Jesus Rewrote The Rules | Who Was Jesus Really Week 3

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- Hey, everyone, and welcome to Crossroads

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I'm so glad that you're here with us today,

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whether it's your first time or your 1,000th time,

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I'm excited that you're joining us

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for week three of Who Was Jesus Really?

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My name is Hannah

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and I produce experiences here at Crossroads.

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Normally I'm with my friend Kyle,

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but he's not here today because

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he's going to be talking to us about

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how Jesus rewrote the rules.

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Let's catch up with him right now.

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- In this series we're asking the question

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Who Was Jesus Really?

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And we're asking it because it's kind of hard to tell.

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You know, 2000 years of history

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has so thoroughly blurred the answer

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that right now in our country,

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you might see what some people are saying

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and reasonably conclude that Jesus

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was actually a gun rights advocate and crusader

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for political liberty and limited government.

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Or you might see what other people are saying

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and reasonably conclude that Jesus was actually

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all about open borders and democratic socialist ideals,

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like the equal sharing of resources.

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But which one is it?

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Who was Jesus really?

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To find the answer, we're going to go all the way back,

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all the way to the source material,

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the ancient scriptures, to find the answers

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that are buried right beneath the surface.

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In week one of the series, Chuck talked about

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how Jesus followed all the rules.

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And in week two, Brian talked about

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how Jesus broke all the rules.

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If that sounds like the contradiction thing

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I just talked about, you should watch those two weeks.

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This week is all about how Jesus rewrote the rules.

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So let me ask you a question:

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Who can rewrite the rules for humanity?

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Well, the answer is only one person: the King.

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The first concept I'm going to start with today

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is something that's very clear in scripture.

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You don't have to go searching for it,

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is that Jesus is the King.

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Now, you find this first in Isaiah 9:7, it says:

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That's Jesus's kingdom.

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Jesus also talked about his kingdom all the time.

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In John 18 as an example:

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All the time, Jesus talked about His Kingdom.

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And again, at the very end of the Bible,

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we see a picture of the King coming.

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Revelation 19:16 describes this picture of Jesus.

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It says:

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Okay, so right, Jesus is King.

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But here's the more personal question:

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Who is allowed to come close to Jesus The King,

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who is allowed in His inner circle,

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who has a seat at His table,

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and who is destined to be left alone

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on the outside in the cold?

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Am I? Am I in inner circle or am I an outsider?

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Today we're talking about this because

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I find that most people, even longtime Christians,

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feel like an outsider

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or an imposter when it comes to God.

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Maybe that's how you feel.

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You see people who post

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spiritually upbeat things on Facebook

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or Instagram and think, "You know,

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whatever happy meal that person's eating,

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I've never been invited to that table."

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You listen to pastors like me talk about God

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and think, "I'll never understand God the way that

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that guy or that girl seems to.

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They're just -- they're just beyond me.

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I'm an outsider."

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Have you ever gone to church,

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seen people raising their hands during in the music

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and just looking like they're really into it?

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Just think, "Ah, that's not me.

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I've never felt that way and I never will.

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I'm an outsider, I'm not an insider."

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If so, you're not alone.

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Truth is, every single one of us, me included,

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feel that way at one point or another.

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When it comes to God and the circle of insiders

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who are able to be close to Him,

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we feel like we're on the outside looking in.

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Maybe God's okay with us walking around

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the outer grounds, but if we ever actually

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tried to go up to the door and to go inside

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and get close to Him, He'd spot us immediately

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as the imposture that we are

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and kick us out of the inner circle,

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toss us right back out in the cold.

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Now, if you feel that way or you ever have,

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it's because of your current answer

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to this one critical question:

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Who can come close to the King? Can I?

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To help you find the answer,

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I'm going to take a big risk teaching wise

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and I am going to walk you to a story

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in the Bible I know you've never heard of.

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And if you ever have heard of it,

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you probably forgot it. I know it.

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That's a story that I found back in December

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as I was digging through the Christmas story.

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It was one of those times where I found

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a clue about who Jesus really was

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hiding right in plain sight because of Matthew 1.

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Let me pray for you before we go any further,

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by the way, we need God's help to see this, I think.

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God, I just thank you for everybody watching,

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all of us who feel like outsiders.

