1 00:00:32,659 --> 00:00:34,889 I remember hearing that song for the first time. When I first 2 00:00:32,659 --> 00:00:39,201 got saved, I started listening to. I'd 3 00:00:32,659 --> 00:00:41,753 been going to concerts all my life 4 00:00:32,659 --> 00:00:43,921 till I got saved. The wrong kind 5 00:00:32,659 --> 00:00:45,473 of concerts. And then when I got saved, 6 00:00:32,659 --> 00:00:47,993 I started listening to. I was introduced 7 00:00:32,659 --> 00:00:51,345 to the cathedral quartet. Hot dog boy, 8 00:00:32,659 --> 00:00:54,149 that was good stuff. Cathedral quartet, 9 00:00:32,659 --> 00:01:00,143 gold city, Florida boys. Yeah, good 10 00:00:32,659 --> 00:01:03,567 stuff. All right, well, what we're 11 00:00:32,659 --> 00:01:04,855 going to do now is we are going to 12 00:00:32,659 --> 00:01:11,359 finish up section number two. Man's 13 00:00:32,659 --> 00:01:12,615 condition. I want to finish that 14 00:00:32,659 --> 00:01:14,359 up before I jump to the next section. 15 00:00:32,659 --> 00:01:15,503 And we're going to do something, actually, 16 00:00:32,659 --> 00:01:17,431 before we even get to section three. 17 00:00:32,659 --> 00:01:19,487 So go ahead, and if you have your 18 00:00:32,659 --> 00:01:22,023 outline from last week, we're going 19 00:00:32,659 --> 00:01:23,511 to finish that up. If you don't have 20 00:00:32,659 --> 00:01:25,631 it. I did. I did bring some. They're 21 00:00:32,659 --> 00:01:27,871 on the back counter by the bookstore 22 00:00:32,659 --> 00:01:30,207 if you want to grab one. We're going to 23 00:00:32,659 --> 00:01:31,399 finish them up. I'm going to try 24 00:00:32,659 --> 00:01:33,391 not to spend too much time on it. 25 00:00:32,659 --> 00:01:36,335 And because I want to spend a few 26 00:00:32,659 --> 00:01:38,767 minutes before we get to section 27 00:00:32,659 --> 00:01:42,887 three. We only have six sections, and it 28 00:00:32,659 --> 00:01:44,351 should take us all the way through. 29 00:00:32,659 --> 00:01:47,535 Hopefully the nine weeks. Hopefully 30 00:00:32,659 --> 00:01:49,087 we'll get finished. We will get finished 31 00:00:32,659 --> 00:01:52,385 with it. And if we get finished sooner, 32 00:00:32,659 --> 00:01:53,897 that's fine, but we don't want it 33 00:00:32,659 --> 00:01:57,609 to take longer. So in section two, 34 00:00:32,659 --> 00:01:59,009 we were looking at man's condition. 35 00:00:32,659 --> 00:02:00,305 I'm not going to go over the whole thing. 36 00:00:32,659 --> 00:02:01,785 Just I'm going to hit these highlights 37 00:00:32,659 --> 00:02:03,665 real quick. We talked about the fact 38 00:00:32,659 --> 00:02:05,145 that man was made in the image of 39 00:00:32,659 --> 00:02:08,977 God. Tripartite or trichotomy, if 40 00:00:32,659 --> 00:02:11,409 you prefer. Body, spirit, and soul. 41 00:00:32,659 --> 00:02:13,337 He was made for God's purpose. He 42 00:00:32,659 --> 00:02:15,817 was made for God's pleasure. And 43 00:00:32,659 --> 00:02:17,209 then we talked about the fact that 44 00:00:32,659 --> 00:02:20,143 he was. He was fallen from a perfect, 45 00:00:32,659 --> 00:02:22,743 sinless state. First we saw the created 46 00:00:32,659 --> 00:02:25,407 state of man. And then we see the 47 00:00:32,659 --> 00:02:28,527 corrupted state of man. And we looked 48 00:00:32,659 --> 00:02:30,975 at the fact that man's spirit died 49 00:00:32,659 --> 00:02:33,671 when he sinned against God. God said, 50 00:00:32,659 --> 00:02:35,215 in the day that you eat thereof, 51 00:00:32,659 --> 00:02:38,391 you shall surely die. And while he did 52 00:00:32,659 --> 00:02:40,703 not physically die and keel over 53 00:00:32,659 --> 00:02:42,551 right then, the death process began. 54 00:00:32,659 --> 00:02:45,499 The aging process began. And the 55 00:00:32,659 --> 00:02:47,639 death began to work in his body. 56 00:00:32,659 --> 00:02:50,427 And the curse set in. But his spirit 57 00:00:32,659 --> 00:02:53,395 died. And that part of man that God used 58 00:00:32,659 --> 00:02:55,827 to communicate with him was gone. 59 00:00:32,659 --> 00:02:58,363 So man's innate ability to communicate 60 00:00:32,659 --> 00:03:03,763 with God was gone. And because man's spirit 61 00:00:32,659 --> 00:03:05,259 is dead, we picked up right there. 62 00:00:32,659 --> 00:03:06,891 Right. That's where we left off. 63 00:00:32,659 --> 00:03:08,979 Because man's spirit is dead. That's 64 00:00:32,659 --> 00:03:11,081 letter circumflex. Because man's 65 00:00:32,659 --> 00:03:13,009 spirit is dead. He is totally and 66 00:00:32,659 --> 00:03:16,329 completely depraved. He is totally 67 00:00:32,659 --> 00:03:19,281 and completely depraved. We talked about. 68 00:00:32,659 --> 00:03:21,361 Before we got to that point, I mentioned 69 00:00:32,659 --> 00:03:22,921 this and I went over it pretty hard, 70 00:00:32,659 --> 00:03:26,881 that for many individuals, there's 71 00:00:32,659 --> 00:03:29,441 a vacuum in their heart. And a lot 72 00:00:32,659 --> 00:03:31,241 of times I've heard preachers and people 73 00:00:32,659 --> 00:03:35,345 say, that's a God made whole. God 74 00:00:32,659 --> 00:03:36,681 made. It's not a God made whole. 75 00:00:32,659 --> 00:03:38,321 It's not a God created vacuum. It's a 76 00:00:32,659 --> 00:03:40,795 sin created vacuum. God didn't put 77 00:00:32,659 --> 00:03:42,835 that hole there. Sin put that hole 78 00:00:32,659 --> 00:03:47,467 there. Sin put that vacuum. Many 79 00:00:32,659 --> 00:03:49,531 know, or at least sense that there 80 00:00:32,659 --> 00:03:51,459 is more to life than what they are presently 81 00:00:32,659 --> 00:03:53,187 experiencing, but they don't. But 82 00:00:32,659 --> 00:03:54,795 they don't realize that what or who 83 00:00:32,659 --> 00:03:57,963 they need is God. I still believe 84 00:00:32,659 --> 00:03:59,747 the Bible when it says none. There's 85 00:00:32,659 --> 00:04:02,199 none that seek after God. No, not one. 86 00:00:32,659 --> 00:04:04,587 People may say, I found God. You 87 00:00:32,659 --> 00:04:07,465 didn't find God. He found you. And 88 00:00:32,659 --> 00:04:09,161 if you came to God, it's because 89 00:00:32,659 --> 00:04:12,625 he drew you to him. And God does use 90 00:00:32,659 --> 00:04:14,585 many different ways to do that. He'll 91 00:00:32,659 --> 00:04:16,489 use circumstances as he did in my 92 00:00:32,659 --> 00:04:18,065 life. He'll use people as he might 93 00:00:32,659 --> 00:04:20,449 have in your life. But without the 94 00:00:32,659 --> 00:04:22,865 word, no man can be saved. We are 95 00:00:32,659 --> 00:04:25,457 born again by incorruptible seed, 96 00:00:32,659 --> 00:04:29,473 not by corruptible seed. So this is why. 97 00:00:32,659 --> 00:04:31,989 Because man is totally depraved. 98 00:00:32,659 --> 00:04:35,819 That's why we knock doors. That's why we 99 00:00:32,659 --> 00:04:37,939 print tracks. That's why we do events. 100 00:00:32,659 --> 00:04:39,587 That's why we invite our lost friends 101 00:00:32,659 --> 00:04:41,843 to church to hear the gospel. Because 102 00:00:32,659 --> 00:04:43,923 the gospel says. Romans 116 says, 103 00:00:32,659 --> 00:04:45,995 for I am not ashamed of the gospel of 104 00:00:32,659 --> 00:04:49,619 Christ. It is the power of God unto 105 00:00:32,659 --> 00:04:51,123 salvation to save them which believe. 106 00:00:32,659 --> 00:04:53,359 To the jew first, and also to the greek, 107 00:00:32,659 --> 00:04:57,243 we have to give the Holy Spirit something 108 00:00:32,659 --> 00:05:00,191 to work with. The Holy Spirit. The 109 00:00:32,659 --> 00:05:03,047 sword of the Spirit is the only tool 110 00:00:32,659 --> 00:05:05,567 that he has to bring people to himself 111 00:00:32,659 --> 00:05:08,975 and to convict us. John 644, Jesus 112 00:00:32,659 --> 00:05:10,711 said, no man can come to me except 113 00:00:32,659 --> 00:05:13,071 the father which hath sent me. Draw him. 114 00:00:32,659 --> 00:05:15,575 How does he draw him? Many ways. 115 00:00:32,659 --> 00:05:17,799 Through, like I said, circumstances, 116 00:00:32,659 --> 00:05:19,911 through other people, and through the word 117 00:00:32,659 --> 00:05:22,479 of God, convicting the heart. So 118 00:00:32,659 --> 00:05:24,799 this is why Satan works so hard at 119 00:00:32,659 --> 00:05:26,573 two things. This is where we left 120 00:00:32,659 --> 00:05:29,277 off. He worked so hard at two things. 121 00:00:32,659 --> 00:05:31,469 Number one, keeping the mind of the 122 00:00:32,659 --> 00:05:34,917 lost blind. If our gospel be hid, 123 00:00:32,659 --> 00:05:39,181 it is hid to them that are lost in whom 124 00:00:32,659 --> 00:05:40,821 the God of this world hath blinded 125 00:00:32,659 --> 00:05:42,813 the minds of them which believe not. 126 00:00:32,659 --> 00:05:46,205 And then secondly, he works so hard at 127 00:00:32,659 --> 00:05:49,973 keeping the saved complacent and 128 00:00:32,659 --> 00:05:54,911 apathetic and comfortable and self 129 00:00:32,659 --> 00:05:58,007 centered. Because if we're self centered, 130 00:00:32,659 --> 00:05:59,591 we don't care about our neighbor. 131 00:00:32,659 --> 00:06:01,543 We don't care about those that are lost. 132 00:00:32,659 --> 00:06:04,871 We only care about me and mine. That's 133 00:00:32,659 --> 00:06:06,727 it. And the devil would love for 134 00:00:32,659 --> 00:06:09,375 us to stay that way. I've often said 135 00:00:32,659 --> 00:06:12,167 that the greatest hindrance to revival 136 00:00:32,659 --> 00:06:15,487 is comfortable truth. Comfortable 137 00:00:32,659 --> 00:06:19,945 truth. We don't like the hard truths, but that's 138 00:00:32,659 --> 00:06:21,945 what's necessary for revival. Romans 139 00:00:32,659 --> 00:06:24,977 310 18 says, as it is written, there's 140 00:00:32,659 --> 00:06:26,817 none righteous, no, not one. Listen 141 00:00:32,659 --> 00:06:28,441 to what the Bible says. There's none 142 00:00:32,659 --> 00:06:30,065 that understand it. There's none 143 00:00:32,659 --> 00:06:32,201 that seek after God. They are all 144 00:00:32,659 --> 00:06:34,001 gone out of the way. They are together 145 00:00:32,659 --> 00:06:36,065 become unprofitable. There is none 146 00:00:32,659 --> 00:06:38,849 that doeth good. No, not one. Their 147 00:00:32,659 --> 00:06:40,521 throat is an open sepulcher. With 148 00:00:32,659 --> 00:06:42,889 their tongues they have used deceit. 