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 the International Nepal Fellowship, before.

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 I hope that from the short films you saw earlier,

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 you've got a little bit more of a sense of what we do

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 and what we are as an organisation.

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 But I just want to go back a little bit

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 and just some of the history that exists

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 between St. Paul's here in Chatswood and INF.

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 Now, the vision for INF was given to two medical missionaries

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 way back in 1936.

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 They were serving in India,

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 but they really felt called to serve the people of Nepal.

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 At that time, Nepal was a closed country.

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 Foreigners would have been killed on site.

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 And there were no known Christians in the country of Nepal.

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 So those missionaries,

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 they set up a clinic close to the border

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 between India and Nepal.

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 And they treated anyone who came over the border,

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 especially focusing on Nepali people.

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 And they prayed.

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 And they taught.

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 And they discipled.

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 And they slowly built up a band of Nepali believers.

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 And they continued to pray.

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 For 16 years, they served.

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 Before finally there was a change in the king in Nepal,

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 and they were granted permission to enter the country.

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 Now, during those 16 years,

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 they'd shared their vision with others around the world.

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 And several people came to serve alongside them,

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 including an English nurse called Jean Radden.

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 After many years in Nepal,

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 Jean retired to Australia and settled here in this church.

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 Some of you may remember her.

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 She passed away about,

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 I think, about six, seven years ago.

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 We continue to have strong links

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 between INF and St. Paul's.

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 They're quite apart from our office being down there.

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 Our former treasurer still attends here.

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 The Green family have been fantastic supporters of INF.

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 And I know that many of you pray for the work of INF

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 and also support us financially.

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 And I want to thank you for that.

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 So there is here in this place

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 a great heritage of prayer and mission

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 and many connections with Nepal.

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 So going back to the history then,

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 in 1952,

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 with permission to finally enter the country,

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 a small group of Nepali Christians

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 and foreign medical missionaries

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 walked in to start the first church in Nepal

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 and the first hospital outside the capital, Kathmandu.

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 And that has been our model ever since.

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 Serving with the love of Jesus,

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 Nepali Christians and foreign medical missionaries

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 working alongside each other,

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 supported by a band of supporters and prayers

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 from right around the world.

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 There to serve the physical and spiritual needs

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 of Nepali people,

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 particularly focused on the poor and marginalized.

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 The church in Nepal is now recognized

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 as one of the fastest growing in the world.

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 There are over a million Christians in Nepal

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 and you can find churches operating openly

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 in almost every town across the country.

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 Isn't that just a miracle

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 in a country where 20 years ago

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 you could be imprisoned for your faith?

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 So our vision,

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 that is what we want to see happening,

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 what we understand is the purpose of our organization,

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 is to see Nepali people in Nepal

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 but also right around the world

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 serving alongside people from all nationalities

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 to bring about fullness of life,

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 to bring about the kingdom of God

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 that Jesus talked about.

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 Personally, I feel like it's a great privilege

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 to be a part of INF

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 with the heritage and example that we have

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 from our early missionaries.

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 We still work very closely

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 with the church in Nepal

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 and the worldwide church

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 and there are many ways

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 in which you can be a part of that too

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 through your prayers,

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 through giving financially

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 and maybe even through going out to Nepal to serve.

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 Just in the last six weeks

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 since those earthquakes,

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 I've been really humbled

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 by the response to what happened in Nepal.

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 Certainly I was conscious

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 that people were praying

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 and giving to supporters

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 but in the last six weeks

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 we've just received thousands,

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 literally,

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 of phone calls

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 and donations,

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 people wanting to be a part

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 of what is happening there.

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 And just on Thursday,

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 I had the privilege

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 of going to the bank

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 down here in Chatswood

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 and transferring a quarter of a million dollars

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 over to Nepal

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 to support the work there

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 that will play a huge part

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 in the response

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 that you saw mentioned up on the screen.

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 So thank you very much

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 to those of you

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 who've been a part of that.

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 The passage that Sam read earlier

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 is from Paul's second letter

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 to the church in Corinth.

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 In Paul's time,

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 Corinth was a major center

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 for trade and industry

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 and Paul was a missionary

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 traveling,

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 preaching,

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 teaching,

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 discipling and working.

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 He taught and worked

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 in Corinth

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 for over a year

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 before moving away

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 and this letter

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 was written in around 55 AD,

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 so around 25 years

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 after Jesus' death

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 and resurrection.

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 Now Paul had a difficult relationship

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 with the church in Corinth.

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 Paul,

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 he was different

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 from the missionaries

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 that we send out to Nepal.

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 He spoke and taught

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 with the authority

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 of an apostle.

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 But people in the church

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 still struggled

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 to leave behind

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 their bad habits.

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 They rejected Paul's teaching

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 and they questioned

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 his authority.

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 So Paul is writing here

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 just to remind the church

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 of what they believe

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 and to prepare them

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 for hard times ahead.

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 Paul starts

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 the chapter 4

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 of 2 Corinthians

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 with a therefore.

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 Therefore,

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 therefore,

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 since through God's mercy

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 we have this ministry,

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 we do not lose heart.

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 Paul's referring

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 to the new covenant

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 of forgiveness

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 through Jesus

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 and the gift

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 of his spirit

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 in us.

