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 Father, the scripture text warns us that the God of this age can blind our hearts.

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 And Father, your word tells us that we, by our human efforts, cannot stop this.

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 Father, we call out to you.

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 We ask for your mercy.

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 Father, you see us as we really are.

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 You see the unseen presences as well.

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 And we ask, Father, that you would gently but deeply and powerfully pour out your Holy Spirit upon us.

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 Pour out your Holy Spirit upon us.

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 That you would, Father, shine the light of your gospel in the center of who we are.

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 That Jesus would truly be our Savior and Lord.

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 That you would make us disciples of Jesus, gripped by the gospel, who are living for your glory.

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 Father, this we ask in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So, this week, so all week, I'm looking at the scripture text.

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 And on Friday, I have a conversation with somebody at one of my favorite coffee shops.

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 I've had several conversations with this person.

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 And they make a point of telling me that they just watched a television show this week.

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 And in the television show, it revolves around a person that is the Antichrist.

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 And God keeps telling people to try to kill the Antichrist.

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 And the Antichrist is a very sympathetic figure.

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 A bit obviously conflicted.

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 But, you know, we like conflicted figures.

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 But a sympathetic figure.

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 And God's trying to, is telling people to go and kill this person.

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 And so my friend tells me this.

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 And she says, I hate this.

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 You know, I hate, I hate the way it seems that God's always telling people to kill other people.

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 And so, you know, for many in our culture, the way they understand and the way we understand who God is,

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 there's something very common in our culture today.

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 That for many people in our culture, they fear that the God that religious people talk about

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 and that even spiritual people talk about, that his, or I guess in our culture, they'd say her or it or whatever,

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 but that, I'll use Christian language, that the God that religious or Christian people talk about,

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 that if you get close to him, where you listen to him or you read his scriptures,

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 that all he's going to want to do is ultimately have you kill people

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 or do other really, really bad things towards you.

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 And it's so interesting that I had this conversation after I'd been thinking about the scripture text all week

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 because it was one of those times where the scripture text that I'd been thinking about all week

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 really helped me to be able to explain to her, talk to her about her particular fears.

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 So it'd be a great help to me if you would open your Bibles and turn to 2 Corinthians 4, verses 1 to 6.

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 And I don't know if you noticed it, but there's some stuff in this text of the Bible

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 that really addresses our fears and helps us in conversations like this.

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 And let's be honest as well.

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 This isn't just a fear that goes on outside of the church,

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 but many Christians at different times in our lives, maybe some of you here this morning,

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 you fear that if you get too close to Jesus, if you take the Bible too seriously,

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 that it's going to call you to do things that's going to hurt you,

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 that's going to make you less of a person.

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 It's going to belittle you.

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 It's not just a fear that there's outside, but many of us at some level have that deep type of a fear as well,

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 that if we trust God's word, if we trust Jesus, it's going to hurt us.

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 And so it's almost as if we want to say, don't be too close to Jesus.

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 Well, we know that you're not allowed to say that.

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 That's not the right thing to say.

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 And so we're conflicted as well, if we're honest.

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 So let's look.

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 And actually, it's interesting because the text at first glance,

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 and this often happens with the Bible,

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 at first glance, the text doesn't seem as if it's going to be very helpful.

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 But actually, right off the bat in 2 Corinthians chapter 4,

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 it says something very, very powerful and very, very helpful.

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 It's one of those things that it doesn't look helpful,

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 but it actually is helpful if we stop and think about it.

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 Because it begins like this.

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 Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God,

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 we do not lose heart.

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 Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God,

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 we do not lose heart.

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 Now, you know, it has that word therefore there.

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 I know I'm going to lose you as soon as I make a grammar geek type of moment,

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 but it just means it's following on what had just been said before in chapter 3.

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 And if you were here last week or you just happen to know the Bible,

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 it's talking about new covenant ministry.

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 It's talking about a type of ministry,

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 which isn't just something that is all about things you just do to the outside of your body,

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 learn to do this and learn to do this.

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 And I don't know, learn to sing like this and all.

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 It's not about it.

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 It's that there's a type of that God is doing something through his Holy Spirit,

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 through the death and resurrection of Jesus and the Holy Spirit,

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 that actually touches us at the level of the heart,

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 that changes our hearts, gives us live hearts,

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 that writes on our hearts, that changes our relationship with God.

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 And that's the ministry that he's talking about.

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 But notice how it goes.

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 Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.

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 Why is that significant?

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 It doesn't sound like it's going to help us, but why is it very significant?

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 If you could put the first point up, that would be great.

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 Our culture and our time were very confused about these things.

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 But there can be justice without mercy.

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 There can be justice without mercy.

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 But there can be no mercy without justice.

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 There can be justice without mercy.

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 There can be no mercy without justice.

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 One of the things which is so wonderful about the Bible,

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 and is as you read it, and it's not just the Bible,

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 it's the words of Jesus that are recorded in the Bible,

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 that as you read the Bible, justice is always highly valued.

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 The Bible never, ever, ever tells us to disregard justice.

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 It never tells us that we should do something and choose injustice over justice.

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 It never says that, well, you know, some people think this is justice,

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 and some people think this is injustice, and, you know, we don't really have you.

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 Just do whatever is going to work best.

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 Just be practical.

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 No.

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 Justice is a high, high value consistently taught in the Scriptures.

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 It's always taught that you pursue justice and you flee injustice.

