:22:32.443 --> 00:22:34.044
- That's good news, isn't it?
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- He paid it all.
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- You just receive it.
- 00:22:37.548 --> 00:22:39.483
- It's like he made a deposit in your name, and if you'll
- 00:22:39.483 --> 00:22:45.055
- just go and sign up, you can receive it.
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- That's what this is.
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- And here's number three, it's easy to receive.
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- We're talking about salvation.
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- It's easy to receive.
- 00:22:55.699 --> 00:22:57.334
- Romans 10:9 says: "If you confess with your mouth
- 00:22:57.334 --> 00:22:59.870
- the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised
- 00:22:59.870 --> 00:23:03.674
- him from the dead, you will be saved."
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- That's the Bible.
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- Don't complicate what God made simple.
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- God took the most complicated issue in the world,
- 00:23:14.952 --> 00:23:19.223
- how can a sinful person have a relationship
- 00:23:19.223 --> 00:23:21.192
- with a holy God, and he made it simple.
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- Confess with your mouth, and believe in your heart.
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- And you'll be saved.
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- That's pretty simple, isn't it?
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- And if you are here today, and you're in this group,
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- Exploring God, I'm telling you, it's easy.
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- It's easy; you just have to believe that it's by grace
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- that you get saved; not of your works.
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- ROBERT: A few years ago, Debbie and I
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- were in Guatemala, and we took an afternoon,
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- and just went by some shops there.
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- And we walked into this shop, and we heard Christian music.
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- So I found the owner and I said to him,
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- "Are you a Christian?"
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- And he said, "No, I'm not."
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- I said, "Why are you playing this music?"
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- He said, "I like it.
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- There's something about it that I like."
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- And I said to him, "Did you know that it's easy
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- to become a Christian?"
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- And he said, "No.
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- I've heard just the opposite."
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- And I said, "Oh, no.
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- It's very easy."
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- And I took a few moments and explained to him
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- exactly what I've told you in this message,
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- that God took the most complicated issue in the world,
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- and that is how can a sinful person
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- be in a relationship with a holy God, and God made it simple,
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- because Jesus Christ, his Son, died for our sins.
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- I'd like for you to accept Jesus right now,
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- as your personal Lord and Savior.
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- Just take a few moments right now, and just follow me
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- in this prayer.
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- Just say, "Dear God, thank you for sending your Son
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- to die for my sins.
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- And I receive you today, as my Lord and as my Savior."
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- Hey, if you prayed that prayer, according to the Word of God,
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- you're a Christian now.
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- And we'd love to help you and send you some resources
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- to help you in your new relationship with Christ.
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- And I want to encourage all of you, watch next week,
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- because I'm going to continue this series.
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- We're going to talk about where we are, and how we go to
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- the next step in our relationship with Christ.
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- God bless you.
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- ANNOUNCER: The Christian life isn't a destination,
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- it's a journey.
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- A journey to purpose, power, and productivity
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- in God's Kingdom.
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- In this, "You Are Here" series, Pastor Robert
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- takes a practical look at four specific milestones
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- that we encounter in our journey:
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- Fellowship, relationship, discipleship, and lordship.
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- As you discover the nature of these milestones,
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- you'll come to identify precisely where you are
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- on this growth path, and more importantly,
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- how to get to your destination; God's highest and best
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- for your life.
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- Pastor Robert explains the pitfalls that we face
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- in each season of our journey,
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- and he offers practical and biblical steps
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- to help us continue to move forward.
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- The spiritual truths which he shares will encourage
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- and strengthen you, as you navigate life's ups and downs.
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- We want you to have a copy of this life-changing series
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