149 00:00:32,659 --> 00:06:45,049 The poison of Asps is under their 150 00:00:32,659 --> 00:06:47,385 lips, whose mouth is full of cursing 151 00:00:32,659 --> 00:06:49,569 and bitterness. Their feet are swift 152 00:00:32,659 --> 00:06:51,713 to shed blood. Destruction and misery 153 00:00:32,659 --> 00:06:53,505 are in their ways and the way of 154 00:00:32,659 --> 00:06:54,785 peace. Have they not known there 155 00:00:32,659 --> 00:06:57,241 is no fear of God before their eyes? 156 00:00:32,659 --> 00:07:00,129 That is the commentary of God upon 157 00:00:32,659 --> 00:07:03,089 the human condition of man, the fallen 158 00:00:32,659 --> 00:07:06,449 condition of man. Romans 718. I know 159 00:00:32,659 --> 00:07:08,681 Paul said, in me that is, in my flesh 160 00:00:32,659 --> 00:07:11,927 dwelleth no good thing. And you and 161 00:00:32,659 --> 00:07:13,607 I know that for to will is present 162 00:00:32,659 --> 00:07:15,031 with me. But how to perform that which 163 00:00:32,659 --> 00:07:16,527 is good? I find not every time I want 164 00:00:32,659 --> 00:07:19,159 to do right, evil is present. One 165 00:00:32,659 --> 00:07:20,471 sitting on this shoulder, one sitting 166 00:00:32,659 --> 00:07:22,167 on this one. We've seen the caricature 167 00:00:32,659 --> 00:07:25,367 of it all the time. Always we try to 168 00:00:32,659 --> 00:07:26,631 do right. But there's someone over 169 00:00:32,659 --> 00:07:28,239 here saying, nah, this feels better. 170 00:00:32,659 --> 00:07:29,735 This looks better. This smells better, 171 00:00:32,659 --> 00:07:32,699 this tastes better. This is better. 172 00:00:32,659 --> 00:07:35,819 And so we have to make that decision. 173 00:00:32,659 --> 00:07:38,665 Consider the state of man in the 174 00:00:32,659 --> 00:07:41,385 days of Noah. Genesis, chapter six, 175 00:00:32,659 --> 00:07:43,209 verse five. You have this. All these 176 00:00:32,659 --> 00:07:44,953 are printed up in your outline. God 177 00:00:32,659 --> 00:07:47,209 saw that the wickedness of man was 178 00:00:32,659 --> 00:07:48,993 great in the earth and that every 179 00:00:32,659 --> 00:07:50,585 imagination of the thoughts of his 180 00:00:32,659 --> 00:07:52,401 heart was only evil continually. 181 00:00:32,659 --> 00:07:55,129 Can you believe that? I mean, I do believe 182 00:00:32,659 --> 00:07:56,433 it because I'm reading it and it's in 183 00:00:32,659 --> 00:08:00,905 the word of God. But can you? I can't 184 00:00:32,659 --> 00:08:02,305 get my head around that. I mean, 185 00:00:32,659 --> 00:08:05,497 seriously, he says every. Every. 186 00:00:32,659 --> 00:08:07,441 The Lord doesn't just put words in the 187 00:00:32,659 --> 00:08:08,697 Bible just because there happens 188 00:00:32,659 --> 00:08:10,985 to be a spot that needs a word. Right. 189 00:00:32,659 --> 00:08:15,233 Every imagination of the thoughts of his 190 00:00:32,659 --> 00:08:20,709 heart was only evil continually. 191 00:00:32,659 --> 00:08:24,497 There's some serious emphasis going on here. 192 00:00:32,659 --> 00:08:29,237 Man was wicked. Extremely wicked. 193 00:00:32,659 --> 00:08:33,245 Romans 323. All have sinned and come 194 00:00:32,659 --> 00:08:35,421 short of the glory of God. Romans 195 00:00:32,659 --> 00:08:38,901 512, wherefore, as by one man, sin entered 196 00:00:32,659 --> 00:08:40,661 into the world, and death by sin, 197 00:00:32,659 --> 00:08:42,749 and so death passed upon all men, 198 00:00:32,659 --> 00:08:45,541 for that all have sinned. What we're 199 00:00:32,659 --> 00:08:47,421 trying to do at this juncture in 200 00:00:32,659 --> 00:08:50,637 our lesson is to emphasize the condition 201 00:00:32,659 --> 00:08:56,151 of man now, right now, because we 202 00:00:32,659 --> 00:08:57,671 live in Hachlett, Texas, where there 203 00:00:32,659 --> 00:09:00,351 is no south side of Fort Worth, there 204 00:00:32,659 --> 00:09:03,007 is no east side, there is no north 205 00:00:32,659 --> 00:09:06,855 end. All of hachlet's nice. And it's 206 00:00:32,659 --> 00:09:12,911 hard for us to imagine that depraved, 207 00:00:32,659 --> 00:09:15,543 complete, utter wickedness lives 208 00:00:32,659 --> 00:09:20,895 next door. Hard to believe, but it's absolutely 209 00:00:32,659 --> 00:09:23,011 true. It might not manifest itself 210 00:00:32,659 --> 00:09:24,555 in the ways that it did in the days 211 00:00:32,659 --> 00:09:27,131 of lot or in the days of Noah. I'm sure 212 00:00:32,659 --> 00:09:30,715 it does in some junctures. Maybe 213 00:00:32,659 --> 00:09:35,491 not on your street, but it does. It manifests 214 00:00:32,659 --> 00:09:38,099 itself that way. Romans 512. Wherefore, 215 00:00:32,659 --> 00:09:41,099 as by one man. I just read that, but 216 00:00:32,659 --> 00:09:42,979 follow my thinking here. There are 217 00:00:32,659 --> 00:09:44,907 many uncivilized people groups in 218 00:00:32,659 --> 00:09:47,323 the world that are not governed by 219 00:00:32,659 --> 00:09:49,835 laws written by men of God like we 220 00:00:32,659 --> 00:09:53,719 are. Within these uncivilized groups, 221 00:00:32,659 --> 00:09:56,895 one will find entire societies governed 222 00:00:32,659 --> 00:10:00,215 by ideas of debauchery and evil, 223 00:00:32,659 --> 00:10:04,863 wickedness. We, while we're not, 224 00:00:32,659 --> 00:10:06,175 there are many people, the majority 225 00:00:32,659 --> 00:10:08,215 of people in America are not saved. 226 00:00:32,659 --> 00:10:12,399 They have had the privilege and the benefit 227 00:00:32,659 --> 00:10:15,865 of growing up in a christian nation. 228 00:00:32,659 --> 00:10:18,349 We have that legacy. We may not be christian 229 00:00:32,659 --> 00:10:21,717 now, but they grew up there, and 230 00:00:32,659 --> 00:10:25,489 so this country is still considered. 231 00:00:32,659 --> 00:10:30,461 You know, if you want to compare it to some 232 00:00:32,659 --> 00:10:33,157 of the uttermost parts of the earth, 233 00:00:32,659 --> 00:10:38,249 we're pretty moral, pretty good, 234 00:00:32,659 --> 00:10:43,759 comparatively speaking. The farther 235 00:00:32,659 --> 00:10:46,423 away from God America moves, the 236 00:00:32,659 --> 00:10:49,055 deeper into immorality we sink. Would 237 00:00:32,659 --> 00:10:51,551 everyone say amen right there? The 238 00:00:32,659 --> 00:10:53,351 farther away from God America moves, 239 00:00:32,659 --> 00:10:55,151 the deeper into immorality we sink. 240 00:00:32,659 --> 00:10:57,799 Our country is deconstructing Christianity 241 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:00,815 from the inside out. Our public schools 242 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:02,271 have rewritten the history books 243 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:04,111 so that they do not reflect a nation 244 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:06,967 with judeo christian foundations. And 245 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:08,991 it might not take one more generation 246 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:11,159 for us to find ourselves in the same condition 247 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:13,171 as we find Israel in judges. After 248 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:16,267 Joshua died, we see that in judges, 249 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:18,131 too. The Bible says in verse ten, 250 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:20,107 and all that generation, they were 251 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:21,627 gathered together under their fathers. 252 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:23,251 And there arose another generation 253 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:25,435 after them which knew not the Lord, nor 254 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:27,035 yet the works which he had done for 255 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:28,979 Israel. And the children of Israel 256 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:31,099 did evil in the sight of the Lord and 257 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:33,187 served Balaam. And they forsook the 258 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:34,595 Lord God of their fathers, which 259 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:36,259 brought them out of the land of Egypt 260 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:38,459 and followed other gods of the gods 261 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:39,827 of the people that were round about 262 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:42,033 them. And bowed themselves unto them 263 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:44,081 and provoked the Lord to anger. And 264 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:45,665 they forsook the Lord and served 265 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:47,681 Baal and Ashtaroth. And I'm glad that 266 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:50,081 we do live in the age of grace. I'm 267 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:51,329 glad that we're there, because I'm 268 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:53,081 telling you, we have brought such 269 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:55,801 wickedness upon ourselves. God would 270 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:57,217 be if we didn't live in the age of 271 00:00:32,659 --> 00:11:59,001 grace. God would be unjust not to 272 00:00:32,659 --> 00:12:01,353 just destroy us, just like the other 273 00:00:32,659 --> 00:12:03,513 nations that he did in the old Testament. 274 00:00:32,659 --> 00:12:05,377 The babies, the innocents that we 275 00:00:32,659 --> 00:12:07,337 have killed, that we've allowed to 276 00:00:32,659 --> 00:12:09,673 be butchered, and the fact that christians 277 00:00:32,659 --> 00:12:11,509 haven't spoken up like we should. 278 00:00:32,659 --> 00:12:15,065 But I'm glad we live in the age of grace. 279 00:00:32,659 --> 00:12:17,361 Praise the Lord for that. So the 280 00:00:32,659 --> 00:12:20,305 majority of mankind believes that 281 00:00:32,659 --> 00:12:23,089 he must earn his way to heaven and that 282 00:00:32,659 --> 00:12:25,809 surely God will not count all his 283 00:00:32,659 --> 00:12:30,673 efforts as meaningless. Surely. Well, 284 00:00:32,659 --> 00:12:32,225 what we have to do now, see, this 285 00:00:32,659 --> 00:12:34,391 is the thought of Mandev. This is the 286 00:00:32,659 --> 00:12:35,567 thought of most of the people on 287 00:00:32,659 --> 00:12:38,863 your block. This is how most people 288 00:00:32,659 --> 00:12:41,199 in America think. Well, surely God's. 289 00:00:32,659 --> 00:12:42,663 Surely the things that I've done 290 00:00:32,659 --> 00:12:44,263 good. I mean, we're in America. You 291 00:00:32,659 --> 00:12:45,911 know, we're not in, you know, the 292 00:00:32,659 --> 00:12:47,687 deepest regions of Africa or the 293 00:00:32,659 --> 00:12:51,151 deepest regions of Timbuktu. We're 294 00:00:32,659 --> 00:12:53,391 not there. We're in America. And 295 00:00:32,659 --> 00:12:55,063 we're pretty moral people. And, I 296 00:00:32,659 --> 00:12:57,823 mean, I'm on the PTA, and I even 297 00:00:32,659 --> 00:13:00,151 go to church. I give to the church. 