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 This is the foundation

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 that Paul

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 keeps coming back to.

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 Jesus.

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 Jesus.

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 Jesus.

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 Jesus.

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 And like Paul,

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 it's really important

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 that we store up

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 in our hearts

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 what is really important.

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 What is our motivation?

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 What do we believe?

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 Time and again,

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 we just need to keep

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 coming back

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 to the basics

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 of our faith

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 so that we don't lose heart,

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 so that we don't lose courage.

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 What's your therefore?

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 Why do you do

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 what you do?

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 Paul goes on.

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 Rather,

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 we've renounced

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 secret and shameful ways.

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 We don't use deception

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 and nor do we distort

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 the word of God.

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 And sadly,

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 it's common

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 in many churches

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 to hear a distorted

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 version of the gospel.

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 If you believe,

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 God will bless you

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 with health,

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 wealth and happiness.

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 If you give

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 to this church,

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 God will give back to you.

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 Unfortunately,

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 this is not

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 from the Bible.

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 In Nepal,

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 Hindus

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 offer sacrifices

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 to their millions

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 of gods

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 in order to avert

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 the God's anger

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 or get their blessing.

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 And it's easy

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 for us to make

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 the same mistake.

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 God,

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 I gave to the church,

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 therefore you owe me.

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 Or,

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 I've been a good person,

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 therefore,

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 why won't you heal

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 my sick child?

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 In the aftermath

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 of disasters,

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 like the earthquake

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 in Nepal,

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 it's very easy

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 to apply our judgments

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 and our values

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 and describe them

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 as a punishment

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 for sin

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 or as God's judgment.

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 Again,

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 this doesn't come

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 from the Bible.

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 Jesus didn't do that.

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 In Luke's gospel,

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 Jesus referred to people

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 who had been crushed

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 in the collapse

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 of a building.

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 And he asked,

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 do you think

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 that they were more guilty

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 than all the others

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 living in Jerusalem?

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 I tell you no.

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 But unless you repent,

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 you too will perish.

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 So Jesus didn't

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 apportion blame

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 and neither should we.

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 But Jesus reminds us

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 that judgment is coming

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 for everyone

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 and that we all

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 need to repent.

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 Now,

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 INF doesn't serve

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 in Nepal

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 because Nepali people

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 are greater sinners

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 than we are.

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 And the people in Nepal

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 are not poor

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 because of their sins.

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 Again,

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 the Bible tells us

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 all have sinned

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 and fall far short

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 of the glory of God.

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 But through faith

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 in Jesus,

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 our sins are forgiven

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 and we can be right

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 with God.

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 There is nothing

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 that we can do

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 to make him love us more

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 and there's nothing

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 that we can do

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 to make him love us less.

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 Jesus sought out

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 the poor and marginalized,

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 those who are suffering.

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 He served them

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 and he told them

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 about God's love.

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 Jesus is the model

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 that we seek to follow

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 within INF,

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 serving the physical

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 and the spiritual needs

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 of the poor

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 and declaring his kingdom

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 both in word and deed.

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 And when I went out

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 to Nepal in 2006

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 with my family,

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 we traveled

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 with an older couple

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 who'd previously served

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 with INF

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 but had then returned

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 to the UK.

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 And they were,

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 so they were coming back

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 to Nepal

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 after a long absence.

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 And soon after arriving

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 in Kathmandu,

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 they met someone

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 who they used to know,

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 who they knew

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 from the community

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 where they used to live.

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 And as soon as they got

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 into a conversation,

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 it became clear

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 that this person

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 had become a Christian.

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 And they asked,

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 well,

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 how did this happen?

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 You never came

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 to our fellowships.

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 You never asked us

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 about our faith.

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 And she said,

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 we watched you.

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 We watched you

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 for a long time.

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 We could see

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 that there was

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 something different

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 about you,

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 but we wanted to see

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 if your life

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 matched up

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 to what you said.

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 Now,

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 because that couple

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 didn't distort

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 the gospel

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 and they practiced

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 what they preached,

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 that woman

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 and her family

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 and many people

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 in that community

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 have become convinced

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 of the truth

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 of Jesus

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 and serve him.

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 The same thing

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 is happening

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 in your community,

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 in your workplace,

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 in your family.

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 People are watching you,

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 measuring what you say

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 and how you treat people.

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 Now,

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 of course,

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 we're not saved

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 by our actions,

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 but our actions

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 should be a window

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 onto our relationship

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 with God

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 and the work

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 that he's doing

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 in our lives.

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 Paul continues

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 and even if

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 the gospel

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 is veiled,

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 it is veiled

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 to those

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 who are perishing.

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 The God of this age

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 has blinded

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 the minds

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 of unbelievers

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 so that they cannot

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 see the light

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 of the gospel

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 that displays

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 the glory of Christ

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 who is the image

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 of God.

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 Now,

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 what is it

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 that stops

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 people believing?

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 How can anyone

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 see God's creation

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 and the work

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 that he does

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 in people

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 all around the world

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 and not believe?

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 How can we

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 see the historical

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 proof of Jesus'

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 life and death

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 and read the Bible

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 and not be transformed?

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 Nepal is famous

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 for its millions

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 of Hindu gods.

