I AM: The Gate
Harris Creek Baptist Church
Harris Creek
4.8 • 523 Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Jesus declares that He is the Gate, which really means He is our protection from our enemy. While the enemy wants to destroy us, Jesus has saved us!
1) Beware of thieves
2) Jesus is our protection
3) Jesus is the only way to an abundant life
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| 0:00.0 | Well, my wife and I were about to celebrate five years of marriage. |
| 0:04.2 | And there we go. |
| 0:05.6 | We love marriage in here. |
| 0:06.7 | That's awesome. |
| 0:07.4 | Thank you. |
| 0:09.0 | And we're celebrating in what I've learned is a very controversial thing to do. |
| 0:15.8 | Because what we're going to do to celebrate five years of marriage is we're going to go on a vacation to New York City. |
| 0:38.8 | Now, when I've told people that, I've learned that it's controversial because you get two options. You either tell someone and they say, oh, I love New York City, I can go every single year. Or people say, I hate New York City. I never, ever want to go again. I've heard that it's expensive, it's crowded. |
| 0:43.3 | This week, someone told me that there's a rat problem there, so I'm a little nervous. |
| 0:47.9 | In fact, when I told someone else, they reminded me of this story that something that happened to them about 10 years ago. |
| 0:49.6 | They went to New York City to watch Baylor play at Madison Square Garden, which is the Knicks basketball |
| 0:55.7 | arena. It's like the best basketball arena in the nation. We were playing in the NIT. That's something |
| 1:00.9 | Baylor did a long, long time ago. That is in the distant past. We don't do that anymore. |
| 1:05.6 | But they wanted to go watch them there. And even though it was just the NIT, the tickets were still |
| 1:09.7 | expensive. And his job, |
| 1:11.8 | he was traveling with about 10 other people, his family, and then some of his friends was to be the one who got the tickets. So he was going to pay for them and everyone else was going to pay him back. And he went online and checked out Stubhub or whatever else, and the tickets were all really expensive. So he's like, man, I'm not going to buy them online. What I'm going to do, I'm smart, |
| 1:29.5 | I'm wise, I'm crafty, I'm not going to buy them |
| 1:27.5 | online. What I'm going to do, I'm smart, I'm wise, I'm crafty, is I'm going to buy them there. Because, you know, right outside the stadium, there's scalpers who will give you potentially a better deal on tickets, especially right before the game. They just need to make some cash. So you can get a better deal if you just talk with the scalper. So this is what he decided to do. He's in the |
| 1:45.8 | middle of New York City and he's wheeling and dealing and finally he finds 10 tickets. They're all together. And they're a pretty good deal. But keep in mind, it's still in New York City. So it's still expensive. So he buys them, his friends and family get together. He hands out all the tickets and then they go to the gate. |
| 2:01.3 | He's leading the way. He's so excited. Scan the ticket. Uh-oh. Next person comes up. |
| 2:09.7 | Next person comes up. And he's like, what's, hey, what's the problem? And she goes, oh, oh, |
| 2:16.0 | it's simple. You bought fake tickets. And he's like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, I didn't. |
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