298 00:00:32,659 --> 00:13:02,951 I give to the Baptist Mission Society or 299 00:00:32,659 --> 00:13:04,695 the. I give to this and to that. 300 00:00:32,659 --> 00:13:06,727 And so I'm a pretty good. Surely all 301 00:00:32,659 --> 00:13:09,991 of that counts for something. And I'm 302 00:00:32,659 --> 00:13:11,647 telling you, that's how people think. 303 00:00:32,659 --> 00:13:13,895 That is how your neighbor thinks. 304 00:00:32,659 --> 00:13:15,863 That is how the people that we're going 305 00:00:32,659 --> 00:13:19,639 to be speaking to, door to door, going 306 00:00:32,659 --> 00:13:21,423 with flyers, going with door hangers, 307 00:00:32,659 --> 00:13:24,447 going with tracks, talking to in 308 00:00:32,659 --> 00:13:27,167 the restaurant, talking to at the 309 00:00:32,659 --> 00:13:28,671 ballpark, wherever. That's how they 310 00:00:32,659 --> 00:13:31,319 think. Absolutely how they think. 311 00:00:32,659 --> 00:13:34,419 So God will not count all his efforts 312 00:00:32,659 --> 00:13:36,771 as meaningless. We've got to help them 313 00:00:32,659 --> 00:13:38,955 understand the concept of original 314 00:00:32,659 --> 00:13:41,411 sin. I'm not talking about original sin 315 00:00:32,659 --> 00:13:42,675 in the catholic sense. I'm talking 316 00:00:32,659 --> 00:13:45,627 about the fact that Adam's sin and 317 00:00:32,659 --> 00:13:49,067 that original sin passed to us. We've 318 00:00:32,659 --> 00:13:50,491 got to help them to understand that. 319 00:00:32,659 --> 00:13:52,043 If we can get them to acknowledge 320 00:00:32,659 --> 00:13:54,059 that everyone who is born into this world 321 00:00:32,659 --> 00:13:57,245 is born in total depravity, then 322 00:00:32,659 --> 00:13:59,605 we'll have a better chance that they 323 00:00:32,659 --> 00:14:01,929 will see their need for the savior. 324 00:00:32,659 --> 00:14:04,861 Knowing the truth will allow us to 325 00:00:32,659 --> 00:14:07,189 be better, more compassionate soul 326 00:00:32,659 --> 00:14:09,813 winners. No matter how frustratingly 327 00:00:32,659 --> 00:14:14,733 heart breaking it can be. We have to get 328 00:00:32,659 --> 00:14:17,369 people to understand that the way 329 00:00:32,659 --> 00:14:22,967 forward is backward. Now, how in 330 00:00:32,659 --> 00:14:26,367 the world do you mean? We have to 331 00:00:32,659 --> 00:14:29,759 get them to understand that when 332 00:00:32,659 --> 00:14:34,911 the way backward equals progress is when 333 00:00:32,659 --> 00:14:36,751 you're moving forward and at some 334 00:00:32,659 --> 00:14:38,375 juncture you realize you're going 335 00:00:32,659 --> 00:14:42,231 the wrong way, then we have to get them 336 00:00:32,659 --> 00:14:43,607 to understand that, okay, you're 337 00:00:32,659 --> 00:14:47,259 going to have to turn around and go back 338 00:00:32,659 --> 00:14:51,077 to the point of restitution. You're 339 00:00:32,659 --> 00:14:52,309 going to have to go back, not restitution, 340 00:00:32,659 --> 00:14:54,157 but you're going to have to go back 341 00:00:32,659 --> 00:14:55,677 to the point where you can get it 342 00:00:32,659 --> 00:14:57,449 right, get back on the right path. 343 00:00:32,659 --> 00:15:04,813 And so if not, then if they continue 344 00:00:32,659 --> 00:15:06,077 to move forward, you think about it. 345 00:00:32,659 --> 00:15:09,117 If you're driving, if you don't recognize 346 00:00:32,659 --> 00:15:11,461 the fact that, well, even if you 347 00:00:32,659 --> 00:15:12,901 do recognize the fact that you made 348 00:00:32,659 --> 00:15:14,333 a mistake, but you just keep moving 349 00:00:32,659 --> 00:15:16,301 forward, what are you doing? You're 350 00:00:32,659 --> 00:15:17,661 putting yourself further away from 351 00:00:32,659 --> 00:15:21,329 your desired destination. And so 352 00:00:32,659 --> 00:15:25,181 what keeps us from moving? What keeps 353 00:00:32,659 --> 00:15:27,989 us from going backwards? If we're 354 00:00:32,659 --> 00:15:29,469 driving and we know we made a mistake, 355 00:00:32,659 --> 00:15:32,569 what keeps us from going back? Pride. 356 00:00:32,659 --> 00:15:37,101 Pride. And that's man's biggest problem, 357 00:00:32,659 --> 00:15:38,573 pride. Nobody wants. They don't want 358 00:00:32,659 --> 00:15:42,087 to step over their pride. It is imperative. 359 00:00:32,659 --> 00:15:43,767 It is imperative. I'm telling you, 360 00:00:32,659 --> 00:15:45,303 I cannot stress this enough because 361 00:00:32,659 --> 00:15:47,207 I think that we have definitely, especially 362 00:00:32,659 --> 00:15:49,895 in the fundamentalism movement, we 363 00:00:32,659 --> 00:15:52,379 have overlooked this in a big way 364 00:00:32,659 --> 00:15:56,111 to the detriment of many, many, many 365 00:00:32,659 --> 00:15:59,687 souls. It is imperative that we major 366 00:00:32,659 --> 00:16:02,719 on the condition of man before introducing 367 00:00:32,659 --> 00:16:08,209 the remedy. Nobody is going to think 368 00:00:32,659 --> 00:16:11,601 that they need to be saved until 369 00:00:32,659 --> 00:16:15,681 they first realize they're lost. We have 370 00:00:32,659 --> 00:16:20,585 to major on sin. We must, we cannot 371 00:00:32,659 --> 00:16:24,465 soft soap it. We cannot be so concerned 372 00:00:32,659 --> 00:16:25,961 with getting a prayer out of them 373 00:00:32,659 --> 00:16:30,225 or getting a, getting a, you know, a 374 00:00:32,659 --> 00:16:34,387 feather in the captain. We need to 375 00:00:32,659 --> 00:16:36,419 make sure they understand that they 376 00:00:32,659 --> 00:16:41,051 are lost and without hope. If we 377 00:00:32,659 --> 00:16:42,795 move too quickly through the plan 378 00:00:32,659 --> 00:16:45,331 of salvation, it's possible to give 379 00:00:32,659 --> 00:16:47,359 people a false sense of assurance 380 00:00:32,659 --> 00:16:51,291 simply because they pray to prayer and they 381 00:00:32,659 --> 00:16:53,195 will never be able to sing with conviction 382 00:00:32,659 --> 00:16:54,923 the marvelous words to the timeless 383 00:00:32,659 --> 00:16:57,875 classic by John Newton. Amazing grace, 384 00:00:32,659 --> 00:17:00,051 how sweet the sound that saved a 385 00:00:32,659 --> 00:17:03,065 wretch like me I once was blind but 386 00:00:32,659 --> 00:17:05,121 now I'm found was blind but now I 387 00:00:32,659 --> 00:17:07,041 see most people don't see themselves 388 00:00:32,659 --> 00:17:10,777 as wretched. Most people don't see themselves 389 00:00:32,659 --> 00:17:14,817 as lost or blind. And that's where 390 00:00:32,659 --> 00:17:17,105 the ten Commandments come in. That's 391 00:00:32,659 --> 00:17:20,429 where the law of God is so potent. 392 00:00:32,659 --> 00:17:23,673 People have a tendency to compare 393 00:00:32,659 --> 00:17:25,345 themselves to other people, usually 394 00:00:32,659 --> 00:17:26,745 to people who are worse off than they 395 00:00:32,659 --> 00:17:37,689 are. When you're driving 90 miles 396 00:00:32,659 --> 00:17:41,721 an hour in a 60 and everybody else is 397 00:00:32,659 --> 00:17:43,789 doing the same as you and some faster, 398 00:00:32,659 --> 00:17:47,629 you don't even give it a second thought. 399 00:00:32,659 --> 00:17:50,721 But when you crest that hill at 90 400 00:00:32,659 --> 00:17:54,999 miles an hour in a 60 and you see 401 00:00:32,659 --> 00:18:00,243 Johnny law sitting down there, your 402 00:00:32,659 --> 00:18:02,479 heart sinks down into your stomach 403 00:00:32,659 --> 00:18:06,483 because the word of God says, in 404 00:00:32,659 --> 00:18:08,239 fact, look at Romans chapter five. 405 00:00:32,659 --> 00:18:10,451 Romans chapter. Let's look at just 406 00:00:32,659 --> 00:18:12,259 a couple of verses real quick before 407 00:00:32,659 --> 00:18:13,851 we move on to our next portion here. 408 00:00:32,659 --> 00:18:16,371 Romans chapter five. And verse 20 409 00:00:32,659 --> 00:18:19,921 says, moreover, I'll let you get 410 00:00:32,659 --> 00:18:22,309 there. I want you to see it. Moreover. 411 00:00:32,659 --> 00:18:36,585 Moreover, the law entered. You see 412 00:00:32,659 --> 00:18:40,705 that. That what? That the offense 413 00:00:32,659 --> 00:18:46,163 might abound. Now turn with me to chapter 414 00:00:32,659 --> 00:18:51,331 seven. Look at chapter seven. Look 415 00:00:32,659 --> 00:18:54,251 at chapter seven, verse 13. He said 416 00:00:32,659 --> 00:18:57,723 was then, that which is good made 417 00:00:32,659 --> 00:18:58,891 death unto me. He's talking about 418 00:00:32,659 --> 00:19:01,099 the law was that which is good made death 419 00:00:32,659 --> 00:19:05,331 unto me. God forbid, but sin that 420 00:00:32,659 --> 00:19:09,931 it might appear sin, working death in 421 00:00:32,659 --> 00:19:11,595 me by that which is good. That is 422 00:00:32,659 --> 00:19:16,019 the law. That sin by the commandment 423 00:00:32,659 --> 00:19:21,975 might become exceeding sinful. See, you 424 00:00:32,659 --> 00:19:23,151 knew you were breaking the law at 425 00:00:32,659 --> 00:19:26,031 90 miles an hour. You knew it because 426 00:00:32,659 --> 00:19:27,871 you knew that speed limit was 60, 427 00:00:32,659 --> 00:19:29,223 but it didn't bother you because 428 00:00:32,659 --> 00:19:30,527 everybody else was doing the same 429 00:00:32,659 --> 00:19:32,299 thing and some were going even faster. 430 00:00:32,659 --> 00:19:37,951 So you knew sin was there. But when 431 00:00:32,659 --> 00:19:41,805 the law entered, sin became exceeding 432 00:00:32,659 --> 00:19:48,021 sinful. Does that make sense? And 433 00:00:32,659 --> 00:19:49,973 so that's exactly what that is the 434 00:00:32,659 --> 00:19:53,549 efficacy of the law. That is the 435 00:00:32,659 --> 00:19:55,365 potency of the law. That is the power 436 00:00:32,659 --> 00:19:57,929 of the law of God, the efficacy. 437 00:00:32,659 --> 00:20:04,317 It will work in a person what God intended 438 00:00:32,659 --> 00:20:08,985 it to do. The law is our schoolmaster to 439 00:00:32,659 --> 00:20:11,745 bring us to Christ, period. That's 440 00:00:32,659 --> 00:20:13,945 why we have it. God didn't give it to 441 00:00:32,659 --> 00:20:15,681 us to live by and work our way to 442 00:00:32,659 --> 00:20:17,369 heaven by. And I'm telling you, that's 443 00:00:32,659 --> 00:20:19,345 people think that. They absolutely 444 00:00:32,659 --> 00:20:21,657 think that it is. Go ahead and look at 445 00:00:32,659 --> 00:20:24,121 that last page there and we'll move 446 00:00:32,659 --> 00:20:25,345 into something different after this. 447 00:00:32,659 --> 00:20:28,977 So this is a fitting conclusion on 448 00:00:32,659 --> 00:20:31,971 the section man's condition. This 449 00:00:32,659 --> 00:20:34,439 is the back of page. This is page 16. 450 00:00:32,659 --> 00:20:37,131 More Americans believe in heaven 451 00:00:32,659 --> 00:20:39,875 than in hell. Everybody wants to believe 452 00:00:32,659 --> 00:20:41,107 in heaven. No one wants to believe in 453 00:00:32,659 --> 00:20:45,107 hell. And I'm not going to go over 454 00:00:32,659 --> 00:20:46,451 this whole thing just the entire, 455 00:00:32,659 --> 00:20:48,547 just the first couple. Look at all us 456 00:00:32,659 --> 00:20:50,803 adults. 