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 It's the birthplace

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 of the historical Buddha

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 and it's also famous

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 for its temples

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 and shrines

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 and the many

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 animal sacrifices

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 which are

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 clear examples

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 of idolatry.

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 But it's a huge

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 mistake

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 to think

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 that we

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 are any better.

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 Now,

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 what are our

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 idols?

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 Is it money?

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 Health?

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 Family?

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 Hobbies?

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 Jobs?

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 It's,

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 in reality,

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 it's anything

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 that we put

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 before God.

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 Materialism

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 is growing

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 faster in Nepal

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 even than Christianity.

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 Mobile phones,

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 overseas jobs,

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 are quickly becoming

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 the idols of choice

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 for young Nepali people.

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 And the evidence

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 of development,

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 of,

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 of,

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 of,

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 the evidence

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 of,

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 of,

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 of,

00:12:36.200 --> 00:12:39.620
 of development

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 in Nepal

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 can be seen

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 through rising

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 levels of literacy,

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 can be seen

00:12:44.740 --> 00:12:45.560
 through fewer women

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 dying in childbirth.

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 But unfortunately,

00:12:48.200 --> 00:12:48.639
 this is also

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 accompanied by

00:12:49.580 --> 00:12:50.379
 corruption.

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 It's accompanied

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 by high levels

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 of family breakup,

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 of divorce,

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 and even

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 chronic disease.

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 It's quite clear

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 that the God

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 of this age,

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 the God of development,

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 is not the answer.

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 So why is it

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 that so many people

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 are coming to faith

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 in Jesus in Nepal

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 while here in Australia

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 so many people

00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:12.399
 are drifting away

00:13:12.399 --> 00:13:14.299
 or flatly denying

00:13:14.299 --> 00:13:15.019
 that there is a God?

00:13:16.799 --> 00:13:18.039
 The God of this age

00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:19.060
 has blinded

00:13:19.060 --> 00:13:19.659
 the minds

00:13:19.659 --> 00:13:20.240
 of believers

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 as well as unbelievers.

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 Our wealth

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 in Australia

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 insulates us

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 from so much

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 pain and fear

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 but it's left

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 us apathetic,

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 unable to tell

00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:31.379
 the difference

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 between creation

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 and creator.

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 Technology

00:13:36.040 --> 00:13:36.820
 is not the answer.

00:13:37.700 --> 00:13:38.279
 Money is not

00:13:38.279 --> 00:13:38.680
 the answer.

00:13:39.519 --> 00:13:40.040
 In Nepal,

00:13:40.620 --> 00:13:41.800
 even earthquakes,

00:13:41.980 --> 00:13:43.080
 earthquake-proof buildings

00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:43.860
 and an end

00:13:43.860 --> 00:13:44.300
 to hunger

00:13:44.300 --> 00:13:45.500
 are not the answer.

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 It must be Jesus.

00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:50.900
 Now,

00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:51.960
 Paul doesn't say

00:13:51.960 --> 00:13:53.440
 you can be like us

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 and it's essential

00:13:55.379 --> 00:13:56.400
 that we don't do that

00:13:56.400 --> 00:13:58.820
 either in our lives

00:13:58.820 --> 00:13:59.379
 here

00:13:59.379 --> 00:14:00.600
 or through the work

00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:01.100
 of INF

00:14:01.100 --> 00:14:02.139
 in Nepal.

00:14:03.420 --> 00:14:04.180
 In Nepal,

00:14:04.660 --> 00:14:05.420
 we promote

00:14:05.420 --> 00:14:06.200
 the development

00:14:06.200 --> 00:14:06.940
 of local leaders

00:14:06.940 --> 00:14:07.540
 in the church

00:14:07.540 --> 00:14:08.680
 and in INF.

00:14:09.400 --> 00:14:09.920
 Not that they

00:14:09.920 --> 00:14:10.639
 will be perfect

00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:12.139
 but so that

00:14:12.139 --> 00:14:12.940
 the light

00:14:12.940 --> 00:14:13.540
 of the knowledge

00:14:13.540 --> 00:14:14.340
 of God's glory

00:14:14.340 --> 00:14:15.759
 can be displayed

00:14:15.759 --> 00:14:16.340
 through them.

00:14:16.340 --> 00:14:18.519
 I've met

00:14:18.519 --> 00:14:19.899
 many fantastic

00:14:19.899 --> 00:14:21.500
 Nepali evangelists.

00:14:21.600 --> 00:14:21.960
 The joy

00:14:21.960 --> 00:14:23.100
 that comes

00:14:23.100 --> 00:14:23.660
 from a right

00:14:23.660 --> 00:14:24.560
 relationship with God

00:14:24.560 --> 00:14:25.840
 just flows out of them

00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:28.060
 and they can't

00:14:28.060 --> 00:14:28.700
 stop sharing it.

00:14:29.879 --> 00:14:30.460
 God is doing

00:14:30.460 --> 00:14:31.259
 amazing things

00:14:31.259 --> 00:14:32.180
 among Nepali people

00:14:32.180 --> 00:14:33.940
 and the time

00:14:33.940 --> 00:14:34.879
 when Nepal

00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:35.620
 will be sending

00:14:35.620 --> 00:14:36.240
 missionaries

00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:36.740
 to the rest

00:14:36.740 --> 00:14:37.320
 of the world

00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:38.800
 I think is coming.

