WEBVTT - It's In The Middle

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

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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 2>I wanted to thank you for joining us today. Hope

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

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

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<v Speaker 2>Enjoy the message. We're focused this week on the word

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<v Speaker 2>of salvation. You know, when Jesus was dying on the cross,

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<v Speaker 2>he said to a thief that was crucified with him. You,

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<v Speaker 2>of course would know that the crucifixion was not an

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<v Speaker 2>anomaly in Jesus' time. It was a common form of

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<v Speaker 2>capital punishment. And so Jesus died the death of a

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<v Speaker 2>common criminal beside two common criminals.

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<v Speaker 3>One of them mocked him.

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<v Speaker 2>Said, if you were really who you say you are,

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<v Speaker 2>you would get down off that cross, and you would

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<v Speaker 2>get us down to save us. And while one mocked him,

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<v Speaker 2>the other one, who was on his right side, recognized

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<v Speaker 2>the distinction of his divinity, or at least his innocence,

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<v Speaker 2>and said, we deserve this and you don't. And sir,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not quite sure who you are, but when you

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<v Speaker 2>come into your kingdom, remember me. And Jesus said today

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<v Speaker 2>somebody shout today, I'm going to wake you up. You're

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<v Speaker 2>going to talk back to me today, least at Valentine.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't do anything about concord. I'm not there. But

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<v Speaker 2>somebody at Valentine in the back of the room from Jackson, Mississippi,

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<v Speaker 2>or Toronto, Canada, or Charlotte, North Carolina, shout today, today

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<v Speaker 2>you will be with me in paradise the word of Salvation.

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<v Speaker 2>I had the privilege this weekend to perform my brother's

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<v Speaker 2>wedding ceremony. I don't do a lot of weddings, but

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<v Speaker 2>I'm good at them. I just typically preach on Saturday nights.

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<v Speaker 2>Our campus pastors do such an excellent job with the

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<v Speaker 2>wedding officiating, so I was kind of nervous doing his ceremony.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to mess up my man's wedding because,

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<v Speaker 2>hey man, he's got this girl here at the altar

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<v Speaker 2>and he might not get this chance again.

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<v Speaker 3>She might change her mind, so we got to get

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<v Speaker 3>this done.

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<v Speaker 2>It's my little brother, but he's a lot taller than

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<v Speaker 2>me and he serves in the United States Air Force.

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<v Speaker 1>And they honored me. Yeah, praise the Lord.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, he's cool.

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<v Speaker 2>He could beat me up but I got mind game

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<v Speaker 2>on him, so he doesn't He doesn't know that. But

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<v Speaker 2>he asked me to do his wedding and his fiance

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<v Speaker 2>brook and they asked me to come, and I was.

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<v Speaker 2>I was privileged to do it. Holly said I did

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<v Speaker 2>a good job. In fact, she said exactly this. She said,

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<v Speaker 2>you did so good officiating that wedding. She said, I

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<v Speaker 2>kind of wish I could marry somebody else so you could.

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<v Speaker 1>Do the wedding.

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<v Speaker 2>Wasn't sure how to receive that compliment. I rebuked her

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<v Speaker 2>a twisted compliment. But anyway, I only bring it up

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<v Speaker 2>because truth be told. Although I really love the opportunity

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<v Speaker 2>to do the wedding, I kind of have a problem

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<v Speaker 2>not with weddings. I'm not anti marriage. Do not send

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<v Speaker 2>me emails. Send them all to Jonathan Joseph' your Valentine

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<v Speaker 2>campus pastor. It's not that I'm against love. I'm nothing

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<v Speaker 2>against it. It's just that can we all agree, especially

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<v Speaker 2>those of us who have.

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<v Speaker 3>Been married for more than ten years.

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<v Speaker 2>That marriage has very little to do with the flower

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<v Speaker 2>arrangement that you choose, or how many layers of cake.

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<v Speaker 1>That you can roll.

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<v Speaker 2>Out that you're not going to eat anyway, because only

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<v Speaker 2>the top one is real and all the other stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Is just decoration.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on, it doesn't matter how many shades of magenta

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<v Speaker 2>your bridesmaids are standing there dressed it. What happens in

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<v Speaker 2>marriage happens in the middle. Somebody shout us in the middle.

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<v Speaker 2>That's my sermon today. I want to say, it's in

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<v Speaker 2>the middle that a marriage is made. It's in the

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<v Speaker 2>middle that a Christian grows. It's in the middle that

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<v Speaker 2>you find out what you're made of. This sermon is

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<v Speaker 2>like a TUTSI rull pop.

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<v Speaker 1>What you bought it for is in the middle.

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<v Speaker 2>And I admire the thief, and I'm thankful that he

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<v Speaker 2>was saved on the cross. But most of us don't

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<v Speaker 2>get to be in paradise the day we get saved.

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<v Speaker 2>The fact of the matter is we don't get raptured

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<v Speaker 2>up to Heaven the moment we make Jesus Christ the Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>Of our lives. We are left here on.

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<v Speaker 2>This or so that we can bring Heaven into our situation.

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<v Speaker 3>It's in the middle.

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<v Speaker 2>And the way that we typically focus.

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<v Speaker 3>On the moment.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I believe that God can save you in

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<v Speaker 2>a moment. I really do. If you're here today, and

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<v Speaker 2>you're thinking that you have to you have to memorize

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<v Speaker 2>some Bible verses, or there's some certain habit that you

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<v Speaker 2>have to correct in your life, or y'll tired of

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<v Speaker 2>hearing me preach.

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<v Speaker 3>I've been preaching to.

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<v Speaker 2>Y'all for eleven years now, and for eleven years I've

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<v Speaker 2>been saying this same message. God can save you in

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<v Speaker 2>a moment. If you believe in your heart that God

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<v Speaker 2>raised him from the dead, and confess with your mouth Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>Is Lord, you shall be saved.

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<v Speaker 2>I know it because that thief did not have to

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<v Speaker 2>enroll in a theological school, he didn't have to go

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<v Speaker 2>through a Catechism class, he didn't have to prove the

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<v Speaker 2>legitimacy of his faith by giving up certain things. Come

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<v Speaker 2>as you are, don't expect to stay that way. And

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus said today you will be with me in paradise.

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<v Speaker 2>Part of me thinks that would be kind of nice

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<v Speaker 2>if I could just be married and stay married without

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<v Speaker 2>a process. Well, I'm kind of a process preacher, I

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<v Speaker 2>really am, because one of my core is that God

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<v Speaker 2>is in the process.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't get me wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>He can move in a moment, something can happen in

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<v Speaker 2>your soul. When the word of God goes forth, that

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<v Speaker 2>is so strong that the chains are broken and you

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<v Speaker 2>are never the same.

