What Makes Life Worth Living | New Testament | John 12

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🗓️ 18 December 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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What are you living for? Everyone answers this question differently. Maybe you're living for money, your career, a family, or something else entirely. In today's episode, Keith studies John 12 to discover the one (and only) thing that is truly worth living for. Read the Bible with us in 2024! This year, we’re tackling a group of Old Testament books traditionally known as “The Writings”— Psalms, Chronicles, Proverbs, Daniel, Ruth and more! Download your reading plan now. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter@TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: John 12

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life,
0:09.0	in the time it takes to get to work.
0:11.0	I'm Keith Simon.
0:19.0	What's the one thing that makes sense out of your life, the one thing that is really worth living for? I think most of us think there is something out there that should give her life meaning, but a lot of people
0:25.1	can't find it.
0:26.1	What's the one thing that makes life worth living?
0:30.1	Everyone answers it differently.
0:32.1	We'll look at commercials and you'll walk away thinking that the thing that makes life worth living is stuff.
0:38.0	The more stuff you have, the better stuff you have, the newer stuff you have, the happier and more fulfilled you'll be.
0:43.8	Other people, they look for purpose and meaning.
0:47.0	They think the one thing is career.
0:49.5	So how did Steve Jobs lure John Sculli away from his job as CEO of Pepsi in order to get him to come
0:55.5	to Apple?
0:56.5	Well, he looked at John Sculli and asked him, do you want to spend the rest of your life
1:01.9	selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?
1:06.0	Here what he's offering him, something that gives him meaning.
1:10.0	So whether you look at accumulating stuff or ambition, making a difference in the world to give your life meaning,
1:16.0	I think there's a woman that you're going to meet in the New Testament in John Chapter 12 that is going to challenge you just like she challenges me.
1:25.0	Her name is Mary. Now there are a lot of Mary's in the New Testament.
1:29.0	I think by my count at least six of them, including the mother of Jesus.
1:33.4	This Mary is the Mary of Bethany.
1:36.4	She has a sister named Martha, and a famous brother you may have heard of
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