00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:41.560
 There are very few

00:14:41.560 --> 00:14:42.200
 jobs in Nepal

00:14:42.200 --> 00:14:43.639
 and every day

00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:44.300
 hundreds,

00:14:44.560 --> 00:14:44.780
 literally,

00:14:44.779 --> 00:14:46.240
 of well-qualified

00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:46.959
 young Nepali

00:14:46.959 --> 00:14:47.379
 people

00:14:47.379 --> 00:14:48.299
 are leaving

00:14:48.299 --> 00:14:48.819
 the country

00:14:48.819 --> 00:14:49.819
 and travelling

00:14:49.819 --> 00:14:50.419
 overseas

00:14:50.419 --> 00:14:51.779
 in search of

00:14:51.779 --> 00:14:52.740
 work.

00:14:53.539 --> 00:14:54.019
 Many of them

00:14:54.019 --> 00:14:54.399
 are coming

00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:55.299
 to work

00:14:55.299 --> 00:14:55.860
 in low-paid

00:14:55.860 --> 00:14:56.259
 jobs

00:14:56.259 --> 00:14:57.179
 here in Sydney.

00:14:57.899 --> 00:14:58.620
 They've probably

00:14:58.620 --> 00:14:59.720
 served you coffee.

00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:00.899
 They've probably

00:15:00.899 --> 00:15:01.480
 looked after

00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:02.179
 your elderly

00:15:02.179 --> 00:15:02.600
 relative

00:15:02.600 --> 00:15:03.360
 in a nursing home

00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:04.980
 and I know

00:15:04.980 --> 00:15:05.860
 that some of them

00:15:05.860 --> 00:15:06.679
 clean the church

00:15:06.679 --> 00:15:07.419
 here on a weekly

00:15:07.419 --> 00:15:07.860
 basis.

00:15:09.459 --> 00:15:10.379
 While INF

00:15:10.379 --> 00:15:11.000
 is working

00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:11.679
 to create

00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:12.120
 jobs

00:15:12.120 --> 00:15:13.000
 in Nepal,

00:15:13.899 --> 00:15:14.679
 we're also

00:15:14.679 --> 00:15:15.200
 looking to

00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:15.519
 create

00:15:15.519 --> 00:15:16.639
 opportunities

00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:17.179
 and hope.

00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:19.159
 But we are

00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:19.980
 working with

00:15:19.980 --> 00:15:20.720
 Nepali churches

00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:21.200
 as well

00:15:21.200 --> 00:15:22.340
 and Christian

00:15:22.340 --> 00:15:22.980
 student union

00:15:22.980 --> 00:15:23.340
 groups,

00:15:24.259 --> 00:15:24.919
 helping them

00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:25.799
 to prepare

00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:26.539
 believers

00:15:26.539 --> 00:15:27.620
 who are going

00:15:27.620 --> 00:15:28.960
 overseas to work

00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:30.179
 and helping them

00:15:30.179 --> 00:15:30.860
 to see it as a

00:15:30.860 --> 00:15:31.759
 God-given opportunity

00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:33.100
 to be a witness

00:15:33.100 --> 00:15:34.039
 and to share

00:15:34.039 --> 00:15:34.539
 their faith.

00:15:36.180 --> 00:15:36.820
 Now sadly,

00:15:37.299 --> 00:15:37.980
 many Nepali

00:15:37.980 --> 00:15:38.700
 people come to

00:15:38.700 --> 00:15:39.080
 Australia

00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:40.159
 and they never

00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:40.980
 experience the

00:15:40.980 --> 00:15:41.340
 light of the

00:15:41.340 --> 00:15:41.580
 gospel.

00:15:42.919 --> 00:15:43.860
 They're blinded

00:15:43.860 --> 00:15:44.500
 by the God

00:15:44.500 --> 00:15:45.159
 of this age

00:15:45.159 --> 00:15:46.080
 and their

00:15:46.080 --> 00:15:46.639
 hearts become

00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:47.000
 hard.

00:15:49.159 --> 00:15:50.060
 Please pray

00:15:50.060 --> 00:15:51.179
 for Nepali

00:15:51.179 --> 00:15:51.899
 people here

00:15:51.899 --> 00:15:52.399
 in Australia

00:15:52.399 --> 00:15:53.820
 that each of

00:15:53.820 --> 00:15:54.120
 them would

00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:54.820
 experience

00:15:54.820 --> 00:15:55.679
 the light

00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:56.139
 of the gospel

00:15:56.139 --> 00:15:57.720
 and that each

00:15:57.720 --> 00:15:58.179
 one of them

00:15:58.179 --> 00:15:58.519
 would have

00:15:58.519 --> 00:15:58.980
 an opportunity

00:15:58.980 --> 00:15:59.440
 to know

00:15:59.440 --> 00:15:59.779
 Jesus.

00:16:01.620 --> 00:16:02.340
 And please

00:16:02.340 --> 00:16:02.919
 also pray

00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:03.379
 that God

00:16:03.379 --> 00:16:04.279
 would reveal

00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:04.940
 your idols

00:16:04.940 --> 00:16:05.440
 to you.