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<v Speaker 3>Why not today?

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<v Speaker 2>The apostle Paul said that today is the day of salvation.

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<v Speaker 2>He said that to the Corinthian Church Backxlett, and he said,

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<v Speaker 2>now is the time of God's favor.

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<v Speaker 3>Somebody shout now, not when you get your.

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<v Speaker 2>Act together, not when people approve of you.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, now is the hour.

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<v Speaker 1>Today is today.

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<v Speaker 2>And the privilege of my life is seeing someone in

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<v Speaker 2>a moment make a decision to follow Christ in a moment,

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<v Speaker 2>for the weight to be lifted, for the change to

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<v Speaker 2>be broken in a moment. Yet, what about the middle

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<v Speaker 2>Because I know that He can save me in a moment,

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<v Speaker 2>and I know that when I die in a moment,

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<v Speaker 2>in the twinkling of an eye, to be absent from

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<v Speaker 2>the body, he has to be present with the Lord

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to have when I die.

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<v Speaker 3>And I'm glad about it.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't have to fry and burn, and I

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<v Speaker 2>know all that, and I'm real glad about it. But

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<v Speaker 2>one thing the thief and I did not have in common,

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<v Speaker 2>because we both deserved the cross that Jesus died on.

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<v Speaker 2>But I didn't get to go to Paradise the moment

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<v Speaker 2>that I trusted Christ with my life. So this message

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<v Speaker 2>is not about paradise. This message is about process. This

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<v Speaker 2>message is not about flower girls. This message is about

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<v Speaker 2>the fight for faith in the middle. And I want

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<v Speaker 2>to present it to you in a way today that,

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<v Speaker 2>hopefully in the next twenty nine minutes can help you

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<v Speaker 2>to understand why it is that sometimes even though you

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<v Speaker 2>got saved, you don't feel saved and what to do

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<v Speaker 2>in the middle. Touch your neighbors say, I need to

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<v Speaker 2>know what to do in the middle, because when I die,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm dead, I'm gone, I'm in heaven. I'm there but here,

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<v Speaker 2>and now I need God. See the thing about me

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<v Speaker 2>is I got saved, but I still need some saving.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you don't, but I still look.

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<v Speaker 2>Look real good at the person next to you, and

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<v Speaker 2>see if they look.

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<v Speaker 1>Like they still need saving.

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<v Speaker 2>See if they look like there are still some times

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<v Speaker 2>in their lives. Come on Blakeney that they still need saving.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a seven mile journey, and the miracle.

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<v Speaker 1>Is in the middle.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you notice that's not from this Amayas road where

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus just shows up beside these two disciples held you

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<v Speaker 2>don't put too much of this on Instagram stories because

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want them to see it. I want them

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<v Speaker 2>to have to watch it online later. Those of them

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<v Speaker 2>are sitting home in the snow. Don't be putting it

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<v Speaker 2>online right now. I want them to catch it later.

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<v Speaker 2>And Jesus just shows up right in the middle of

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<v Speaker 2>their conversation.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a man named Cleopus, and some scholars.

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<v Speaker 2>Suggests perhaps his wife, his companion, and he were not

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<v Speaker 2>expecting the presence of Christ to show up. But he

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<v Speaker 2>showed up in the middle of their disappointment. He showed

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<v Speaker 2>up in the middle of their disillusionment. He showed up

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<v Speaker 2>in the middle of there, we thought, so he showed

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<v Speaker 2>up in the middle of the what now he showed

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<v Speaker 2>up in the middle. God will meet you in the middle.

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<v Speaker 2>It's in the middle. And they walked. They they walked,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says seven miles from Jerusalem to Amais. And

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<v Speaker 2>when they got there checked us out in Luke twenty

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<v Speaker 2>four to twenty eight. When they arrived and approached the place,

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<v Speaker 2>the village that in their mind was their destination, the

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<v Speaker 2>village called Amaeis. When they got to the place they

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<v Speaker 2>thought they were going Jesus continued on I love the

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<v Speaker 2>next two words as if he were going further.

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<v Speaker 3>Like he's a man on a mission.

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<v Speaker 2>He's got people to see and things to do, and

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<v Speaker 2>only thirty nine and a half days before he has

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<v Speaker 2>ascended to the right hand of God, the Father Almighty,

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<v Speaker 2>from whence he shall come to judge the quicken the dead.

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<v Speaker 2>And so he acts as if show him again, as

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<v Speaker 2>if he were going further. And sometimes it feels as.

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<v Speaker 1>If God is leaving you.

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<v Speaker 2>I would suggest that some of the moments when it

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<v Speaker 2>feels as if he's walking away from you, he is

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<v Speaker 2>creating a desire within you so that if you draw

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<v Speaker 2>near to him, he will draw near to you. God

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<v Speaker 2>is trying to set your faith free from the need

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<v Speaker 2>to feel.

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<v Speaker 1>It, to have it.

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<v Speaker 2>As if somebody say, as if the next time the

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<v Speaker 2>devil tries to tell you God has left you, that

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<v Speaker 2>God has abandoned you, look him right in the eye

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<v Speaker 2>and say, with your hand on your hip, in your

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<v Speaker 2>best white girl teenager voice, say as if, as if

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<v Speaker 2>he would leave me, he said he would never leave me,

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<v Speaker 2>never forsake me, never abandon me. He will stop what

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<v Speaker 2>he's started high his and he is mine. And he's

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<v Speaker 2>with me in the middle as if he were going further.

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<v Speaker 3>And they asked him to come in and stay with them.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, professional pointer, be careful when you ask Jesus to

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<v Speaker 2>come in, because if he comes in, he's going to

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<v Speaker 2>take over. So God is not going to settle for

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<v Speaker 2>a shout out. He's not going to make himself a

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<v Speaker 2>cot in the foyer of your heart.

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<v Speaker 3>He's coming in the kitchen. He's coming in the kitchen.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel God on that, and I don't know why

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<v Speaker 2>I touch somebody say he's coming.

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<v Speaker 3>In your kitchen. He's coming in your kitchen.

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<v Speaker 2>He wants to get into the ingredients. Watch what Jesus does.

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<v Speaker 2>He walks in this is verse thirty. He sits down

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<v Speaker 2>at the table, takes their bread. Remember it's Cleo's house.

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<v Speaker 2>But Jesus reaches right across the table, takes Cleo's bread,

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<v Speaker 2>and he just starts doing stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>See.

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<v Speaker 1>I need you to know that God is.

