WEBVTT - Let The Dirt Do It's Work

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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

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<v Speaker 2>podcast and I wanted to thank you for joining us today.

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<v Speaker 1>Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith.

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

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<v Speaker 2>in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>Enjoy the message, Mark four twenty six.

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<v Speaker 2>He also said, this is what the Kingdom of God

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<v Speaker 2>is like a man scattered seed on the ground night

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<v Speaker 2>and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed

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<v Speaker 2>sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.

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<v Speaker 1>All by itself.

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<v Speaker 2>The soil produces grain, first the stalk, then the head,

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<v Speaker 2>then the full kernel in the head. God knows the

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<v Speaker 2>order in which things need to happen in our lives,

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<v Speaker 2>and trusting him is in one sense, just allowing him

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<v Speaker 2>to do not only what he wants to do, but

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<v Speaker 2>when he wants to do it. Touch somebody say there's

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<v Speaker 2>an order to this. That's what we preached about last

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<v Speaker 2>week from Mark three, and we said that when you

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<v Speaker 2>get things out of.

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<v Speaker 1>Order, they stop working.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's why spending your money before you tithe is

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<v Speaker 2>a bad idea, because it's out of.

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<v Speaker 1>Order too early, too soon.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why sex before marriage is a dangerous proposition. Too much,

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<v Speaker 2>too soon. Now he doesn't value you. Instead, he objectifies you.

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<v Speaker 2>And there's an order to things. There's an order to things.

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<v Speaker 1>Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise.

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<v Speaker 2>My time with God goes a lot better if I

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<v Speaker 2>start with thank you for what you've already done. I

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<v Speaker 2>got some things I need, I've got some unresolved issues

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<v Speaker 2>that I.

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<v Speaker 1>Want to bring before you.

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<v Speaker 2>But first of all, God, I just want to thank

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<v Speaker 2>you because somebody's lying on a ventilator this morning, and

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<v Speaker 2>I have breath in my body, and you said, let

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<v Speaker 2>everything that has breadth.

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<v Speaker 1>Praise the Lord, and I got breath to praise you with.

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<v Speaker 2>So God, right now, in spite of how I feel

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<v Speaker 2>on what I'm going through, I just want to give

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<v Speaker 2>you about sixteen seconds of praise. There's an order, there's

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<v Speaker 2>an order, and then comes the result as soon verse

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<v Speaker 2>twenty nine. As the grain is ripe, he puts the

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<v Speaker 2>sickle to it, and some of us put the sickle

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<v Speaker 2>to stuff too soon before it has the chance to

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<v Speaker 2>take root. And we spend money to impress people, and

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<v Speaker 2>because we don't know when to use what God has

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<v Speaker 2>given us, we end up ruining the very provision anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>That's true.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just reading scriptures, has nothing to do with my sermon.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'll be honest with you. When I walked around

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<v Speaker 2>the corner, Valentine was singing like they love Jesus, and

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<v Speaker 2>I just got excited and the Holy Spirit just kicked

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<v Speaker 2>me into gear. So as soon as the grain is right,

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<v Speaker 2>he puts the sickle to it because the harvest has come.

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<v Speaker 2>But the real focus of this message is going to

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<v Speaker 2>be verse twenty seven B and twenty eight A. It

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<v Speaker 2>says the seed sprouts and grows night and day, whether

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<v Speaker 2>he sleeps or gets up. The seed sprouts and grows,

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<v Speaker 2>though he does not know how, and that's the key phrase.

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<v Speaker 1>He does not know how.

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<v Speaker 2>And then it says, all by itself, the soil produces grain.

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<v Speaker 2>And so to me, that made me think about grace,

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<v Speaker 2>and that made me think about God's sovereignty, and that

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<v Speaker 2>made me wonder, if I'm staying up stressing about stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>if I would get out of my own way and

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<v Speaker 2>let God deal with it the way that he knows

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<v Speaker 2>how to deal with things, I would be so much

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<v Speaker 2>better off, you know. So what I came to tell

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<v Speaker 2>you today. This is my sermon. Title is let the

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<v Speaker 2>dirt do its work. You may be seated. Let's work

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<v Speaker 2>on the scripture for a moment. I did preach from

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<v Speaker 2>this passage two years ago, and at.

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<v Speaker 1>That time I was.

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<v Speaker 2>Taken by the temporal implications of this text and the

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<v Speaker 2>timing of God. I believe the title I gave that

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<v Speaker 2>little message was called the Seed is on schedule, and

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<v Speaker 2>I was using it to illustrate how things in our

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<v Speaker 2>life in some ways show up. Like the wise teacher

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<v Speaker 2>said that when the student is ready, the teacher will appear.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what I was trying to say two years ago.

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<v Speaker 2>And in the last two years, either this text has

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<v Speaker 2>gotten better.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm being sarcastic.

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<v Speaker 2>The text didn't change, but God has opened my eyes

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<v Speaker 2>to see it in a little different way. And since

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<v Speaker 2>we been going through Mark's Gospel very slowly at a

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<v Speaker 2>leisurely stroll, to talk about savage Jesus, and all I

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<v Speaker 2>keep hearing from people as I see you out and

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<v Speaker 2>about is don't stop preaching savage Jesus. This series, just

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<v Speaker 2>keep keep it going until the rapture. And I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know about that, but I thought we should at least

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<v Speaker 2>take one parable and Mark gives us so much about

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<v Speaker 2>the context of Jesus ministry, but we also want to

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<v Speaker 2>take a moment now and pause and look at some

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<v Speaker 2>of the content of his ministry, and we see that

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<v Speaker 2>his teaching is creating opposition at the same time that

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<v Speaker 2>it is making an impact.