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 It's a very, very high value woven into all of the Scriptures.

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 But in our culture, what we often think of is,

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 what we think of sort of justice is,

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 well, we sort of want justice for other people,

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 but we don't really want mercy for ourselves.

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 What we want is a pass.

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 What we want is to be, in a sense, almost as if the rigors of justice,

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 that that bright light of justice isn't shone into our heart,

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 that there's just, or into how we live our lives,

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 is that there's just a basic acceptance that in every case,

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 we have a valid excuse and we need to be given a pass.

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 But the Bible here, it's very, very fascinating.

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 With its emphasis on mercy, unless we understand that in the biblical world,

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 you can have justice without mercy.

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 Many of us have faced a boss or a teacher or somebody

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 and they've been just to the level of the law, letter of the law,

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 and we wish that they'd show us some mercy and they didn't show us any mercy.

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 That happens all of the time.

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 But when the Bible talks about mercy,

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 it's assuming that there's perfect justice.

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 And that mercy is something, in a sense, deeper than justice.

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 They're both perfectly in God,

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 so you can't really talk about one being deeper.

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 But from a human point of view, you can.

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 That God is completely and utterly just.

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 And sometimes, in fact, he's always merciful.

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 And mercy, when it's shown in the presence of justice,

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 justice always requires sacrifice by the one who's showing mercy.

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 If I want to show somebody mercy because they've stolen from me,

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 justice says, you've stolen from me.

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 Justice says, you've stolen $1,000 from me, or $5,000, or $50.

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 And justice is just very clear and frank about that.

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 And maybe it's something that I could call the police on.

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 But if I was to show them mercy,

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 if I have some sense that this is a particular case

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 where I am to show mercy,

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 then true mercy in that case will maybe mean

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 that I have to swallow the loss of a lot of that money,

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 maybe all of that money.

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 And I think that's one of the reasons why in our culture

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 we have a great problem with this whole idea of mercy.

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 Because we, on one hand, always want there to be justice,

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 but when it comes to us, we don't like this idea

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 that we've actually done something terribly, deeply wrong,

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 that a debt of some type has to be paid and satisfied,

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 that we might be in such a weak position.

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 So we want a pass.

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 But the Bible doesn't say,

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 therefore having this ministry because we've been given a pass.

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 It says, therefore having this ministry by the mercy of God,

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 we do not lose heart.

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 If you could put the next point up, that would be great.

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 If the first point was that there can be justice without mercy,

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 there can be no mercy without justice.

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 The second point is that we think that justice is our greatest need.

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 But God in his mercy knows that mercy is our greatest need.

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 God in his mercy knows that mercy is our greatest need.

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 We want rights.

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 God offers justice and mercy.

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 And in fact, it's beyond that.

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 We're going to be talking about this quite a bit in a couple of weeks.

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 But one of the things which is so wonderful about the cross of Jesus

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 is that in the cross of Jesus,

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 God is constantly perfectly just.

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 But mercy triumphs in a sense over judgment and God's justice.

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 And God shows mercy to us in the person of his Son

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 at great cost to himself.

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 He shows us mercy.

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 He sees you and me perfectly.

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 He sees us with perfect justice.

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 And with his perfect justice in his eyes of love,

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 he sees that by justice alone,

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 we are in deep trouble.

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 And because he loves us,

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 he offers mercy.

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 Now, some of you might say,

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 George,

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 I don't know what to think about that.

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 You know, here's the thing I wonder about with that, George.

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 I mean, that sounds,

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 I mean, I have to think about it,

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 you know, justice and mercy.

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 And I have to think about it.

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 But, you know, George,

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 you know, sometimes,

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 you know, you're saying that the cross,

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 there's perfect justice and perfect mercy.

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 You know, George,

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 one of the things I notice about spiritual people

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 is they often just say contradictory things

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 and then they just say it,

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 you know,

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 as if somehow contradictory things

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 can just both be true at the same time.

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 And, you know,

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 they sort of smile

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 and it's just spiritual.

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 You know, like, George,

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 I've read Kahil Gibran

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 and it's just a whole pile

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 of contradictory things

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 written in a certain flowery type of tone

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 that looks spiritual.

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 But if you actually look at it,

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 it's just nonsense.

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 I didn't really mean to insult people

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 who like Kahil Gibran,

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 but I'm actually going to probably stick

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 by what I said.

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 And then other people say,

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 you know, George,

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 the thing about religious people

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 is they're full of contradictions.

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 They say one thing for others,

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 but they're really trying to do

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 very, very different types of things.

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 And so, George,

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 like, I can't remember everything

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 about the scripture text

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 and I forgot my Bible

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 and I'm just listening to you,

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 but didn't when you read the Bible

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 just a few minutes ago,

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 2 Corinthians 4,

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 didn't the Bible contradict itself

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 just within a couple of verses?

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 Didn't it say we don't preach ourselves,

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 but didn't it also say

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 that we commend ourselves?

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 Like, isn't that just sort of a,

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 you know, George,

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 it's just so full of contradictions

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 it doesn't really make sense.

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 Well, that, I mean,

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 maybe you did notice that.

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 Is the Bible contradicting itself?

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 Is what many people say

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 about spiritual?

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 I mean, often it's very true

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 that spiritual people

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 will just say

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 completely contradictory things

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 that don't make any sense,

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 but because it's spiritual

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 they can say it.

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 Like, is that,

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 is the Bible like that?