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<v Speaker 2>Not going to come into your life and stay on

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<v Speaker 2>standby so that when you kind of sort of need

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<v Speaker 2>him and maybe can fit him into your schedule. Maybe

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<v Speaker 2>I can get a little Jesus juice when my boyfriend

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<v Speaker 2>isn't calling me back maybe I'll see Jesus when he

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<v Speaker 2>comes into your life. I feel the spirit of God.

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<v Speaker 2>It's all up in me right now.

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<v Speaker 3>I feel it.

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<v Speaker 1>God said, I'm taking over. Today is the.

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<v Speaker 2>Day of salvation. I'm taking over your thoughts. I'm taking

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<v Speaker 2>over your magna. Said, I'm taken over your desires. Salvation

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<v Speaker 2>is total surrender. This is how I used to preach

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<v Speaker 2>when I was twenty three man.

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<v Speaker 1>This is how I.

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<v Speaker 2>Used to preach to people who thought that God could be.

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<v Speaker 1>A part of their life.

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<v Speaker 2>If God gets in your life, he's gonna get all

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<v Speaker 2>up in the middle of it. God is gonna change

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<v Speaker 2>who you have listed in the contacts of your iPhone.

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<v Speaker 1>God, don't hear me.

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<v Speaker 2>God is gonna change who you friend on Facebook.

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<v Speaker 1>God is gonna.

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<v Speaker 2>Change what you're doing eleven thirty on Friday night. God

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<v Speaker 2>isn't just gonna wait for you to get to church

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<v Speaker 2>on Sunday morning and bless you with a goosebump. God

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<v Speaker 2>wants I know where to preach. I know where the

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<v Speaker 2>love is.

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<v Speaker 1>It's in the middle.

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<v Speaker 4>Somebody shout us in the middle, anyway, Is it okay?

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus doesn't ask any permission. He sits down at Cleo's

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<v Speaker 2>kitchen table, takes Cleo's bread, blesses CLO's bread, breaks the bread,

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<v Speaker 2>and gives the bread. And when he gives the bread

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<v Speaker 2>that he broke, which is also the bread that he blessed,

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<v Speaker 2>which is also the bread that he took. When he

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<v Speaker 2>takes over your life, he blesses your life. But the

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<v Speaker 2>same hands that bless your life are the.

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<v Speaker 1>Same hands that must be trusted when your life is broken.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, when your heart is in a million pieces. See.

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<v Speaker 2>I need to preach this because sometimes we think when

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<v Speaker 2>we get saved that everything is gonna be sanitized and

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<v Speaker 2>everything is gonna be safe. And we think that when

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<v Speaker 2>we get safe. See, this is the kind of preaching

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<v Speaker 2>that will help you when life is doing its best

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<v Speaker 2>to tear you apart. You can know, beyond the shadow

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<v Speaker 2>of a town, somebody shut up, still saved.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm saved when i'm happy. I'm saved when i'm sad.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm saved when they're with me. I'm saved when they

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<v Speaker 5>walk away. I'm saved when i'm up. I'm saved when

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<v Speaker 5>i'm down. I'm saved when i'm blessed. I'm saved when

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<v Speaker 5>i'm broken. I'm saved in the palace, I'm saved in

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<v Speaker 5>the pit.

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<v Speaker 1>God is with me.

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<v Speaker 2>In the middle. Three things I don't want to give you.

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<v Speaker 2>Three things I want to give you about the middle.

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<v Speaker 2>I was saved, it happened, I will be saved. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to be with him forever. But I need him

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<v Speaker 2>to be with me in the middle. This is not

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<v Speaker 2>a moment to moment contractual arrangement with God, because we

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<v Speaker 2>kind of think like his grace will save you, and

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<v Speaker 2>his grace will get you to Heaven. You're on your

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<v Speaker 2>own in between. I want to declare that the same

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<v Speaker 2>grace that will get you there wherever you're there is

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<v Speaker 2>is with you here. If you will believe the words

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<v Speaker 2>coming out of this country preacher's mouth today that God

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<v Speaker 2>is in the process, and number one, the gift is

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<v Speaker 2>in the middle. They sat down to eat with Jesus,

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<v Speaker 2>but they didn't even do what they sat down to do,

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<v Speaker 2>because while he was breaking the bread, the process of

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<v Speaker 2>the way that he broke the bread revealed his presence

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<v Speaker 2>to them. God is in the process.

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<v Speaker 3>And the gift is in the middle.

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<v Speaker 2>Today, you will be with me in Paradise. What an

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<v Speaker 2>awesome promise to that thief but I got a better

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<v Speaker 2>one for you, because that's pretty good, right. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>come on, you're a dying thief and you're trying to

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<v Speaker 2>slip in before the door closes. You're trying to get

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<v Speaker 2>on Noah's ark and it's already halfway out in the water,

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<v Speaker 2>and with your drowning, dying breath, you half heartedly make

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<v Speaker 2>a request just in case it works and that guy

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<v Speaker 2>got in. Okay, today you will be with me in paradise.

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<v Speaker 2>But God has made you a better promise for he

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<v Speaker 2>says to each one of us.

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<v Speaker 1>Today, help me.

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<v Speaker 2>Say God, not today you will be with me in paradise,

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<v Speaker 2>but today I will be with you in the process.

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<v Speaker 2>You see, to me, that's even better. That I have

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<v Speaker 2>not only his statement, but I have his spirit. I

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<v Speaker 2>am sealed with a guarantee that He is with me,

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<v Speaker 2>not just when I raised my hand, not just when

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<v Speaker 2>I went down in the baptismal waters.

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<v Speaker 1>That was awesome. Your wedding was beautiful, and.

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<v Speaker 2>We all appreciate so much the catering service.

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<v Speaker 1>But we're not waiting, please, like God.

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<v Speaker 2>Left you on earth to wait to go to heaven.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you noticed that so much of what.

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<v Speaker 2>We talk about in terms of salvation has to do

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<v Speaker 2>with us getting out of here, like Christianity is God's.

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<v Speaker 1>Cosmic evacuation plan.

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<v Speaker 3>But what out.

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<v Speaker 2>The middle? See the gift is in the middle. Can

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<v Speaker 2>I show you something Peter said one time? Peter knew

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<v Speaker 2>something about the middle because one time he was in

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<v Speaker 2>the middle of the sea, in the middle of the storm.

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<v Speaker 2>All of a sudden, in the middle of the sea,

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<v Speaker 2>in the middle of the storm, here comes somebody walking

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<v Speaker 2>toward him. And he's not quite sure, but he thinks

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<v Speaker 2>it might just be Jesus. So he cries out in

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<v Speaker 2>the middle of the sea, in the middle of the storm,

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<v Speaker 2>if it's.

