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[1403.46 --> 1405.06] we want to have an exodus |
[1405.06 --> 1406.30] to the promised land. |
[1406.66 --> 1408.28] Christ still offers that. |
[1408.48 --> 1410.06] It is offering that right now |
[1410.06 --> 1411.22] with his life. |
[1411.22 --> 1413.36] He says, I will free you |
[1413.36 --> 1415.68] from that prison of sin and self |
[1415.68 --> 1417.42] and lead you to a new land, |
[1417.66 --> 1419.64] to a new way of living |
[1419.64 --> 1422.60] that frees you. |
[1422.60 --> 1426.74] That's why he says, |
[1427.56 --> 1428.66] I am the way. |
[1430.24 --> 1431.56] I am the truth. |
[1433.18 --> 1434.38] I am the life. |
[1435.14 --> 1436.82] No one comes to the Father. |
[1436.96 --> 1437.90] There is no other way |
[1437.90 --> 1440.46] except through me. |
[1440.46 --> 1447.78] And then we come to him |
[1447.78 --> 1449.12] to do what? |
[1449.42 --> 1451.36] To follow those ways, |
[1451.62 --> 1453.40] to embrace his truth |
[1453.40 --> 1455.38] so we can live his life |
[1455.38 --> 1458.48] by the power of his spirit in us. |
[1458.48 --> 1460.16] That's the goal. |
[1463.08 --> 1463.76] That's the goal. |
[1465.80 --> 1467.46] And then we do all we can |
[1467.46 --> 1468.96] to build our entire life, |
[1469.12 --> 1471.48] every, every minuscule part of it |
[1471.48 --> 1472.68] around Christ. |
[1475.02 --> 1476.14] And that's another sermon. |
[1479.26 --> 1480.60] We're going to have communion together. |
[1483.68 --> 1484.46] As you can see, |
[1484.54 --> 1485.56] we don't have stations. |
[1486.36 --> 1488.28] We're going to have communion served. |
[1489.36 --> 1491.22] But we are coming to the table. |
[1492.34 --> 1493.78] And we're coming to the table |
[1493.78 --> 1496.58] acknowledging that only Christ |
[1496.58 --> 1497.72] can nourish us. |
[1498.70 --> 1499.52] Only Christ. |
[1499.74 --> 1502.08] Nothing else can nourish us. |
[1502.18 --> 1504.02] In fact, anything but Christ |
[1504.02 --> 1505.00] kills us. |
[1506.30 --> 1508.32] Kills us because it's not the truth. |
[1509.34 --> 1511.58] And we are here to invite Jesus |
[1511.58 --> 1515.04] into our lives ever, ever more. |
[1515.44 --> 1516.44] Remembering that Jesus |
[1516.44 --> 1519.32] is our Lord and our Savior |
[1519.32 --> 1521.10] and he brings life to us. |
[1521.46 --> 1523.06] So our focus is to be on him |
[1523.06 --> 1524.54] and not the lies. |
[1526.66 --> 1528.74] I invite you to partake of communion |
[1528.74 --> 1530.02] if you want to follow Jesus. |
[1531.68 --> 1533.46] As I said, you'll remain seated. |
[1533.46 --> 1536.08] The elders and the deacons |
[1536.08 --> 1537.26] will pass out the bread |
[1537.26 --> 1539.60] and then we'll eat together. |
[1539.60 --> 1540.68] So hang on to it. |
[1540.90 --> 1541.68] We'll eat together |
[1541.68 --> 1543.40] and then we'll pass out the juice |
[1543.40 --> 1545.60] and we'll drink together. |
[1545.80 --> 1547.44] So hang on to that as well. |
[1547.44 --> 1550.54] We're going to have a piece of art up here. |
[1552.40 --> 1553.32] And that piece of art, |
[1553.42 --> 1554.68] as we have it each week, |
[1554.72 --> 1556.24] is for you to reflect on. |
[1556.94 --> 1557.78] And that piece of art |
[1557.78 --> 1559.18] that I picked for this week |
[1559.18 --> 1561.32] is Rembrandt's picture |
[1561.32 --> 1563.88] of the prodigal. |
[1563.88 --> 1566.88] And it's... |
[1572.46 --> 1573.88] When you... |
[1574.36 --> 1575.36] The prodigal's a picture |
[1575.36 --> 1577.64] of choosing life in the flesh. |
[1578.88 --> 1580.36] The prodigal comes to the father |
[1580.36 --> 1580.70] and says, |
[1580.78 --> 1582.02] hey, give me my inheritance now. |
[1582.28 --> 1583.04] I want to live it up. |
[1583.12 --> 1584.74] I want to define life as I see fit. |
[1585.28 --> 1586.44] And the father says, |
[1586.48 --> 1586.82] here you go. |
[1586.90 --> 1587.96] Here's your inheritance. |
[1588.34 --> 1589.36] And he goes out there |
[1589.36 --> 1591.02] and he lives a wild and crazy life |
[1591.02 --> 1592.74] and it ends up in a pig pen |
[1592.74 --> 1593.72] with nothing left. |
[1594.22 --> 1596.18] And he comes home empty. |
[1596.98 --> 1599.20] He comes home with nothing but regrets. |
[1601.72 --> 1602.80] That's life in the flesh. |
[1605.28 --> 1606.64] But the father is there waiting. |
[1608.44 --> 1609.76] What I want you to picture... |
[1609.76 --> 1610.54] I want you to picture |
[1610.54 --> 1611.64] what... |
[1611.64 --> 1613.84] What lies... |
[1613.84 --> 1615.58] He had to acknowledge all those lies. |
[1615.90 --> 1617.64] What lies are you holding on to? |
[1617.86 --> 1619.32] And I want you to picture yourself |
[1619.32 --> 1619.92] coming home |
[1619.92 --> 1622.12] knowing the emptiness of those lies |
[1622.12 --> 1623.48] and then coming to the father |
[1623.48 --> 1625.98] and finding the father's embrace for you |
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