00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:07.600
 What is

00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:08.360
 blinding you

00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:09.379
 to the light

00:16:09.379 --> 00:16:09.820
 of the gospel?

00:16:09.820 --> 00:16:15.000
 move on

00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:15.340
 now to

00:16:15.340 --> 00:16:15.940
 this famous

00:16:15.940 --> 00:16:16.680
 analogy

00:16:16.680 --> 00:16:17.260
 that Paul

00:16:17.260 --> 00:16:17.720
 uses

00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:18.860
 of our

00:16:18.860 --> 00:16:19.120
 bodies

00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:19.700
 being jars

00:16:19.700 --> 00:16:20.120
 of clay.

00:16:20.940 --> 00:16:21.340
 But we

00:16:21.340 --> 00:16:21.680
 have this

00:16:21.680 --> 00:16:22.000
 treasure

00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:23.080
 in jars

00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:23.500
 of clay

00:16:23.500 --> 00:16:24.540
 to show

00:16:24.540 --> 00:16:24.879
 that this

00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:25.920
 all-surpassing

00:16:25.920 --> 00:16:26.360
 power

00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:27.320
 is from

00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:27.620
 God

00:16:27.620 --> 00:16:27.960
 and not

00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:28.460
 from us.

00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:30.680
 Now in

00:16:30.680 --> 00:16:31.120
 Nepal

00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:32.000
 and India

00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:32.320
 it used

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 to be

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 common

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 to buy

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 tea

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 from

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 roadside

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 shacks

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 in

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 little

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 disposable

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 clay

00:16:37.439 --> 00:16:37.879
 cups

00:16:37.879 --> 00:16:39.399
 cheap

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 and simple

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 and locally

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 made

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 and also

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 biodegradable.

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 But you

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 had to

00:16:45.179 --> 00:16:45.539
 drink your

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 tea

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 quickly

00:16:46.179 --> 00:16:47.419
 in case

00:16:47.419 --> 00:16:47.959
 they dissolved

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 and deposited

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 the contents

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 all over

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 your lap.

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 But

00:16:52.500 --> 00:16:53.179
 unfortunately

00:16:53.179 --> 00:16:53.699
 they've been

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 replaced

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 largely

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 by plastic

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 which

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 doesn't

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 degrade

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 but it

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 also

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 litters

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 the roadsides

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 in many

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 streets

00:17:01.299 --> 00:17:01.659
 in Nepal.

00:17:02.599 --> 00:17:02.879
 Now in

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 Paul's

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 context

00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:04.799
 clay

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 jar

00:17:05.140 --> 00:17:05.500
 was a

00:17:05.500 --> 00:17:05.860
 simple

00:17:05.860 --> 00:17:06.240
 and a

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 plain

00:17:06.600 --> 00:17:07.299
 container

00:17:07.299 --> 00:17:08.360
 that housed

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 something

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 of much

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 greater

00:17:09.380 --> 00:17:09.740
 value.

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 And the

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 treasure

00:17:11.319 --> 00:17:11.620
 that he

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 refers to

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 is the

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 knowledge

00:17:13.279 --> 00:17:14.100
 of the

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 glory

00:17:14.420 --> 00:17:15.120
 of God.

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 But

00:17:18.019 --> 00:17:19.460
 as sinful

00:17:19.460 --> 00:17:20.259
 and broken

00:17:20.259 --> 00:17:20.700
 people

00:17:20.700 --> 00:17:21.740
 we waste

00:17:21.740 --> 00:17:22.059
 it and

00:17:22.059 --> 00:17:22.480
 spoil it

00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:22.920
 every day.

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 We don't

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 work in

00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:27.360
 Nepal

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 because we

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 have all

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 the answers.

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 We work

00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:30.980
 in Nepal

00:17:30.980 --> 00:17:31.579
 because we

00:17:31.579 --> 00:17:31.980
 are blessed

00:17:31.980 --> 00:17:32.420
 with knowing

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 God.

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 And we

00:17:34.100 --> 00:17:34.420
 want to

00:17:34.420 --> 00:17:34.839
 serve him

00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:35.079
 and be

00:17:35.079 --> 00:17:35.380
 a witness

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 to him.

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 But even

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 so we

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 so often

00:17:38.600 --> 00:17:38.900
 get it

00:17:38.900 --> 00:17:39.100
 wrong.

00:17:41.100 --> 00:17:41.500
 The

00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:42.039
 Sydney

00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:42.559
 Missionary

00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:42.819
 Bible

00:17:42.819 --> 00:17:43.220
 College

00:17:43.220 --> 00:17:44.539
 recently

00:17:44.539 --> 00:17:44.920
 did some

00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:45.460
 research on

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 why people

00:17:45.940 --> 00:17:46.339
 became

00:17:46.339 --> 00:17:46.839
 missionaries.

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 The most

00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:48.519
 common

00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:49.380
 factor in

00:17:49.380 --> 00:17:50.019
 people becoming

00:17:50.019 --> 00:17:50.480
 missionaries

00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:50.779
 was the

00:17:50.779 --> 00:17:51.339
 realisation

00:17:51.339 --> 00:17:52.620
 that actually

00:17:52.620 --> 00:17:53.240
 missionaries

00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:54.160
 are ordinary

00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:54.579
 people.

