WEBVTT - Invisible Prisons

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, this is Stephen Ferdik.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm the pastor of Elevation Church and this is our podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>And I wanted to thank you for joining us today.

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<v Speaker 2>Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith. Hope

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<v Speaker 2>it gives your perspective to see God is moving.

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<v Speaker 1>In your life. Enjoy the message.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's get into the scripture now, the Book of Matthew

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<v Speaker 2>chapter eleven, verse two and three. And as I share

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<v Speaker 2>this with you today, I pray that it'll be a

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<v Speaker 2>very personal experience for you. Matthew chapter eleven, Versus two

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<v Speaker 2>and three. When John, who was in prison, heard about

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<v Speaker 2>the deeds of the Messiah, he sent his disciples to

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<v Speaker 2>ask him, are you the one who is to come?

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<v Speaker 1>Or should we expect someone else?

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<v Speaker 2>And really let's focus on the first part of that,

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<v Speaker 2>when John who was in prison, You'll find my message

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<v Speaker 2>right between those commas in that little clause when John

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<v Speaker 2>and here's the phrase, who was in prison? Today, I

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<v Speaker 2>like to speak to you about invisible prisons. Invisible prisons,

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<v Speaker 2>and let's pray one more time. God, you hold the keys,

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<v Speaker 2>you have all authority, your sovereign and we believe that

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<v Speaker 2>you can do anything. Now enable your servants to have

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<v Speaker 2>the kind of faith that will connect with Heaven, get

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<v Speaker 2>us past the point of our own perspective, and help

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<v Speaker 2>us to see things like you see him for a

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<v Speaker 2>few minutes. We believe that if we do, things will

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<v Speaker 2>change in our lives. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen,

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<v Speaker 2>you may.

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<v Speaker 1>Be seated low ocd. My Bible was on the wrong

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<v Speaker 1>side of the thing. I have to keep it a

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<v Speaker 1>certain way.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, it's funny when you're married to somebody,

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<v Speaker 2>you notice all these little things about them.

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<v Speaker 1>Now listen, this is not hyperbole.

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<v Speaker 2>Holly Ferdick is pretty much the perfect wife. We don't

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<v Speaker 2>have the perfect marriage, but she's like, you know, nine

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<v Speaker 2>point nine nine out of ten on the way, and

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<v Speaker 2>even look at me, Look at me. I'm not just

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<v Speaker 2>earning points up here trying to get something started in

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<v Speaker 2>the afternoon after I preach.

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<v Speaker 1>I promise you she really is.

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<v Speaker 2>And even when we miss each other just by that

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<v Speaker 2>point zero zero zero zero zero one.

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<v Speaker 1>It's usually just she's even trying.

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<v Speaker 2>And sometimes it's just like she loves me so much

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<v Speaker 2>and messes things up, you know, like she she used

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<v Speaker 2>to introduce me. We would go to the different campuses

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<v Speaker 2>and have a campus vision night, and so we'd be

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<v Speaker 2>like at University City or at Riverwalk the artist formerly

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<v Speaker 2>known as Rock Hill, and she get up to introduce

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<v Speaker 2>me like she'd she'd read a scripture, greet the people,

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<v Speaker 2>and she would tell them, now, in a few moments,

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<v Speaker 2>our pastor is gonna come preach and let me tell

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<v Speaker 2>you it's going to be a good one tonight. And

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<v Speaker 2>they cheer a little bit, and she'd say, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm telling you he's been studying all day. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>to tell you he hadn't come out of his room.

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<v Speaker 2>I went in the room and he was on his

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<v Speaker 2>face on the carpet, seeking God and worshiping God. And

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<v Speaker 2>and then he and then he on the way over,

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<v Speaker 2>he had a napkin out and he was writing his

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<v Speaker 2>sermon notes on a napkin.

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<v Speaker 1>And he's just fired up. And I've never seen him

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<v Speaker 1>this fired up.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think tonight might be the best message that

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<v Speaker 2>he's ever going to preach in his life. And I'm like,

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<v Speaker 2>shut up, this is too much presser, Like I cannot

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<v Speaker 2>take the expectations. And it's like ah, like everything she says,

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<v Speaker 2>it's like I can't possibly make it this good.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, get up and tell him.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been sick and uh and the kids have been

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<v Speaker 2>crazy and it's just a miracle that I'm here. And then,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I could just jump over that. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I could dunk on that. Just set the goal about

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<v Speaker 2>five feet, I could.

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<v Speaker 1>Dunk on that.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what I'm saying, because she puts it up

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<v Speaker 2>so high I can't possibly reach it. It's about expectations.

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<v Speaker 2>Marriage is about expectations. I could I could preach a

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<v Speaker 2>seminar on that. Let's do another time, because it's just

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<v Speaker 2>the idea of when you don't understand someone's expectations, you

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<v Speaker 2>can't make sense of their disappointments.

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<v Speaker 1>And faith when you get.

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<v Speaker 2>To the essence of it is an expectation, a confident

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<v Speaker 2>assurance that a negative circumstance still holds the potential to

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<v Speaker 2>produce great purpose in my life. Come on, shout on that.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna teach you all where to shout. Y'all been

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<v Speaker 2>coming to church too many years to not know where

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<v Speaker 2>the shouting part is.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the shouting part.

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<v Speaker 2>Means I can walk into something dark and light it

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<v Speaker 2>up because of my faith, because the light of the

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<v Speaker 2>world lives in me. You say, Jesus is the light

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<v Speaker 2>of the world. Absolutely he is, but guess where he lives.

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<v Speaker 2>It's an expectation. Faith is an expectation to know that,

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<v Speaker 2>even if the sequence of things doesn't make sense in

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<v Speaker 2>my life, that God, who lives outside of time because

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<v Speaker 2>he is eternal, knows the end from the beginning. So

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<v Speaker 2>then I have to trust him with element op if

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<v Speaker 2>he is Z and A, and if A is related

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<v Speaker 2>to Z, because he is Alpha and Omega beginning in

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<v Speaker 2>the end, the first and the last. My faith is

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<v Speaker 2>an expectation that before the movie even starts, he's already

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<v Speaker 2>shot the closing scene. It helps me to know today

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<v Speaker 2>that I don't have to live in suspense as to

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<v Speaker 2>whether or not I will see the goodness of the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord in the land of the living. Because faith is

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<v Speaker 2>an expectation. Faith enables me to wake up in the

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<v Speaker 2>morning knowing that surely goodness and mercy will follow me

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<v Speaker 2>all the days of my life. And since this is

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<v Speaker 2>one of the days of my life, Goodness and mercy

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<v Speaker 2>are my bodyguards, one on my right and one on

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<v Speaker 2>my left. You can't see them there invisible, but if

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<v Speaker 2>you look real close, I've got security. Tell somebody, say

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<v Speaker 2>I got security, goodness, and mercy. The favor of the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord is the filter through which I view the fights

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<v Speaker 2>of my life. Knowing this that he who began a

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<v Speaker 2>good work in me will be faithful to complete it.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't know when, don't know how, not even sure what

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<v Speaker 2>he's doing yet. But my faith gives me an expectation.