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<v Speaker 1>By the way, that's always the case. Everything that makes

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<v Speaker 1>impact creates opposition.

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<v Speaker 2>You know that, right if the devil touch somebody say,

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<v Speaker 2>if the devil is in messing with you, he doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>consider you a threat. So we've seen now five different

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<v Speaker 2>examples of controversy in the ministry of Jesus, which makes

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<v Speaker 2>me want to go back and have a conversation again.

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<v Speaker 2>One pastor, I said, what's your goal in ministry?

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<v Speaker 1>He said, my goal is that on the Wikipedia page.

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<v Speaker 2>And he didn't have a Wikipedia page, but he said,

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<v Speaker 2>if I have a Wikipedia page, this is already weird

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<v Speaker 2>hypothetical Wikipedia page.

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<v Speaker 1>Is your goal for ministry?

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<v Speaker 2>He said, I hope there's no controversy section. He said

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<v Speaker 2>that was his main goal in ministry. By that standard,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus Christ was the ultimate ministry failure.

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<v Speaker 1>Why are you looking shocked? What do you think the

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<v Speaker 1>cross was? You think it was jewelry.

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<v Speaker 2>You think, you think, you think the cross was a

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<v Speaker 2>celebratory moment. The Roman Empire used that tool to torture

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<v Speaker 2>people who represented a threat. And everywhere Jesus went people

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<v Speaker 2>were threatened. The Pharisees, the teachers of the law, they

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<v Speaker 2>were threatened by Jesus. He was upsetting their entire system.

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<v Speaker 2>Were you here last week? Their entire system was being

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<v Speaker 2>overturned by.

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<v Speaker 1>The things he was speaking and the things he was doing.

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<v Speaker 2>Not only that, but the demons were threatened by Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>every time he got in the presence of an impure

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<v Speaker 2>spirit and started shrieking and convulsing and begging and falling.

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<v Speaker 1>Down at his feet.

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<v Speaker 2>Is a funny thing, because the demons knew better who

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus was than the teachers of the law did. Isn't

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<v Speaker 2>that crazy? The demons saw Jesus and they fell down

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<v Speaker 2>at his feet. The teachers of the law saw Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>and they crossed their arms to judge him. Sometimes we

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<v Speaker 2>should be more like the demons than we should be

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<v Speaker 2>like the religious people. At least the demons knew this

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<v Speaker 2>guy's in charge. At least the demons knew he has

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<v Speaker 2>all power. At least the demons knew. He's not ordinary,

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<v Speaker 2>he's not average, he's not common.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the son of God.

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<v Speaker 2>I wonder do we really worship him today? I wonder

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<v Speaker 2>do we really regard him as the supreme authority in

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<v Speaker 2>our lives?

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<v Speaker 1>Or is he just an accessory. This is what we've

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<v Speaker 1>been studying, and.

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<v Speaker 2>It all fits within the context all of the controversy

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<v Speaker 2>and all of the compassion of Jesus. They were both

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<v Speaker 2>growing together. Both grow together, the wheat and the terrorist.

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<v Speaker 2>That's when parable Jesus used, it's not our parable today,

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<v Speaker 2>but he was talking about the wheat grows and right

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<v Speaker 2>beside it all the weeds grow that want to choke

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<v Speaker 2>out the wheat. And what we tend to want to

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<v Speaker 2>do that is reflected in that parable in Matthew thirteen

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<v Speaker 2>is to separate the weeds from the wheat. But Jesus said,

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<v Speaker 2>both grow together. They have to. It's an eschatological principle

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<v Speaker 2>that he's using to talk about the harvest at the

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<v Speaker 2>end of the age, but it also has practical implications

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<v Speaker 2>in our lives that both grow together. As God is

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<v Speaker 2>drawing you into a deeper relationship and a more consistent

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<v Speaker 2>communion with him, there will also be a more consistent

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<v Speaker 2>sense of conflict to accompany the communion, because both grow together.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't be confused about it, and don't try to separate

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<v Speaker 2>what you think is the good stuff from what you

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<v Speaker 2>think is the bad stuff, because God uses both in

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<v Speaker 2>our life. The tears he uses for our humility so

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<v Speaker 2>that we will trust him, and the weed he uses

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<v Speaker 2>for our sustenance so that He can sustain us and

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<v Speaker 2>bless us, and both grow together. Now, with that context established,

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<v Speaker 2>we have a parable Jesus taught in parables. Mark shares

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<v Speaker 2>here several of them. Remember he's not compiling these in

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<v Speaker 2>the order that they happen. He's giving us a He's

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<v Speaker 2>giving us a how would I say it, a curated

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<v Speaker 2>account of the ministry of Jesus. And he's building for

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<v Speaker 2>us what he believes to be an accurate picture of

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<v Speaker 2>the purpose of the ministry of Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>And now Jesus is teaching us about.

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<v Speaker 2>The nature of the Kingdom of God and our faith.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe you've heard the parable of the different types of

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<v Speaker 2>soil that he starts with in Mark chapter four. He's

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<v Speaker 2>getting into this idea that there is always seed going forth.

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<v Speaker 2>God is always speaking to you. Stop asking God to

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<v Speaker 2>speak to you and start listening. It's the weirdest thing

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<v Speaker 2>we pray.

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<v Speaker 1>God, speak to me, Speak to me, Speak to me,

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<v Speaker 1>Speak to me, Speak to me. If you'd shut up,

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<v Speaker 1>you'd hear that.

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<v Speaker 2>I already am. So the seed's always going forth. But

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<v Speaker 2>while my Bible calls it the parable of the sower,

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<v Speaker 2>it's really the parable of the soils. It's really about

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<v Speaker 2>our hearts. The soil is our soul, our mind, our will,

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<v Speaker 2>and our emotions. And in this passage he shares with

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<v Speaker 2>us how there are some seeds that fall on the path,

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<v Speaker 2>and the birds come and snatch them up. How many

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<v Speaker 2>of you have some seed snatchers in your life? Joy

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<v Speaker 2>Joy thieves, people who want to ruin your day.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's not nine thirty yet, and here they come.