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 Like, look down at verse 5.

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 For what we proclaim

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 is not ourselves,

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 but Jesus Christ is Lord

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 with ourselves for your servants,

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 as your servants for Jesus' sake.

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 But look up at verse 2.

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 So it says we have this ministry

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 by the mercy of God,

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 and I'm talking about

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 how mercy implies

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 that there's justice.

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 If there's no justice,

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 there can't really be mercy.

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 Verse 2,

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 But we have renounced

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 disgraceful, underhanded ways.

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 We refuse to practice cunning

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 or to tamper with God's word.

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 But by the open statement

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 of the truth,

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 we would commend ourselves

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 to everyone's conscience

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 in the sight of God.

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 So what's going on here

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 in the text?

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 What's going on in the text?

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 Well,

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 it's very, very interesting.

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 This text is looking

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 very, very deeply

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 into our human hearts,

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 and it's noticing

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 a profound temptation

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 that we have.

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 And the profound temptation

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 that we have, in fact,

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 is to do things

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 in an underhanded way

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 by cunning

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 and to tamper

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 with God's word.

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 Tamper with God's word,

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 in the original language,

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 the image is that

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 if they were selling you

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 alcohol,

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 they'd put lots of extra water

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 in the alcohol.

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 So they buy, you know,

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 10 liters of alcohol,

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 and they know

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 they can make more money

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 if they could sell 30 liters,

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 so they put 20 liters of water

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 in with the 10 liters,

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 and then they sell it,

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 and they've only paid

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 for 10 liters.

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 They sell, you know,

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 I mean,

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 that's what tampering means.

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 It means watering down.

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 It means changing.

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 So in fact,

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 actually here,

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 the Bible looks

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 into our human hearts,

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 and it says,

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 listen,

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 whatever this new covenant

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 ministry is going to be,

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 before you,

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 you have to know

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 that there's something

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 you have to renounce,

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 and there's something

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 you have to pursue.

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 And what you have to renounce

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 all of the time,

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 because it's going to be

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 a bit of a tendency

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 within us,

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 you have to renounce

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 disgraceful,

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 underhanded ways.

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 And by the way,

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 it doesn't mean

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 that there's

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 non-disgraceful,

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 disgraceful,

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 underhanded ways.

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 It's looking at

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 these two words

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 that describe one reality,

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 that anything you do

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 that's underhanded

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 is also disgraceful,

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 it's shameful.

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 It's something you should

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 be embarrassed about.

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 It's something that you

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 should want to

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 publicly apologize for.

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 It's something you should

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 want to amend your life.

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 And it's saying,

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 human beings

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 can be very underhanded,

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 and they can practice

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 cunning.

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 Cunning is using

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 all of your abilities

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 in such a way

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 that you come up on top,

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 and the other person's

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 definitely in a lower position.

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 And so it's,

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 in fact,

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 specifically warning us.

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 It's warning me.

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 It's warning you.

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 George,

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 there's ways for you

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 to live,

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 and ways for you

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 to talk,

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 that are underhanded,

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 and that are cunning,

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 and that just tamper

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 with God's word.

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 And George,

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 you need to renounce those.

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 But here's just a bit

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 of a gut check for us,

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 a bit of a time out.

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 For those of us here

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 who are followers of Jesus,

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 one of the things

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 that we need to do

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 is to pray

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 that we recognize

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 when we start

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 to go down that path.

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 Because nobody ever wakes up,

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 you know,

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 probably nobody wakes up

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 in the morning

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 and says,

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 I'm going to be really

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 underhanded and cunning today.

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 I think I'm going to be

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 really underhanded

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 with my wife.

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 That's my plan.

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 Or with my boss,

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 I'm just going to be

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 as underhanded and cunning.

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 Most of us don't think

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 that way when we wake up.

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 But we do things

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 that might sort of involve,

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 we just,

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 it starts to,

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 we drift to it, right?

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 And so there's a profound

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 gut check here

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 for all of us

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 that that can be something

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 that goes on in our lives

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 and in a sense

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 as an invitation

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 for you and me

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 to pray,

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 Father in heaven,

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 help me to recognize

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 when underhanded,

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 cunning,

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 and tampering

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 seems like the way to go

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 and I start to walk

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 down that path.

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 Help me to recognize it

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 and help me to run from it,

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 to renounce it.

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 And the text is saying

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 that whatever this new ministry is,

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 this new covenant ministry,

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 there's not only something

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 we renounce,

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 but there's something

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 that we pursue.

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 And that's the second part there.

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 So read it again,

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 but we have renounced

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 disgraceful,

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 underhanded ways.

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 We refuse to practice cunning

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 or to tamper with God's word,

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 but,

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 now here's the thing

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 that we're to pursue,

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 but by the open statement

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 of the truth,

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 we would commend ourselves

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 to everyone's conscience

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 in the sight of God.

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 What that's saying

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 is that our goal

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 is the open statement

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 of the truth.

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 Open statement

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 of the truth.

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 And the truth here

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 is the gospel.

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 The truth here

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 is who Jesus is

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 and what he's done

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 through his son.

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 The truth here

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 is not just who Jesus is

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 and what he's done for us

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 in the work of his son,

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 but how that fits

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 into the whole counsel of God

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 and how the person

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 and death of Jesus

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 and his resurrection

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 helps us to understand

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 the whole counsel of God.