00:17:56.299 --> 00:17:57.079
 A quote

00:17:57.079 --> 00:17:57.799
 from this

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 research.

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 This guy

00:17:59.120 --> 00:17:59.819
 came and he

00:17:59.819 --> 00:18:00.960
 spoke at our

00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:01.559
 church and he

00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:02.039
 was very

00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:02.360
 ordinary.

00:18:02.359 --> 00:18:03.599
 he was the

00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:04.399
 worst orator

00:18:04.399 --> 00:18:04.759
 on the

00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:05.000
 planet.

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 I don't

00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:06.439
 think I've

00:18:06.439 --> 00:18:06.740
 met this

00:18:06.740 --> 00:18:06.919
 guy.

00:18:07.639 --> 00:18:08.199
 I don't

00:18:08.199 --> 00:18:08.519
 think he's

00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:08.959
 referring to

00:18:08.959 --> 00:18:09.359
 me but he

00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:09.619
 could be.

00:18:10.719 --> 00:18:11.359
 He was an

00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:11.839
 ordinary guy.

00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:12.740
 He really

00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:13.419
 encouraged me

00:18:13.419 --> 00:18:15.279
 because I

00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:15.939
 didn't think I

00:18:15.939 --> 00:18:16.559
 could, I had

00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:17.459
 to attain to a

00:18:17.459 --> 00:18:17.859
 standard that

00:18:17.859 --> 00:18:18.379
 was beyond me.

00:18:19.500 --> 00:18:20.199
 I could relate

00:18:20.199 --> 00:18:20.679
 to this guy.

00:18:20.919 --> 00:18:21.500
 I could identify

00:18:21.500 --> 00:18:22.099
 and I thought

00:18:22.099 --> 00:18:23.279
 if God can use

00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:24.479
 that guy, he

00:18:24.479 --> 00:18:25.079
 can use me.

00:18:25.879 --> 00:18:26.419
 And I thought

00:18:26.419 --> 00:18:27.659
 perhaps God

00:18:27.659 --> 00:18:28.879
 can use me in

00:18:28.879 --> 00:18:29.119
 this.

00:18:29.119 --> 00:18:31.959
 how tragic

00:18:31.959 --> 00:18:33.819
 that what we

00:18:33.819 --> 00:18:34.859
 have here in

00:18:34.859 --> 00:18:35.719
 Australia and

00:18:35.719 --> 00:18:36.639
 the West, which

00:18:36.639 --> 00:18:37.839
 is just amazing

00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:39.439
 access to church

00:18:39.439 --> 00:18:40.039
 and to the

00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:41.539
 Bible and to

00:18:41.539 --> 00:18:43.079
 the knowledge of

00:18:43.079 --> 00:18:43.639
 the glory of

00:18:43.639 --> 00:18:44.919
 God, is no

00:18:44.919 --> 00:18:45.519
 longer seen to

00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:45.959
 have value.

00:18:47.479 --> 00:18:48.299
 We're focused

00:18:48.299 --> 00:18:49.159
 on living

00:18:49.159 --> 00:18:50.500
 longer and

00:18:50.500 --> 00:18:51.139
 preserving our

00:18:51.139 --> 00:18:52.379
 lives rather

00:18:52.379 --> 00:18:52.719
 than our

00:18:52.719 --> 00:18:52.979
 souls.

00:18:55.419 --> 00:18:56.179
 We seek

00:18:56.179 --> 00:18:56.639
 short-term

00:18:56.639 --> 00:18:57.719
 pleasure over

00:18:57.719 --> 00:18:58.479
 eternal glory.

00:18:59.119 --> 00:18:59.839
 And we're

00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:00.579
 throwing out

00:19:00.579 --> 00:19:01.739
 the treasure,

00:19:02.539 --> 00:19:02.959
 trying to

00:19:02.959 --> 00:19:03.659
 preserve this

00:19:03.659 --> 00:19:04.619
 rough clay

00:19:04.619 --> 00:19:05.639
 pot that

00:19:05.639 --> 00:19:06.259
 contains it.

00:19:11.399 --> 00:19:12.199
 We are

00:19:12.199 --> 00:19:12.799
 hard-pressed

00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:13.159
 on every

00:19:13.159 --> 00:19:14.159
 side, but

00:19:14.159 --> 00:19:14.719
 not crushed.

00:19:15.919 --> 00:19:17.299
 Perplexed, but

00:19:17.299 --> 00:19:18.019
 not in despair.

00:19:19.399 --> 00:19:20.619
 Persecuted, but

00:19:20.619 --> 00:19:21.199
 not abandoned.

00:19:22.619 --> 00:19:24.099
 Struck down, but

00:19:24.099 --> 00:19:24.799
 not destroyed.

00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:27.000
 The very

00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:28.000
 physical language

00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:28.819
 that Paul uses

00:19:28.819 --> 00:19:29.440
 is particularly

00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:29.940
 apt in the

00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:32.319
 aftermath of

00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:33.119
 natural disaster.

00:19:34.059 --> 00:19:34.539
 And there's

00:19:34.539 --> 00:19:35.879
 real pain and

00:19:35.879 --> 00:19:36.480
 fear and

00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:37.480
 suffering in

00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:38.139
 Paul's words.