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<v Speaker 2>How many you have some seed snatching apps on your phone?

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<v Speaker 2>You know that one with the bird. What's it called twitter?

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus said? Jesus said, the birds of the air will

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<v Speaker 2>snatch the seed and grab your attention, so that you

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<v Speaker 2>don't act on what you heard, but you forget what

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<v Speaker 2>you heard. Because a lot of us have a stash

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<v Speaker 2>of seed.

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<v Speaker 1>That we've never put in the ground.

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<v Speaker 2>We've gotten to be professional seed collectors who know how

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<v Speaker 2>to highlight our Bibles and fill notebooks with information. But

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<v Speaker 2>without application, without soili, the seed only represents unused potential.

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<v Speaker 1>And to me, that's a sad thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Woldn't be sad for God to show you in heaven

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<v Speaker 2>how much seed you sat on while you were here

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<v Speaker 2>on earth. Do not merely listen to the word. Instead,

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<v Speaker 2>do what it says. You are not blessed by the

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<v Speaker 2>word you hear, but the word that you do a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of times. If you think we need to know more,

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<v Speaker 2>I found out that I already know enough. Let me

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<v Speaker 2>give a few examples. I know not to talk bad

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<v Speaker 2>about people. If I would just do that, I think

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<v Speaker 2>I'd be working seventy hours a week.

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<v Speaker 1>Just that that alone.

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<v Speaker 2>I know that I'm supposed to consider others as more

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<v Speaker 2>important than myself.

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<v Speaker 1>I know that, and you know that.

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<v Speaker 2>Touch somebody say you know this, and if you know

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<v Speaker 2>how to say man after it, you could say man

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<v Speaker 2>after But if you.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't know how, don't try to be embarrassing. You know this.

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<v Speaker 1>You know this.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, look back at him one more time. I

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<v Speaker 2>need your help, because everybody looks a little bit resistant

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<v Speaker 2>to this point. We always want to know more. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to grow spiritually. Look back at him and say,

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<v Speaker 2>if you would do what you knew, you would grow

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<v Speaker 2>spiritual growth. It's always been a tricky concept to me

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<v Speaker 2>because I thought spiritual growth required more knowledge. And I

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<v Speaker 2>don't have many regrets in life, but I do have

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<v Speaker 2>a few. One thing I regret I wish I would

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<v Speaker 2>have written a parenting book before I.

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<v Speaker 1>Had my kids.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just something I think about often. How some my

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<v Speaker 2>parenting book would have been if I had written it

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<v Speaker 2>before parenting, because the time that I knew the most

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<v Speaker 2>about parenting.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what, I wish the same thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's another recred I wish I would have written a

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<v Speaker 2>book about being a pastor before I started this church.

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<v Speaker 2>It would have been so profound. It would have had

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<v Speaker 2>diagrams and informational concepts.

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<v Speaker 1>It would have been it would have been seven hundred and.

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<v Speaker 2>Seventy three pages of how to be a pastor? And

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<v Speaker 2>then you showed up and screwed up all my theories

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<v Speaker 2>about how to be a pastor. People messed up my

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<v Speaker 2>ideas about how to be a pastor.

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<v Speaker 1>What's up with that? Now? It would just be a pamphlet.

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<v Speaker 1>It wouldn't even it would just be illustrated.

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<v Speaker 2>It would only have the whole book would be prayer,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the emoji with the prayer hands. That would

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<v Speaker 2>be the whole How to be a parent, how to

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<v Speaker 2>be a pastor?

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<v Speaker 1>But I knew so much.

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<v Speaker 2>You notice, those are the people who give the most advice,

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<v Speaker 2>those with the least experience. When I went down, I

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<v Speaker 2>tell you what I would do if it were me.

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<v Speaker 2>And I know, I mean, I'm not judging. I'm just saying, now, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>so three things.

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<v Speaker 1>It's right here in the text. I know you think

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<v Speaker 1>that I'm confuser loss. It's as that the farmer, this

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<v Speaker 1>is crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>The farmer who puts the seed in the ground, not

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<v Speaker 2>the seed on the shelf, but the seed in the soil.

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<v Speaker 1>He let's look at the verse on the screen again, he.

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<v Speaker 2>Experiences the maturation of that seed, though he does not

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<v Speaker 2>know how.

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<v Speaker 1>What kind of farmer is this?

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't know how the seed grows, you could

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<v Speaker 2>at least google it.

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<v Speaker 1>There you would.

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<v Speaker 2>Find that the seed needs what light or the correct

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<v Speaker 2>temperatures and water. Yeah, and then it needs to be

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<v Speaker 2>planted in the right place. I can tell you exactly

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<v Speaker 2>how the seed grows. That's exactly how it grows. I

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<v Speaker 2>can explain that to you. And so if the scripture

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<v Speaker 2>says this parable, which is always used to get us

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<v Speaker 2>beneath the surface to the deeper meaning, if the parable

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<v Speaker 2>is included in Jesus' illustration of what the Kingdom of

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<v Speaker 2>God is like, he said, this is what the Kingdom

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<v Speaker 2>is like, and now we're expecting something spectacular. Because the

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<v Speaker 2>Kingdom of God is a new concept, Jesus is the

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<v Speaker 2>first one to use this term. And since they are

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<v Speaker 2>not familiar with this particular concept, Jesus is giving them

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<v Speaker 2>an earthly illustration.

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<v Speaker 1>Yet he does not talk about the.