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<v Speaker 2>Now unto him who is able to do immeasurably more

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<v Speaker 2>than we ask or imagine, according to his power that

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<v Speaker 2>works mightily in us, not according to my preference, not

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<v Speaker 2>according to my understanding or the finite finite you know, small, little,

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<v Speaker 2>puny way that I tend to come at situations. But

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<v Speaker 2>my faith is an expectation, and this expectation is contagious.

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<v Speaker 2>Talk about talk about expectations.

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<v Speaker 1>Man John, the Baptist who we just read about, he was.

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<v Speaker 2>He was really, really familiar with the pressure of high

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<v Speaker 2>expectations because he was a miraculous, miraculously born baby, and

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<v Speaker 2>an angel prophesied his birth, and in fact, when his mother,

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<v Speaker 2>Elizabeth got pregnant, you know, his father Zachariah, was so

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<v Speaker 2>shocked by it that he told the angel it couldn't

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<v Speaker 2>happen because they were kind of old and so his expectation.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, with age, one thing can happen. With age.

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<v Speaker 2>That's good, you can get experience, but it can diminish expectation.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you know what I mean by that?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm looking for over forty because I'm not there yet.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm familiar with this. But John was born. Before he

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<v Speaker 2>was born, you have to understand that he was the

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<v Speaker 2>voice that prepared the way for the Lord that the

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<v Speaker 2>entire nation was expecting to.

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<v Speaker 1>Deliver them from oppression.

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<v Speaker 2>That was their expectation of the Messiah, and they looked

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<v Speaker 2>for for hundreds of years, in centuries, so that this

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<v Speaker 2>generation that was alive at the time the birth of

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<v Speaker 2>Christ had heard the stories, the rumors, and the rumblings

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<v Speaker 2>about the possibility and potential of his coming into the world,

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<v Speaker 2>and this expectation from their heart was that he would

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<v Speaker 2>then set them free from oppression, whether economic or political,

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<v Speaker 2>or deliver them from their circumstantial containment. There's an expectation,

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<v Speaker 2>and one thing you got to do when you have

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<v Speaker 2>an expectation is make sure that you connect yourself with

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<v Speaker 2>people who have a similar expectation. And this is important

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<v Speaker 2>because expectation is contagious. Say that out loud, expectation is contagious.

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<v Speaker 2>Those of you watching this message, you didn't get to

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<v Speaker 2>be with us in worship. I had everybody in the

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<v Speaker 2>church turn to each other, and I had them check

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<v Speaker 2>with their neighbor and make sure that their neighbor was

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<v Speaker 2>the right neighbor, because I don't want I'm sitting next

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<v Speaker 2>to anybody who's not expecting God to speak today, just

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<v Speaker 2>going to play something on their phone, you know, Candy

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<v Speaker 2>Crush or whatever game is popular. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't play that.

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<v Speaker 2>I read my Bible in my free times. Kidding, I

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<v Speaker 2>was kidding. I read my Bible, watch YouTube in my

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<v Speaker 2>free time. But but I was just having him check,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, because expectation is contagious.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's how contagious it is.

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<v Speaker 2>When John the Baptist was still in Elizabeth's womb, an

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<v Speaker 2>angel appeared six months after Elizabeth got pregnant with John

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<v Speaker 2>the Baptist to Mary, who was a relative of Elizabeth.

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<v Speaker 2>Now you know, Mary, Mary, did you know from Christmas?

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<v Speaker 2>She was told that she was going to have a

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<v Speaker 2>baby and she hadn't had relations. And it's kind of

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<v Speaker 2>hard to believe a revelation that completely contradicts the circumstances.

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<v Speaker 1>Surrounding it.

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<v Speaker 2>So the first thing that she did when the angel

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<v Speaker 2>left was going to the hill country to see her

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<v Speaker 2>relative named Elizabeth, because the Angel said, she's also expecting.

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<v Speaker 2>The best thing you can do when you are expecting

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<v Speaker 2>is to get around somebody.

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<v Speaker 1>Else who's expecting.

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<v Speaker 2>If you get around somebody who's expecting, your expect will rise.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why I come to.

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<v Speaker 2>Church, to be honest with you, because you know what,

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<v Speaker 2>I could watch it on my phone, but there's something

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<v Speaker 2>about being in an atmosphere with people who are also expected.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what, if you're watching this message in your house,

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<v Speaker 2>next time you watch it, invite somebody over and you'll

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<v Speaker 2>drink some coffee together and get some expectation between the

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<v Speaker 2>two of you, and get a Bible, and break out

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<v Speaker 2>your Bible and stand up on your feet while I'm preaching.

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<v Speaker 2>Even if you're watching in your kitchen, if you got

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<v Speaker 2>somebody next to you, grab them right now and tell

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<v Speaker 2>them I'm expecting something. And what I need is somebody

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<v Speaker 2>who will help me with this expectation, because if I

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<v Speaker 2>don't get around somebody who's expecting something.

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<v Speaker 1>This is so real.

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<v Speaker 2>This is so real that we've got worship leaders in

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<v Speaker 2>this church who lead worship and don't even have a microphone.

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<v Speaker 2>Because when we're pulling in today, Graham, who's eleven, said

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<v Speaker 2>to me, we listened to hes Ki Walker on the

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<v Speaker 2>way to church today, so I had I had the

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<v Speaker 2>I had the car bumping on the way in the

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<v Speaker 2>parking lot. And then we moved over into Israel Hoten

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<v Speaker 2>circa two thousand and.

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<v Speaker 1>Six, and and then.

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<v Speaker 2>We pulled by the parking team and do you know

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<v Speaker 2>my son said to me when we pulled by the

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<v Speaker 2>parking team, he said, I love that guy.

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<v Speaker 1>Now this is Graham. Graham doesn't has never even said

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<v Speaker 1>he loved me, but.

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<v Speaker 2>He he was like, I love him. You can tell

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<v Speaker 2>he's excited. Graham never said I love Chris Brown.

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<v Speaker 1>He never said it.

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<v Speaker 2>Once ever, But that parking attendant, Graham said, he does

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<v Speaker 2>so much for our church.

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<v Speaker 1>What could we do for him? But it was a

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<v Speaker 1>childlike faith.

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<v Speaker 2>And I promise I'm gonna talk about John the Baptist

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<v Speaker 2>in a minute. But it's the craziest thing that when

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<v Speaker 2>somebody is also expecting, you know, it created an expectation.

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<v Speaker 1>Even in the.

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<v Speaker 2>Parking lot, my son felt something. What he felt though

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<v Speaker 2>he didn't know it was the Holy Spirit in that man,

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<v Speaker 2>the Holy Spirit in that man who didn't need a microphone.

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<v Speaker 1>He had an orange baton, and he was expecting that

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<v Speaker 1>when you pull in my.

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<v Speaker 2>Parking lot, you're pulling up on the holy ground. So

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<v Speaker 2>get ready something good. I'm expecting something. So when Elizabeth

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<v Speaker 2>and Mary got together.

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<v Speaker 1>Mary said, Oh, I just got bumped.

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<v Speaker 2>Mary said, what do you mean I just got This

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<v Speaker 2>is the new modern steam for the translation of Bible.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you mean you just got bumped?

