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[4627.34 --> 4628.46] I praise the Lord for you.
[4628.80 --> 4630.46] And you are doing exactly
[4630.46 --> 4631.96] what the prophetic ministry
[4631.96 --> 4633.32] of Jesus is all about.
[4633.46 --> 4634.36] That is teaching
[4634.36 --> 4636.38] the word of God.
[4636.62 --> 4637.84] I am so thankful
[4637.84 --> 4638.88] for the youth leaders
[4638.88 --> 4639.44] in this room,
[4639.70 --> 4640.74] especially in the moments
[4640.74 --> 4641.80] where it feels thankless
[4641.80 --> 4642.66] and the students
[4642.66 --> 4643.94] might smell a little bit.
[4644.32 --> 4645.06] Even then,
[4645.44 --> 4646.58] this is the prophetic ministry
[4646.58 --> 4647.80] that you have been called into.
[4648.74 --> 4650.44] But secondly,
[4650.76 --> 4651.84] the prophetic ministry
[4651.84 --> 4653.38] of Jesus also involves
[4653.38 --> 4655.16] sharing the gospel.
[4656.14 --> 4657.38] It involves speaking
[4657.38 --> 4658.42] why you believe
[4658.42 --> 4659.40] what you do about Jesus
[4659.40 --> 4660.20] with classmates,
[4660.96 --> 4661.36] coworkers,
[4662.08 --> 4663.32] friends on the soccer field,
[4663.66 --> 4664.94] friends on the volleyball court,
[4665.06 --> 4665.78] and neighbors.
[4666.44 --> 4666.62] Right?
[4666.88 --> 4667.66] And this might be
[4667.66 --> 4668.58] like every student
[4668.58 --> 4670.62] and parents,
[4671.32 --> 4672.00] greatest fear,
[4672.58 --> 4673.22] evangelism,
[4673.36 --> 4674.14] sharing the gospel.
[4674.78 --> 4675.86] And let me just put it this way.
[4675.86 --> 4678.04] The most easy way
[4678.04 --> 4679.02] to do evangelism
[4679.02 --> 4680.74] is to talk as you are
[4680.74 --> 4682.72] about your ordinary life
[4682.72 --> 4683.82] as someone who loves Jesus.
[4684.18 --> 4685.76] You don't need to be a ninja about it.
[4686.24 --> 4686.86] Like go in there,
[4686.96 --> 4688.04] like chop someone with Jesus
[4688.04 --> 4688.84] with this phrase.
[4689.02 --> 4689.78] You just need to live
[4689.78 --> 4690.76] your ordinary life
[4690.76 --> 4692.04] and be willing to speak
[4692.04 --> 4692.56] about Jesus
[4692.56 --> 4693.44] as the questions
[4693.44 --> 4695.26] and the conversations arise.
[4695.96 --> 4696.96] And what I learned
[4696.96 --> 4698.46] when I was a youth pastor
[4698.46 --> 4700.00] is you don't need
[4700.00 --> 4700.80] to go far away
[4700.80 --> 4701.56] to find the people
[4701.56 --> 4701.96] in your life
[4701.96 --> 4702.90] who don't yet know Jesus
[4702.90 --> 4703.74] or do not know
[4703.74 --> 4704.48] the word of God.
[4704.64 --> 4705.28] They're usually
[4705.28 --> 4705.94] in your neighborhood.
[4706.30 --> 4707.26] They're close by.
[4707.38 --> 4707.84] It's a student
[4707.84 --> 4709.26] who sits beside you in class
[4709.26 --> 4710.00] or the person
[4710.00 --> 4710.92] you're already friends with.
[4711.30 --> 4712.54] Those are the people
[4712.54 --> 4714.64] that Jesus himself says,
[4714.74 --> 4715.66] you are my witnesses
[4715.66 --> 4717.04] to share the living word
[4717.04 --> 4717.68] of God to
[4717.68 --> 4719.28] in your ordinary life.
[4719.72 --> 4720.66] And whatever fears
[4720.66 --> 4721.62] you have about that,
[4722.12 --> 4723.16] bring to your heavenly father
[4723.16 --> 4723.64] in prayer
[4723.64 --> 4724.66] and know that Jesus,
[4724.84 --> 4725.30] your king,
[4725.50 --> 4726.78] is interceding for you
[4726.78 --> 4727.70] to do that well.
[4727.70 --> 4730.38] You and I are called
[4730.38 --> 4731.12] to the ministry
[4731.12 --> 4733.24] of being prophets,
[4733.96 --> 4735.34] of speaking God's word.
[4735.68 --> 4736.34] But secondly,
[4736.52 --> 4737.78] you are also invited
[4737.78 --> 4739.52] into the priestly ministry.
[4739.96 --> 4741.00] And the priestly ministry,
[4741.14 --> 4742.10] as we looked at last night,
[4742.28 --> 4743.08] is that ministry
[4743.08 --> 4743.84] of intercession.
[4744.48 --> 4745.26] You are not called
[4745.26 --> 4746.34] to do what Jesus does
[4746.34 --> 4747.14] in the sense of giving
[4747.14 --> 4747.82] a sacrifice
[4747.82 --> 4749.08] for the sake of the world
[4749.08 --> 4749.82] once and for all
[4749.82 --> 4750.52] that's been done.
[4750.72 --> 4751.68] But you are called