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<v Speaker 2>Kingdom of God being like Wakanda. He does not talk

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<v Speaker 2>about the Kingdom of God being like a spaceship.

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<v Speaker 1>He does not talk about the Kingdom of.

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<v Speaker 2>God being like a rocket. Instead, he says, and this

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<v Speaker 2>must have been anti climactic for those who gathered to

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<v Speaker 2>hear his message on this day, the Kingdom is like

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<v Speaker 2>a seed.

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<v Speaker 1>And on this alone, we understand that often what.

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<v Speaker 2>God does in our life will feel insignificant, and then

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<v Speaker 2>it will go into the soil where it will be invisible.

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<v Speaker 2>And that a lot of times when God is working

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<v Speaker 2>in our lives in the greatest ways. We won't even

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<v Speaker 2>know how He's working. We will be ignorant. That's three eyes.

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<v Speaker 2>It makes an outline. Write it down.

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<v Speaker 1>Three things about the Kingdom of God.

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<v Speaker 2>It often sees, means insignificant, It often appears invisible.

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<v Speaker 1>And often you feel ignorant. So the greatest proof that

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<v Speaker 1>you are growing in your relationship with.

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<v Speaker 2>God is sometimes the fact that you don't feel like you.

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<v Speaker 1>Are growing in your relationship with God.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry for everyone who always needs a goose bump

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<v Speaker 2>to feel.

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<v Speaker 1>Like God is with you.

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<v Speaker 2>But sometimes the greatest growth in your life is not

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<v Speaker 2>going to be on the surface of your emotions, your feelings,

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<v Speaker 2>or your senses. Sometimes the deeper work that God will

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<v Speaker 2>do is much greater than the highest work.

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<v Speaker 1>That God will do.

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<v Speaker 2>For what is the building without the foundation? Jesus said,

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<v Speaker 2>the Kingdom is like this is.

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<v Speaker 1>Something so small, seemingly.

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<v Speaker 2>So insignificant, and it goes through stages that are so invisible,

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<v Speaker 2>and a lot of the times you will feel so ignorant.

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<v Speaker 2>Like the farmer who puts the seed in the ground

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<v Speaker 2>and doesn't know when he'll see it again. Sure he

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<v Speaker 2>can water it, Sure he can plow the ground. Surely

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<v Speaker 2>we have a part to play in our relationship with God.

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<v Speaker 2>But there is this other element of faith that I

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<v Speaker 2>want to talk about today that I don't hear about enough,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm hungry to hear about it because I see

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of Christians listening to cute sermons, and we're

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<v Speaker 2>telling you to do things that sound really big, to

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<v Speaker 2>forgive people and to be free of addiction. But I

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<v Speaker 2>hear the response from the people when the pulpit is

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<v Speaker 2>echoing forth these lofty ideals, and the people are sitting

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<v Speaker 2>in the peple saying.

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<v Speaker 1>How.

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<v Speaker 2>You're telling me what, but you're not telling me how.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how. I don't know how to read

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<v Speaker 2>my Bible.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how to pray for over.

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<v Speaker 2>Thirteen seconds without thinking about my need for cereal at

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<v Speaker 2>the grocery store. I don't somebody try.

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<v Speaker 1>It, say, I don't know how.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the most spiritual thing you've said all week. Who

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<v Speaker 2>did God pick to be the disciples of Jesus? Religious

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<v Speaker 2>professionals with academic no how he picked the people? Who

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<v Speaker 2>did God pick to carry his son? What's the first

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<v Speaker 2>thing Mary said? When the Angel said the one born

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<v Speaker 2>of you is the Holy One of God?

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<v Speaker 1>What exactly how?

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<v Speaker 2>What's the first thing that the disciple said when Jesus said,

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<v Speaker 2>feed these big crowds, even though you didn't pack of lunch.

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<v Speaker 2>What's the first thing they said that is the starting

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<v Speaker 2>place of spiritual growth?

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<v Speaker 1>To admit? I sorry I'm screaming, but.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes it screams inside of me when God calls.

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<v Speaker 1>Me to do something. But I don't know how. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't I don't know how. I don't know how to

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<v Speaker 1>raise these kids.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how I did before I had them, but.

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<v Speaker 1>Now they're here, and I don't know how. I read

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<v Speaker 1>the book, the baby book. It told me that if you.

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<v Speaker 2>Swaddle the child, but I found out my firstborn child

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<v Speaker 2>was unswaddleable.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how.

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<v Speaker 2>I hear you preaching these great sermons.

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<v Speaker 1>Keep your eyes on Jesus, and don't look at the wind,

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<v Speaker 1>and don't look at the waves. But how do I

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<v Speaker 1>look at something that's invisible.

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<v Speaker 2>I hear what you're saying, and I want what you God,

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<v Speaker 2>But I don't know how.

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<v Speaker 1>How many don't know how?

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<v Speaker 2>Just to see how I'm preaching to and who I

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<v Speaker 2>can leave alone?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how to forgive somebody, but then make

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<v Speaker 2>sure that I keep an appropriate distance so that they

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<v Speaker 2>don't continue to violate me.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. And here's a farmer doesn't know how

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<v Speaker 2>to make a seed grow, and Jesus says, is like that.

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<v Speaker 2>Growth is like that. There's a part that you will play,

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<v Speaker 2>and you will know what to do.

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<v Speaker 1>You sow, you water, you plow, but you don't have

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<v Speaker 1>to know how.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the dirty little secret of the Kingdom that

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<v Speaker 2>they don't want me to tell you.

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<v Speaker 1>They want you to.