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 But the thing

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 that you and I

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 are to pursue

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 is that we are to be

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 as open as possible

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 and as clear as possible

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 that clarity

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 and openness

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 is our friend.

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 It's to characterize

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 people who follow Jesus.

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 not mystical gobbledygook,

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 not contradictions

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 and you just sort of smile

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 and say,

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 well, it's just spiritual.

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 No, that there's this

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 task set before us

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 that we are to try

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 to be as open as possible

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 and as clear as possible

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 about what the truth is.

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 And when it says

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 commend ourselves,

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 what it's meaning

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 is that that's our goal.

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 What we should pray

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 is that when people

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 talk about our church

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 or when they talk about you,

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 they might say,

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 well, you know what?

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 I think often

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 some of his ideas

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 are kooky.

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 But you know what?

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 He's open about them.

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 He's clear.

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 Like, he's not hiding things

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 or she's not hiding anything.

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 I don't always agree with them,

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 but you know what?

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 It's open.

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 It's clear.

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 And that's the reputation

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 that we're to try to have

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 in the community.

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 The goal isn't commending ourselves.

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 The goal is open statement

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 of the truth.

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 And it's an open statement

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 of the truth

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 which respects people's consciences.

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 This is a very, very important part of it

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 that there's this sense

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 that there's to never be

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 any type of coercion,

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 any type of manipulation.

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 Just, I was only ordained

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 about three and a half, four years,

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 and one of the senior priests

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 in the Diocese of Ottawa,

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 and I was in the Diocese of Ottawa

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 at the time,

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 he gave me advice

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 about how to do a funeral.

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 I'm not making this up.

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 And his advice was,

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 so you have to do a funeral.

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 Before the funeral service,

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 talk to family members

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 and try to find a touching story

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 because the point

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 of your funeral sermon

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 is to tell several touching stories

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 to get people to cry.

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 And when you've brought tears

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 to their eyes,

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 your sermon's been a success.

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 I'm to be underhanded,

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 cunning,

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 and manipulative.

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 And when I succeed

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 at being emotionally manipulative,

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 I have become a success.

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 Isn't that ridiculous?

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 It's not respecting the conscience

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 and the integrity of people.

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 And, you know,

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 some universities now,

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 when they talk to,

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 to like chaplains,

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 I have to be careful,

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 but I'm, I, I, this is,

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 I don't want to name

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 the specific university,

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 but a university that I know,

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 they just asked the chaplains

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 to come in.

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 And they had,

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 the university wanted

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 the chaplains to sign a thing

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 saying that they would do

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 no proselytizing

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 and no coercion.

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 And the chaplain that I know,

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 he was offended.

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 He said,

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 what, do you tell

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 all of your professors

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 and all of the faculty

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 that they're not supposed

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 to use coercion?

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 Like, why are you singling me out?

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 Why is it that you think

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 that I'm going to do coercion?

00:21:01.099 --> 00:21:02.159
 So he said,

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 I'll sign the thing

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 about coercion.

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 Like, that's like a no-brainer,

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 but it's offensive.

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 And you have to take out

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 the proselytizing part.

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 Because surely a university

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 is a place where you talk

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 about ideas with the,

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 with the desire

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 to convince and persuade.

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 And they,

00:21:15.679 --> 00:21:16.679
 after some pushback,

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 they, they relented.

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 But it shows how the,

00:21:18.919 --> 00:21:20.059
 how the world views us.

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 But, you see,

00:21:20.979 --> 00:21:22.079
 here the text is

00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:23.159
 that we are to,

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 by the freedom of conscience,

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 means that we respect

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 the integrity of people

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 and their own pace.

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 So it's a very,

00:21:30.879 --> 00:21:32.519
 very powerful teaching

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 for us as Christians.

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 But some of you might say,

00:21:38.399 --> 00:21:38.920
 well, George,

00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:40.319
 that's very, very interesting.

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 And I,

00:21:42.379 --> 00:21:44.279
 I'm glad that the text

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 is wanting,

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 encouraging you

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 to respect the freedom

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 and conscience of people.

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 And,

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 and for those of us

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 who are here,

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 there's, you know,

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 not only is the text

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 telling us

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 that we're to pray

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 that we walk away

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 from any type

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 of emotional manipulation,

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 any type of coercion,

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 anything like that,

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 that we're to flee it.

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 But it's also

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 that we should pray

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 that we can be open

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 and be clear.

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 And that's a,

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:06.460
 we should pray for that,

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 that we can be open

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 and we can be clear

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 when we speak.

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 But,

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 but some will say,

00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:10.600
 George,

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 I don't know,

00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:11.600
 you know,

00:22:11.940 --> 00:22:13.360
 maybe you just really

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 have to do a lot more praying.

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 But whenever you speak

00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:16.200
 about the gospel

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 and what Jesus did

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 for us on the cross,

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 it's not really clear to me.

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 So I guess,

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 George,

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 you just really need

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 to do a lot more praying.

00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:23.459
 Well,

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 I do need to do

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 a lot more praying

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 and you can pray

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 that I can be more,

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 I'm more,

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 more clear.

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 But,

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 is it just a matter

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 that if we get

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 more and more

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 and more clear

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 then that people

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 will automatically

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 just want to trust Jesus?

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 If we try to share

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 the gospel

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 or talk about Jesus

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 with our friend

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 and we get tongue-tied

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 and we go away

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 should we feel depressed

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 that we've been

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 such a failure

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 at attempting

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 to share Jesus?