73% believe in heaven, while 457 00:00:32,659 --> 00:20:55,027 62% believe in hell. 62% of the people 458 00:00:32,659 --> 00:20:57,185 surveyed said they believe in hell. 459 00:00:32,659 --> 00:21:03,117 Of the christians, 92% said they 460 00:00:32,659 --> 00:21:05,109 believe in heaven, while only 79% 461 00:00:32,659 --> 00:21:08,541 said they believe in hell, and then 462 00:00:32,659 --> 00:21:10,245 it breaks it down there for you. 463 00:00:32,659 --> 00:21:13,853 Now, that was in 2021. Wickedness 464 00:00:32,659 --> 00:21:18,053 has exponentially increased in the last 465 00:00:32,659 --> 00:21:22,369 three years. You know what else has 466 00:00:32,659 --> 00:21:25,383 increased exponentially in the last 467 00:00:32,659 --> 00:21:29,219 three years? Worldliness in churches. 468 00:00:32,659 --> 00:21:34,199 You know, it has decreased exponentially 469 00:00:32,659 --> 00:21:38,007 in the last three years. Christian influence 470 00:00:32,659 --> 00:21:43,239 in this country. And so the numbers 471 00:00:32,659 --> 00:21:47,739 are probably conservative here. All right, 472 00:00:32,659 --> 00:21:51,069 so. So I want to move on to section 473 00:00:32,659 --> 00:21:52,997 three. But before I do that, my plan 474 00:00:32,659 --> 00:21:55,037 is to take this simple outline of 475 00:00:32,659 --> 00:21:57,637 the plan of salvation, and I'm going 476 00:00:32,659 --> 00:21:59,477 to go over a little piece of it each 477 00:00:32,659 --> 00:22:01,621 time. Okay, I'm going to go over 478 00:00:32,659 --> 00:22:03,653 a little piece of it each week until 479 00:00:32,659 --> 00:22:07,341 we finish it. Now, again, there are 480 00:00:32,659 --> 00:22:08,709 some of you in here that this is 481 00:00:32,659 --> 00:22:10,829 old hat. This is old, you know, all 482 00:00:32,659 --> 00:22:13,329 this. And so I hope that it's a. 483 00:00:32,659 --> 00:22:15,765 I hope that it's a good refresher for 484 00:00:32,659 --> 00:22:17,181 you. I hope that it helps in that 485 00:00:32,659 --> 00:22:18,895 way. But there are some who have 486 00:00:32,659 --> 00:22:21,023 never heard this. And so I hope that 487 00:00:32,659 --> 00:22:22,335 in hearing it for the first time, 488 00:00:32,659 --> 00:22:24,431 it'll inspire you to want to get 489 00:00:32,659 --> 00:22:26,183 out there and tell others about Jesus 490 00:00:32,659 --> 00:22:28,095 Christ. And not only just to tell 491 00:00:32,659 --> 00:22:30,399 them, but to recognize our own responsibility 492 00:00:32,659 --> 00:22:32,943 in doing so. I'm going to ask brother 493 00:00:32,659 --> 00:22:34,847 Tice to come up and help me tonight. 494 00:00:32,659 --> 00:22:37,895 He's going to be my, my crash dummy 495 00:00:32,659 --> 00:22:40,855 the whole time that we do this, but 496 00:00:32,659 --> 00:22:42,839 tonight it's pretty minimal on his 497 00:00:32,659 --> 00:22:45,207 part. I told him already. I coached 498 00:00:32,659 --> 00:22:46,743 him. I said, don't get me off script 499 00:00:32,659 --> 00:22:50,471 now. Don't give me a hard time. He's 500 00:00:32,659 --> 00:22:52,179 going to be the guy behind the door. 501 00:00:32,659 --> 00:22:57,311 So ultimately, as I said, the question 502 00:00:32,659 --> 00:22:59,551 that we want to arrive at is, if 503 00:00:32,659 --> 00:23:01,975 you died today, are you 100% sure 504 00:00:32,659 --> 00:23:06,391 that you would go to heaven? Now, 505 00:00:32,659 --> 00:23:08,151 again, there's a reason why we word 506 00:00:32,659 --> 00:23:11,821 it that way. In our survey, we saw 507 00:00:32,659 --> 00:23:13,389 that more people believe in heaven 508 00:00:32,659 --> 00:23:15,685 than they do in hell. And so if we 509 00:00:32,659 --> 00:23:19,981 approach it from the perspective 510 00:00:32,659 --> 00:23:22,277 of if you died to heaven, are you sure you're 511 00:00:32,659 --> 00:23:24,477 not going to go to hell? Well, they're 512 00:00:32,659 --> 00:23:25,397 going to say, well, of course I'm 513 00:00:32,659 --> 00:23:26,237 not going to go to hell. I don't 514 00:00:32,659 --> 00:23:29,045 believe in hell. But more people 515 00:00:32,659 --> 00:23:31,605 believe in heaven than hell. So let's 516 00:00:32,659 --> 00:23:35,623 approach it from that side. So based 517 00:00:32,659 --> 00:23:37,543 on the statistics that we just read, 518 00:00:32,659 --> 00:23:39,735 we're going to come across more people 519 00:00:32,659 --> 00:23:41,679 who do believe in God than those 520 00:00:32,659 --> 00:23:48,599 who don't. Honestly, I run into atheists 521 00:00:32,659 --> 00:23:51,967 very seldom. Mostly, I run into christians 522 00:00:32,659 --> 00:23:53,495 or people who believe in God, but 523 00:00:32,659 --> 00:23:55,339 don't think it's any of your business. 524 00:00:32,659 --> 00:24:02,705 Right. It's true. And so, so you 525 00:00:32,659 --> 00:24:04,913 can use this, then what we're going 526 00:00:32,659 --> 00:24:07,265 to do, how to arrive at this question, 527 00:00:32,659 --> 00:24:09,961 and again, I'm just giving you an 528 00:00:32,659 --> 00:24:11,385 example. You don't have to do it 529 00:00:32,659 --> 00:24:12,785 exactly as I do it. I don't think 530 00:00:32,659 --> 00:24:18,345 I'm the expert on this, but it's been 531 00:00:32,659 --> 00:24:20,553 effective. It's what I've always 532 00:00:32,659 --> 00:24:22,041 used. And the Lord has just blessed it 533 00:00:32,659 --> 00:24:23,497 and I've used it, but it's not the 534 00:00:32,659 --> 00:24:24,801 only way. I just want you to know 535 00:00:32,659 --> 00:24:26,641 that I think if you have a way that's 536 00:00:32,659 --> 00:24:27,865 effective and you can lead people 537 00:00:32,659 --> 00:24:29,691 to Jesus Christ, then keep doing it. 538 00:00:32,659 --> 00:24:34,127 Amen. So you can use this in a conversation 539 00:00:32,659 --> 00:24:35,567 with a friend, in a conversation 540 00:00:32,659 --> 00:24:38,711 with your family, in a conversation with coworkers, 541 00:00:32,659 --> 00:24:40,699 acquaintances, and so on and so on. 542 00:00:32,659 --> 00:24:43,143 So for the sake of our illustration, 543 00:00:32,659 --> 00:24:44,895 we're going to use our new move in bags. 544 00:00:32,659 --> 00:24:47,143 Okay. And I should have grabbed one 545 00:00:32,659 --> 00:24:49,087 of those, but I didn't. I should 546 00:00:32,659 --> 00:24:50,399 have grabbed one. What was I thinking? 547 00:00:32,659 --> 00:24:52,231 I wasn't thinking. That's all right. 548 00:00:32,659 --> 00:24:56,825 We don't need it. So now our new move 549 00:00:32,659 --> 00:24:59,209 in bags are. Is everybody familiar 550 00:00:32,659 --> 00:25:00,841 who is not familiar with our new move 551 00:00:32,659 --> 00:25:02,345 in bags? You have no idea what I'm talking 552 00:00:32,659 --> 00:25:05,161 about. Anybody? Okay, one. Anybody 553 00:00:32,659 --> 00:25:09,129 else? Couple. Okay. We purchase zip 554 00:00:32,659 --> 00:25:12,241 codes. We purchase zip codes of people 555 00:00:32,659 --> 00:25:14,241 who have moved into the area in the 556 00:00:32,659 --> 00:25:16,873 last couple of months. And those 557 00:00:32,659 --> 00:25:18,937 people who have moved into the area 558 00:00:32,659 --> 00:25:23,651 are filtered. They are people who 559 00:00:32,659 --> 00:25:25,107 have moved into the area from out 560 00:00:32,659 --> 00:25:28,051 of the area. Because if you don't 561 00:00:32,659 --> 00:25:30,355 do that, you end up with apartment hoppers 562 00:00:32,659 --> 00:25:33,371 and stuff like that. So you get hundreds 563 00:00:32,659 --> 00:25:36,639 of hundreds of people when you really, 564 00:00:32,659 --> 00:25:41,411 you don't want that many. And I know 565 00:00:32,659 --> 00:25:42,947 that because that's what we did. 566 00:00:32,659 --> 00:25:47,345 So we have put together bags of, and 567 00:00:32,659 --> 00:25:48,689 it's kind of like your old welcome 568 00:00:32,659 --> 00:25:50,721 wagon concept. You know, we come 569 00:00:32,659 --> 00:25:52,913 to their home with a bag and we say, 570 00:00:32,659 --> 00:25:54,097 welcome to the neighborhood. This 571 00:00:32,659 --> 00:25:56,145 is a gift from us to you, basically. 572 00:00:32,659 --> 00:25:59,369 That's it, right? It's pretty simple. But 573 00:00:32,659 --> 00:26:02,737 I want to tell you something. It 574 00:00:32,659 --> 00:26:04,689 is the best opportunity for sharing 575 00:00:32,659 --> 00:26:06,281 the gospel with our community that we 576 00:00:32,659 --> 00:26:10,297 at HBC currently have in place. The 577 00:00:32,659 --> 00:26:14,739 best. Why is it the best? Because 578 00:00:32,659 --> 00:26:19,579 you have a name and you have a gift. 579 00:00:32,659 --> 00:26:22,823 You have a name and you have a gift. 580 00:00:32,659 --> 00:26:25,023 So it immediately turns into a warm 581 00:00:32,659 --> 00:26:28,311 call. It's not a cold call. You're 582 00:00:32,659 --> 00:26:30,175 just not knocking on some stranger's 583 00:00:32,659 --> 00:26:32,423 door. It's a stranger, but you know their 584 00:00:32,659 --> 00:26:34,255 name. And the fact that you know 585 00:00:32,659 --> 00:26:37,615 their name, their guard is immediately 586 00:00:32,659 --> 00:26:40,955 dropped exponentially. Maybe not 587 00:00:32,659 --> 00:26:44,715 100%, but 70. I promise you it makes 588 00:00:32,659 --> 00:26:49,795 a difference. Now, I'll say this, 589 00:00:32,659 --> 00:26:51,859 and I'll back it up here in just a second. 590 00:00:32,659 --> 00:26:53,251 If you're not knocking on the door 591 00:00:32,659 --> 00:26:55,763 of the house to which you already 592 00:00:32,659 --> 00:26:58,539 know the name of the occupant, you are 593 00:00:32,659 --> 00:27:00,851 not maximizing your opportunity to 594 00:00:32,659 --> 00:27:03,491 share the gospel. Now, don't get 595 00:00:32,659 --> 00:27:06,719 me wrong. It's never wrong to do right. 596 00:00:32,659 --> 00:27:09,027 And if all you're doing is taking 597 00:00:32,659 --> 00:27:10,635 the bag and leaving it at their door 598 00:00:32,659 --> 00:27:14,555 without knocking, it's better that 599 00:00:32,659 --> 00:27:16,715 they get that than nothing. I mean 600 00:00:32,659 --> 00:27:20,491 that it's better. They will eventually 601 00:00:32,659 --> 00:27:22,747 open the door, see the bag, and perhaps 602 00:00:32,659 --> 00:27:24,371 they'll pull the track out. And they 603 00:00:32,659 --> 00:27:25,651 probably will pull the track out, 604 00:00:32,659 --> 00:27:26,955 but maybe they'll get a chance. Maybe 605 00:00:32,659 --> 00:27:28,411 they'll read it. But it's a whole 606 00:00:32,659 --> 00:27:30,323 lot better if you can give them the track 607 00:00:32,659 --> 00:27:34,019 and explain it if you get that opportunity. 