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<v Speaker 2>She said, When you got here, the baby in your

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<v Speaker 2>womb made the baby in my womb leap for joy.

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<v Speaker 2>Now you can't see it, it's invisible.

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<v Speaker 1>But something in.

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<v Speaker 2>You, the Jesus in you, the Christ in you.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna calm down in a minute and preach.

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<v Speaker 2>But somebody who's got a purpose on the inside. Sound

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<v Speaker 2>like you're expecting the greatest page.

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<v Speaker 1>Of your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on on, every campus, Let's take nineteen seconds and

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<v Speaker 2>praise a minute. There. It's all right, it's all right,

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<v Speaker 2>it's all right to be expected, it's all right, it's

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<v Speaker 2>all right. It's all right to love Jesus. It's all

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<v Speaker 2>right to be enthusiastic.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all right.

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<v Speaker 3>It's all right, to lift up your eyes to the

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<v Speaker 3>hills and know where your health comes from.

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<v Speaker 2>Expectation is contagious, so is skepticism. Sit down, We gotta

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<v Speaker 2>modulate because a lot has happened since John the Baptist

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<v Speaker 2>was jumping up and down in Elizabeth's womb as a fetus.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what I mean?

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<v Speaker 2>Like a lot happens between when something gets birthed the

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<v Speaker 2>point now where he's he started his ministry. He's like,

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<v Speaker 2>he's been doing his job. You've been doing your job.

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<v Speaker 2>Just remember the Titans.

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<v Speaker 1>You've been doing your job. He's been doing his job.

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<v Speaker 2>And Jesus now is really really getting He's getting popular.

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<v Speaker 2>He's blowing up, as some would say.

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<v Speaker 1>Now this is not before the blow up.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus is blowing all the way up, all the way up.

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<v Speaker 1>And John, according to the text, is in prison.

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<v Speaker 2>When John first saw Jesus as an adult, and whether

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<v Speaker 2>or not they had much contact during their teenage years

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<v Speaker 2>is not recorded in scripture. But one thing we know

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<v Speaker 2>is that when John saw Jesus at one point when

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<v Speaker 2>he was baptized in the Jordan River, John identified Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>not by the activities that he did, but he identified

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<v Speaker 2>him based on the essence of who he was, which

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<v Speaker 2>is really important in how we relate to God, because

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<v Speaker 2>if we only learn to identify God by what he

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<v Speaker 2>does and what he does for us, then our expectation

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<v Speaker 2>will be attached to his activity, and that's dangerous. It's

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<v Speaker 2>very dangerous to have. It's very dangerous to have a

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<v Speaker 2>low expectation of God. Then you just live the life

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<v Speaker 2>at the level of your disappointments and then wonder why

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<v Speaker 2>everything turns out exactly the way you imagined it to

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<v Speaker 2>turn out because you didn't have any faith for anything else.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a self fulfilling prophecy.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's also very dangerous to have an expectation of

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<v Speaker 2>God that is not congruent with his character. And this

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<v Speaker 2>is where it gets difficult for us. Because dancing baby

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<v Speaker 2>he's in the womb is one thing. But now when

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<v Speaker 2>John who was in prison, not in prison for a

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<v Speaker 2>meth laugh, not in prison because you know, not in

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<v Speaker 2>prison for a domestic disturbance, in prison for standing up

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<v Speaker 2>to a wicked king herod and because he wouldn't say

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<v Speaker 2>what was expected of him to be said, because he

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<v Speaker 2>was a prophet and he didn't operate like that, and

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<v Speaker 2>he was kind of rough, y'all.

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<v Speaker 1>John the Baptist was. If he had a Twitter account,

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<v Speaker 1>it would.

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<v Speaker 2>Definitely it would definitely need to be suspended. He would

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<v Speaker 2>definitely be deplatformed in this day. In this PC day,

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<v Speaker 2>John the Baptist would not have much of an audience,

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<v Speaker 2>but he was very popular in his time until Jesus came.

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<v Speaker 2>And when Jesus came, he said, look, Lamb of God

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<v Speaker 2>takes away his sins of the world. Don't follow me,

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<v Speaker 2>follow him John three thirty. He must become greater. I

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<v Speaker 2>must become less. Follow him, not me. Whole reason I'm

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<v Speaker 2>here his point to him. Here he is, y'all, go

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<v Speaker 2>with him. I'm gonna do my thing. I prepared to wagh.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just a voice. I'm not the one. I'm just

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<v Speaker 2>a voice pointing.

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<v Speaker 1>To the one. So I know my place.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm gonna fall back now so he can do

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<v Speaker 2>what he came to do, and what he came to

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<v Speaker 2>do watch this was to judge the unwickedness and to

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<v Speaker 2>bring the people to repentance. That was John's favorite message.

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<v Speaker 2>He loved that word repent He just preached.

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<v Speaker 1>It all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>And when they would come out to be baptized by him.

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<v Speaker 2>He would call him names. He one time called the

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<v Speaker 2>Pharisees a brute of vipers. I thought that would be

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<v Speaker 2>an interesting way to welcome the campuses one weekend. And

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<v Speaker 2>yet there was a prophetic power to his ministry that

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<v Speaker 2>people were attracted to because he would say things that

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<v Speaker 2>were true, whether they wanted them to be true or not.

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<v Speaker 2>And yet that same spirit. And I really want to

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<v Speaker 2>isolate this. I didn't do it last night, but I

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<v Speaker 2>was thinking the same thing that made him so great

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<v Speaker 2>got him in trouble, the same thing that made him

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<v Speaker 2>able to just take a stand. And I'm not moving.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is how it's gonna be. Repent, Repent, repent.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me show you one example. Can I show you

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<v Speaker 2>one example of what his message was? So he's out

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<v Speaker 2>baptizing at the Jordan, he baptized Jesus. He said, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not worthy to untie your thong of your sandaljes said,

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<v Speaker 2>we got to do it to fulfill all righteousness is proper,

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<v Speaker 2>it's appropriate. Stop thinking about how you think it needs

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<v Speaker 2>to be, and I'm telling you how it needs to be.

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<v Speaker 2>You're just the voice. You're the You're not the message.

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<v Speaker 2>You're just the voice. Again, You're not the message, You're

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<v Speaker 2>just the voice. One more time, You're not the message,

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<v Speaker 2>You're just the voice. And so he baptized Jesus in obedience,

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<v Speaker 2>even though it didn't make sense.

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<v Speaker 1>And now watch this.

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<v Speaker 2>This is something that he said that shows us what

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<v Speaker 2>his expectation was.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't understand his expectation, you can't make sense of his disappointment.

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<v Speaker 2>This was his expectation of the Messiah. This was his

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<v Speaker 2>expectation of the one that he gave, gave away his

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<v Speaker 2>ministry to. This was his expectation of the Lamb of God,

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<v Speaker 2>who takes away the sin of the world and is

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<v Speaker 2>found in Matthew chapter three. Watch this, he's talking to

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<v Speaker 2>the crowds. I baptize you with water for repentance. But

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<v Speaker 2>after me comes one who is more powerful than I,

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<v Speaker 2>who sandals I am not worthy to carry. He'll baptize

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<v Speaker 2>you with the Holy Spirit and fire. Watch this verse twelve.