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God, that today You would invite us to Your inner circle,

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that we'd have the bravery to walk up to Your door

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and step inside and get close to You. Amen.

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Have you ever felt rejected, like an outsider,

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like you're just not good enough?

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If you've ever felt like that, today is for you.

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You're going to hear a song

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throughout the rest of this episode

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that was written for our Christmas broadcast.

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That's where I heard it for the very first time.

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And as soon as the lyrics started,

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I immediately had this sensation,

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this realization come over me

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that I had been experiencing this coldness,

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this distance between me and God.

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And as the song went on, God used it to warm me up

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and invite me back in close to Him.

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It speaks of the good news

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that Jesus rewrote the rules

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on who can come inside

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and who's left out in the cold.

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And the good news is today

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He is inviting you to come in from the cold.

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We're going to start with the very first words

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in the first book of the New Testament,

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which is the section of the Bible

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that directly details the life of Jesus

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and his first followers.

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Now it's important to note,

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these are the first written words from God in 400 years.

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So you'd think with 400 years to plan,

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God would have cooked up something awesome,

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you know, like a real headline grabber,

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a cool story,

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something that's just like totally retweet-able,

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like, "Oh, yes, this @God.

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So true @God. Amazing."

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No, it's not what He does.

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Instead, He starts with drum roll, please.

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A genealogy record. Yeah!

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No, of course not yeah.

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It's the most boring part of the entire Bible.

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Why would I do that?

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400 years of silence and then genealogy record.

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Why would God do that?

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Here I'll read just a bit of it to you.

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Try not to fall asleep.

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This is Matthew 1:1-4.

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(mumbling and yawning)

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Seriously, I've got to stop. Like, falling asleep.

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It's so boring to us,

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but it's important to understand that

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genealogy records were super important

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to the ancient Jews.

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By the way, my dad did some genealogy research

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recently and found out that my family,

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the Ranson's, came from pirates.

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Arrr, matey.

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Ranson, ransom, that whole thing, that's actually true.

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If your last name is Gold or Booty,

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on behalf of me and my ancestors,

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I want you to know we're so sorry

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and we -- we forgot where we buried the treasure.

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So we're going to go ahead and keep that.

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Anyway, good genealogical record keeping

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has one basic rule: Write the names in order.

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But right off the bat, this genealogy record,

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the one about Jesus, completely breaks that rule

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because it starts with Jesus, the Messiah,

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the son of David,

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which stands out because it's out of order.

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David's not first, he's fourteenth.

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So why would God list him first?

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It's because He wanted to be sure that

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you and I hear something clearly

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about who Jesus really was.

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Putting David first is saying that

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of all the people in the Old Testament of the Bible,

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which, by the way, is the far bigger section of the Bible,

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covers thousands of years of history,

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more than the New Testament,

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that David is the person

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whose life most holds clues about Jesus.

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Now, he wasn't Jesus.

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He was fallings, imperfect,

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he had problems, all that stuff.

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But there are purposeful patterns and parallels

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between them that hold clues to who Jesus really was.

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Here's a few of those patterns and parallels.

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Both Jesus and David were born outsiders.

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They're both born in the same

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tiny hill country town outside of Jerusalem.

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It's called Bethlehem.

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Both of them spent most of their childhood outside.

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David, literally as a shepherd, outside on the hills,

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which also meant that he was

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outside of normal Jewish practice because

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he couldn't go do the stuff that everybody did

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because he was outside with the sheep.

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Jesus was outside, literally born outside in a barn,

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and then an outsider of society because

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of the scandal surrounding His birth.

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But both of these outsiders defeated the enemy

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that plagued their people on the inside.

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David defeated Goliath and the fear that

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had gripped his nation with a slingshot and a rock.

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And Jesus defeated the enemy of sin with His life.

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David was called a good shepherd.

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Jesus is known as the Good Shepherd.

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And despite being outsiders, both Jesus and David

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would become king and both decide

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who could come inside and have a seat at their table.

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Now, if you want to know who Jesus really was,

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start with the story of David, just search through it.

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When it comes to answering our Question of the Day:

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who can come close to the King?

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Who is allowed inside?

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There's one story from David's life

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that stands far above all the others.

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It's likely you've never heard of it,

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but I'm willing to bet

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you've lived this story your entire life.