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<v Speaker 2>Think that God chooses and uses and blesses people who

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<v Speaker 2>are experts and who are the epitome of perfection. But

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<v Speaker 2>I want to tell you who God's looking for. Fishermen

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<v Speaker 2>like Peter, prostitutes like Rahab, people who don't know how.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what God is looking for, humble people. Blessed are

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<v Speaker 2>those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, not those who

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<v Speaker 2>are so full of their own wisdom that they cannot

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<v Speaker 2>receive the wisdom of God.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you.

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<v Speaker 2>Came here today with a I don't know how hard

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<v Speaker 2>God can feel what you will empty before him. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't have to know how. I don't have to know

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<v Speaker 2>how it works. If I did, I'd still be at

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<v Speaker 2>the house because I drove my Maxima here and I

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<v Speaker 2>have no idea how that that button told my tires

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<v Speaker 2>to spend. I have a little bit of a concept,

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<v Speaker 2>but not much. I found out something about my car

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<v Speaker 2>that I found.

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<v Speaker 1>Out about God.

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<v Speaker 2>I found out I don't have to understand it. See

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<v Speaker 2>it got me from here to there, and from there

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<v Speaker 2>to here and here. I am preaching, but honestly, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know how. I have an iPad. I put my

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<v Speaker 2>notes on my iPad. I turn on my iPad, the

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<v Speaker 2>notes appear on my iPad.

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<v Speaker 1>I preach to you. I understand what button to push.

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<v Speaker 2>I push it. I know what letters to type. I

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<v Speaker 2>typed them. But as to how the words appeared on

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<v Speaker 2>the iPad, I don't know how. It didn't stop me

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<v Speaker 2>from preaching, it didn't stop it from working.

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<v Speaker 1>There may be somebody.

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<v Speaker 2>Here today who is in a situation where you.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't know how. God.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not smart enough. God, I wasn't trained for this. God,

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<v Speaker 2>I've never been this way before. God, this is new

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<v Speaker 2>to me. God, I feel like a rookie. God I've

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<v Speaker 2>never God said from heaven, you don't have to know

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<v Speaker 2>how when you.

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<v Speaker 1>Know who, an't twitting? Come on five.

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<v Speaker 2>Five seconds, four seconds, yes, three seconds, two seconds. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>let's prace him like we know who he is. He's

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<v Speaker 2>the lord of the harvest. To see this mind what the.

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<v Speaker 3>Harvest this is? And I don't have to know. I

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<v Speaker 3>just gotta sew.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't let what you don't know keep you from sewing.

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<v Speaker 2>The farmer didn't know how it was gonna happen, but

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<v Speaker 2>he knew what to do.

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta keep sewing.

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<v Speaker 2>I gotta keep praying, I gotta keep believing.

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta stay in this house. I gotta be present.

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta show up. All I gotta do is sow.

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<v Speaker 2>Find twelve disciples and tell him you don't have to

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<v Speaker 2>know how.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't have to know how. You don't have to

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<v Speaker 1>know how.

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<v Speaker 2>I will make you fishures of men. All I need

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<v Speaker 2>is your boked. All I need is your will, All

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<v Speaker 2>I need is your want to. All I need is

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<v Speaker 2>your surrender. All I need is your obedience. But you

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<v Speaker 2>stop sewing because you didn't know how. You don't have

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<v Speaker 2>to know how. Let's get it in our spirits, say

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have to know how. I could be like

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<v Speaker 2>Abraham who set out from Erth without knowing where he

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<v Speaker 2>was going. He didn't have to know how because he knows.

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<v Speaker 2>He knows.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you getting a lesson?

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<v Speaker 2>It's not just one text, it's the principle of this

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<v Speaker 2>parable that is illustrated.

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<v Speaker 1>The Kingdom of God is like a man who sowed,

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<v Speaker 1>he did so.

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<v Speaker 4>Notice there there there is a part that you play.

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<v Speaker 4>But once you do what you know, there is a

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<v Speaker 4>poet that you reach where you can't make it rain,

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<v Speaker 4>and you can't control the rate of growth of the sea.

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<v Speaker 4>And there are so many people who will hear this

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<v Speaker 4>message online and in our campuses, who are waiting to

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<v Speaker 4>know before you.

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<v Speaker 1>Sow, and it's out of order.

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<v Speaker 2>As much as I want to preach theologically right now,

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<v Speaker 2>I just want to minister to you personally.

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<v Speaker 1>Let the dirt do its work.

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<v Speaker 2>Because the greatest growth happened not when the farmer was

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<v Speaker 2>doing his part, but when the dirt was doing its part.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a cooperation that happens in each of our lives.

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<v Speaker 2>That's between the things we can control. I can plow,

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<v Speaker 2>I can water, and.

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<v Speaker 1>I can sew.

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<v Speaker 2>I can speak words of encouragement, I can speak words

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<v Speaker 2>of life. I can invest my resources into the Kingdom

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<v Speaker 2>of God. I can do all of that, but the

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<v Speaker 2>part that produces the fruit is not attributed to the

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<v Speaker 2>farmer and the passage. And I think we fall into

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<v Speaker 2>an extreme where we either think it's all about what

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<v Speaker 2>we know or it's all about what God does. In

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<v Speaker 2>the passage, the farmer scatters, but the soil produces. And

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<v Speaker 2>the dirty little secret, if I can use that phrase

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<v Speaker 2>of the Kingdom of God that Jesus is comparing to

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<v Speaker 2>a seed, is that your destiny will be revealed in

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<v Speaker 2>the What do I mean, the disappointment, the insecurity, the rejection,

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<v Speaker 2>and the trouble.

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<v Speaker 1>Check it out.

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<v Speaker 2>It spells dirt, the disappointment, the insecurity, the rejection, and

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<v Speaker 2>the trouble.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, this will be an excellent lesson.