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 Because if we just

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 were clearer

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 they would come

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 and they would

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 give their lives

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 to Jesus.

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 Well,

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.539
 the Bible talks

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 about that.

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 And in fact,

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 it's this very next bit

00:23:06.099 --> 00:23:06.700
 that helped me

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 to also talk

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 to my friend

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 about this idea

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 that God

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 wants people

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 to kill people.

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 Did you notice

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 it's verses 3 and 4?

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 And even if our gospel

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 is veiled

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 it is veiled

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 to those who are perishing.

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 In their case

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 the God of this world

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 has blinded the minds

00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:26.399
 of the unbelievers

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 to keep them

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 from seeing

00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:29.619
 the light of the gospel

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 of the glory of Christ

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 who is the image of God.

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 It's sort of a dense text.

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 Look at it again

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 in verse 3.

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 And even if our gospel

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 is veiled

00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:39.920
 it is veiled

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 to those who are perishing.

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 In their case

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 the God of this world

00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:45.119
 has blinded the minds

00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:46.059
 of the unbelievers

00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:46.719
 to keep them

00:23:46.719 --> 00:23:47.239
 from seeing

00:23:47.239 --> 00:23:48.199
 the light of the gospel

00:23:48.199 --> 00:23:49.199
 of the glory of Christ

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 who is the image of God.

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 And for some of you

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.319
 when you hear this

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 all sorts of things

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 are going through your head.

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 Some might be offended by it.

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 Here's the thing

00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.559
 which

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 if you could put up

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 the next point

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 that would be great.

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 what I said

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 to my friend

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 is

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 I said

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 you know

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 we've had lots of

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:13.380
 conversations about God

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 and this is a bit

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 of a persistent theme

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 for you.

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 You tell me

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 you don't believe in God

00:24:18.579 --> 00:24:19.680
 and then you

00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.960
 also tell me

00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:21.660
 that the God

00:24:21.660 --> 00:24:22.819
 when you talk about God

00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:23.539
 God's always

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:24.180
 wanted people

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 to do horrible things

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 and then you say

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 you don't believe

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:27.740
 such a God exists.

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 I want you to know

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 I don't believe

00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:30.920
 that God exists either.

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 Like if that is the God

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 that's the only option

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 on the table

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 I'm an atheist.

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 But here's the thing

00:24:40.320 --> 00:24:41.779
 I said to her.

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 I actually expressed it

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 a little bit.

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 I said the God

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 that you think exists

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:49.320
 wants people to die.

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.880
 But the God

00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:51.480
 who is revealed

00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:52.240
 in the Bible

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:53.600
 dies for people.

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 That's what I said to her.

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 Because I'd been reflecting

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 on this text all week.

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 the God

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:03.500
 that you

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:05.060
 worry exists

00:25:05.060 --> 00:25:06.900
 and you don't believe in

00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:07.900
 is a God

00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:09.380
 who wants people

00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:09.800
 to die

00:25:09.800 --> 00:25:10.539
 who gets people

00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:11.380
 to kill people.

00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:13.640
 The God

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:14.380
 who's revealed

00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:15.120
 in the Bible

00:25:15.120 --> 00:25:16.620
 is a God

00:25:16.620 --> 00:25:17.259
 who dies

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:17.840
 for people.

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 It's a completely

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:20.539
 different God.

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 Completely

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 and utterly

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:24.380
 different God.

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 and

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:32.800
 I mean

00:25:32.800 --> 00:25:33.840
 we didn't talk

00:25:33.840 --> 00:25:34.560
 for very much

00:25:34.560 --> 00:25:35.520
 longer after that.

00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:36.380
 It's just often

00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:36.960
 really a matter

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:38.300
 of leaving seeds.

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:39.860
 But you know

00:25:39.860 --> 00:25:40.520
 for many people

00:25:40.520 --> 00:25:41.180
 in our culture

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:41.780
 they don't make

00:25:41.780 --> 00:25:42.380
 a distinction

00:25:42.380 --> 00:25:43.800
 between Christianity

00:25:43.800 --> 00:25:44.520
 and Islam

00:25:44.520 --> 00:25:46.480
 and Hinduism

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:46.840
 and stuff.

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.460
 They just see it

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:48.380
 as religious people

00:25:48.380 --> 00:25:49.300
 or spiritual people

00:25:49.300 --> 00:25:50.260
 talking about God

00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:51.220
 and the newspapers

00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:52.779
 and everything

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.460
 are filled

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:54.799
 with atrocious things

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.240
 being done

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:56.099
 in the name of Jesus

00:25:56.099 --> 00:25:56.799
 or in the name

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:59.339
 of Muhammad

00:25:59.339 --> 00:26:00.160
 or in the name

00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:01.819
 of some Hindu God

00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.339
 or in the name

00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:02.879
 of Buddhism.

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:04.200
 It's filled

00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:05.160
 with honor killings

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:06.019
 and shame killings

00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:06.879
 and for many people

00:26:06.879 --> 00:26:07.420
 in our culture

00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:08.559
 they make no distinction

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:09.779
 between any of these things.

00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:10.319
 They just see it

00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:11.259
 as religious people.

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:14.879
 But the Bible here says

00:26:14.879 --> 00:26:17.379
 that there's a God

00:26:17.379 --> 00:26:18.119
 of this age

00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:19.680
 and for many people

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.640
 in our culture

00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:23.559
 what they're afraid of

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:24.779
 when they think of God

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:26.319
 is what they're really

00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:26.839
 afraid of

00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:27.420
 is the devil.