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There are two characters in this story.

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The first is David, obviously.

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And even if this is the very first episode

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of anything about God you've ever watched,

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you still know him from David versus Goliath.

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He's the OG underdog.

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He's one of the most popular

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and beloved people to ever walk the earth.

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In fact, he's so popular and beloved

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that 3,000 years after his death,

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we still name babies after him.

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Seriously, as of today, David is

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one of the top 100 names for baby boys

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born in the US, France, Germany, England,

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New Zealand and about a dozen other countries.

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According to Wikipedia, 1 out of 28 people

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in America are named after him.

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Just being honest, if 3000 years from now

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they were even like three people named Kyle,

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I would count my life in total win, like home run, right?

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The second character is literally

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the exact opposite of David, I promise

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you've never heard anyone named after him.

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His name is Mephibosheth.

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It sounds like I'm trying to say a different name

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and you like drank a bowl of soup as you're talking.

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(mumbling)

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So we're going to call Mep for the sake of the rest this time.

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Now, he was both the son

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of David's very best friend, Jonathan,

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and the grandson of David's very worst enemy, King Saul.

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It's kind of awkward and unfortunate for him, right?

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King Saul is Jonathan's father.

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He was the first ever king in the history of Israel,

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but he stopped following God.

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So God made a plan to install David

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as the next king of Israel.

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Saul found out about the plan

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and he was less than thrilled about it.

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Why? Because first he wanted to stay king.

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And second, he wanted Jonathan to take over

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and be king someday, follow in his footsteps.

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So a strategy was to keep David close to him

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and pretend that everything was cool,

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like no problems, man.

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But there were signs that it wasn't.

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Like the one time he hurled spears at people

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asking where David was so he could kill him.

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Pro tip, Saul, not subtle.

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Now, incredibly, Jonathan was actually super okay

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with David becoming king instead of him.

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In fact, when saw his real intentions

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is to assassinate David became clear,

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it was Jonathan who helped David escape to safety.

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In return, Jonathan only asked David for one thing.

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We'll pick up the story in 1 Samuel 20:15.

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Jonathan says:

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That means, "After I'm gone,

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after my father, your worst enemy is gone,

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please show kindness to my family."

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And David heard that, and of course, he agreed.

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He loved Jonathan, loved his family,

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and he swore he would protect his family,

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he would bring them inside with them.

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A few years later, King Saul and Jonathan

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were killed in war, and at that moment,

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two things happened simultaneously.

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One, David became king,

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and two, Mephibosheth became an orphan at five years old.

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Now, my opinion here, is that Mephibosheth

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and his caretaker knew the promise

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that David had made to his dad, Jonathan.

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After all, why in the world would Jonathan

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hide the news from the very person who it protects?

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I don't think he would have.

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See, I think he would have told the nurse

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and little Mep, "Hey, if anything happens to me,

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don't worry. Just go to David's house,

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go to the new king and he'll welcome you in.

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He'll open the doors

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and you'll have a seat at his table."

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But the caretaker doesn't trust it.

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She thinks David's going to do

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what all conquering kings do back in the day,

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you killed the old King's family so that

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no one can ever say they have

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a legitimate claim on the throne, except for you.

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So the nurse does what she thinks is right

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and she scoops up a little Mep

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and she runs far, far away.

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This is what the story says in 2 Samuel 4:4:

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So she runs, she flees, she trips,

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breaks little Mep's feet.

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He's crippled for life.

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Now, this was a massive, massive deal,

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particularly way back then.

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Now today, thankfully, we know that people

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with disabilities and physical challenges

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have equal and immense worth and value to add

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to our society, our business, culture,

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the Kingdom of God, all of that.

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But back then, even if it rightly offends

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our modern sensibilities now,

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back then that wasn't the case.

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To be physically disabled was to be

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disqualified from almost everything in society.

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It was to live your life as an outsider,

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away from the inner circle, out in the cold.

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The nurse carried Mep literally to

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the outer borders of Israel,

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up to the rocky cold hill country

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to the east of the Sea of Galilee.

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Now seven years go by, David's king,

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and when little Mep was about 12 years old,

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David marched on Jerusalem and conquered it.