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<v Speaker 2>On its own because it illustrates the principles that will

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<v Speaker 2>apply to any area of our life. And right here

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<v Speaker 2>we could tell you to make lemonade out of limits.

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<v Speaker 2>And right here we could tell you it doesn't matter

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<v Speaker 2>how many times you fall down, you know, get knocked

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<v Speaker 2>down nine, get up ten. We could say anything we

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<v Speaker 2>want right here, and the principle would be powerful.

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<v Speaker 1>But this is not a principle this is a parable, and.

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<v Speaker 2>A parable is a picture that appears simple on the

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<v Speaker 2>surface but carries a deeper meaning. When I read the

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<v Speaker 2>passage two years ago, I thought that the far was

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus and the seed was the word of God.

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<v Speaker 1>The problem with this interpretation of.

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<v Speaker 2>The parable, upon further reflection and study, is that Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>can't be the farmer because the farmer doesn't know how

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus is the wisdom of God. So to compare Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>to the farmer who scatters the seed is to is

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<v Speaker 2>to miss the parable that is beneath the principle. The

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<v Speaker 2>principle is this, don't let what you don't know stop

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<v Speaker 2>you from sewing. But the parable, the parable, the picture

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<v Speaker 2>that Jesus is painting is of something that hasn't happened yet.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone around him, in his.

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<v Speaker 2>Inner circle, which he has just selected in Mark chapter three,

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<v Speaker 2>everyone around him is trying their best to keep him

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<v Speaker 2>from going to the cross. For him to go to

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<v Speaker 2>the cross means the death of the movement that he

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<v Speaker 2>came to initiate.

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<v Speaker 1>In their eyes. And so when he stood.

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<v Speaker 2>Before the judges, both the Jewish Sanhedrin and the Roman

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<v Speaker 2>government prelates, he was silent as a sheep before the sears.

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<v Speaker 2>Everything in those disciples wanted to see Jesus come down

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<v Speaker 2>from the cross to avoid being buried in the grave.

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<v Speaker 2>But Jesus stood before Pilot and he allowed those accusations

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<v Speaker 2>to be heaped on him although he was innocent, because.

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<v Speaker 1>He knew that the dirt had a purpose to fulfill.

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<v Speaker 2>And so as he stood before those who accused him

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<v Speaker 2>condemned him and sentenced him to die.

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<v Speaker 1>He could have stopped it, and he could.

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<v Speaker 2>Have called for legions of angels to come and rescue

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<v Speaker 2>him from the rejection.

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<v Speaker 1>But this is what he came for.

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<v Speaker 2>So he said, with his silence something that is illustrated

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<v Speaker 2>in the parable. He said, let the dirt do its work,

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<v Speaker 2>because if they accuse me, then my father in Heaven

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't have.

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<v Speaker 1>To accuse you.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm going to take your accusations and your shame. I,

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<v Speaker 2>the innocent, am going to absorb your punishment so that you,

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<v Speaker 2>the guilty, can go free.

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<v Speaker 1>So when they heaped.

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<v Speaker 2>Their accusations on him, he took it. When he died

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<v Speaker 2>on the cross and they took him down and buried

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<v Speaker 2>him in the grave, he did not resist the burial. Instead,

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<v Speaker 2>he stayed dead three days to let the dirt do

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<v Speaker 2>its work. Now, we thought we were attending a funeral,

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<v Speaker 2>but really what it was was an agricultural lesson. Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>was not buried on Friday, he was planted. Now, because

0:33:48.360 --> 0:33:52.600
<v Speaker 2>he was planted on Friday, there is the expectation of harvest.

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<v Speaker 2>He is the first born among many brethren. So when

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<v Speaker 2>he lay in the grave, it wasn't over. It was

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<v Speaker 2>just beginning. I came to declare today to everybody who's

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<v Speaker 2>been going through a season of failure or depression, or

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<v Speaker 2>uncertainty or rejection or disappointment, let the dirt do its work.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't fight it, don't run from it, and don't pluck.

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<v Speaker 1>Up the sea because you don't like the season. Let

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<v Speaker 1>the dirt do its work.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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<v Speaker 1>This is what the Kingdom of God is life. There's

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<v Speaker 1>nothing man can do to you that God cannot use

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<v Speaker 1>for his good. And I believe that. I believe that all.

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<v Speaker 2>Things work together for the good of him that love

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord and are called according to his purpose.

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<v Speaker 5>But I I don't always know how.

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<v Speaker 1>But I don't have to know how, because I know who.

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<v Speaker 2>The emphasis on Romans eight twenty eight isn't on things.

0:35:00.880 --> 0:35:04.480
<v Speaker 2>All things work together for the good. The emphasis is

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<v Speaker 2>not on good because it might not feel good, and

0:35:07.360 --> 0:35:09.480
<v Speaker 2>I might not know how it's good while I'm in it.

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<v Speaker 2>The emphasis of Romans eight twenty eight is that I'm

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<v Speaker 2>called that I love God, and I'm called according to

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<v Speaker 2>his purpose. So his purpose is the promise that lets

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<v Speaker 2>me know that it seems insignificant, that to me it's invisible,

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<v Speaker 2>and I don't know how, but I know.

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody who wants to praise God for it.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm gonna give you thirty seconds to do what

0:35:44.360 --> 0:35:47.960
<v Speaker 2>you need to do. Maybe your neighbor doesn't want this word.

0:35:48.920 --> 0:35:51.680
<v Speaker 2>Maybe they want to let a bird snatch it or

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<v Speaker 2>a thorn choker. But there are some people here who

0:35:55.600 --> 0:35:58.239
<v Speaker 2>have been in the ground for a little while. And

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<v Speaker 2>I promise Cyris to every person.

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<v Speaker 1>Who's been in a depression.

0:36:03.960 --> 0:36:06.600
<v Speaker 2>You've been in a funk, You've been in a failure.