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<v Speaker 1>You, tell me to come.

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<v Speaker 2>And he gets out the boat and he does pretty good,

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<v Speaker 2>and by the time he gets where he's going, God

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<v Speaker 2>reaches down and grabs him. That's a picture of the

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<v Speaker 2>grace to get started and the grace that will be

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<v Speaker 2>there in the end.

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<v Speaker 1>But what about the middle.

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<v Speaker 2>He was walking on water above what could have killed him,

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<v Speaker 2>and all of a sudden in the wind and the

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<v Speaker 2>waves on the right and the left caused him to

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<v Speaker 2>lose his focus.

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<v Speaker 3>On the man in the middle, and he sinks.

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<v Speaker 2>And so Peter says, sometimes you are so focused on

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<v Speaker 2>what's behind you. I'm preaching to somebody, and you are

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<v Speaker 2>so focused and concerned and anxious about what's ahead of you,

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<v Speaker 2>you are missing the presence of God. He is not

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<v Speaker 2>the great I was, and he is not the great.

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<v Speaker 1>I will be. He is the.

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<v Speaker 2>Great I am, and his presence is not just what

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<v Speaker 2>heaven one day. The Kingdom of God is that hand.

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<v Speaker 6>He's here.

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<v Speaker 3>In the middle.

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<v Speaker 2>And a little later in his life, Peter was writing

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<v Speaker 2>to a persecuted church who was going through a fiery trial,

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<v Speaker 2>and they were in the middle of it, and he

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<v Speaker 2>said to them, this is like one Peter one, verse nine.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, you are receiving I've been studying this all week.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope you'll like this as much as I did.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes it's tough because I've been thinking about it all week,

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<v Speaker 2>and you have a real job and real bills, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'll just get up here trying to tell you this stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>And I don't know if.

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<v Speaker 2>You see it, But he said, you are receiving the

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<v Speaker 2>end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

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<v Speaker 3>What was he saying?

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<v Speaker 2>One day it will be complete and there will be

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<v Speaker 2>no need. But you don't have to wait until one

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<v Speaker 2>day when children show us how to do this better

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<v Speaker 2>than because adults are so goal focused, and we think

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<v Speaker 2>that things have to be a certain way before we

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<v Speaker 2>can enjoy God's presence, before we can enjoy what God's

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<v Speaker 2>given us. So we set certain destinations in our mind.

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<v Speaker 2>When it gets like that, then I'll be complete.

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<v Speaker 3>But God wants to teach you how to.

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<v Speaker 2>Get it in the middle. I believe this is life changing.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe this is life changing. I was riding my bike.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't do this much, just on vacation. I'm scared

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<v Speaker 2>to ride my bike on the road the way some

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<v Speaker 2>of y'all drive with elevation church stickers on your car.

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<v Speaker 2>Scare me to death. But we were riding through.

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<v Speaker 3>We were riding. We were riding.

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<v Speaker 2>We were on family vacation and we had rented bicycles,

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<v Speaker 2>and we were riding to a restaurant and it started

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<v Speaker 2>raining outside, and I started going through all this negative

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<v Speaker 2>cycle of emotions about the rain, and I knew it

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<v Speaker 2>was going to rain, and I told Holly was going

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<v Speaker 2>to rain, and she.

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<v Speaker 3>Said it wasn't going to rain.

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<v Speaker 2>And I was raining, and we're too far to turn

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<v Speaker 2>around and go back home.

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<v Speaker 1>And so now we got to ride in the rain.

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<v Speaker 3>All of a sudden, I see Elijah.

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<v Speaker 2>He pulls around me, and he shouts at the top

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<v Speaker 2>of his lungs, epic because he saw a mud puddle.

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<v Speaker 2>And for him, the mud puddle looked like the perfect

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<v Speaker 2>thing to aim at riding in the rain. Now to

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<v Speaker 2>me it was annoying. To him, it was epic. I

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<v Speaker 2>was already steering to go around it, and he was

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<v Speaker 2>going right. When I thought about that picture, I thought

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<v Speaker 2>about some of you going to work this week, and

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<v Speaker 2>I saw you not aiming around the thing that you see.

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<v Speaker 2>They don't want me to preach like this, because we

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<v Speaker 2>just want to talk about heaven and the streets of gold.

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<v Speaker 2>And when we get there one day, when I'm flying

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<v Speaker 2>around with wings and me and Anthelm are drinking hot.

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<v Speaker 1>Tea and the southphires.

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<v Speaker 2>No, it's here, and now it's in the Monday and

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<v Speaker 2>the mundane. It's in the mud, It's in the dirtiest

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<v Speaker 2>in the See. God is a gardener. He likes to

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<v Speaker 2>get down in the mud, down in the dirt, down

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<v Speaker 2>in the disappointment. God is in the middle. The gift

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<v Speaker 2>is in the middle.

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<v Speaker 1>I see you riding your bike. I see you puddling

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<v Speaker 1>through the puddle this week.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not going around it, Grace, look at me, Thirling.

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<v Speaker 5>It's in the middle.

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<v Speaker 1>Shout somebody.

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<v Speaker 2>Colors so sleepy. All right, let me illustrate this. Come here, Jonathan,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm coming coming, Come and come and come and

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<v Speaker 2>come here, Jonathan, Come here. Do you remember write this down?

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<v Speaker 2>This is point number two. I'm closing real quick because

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<v Speaker 2>I know y'all got to go and I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to stop. But if this is number two in my message,

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<v Speaker 2>So if you need to leave, if you've got something

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<v Speaker 2>to do, leave right now, because I'm in the middle,

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<v Speaker 2>and when I get to the end, it's gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>worth it. But this is the middle of my message. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>I was thinking about an ill stration. Some of you

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<v Speaker 2>will remember it that I preached this illustration. I was

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<v Speaker 2>trying to illustrate, can you'll help me? I was you

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<v Speaker 2>be cleo, you be cleat, and I.

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<v Speaker 3>Was preaching on confidence, and I talked about how far

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like.

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<v Speaker 2>I have to go, and then I exactly sit down,

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<v Speaker 2>sit down, he says, sit out, He's got me.

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<v Speaker 1>Come here, come here, he's got me.

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<v Speaker 2>You got somebody else still in this road that can

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<v Speaker 2>help to okay, okay, come on, come on, because he

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<v Speaker 2>said he said, he said my point before I could

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<v Speaker 2>say it, So I figured he should help me.

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<v Speaker 3>With this illustration.

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<v Speaker 1>And this guy, this is perfect.

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<v Speaker 2>You know how perfect this is because not only is

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<v Speaker 2>the gift in the middle, but watch my second point.

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<v Speaker 2>You won't believe this. The goal is in the middle.