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The story reads like this, 2 Samuel 5:6-8:

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You know they thought David cannot get in here.

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Right here is the exact moment

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when the rule gets unofficially written.

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Who can come close to the king?

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Not the lame and the blind,

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not the people with problems,

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only the able bodied, only the perfect people,

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only the people with perfect track records,

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perfect everything are allowed in.

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Imagine being Mephibosheth in this moment.

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This is the greatest military win

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of his generation's entire lifetime.

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And the word that's spreading

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through the entire nation

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the people fist bumping each other about

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and high fiving each other that

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the blind and the lame will not enter the palace.

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"We win, but not you, Mep, not you.

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People with disabilities, they don't qualify.

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You know the promise King David made to welcome you in?

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Maybe he made it then, but now, Mep,

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now the entire nation is confirming

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the feeling in your gut:

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the King doesn't want you inside,

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you are an outsider, and you always will be."

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I wonder, is this how you feel about Jesus,

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that you lack whatever it would take

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to be one of his insiders?

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You know you don't pray enough,

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you don't read the Bible enough,

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you don't have all the feelings

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that other people around you have.

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People talk about hearing from God every day,

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that's never happened to you even once.

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You feel like an outsider.

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Maybe it's tied to mistakes you've made

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and bad habits you still have, you just can't kick.

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Whatever it is, you just know deep down in your gut

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that maybe Jesus will let you hang around

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the outer ground, but He definitely

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doesn't want you part of His inner circle.

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You're not an insider. You're an outsider.

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If that's how you feel, you are Mephibosheth.

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People with disabilities just aren't allowed inside,

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never will be.

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You know I found myself feeling this way recently.

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Over the holidays I told my wife, Sarah,

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that I just feel like no matter how much I do,

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it's never enough, not just with stuff with God,

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just life in general right now.

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At home I can give my kids

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all the attention and energy that I have.

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I can play hours of card games and board games

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and go outside and throw a football

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and then come inside and read book after book

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after mind-numbing freaking book.

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And then after all of that,

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when I'm completely exhausted,

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they asked me for one more thing every time

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that I don't have to give.

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And it just makes me feel like I'm not enough.

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I can't do it.

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I'm not a good dad. I'm an imposter.

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I'm an outsider.

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At work I can build teams

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and hire and train good people

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and try to make the very best decisions.

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I can even see great work happen,

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and yet it never feels like it's enough.

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Never enough people saw it,

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not enough people took a next step.

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Not enough people signed up

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for that thing that we had hoped for.

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We could have filled more food boxes.

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We're could have raised more money for debt relief.

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We could've got more people connected to small groups.

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I just feel like at the end of the day,

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every single time I don't have what it takes,

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I never will.

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I'm left feeling like I'm on the outside.

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Now, on top of that is all the stuff

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that I'm supposed to be doing to be a good Christian,

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to remain in God's good graces.

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Have you ever heard that phrase?

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What does it take to remain in God's good graces?

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I was talking to a friend about this recently.

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He told me that he made a list once

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of all the things he had learned at church

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that he was supposed to do.

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So I thought about that, I was like, "Yeah, man.

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What would my list be?"

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And here's a partial list of them.

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I am, as a Christian, supposed to:

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die to my wife, lead my kids, honor my boss

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and also authorities, pray without ceasing,

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tithe, volunteer regularly,

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attends service every week,

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or if I can't, watch every week,

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be honest in everything, even when it's hard,

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love my neighbor, also my enemies,

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fight for the justice for those

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who are in prison and oppress,

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care for the orphans, the poor,

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don't forget widows,

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work as if I'm working for the Lord,

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do everything with excellence,

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financially, be a good steward and produce

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a great return for the resources

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God has entrusted me with, honor my parents,

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have a vibrant community, take care of my body.

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It's God's temple after all.

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Grow in spiritual gifts.

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Have I spoken in tongues yet, recently, should I?

00:21:46

Is that weird?

00:21:47

I should probably fast more,

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intercede for the nations,

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fulfill the great commission,

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evangelize and share the Gospel with my neighbors,

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become a mentor, make disciples,

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preferably again of all the nations.

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And I can go on and on and on and on.

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Is that how God feels to you?

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Like a laundry list of things that just confirm

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you'll never measure up.

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You're destined to stay on the outside.