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.879
 For many people

00:26:31.879 --> 00:26:32.680
 in our culture

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:34.720
 when they talk

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.579
 if you let them

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:36.339
 talk a little bit

00:26:36.339 --> 00:26:37.039
 about what God

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.700
 is like

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:39.259
 and what he does

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:41.119
 what they're really doing

00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:42.399
 is describing the devil.

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:45.439
 They're not describing

00:26:45.439 --> 00:26:45.919
 the God

00:26:45.919 --> 00:26:46.579
 who's described

00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:47.179
 in the Bible.

00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:48.159
 And that's why

00:26:48.159 --> 00:26:48.979
 it's so interesting

00:26:48.979 --> 00:26:49.899
 that the Bible says

00:26:49.899 --> 00:26:50.459
 it's the God

00:26:50.459 --> 00:26:51.359
 of this age

00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:53.959
 that he blinds people.

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:57.559
 And here's the next thing

00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:58.759
 if you could put it up there

00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.659
 Andrew

00:26:59.659 --> 00:27:00.439
 that would be great.

00:27:01.699 --> 00:27:02.819
 There's a profound

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:04.019
 and I know

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.519
 it's going to be

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:05.639
 a bit of a shocking thing

00:27:05.639 --> 00:27:06.319
 to some of us

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:07.000
 and it sounds like

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.839
 an arrogant thing

00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.419
 but let me just

00:27:08.419 --> 00:27:09.279
 put it out there

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:10.219
 and then I'll tell you why

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:10.960
 and rather than

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.620
 being arrogant

00:27:11.620 --> 00:27:13.460
 I mean it's always

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.360
 possible for us

00:27:14.360 --> 00:27:14.980
 to take anything

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:16.120
 and be arrogant about it.

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:17.100
 I mean I know people

00:27:17.100 --> 00:27:17.759
 who get arrogant

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.400
 about how good

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:19.579
 they are at fantasy football

00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:20.319
 like really?

00:27:20.600 --> 00:27:21.079
 Come on.

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:23.319
 That's just fantasy football

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:23.759
 you know

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:25.140
 like that doesn't mean anything

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:25.519
 you know

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.200
 but oh well

00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:27.220
 you know whatever

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.960
 the ranking is.

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.259
 Anyway

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:29.600
 so we can be arrogant

00:27:29.600 --> 00:27:30.140
 about anything

00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:30.860
 but this in fact

00:27:30.860 --> 00:27:31.819
 it's not arrogant

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:32.480
 it's the complete

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:33.500
 opposite of arrogance.

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:35.799
 We share the gospel

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.640
 with people

00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:37.480
 who are veiled

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:38.180
 and blind.

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:40.839
 In other words

00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:41.740
 we share the gospel

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:42.240
 with people

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.740
 who are wearing

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.759
 blindfolds

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.839
 and underneath

00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:45.980
 the blindfolds

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:47.440
 the devil

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:49.299
 has blinded them.

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:53.900
 And that's the context

00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:54.539
 within which

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:55.380
 we always share

00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:55.940
 the gospel

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:57.200
 not just in this culture

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:58.180
 but in every culture.

00:27:59.339 --> 00:28:00.220
 And it's a very

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:01.380
 very powerful image.

00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:02.099
 It's an image

00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:03.380
 that when we hear it

00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:04.380
 we realize

00:28:04.380 --> 00:28:05.480
 that it means

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:06.140
 that we have to

00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:07.400
 constantly be on our knees

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:08.080
 in prayer.

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.380
 I mean

00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:10.220
 in a sense

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:11.600
 in that conversation

00:28:11.600 --> 00:28:12.600
 that I had on Friday

00:28:12.600 --> 00:28:13.380
 what matters

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:14.980
 on one hand

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.460
 it matters

00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:16.780
 that I tried to be clear

00:28:16.780 --> 00:28:18.400
 about who Jesus is

00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:20.480
 and how he's different

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:21.620
 and how the Bible

00:28:21.620 --> 00:28:22.220
 is different

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:23.540
 than what she fears

00:28:23.540 --> 00:28:24.460
 God is like.

00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:26.640
 But equally important

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:27.460
 is that afterwards

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:28.420
 I pray for her.

00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:31.640
 Because it's not

00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:32.240
 just a matter

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.920
 of my having

00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:33.900
 wonderful examples

00:28:33.900 --> 00:28:35.000
 and being very clear

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.440
 and being good

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:35.860
 at rhetoric.

00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:37.460
 although I'm to try

00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:38.100
 to have an open

00:28:38.100 --> 00:28:39.160
 statement of the truth.

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.640
 But

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:44.340
 God has to do

00:28:44.340 --> 00:28:45.220
 a work in her heart.

00:28:47.520 --> 00:28:48.400
 But some of you

00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:48.860
 might say

00:28:48.860 --> 00:28:49.259
 George

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.720
 my

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:50.300
 whoa

00:28:50.300 --> 00:28:51.560
 you know

00:28:51.560 --> 00:28:52.040
 George

00:28:52.040 --> 00:28:52.700
 are you saying

00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:53.880
 that you can see

00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:54.980
 but I can't

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.200
 that

00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:57.360
 that you're

00:28:57.360 --> 00:28:59.280
 I'm blind

00:28:59.280 --> 00:29:00.100
 but you're not

00:29:00.100 --> 00:29:00.820
 well let's just

00:29:00.820 --> 00:29:01.540
 first of all

00:29:01.540 --> 00:29:02.480
 this is not a completely

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.360
 I mean this is actually

00:29:03.360 --> 00:29:04.180
 talking very much

00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:04.840
 about what normal

00:29:04.840 --> 00:29:05.580
 human experience

00:29:05.580 --> 00:29:06.000
 is like.