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<v Speaker 2>And see, man, God knew you needed to help me

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<v Speaker 2>with this. Com So come come, come here, come all

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<v Speaker 2>the way, stay right there, stay right there, stay right there.

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<v Speaker 2>So we were talking about in that sermon illustration about

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<v Speaker 2>how sometimes you have to look back and see how

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<v Speaker 2>far God has already brought you. So salvation means I

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<v Speaker 2>am not what.

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<v Speaker 1>I once was.

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<v Speaker 2>How many can say that I am not what I

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<v Speaker 2>once was. But the same time you raise your right hand,

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<v Speaker 2>how many of you could lift your left hand and say,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm not what I want to be.

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<v Speaker 1>That's you.

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<v Speaker 3>That's you.

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<v Speaker 1>You are what I want to be.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, And I chose you because you're much better looking

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<v Speaker 2>than him, to.

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<v Speaker 1>Be what I want to be. And so we talked

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<v Speaker 1>about living in the.

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<v Speaker 2>Gap and so what I expect when I hear about saltha,

0:28:01.000 --> 0:28:03.400
<v Speaker 2>you know, like in a wedding ceremony, they say, and

0:28:03.440 --> 0:28:10.640
<v Speaker 2>the two will be calm, one flesh. Notice they will become.

0:28:12.520 --> 0:28:14.960
<v Speaker 2>They will become. But it's not going to happen there

0:28:15.000 --> 0:28:18.320
<v Speaker 2>at the ceremony. It's going to happen in the kitchen

0:28:19.440 --> 0:28:21.480
<v Speaker 2>when we're trying to decide who does the dishes.

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<v Speaker 3>They won't help me preach.

0:28:24.960 --> 0:28:25.720
<v Speaker 1>They just want to go to.

0:28:25.680 --> 0:28:32.359
<v Speaker 2>Heaven when we all get to her the awesome. But

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<v Speaker 2>in the meantime, here I am, and I'm not living

0:28:37.600 --> 0:28:38.360
<v Speaker 2>in paradise.

0:28:39.400 --> 0:28:40.600
<v Speaker 1>I'm living in process.

0:28:42.320 --> 0:28:44.840
<v Speaker 2>Help me preach, please, or I will leave this stage

0:28:44.960 --> 0:28:45.560
<v Speaker 2>right now.

0:28:46.360 --> 0:28:48.040
<v Speaker 1>I don't need to know the third point. I know

0:28:48.120 --> 0:28:52.640
<v Speaker 1>it already.

0:28:53.360 --> 0:28:57.240
<v Speaker 3>And here I am in the middle and I.

0:28:57.200 --> 0:29:00.640
<v Speaker 2>Look back and it's awesome because I'm not what I was.

0:29:01.120 --> 0:29:02.720
<v Speaker 2>If anyone is in Christ, he has a new creation.

0:29:02.760 --> 0:29:04.640
<v Speaker 2>The old has gone, the newest come. I am not

0:29:04.920 --> 0:29:10.520
<v Speaker 2>what I was, And I found out that if I

0:29:10.560 --> 0:29:15.080
<v Speaker 2>will walk with God, he will change me and conform

0:29:15.200 --> 0:29:20.400
<v Speaker 2>me to the image of Christ. Now my expectation is

0:29:20.440 --> 0:29:24.240
<v Speaker 2>watch this, that as I move toward God's purpose for

0:29:24.320 --> 0:29:28.760
<v Speaker 2>my life, as I get closer and closer to God,

0:29:29.600 --> 0:29:30.880
<v Speaker 2>that this guy will shrink.

0:29:33.000 --> 0:29:35.640
<v Speaker 3>Guess what, Let me show you something.

0:29:36.480 --> 0:29:39.840
<v Speaker 2>The Bible says that when they recognize Jesus in the

0:29:39.840 --> 0:29:42.280
<v Speaker 2>process when he broke the bread and gave the bread,

0:29:42.320 --> 0:29:43.960
<v Speaker 2>watch what happened next. Can we go back to Luke

0:29:44.000 --> 0:29:48.240
<v Speaker 2>twenty four thirty one, The moment they recognized him, he

0:29:48.400 --> 0:29:51.160
<v Speaker 2>disappeared from their sight.

0:29:52.400 --> 0:29:53.400
<v Speaker 1>So this is what happens.

0:29:53.400 --> 0:29:56.400
<v Speaker 2>And this is going to explain a lot of why

0:29:56.440 --> 0:30:02.080
<v Speaker 2>you don't feel like a good Christian, why you don't

0:30:02.080 --> 0:30:02.960
<v Speaker 2>feel like you're growing.

0:30:03.280 --> 0:30:04.040
<v Speaker 1>Don't get me wrong.

0:30:04.280 --> 0:30:08.440
<v Speaker 2>Salvation is a gift, but it is a gift that

0:30:08.520 --> 0:30:19.480
<v Speaker 2>you must grow into. My expectation is that as I

0:30:19.560 --> 0:30:23.440
<v Speaker 2>walk with God, and as I make decisions to follow him,

0:30:24.200 --> 0:30:26.640
<v Speaker 2>and I make decisions to eliminate certain things from my

0:30:26.720 --> 0:30:29.560
<v Speaker 2>life that are causing me to drain energy and focus

0:30:29.640 --> 0:30:34.560
<v Speaker 2>that could be applied towards my purpose, that this gap

0:30:35.600 --> 0:30:38.520
<v Speaker 2>behind me will get bigger and the gap in front

0:30:38.560 --> 0:30:41.480
<v Speaker 2>of me will get smaller. But guess what God does

0:30:42.600 --> 0:30:45.440
<v Speaker 2>when you take a step, when you make a move,

0:30:47.000 --> 0:30:50.200
<v Speaker 2>when I step, you step, watch this God moves too.

0:30:54.200 --> 0:30:55.640
<v Speaker 1>You're going to love this gold digger.

0:30:56.360 --> 0:31:02.320
<v Speaker 2>See, in my mind, the goal was stay right there

0:31:02.600 --> 0:31:03.880
<v Speaker 2>that this gap goes away.

0:31:05.200 --> 0:31:06.680
<v Speaker 1>Here's what God knows.

0:31:07.960 --> 0:31:12.840
<v Speaker 2>If you think that you have arrived, arrogance is sure

0:31:12.920 --> 0:31:13.360
<v Speaker 2>to follow.

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<v Speaker 1>So what God is gonna do? I need to do this.

0:31:18.000 --> 0:31:19.320
<v Speaker 1>This is version two point zero.