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<v Speaker 2>His winnowing fork is in hand. Ooh, that's what you

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<v Speaker 2>used to get the chaf owl, the wickedness. You winnow

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<v Speaker 2>it out, and you separate the sheep from the goats,

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<v Speaker 2>the good from the bad, the righteous from the wicked.

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<v Speaker 2>He's got his winnowing fork. He's here now, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>about to go down. It's about to get good. The

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<v Speaker 2>Lamb of God is here, and he's got his winnowing

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<v Speaker 2>fork in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor,

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<v Speaker 2>gathering his wheat into the bar and burning up the

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<v Speaker 2>chaff with unquenchable fire. It's about to be fired. The

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<v Speaker 2>Son of God is here. It's about to be fire.

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<v Speaker 2>He's got a fork and he's about to start a fire.

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<v Speaker 2>And he's burning up all y'all that don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>do it, and get right and get left, and you

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<v Speaker 2>know all this stuff he had John the Baptist had

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<v Speaker 2>a church sign. It would have all those things about

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<v Speaker 2>hell on it, you know, about the fire and the

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<v Speaker 2>wicked and the righteous and turn or burn and you know.

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<v Speaker 1>And he's got his fork in one hand. Now watch this.

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<v Speaker 2>He's in prison now. He's in prison now, and something

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<v Speaker 2>is making him doubt what he was so sure about

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<v Speaker 2>from the time even before he was born, what he

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<v Speaker 2>knew before he was even born, he's now doubting in

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<v Speaker 2>this prison. Sends messengers one hundred miles on foot just

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<v Speaker 2>to ask Jesus one question, and I get it, because

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<v Speaker 2>you know we're supposed to be partners. And here I

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<v Speaker 2>am in prison, and all I keep seeing is you

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<v Speaker 2>healing people, blessing people.

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<v Speaker 1>All I see.

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<v Speaker 2>All I keep seeing is the reports of how awesome

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<v Speaker 2>it's going for you. But I stood up to a

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<v Speaker 2>king and I'm here in prison, and here's what he's wondering.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you catch it? In the verse? He said, are

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<v Speaker 2>you the one? Or should we expect someone else? In

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<v Speaker 2>other words, is it always gonna be like this? In

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<v Speaker 2>other words, I thought I thought I thought you were

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<v Speaker 2>gonna Have you ever thought God was gonna where'd y'all go?

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<v Speaker 2>Y'all were fired up when we had a little praise

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<v Speaker 2>moment and all that. Have you ever thought God was

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<v Speaker 2>gonna you? Have you ever wondered? Because John the Baptist

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<v Speaker 2>is just wondering. He's just wondering. He's not denying Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>He's not. He's not.

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<v Speaker 2>He's not turning away from the sovereign Lord who bought him.

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<v Speaker 1>He's not.

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<v Speaker 2>He's he's he's.

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<v Speaker 1>Not contradicting what he said to begin with.

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<v Speaker 2>He's just thinking, Now, maybe God isn't what I thought

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<v Speaker 2>he was. Maybe the one that I trusted in maybe

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<v Speaker 2>I trusted in the wrong one.

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<v Speaker 1>Now you don't say it.

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<v Speaker 2>Like that, because if you said it like that, you

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<v Speaker 2>would be scared. God would hit you with the lightning bolt.

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<v Speaker 2>But you just send messengers. You don't say it like

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<v Speaker 2>that directly, but indirectly. Somebody came in here wondering, and

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<v Speaker 2>you don't talk about this.

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<v Speaker 1>You're you're wondering.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, God made some promises and and here's the

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<v Speaker 2>here's the interesting thing about it. A lot of times

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<v Speaker 2>our entire faith journey is sabotaged because of our expectation

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<v Speaker 2>of salvation when it gets started. And I'm not sure

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<v Speaker 2>that as preachers we've been very responsible about it, because

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of times we will preach that salvation from

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<v Speaker 2>your sin is a one time event. In fact, it

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<v Speaker 2>is you will never pay the penalty of your sin.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus is the lamb of God. This is what John

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<v Speaker 2>knu who takes.

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<v Speaker 1>Away the sin of the world. But the power of.

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<v Speaker 2>Sin is very different than the penalty of sin, and

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<v Speaker 2>the patterns of sin are very different than the penalty

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<v Speaker 2>of sin. So when we preach that you've been forgiven

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<v Speaker 2>of your sin, you are set free from the penalty

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<v Speaker 2>of your sin. But if the pattern of your sin

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<v Speaker 2>has been ingrained not only just throughout your lifetime, but

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<v Speaker 2>some of it is even generational, and some addictions that

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<v Speaker 2>you are fighting against, you know, the invisible.

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<v Speaker 1>Prisons that you live in, the things that you do

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<v Speaker 1>over and over again.

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<v Speaker 2>I was thinking about how some of us are in

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<v Speaker 2>invisible prisons today. Even as we try to appear free

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<v Speaker 2>to people, there is a spiritual depression on so many,

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<v Speaker 2>so many thousands that I will preach to this weekend,

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<v Speaker 2>and nobody can see it because we paint the walls

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<v Speaker 2>with a smile, but we live behind bars on the inside.

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<v Speaker 1>It's an invisible prison.

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<v Speaker 2>It's ways of thinking and reasoning and fearing. Because when

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<v Speaker 2>I realized John was in two different prisons at the same.

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<v Speaker 1>Time, it clarified the text for me.

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<v Speaker 2>One was the one that herod Antipus put him in

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<v Speaker 2>for saying what he didn't want to hear. But the

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<v Speaker 2>other one was an invisible prison. The other one is

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<v Speaker 2>one that I'm all too familiar with. This is the

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<v Speaker 2>prison of your expectations, This is the prison of your plans,

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<v Speaker 2>This is the prison of what you thought God was

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<v Speaker 2>going to do. You know, hey, go ask Jesus, are

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<v Speaker 2>you the one? Because uh, I told everybody you're the one.

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<v Speaker 2>I told everybody you had your fork, You've got to

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<v Speaker 2>start a fire.

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<v Speaker 1>Watch what the messengers say back to John.

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<v Speaker 2>They say, Jeuz, reply, go back and report to jarn

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<v Speaker 2>what you hear and see Look at this list. The

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<v Speaker 2>blind receives sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy

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<v Speaker 2>are cleansed the death. Here the dead are raised, and

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<v Speaker 2>the good news is proclaimed to the poor. Blessed is

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<v Speaker 2>anyone who does not stumble on account of me. Watch

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<v Speaker 2>what wasn't in that verse? The fork and the fire. Jesus,

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<v Speaker 2>this wasn't doing any of the things that John wanted

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<v Speaker 2>him to do. Read the list again. The blind received site,

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<v Speaker 2>the lame walk, those who have leprosy or cleanse the death.

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<v Speaker 2>Here the dead or rays, and the good news is

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<v Speaker 2>proclaimed to the fore go tell John that. And John's like,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just checking, Jesus, where's the fork? Where's the fire?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, WTF? You ever had a moment? Why y'all

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<v Speaker 2>hate me today?

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<v Speaker 1>He never had a where's the fork? Where's the fire?