00:29:06.120 --> 00:29:06.960
 I mean don't we all

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:08.060
 have times

00:29:08.060 --> 00:29:08.600
 where we realize

00:29:08.600 --> 00:29:09.960
 in all of our lives

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:11.160
 you know we can say

00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:11.620
 about somebody

00:29:11.620 --> 00:29:12.519
 you know they're so smart

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:13.340
 they're so confident

00:29:13.340 --> 00:29:14.340
 how can they be blind

00:29:14.340 --> 00:29:14.900
 to this?

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:15.640
 Right?

00:29:16.320 --> 00:29:17.460
 You know how is it

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:18.460
 that we can have people

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:18.940
 who are just

00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:20.080
 you know they're so good

00:29:20.080 --> 00:29:21.039
 at reading people

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.820
 and they're so good

00:29:21.820 --> 00:29:22.799
 at reading their boss

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.380
 or they're so good

00:29:23.380 --> 00:29:24.420
 at reading their co-workers

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:25.180
 but they're blind

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:26.400
 when it comes to their kids.

00:29:27.060 --> 00:29:28.019
 Like we could go on

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.580
 and on and on

00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:29.699
 it's a very very common

00:29:29.699 --> 00:29:30.519
 thing that people

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.679
 can have great understanding

00:29:31.679 --> 00:29:32.939
 about lots of different things

00:29:32.939 --> 00:29:33.919
 but in certain areas

00:29:33.919 --> 00:29:34.419
 of their lives

00:29:34.419 --> 00:29:35.379
 are completely and utterly

00:29:35.379 --> 00:29:36.480
 incapable of seeing.

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:38.059
 That's a human phenomenon

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:39.519
 and the Bible says

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:40.559
 the same thing's going on

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:41.019
 with us

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:42.579
 and what's going on here

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:43.379
 if you were to say

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:44.639
 to Paul who wrote this

00:29:44.639 --> 00:29:45.099
 that you're being

00:29:45.099 --> 00:29:46.019
 very very arrogant

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:47.639
 in the original language

00:29:47.639 --> 00:29:48.599
 there's all of these

00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:49.699
 all of these hints

00:29:49.699 --> 00:29:50.359
 in the language

00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:51.220
 that goes back

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:52.819
 in Paul's own biography

00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:53.879
 because Paul

00:29:53.879 --> 00:29:54.859
 if you go back

00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:55.679
 to the book of Acts

00:29:55.679 --> 00:29:56.519
 three times

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:57.519
 in the book of Acts

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:58.220
 it's talked about

00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:59.460
 how Paul becomes a Christian.

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:01.779
 Paul was a very very bad man.

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:02.639
 Paul was a man

00:30:02.639 --> 00:30:03.500
 that you would not want

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:04.500
 to have as your friend.

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:05.940
 I guess he would be a man

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:06.440
 that you wouldn't want

00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:07.519
 to get into his bad books

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.639
 because he might contribute

00:30:08.639 --> 00:30:09.359
 with other people

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:10.319
 to have you killed

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:11.139
 or beaten

00:30:11.139 --> 00:30:12.480
 or thrown in jail

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:13.759
 but he was not a good man

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.680
 and he was converted

00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:16.720
 and his whole story

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.619
 of conversion

00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:20.359
 is the revelation

00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:21.200
 of something

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:22.420
 covering his eyes

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:24.299
 that he's kicking against.

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:26.000
 It's Paul would say

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.940
 listen

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:28.840
 I did not become

00:30:28.840 --> 00:30:29.480
 a Christian

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:31.080
 because I was

00:30:31.080 --> 00:30:32.400
 such a brilliant intellect.

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:36.059
 I was blind

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:36.680
 and veiled

00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:38.980
 and God had to shine

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:40.000
 his light into mine

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:43.420
 into my heart

00:30:43.420 --> 00:30:45.180
 and this is to be

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:46.000
 this text

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.980
 is a profoundly

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:48.980
 humbling text

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:51.500
 for a Christian.

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:54.500
 it's not George

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.460
 because you have

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:56.400
 a really good

00:30:56.400 --> 00:30:58.359
 IQ

00:30:58.359 --> 00:30:59.960
 AQ

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:00.960
 EQ

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:04.039
 or education.