0:31:19.960 --> 0:31:23.480
<v Speaker 2>God is gonna make sure that as you grow, when

0:31:23.520 --> 0:31:28.400
<v Speaker 2>I step, you step, the gap stays. So you look

0:31:28.440 --> 0:31:31.440
<v Speaker 2>back and you say, oh, look, I'm moving forward. But

0:31:31.560 --> 0:31:34.520
<v Speaker 2>you look forward and it doesn't feel like you've gone anywhere.

0:31:34.920 --> 0:31:37.560
<v Speaker 2>But I want to let you know you're right where

0:31:37.640 --> 0:31:38.400
<v Speaker 2>you need to be.

0:31:39.120 --> 0:31:43.400
<v Speaker 1>See, you need grace for both gaps.

0:31:44.440 --> 0:31:50.000
<v Speaker 2>Here. It is the same grace that created this gap

0:31:50.440 --> 0:31:52.600
<v Speaker 2>between where I was and.

0:31:52.480 --> 0:31:54.920
<v Speaker 1>Where I am. It's the grace I need.

0:31:55.000 --> 0:31:58.840
<v Speaker 2>I step you step to keep moving forward. So God

0:31:58.960 --> 0:32:02.320
<v Speaker 2>says to everyone who's in the middle of something right now,

0:32:02.720 --> 0:32:05.880
<v Speaker 2>in the middle of change, in the middle of process,

0:32:06.280 --> 0:32:08.600
<v Speaker 2>in the middle of the coming, in the middle of

0:32:08.640 --> 0:32:11.520
<v Speaker 2>a storm, in the middle of the fire, you step less,

0:32:11.560 --> 0:32:16.920
<v Speaker 2>step gets stepping, step, stay in the middle, stem, stay

0:32:16.920 --> 0:32:23.200
<v Speaker 2>in fame, step, stay in courage, step, stay least, stay.

0:32:22.880 --> 0:32:25.840
<v Speaker 1>In my hand, stay in the storm.

0:32:26.120 --> 0:32:27.880
<v Speaker 2>I wh you in the time.

0:32:28.520 --> 0:32:29.680
<v Speaker 1>God is in the middle.

0:32:33.920 --> 0:32:34.840
<v Speaker 3>I'm in the middle.

0:32:40.720 --> 0:32:45.440
<v Speaker 2>I need I need both both gaps. I need a

0:32:45.480 --> 0:32:49.400
<v Speaker 2>gap that makes me grateful and a gap that makes

0:32:49.440 --> 0:32:57.040
<v Speaker 2>me grow. So ye'll better sit down. I gotta start closing,

0:32:57.080 --> 0:33:00.480
<v Speaker 2>and I'm I want to preach about these gaps. I

0:33:00.480 --> 0:33:02.120
<v Speaker 2>don't know why it is that we think that the

0:33:02.160 --> 0:33:04.080
<v Speaker 2>first gap is the grace of God and the second

0:33:04.080 --> 0:33:07.720
<v Speaker 2>gap is anything but the same grace that did that.

0:33:09.160 --> 0:33:09.800
<v Speaker 3>Will do this.

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<v Speaker 2>He who began a good work and you will be

0:33:14.640 --> 0:33:21.600
<v Speaker 2>faithful to complete it. So the disciples get where they're

0:33:21.600 --> 0:33:27.080
<v Speaker 2>going to Amais and God says, oh, you thought that

0:33:27.240 --> 0:33:34.600
<v Speaker 2>was the final stop. No, it's just the middle. Oh man,

0:33:34.640 --> 0:33:37.880
<v Speaker 2>if you could see your life like God sees your life,

0:33:38.800 --> 0:33:42.600
<v Speaker 2>you wouldn't give up in the middle. The good stuff

0:33:42.600 --> 0:33:49.920
<v Speaker 2>happens in the middle. I love Netflix because I can

0:33:50.040 --> 0:33:53.640
<v Speaker 2>just pause it. And sometimes if the tension is real

0:33:53.720 --> 0:33:57.080
<v Speaker 2>high in a show, I'll pause it not to stop it,

0:33:57.520 --> 0:34:00.880
<v Speaker 2>but I want to see where we're at on the timeline.

0:34:01.920 --> 0:34:02.880
<v Speaker 1>Now here's what I know.

0:34:05.760 --> 0:34:09.520
<v Speaker 2>If there's unresolved conflict in the show, I want to know,

0:34:09.800 --> 0:34:13.839
<v Speaker 2>Wait a minute, how much time is left? Because if

0:34:13.840 --> 0:34:16.719
<v Speaker 2>we're still in the middle, come on, somebody.

0:34:17.040 --> 0:34:19.120
<v Speaker 1>Your dream is.

0:34:18.960 --> 0:34:22.040
<v Speaker 2>Not over, your purpose is not finished.

0:34:22.480 --> 0:34:23.680
<v Speaker 3>This is not the end.

0:34:24.080 --> 0:34:25.200
<v Speaker 6>It's just a mass.

0:34:30.920 --> 0:34:34.120
<v Speaker 1>We know what the disciples didn't know. We know the

0:34:34.200 --> 0:34:36.640
<v Speaker 1>crosses at the end, we know the grave.

0:34:36.800 --> 0:34:42.399
<v Speaker 3>Is it his final destination. It's just a mantle. It's

0:34:42.480 --> 0:34:43.120
<v Speaker 3>just the middle.

0:34:46.800 --> 0:34:52.120
<v Speaker 2>The gifts is in the middle, The goal is in

0:34:52.200 --> 0:34:52.680
<v Speaker 2>the middle.

0:34:52.880 --> 0:34:55.600
<v Speaker 1>I press toward the mark.

0:34:55.800 --> 0:35:02.800
<v Speaker 2>Forgetting what is behind. I will not quit in the middle.

0:35:03.120 --> 0:35:06.120
<v Speaker 2>Encourage somebody next to you. It's just the middle. It's

0:35:06.320 --> 0:35:09.400
<v Speaker 2>just the middle. This is just the middle. This is

0:35:09.480 --> 0:35:16.600
<v Speaker 2>not the end. It is just the middle. And I

0:35:16.640 --> 0:35:23.600
<v Speaker 2>think it is significant that when they reached Amais and Jesus.

0:35:24.640 --> 0:35:26.280
<v Speaker 3>Revealed his presence.

0:35:27.360 --> 0:35:32.080
<v Speaker 2>Through the scars that he suffered for their salvation, he

0:35:32.200 --> 0:35:34.480
<v Speaker 2>disappeared so.

0:35:34.360 --> 0:35:35.520
<v Speaker 3>That they would turn around.

0:35:36.719 --> 0:35:38.400
<v Speaker 2>And when they got to the place they thought they

0:35:38.440 --> 0:35:40.719
<v Speaker 2>were going, they found out surprise.