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<v Speaker 2>Jo?

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<v Speaker 1>John is having a moment.

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<v Speaker 2>John is in a WTF moment with the Lord, walk

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<v Speaker 2>out if you want to. But if you'll be really honest,

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<v Speaker 2>if you'll be really honest, there are some things in

0:28:03.760 --> 0:28:07.280
<v Speaker 2>your life you're trying to figure out. Right now, Come on,

0:28:07.400 --> 0:28:12.720
<v Speaker 2>where is it? Where is it? What in the world

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<v Speaker 2>is this? Somebody show what is this?

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<v Speaker 1>What is this? Yeah? Yeah, I don't know. I just

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<v Speaker 1>need to know because I.

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<v Speaker 2>Thought you were gonna and that is the prison that

0:28:25.920 --> 0:28:28.760
<v Speaker 2>we spend so much of our lives in what we

0:28:29.040 --> 0:28:30.479
<v Speaker 2>thought God was gonna do.

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<v Speaker 1>But I got a question for you.

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<v Speaker 2>What if He really is able to do immeasurably more

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<v Speaker 2>than you ask her. Imagine what if he wants to

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<v Speaker 2>do something so much better than your mic can comprehend?

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<v Speaker 1>Is you be open to that?

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<v Speaker 2>What if God didn't want to meet your expectations because

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<v Speaker 2>he wanted to exceed them? And now I'm gonna make

0:29:03.440 --> 0:29:05.560
<v Speaker 2>you sit back down because You're not gonna like this.

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<v Speaker 2>The way he grows my faith.

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<v Speaker 1>Is usually to disappoint my expectation. John's like this, This

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<v Speaker 1>is what I gave up my ministry for.

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<v Speaker 2>This. I gave my life to Jesus and I'm still

0:29:33.240 --> 0:29:38.680
<v Speaker 2>struggling with depression and anxiety. This because it was your

0:29:38.760 --> 0:29:43.120
<v Speaker 2>expectation of deliverance that is causing your disappointment.

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<v Speaker 1>Go tell John wishes blind c the death here the

0:29:50.000 --> 0:29:50.640
<v Speaker 1>lame walk.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell him, I'm touching people that nobody else would touch,

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<v Speaker 2>that were quarantined because of this dreadful disease called leprosy,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're able to go to their family because they're

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<v Speaker 2>cleansed and they can live their life. Tell him all that,

0:30:04.880 --> 0:30:06.440
<v Speaker 2>But you know he's not making this upright. This is

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<v Speaker 2>what he came to do. This is what he announced

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<v Speaker 2>that he came to do. In Luke chapter four, he said,

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<v Speaker 2>the spirit of the Lord is on me because he's

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<v Speaker 2>quote in Isaiah sixty one, because he is fulfilling the prophecy,

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<v Speaker 2>not fulfilling their preferences. Fulfilling the prophecy. It's very different.

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<v Speaker 2>He's fulfilling what he said. He was not what they

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<v Speaker 2>thought he was going to be. That's what God is

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<v Speaker 2>trying to deliver us from, you see it, from what

0:30:30.360 --> 0:30:33.280
<v Speaker 2>we thought he was going to be. He's so much

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<v Speaker 2>bigger than that. He's so much better than that. His

0:30:36.720 --> 0:30:39.520
<v Speaker 2>plan is so much bigger than that. His purpose is

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<v Speaker 2>so much greater than that. And John said, are you

0:30:42.280 --> 0:30:43.840
<v Speaker 2>the one? He said, go back and tell him that

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<v Speaker 2>the death here and the blind sea and the lepers

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<v Speaker 2>are touched, and the eyes of the blind are open,

0:30:50.320 --> 0:30:52.240
<v Speaker 2>and the ears of the death. This is all from

0:30:52.360 --> 0:30:54.400
<v Speaker 2>Luke chapter four. Look it up when he unrolled the scroll,

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<v Speaker 2>when he stood up to read in his hometown, and

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<v Speaker 2>he said.

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<v Speaker 1>To this day, is this prophecy fulfilled? In your hearing?

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<v Speaker 1>I came.

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<v Speaker 2>The spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he

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<v Speaker 2>has annoyed me to preach the good news to the poor,

0:31:03.240 --> 0:31:05.480
<v Speaker 2>recovery of sight to the blind. He sent me to

0:31:05.520 --> 0:31:07.479
<v Speaker 2>open death fears. He sent me to do all this.

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<v Speaker 2>But one thing he left out when he sent the

0:31:09.920 --> 0:31:12.400
<v Speaker 2>message to John. And this is crazy, Zach, because I

0:31:12.440 --> 0:31:14.160
<v Speaker 2>know how much you left the Bible, so it's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>blow your mind.

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<v Speaker 1>The only thing that he left out.

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<v Speaker 2>He added some stuff to it, but he left one

0:31:18.600 --> 0:31:22.480
<v Speaker 2>thing out, Freedom for the prisoners.

0:31:23.960 --> 0:31:29.720
<v Speaker 1>Look it up right now, reference me. It's in Luke.

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<v Speaker 1>For I can wait.

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<v Speaker 2>I know I'm right about this, unless you got some

0:31:38.600 --> 0:31:43.960
<v Speaker 2>weird bible that you made for yourself, Luke. For it's

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<v Speaker 2>like eighteen nineteen something like that.

0:31:45.680 --> 0:31:49.960
<v Speaker 1>What's his say? Eighteen nineteen? What was say?

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<v Speaker 2>Spear Lord's this is Rick Parker, the one that you'll

0:31:53.760 --> 0:31:57.800
<v Speaker 2>always hear on the podcast, the one you hey, Rick,

0:31:58.200 --> 0:32:02.000
<v Speaker 2>you know you're famous on the podcast. He's the one

0:32:02.000 --> 0:32:05.040
<v Speaker 2>always talking back to me, the country guy. He's always

0:32:05.040 --> 0:32:06.560
<v Speaker 2>talking back to him. People ask me all the time,

0:32:06.560 --> 0:32:08.720
<v Speaker 2>who's that country guy that's always talking back to you.

0:32:09.040 --> 0:32:10.360
<v Speaker 1>That's Rick Parker. What does it saying?

0:32:11.320 --> 0:32:18.840
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, yeah, Gospel to the poor, healed the broken heart.

0:32:20.000 --> 0:32:23.720
<v Speaker 1>Liberty to the captives. Where's that? He said?

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<v Speaker 2>Tell John, I'm doing it all. Tell John that everything

0:32:30.400 --> 0:32:33.040
<v Speaker 2>I said I would do, I'm doing it.

0:32:34.120 --> 0:32:37.560
<v Speaker 1>But what I said I would do is not what

0:32:37.760 --> 0:32:38.920
<v Speaker 1>he was expecting.

0:32:40.080 --> 0:32:43.840
<v Speaker 2>And tell John that I need his faith not to

0:32:44.000 --> 0:32:47.520
<v Speaker 2>rest in his idea of who he thought I was.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna preach this home right now.