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You'll never be good enough

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to be part of the inner circle,

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is proof that you're not enough.

00:22:16

You want to know the truth?

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The truth is, you are right.

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You are not enough, and neither am I.

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In fact, no one is enough.

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We are not able, which means something.

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We are all disabled, just like Mephibosheth.

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The good news: The story does not end out here.

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I can't catch my breath.

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After word spreads that the blind and lame

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can't enter the palace, years go by,

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a decade, maybe even more,

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and then suddenly David remembers.

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He says, "Oh, my promise to Jonathan."

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And so we asked around.

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"Is there anybody, anybody left of that family

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who I can show kindness to?"

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And his servants go out and they find

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an old servant of that family named Ziba,

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who comes to David and tells him this in 2 Samuel 9:3.

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He says:

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In other words, Ziba says,

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"It's not even worth me telling you his name.

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There is this guy, but he's lame.

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He's the kind of guy who can't come into

00:24:16

the palace, David, so you're not interested.

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But David, the king says, "No, go get him

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and bring him to me anyway."

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So they do. And they bring the petition in to see David.

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And this is the recording of their first interaction

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in 2 Samuel 9:6-13:

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He can't believe it.

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He's like, "Me? I didn't even think I was allowed inside."

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It goes on:

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Did you catch the repetition?

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Listen, you know, something is a big deal

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in ancient Jewish literature,

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which is what the Bible is,

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if it's repeated three times.

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But there was a phrase in that story

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that was repeated four times.

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It was the phrase:

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you will always eat at the king's table.

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Why all the emphasis?

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It's to make this point:

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Mephibosheth wasn't just invited inside the king's house.

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He wasn't just invited inside the palace

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to come in from the cold,

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but go live in the guest quarters.

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He was invited to become an insider of insiders

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at King David's table.

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That's why I says to him,

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"You will always eat at the king's table."

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Do you remember the first name recorded for Jesus

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in the entire New Testament after 400 years

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of silence from God?

00:27:18

Son of that king, son of David, who says,

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"Don't just come inside my door,

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don't just come inside my house,

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come sit at my table."

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The good news for you and for me is that

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Jesus, the son of David, is the King

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who exclusively invites one type of person

00:27:39

to sit at his table: outsiders like you and me.

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- That place at the table,

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that sense of belonging and a home compels us into action,

00:27:53

it compels us into worship,

00:27:54

into gratitude and even giving.

00:27:57

One of the ways we do that is by giving.

00:27:59

Go to Crossroads.net/give to learn more.

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And another way we show our gratitude

00:28:05

is by worshiping through song.

00:28:07

And we're going to do that right now.

00:32:45

- I'm so glad that you were with us today.

00:32:47

I learned a lot and I'm glad that you were here.

00:32:50

Please join us next week.

00:32:51

We're going to have our Super Bowl of Preaching.

00:32:54

- Yeah, we are. Come on!

00:32:56

And I'm in it. I need your help.

00:32:57

I've got to get some reps in for the big game next week.

00:33:00

So just if we could just go,

00:33:01

I need your help really quick. - Right now?

00:33:03

- Yes, some drills.

00:33:04

I've been doing three cone, four cone.

00:33:06

I've maxed up to like 26 cones.

00:33:07

We're going to go just go do some drills.

00:33:09

- Okay, following you.

00:33:10

- Okay, just basic drills first, you've got to get ready.

00:33:13

Do you want some tape?

00:33:14

- No, I don't even have the right like clothes or shoes,

00:33:17

so the tape.

00:33:18

Don't worry about it. This is not --

00:33:19

Listen, this is about you winning, it's about me --

00:33:23

It's about --

00:33:24

What I meant to say is it's about us having fun together.

00:33:26

- Oh, okay. Got it.

00:33:28

This is Josh, he's our personal confidence coach.

00:33:31

- Can I have one of those?

00:33:33

- You don't need one of those. It's totally fine.

00:33:35

This one is going to be throwing footballs

00:33:38

through the thing.

00:33:39

Just aim right for the middle.

00:33:42

- Oh!

00:33:44

- It's kind of more off the weight in your back heel.

00:33:46

- Is it? - Kind of drive for it.

00:33:47

Yeah. Watch like this.