608 00:00:32,659 --> 00:27:36,179 So what I'm saying is it's a great 609 00:00:32,659 --> 00:27:37,483 opportunity because you have their 610 00:00:32,659 --> 00:27:40,403 name. You have their name. So, all 611 00:00:32,659 --> 00:27:41,867 right. So at this point, I freely 612 00:00:32,659 --> 00:27:44,923 admit that up to a certain point, 613 00:00:32,659 --> 00:27:47,235 I will absolutely sound like a broken 614 00:00:32,659 --> 00:27:49,115 record. I will sound like a robot. 615 00:00:32,659 --> 00:27:51,907 I will sound mechanical each and every 616 00:00:32,659 --> 00:27:55,691 time up to a certain point. And if 617 00:00:32,659 --> 00:27:57,259 you go with me long enough, you'll 618 00:00:32,659 --> 00:27:58,523 recognize, man. Brother Stone says 619 00:00:32,659 --> 00:27:59,827 same thing every single time he goes 620 00:00:32,659 --> 00:28:01,195 to the door, and I do every single 621 00:00:32,659 --> 00:28:03,535 time up to a certain point. And here's 622 00:00:32,659 --> 00:28:05,263 what we do. All right? Now, again, 623 00:00:32,659 --> 00:28:08,015 there's no way that we can anticipate 624 00:00:32,659 --> 00:28:09,895 every scenario. That's why I gave 625 00:00:32,659 --> 00:28:11,671 him a script. I said, we're just 626 00:00:32,659 --> 00:28:13,495 going to do a couple, because I promise 627 00:00:32,659 --> 00:28:16,439 you, this can go a thousand directions 628 00:00:32,659 --> 00:28:20,383 every single time. So I'm just going 629 00:00:32,659 --> 00:28:22,471 to use this. This is my new move 630 00:00:32,659 --> 00:28:24,351 in bag. Now, our new move in bag has 631 00:00:32,659 --> 00:28:26,455 a cup, a nice cup with Heritage Baptist 632 00:00:32,659 --> 00:28:28,867 church on it. It's got some popcorn, 633 00:00:32,659 --> 00:28:30,755 it's got some candy in it. It's got 634 00:00:32,659 --> 00:28:32,163 some information about the church, 635 00:00:32,659 --> 00:28:34,627 about the school, about the daycare, 636 00:00:32,659 --> 00:28:36,827 about everything. And it's in a nice 637 00:00:32,659 --> 00:28:38,899 bag that says Heritage Baptist church. 638 00:00:32,659 --> 00:28:41,571 And if nothing else, they can drink 639 00:00:32,659 --> 00:28:47,563 the coffee and have popcorn. And 640 00:00:32,659 --> 00:28:51,083 who knows? I've never had one person. 641 00:00:32,659 --> 00:28:54,181 I've never had anybody not take the 642 00:00:32,659 --> 00:28:56,877 card, not take the bag until I started 643 00:00:32,659 --> 00:29:00,725 doing it here. And I had one person. 644 00:00:32,659 --> 00:29:05,125 One person. And she was mean. She 645 00:00:32,659 --> 00:29:10,009 was mean. And she said, she said, 646 00:00:32,659 --> 00:29:13,493 I gave her the bag. I handed the bag 647 00:00:32,659 --> 00:29:15,569 out, and she said, I don't want that. 648 00:00:32,659 --> 00:29:18,757 She goes, I don't want anything in 649 00:00:32,659 --> 00:29:20,689 this house that has to do with church. 650 00:00:32,659 --> 00:29:24,169 I don't remember, it wasn't exactly. 651 00:00:32,659 --> 00:29:25,729 That's what she said ultimately before 652 00:00:32,659 --> 00:29:27,105 I actually ended up walking away. 653 00:00:32,659 --> 00:29:28,041 But I asked her, I said, well, don't 654 00:00:32,659 --> 00:29:30,737 you drink coffee? I got a nice mug in 655 00:00:32,659 --> 00:29:31,561 here. Don't you want to drink some 656 00:00:32,659 --> 00:29:33,585 coffee? No, she didn't want that. 657 00:00:32,659 --> 00:29:35,641 But I've only one time I've given a. 658 00:00:32,659 --> 00:29:36,809 I don't know how many of these away. 659 00:00:32,659 --> 00:29:38,161 We've done them for years, my wife 660 00:00:32,659 --> 00:29:39,785 and I, and people at corpus and in 661 00:00:32,659 --> 00:29:41,425 here we've done them forever. And 662 00:00:32,659 --> 00:29:43,577 I've only had one person refuse the 663 00:00:32,659 --> 00:29:45,177 bag. Isn't that something? And some 664 00:00:32,659 --> 00:29:46,417 of you have had people refuse the 665 00:00:32,659 --> 00:29:49,285 bag, but it's not very often. So 666 00:00:32,659 --> 00:29:51,621 this is what I do. All right, I'll 667 00:00:32,659 --> 00:29:53,029 stick to my script so that I won't 668 00:00:32,659 --> 00:29:57,101 mess him up. Alright, so oh, by the 669 00:00:32,659 --> 00:30:00,165 way, you'll have the paper in your 670 00:00:32,659 --> 00:30:01,877 hand if you've never done this before, 671 00:00:32,659 --> 00:30:04,301 you'll have the paper. And what you 672 00:00:32,659 --> 00:30:06,437 want to do is you want to look at 673 00:00:32,659 --> 00:30:08,557 the name one last time before you 674 00:00:32,659 --> 00:30:10,037 get out of the car and go up to the 675 00:00:32,659 --> 00:30:12,757 door because the last thing you want 676 00:00:32,659 --> 00:30:14,045 to do is go up there and forget the 677 00:00:32,659 --> 00:30:17,041 name. And it's easy to do, it's easy 678 00:00:32,659 --> 00:30:20,729 to do. So you want to look at the 679 00:00:32,659 --> 00:30:23,369 name and if you can't pronounce the 680 00:00:32,659 --> 00:30:27,305 name take the paper with you seriously 681 00:00:32,659 --> 00:30:30,569 and fold it to where their name is 682 00:00:32,659 --> 00:30:33,329 and say something like I'm sorry 683 00:00:32,659 --> 00:30:35,473 but I'm not sure exactly how to pronounce 684 00:00:32,659 --> 00:30:37,545 that. And if they see their name 685 00:00:32,659 --> 00:30:40,593 they're going okay, so anyway, all 686 00:00:32,659 --> 00:30:43,169 right, so when you go up to the door, 687 00:00:32,659 --> 00:30:45,841 ring the doorbell first. That's why 688 00:00:32,659 --> 00:30:47,649 they put it there, right? Unless 689 00:00:32,659 --> 00:30:50,209 of course it says don't ring the doorbell. 690 00:00:32,659 --> 00:30:53,145 I got baby sleeping and they're out 691 00:00:32,659 --> 00:30:54,617 there now that says don't ring the 692 00:00:32,659 --> 00:30:56,361 doorbell, don't knock on the door, 693 00:00:32,659 --> 00:30:58,429 don't leave anything on the door. 694 00:00:32,659 --> 00:31:01,745 I think sometimes those come standard 695 00:00:32,659 --> 00:31:06,269 with new homes. Now ring the bell first, 696 00:00:32,659 --> 00:31:12,523 unless it is a ring bell. Unless 697 00:00:32,659 --> 00:31:17,507 you like talking to doorbells. I refuse 698 00:00:32,659 --> 00:31:21,331 to talk to a doorbell. So if it's a 699 00:00:32,659 --> 00:31:23,171 ring bell, I am not going to ring 700 00:00:32,659 --> 00:31:25,003 it, I'm not going to touch it. Now 701 00:00:32,659 --> 00:31:26,811 sometimes they'll see you there and 702 00:00:32,659 --> 00:31:29,211 start talking to you anyway. And 703 00:00:32,659 --> 00:31:32,701 I hate that. I hate it. I won't talk 704 00:00:32,659 --> 00:31:34,293 to a stupid doorbell, that's just 705 00:00:32,659 --> 00:31:37,781 dumb. The devil's smart, isn't he? 706 00:00:32,659 --> 00:31:40,289 See what he's done created ring. 707 00:00:32,659 --> 00:31:44,013 So listen for the ring. If you don't 708 00:00:32,659 --> 00:31:46,445 hear the ring, then knock on the 709 00:00:32,659 --> 00:31:54,533 door. And what do we do? We knock 710 00:00:32,659 --> 00:31:57,061 with purpose. Knock with a purpose. 711 00:00:32,659 --> 00:31:59,301 Mendez, I can understand women going 712 00:00:32,659 --> 00:32:03,549 up to the door and going, but you 713 00:00:32,659 --> 00:32:05,837 men, come on. Don't knock on the 714 00:00:32,659 --> 00:32:07,989 door like a girl if you're gonna 715 00:00:32,659 --> 00:32:09,917 knock with a purpose. And I'm serious. 716 00:00:32,659 --> 00:32:13,317 Get them out of bed. I'll knock at 717 00:00:32,659 --> 00:32:14,997 least eight or nine times. I'm talking 718 00:00:32,659 --> 00:32:19,181 about in a row. I want them to think 719 00:00:32,659 --> 00:32:21,077 the law is at the door. I want them 720 00:00:32,659 --> 00:32:22,589 to think it's important. I'm serious. 721 00:00:32,659 --> 00:32:24,429 Knock with a purpose. I will go loud 722 00:00:32,659 --> 00:32:25,933 if it's a metal door. I've taken 723 00:00:32,659 --> 00:32:28,049 my pocket knife out of my pocket before, 724 00:00:32,659 --> 00:32:30,601 and I. With my pocket knife, I'll 725 00:00:32,659 --> 00:32:31,713 do it. I'm telling you. You just want 726 00:00:32,659 --> 00:32:32,753 to get their attention. I don't want 727 00:00:32,659 --> 00:32:34,177 to be obnoxious, but I don't want 728 00:00:32,659 --> 00:32:36,201 them to be in the back room, you 729 00:00:32,659 --> 00:32:38,065 know, washing clothes and not hear 730 00:00:32,659 --> 00:32:41,817 me. So knock with a purpose. Amen. 731 00:00:32,659 --> 00:32:42,993 And then they're going to come to 732 00:00:32,659 --> 00:32:45,257 the door and I'm going to say. I'm 733 00:00:32,659 --> 00:32:48,349 going to say, hello, Mister Rippy. 734 00:00:32,659 --> 00:32:52,217 I'm looking for tice Rippy. Now, tice 735 00:00:32,659 --> 00:32:54,669 is an uncommon name. Is it nothing. 736 00:00:32,659 --> 00:32:56,895 So I don't know if that's a man's name 737 00:00:32,659 --> 00:32:59,879 or a woman's name. So I'm not going 738 00:00:32,659 --> 00:33:01,087 to come up and say, I'm looking for 739 00:00:32,659 --> 00:33:04,375 Mister Tice Rippie, because that, 740 00:00:32,659 --> 00:33:05,607 I don't know if that's a man's name 741 00:00:32,659 --> 00:33:08,295 or that's not a common name, so I'm 742 00:00:32,659 --> 00:33:10,391 going to say, if it's a man, I'm 743 00:00:32,659 --> 00:33:12,367 going to say, hello, Mister Rippie. 744 00:00:32,659 --> 00:33:14,351 I'm not going to say Mister tice Rippie, 745 00:00:32,659 --> 00:33:16,151 or I'm not going to say, hello, tice, 746 00:00:32,659 --> 00:33:17,599 because what if that's his wife's 747 00:00:32,659 --> 00:33:21,615 name and you've already strike one? You're 748 00:00:32,659 --> 00:33:23,167 making that warm call turn into a 749 00:00:32,659 --> 00:33:26,799 cool call. Or you can say, I'm looking 750 00:00:32,659 --> 00:33:30,671 for Tyce Rippy. Tice would say, yeah, 751 00:00:32,659 --> 00:33:34,439 that's me. And I'm telling you, just 752 00:00:32,659 --> 00:33:37,295 as, just as neighborly as we can 753 00:00:32,659 --> 00:33:39,871 do this. Hi, tice. And I try my best 754 00:00:32,659 --> 00:33:41,847 to shake his hand. Hi, I'm tice. Actually, 755 00:00:32,659 --> 00:33:43,231 I don't shake his hand. I'm holding 756 00:00:32,659 --> 00:33:44,863 a bag and I've got a track in one half. 757 00:00:32,659 --> 00:33:46,855 Always keep a track so he can see 758 00:00:32,659 --> 00:33:47,871 where we're from. Of course, he can 759 00:00:32,659 --> 00:33:49,271 see on the bag. Heritage Baptist 760 00:00:32,659 --> 00:33:50,687 Church, but I always keep a track 761 00:00:32,659 --> 00:33:55,807 and a bag and. Hi, Tyce. My name is James 762 00:00:32,659 --> 00:33:57,815 and I'm from Heritage Baptist Church. 