0:32:50.880 --> 0:32:54.200
<v Speaker 2>I need his faith not to rest in whether or

0:32:54.240 --> 0:32:57.600
<v Speaker 2>not I fulfill his agenda. Look, so many of the

0:32:57.640 --> 0:32:59.840
<v Speaker 2>things that Jesus did in the scripture, it was a

0:33:00.040 --> 0:33:03.400
<v Speaker 2>hidden agenda. In fact, he even spoke in parables, not

0:33:03.520 --> 0:33:05.440
<v Speaker 2>so the people would get a cute little story about

0:33:05.440 --> 0:33:07.160
<v Speaker 2>a father and a son and he ran away and

0:33:07.200 --> 0:33:08.960
<v Speaker 2>he ate with the pigs, and the father welcomed him home.

0:33:09.120 --> 0:33:11.280
<v Speaker 2>That isn't why he taught in parables. He taught in

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<v Speaker 2>parables because he didn't want his wisdom to be ascertained

0:33:15.120 --> 0:33:18.440
<v Speaker 2>with the human mind. He taught in parables so that

0:33:18.520 --> 0:33:22.520
<v Speaker 2>the spirit of God could reveal to the unlearned not

0:33:22.680 --> 0:33:25.440
<v Speaker 2>the wisdom of this world, but the things of God.

0:33:25.840 --> 0:33:28.600
<v Speaker 2>So much of what he does is hidden, and yet

0:33:28.640 --> 0:33:31.920
<v Speaker 2>we spend all of our time in our minds trying

0:33:31.920 --> 0:33:34.840
<v Speaker 2>to figure out whether God is good, trying to figure

0:33:34.880 --> 0:33:36.440
<v Speaker 2>out whether life makes sense.

0:33:36.800 --> 0:33:37.680
<v Speaker 1>It's a prison.

0:33:38.000 --> 0:33:40.680
<v Speaker 2>You'll never figure it out that way. You can't get

0:33:40.720 --> 0:33:43.880
<v Speaker 2>out that way. You can't solve your problems on the

0:33:43.960 --> 0:33:47.280
<v Speaker 2>level of self. It's gonna take a great, big God

0:33:47.800 --> 0:33:49.080
<v Speaker 2>with an eternal plan.

0:33:49.720 --> 0:33:52.680
<v Speaker 1>It's gonna take a really good God. It's going to

0:33:52.720 --> 0:33:54.320
<v Speaker 1>take a majestic God.

0:33:58.480 --> 0:34:02.800
<v Speaker 2>And I'm gonna have to decide whether or not I'm

0:34:02.840 --> 0:34:07.280
<v Speaker 2>going to interpret him through the lens of my expectations

0:34:08.960 --> 0:34:12.080
<v Speaker 2>or set my expectations on the basis of.

0:34:12.000 --> 0:34:14.239
<v Speaker 1>Who he is. Now, here's what I know.

0:34:15.080 --> 0:34:18.240
<v Speaker 2>I am preaching to so many different types of people today.

0:34:18.600 --> 0:34:21.440
<v Speaker 2>For some of you, you can hardly breathe right now

0:34:21.640 --> 0:34:25.440
<v Speaker 2>because I'm speaking so specifically to you. Because the Lord

0:34:25.560 --> 0:34:28.080
<v Speaker 2>is trying to get this message to you. For others

0:34:28.120 --> 0:34:30.399
<v Speaker 2>of you, you're in a much more dangerous place. You're

0:34:30.440 --> 0:34:31.160
<v Speaker 2>not even listening.

0:34:36.440 --> 0:34:37.080
<v Speaker 1>You know what.

0:34:38.640 --> 0:34:44.120
<v Speaker 2>God uses to develop your faith, disappointment. You know what

0:34:44.160 --> 0:34:50.840
<v Speaker 2>the devil uses to destroy your faith, disappointment. And I

0:34:50.840 --> 0:34:55.080
<v Speaker 2>think it's what you do with it. Because's going to happen.

0:34:56.040 --> 0:34:59.520
<v Speaker 2>It's going to happen in relationships, it's going to happen

0:34:59.760 --> 0:35:06.879
<v Speaker 2>in it's going to happen in churches to where what

0:35:06.920 --> 0:35:10.279
<v Speaker 2>you thought it was gonna be and what it really is.

0:35:11.880 --> 0:35:13.920
<v Speaker 2>You know, I don't even like the way this Bible

0:35:14.000 --> 0:35:17.160
<v Speaker 2>story goes because what I want to happen next in

0:35:17.200 --> 0:35:20.520
<v Speaker 2>the story is that the Angel of the Lord comes

0:35:20.520 --> 0:35:23.799
<v Speaker 2>breaks John out of prison, and John goes on to

0:35:23.800 --> 0:35:25.800
<v Speaker 2>preach the gospel and he has more success and double

0:35:25.800 --> 0:35:27.759
<v Speaker 2>for his trouble like job like never before. In the

0:35:27.760 --> 0:35:30.120
<v Speaker 2>Lord restores the years the kanker worm is wasting. We

0:35:30.120 --> 0:35:32.480
<v Speaker 2>can have good church and all get a serotonin hit,

0:35:32.520 --> 0:35:38.160
<v Speaker 2>go home, be happy, and watch a NASCAR race. But

0:35:38.239 --> 0:35:41.080
<v Speaker 2>what I'm thinking is I need to tell you that

0:35:41.239 --> 0:35:43.480
<v Speaker 2>the way you expect this story to end, since we're

0:35:43.520 --> 0:35:47.319
<v Speaker 2>talking about expectations, is not necessarily the way that it does.

0:35:48.760 --> 0:35:53.600
<v Speaker 2>Because John John doesn't get out of prison in Matthew

0:35:53.640 --> 0:35:58.520
<v Speaker 2>chapter eleven. In fact, in Matthew fourteen, his head is

0:35:58.560 --> 0:36:02.560
<v Speaker 2>served up on a platter because the King decides to

0:36:03.520 --> 0:36:09.200
<v Speaker 2>cut it off him. And yet there's something that's even

0:36:09.239 --> 0:36:12.839
<v Speaker 2>more beautiful in the text than John getting what he wants.

0:36:13.600 --> 0:36:17.480
<v Speaker 1>There's something much more profound.

0:36:18.200 --> 0:36:22.560
<v Speaker 2>Then John gets what he wants, and what it is

0:36:22.560 --> 0:36:27.560
<v Speaker 2>is in verse seven and following. Now, this transitional phrase

0:36:27.600 --> 0:36:31.320
<v Speaker 2>is really important. By the way, who am I preaching

0:36:31.360 --> 0:36:35.799
<v Speaker 2>to today? That there's been some things that weren't what

0:36:35.880 --> 0:36:39.160
<v Speaker 2>you thought they were going to be, and it's affecting

0:36:39.200 --> 0:36:43.200
<v Speaker 2>your faith now. And even in a sense, God is

0:36:43.239 --> 0:36:46.000
<v Speaker 2>not who you thought he was going to be, and

0:36:46.040 --> 0:36:48.520
<v Speaker 2>you're experiencing him in a different way.

0:36:48.280 --> 0:36:51.160
<v Speaker 1>Than you have a template for and it's challenging to you.

