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And he's like, well, I mean, I've been in Celebrate Recovery. I have an awareness of God. And he said, I love this church. It's transparent. And he said, but I really don't know what the Bible's all about. I was like, what do you think it's about? And it was basically kind of the same thing that you would hear.

He didn't say it's a rule book, but it was kind of like, well, it's just a guide to living. And that's what he said about Jesus. He's an example that we should follow. So I launched off from there. Jesus is a person, and this Bible is about a person. And so when I said the line or read the verse, John 1, 14, God became a man. He's like, God became a man? Yeah, that's who Jesus is.

He didn't say it's a rule book, but it was kind of like, well, it's just a guide to living. And that's what he said about Jesus. He's an example that we should follow. So I launched off from there. Jesus is a person, and this Bible is about a person. And so when I said the line or read the verse, John 1, 14, God became a man. He's like, God became a man? Yeah, that's who Jesus is.

He didn't say it's a rule book, but it was kind of like, well, it's just a guide to living. And that's what he said about Jesus. He's an example that we should follow. So I launched off from there. Jesus is a person, and this Bible is about a person. And so when I said the line or read the verse, John 1, 14, God became a man. He's like, God became a man? Yeah, that's who Jesus is.

Is God in human form?

Is God in human form?

Is God in human form?

Like a light bulb went off. He started glowing, you know. It was really exciting when you see him. He's like, oh, man, this is awesome. I was like, oh, it's awesome. Yeah. You want to know how to live, I mean, or what God is like. So about that time, you know how you feel the presence of someone kind of staring? And so I looked around. Well, it's Blake Gaston.

Like a light bulb went off. He started glowing, you know. It was really exciting when you see him. He's like, oh, man, this is awesome. I was like, oh, it's awesome. Yeah. You want to know how to live, I mean, or what God is like. So about that time, you know how you feel the presence of someone kind of staring? And so I looked around. Well, it's Blake Gaston.

Like a light bulb went off. He started glowing, you know. It was really exciting when you see him. He's like, oh, man, this is awesome. I was like, oh, it's awesome. Yeah. You want to know how to live, I mean, or what God is like. So about that time, you know how you feel the presence of someone kind of staring? And so I looked around. Well, it's Blake Gaston.

And Blake said, huh, this looks real familiar. So he told this guy, James, who I was calling Logan at this time. I don't know where I got that from. But – You are your father's son. So he said, 35 years ago, he said, I was on a different stairwell in this building. And he pointed, he's like, we were three stories up.

And Blake said, huh, this looks real familiar. So he told this guy, James, who I was calling Logan at this time. I don't know where I got that from. But – You are your father's son. So he said, 35 years ago, he said, I was on a different stairwell in this building. And he pointed, he's like, we were three stories up.

And Blake said, huh, this looks real familiar. So he told this guy, James, who I was calling Logan at this time. I don't know where I got that from. But – You are your father's son. So he said, 35 years ago, he said, I was on a different stairwell in this building. And he pointed, he's like, we were three stories up.

And he said, I was the first person that Jace, this fellow talking to you, shared Jesus with because we were best friends in school. And I'm telling you, it was a moment. We all just kind of stopped, and I said, and here he is 34 years later randomly bumping into us. And so that was as good of an end-time Bible study encounter, I think, God arranged that you could possibly get.

And he said, I was the first person that Jace, this fellow talking to you, shared Jesus with because we were best friends in school. And I'm telling you, it was a moment. We all just kind of stopped, and I said, and here he is 34 years later randomly bumping into us. And so that was as good of an end-time Bible study encounter, I think, God arranged that you could possibly get.

And he said, I was the first person that Jace, this fellow talking to you, shared Jesus with because we were best friends in school. And I'm telling you, it was a moment. We all just kind of stopped, and I said, and here he is 34 years later randomly bumping into us. And so that was as good of an end-time Bible study encounter, I think, God arranged that you could possibly get.

I mean, the tone of the sermon went up dramatically after that. But so which, you know, eventually led to him and a family from Iowa, the mom, the dad, and the two sons also being baptized at the, what are we going to call that, the altar call? Mm-hmm. Yeah. So old Jersey baptized them and I baptized James. But I thought, man, what a, What an awesome little encounter there.

I mean, the tone of the sermon went up dramatically after that. But so which, you know, eventually led to him and a family from Iowa, the mom, the dad, and the two sons also being baptized at the, what are we going to call that, the altar call? Mm-hmm. Yeah. So old Jersey baptized them and I baptized James. But I thought, man, what a, What an awesome little encounter there.

I mean, the tone of the sermon went up dramatically after that. But so which, you know, eventually led to him and a family from Iowa, the mom, the dad, and the two sons also being baptized at the, what are we going to call that, the altar call? Mm-hmm. Yeah. So old Jersey baptized them and I baptized James. But I thought, man, what a, What an awesome little encounter there.

You know what's crazy, too, Al, about this? This guy's boss, the guy I met playing card game, this is just a worldly encounter. I mean, this guy just works. They do pools and stuff, put in pools and stuff like that. He comes. As a, you know, because this is one of his employees and he wanted to, you know, celebrate that with him, which I thought was amazing. And the sermon was about Ephesians 6.