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[1396.18 --> 1397.26] as we seek
[1397.26 --> 1398.86] to build God's kingdom
[1398.86 --> 1399.70] here and now.
[1400.76 --> 1401.70] Nothing can get
[1401.70 --> 1402.30] in our way.
[1402.30 --> 1408.76] But what happens
[1408.76 --> 1409.84] when we do
[1409.84 --> 1410.88] run into failures?
[1412.28 --> 1413.28] You can be all
[1413.28 --> 1413.98] high and mighty
[1413.98 --> 1414.82] on the pulpit here
[1414.82 --> 1415.88] and preach the gospel,
[1416.04 --> 1416.30] yes,
[1416.46 --> 1418.06] but what happens
[1418.06 --> 1419.30] when we run into failures?
[1419.64 --> 1420.50] What happens
[1420.50 --> 1421.58] when we feel like
[1421.58 --> 1422.58] that power
[1422.58 --> 1423.28] is draining?
[1423.84 --> 1424.62] What happens
[1424.62 --> 1425.82] when we actually think
[1425.82 --> 1427.14] that Jesus' arm
[1427.14 --> 1428.22] is getting tired
[1428.22 --> 1429.10] and we doubt
[1429.10 --> 1429.96] His powerful
[1429.96 --> 1430.96] sovereign lordship?
[1430.96 --> 1433.48] What do we do then?
[1434.40 --> 1435.24] What are we called
[1435.24 --> 1435.70] to do?
[1436.16 --> 1436.68] Are we called
[1436.68 --> 1437.46] to strengthen
[1437.46 --> 1438.90] and tighten our grasp
[1438.90 --> 1439.96] and become
[1439.96 --> 1440.80] a little stronger,
[1440.98 --> 1442.16] to pray a little bit more,
[1442.28 --> 1443.50] to read the Bible more,
[1444.50 --> 1445.22] and it'll solve
[1445.22 --> 1446.04] all of our problems?
[1447.56 --> 1448.36] No, yes,
[1448.46 --> 1449.28] we are called
[1449.28 --> 1449.92] to pray more
[1449.92 --> 1450.84] and read the Bible more
[1450.84 --> 1452.32] as Jesus calls us
[1452.32 --> 1454.00] to be His real disciples.
[1454.30 --> 1454.86] But again,
[1455.02 --> 1456.20] it's not to use
[1456.20 --> 1457.46] this power somehow
[1457.46 --> 1459.28] and energize ourselves
[1459.28 --> 1460.34] and recharge our battery
[1460.34 --> 1461.68] and then defeat the enemy.
[1463.82 --> 1465.36] The call that Jesus
[1465.36 --> 1466.62] extends to us
[1466.62 --> 1468.72] is to remain in Him,
[1469.36 --> 1470.22] not to become,
[1470.46 --> 1471.32] not to put the label
[1471.32 --> 1471.76] of Christianity
[1471.76 --> 1472.60] on ourselves
[1472.60 --> 1472.96] and say,
[1473.26 --> 1473.92] now I can do
[1473.92 --> 1474.60] whatever I can,
[1474.78 --> 1476.22] whatever I want.
[1479.00 --> 1480.08] This commentator
[1480.08 --> 1481.30] says it much better
[1481.30 --> 1481.88] than I do,
[1482.08 --> 1483.04] and it'll be on the screen
[1483.04 --> 1483.48] for you.
[1483.82 --> 1484.38] He says that
[1484.38 --> 1485.90] if failure occurs,
[1485.90 --> 1487.72] it is not because
[1487.72 --> 1488.42] enablement
[1488.42 --> 1489.56] or empowerment
[1489.56 --> 1490.98] has not been provided,
[1491.42 --> 1492.44] but it's because
[1492.44 --> 1493.74] we fail to make use
[1493.74 --> 1494.42] of the victory
[1494.42 --> 1495.48] Jesus provides.
[1496.28 --> 1497.26] In other words,
[1497.74 --> 1498.54] this passage
[1498.54 --> 1499.34] that we read today
[1499.34 --> 1500.00] in Luke 11
[1500.00 --> 1501.58] becomes the basis,
[1501.92 --> 1502.74] and I love this,
[1503.14 --> 1504.18] it becomes the basis
[1504.18 --> 1504.84] of Jesus'
[1505.24 --> 1507.30] declaration of dependence.
[1507.30 --> 1510.20] You get the reference,
[1510.76 --> 1512.06] declaration of dependence.
[1512.78 --> 1513.76] Unlike some nations
[1513.76 --> 1514.42] and people
[1514.42 --> 1515.52] who pride themselves
[1515.52 --> 1517.00] on being totally free
[1517.00 --> 1517.88] and independent,
[1518.78 --> 1519.80] Jesus' community,
[1520.44 --> 1521.10] the church,
[1521.86 --> 1522.96] sees its identity
[1522.96 --> 1524.14] in having been rescued
[1524.14 --> 1524.74] by Him
[1524.74 --> 1526.44] and thus permanently
[1526.44 --> 1528.08] aligned to Him.
[1528.58 --> 1530.00] We are His disciples.