0:35:41.880 --> 0:35:42.960
<v Speaker 3>Look at verse thirty two.

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<v Speaker 2>They got up and they start talking to each other,

0:35:47.000 --> 0:35:50.480
<v Speaker 2>and they said to each other, we're not our hearts

0:35:51.280 --> 0:35:57.560
<v Speaker 2>burning within us while he talked with us in the

0:35:57.600 --> 0:36:02.480
<v Speaker 2>middle on the road as we went.

0:36:03.760 --> 0:36:08.479
<v Speaker 3>In the mill. That's where you get it, that's where

0:36:08.520 --> 0:36:11.719
<v Speaker 3>you grow. That's where he shows.

0:36:11.560 --> 0:36:17.000
<v Speaker 2>Up in the middle, in the middle of the night,

0:36:18.480 --> 0:36:25.319
<v Speaker 2>when it's just you and pastor pillow and nobody left

0:36:25.320 --> 0:36:32.200
<v Speaker 2>the text, you will hear his voice.

0:36:31.000 --> 0:36:31.640
<v Speaker 3>In the middle.

0:36:34.520 --> 0:36:38.080
<v Speaker 2>Whoever this is for, and whatever you're in the middle of,

0:36:39.719 --> 0:36:42.919
<v Speaker 2>I want you to look at the cross again, because

0:36:42.960 --> 0:36:45.560
<v Speaker 2>the Bible says that what they thought was the end

0:36:46.200 --> 0:36:50.279
<v Speaker 2>emaeis where they intended to stay in disappointment and eat

0:36:50.280 --> 0:36:53.719
<v Speaker 2>some bread and go to bed. Once they saw who

0:36:53.800 --> 0:36:56.839
<v Speaker 2>was with them all along and realized what had been

0:36:56.880 --> 0:37:00.600
<v Speaker 2>happening along the road that seemed to them trivial in

0:37:00.719 --> 0:37:04.920
<v Speaker 2>something as mundane as a seven mile walk, they turned around,

0:37:04.920 --> 0:37:08.440
<v Speaker 2>they got up, and they returned at once to Jerusalem.

0:37:08.480 --> 0:37:11.040
<v Speaker 2>And you thought this series seven mile miracle was about

0:37:11.080 --> 0:37:14.960
<v Speaker 2>the first seven miles, and you thought salvation was just

0:37:15.000 --> 0:37:20.240
<v Speaker 2>about God getting you out. But the second seven miles

0:37:21.480 --> 0:37:27.720
<v Speaker 2>is when you turn back around and stop running from.

0:37:28.000 --> 0:37:29.640
<v Speaker 3>What God saved you out of.

0:37:31.360 --> 0:37:36.600
<v Speaker 2>And start running toward what God saved you for.

0:37:37.719 --> 0:37:44.120
<v Speaker 6>And they got up at once in a moment and

0:37:44.239 --> 0:37:48.880
<v Speaker 6>returned to Jerusalem.

0:37:48.960 --> 0:37:51.680
<v Speaker 2>This may be the strongest message on salvation that God

0:37:51.719 --> 0:37:56.200
<v Speaker 2>has ever given me, because when I looked at the

0:37:56.360 --> 0:38:00.319
<v Speaker 2>cross where he died, and I realized.

0:38:01.840 --> 0:38:05.760
<v Speaker 3>That he died on a hill called Galgatha.

0:38:05.320 --> 0:38:09.480
<v Speaker 2>Which is the place of the skull in Hermaic, and

0:38:09.520 --> 0:38:13.120
<v Speaker 2>on one side of him was one thief, and on

0:38:13.120 --> 0:38:17.359
<v Speaker 2>one side of him was another and the cross that

0:38:17.400 --> 0:38:20.400
<v Speaker 2>brought our salvation was right.

0:38:20.239 --> 0:38:27.440
<v Speaker 3>There in the middle. I realized.

0:38:28.280 --> 0:38:31.560
<v Speaker 2>That the way that he died is symbolic of the

0:38:31.560 --> 0:38:37.280
<v Speaker 2>way that I now live. I am crucified with Christ.

0:38:38.440 --> 0:38:44.319
<v Speaker 2>Nevertheless I live yet not I, but Christ lives in me.

0:38:44.680 --> 0:38:49.120
<v Speaker 2>And the life that I now live, I now live.

0:38:49.440 --> 0:38:51.240
<v Speaker 1>It is here now.

0:38:51.400 --> 0:38:54.000
<v Speaker 2>If you're looking for the grace of God, don't look

0:38:54.040 --> 0:38:58.480
<v Speaker 2>to your deathbed, and don't look to your past.

0:39:00.840 --> 0:39:02.480
<v Speaker 1>He is the great I am.

0:39:02.600 --> 0:39:05.239
<v Speaker 2>If you're looking for the grace of God, put your

0:39:05.239 --> 0:39:11.399
<v Speaker 2>eyes on that middle cross between two thieves. On your left,

0:39:11.480 --> 0:39:15.640
<v Speaker 2>you'll see your past. On your right, you'll see your future.

0:39:16.840 --> 0:39:19.479
<v Speaker 2>But don't look at your past. You're not going that way,

0:39:20.680 --> 0:39:24.399
<v Speaker 2>And don't even worry about your future. God is already there.

0:39:25.600 --> 0:39:28.480
<v Speaker 2>If you're looking for the grace of God, it's in

0:39:28.520 --> 0:39:32.280
<v Speaker 2>the middle. How need somebody to praise God right here,

0:39:33.000 --> 0:39:37.000
<v Speaker 2>right now for his grace in the middle.

0:39:43.640 --> 0:39:46.600
<v Speaker 1>He is with me in the middle. He is with

0:39:46.800 --> 0:39:47.440
<v Speaker 1>in the middle.

0:39:50.000 --> 0:39:53.800
<v Speaker 2>And maybe stand please, Maybe it's not about God getting

0:39:53.800 --> 0:39:58.480
<v Speaker 2>me out. Maybe the reason he died is because he

0:39:58.520 --> 0:40:00.719
<v Speaker 2>wanted to get in.

0:40:03.440 --> 0:40:07.480
<v Speaker 3>Your faith is hanging between two thieves.

0:40:08.719 --> 0:40:16.000
<v Speaker 2>What was is gone what will be is unknown. If

0:40:16.040 --> 0:40:19.120
<v Speaker 2>you're looking for the grace of God, if you're looking

0:40:19.160 --> 0:40:24.240
<v Speaker 2>for the glory of God, the glory is in the middle.