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<v Speaker 1>The devil sent it was in.

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<v Speaker 3>But surday came.

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<v Speaker 2>Where you at Matthews, where you at Valentine, where you

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<v Speaker 2>at you see.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what's crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm calling out all these campuses, and somehow they see

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<v Speaker 2>me on their screens and I don't.

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<v Speaker 1>Know how, but I don't have to know how. And

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<v Speaker 1>you know what. Somehow I'm preaching this word and.

0:36:48.160 --> 0:36:50.799
<v Speaker 2>It's getting in your heart, and God's gonna use it,

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<v Speaker 2>and it won't return forid, but it will accomplish what

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<v Speaker 2>God sent it to do.

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<v Speaker 1>But His ways are higher than my ways, and his

0:37:00.440 --> 0:37:04.520
<v Speaker 1>thoughts been my thoughts. I don't have to know. I

0:37:04.640 --> 0:37:07.799
<v Speaker 1>just have to sew. I just have to go. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't have to know.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't know how I'm gonna make it, but I

0:37:29.160 --> 0:37:32.320
<v Speaker 5>don't have to know how. I don't know who God's

0:37:32.360 --> 0:37:36.319
<v Speaker 5>gonna use to get me through this, but I don't

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<v Speaker 5>have to know how.

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<v Speaker 2>It might be manna that falls from the sky. It

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<v Speaker 2>might be a widow at Zaraphat that God uses to femie.

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<v Speaker 2>It might be a little boy's lunch that I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>even count in the official total because I thought he

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<v Speaker 2>was insignificant.

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<v Speaker 1>But the seed always looks small. God might use a

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<v Speaker 1>little boy, a little thing that's a littless thing. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't have to know how. And some of you are

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<v Speaker 1>stuck because you need to know too much.

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<v Speaker 2>You need to be perceived as someone who knows, and

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<v Speaker 2>so you remain in darkness. You want to be perceived

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<v Speaker 2>as someone who understands things that the soil represents uncertainty.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think it's good every once in a while

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<v Speaker 2>for us to hear a sermon where the farmer admits.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't even know how.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on, because if you had to call somebody who

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<v Speaker 2>just lost their child in a car wreck, like I

0:38:51.480 --> 0:38:55.279
<v Speaker 2>have to do off it, and you were telling them

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<v Speaker 2>that God is going to get you through this, you

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<v Speaker 2>wouldn't be.

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<v Speaker 1>So quick to tell them how.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how, but I pray right now in

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<v Speaker 2>the name of Jesus that the God of all comfort,

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<v Speaker 2>that's who.

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<v Speaker 1>Would surround you with his angels. That's who.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how, but I know whom I have believed.

0:39:20.560 --> 0:39:24.760
<v Speaker 2>So I pray, I sew, I scatter, some seed gets snatched,

0:39:24.760 --> 0:39:28.080
<v Speaker 2>some seed gets scorched, some seed gets strangled.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd make a good sermon, wouldn't it. They all start

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<v Speaker 1>with the letter.

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<v Speaker 2>S and the temptation is when the seed is scattered

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<v Speaker 2>but it does not produce. You never want to sew again.

0:39:48.520 --> 0:39:53.000
<v Speaker 2>So then you prayed and the cancer still ate their body.

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<v Speaker 2>What's to make you ever want to pray?

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<v Speaker 1>Again?

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<v Speaker 2>So you stopped sewing, you stopped expecting, you had a funeral,

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<v Speaker 2>and stopped expecting a harvest.

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<v Speaker 1>The business failed.

0:40:09.239 --> 0:40:13.399
<v Speaker 2>That one child is on drugs, and you got very

0:40:13.440 --> 0:40:17.040
<v Speaker 2>confused about the difference between God's job and your job.

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<v Speaker 2>Obedience is the job of the farmer. Jesus is not

0:40:34.800 --> 0:40:39.400
<v Speaker 2>the farmer in this parable. He's the seed. He's the seed.

0:40:40.520 --> 0:40:43.920
<v Speaker 2>He is the seed of God, and he was planted

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<v Speaker 2>in the soil of the earth for three days, and

0:40:46.520 --> 0:40:50.239
<v Speaker 2>his resurrection gives us an expectation that we don't have

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<v Speaker 2>to understand the events of our life.

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<v Speaker 1>To walk in a posture.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's better sometimes that we don't know. I

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<v Speaker 2>think it's better sometimes that we stay in a state

0:41:05.000 --> 0:41:08.319
<v Speaker 2>of uncertainty so that we don't get confused and think

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<v Speaker 2>that we're.

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<v Speaker 1>The seed, that we're the source.

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<v Speaker 2>And I pray that this message has been practical today

0:41:18.719 --> 0:41:20.319
<v Speaker 2>and you'll be able to take something from it for

0:41:20.400 --> 0:41:32.560
<v Speaker 2>your life. But really, I think it's supposed to be prophetic.

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<v Speaker 2>That doesn't mean a crystal ball or a nine hundred number.

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<v Speaker 2>To me, that means that you receive this seed personally.

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<v Speaker 2>It's all about the soil. And if this seed gets

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<v Speaker 2>snatched or scorched by the trials of life, or choked

0:41:54.440 --> 0:41:57.640
<v Speaker 2>out by the deceitfulness of riches, the cares of this life,

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<v Speaker 2>or the desire for other things. It will be as

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<v Speaker 2>if it was never sown, and it'll be just another seed,

0:42:06.840 --> 0:42:10.680
<v Speaker 2>just another pep talk, just another Bible lesson.

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<v Speaker 1>If you receive this seed, though, I'm trying.