00:33:48

Okay. - See?

00:33:50

Just like that and it just goes in.

00:33:52

Second part of football, it's called defense.

00:33:54

All you got to do is tackle stuff.

00:33:55

You're going to tackle the tackle dummy,

00:33:58

which I don't mean to be insulting the Josh.

00:34:00

You know, man, right?

00:34:02

You're just going to want to get kind of like --

00:34:04

- Is this going to mess up my shoes, man?

00:34:06

- You're just going to get down real low.

00:34:08

I want a three point stance kind of like this.

00:34:10

I'm going to say Omaha because Peyton Manning says Omaha

00:34:12

When I say Omaha, I want you to hit the tackle dummy.

00:34:15

Ready, set. Omaha.

00:34:18

- Oh, and I'm like giving it everything I got there.

00:34:21

He didn't even move.

00:34:22

- It's my fault.

00:34:23

I didn't demonstrate. Let me demonstrate.

00:34:25

- Okay. Come on, demonstrate.

00:34:26

- Ready. - All right, Omaha.

00:34:32

- You don't even like touch him.

00:34:33

- I didn't have to.

00:34:35

The good news here is I got what I need

00:34:38

is more confidence.

00:34:39

I feel better after having done this next to you.

00:34:42

- You feel ready for the Super Bowl?

00:34:44

- I feel totally ready for the Super Bowl of what was it?

00:34:46

- It's preaching. - Oh.

00:34:49

- Yeah. Well, anyways, we'll see you guys next time

00:34:52

for the Super Bowl of Preaching right back right here.

00:34:56

- Oh, not football?

00:34:57

- Yeah. - Okay.

00:34:59

- Who says you can't have

00:35:01

a sense of spirituality during the (bleep)?

00:35:03

That's why we created an online experience

00:35:06

to give you God during the big game.

00:35:09

My name is Brian. - And I'm Chuck.

00:35:10

- We just noticed that people were tuning out

00:35:12

of churches during (bleep) Sunday weekend.

00:35:15

We said, "No, let's actually have a preach off

00:35:18

where I get to smack you down

00:35:19

in front of a live massive of audience."

00:35:22

- Well, to be clear, if you've never seen it before,

00:35:24

he's not a white man that's actually

00:35:26

going to hit a black man that day.

00:35:27

Just to clarify that.

00:35:29

We do have a preach off competition,

00:35:31

so we are going to do that.

00:35:33

- I am still the man. I am still the man

00:35:37

and the man is going to put you down.

00:35:39

- That's right. It literally is.

00:35:40

It's unlike anything you're going to see

00:35:42

on a church, in a church.

00:35:44

And it's a lot of fun, it really is,

00:35:46

original commercials.

00:35:47

I mean, we're having fun as we do this,

00:35:48

but it's very much about getting God to you

00:35:51

and having a little fun while we do it.

00:35:53

So this thing grew out of an idea.

00:35:55

We've been doing it now for years and years.

00:35:57

But for the first time, we get to do it

00:35:59

in a unique way that connects to you

00:36:01

right where you are.

00:36:02

- Legitimate preaching, a legitimate Bible,

00:36:05

legitimate in your face,

00:36:07

going to make a difference in your life

00:36:09

while somebody else gets a beat down.

00:36:11

That's what's going happen.

00:36:13

What is it with you and beat downs?

00:36:14

You really like beat downs.

00:36:15

- I do like beat downs, I like winning.

00:36:18

- Okay, okay, I think that's fair.

00:36:20

- If it's worth playing, it's worth winning.

00:36:21

- That's fair. - I am going to win.

00:36:23

- That's fair. You know what somebody told me?

00:36:25

- What? - It's about mind over matter

00:36:26

If you don't min, it don't matter.

00:36:28

- You know what someone else told me?

00:36:30

- What'd somebody told you?

00:36:33

- Jesus loves you, that's what someone else told me.

00:36:36

- A pastor should be quicker on that line.

00:36:38

- I was.

00:36:39

- I'm feeling pretty good about my chances to win.

00:36:41

We want you to be a part of this.

00:36:42

It's going to be an amazing opportunity for you

00:36:44

to connect, see a competition,

00:36:45

and actually grow closer to God.

00:36:47

- Absolutely. We'll see you then.

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