763 00:00:32,659 --> 00:33:59,679 We'd like to welcome you to the neighborhood 764 00:00:32,659 --> 00:34:02,343 with this gift. Okay. And he's going 765 00:00:32,659 --> 00:34:04,151 to take it. He's going to take it. 766 00:00:32,659 --> 00:34:07,179 It's rare that they won't take it, 767 00:00:32,659 --> 00:34:09,215 but you obviously will run into some 768 00:00:32,659 --> 00:34:14,191 that do. Now, here's the thing. If 769 00:00:32,659 --> 00:34:16,071 they're fighting to keep the dog 770 00:00:32,659 --> 00:34:19,697 inside, and you've seen this, if 771 00:00:32,659 --> 00:34:21,137 they're fighting to keep the dog 772 00:00:32,659 --> 00:34:23,289 inside, they're taking just a moment 773 00:00:32,659 --> 00:34:25,309 to see if you are worth their time, 774 00:00:32,659 --> 00:34:31,801 because it's easy to tell that dog 775 00:00:32,659 --> 00:34:34,825 to get back. And so here's what's 776 00:00:32,659 --> 00:34:37,385 happening. If you are worth their 777 00:00:32,659 --> 00:34:39,057 time, they'll get rid of the dog 778 00:00:32,659 --> 00:34:40,537 or they'll leave the dog inside and 779 00:00:32,659 --> 00:34:44,339 come outside. If you are not worth 780 00:00:32,659 --> 00:34:45,611 their time, they're going to continue 781 00:00:32,659 --> 00:34:47,275 to fight the dog and use that as an 782 00:00:32,659 --> 00:34:50,771 excuse to get rid of you. Oh, I'm 783 00:00:32,659 --> 00:34:52,171 sorry. You're just. I'm sorry. This 784 00:00:32,659 --> 00:34:53,435 is. We're just going to have to. 785 00:00:32,659 --> 00:34:56,659 Another time. Been there a hundred 786 00:00:32,659 --> 00:34:59,603 times, thousand times or who comes, 787 00:00:32,659 --> 00:35:01,411 who comes to the. To the door like 788 00:00:32,659 --> 00:35:02,811 this? Do you come to the door with 789 00:00:32,659 --> 00:35:07,187 your phone? Yes. Yes. What do you 790 00:00:32,659 --> 00:35:10,865 need? What do you need to. You don't 791 00:00:32,659 --> 00:35:12,121 do that. Do you come to the door 792 00:00:32,659 --> 00:35:14,361 with the phone in your ear? I'm telling 793 00:00:32,659 --> 00:35:15,993 you, I believe 90% of the people 794 00:00:32,659 --> 00:35:17,153 who come to the door with a phone in 795 00:00:32,659 --> 00:35:18,481 their ear when I'm at the door or 796 00:00:32,659 --> 00:35:19,521 when you're at the door, there's 797 00:00:32,659 --> 00:35:23,537 nobody even on the phone. They just, they 798 00:00:32,659 --> 00:35:24,929 just don't want to deal with you, 799 00:00:32,659 --> 00:35:26,393 or they're going to give you an opportunity 800 00:00:32,659 --> 00:35:28,309 to see whether you're worth their time 801 00:00:32,659 --> 00:35:30,601 because nobody comes to the door 802 00:00:32,659 --> 00:35:33,353 with a phone in their ear. So anyway, 803 00:00:32,659 --> 00:35:35,447 we're getting to this tice. I meant 804 00:00:32,659 --> 00:35:37,215 to spend about five minutes here. 805 00:00:32,659 --> 00:35:40,607 Okay. So anyway, now, the reason 806 00:00:32,659 --> 00:35:42,575 I know if they're fighting with the 807 00:00:32,659 --> 00:35:44,711 dog, they're giving you a minute 808 00:00:32,659 --> 00:35:47,815 because that's what I do. That's 809 00:00:32,659 --> 00:35:50,503 what I do. I have dogs and they want to 810 00:00:32,659 --> 00:35:52,695 get in everybody's business. She 811 00:00:32,659 --> 00:35:54,255 wants to know who's at the door. 812 00:00:32,659 --> 00:35:56,579 Who's at the door? Who's at the door. 813 00:00:32,659 --> 00:36:01,181 And she's such a big sissy dog. All 814 00:00:32,659 --> 00:36:02,701 I had to do is say, ginger, get back. 815 00:00:32,659 --> 00:36:04,565 And she'll get back. But I let her 816 00:00:32,659 --> 00:36:06,885 come because I want to see if they're 817 00:00:32,659 --> 00:36:14,901 worth my time. Amen. All right, so 818 00:00:32,659 --> 00:36:16,877 I've given him the track, I've given 819 00:00:32,659 --> 00:36:20,445 him the new move in bag, and he's 820 00:00:32,659 --> 00:36:22,397 giving me his attention. So I'm basically 821 00:00:32,659 --> 00:36:23,765 going to say something to this effect 822 00:00:32,659 --> 00:36:26,309 almost every single time. Mister 823 00:00:32,659 --> 00:36:28,925 Ippy, when we get, when we get this list 824 00:00:32,659 --> 00:36:30,357 of new move ins, we're typically 825 00:00:32,659 --> 00:36:33,357 a month or two behind. So you probably already 826 00:00:32,659 --> 00:36:34,917 have been moved in for a month or 827 00:00:32,659 --> 00:36:40,245 two, correct? Yeah. All right. And 828 00:00:32,659 --> 00:36:42,381 that's the case. We're usually a 829 00:00:32,659 --> 00:36:44,133 month or two behind with this list. 830 00:00:32,659 --> 00:36:45,621 So they've already been moved in 831 00:00:32,659 --> 00:36:48,421 for at least 30 days, sometimes 60 832 00:00:32,659 --> 00:36:50,049 days, sometimes a little bit more 833 00:00:32,659 --> 00:36:55,023 if we're not behind on our list. All 834 00:00:32,659 --> 00:36:56,511 right, so at this point, they already 835 00:00:32,659 --> 00:36:58,167 know you're from a church, so small 836 00:00:32,659 --> 00:36:59,847 talk isn't necessary. Just get to 837 00:00:32,659 --> 00:37:02,943 the point. You don't have to say, 838 00:00:32,659 --> 00:37:04,855 I just love your home. I love this 839 00:00:32,659 --> 00:37:06,935 type of brick. Oh, your garden is 840 00:00:32,659 --> 00:37:09,103 immaculate. Mister Rippy, I don't 841 00:00:32,659 --> 00:37:11,151 know how you do it. Just leave it 842 00:00:32,659 --> 00:37:13,287 all off because it's unnecessary 843 00:00:32,659 --> 00:37:16,671 and you've imposed anyway. You don't know what 844 00:00:32,659 --> 00:37:18,889 they were doing, that you were uninvited. 845 00:00:32,659 --> 00:37:20,981 So leave off the small talk. They 846 00:00:32,659 --> 00:37:22,477 know where you're at. They know who 847 00:00:32,659 --> 00:37:23,813 you're from, where you're from. All 848 00:00:32,659 --> 00:37:25,981 right? So I just say, he said that 849 00:00:32,659 --> 00:37:27,317 he's been here already for a month 850 00:00:32,659 --> 00:37:29,365 or two. So my next question immediately 851 00:00:32,659 --> 00:37:32,229 is going to be, have you had a chance 852 00:00:32,659 --> 00:37:33,717 to find a church for you and your family 853 00:00:32,659 --> 00:37:37,741 yet? We don't go to church. Speak 854 00:00:32,659 --> 00:37:39,437 up so they can hear you. We don't go 855 00:00:32,659 --> 00:37:45,229 to church. So now this is just one 856 00:00:32,659 --> 00:37:47,087 scenario. I said, okay, well, let 857 00:00:32,659 --> 00:37:48,519 me ask you this. Did you guys grow 858 00:00:32,659 --> 00:37:50,055 up going to church? Do you have a 859 00:00:32,659 --> 00:37:52,139 religious background, a church background? 860 00:00:32,659 --> 00:37:54,159 I mean, I don't really have time 861 00:00:32,659 --> 00:37:58,791 to talk right now. He said, I don't 862 00:00:32,659 --> 00:38:03,927 have time to talk right now. I'm not even 863 00:00:32,659 --> 00:38:08,287 going to ask. The fact of the matter 864 00:00:32,659 --> 00:38:12,351 is the majority of the people that 865 00:00:32,659 --> 00:38:14,721 you, that you give this bag to, they're 866 00:00:32,659 --> 00:38:16,149 not going to want to talk to you. 867 00:00:32,659 --> 00:38:19,009 That's just the cold, hard truth. 868 00:00:32,659 --> 00:38:20,865 That's why this is a numbers game. 869 00:00:32,659 --> 00:38:22,265 I don't like to use the term, but it 870 00:00:32,659 --> 00:38:23,601 is. It's a numbers game. The more 871 00:00:32,659 --> 00:38:25,449 you go to, you'll eventually get 872 00:00:32,659 --> 00:38:27,513 to somebody who wants to talk to you. 873 00:00:32,659 --> 00:38:29,129 But the majority of them are going 874 00:00:32,659 --> 00:38:31,001 to have some excuse. Oh, I don't have 875 00:00:32,659 --> 00:38:32,433 time to talk. They'll take the bag. 876 00:00:32,659 --> 00:38:33,801 Oh, I don't have time to talk right 877 00:00:32,659 --> 00:38:36,017 now. But if they say we don't go 878 00:00:32,659 --> 00:38:38,505 to church, I ask them, did you grow 879 00:00:32,659 --> 00:38:40,177 up going to church? Do you have a 880 00:00:32,659 --> 00:38:42,355 church or religious background? Folks, 881 00:00:32,659 --> 00:38:44,499 there is no way to anticipate every 882 00:00:32,659 --> 00:38:45,731 scenario, because at this point, 883 00:00:32,659 --> 00:38:48,107 if he says, we don't, you know, he could 884 00:00:32,659 --> 00:38:49,275 have answered this 100 different 885 00:00:32,659 --> 00:38:52,027 ways. Do you have a church? Did you grow up 886 00:00:32,659 --> 00:38:53,539 going to church? Do you have a religious 887 00:00:32,659 --> 00:38:55,467 background? He could have said, no, 888 00:00:32,659 --> 00:38:56,963 we just don't believe in church. 889 00:00:32,659 --> 00:38:59,019 We just don't believe. What's my answer? 890 00:00:32,659 --> 00:39:00,587 Then he could have said, yeah, you 891 00:00:32,659 --> 00:39:02,403 know, we went to pentecostal church. 892 00:00:32,659 --> 00:39:04,523 Growing up. We went to this church, 893 00:00:32,659 --> 00:39:06,139 growing up. We went to that church. 894 00:00:32,659 --> 00:39:08,179 All of these are great answers. The fact 895 00:00:32,659 --> 00:39:10,755 that there's dialogue is great. He's 896 00:00:32,659 --> 00:39:12,611 telling me that he believes in works 897 00:00:32,659 --> 00:39:14,067 for salvation. He's telling me he 898 00:00:32,659 --> 00:39:15,811 believes in baptismal regeneration. 899 00:00:32,659 --> 00:39:18,387 He tells me that he believes in praying to 900 00:00:32,659 --> 00:39:20,011 the saints. Whatever. He tells me 901 00:00:32,659 --> 00:39:21,067 about the church that he grew up 902 00:00:32,659 --> 00:39:22,875 going to, that's good information 903 00:00:32,659 --> 00:39:26,339 for me because I know how to approach this 904 00:00:32,659 --> 00:39:29,155 thing. So he said, we don't go to 905 00:00:32,659 --> 00:39:31,619 church again. I can't go over every 906 00:00:32,659 --> 00:39:34,171 scenario. You'll learn this as you 907 00:00:32,659 --> 00:39:35,587 go, but you'll never learn if you 908 00:00:32,659 --> 00:39:38,795 don't go. And I know that everybody 909 00:00:32,659 --> 00:39:40,291 in here would love to lead someone to 910 00:00:32,659 --> 00:39:42,039 Jesus Christ if you haven't already. 911 00:00:32,659 --> 00:39:44,291 And you're never going to get to do that 912 00:00:32,659 --> 00:39:49,427 if you don't try. And so just practice 913 00:00:32,659 --> 00:39:52,999 makes better never perfect, but better. 914 00:00:32,659 --> 00:39:55,411 All right. So he says, I don't have 915 00:00:32,659 --> 00:39:56,811 time to talk right now. I said, and 916 00:00:32,659 --> 00:39:57,955 this is what I'll say. I'll say, 917 00:00:32,659 --> 00:40:00,003 okay, well, you know, I totally understand 918 00:00:32,659 --> 00:40:02,219 that. I came unannounced anyway, 919 00:00:32,659 --> 00:40:05,193 and I. So let me extend an open invitation 920 00:00:32,659 --> 00:40:07,753 to you. Our number is in the bag, and 921 00:00:32,659 --> 00:40:09,361 if there's ever anything that you 922 00:00:32,659 --> 00:40:11,273 need or if we can pray for you, please 923 00:00:32,659 --> 00:40:14,265 feel free to reach out to us and 924 00:00:32,659 --> 00:40:16,185 leave them with a good taste. Right? 