00:19:39.359 --> 00:19:39.819
 During my

00:19:39.819 --> 00:19:40.399
 recent visit to

00:19:40.399 --> 00:19:40.940
 Nepal, I spent

00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:41.440
 a lot of time

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:42.059
 talking with our

00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:42.559
 people, and I

00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:42.940
 could sense

00:19:42.940 --> 00:19:44.819
 their fear and

00:19:44.819 --> 00:19:45.500
 their uncertainty.

00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:47.799
 They were

00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:48.720
 hard-pressed.

00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:49.440
 They were

00:19:49.440 --> 00:19:50.079
 perplexed.

00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:51.000
 They were

00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:51.500
 struck down.

00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:55.380
 Jesus promised

00:19:55.380 --> 00:19:56.160
 that there would

00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:56.779
 be hard times

00:19:56.779 --> 00:19:58.460
 ahead, and

00:19:58.460 --> 00:19:58.920
 most of his

00:19:58.920 --> 00:19:59.920
 disciples paid

00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:00.740
 with their

00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:01.119
 lives.

00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:04.200
 Now, our

00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:04.940
 workers going

00:20:04.940 --> 00:20:05.299
 over to

00:20:05.299 --> 00:20:05.960
 Nepal have

00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:06.559
 made huge

00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:07.099
 sacrifices.

00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:08.400
 Most of

00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:08.799
 them are

00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:09.599
 highly qualified

00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:10.400
 people who

00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:10.759
 have given

00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:11.500
 up good jobs,

00:20:11.819 --> 00:20:12.960
 family, and

00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:13.599
 all that's

00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:15.279
 familiar to

00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:15.599
 live in

00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:15.880
 Nepal.

00:20:16.740 --> 00:20:17.319
 To begin

00:20:17.319 --> 00:20:17.660
 with, they

00:20:17.660 --> 00:20:18.319
 can't speak

00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:18.759
 the language.

00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:20.559
 They have

00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:21.240
 no control

00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:22.039
 over their

00:20:22.039 --> 00:20:22.480
 surroundings.

00:20:23.019 --> 00:20:23.660
 They become

00:20:23.660 --> 00:20:24.279
 as dependent

00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:25.420
 on others as

00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:26.120
 my three-year-old

00:20:26.120 --> 00:20:26.380
 son.

00:20:28.099 --> 00:20:28.640
 And this can

00:20:28.640 --> 00:20:29.220
 be a deeply

00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:29.759
 unsettling

00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:30.380
 experience.

00:20:31.380 --> 00:20:31.980
 And these

00:20:31.980 --> 00:20:33.019
 verses of

00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:33.519
 Paul's would

00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:34.120
 ring true to

00:20:34.120 --> 00:20:34.480
 most of

00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:34.620
 them.

00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:36.940
 But with

00:20:36.940 --> 00:20:37.299
 the deep

00:20:37.299 --> 00:20:38.039
 foundation of

00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:39.539
 Jesus as

00:20:39.539 --> 00:20:40.039
 their rock,

00:20:40.700 --> 00:20:41.120
 they can

00:20:41.120 --> 00:20:42.420
 say, we

00:20:42.420 --> 00:20:42.740
 are not

00:20:42.740 --> 00:20:43.099
 crushed.

00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:44.660
 We are not

00:20:44.660 --> 00:20:45.140
 in despair.

00:20:45.980 --> 00:20:46.420
 We are not

00:20:46.420 --> 00:20:46.799
 abandoned.

00:20:47.579 --> 00:20:48.059
 We are not

00:20:48.059 --> 00:20:48.480
 destroyed.

00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:50.720
 God is at

00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.500
 work through

00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:51.839
 the hard

00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:52.200
 times.

00:20:52.860 --> 00:20:53.360
 The Bible

00:20:53.360 --> 00:20:53.880
 uses the

00:20:53.880 --> 00:20:54.380
 analogy of

00:20:54.380 --> 00:20:54.920
 gold being

00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:55.559
 refined through

00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:55.920
 fire.

00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:57.539
 And most

00:20:57.539 --> 00:20:57.940
 of us have

00:20:57.940 --> 00:20:59.420
 had times

00:20:59.420 --> 00:21:00.200
 when all

00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:01.299
 we thought

00:21:01.299 --> 00:21:01.960
 we could rely

00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:02.420
 on was

00:21:02.420 --> 00:21:02.940
 stripped away,

00:21:03.360 --> 00:21:04.220
 when money

00:21:04.220 --> 00:21:05.259
 or education

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:06.299
 or houses

00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:06.900
 couldn't help.

00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:08.500
 And that is

00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:09.720
 so often when

00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:10.200
 we turn to

00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:10.480
 God.

00:21:13.360 --> 00:21:14.039
 A lady

00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:14.319
 called

00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:14.839
 Julian of

00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:15.259
 Norwich

00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:16.019
 lived in

00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:16.420
 England in

00:21:16.420 --> 00:21:16.940
 the 14th

00:21:16.940 --> 00:21:17.200
 century,

00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:17.980
 and her

00:21:17.980 --> 00:21:18.740
 writings often

00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:19.480
 reflect on

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:20.180
 pain and

00:21:20.180 --> 00:21:20.500
 suffering.