0:36:53.480 --> 0:36:56.759
<v Speaker 2>So what happens next is the part of the message

0:36:56.880 --> 0:36:59.480
<v Speaker 2>that I really want you to take to heart. Because

0:37:00.200 --> 0:37:05.440
<v Speaker 2>John's disciples were leaving, what does that mean? Whatever Jesus

0:37:05.480 --> 0:37:10.480
<v Speaker 2>says next, John doesn't hear it. He turns to the

0:37:10.560 --> 0:37:17.120
<v Speaker 2>crowd and begins to speak about John. This is significant

0:37:18.040 --> 0:37:20.759
<v Speaker 2>because what he says next is what he wants the

0:37:20.880 --> 0:37:24.960
<v Speaker 2>crowd to know about John. What he said before was

0:37:25.000 --> 0:37:28.920
<v Speaker 2>what he wanted John to know about him. And it's

0:37:28.920 --> 0:37:33.000
<v Speaker 2>a critical distinction because God never wants your faith to

0:37:33.120 --> 0:37:38.239
<v Speaker 2>rest on you. He knows how fragile and fickle you are.

0:37:39.280 --> 0:37:42.120
<v Speaker 2>He said, Go tell John that there is a purpose

0:37:42.680 --> 0:37:46.360
<v Speaker 2>that is greater. There is a plan that is bigger.

0:37:46.640 --> 0:37:50.399
<v Speaker 2>Say that there is a purpose that is greater. There

0:37:50.440 --> 0:37:53.640
<v Speaker 2>is a plan that is bigger. I'm looking for one

0:37:53.680 --> 0:37:56.480
<v Speaker 2>hundred percent participation on every location. There is a purpose

0:37:57.280 --> 0:38:00.840
<v Speaker 2>that is greater. There is a plan that is bigger.

0:38:01.480 --> 0:38:02.920
<v Speaker 2>Look at the person next you, say there is a

0:38:02.960 --> 0:38:08.000
<v Speaker 2>purpose that is greater. There is a plan that is bigger.

0:38:08.440 --> 0:38:12.120
<v Speaker 2>Other neighbor, There is a purpose that is greater. There

0:38:12.200 --> 0:38:15.799
<v Speaker 2>is a plan that is bigger. Tell him zoom out,

0:38:15.880 --> 0:38:18.279
<v Speaker 2>zoom out, zoom out, zoom out, zoom out, zoom out,

0:38:18.360 --> 0:38:20.520
<v Speaker 2>zoom out. Because you've been seeing this one little thing,

0:38:20.680 --> 0:38:22.239
<v Speaker 2>and when you're in the prison of your mind, it's

0:38:22.239 --> 0:38:24.400
<v Speaker 2>an awfully small place sitting it. It's really hard to

0:38:24.400 --> 0:38:26.879
<v Speaker 2>see the light of day in solitary confinement. But go

0:38:27.000 --> 0:38:31.000
<v Speaker 2>tell John, we're right on schedule. Go tell John, I'm

0:38:31.120 --> 0:38:35.080
<v Speaker 2>using his preparation. Go tell John it wasn't in vain

0:38:35.320 --> 0:38:38.480
<v Speaker 2>I heard the Lord say, Ferdick, Go tell John. Go

0:38:38.560 --> 0:38:41.880
<v Speaker 2>tell the people. Go tell the discourage, Go tell the beaten,

0:38:42.160 --> 0:38:45.120
<v Speaker 2>Go tell the broken, Go tell the depressed, Go tell

0:38:45.160 --> 0:38:47.960
<v Speaker 2>the sick, Go tell the broke, Go tell the herding,

0:38:48.200 --> 0:38:50.320
<v Speaker 2>Go tell the young, Go tell the old.

0:38:50.560 --> 0:38:52.560
<v Speaker 1>Go tell him this working, Go tell him.

0:38:52.719 --> 0:38:56.440
<v Speaker 2>I'm doing it, just not like you wanted me to,

0:39:00.239 --> 0:39:07.680
<v Speaker 2>But I'm doing it. He turns around and says to

0:39:07.800 --> 0:39:11.560
<v Speaker 2>the crowd, what did you go out into the wilderness

0:39:11.680 --> 0:39:12.520
<v Speaker 2>to see.

0:39:12.719 --> 0:39:14.840
<v Speaker 1>A red swayed by the wind? No?

0:39:15.080 --> 0:39:19.080
<v Speaker 2>John wasn't fickle. John wasn't fragile. When John made up

0:39:19.120 --> 0:39:21.880
<v Speaker 2>his mind about something, that's just the way it was.

0:39:22.040 --> 0:39:26.640
<v Speaker 2>And that's what's getting him in trouble, because he made

0:39:26.719 --> 0:39:30.440
<v Speaker 2>up his mind about what he thought God was gonna do,

0:39:32.160 --> 0:39:33.839
<v Speaker 2>and when God did what God wanted to do.

0:39:38.160 --> 0:39:42.880
<v Speaker 1>Is that you right now? Are you in an invisible prison?

0:39:42.960 --> 0:39:43.399
<v Speaker 1>I know here.

0:39:43.440 --> 0:39:46.520
<v Speaker 2>It isn't gonna cut your head off. It's not that dramatic,

0:39:46.600 --> 0:39:51.960
<v Speaker 2>right But you can't enjoy people, can you? Is that

0:39:52.000 --> 0:39:54.759
<v Speaker 2>you right now? You can't create? Is that you right now?

0:39:55.040 --> 0:39:57.680
<v Speaker 2>Is that me who am'm preaching to? Maybe I'm preaching

0:39:57.680 --> 0:40:01.680
<v Speaker 2>to me. It's not that God didn't do anything for me.

0:40:02.640 --> 0:40:07.160
<v Speaker 2>It's not that God didn't bless me. It's just different

0:40:08.400 --> 0:40:12.560
<v Speaker 2>than what I thought. And as long as I'm in

0:40:12.600 --> 0:40:16.160
<v Speaker 2>the prison of what I thought, I can't be a

0:40:16.200 --> 0:40:24.240
<v Speaker 2>part of what God is doing. So be set free today.

0:40:25.560 --> 0:40:30.520
<v Speaker 2>Be set free by the fact that God may not

0:40:30.640 --> 0:40:35.359
<v Speaker 2>be conforming to your agenda or keeping all of your appointments.

0:40:36.280 --> 0:40:40.719
<v Speaker 2>God might not be organizing everything to match your exact preference.

0:40:41.440 --> 0:40:44.200
<v Speaker 2>But there is a greater purpose, and there is a

0:40:44.200 --> 0:40:47.960
<v Speaker 2>bigger picture. And just like John was the forerunner of.

0:40:47.960 --> 0:40:49.960
<v Speaker 1>Jesus Christ, some of you.

0:40:50.280 --> 0:40:54.120
<v Speaker 2>God is using you to fight battles for your children

0:40:54.560 --> 0:41:00.000
<v Speaker 2>and your children's children, and your children's children's children will.

0:40:59.760 --> 0:41:02.120
<v Speaker 1>Be blessed if you don't fall away.