925 00:00:32,659 --> 00:40:17,377 Leave them with a good flavor in 926 00:00:32,659 --> 00:40:18,681 their mouth. I'm never gonna. I'm 927 00:00:32,659 --> 00:40:20,297 not gonna push the issue if he says, 928 00:00:32,659 --> 00:40:22,305 don't have time to talk. Okay, I'm 929 00:00:32,659 --> 00:40:23,817 imposing on your time. You opened 930 00:00:32,659 --> 00:40:26,473 the door. You took my bag. I want to 931 00:00:32,659 --> 00:40:28,351 leave a good taste in his mouth. 932 00:00:32,659 --> 00:40:30,475 Right? All right, so the next one. 933 00:00:32,659 --> 00:40:33,787 The next answer could be, well, we've 934 00:00:32,659 --> 00:40:36,179 been visiting around, but we haven't 935 00:00:32,659 --> 00:40:38,739 found one yet. That's really good 936 00:00:32,659 --> 00:40:40,771 information, isn't it? We've been 937 00:00:32,659 --> 00:40:43,219 visiting around, so at that point, 938 00:00:32,659 --> 00:40:45,171 I would say, man, that's great. I hope 939 00:00:32,659 --> 00:40:46,883 that you'll consider visiting Heritage 940 00:00:32,659 --> 00:40:48,867 Baptist Church at this point, only 941 00:00:32,659 --> 00:40:50,611 give a brief summary. Here's the 942 00:00:32,659 --> 00:40:52,427 king of verbosity telling you to 943 00:00:32,659 --> 00:40:57,085 keep it brief, but it is really important 944 00:00:32,659 --> 00:40:58,597 that you don't try to give every 945 00:00:32,659 --> 00:41:00,677 aspect of the church at this point. 946 00:00:32,659 --> 00:41:02,485 Try your best to keep this brief. 947 00:00:32,659 --> 00:41:04,717 A brief summary of the church. Well, 948 00:00:32,659 --> 00:41:06,765 okay. I hope that you'll consider 949 00:00:32,659 --> 00:41:09,317 coming to HBC. Just visiting with us. We've 950 00:00:32,659 --> 00:41:10,629 been established in town for about 951 00:00:32,659 --> 00:41:12,933 24 years and we've got something for 952 00:00:32,659 --> 00:41:16,101 every age group and life stage. At 953 00:00:32,659 --> 00:41:17,549 this point, if they start asking 954 00:00:32,659 --> 00:41:20,059 questions about their life stage, 955 00:00:32,659 --> 00:41:21,687 well, do you have anything for kids 956 00:00:32,659 --> 00:41:23,407 or do you have anything for singles 957 00:00:32,659 --> 00:41:25,111 or do you have anything for middle aged? 958 00:00:32,659 --> 00:41:26,819 Do you have anything for seniors? 959 00:00:32,659 --> 00:41:29,015 But you've just given them something, 960 00:00:32,659 --> 00:41:30,551 you've just thrown something out there. 961 00:00:32,659 --> 00:41:32,695 And if they start asking questions, that's 962 00:00:32,659 --> 00:41:35,439 awesome, because now they're engaging 963 00:00:32,659 --> 00:41:38,671 you in conversation. Now what if 964 00:00:32,659 --> 00:41:41,391 they say something like, we're attending 965 00:00:32,659 --> 00:41:44,695 fellowship at the parks? Ah, that's 966 00:00:32,659 --> 00:41:47,715 really good information. I know that 967 00:00:32,659 --> 00:41:50,395 they're not Catholic, although they're 968 00:00:32,659 --> 00:41:53,571 probably not saved. That's mean. 969 00:00:32,659 --> 00:41:56,915 Shouldn't have said that. But they 970 00:00:32,659 --> 00:41:58,291 saying they're attending fellowship 971 00:00:32,659 --> 00:42:00,555 of the parks. Fact is, that's a non denominational 972 00:00:32,659 --> 00:42:04,283 church. And I'll just say this because 973 00:00:32,659 --> 00:42:05,795 this is what I believe, and I believe 974 00:00:32,659 --> 00:42:07,571 that I can substantiate it. Look, 975 00:00:32,659 --> 00:42:09,059 after years and years of experience, 976 00:00:32,659 --> 00:42:12,435 this is what I've experienced. Non denominational 977 00:00:32,659 --> 00:42:15,629 churches are basically no label churches. 978 00:00:32,659 --> 00:42:19,113 No label churches. You wouldn't go 979 00:00:32,659 --> 00:42:20,513 to the grocery store and start taking 980 00:00:32,659 --> 00:42:21,905 stuff off the shelf that didn't have 981 00:00:32,659 --> 00:42:23,081 labels on it and putting it in your 982 00:00:32,659 --> 00:42:24,801 cart. You want to know what's in 983 00:00:32,659 --> 00:42:27,985 there. Labels are important. They 984 00:00:32,659 --> 00:42:29,829 tell you what's inside the package. 985 00:00:32,659 --> 00:42:32,281 We're a Baptist. Well, first of all, 986 00:00:32,659 --> 00:42:36,553 by conviction, but I like the fact 987 00:00:32,659 --> 00:42:37,969 when somebody says they're methodists, 988 00:00:32,659 --> 00:42:40,331 I know what they believe. I know what 989 00:00:32,659 --> 00:42:41,731 their doctrine is. When someone says 990 00:00:32,659 --> 00:42:42,795 they're Catholic, I know what their 991 00:00:32,659 --> 00:42:44,763 doctrine is. When someone says we're 992 00:00:32,659 --> 00:42:46,091 fellowship of the parks, or when 993 00:00:32,659 --> 00:42:47,435 we're the met church, or when we're 994 00:00:32,659 --> 00:42:48,979 the campus church, when we're Oasis 995 00:00:32,659 --> 00:42:50,107 Church, when we're this church and 996 00:00:32,659 --> 00:42:51,691 that church, you have no clue what 997 00:00:32,659 --> 00:42:56,683 they believe. You have no clue. And 998 00:00:32,659 --> 00:42:58,451 I'm not saying Baptists have a monopoly 999 00:00:32,659 --> 00:43:00,219 on the truth, folks. I'm not saying 1000 00:00:32,659 --> 00:43:01,715 that at all because I've known some 1001 00:00:32,659 --> 00:43:03,755 Baptists that were bad twists, not 1002 00:00:32,659 --> 00:43:07,965 Baptists. And so I'm not saying while 1003 00:00:32,659 --> 00:43:09,277 Baptists don't have a monopoly on 1004 00:00:32,659 --> 00:43:10,597 the truth, I want to tell you something. 1005 00:00:32,659 --> 00:43:12,021 This is what I believe and I think 1006 00:00:32,659 --> 00:43:14,165 I can back it up. That circle is pretty 1007 00:00:32,659 --> 00:43:19,189 small. So he says, we're attending 1008 00:00:32,659 --> 00:43:20,413 the fellowship of the parks. Where do 1009 00:00:32,659 --> 00:43:24,009 I go with that I would say this. 1010 00:00:32,659 --> 00:43:26,461 Man, that's great. Mister Rippie, I'm 1011 00:00:32,659 --> 00:43:27,645 glad that you're attending church. 1012 00:00:32,659 --> 00:43:28,797 You know what that tells me? That tells 1013 00:00:32,659 --> 00:43:30,077 me you believe in God. Because you'd 1014 00:00:32,659 --> 00:43:31,341 be surprised how many people we run 1015 00:00:32,659 --> 00:43:32,859 into just don't even believe in Goddesse. 1016 00:00:32,659 --> 00:43:35,605 Well, I'm not here trying to steal 1017 00:00:32,659 --> 00:43:37,333 you out of your church. And I'm not. 1018 00:00:32,659 --> 00:43:40,045 That's not my intention. My goal 1019 00:00:32,659 --> 00:43:44,349 is to win them to Jesus Christ. Mister 1020 00:00:32,659 --> 00:43:45,725 Rippie, I'm not here trying to steal 1021 00:00:32,659 --> 00:43:47,509 you out of your church. I'm sure 1022 00:00:32,659 --> 00:43:49,021 that you'd agree with me. Now, you 1023 00:00:32,659 --> 00:43:50,941 might say this is a little manipulative. 1024 00:00:32,659 --> 00:43:52,969 Maybe it is, maybe it isn't, but 1025 00:00:32,659 --> 00:43:55,309 it is. I guess it is. I'm not going 1026 00:00:32,659 --> 00:43:58,347 to lie. It is a little. It is for a 1027 00:00:32,659 --> 00:44:01,603 good purpose. The ends justifies 1028 00:00:32,659 --> 00:44:02,763 the means. All right, so listen to what 1029 00:00:32,659 --> 00:44:04,907 I'm saying. I'm sure that you'd agree 1030 00:00:32,659 --> 00:44:08,195 with me that when we die, God's not 1031 00:00:32,659 --> 00:44:10,259 going to let us into heaven based 1032 00:00:32,659 --> 00:44:13,987 on what church we went to. I know what 1033 00:00:32,659 --> 00:44:15,299 he's going to say. That's why I asked 1034 00:00:32,659 --> 00:44:16,611 that question. So I guess you could 1035 00:00:32,659 --> 00:44:18,011 call it manipulative. I know where 1036 00:00:32,659 --> 00:44:20,299 the question is. I've never had anybody. 1037 00:00:32,659 --> 00:44:23,243 I've asked that question 10,000 times 1038 00:00:32,659 --> 00:44:25,939 or more and I've never had one person 1039 00:00:32,659 --> 00:44:29,043 say, sure he will. Well, maybe if 1040 00:00:32,659 --> 00:44:34,939 you church Christ. No, seriously, 1041 00:00:32,659 --> 00:44:38,039 I've never had anybody say, yes, he will. 1042 00:00:32,659 --> 00:44:41,267 And so at this point, this is what 1043 00:00:32,659 --> 00:44:42,595 I say. Okay, so let me back up, I'll 1044 00:00:32,659 --> 00:44:43,835 restate that, and then we're done 1045 00:00:32,659 --> 00:44:46,667 with this. Okay? Mister Rippy, I'm 1046 00:00:32,659 --> 00:44:47,987 not here to try to steal people out 1047 00:00:32,659 --> 00:44:50,491 of their church. I'm glad that you're 1048 00:00:32,659 --> 00:44:51,627 attending. That tells me that you 1049 00:00:32,659 --> 00:44:52,819 believe in God. You'd be surprised 1050 00:00:32,659 --> 00:44:54,429 how many people don't. Don't even believe 1051 00:00:32,659 --> 00:44:56,669 in God. But I'm sure that you'd agree 1052 00:00:32,659 --> 00:44:59,301 with me that, you know, when we die 1053 00:00:32,659 --> 00:45:00,917 and we stand before God, he's not 1054 00:00:32,659 --> 00:45:01,981 going to let us into heaven based 1055 00:00:32,659 --> 00:45:05,405 on what church we went to, right? Yeah. 1056 00:00:32,659 --> 00:45:07,309 So let me ask you this. Putting church 1057 00:00:32,659 --> 00:45:09,413 aside, since church isn't the deciding 1058 00:00:32,659 --> 00:45:11,381 factor here. Putting church aside. 1059 00:00:32,659 --> 00:45:12,917 What if something happened to you 1060 00:00:32,659 --> 00:45:14,101 today? What if something happened 1061 00:00:32,659 --> 00:45:16,797 to you? If you died today, are you 100% 1062 00:00:32,659 --> 00:45:19,429 sure you'd go to heaven? And that's 1063 00:00:32,659 --> 00:45:22,587 how I got to that question. Thank 1064 00:00:32,659 --> 00:45:23,907 you, brother. That's as far as we're 1065 00:00:32,659 --> 00:45:25,931 going to go with this tonight. You 1066 00:00:32,659 --> 00:45:28,355 might think that's a long way. That's 1067 00:00:32,659 --> 00:45:29,715 a long way around to get to that 1068 00:00:32,659 --> 00:45:31,235 question. Well, I'm telling you what, 1069 00:00:32,659 --> 00:45:36,107 you may have to see 75 or 100 people 1070 00:00:32,659 --> 00:45:37,919 before you can get to that point. 