00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:21.900
 She wrote,

00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:22.980
 we need to

00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:24.420
 fall and

00:21:24.420 --> 00:21:24.759
 we need to

00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:25.140
 be aware

00:21:25.140 --> 00:21:25.480
 of it.

00:21:26.340 --> 00:21:26.779
 For if we

00:21:26.779 --> 00:21:27.160
 did not

00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:28.240
 fall, we

00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:28.640
 should not

00:21:28.640 --> 00:21:29.240
 know how

00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:29.900
 weak and

00:21:29.900 --> 00:21:30.740
 wretched we

00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:31.660
 are of

00:21:31.660 --> 00:21:32.140
 ourselves,

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:33.299
 and nor

00:21:33.299 --> 00:21:33.680
 should we

00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:34.120
 know our

00:21:34.120 --> 00:21:34.500
 maker's

00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:34.880
 marvellous

00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:35.860
 love so

00:21:35.860 --> 00:21:36.140
 fully.

00:21:38.140 --> 00:21:38.900
 This is

00:21:38.900 --> 00:21:39.559
 what is

00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:40.120
 unique about

00:21:40.120 --> 00:21:40.559
 the Christian

00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:40.900
 faith,

00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:42.080
 and this

00:21:42.080 --> 00:21:42.920
 is what is

00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:43.460
 unique about

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:43.799
 Jesus.

00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:45.840
 This world

00:21:45.840 --> 00:21:46.360
 is broken,

00:21:47.079 --> 00:21:47.759
 but God

00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:48.160
 is coming

00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:48.860
 back, and

00:21:48.860 --> 00:21:49.120
 he will

00:21:49.120 --> 00:21:49.660
 restore it.

00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:51.140
 Our bodies

00:21:51.140 --> 00:21:52.079
 are crumbling,

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.519
 but God

00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:54.440
 promises us

00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:55.019
 new bodies.

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 Our faith

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 is weak,

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 but we

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 know that

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 someday we

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 will stand

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 before him.

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 We are

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 sinful, but

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 God calls

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 each of us

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 to be a

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 part of

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 his perfect

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 work in

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 this world.

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 The kingdom

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 of God is

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 near,

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 and Jesus

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 came to

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 reconcile us

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 to himself

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 and to

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 each other

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 and to

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 bring us

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 life in

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 all its

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 fullness.

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 Like

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 Paul,

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 we need

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 a

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 therefore.

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 We need

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 a solid

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 foundation,

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 a deep

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 trust in

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 God's

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 goodness and

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 faithfulness,

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 and a

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 certain

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 knowledge that

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 we are

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 right with

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 God.

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 With that

00:22:37.379 --> 00:22:37.839
 solid

00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:38.379
 foundation,

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 we can

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 keep

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 hardship in

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 perspective

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 through

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 uncertain

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 times.

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 We can

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 use the

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:44.559
 gifts and

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:45.119
 opportunities

00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:46.339
 that God

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 has given

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.119
 us to

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 serve him,

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 whether that's

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 here in

00:22:49.859 --> 00:22:51.159
 Chatswood or

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 in Kathmandu.

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 We can

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 share God's

00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:55.980
 love with

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.420
 those around

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 us.

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 We can

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 pray God's

00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:59.079
 kingdom come,

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 his will be

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.440
 done.

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 We can use

00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:02.519
 the resources,

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 whether that's

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:04.500
 time or

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:04.819
 money,

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.639
 for his

00:23:05.639 --> 00:23:05.960
 glory.

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 And through

00:23:07.579 --> 00:23:08.099
 our day-to-day

00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:09.420
 relationships and

00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:09.899
 interactions,

00:23:09.900 --> 00:23:10.860
 we can

00:23:10.860 --> 00:23:11.240
 seek to

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 serve God

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 and glorify

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 him.

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 I'll

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 close now

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 with the

00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:17.920
 final verses

00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:18.280
 of this

00:23:18.280 --> 00:23:18.620
 chapter,

00:23:18.800 --> 00:23:19.320
 reading them

00:23:19.320 --> 00:23:19.620
 again,

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.840
 which Paul

00:23:20.840 --> 00:23:21.980
 prefaces with

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 another

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 therefore.

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 Therefore,

00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:25.840
 we do not

00:23:25.840 --> 00:23:26.420
 lose heart,

00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:28.300
 though outwardly

00:23:28.300 --> 00:23:28.900
 we are wasting

00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:29.280
 away,

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 yet inwardly

00:23:31.060 --> 00:23:31.980
 we are being

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 renewed day

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 by day.

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 For our

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:35.740
 light and

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.440
 momentary troubles

00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:36.980
 are achieving

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:37.920
 for us an

00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:38.740
 eternal glory

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:39.660
 that far

00:23:39.660 --> 00:23:40.079
 outweighs

00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:40.460
 them all.

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 So we fix

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:42.839
 our eyes

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 not on what

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:44.880
 is seen,

00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:45.779
 but on what

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.259
 is unseen.

00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:48.240
 For what is

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:48.660
 seen is

00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:48.980
 temporary,

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:50.480
 and what is

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.420
 unseen is

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:51.740
 eternal.

00:23:53.579 --> 00:23:54.180
 Praise be to

00:23:54.180 --> 00:23:54.359
 God.

00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:54.420
 Amen.