0:40:27.280 --> 0:40:28.080
<v Speaker 1>I know it's in the.

0:40:28.000 --> 0:40:34.719
<v Speaker 2>Middle because when Shadrak, mishak can a Beenda Gole got

0:40:34.719 --> 0:40:36.880
<v Speaker 2>thrown in the fire, God didn't get them out of

0:40:36.920 --> 0:40:41.319
<v Speaker 2>the fire, but lated not when the flames were at

0:40:41.360 --> 0:40:42.880
<v Speaker 2>their highest, seven times.

0:40:42.600 --> 0:40:43.920
<v Speaker 3>Hotter than they normally.

0:40:43.680 --> 0:40:47.560
<v Speaker 2>Were, because they would not bow before the Babylonian king.

0:40:48.200 --> 0:40:50.759
<v Speaker 2>The scripture says that a fourth man went in the

0:40:50.760 --> 0:40:52.560
<v Speaker 2>furnace with the three who were thrown in.

0:40:52.920 --> 0:40:54.239
<v Speaker 3>God didn't get them out.

0:40:56.400 --> 0:41:05.640
<v Speaker 2>He got in the middle with them. Now, if you

0:41:05.680 --> 0:41:07.960
<v Speaker 2>know this message is for your soul, just raise your

0:41:07.960 --> 0:41:09.319
<v Speaker 2>hand if you know it's for your soul.

0:41:10.800 --> 0:41:11.440
<v Speaker 3>I want.

0:41:13.400 --> 0:41:16.960
<v Speaker 2>I want the same grace that got me out of

0:41:16.960 --> 0:41:22.440
<v Speaker 2>my sin to lead me into everything that God saved

0:41:22.440 --> 0:41:26.920
<v Speaker 2>me for. I want to learn to see His power,

0:41:27.160 --> 0:41:31.839
<v Speaker 2>not just in my perfection. I mean even the thought

0:41:31.880 --> 0:41:34.839
<v Speaker 2>that I'm going to reach that on this earth is ridiculous.

0:41:36.760 --> 0:41:39.960
<v Speaker 3>I want God's presence in the process.

0:41:40.320 --> 0:41:44.439
<v Speaker 2>When he took it, he blessed it, he broke it,

0:41:45.360 --> 0:41:49.680
<v Speaker 2>and gave it. And that's where they in the middle

0:41:51.280 --> 0:42:00.000
<v Speaker 2>common middle, mundane middle. The miracle is in the middle,

0:42:01.520 --> 0:42:04.120
<v Speaker 2>not when you get out, but while you are in it.

0:42:05.600 --> 0:42:07.960
<v Speaker 2>I know you're still struggling with the addiction man, And

0:42:08.000 --> 0:42:09.560
<v Speaker 2>I know even your wife doesn't.

0:42:09.280 --> 0:42:11.000
<v Speaker 3>Know because you're scared to tell her.

0:42:11.560 --> 0:42:14.359
<v Speaker 2>God is with you in the middle, not just when

0:42:14.360 --> 0:42:15.800
<v Speaker 2>you've been five years clean.

0:42:15.920 --> 0:42:18.880
<v Speaker 1>God is with you in the pig pen. He is

0:42:19.000 --> 0:42:20.480
<v Speaker 1>with you in the middle.

0:42:20.840 --> 0:42:23.920
<v Speaker 3>And the same grace that stayed.

0:42:23.520 --> 0:42:26.480
<v Speaker 2>With you in the pig pen is going to bring

0:42:26.520 --> 0:42:26.919
<v Speaker 2>you out.

0:42:27.000 --> 0:42:30.279
<v Speaker 1>Don't you dare quit. This is just the middle. This

0:42:30.320 --> 0:42:31.280
<v Speaker 1>is just the middle.

0:42:31.480 --> 0:42:38.480
<v Speaker 3>This is just the middle. God is with you in

0:42:38.520 --> 0:42:39.000
<v Speaker 3>the middle.

0:42:39.760 --> 0:42:46.520
<v Speaker 2>Well, his presence is here. John said, I looked and

0:42:46.520 --> 0:42:50.960
<v Speaker 2>saw a throne in This is a beautiful picture because

0:42:50.960 --> 0:42:54.920
<v Speaker 2>he said that the throne was sitting in the middle

0:42:56.360 --> 0:42:56.960
<v Speaker 2>of praise.

0:42:57.239 --> 0:42:58.920
<v Speaker 3>I want us to do something right now.

0:42:59.360 --> 0:43:04.360
<v Speaker 2>This may be a little uncomfortable for you, but the

0:43:04.440 --> 0:43:08.400
<v Speaker 2>reason you've been feeling stressed out and worn out, and

0:43:08.480 --> 0:43:10.839
<v Speaker 2>the reason you've been trying to do what Jesus did

0:43:10.880 --> 0:43:13.520
<v Speaker 2>not do on the cross, which is save himself. The

0:43:13.600 --> 0:43:16.800
<v Speaker 2>reason you've been trying, the reason you've been so strained,

0:43:16.840 --> 0:43:19.360
<v Speaker 2>and the reason that you've been so drained is because

0:43:19.400 --> 0:43:21.920
<v Speaker 2>you've been trying to save yourself and you've been at

0:43:21.960 --> 0:43:26.880
<v Speaker 2>the center. If you are looking for the peace of God,

0:43:26.920 --> 0:43:28.759
<v Speaker 2>if you are looking for the power of God, if

0:43:28.760 --> 0:43:33.080
<v Speaker 2>you are looking for the presence of God, it's in

0:43:33.120 --> 0:43:33.640
<v Speaker 2>the middle.

0:43:34.600 --> 0:43:36.399
<v Speaker 3>And for him to be in the middle, you can't

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<v Speaker 3>stay there.

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<v Speaker 2>So lift your hands, say glory and praise, power and strength.

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<v Speaker 2>This is what they're singing in heaven around the throne.

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<v Speaker 3>Worthy is the Lamb of God. We're singing it now.

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<v Speaker 2>Salvation belongs to our God, to the Lamb who sits

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<v Speaker 2>on the throne, the power to Minion, majesty forever and ever.

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<v Speaker 2>Put him at the center for it despite grace. You

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<v Speaker 2>have been said through faith, not of yourselves. It is

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<v Speaker 2>the gift of God. Come on, if you're in the

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<v Speaker 2>middle of a storm right now, I need you to

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<v Speaker 2>lift your hands and call on in Glory'll show up

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<v Speaker 2>in the middle of your storm, in the middle of

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<v Speaker 2>your struggle. Come on, he's in the midst of his people.

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<v Speaker 1>Here have it the graces of this people and thrown

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<v Speaker 1>him out.

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