1071 00:00:32,659 --> 00:45:41,139 I'm not exaggerating that you're going 1072 00:00:32,659 --> 00:45:42,835 to pass out. You're going to go out 1073 00:00:32,659 --> 00:45:45,435 with 50 to 100 bags before you let 1074 00:00:32,659 --> 00:45:46,987 somebody get to that point. Am I 1075 00:00:32,659 --> 00:45:50,201 right, brother Cox? Am I right? Anybody 1076 00:00:32,659 --> 00:45:52,745 who's gone out. Brother Efrain, you've 1077 00:00:32,659 --> 00:45:55,961 taken these bags out. Anybody who's 1078 00:00:32,659 --> 00:45:59,225 taken these bags out, you know, the 1079 00:00:32,659 --> 00:46:02,033 majority, the vast majority of people 1080 00:00:32,659 --> 00:46:03,201 are not even gonna let you get to 1081 00:00:32,659 --> 00:46:07,193 that point. But you keep going because 1082 00:00:32,659 --> 00:46:09,601 there's somebody out there who will 1083 00:00:32,659 --> 00:46:12,121 let you. There's somebody out there 1084 00:00:32,659 --> 00:46:14,449 who does want to get saved. There 1085 00:00:32,659 --> 00:46:18,149 is a Shaleen Steiger out there, right? 1086 00:00:32,659 --> 00:46:22,913 One in 100. I bet you misses Watts. 1087 00:00:32,659 --> 00:46:31,089 One in how many? A lot, right? One 1088 00:00:32,659 --> 00:46:34,785 in a lot. But is it worth it? One 1089 00:00:32,659 --> 00:46:36,761 is worth it. And of course, we got 1090 00:00:32,659 --> 00:46:42,925 two out of that deal, so. All right. 1091 00:00:32,659 --> 00:46:44,093 I thought I was going to get to. I 1092 00:00:32,659 --> 00:46:45,021 didn't think I was going to be that 1093 00:00:32,659 --> 00:46:48,485 long up here. I told you. The king 1094 00:00:32,659 --> 00:46:50,729 of verbosity. The king of verbose. 1095 00:00:32,659 --> 00:46:58,389 Was that helpful? Okay. I still believe, 1096 00:00:32,659 --> 00:47:00,565 I really, truly believe that the new 1097 00:00:32,659 --> 00:47:03,021 move in bags are the best outreach 1098 00:00:32,659 --> 00:47:07,215 tool we have because you have a name and 1099 00:00:32,659 --> 00:47:09,999 you have a gift. Now, what I will 1100 00:00:32,659 --> 00:47:13,751 do, I have this gift and I'm going 1101 00:00:32,659 --> 00:47:15,659 to this home, and it's a warm call. 1102 00:00:32,659 --> 00:47:18,911 And whether they're home or not, if they're 1103 00:00:32,659 --> 00:47:20,351 not home, I just leave the bag and 1104 00:00:32,659 --> 00:47:21,831 go to the next one. But what I will 1105 00:00:32,659 --> 00:47:24,215 do is I will go from a warm call 1106 00:00:32,659 --> 00:47:26,063 to a cold call. How do I do that? Because 1107 00:00:32,659 --> 00:47:28,687 I knock on the door next to it, and 1108 00:00:32,659 --> 00:47:30,151 then I'll knock on doors down the 1109 00:00:32,659 --> 00:47:31,191 street, and then I'll cross the street 1110 00:00:32,659 --> 00:47:32,895 and knock on doors. And all of those 1111 00:00:32,659 --> 00:47:34,393 are cold calls. And that's a whole 1112 00:00:32,659 --> 00:47:37,001 different story. That's a whole different 1113 00:00:32,659 --> 00:47:42,641 scenario. So you can see then if 1114 00:00:32,659 --> 00:47:45,593 somebody comes to your house and 1115 00:00:32,659 --> 00:47:47,025 they knock on the door and you peek 1116 00:00:32,659 --> 00:47:48,145 through the peak hole and you're 1117 00:00:32,659 --> 00:47:50,305 like, well, they don't look like Jehovah's 1118 00:00:32,659 --> 00:47:54,713 Witnesses and they don't look, you 1119 00:00:32,659 --> 00:47:56,309 know, they're dressed pretty nice. 1120 00:00:32,659 --> 00:47:59,705 I guess I'll go ahead and I'll open 1121 00:00:32,659 --> 00:48:01,541 the door. Yes, sir, can I help you? 1122 00:00:32,659 --> 00:48:07,061 Hi, Miss Linda Smith. Immediately 1123 00:00:32,659 --> 00:48:09,461 your curiosity is up because how does 1124 00:00:32,659 --> 00:48:12,917 he know my name? He knows my name. So 1125 00:00:32,659 --> 00:48:13,573 you're going to go. You're going 1126 00:00:32,659 --> 00:48:17,341 to let him go to the next step. But 1127 00:00:32,659 --> 00:48:19,117 I'm here to tell you, you go to the 1128 00:00:32,659 --> 00:48:20,861 door. You go to the next door without 1129 00:00:32,659 --> 00:48:24,061 a bag and you knock on the door and 1130 00:00:32,659 --> 00:48:25,245 you're holding a track in your hand, 1131 00:00:32,659 --> 00:48:28,311 which I absolutely advise you hold 1132 00:00:32,659 --> 00:48:29,711 the track out so they can see where 1133 00:00:32,659 --> 00:48:36,751 you're from. Hello? Hello? Yeah, 1134 00:00:32,659 --> 00:48:38,775 can I help you? They already know they're 1135 00:00:32,659 --> 00:48:42,543 looking at you. Yeah, I'm James Stone. 1136 00:00:32,659 --> 00:48:44,103 I'm from Heritage Baptist Church. 1137 00:00:32,659 --> 00:48:49,751 No, thanks. Not interested. Or if they 1138 00:00:32,659 --> 00:48:52,687 do open the door, you got to build 1139 00:00:32,659 --> 00:48:55,669 rapport and you only have about 90 1140 00:00:32,659 --> 00:48:57,489 seconds to do that, if that much. 1141 00:00:32,659 --> 00:49:00,277 And so anyway, I hope that's helpful. 1142 00:00:32,659 --> 00:49:01,717 We're going to go over a little bit of 1143 00:00:32,659 --> 00:49:04,277 this each time. I promise not to 1144 00:00:32,659 --> 00:49:05,853 take up the whole, the entire time. 1145 00:00:32,659 --> 00:49:07,733 Next time I'll write it out better 1146 00:00:32,659 --> 00:49:08,941 next time. I didn't write that out 1147 00:00:32,659 --> 00:49:11,429 very well, but like I said, there's 1148 00:00:32,659 --> 00:49:14,685 no way to anticipate every direction 1149 00:00:32,659 --> 00:49:16,949 that that's going to go. You just, you 1150 00:00:32,659 --> 00:49:18,685 come with me and you'll learn. You 1151 00:00:32,659 --> 00:49:20,959 come with someone and you'll learn. 1152 00:00:32,659 --> 00:49:24,411 By the way, this is my final, by the 1153 00:00:32,659 --> 00:49:30,995 way, if you want to come out on Tuesday 1154 00:00:32,659 --> 00:49:34,079 nights with us, there's not always 1155 00:00:32,659 --> 00:49:36,459 an extra person. If you're coming by 1156 00:00:32,659 --> 00:49:38,523 yourself, there's not always an extra 1157 00:00:32,659 --> 00:49:40,139 person for you to go with. Most of 1158 00:00:32,659 --> 00:49:41,275 the people who come on Tuesday nights 1159 00:00:32,659 --> 00:49:44,627 go with their families or they have 1160 00:00:32,659 --> 00:49:45,939 a partner that they're already going 1161 00:00:32,659 --> 00:49:47,797 with. So it would be a good idea. 1162 00:00:32,659 --> 00:49:49,577 Let us know ahead of time that you want 1163 00:00:32,659 --> 00:49:51,833 to come. We will try our best to 1164 00:00:32,659 --> 00:49:54,705 pair you up. Or better yet, why don't 1165 00:00:32,659 --> 00:49:57,313 you find someone who is going and 1166 00:00:32,659 --> 00:49:59,953 say, hey, would you like to go? Someone 1167 00:00:32,659 --> 00:50:01,641 who already knows? Or maybe you'd, 1168 00:00:32,659 --> 00:50:03,121 maybe if you already know, you'd 1169 00:00:32,659 --> 00:50:05,097 be willing to say, hey, I'm available. 1170 00:00:32,659 --> 00:50:07,617 I'll take somebody with me, man, that 1171 00:00:32,659 --> 00:50:11,441 would be awesome because it's not 1172 00:00:32,659 --> 00:50:13,841 doing any good to come out and not 1173 00:00:32,659 --> 00:50:16,185 have someone to go with. Right. So 1174 00:00:32,659 --> 00:50:17,921 we want that. I try to take, I try 1175 00:00:32,659 --> 00:50:19,177 to go with Tyce. I try to go with 1176 00:00:32,659 --> 00:50:21,321 Joshua. I try to go with, I still 1177 00:00:32,659 --> 00:50:23,457 get to go with Brother Frius. We've been 1178 00:00:32,659 --> 00:50:24,921 saying we going to. We haven't yet. 1179 00:00:32,659 --> 00:50:26,033 But he already knows. He knows how 1180 00:00:32,659 --> 00:50:28,009 to do this and he's good to go by 1181 00:00:32,659 --> 00:50:29,361 himself. He knows how to do. He's 1182 00:00:32,659 --> 00:50:32,809 been doing it for years. And so anyway, 1183 00:00:32,659 --> 00:50:34,457 we do want to pair you up with folks. 1184 00:00:32,659 --> 00:50:36,429 It's the only way to learn. Amen. 1185 00:00:32,659 --> 00:50:40,057 All right, I'm done. 759. All right, 1186 00:00:32,659 --> 00:50:41,337 let's stand together. We will not have 1187 00:00:32,659 --> 00:50:43,425 an invitation tonight. I hope that that 1188 00:00:32,659 --> 00:50:46,129 helped you again, this is supposed 1189 00:00:32,659 --> 00:50:49,985 to be instructional. This is a taste of 1190 00:00:32,659 --> 00:50:51,521 what you get when you come to the 1191 00:00:32,659 --> 00:50:57,065 class of 20. So only there you'll 1192 00:00:32,659 --> 00:51:00,361 have opportunities to ask questions not 1193 00:00:32,659 --> 00:51:02,449 really conducive to that in this 1194 00:00:32,659 --> 00:51:04,897 setting, so. All right, well, may 1195 00:00:32,659 --> 00:51:06,161 the Lord bless you. I'm going to 1196 00:00:32,659 --> 00:51:07,625 have. Who's this? Brother Shuler. 1197 00:00:32,659 --> 00:51:10,459 Hell. He's saying now he gets to pray to. 1198 00:00:32,659 --> 00:51:11,935 Brother Schuller is going to dismiss 1199 00:00:32,659 --> 00:51:14,087 us in prayer. Once again, I hope that 1200 00:00:32,659 --> 00:51:16,031 was helpful. If you ever need any 1201 00:00:32,659 --> 00:51:17,407 of these copies of these, I'll be 1202 00:00:32,659 --> 00:51:18,391 more than happy to give these to 1203 00:00:32,659 --> 00:51:20,379 you. Anything. 1204 00:51:22,559 --> 00:51:25,375 Let us pray. Dear gracious heavenly Father, we thank you for 1205 00:51:22,559 --> 00:51:26,919 the opportunity to come to your house 1206 00:51:22,559 --> 00:51:28,119 tonight. We thank you for Brother 1207 00:51:22,559 --> 00:51:30,207 Stone, the lesson that he brought. 1208 00:51:22,559 --> 00:51:32,879 And dear heavenly Father, whether you're 1209 00:51:22,559 --> 00:51:34,175 one here that's never heard this 1210 00:51:22,559 --> 00:51:35,831 before or those that have heard it 1211 00:51:22,559 --> 00:51:38,289 many times, always something new, 1212 00:51:22,559 --> 00:51:40,689 a new approach, a new angle, a new 1213 00:51:22,559 --> 00:51:42,681 something that we can apply. And, 1214 00:51:22,559 --> 00:51:43,929 Lord, I pray that each and every 1215 00:51:22,559 --> 00:51:45,865 one of us will apply it to our daily 1216 00:51:22,559 --> 00:51:48,177 lives. We can apply things that we 1217 00:51:22,559 --> 00:51:50,449 learn here tonight in work conversations, 1218 00:51:22,559 --> 00:51:52,697 in gas station conversations, in any 1219 00:51:22,559 --> 00:51:54,057 conversation. It doesn't have to 1220 00:51:22,559 --> 00:51:56,121 be knocking on the door. And, Lord, 1221 00:51:22,559 --> 00:51:57,641 I just pray that you would burden our 1222 00:51:22,559 --> 00:51:59,921 hearts to do more of that. We thank 1223 00:51:22,559 --> 00:52:01,201 you for that. Lord, we pray that 1224 00:51:22,559 --> 00:52:02,729 you'll be with those of our church, 1225 00:51:22,559 --> 00:52:04,867 family that are sick, those that 1226 00:51:22,559 --> 00:52:07,227 are suffering. Pray that for our missionaries. 1227 00:51:22,559 --> 00:52:09,091 We always lift them up. And, Lord, we 1228 00:51:22,559 --> 00:52:10,451 just thank you for everything. In 1229 00:51:22,559 --> 00:52:11,387 Jesus name we pray. 1230 00:52:11,443 --> 00:52:11,659 Amen.