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<v Speaker 6>To tell you that God has set you free of

0:42:20.880 --> 0:42:27.160
<v Speaker 6>the expectation to understand obedience is your job.

0:42:27.880 --> 0:42:40.320
<v Speaker 7>Outcome is God's. Let him do his job. Let him

0:42:40.520 --> 0:42:43.040
<v Speaker 7>do his job.

0:42:43.920 --> 0:42:45.319
<v Speaker 1>Let the dirt do its work.

0:42:47.440 --> 0:42:49.920
<v Speaker 2>Let the sufferings of this present time producing you a

0:42:49.960 --> 0:42:51.799
<v Speaker 2>glory that is not worthy to be.

0:42:51.760 --> 0:42:56.760
<v Speaker 1>Compared in comparison. Is so much bigger than that dirt.

0:42:57.560 --> 0:43:03.080
<v Speaker 2>Some of you are a dirt stage right now of

0:43:03.160 --> 0:43:06.680
<v Speaker 2>your dream. The first thing that happened to Joseph when

0:43:06.680 --> 0:43:08.720
<v Speaker 2>God gave him a dream.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you remember, they held a parade in his honor. Huh?

0:43:15.800 --> 0:43:18.439
<v Speaker 2>He printed up his business cards and started handing them out.

0:43:21.120 --> 0:43:23.239
<v Speaker 2>He got four million followers on Instagram.

0:43:23.320 --> 0:43:27.040
<v Speaker 1>Huh. They threw him in a pit.

0:43:28.480 --> 0:43:33.200
<v Speaker 2>Every promise needs a pit, every dream needs dirt.

0:43:35.800 --> 0:43:37.319
<v Speaker 1>Your faith needs fertilizer.

0:43:37.640 --> 0:43:45.360
<v Speaker 2>All by hisself, the ground produces grain, water it, plow it.

0:43:46.560 --> 0:43:50.320
<v Speaker 2>Get your heart right, and let the dirt the rejection,

0:43:51.560 --> 0:43:53.880
<v Speaker 2>the insecurity, the confusion.

0:43:55.080 --> 0:43:56.759
<v Speaker 1>God is not the author of confusion.

0:43:57.520 --> 0:44:01.440
<v Speaker 2>God did not reject you, but he will use Genesis

0:44:01.520 --> 0:44:06.399
<v Speaker 2>fifty twenty. What you meant for evil, God intended it

0:44:06.440 --> 0:44:09.120
<v Speaker 2>for good and the saving of many lives.

0:44:10.840 --> 0:44:14.000
<v Speaker 1>Let the dirt do its work.

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<v Speaker 2>Praying for people right now in this moment, everyone's standing.

0:44:19.600 --> 0:44:23.319
<v Speaker 2>Who needed this word today? Because you've got something in

0:44:23.360 --> 0:44:26.279
<v Speaker 2>the ground in your life. If it's you and you're

0:44:26.280 --> 0:44:28.440
<v Speaker 2>not ashamed to respond to the word of God, and

0:44:28.480 --> 0:44:30.520
<v Speaker 2>you don't need to appear to have it all together.

0:44:31.760 --> 0:44:34.520
<v Speaker 2>If you are in a situation in your life where

0:44:34.560 --> 0:44:36.880
<v Speaker 2>you don't know how, you don't know how it's going

0:44:36.960 --> 0:44:38.759
<v Speaker 2>to come together, you don't know how to do what

0:44:38.960 --> 0:44:40.120
<v Speaker 2>you've been positioned to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Your responsibility exceeds your experience.

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<v Speaker 2>If that's you today, at every location, lift your hands

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<v Speaker 2>to your Father, Lord. Whoever's lifting their hands right now,

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<v Speaker 2>they're saying to you without words, I don't know how, and.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe this is a posture that you can honor. Father.

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<v Speaker 2>You said, if we would umble ourselves in your sight,

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<v Speaker 2>you would lift us out. But that when we're proud

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<v Speaker 2>and that we're haughty, that you have to oppose us.

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<v Speaker 2>And God, we want to line up on the right

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<v Speaker 2>side today and understand that there's a part of this

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<v Speaker 2>process of our growth and our faith and our families.

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<v Speaker 1>And our psychology.

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<v Speaker 2>And our life experiences and our goals, our visions, our

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<v Speaker 2>ideas that we just don't know how. Some of us

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<v Speaker 2>are standing at the crossroads of multimillion dollar business deals

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<v Speaker 2>and we don't know how. Some of us are trying

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<v Speaker 2>to buy a next meal, and we don't know how.

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<v Speaker 1>Some of us are.

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<v Speaker 2>Trying to figure out how to get married, and we

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<v Speaker 2>don't know how.

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<v Speaker 1>Some of us are trying to figure out how to

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<v Speaker 1>stay Mary.

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<v Speaker 2>Then we don't know how. Pray the prayer say, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know how, God, but I know who. I believe

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<v Speaker 2>that you are with me, and I declare that by

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<v Speaker 2>your spirit I will rise like a seed planted in

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<v Speaker 2>the earth, I will rise.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe in resurrection. I don't know how, but I

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<v Speaker 1>know who.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, let me tell you something about resurrection. With your

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<v Speaker 2>hands still lifted, Resurrection is not an event. Resurrection is

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<v Speaker 2>a person. Jesus said, I am the resurrection and the

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<v Speaker 2>life so if you've got a situation in your life

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<v Speaker 2>that needs to be resurrected, you don't have to know how.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have to understand that I know who is

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<v Speaker 2>with me. I got the seed of the Word of God.

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<v Speaker 2>I got the seed of faith. If I got faith

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<v Speaker 2>the size of a mustard seed, I can say to

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<v Speaker 2>this mountain, be removed and be cast into the sea,

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<v Speaker 2>and it shall be done. Get God a great price today.

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