0:41:03.320 --> 0:41:08.080
<v Speaker 2>If you don't fall away, if you will resist the

0:41:08.400 --> 0:41:12.560
<v Speaker 2>urge to control God, you can serve Him and worship

0:41:12.640 --> 0:41:15.719
<v Speaker 2>Him and it'll be all right. Because my faith is

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<v Speaker 2>not the expectation that circumstances will be pleasant. My faith

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<v Speaker 2>is the expectation that the voice of the Lord is

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<v Speaker 2>upon the waters. Go tell John, blessed is he who

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<v Speaker 2>does not trip over the way he thought it was

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<v Speaker 2>going to be? Blessed is he who accepts what I'm

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<v Speaker 2>doing in his or her life. And the Lord wants

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<v Speaker 2>to set you free today from the way you thought

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<v Speaker 2>that it.

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<v Speaker 1>Was going to be. And that's it, and that's it

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<v Speaker 1>because you know what's going to happen.

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<v Speaker 2>Once you get set free from the way you thought

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<v Speaker 2>it was going to be, you can embrace what it is. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know what God's gonna do more than what

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<v Speaker 2>you thought he was gonna do. The blind see the

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<v Speaker 2>lame walk. God's got something better than a fork. God's

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<v Speaker 2>got something better.

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<v Speaker 1>Than a fire.

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<v Speaker 2>The first place of deliverance is in the area of

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<v Speaker 2>your expectation, Holy Spirit. I thank you for this moment,

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<v Speaker 2>and I pray that this message would not fall on

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<v Speaker 2>deaf ears, because truth be told, Lord, there is a

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<v Speaker 2>prison that is not physical. There are captives in here today.

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<v Speaker 2>Those chains are invisible. And I want to pray for

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<v Speaker 2>right now, Lord, that you would look into the places

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<v Speaker 2>of their life where they've been disappointed and where they've

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<v Speaker 2>been bruised or even worse than that, where they got

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<v Speaker 2>their hopes up so high and they made a fool

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<v Speaker 2>of themselves, and so now it's kind of hard for them.

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<v Speaker 1>To really have an expectation of your goodness.

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<v Speaker 2>They're in an invisible prison of disappointment, resentment, bitterness.

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<v Speaker 1>But you said you came to set us free.

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<v Speaker 2>So you didn't do it physically for John, But would

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<v Speaker 2>you set us free, set us free from ourselves, set

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<v Speaker 2>us free from our regrets, set us free from our sin.

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<v Speaker 1>With everyone's thending.

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<v Speaker 2>Where the spirit of the Lord is, there's freedom.

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<v Speaker 1>And the kind of freedom that I mean.

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<v Speaker 2>Is the freedom from the need to control your life,

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<v Speaker 2>the freedom from the need to call the shots and

0:44:13.080 --> 0:44:17.319
<v Speaker 2>to always know the plan. John said, are you the

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<v Speaker 2>one I just need to know? And I hear the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord saying today, Yeah, it's me.

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<v Speaker 1>It's me.

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<v Speaker 2>It's me getting you through this season. It's me that

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<v Speaker 2>allowed some of the things in your life that you

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<v Speaker 2>don't like. I didn't cause all of them, but I'm

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<v Speaker 2>using all of them.

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<v Speaker 1>It's me. Go tell John, it's me. It's me. It's me.

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<v Speaker 2>That thing that won't let you go, that's grace. God said,

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<v Speaker 2>that's me. I think that keeps pumping in your heart

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<v Speaker 2>getting you back up. You fall down, seven, you get

0:44:57.280 --> 0:45:01.080
<v Speaker 2>up eight. God said, that's me. That thing in you

0:45:01.160 --> 0:45:04.880
<v Speaker 2>that it can't always make sense. You know, you should

0:45:04.880 --> 0:45:07.000
<v Speaker 2>read the Bible, sometimes you don't. God said, that's me.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to wrestle with it.

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<v Speaker 1>That's me. I don't want you to put me in

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<v Speaker 1>a formula. That's me.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want you to have me in a box.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want you to be in this prison of

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<v Speaker 2>your small view of me.

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<v Speaker 1>That's me.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh God, of every moment that come before you now,

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<v Speaker 2>in need of your mercy, in need of your grace,

0:45:30.440 --> 0:45:34.080
<v Speaker 2>we need to know that you are our shepherd, even

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<v Speaker 2>if we go through a valley of the shadow of death.

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<v Speaker 2>And now thank you now, Lord, that as this word

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<v Speaker 2>has gone forth today across multiple campuses, across multiple continents,

0:45:46.800 --> 0:45:51.759
<v Speaker 2>that you are confirming your presence to your people right now,

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<v Speaker 2>if you would just lift your hands, God said, it's me.

0:45:58.360 --> 0:46:00.560
<v Speaker 2>It's me that you need to make sense of your life.

0:46:00.600 --> 0:46:00.880
<v Speaker 1>It's me.

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<v Speaker 2>Lord, I thank you that there is a bigger picture.

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<v Speaker 2>We do not see in full. We see in part,

0:46:09.760 --> 0:46:12.480
<v Speaker 2>we prophesy, in part, we speak in part. But when

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<v Speaker 2>that which was perfect has come, that which is incomplete

0:46:15.040 --> 0:46:18.520
<v Speaker 2>will be taken away. Until that time, Lord, we trust

0:46:18.520 --> 0:46:22.839
<v Speaker 2>in your presence, We trust in who you are. You're

0:46:22.840 --> 0:46:24.799
<v Speaker 2>still the lamb of God that takes away the sin

0:46:24.840 --> 0:46:27.600
<v Speaker 2>of the world. You're still the king of our life.

0:46:27.680 --> 0:46:29.799
<v Speaker 2>You're still the hope and foundation that our lives are

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<v Speaker 2>built on. You're still the solid rock on which we stand.

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<v Speaker 2>All of the ground is sinking sand. It's you, God.

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<v Speaker 2>It's you that we worship, and it's you that we trust.

0:46:39.840 --> 0:46:42.200
<v Speaker 2>It's not ourselves, it's not our circumstances.

0:46:42.239 --> 0:46:46.479
<v Speaker 1>It's you. Somebody say, it's you. It's you that I need. Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>It's you that fulfills me. It's you that completes me.

0:46:49.560 --> 0:46:52.160
<v Speaker 2>It's you that makes ways. It's you that opens doors.

0:46:52.640 --> 0:46:55.319
<v Speaker 2>It's you that sets the prisoners free. It's you that

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<v Speaker 2>broke the chains. It's you that I'm looking to. Promotion

0:46:58.800 --> 0:47:02.520
<v Speaker 2>doesn't come from the Easter. Promotion comes from you. It's

0:47:02.640 --> 0:47:05.839
<v Speaker 2>you I'm counting on. It's you I'm looking to. It's

0:47:05.880 --> 0:47:09.600
<v Speaker 2>you I'm leaning on. It's your everlasting arms. It's your

0:47:09.719 --> 0:47:12.320
<v Speaker 2>mighty hand, it's your outstretch power.

0:47:12.600 --> 0:47:14.360
<v Speaker 1>It's your grace that we need.

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<v Speaker 2>It's you, Lord, It's nobody else. It's you.

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<v Speaker 1>Our health comes from you. Our strength is in you,

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<v Speaker 1>our trust.

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<v Speaker 2>Is in your name, and we worship you now.

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