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.880
 You

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:07.839
 George

00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:08.660
 were completely

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:09.240
 and utterly

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:10.180
 dependent upon

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:10.640
 God

00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:11.380
 and his mercy

00:31:11.380 --> 00:31:12.319
 doing something

00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:12.759
 in us

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.859
 and all of this

00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:15.019
 language of shining

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.900
 and all of this

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:16.460
 language of

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:16.940
 all of this

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:18.000
 language of seeing

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:19.460
 it's not

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:20.160
 it's not talking

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:20.840
 about mystical

00:31:20.840 --> 00:31:21.600
 experiences

00:31:21.600 --> 00:31:22.140
 it's talking

00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:23.160
 about understanding

00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:24.160
 right

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:25.039
 that's how we

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:25.640
 often use it

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:26.079
 in language

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:26.720
 if you're trying

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.259
 to help a kid

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:27.799
 with a math

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.360
 problem

00:31:28.360 --> 00:31:29.980
 and I was

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:31.160
 really good

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:31.600
 at math

00:31:31.600 --> 00:31:32.480
 I wasn't very

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:32.920
 good at helping

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:33.400
 my kids

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:33.900
 with math

00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:34.279
 because

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:34.759
 you know

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.259
 if people

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:35.640
 who are good

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:36.019
 at math

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.319
 you just

00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:36.799
 look at the

00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:37.240
 equation

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.980
 and you see

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.140
 it

00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:38.400
 it just

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:39.140
 makes sense

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:40.220
 and so

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:40.660
 for people

00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:40.880
 who are

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:41.240
 really good

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.600
 at math

00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:41.940
 trying to

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:42.320
 help somebody

00:31:42.320 --> 00:31:42.660
 who's not

00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:43.120
 good at math

00:31:43.120 --> 00:31:43.420
 you just

00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:43.600
 look

00:31:43.600 --> 00:31:44.259
 it's obvious

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:44.740
 can't you

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.259
 see it

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:46.120
 and they

00:31:46.120 --> 00:31:46.620
 just can't

00:31:46.620 --> 00:31:47.040
 see it

00:31:47.040 --> 00:31:47.500
 and the

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:47.960
 language there

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.759
 means understand

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.400
 and that's

00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:49.640
 what it's

00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:50.160
 talking about

00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:50.420
 here

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:51.880
 and it's

00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:52.220
 it's

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:53.200
 all of this

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:53.780
 text is

00:31:53.780 --> 00:31:54.160
 saying that

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.640
 in a sense

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:55.120
 what I have

00:31:55.120 --> 00:31:55.480
 to say to

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:55.880
 my friend

00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:56.259
 or anybody

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.620
 else

00:31:56.620 --> 00:31:57.080
 is listen

00:31:57.080 --> 00:31:57.920
 I definitely

00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:58.480
 am not

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:58.880
 claiming

00:31:58.880 --> 00:31:59.700
 that I am

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.120
 better at

00:32:00.120 --> 00:32:00.800
 seeing things

00:32:00.800 --> 00:32:01.140
 than other

00:32:01.140 --> 00:32:01.500
 people

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:02.380
 and I am

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:02.759
 definitely

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.340
 not telling

00:32:03.340 --> 00:32:03.640
 you that

00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:03.920
 it's a

00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:04.520
 result of

00:32:04.520 --> 00:32:05.380
 my superior

00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:05.900
 intellect

00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.440
 or anything

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:07.120
 like that

00:32:07.120 --> 00:32:07.880
 that led

00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:08.140
 me to

00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:08.440
 become

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:08.759
 Christ

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.500
 I am

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:10.299
 one blind

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:10.700
 beggar

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.519
 telling another

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.019
 blind

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.519
 beggar

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.960
 where they

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.680
 can go

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:15.960
 for someone

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.460
 else to

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:16.820
 make them

00:32:16.820 --> 00:32:17.100
 see

00:32:17.100 --> 00:32:21.200
 that's

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:22.039
 what evangelism

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:22.360
 is

00:32:22.360 --> 00:32:22.779
 that's what

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:23.380
 bearing witness

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:23.900
 to Jesus

00:32:23.900 --> 00:32:24.320
 is

00:32:24.320 --> 00:32:25.500
 it's

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:25.840
 one

00:32:25.840 --> 00:32:26.480
 blind

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:26.880
 beggar

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:27.240
 telling

00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:27.600
 another

00:32:27.600 --> 00:32:28.100
 blind

00:32:28.100 --> 00:32:28.559
 beggar

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:29.340
 where you

00:32:29.340 --> 00:32:29.860
 can go

00:32:29.860 --> 00:32:31.019
 for someone

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.860
 to freely

00:32:31.860 --> 00:32:32.580
 make you

00:32:32.580 --> 00:32:32.880
 see

00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:33.519
 and live

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:37.259
 so it's

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:37.720
 very very

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.259
 humble

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:39.599
 before we

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:40.039
 read verse

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:40.279
 six

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:40.519
 Andrew

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:40.819
 could you

00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:41.180
 put the

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:41.480
 scripture

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:42.079
 text up

00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:42.319
 that I

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:42.559
 have

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:44.019
 I've

00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:44.279
 forgotten

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:44.619
 to do

00:32:44.619 --> 00:32:44.980
 this

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:46.059
 if you

00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:46.460
 get nothing

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:46.859
 else out

00:32:46.859 --> 00:32:47.099
 of this

00:32:47.099 --> 00:32:47.379
 sermon

00:32:47.379 --> 00:32:47.819
 other than

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:48.299
 saying this

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:48.559
 verse

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:48.879
 several

00:32:48.879 --> 00:32:49.299
 times

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:50.220
 this is

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:50.859
 such a

00:32:50.859 --> 00:32:51.220
 beautiful

00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:51.759
 verse

00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:52.359
 it is

00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:53.119
 so worth

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:53.940
 memorizing

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.940
 could you

00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:55.200
 say it

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:55.519
 out loud

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:55.900
 with me

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.259
 please

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:57.859
 for God

00:32:57.859 --> 00:32:58.660
 who said

00:32:58.660 --> 00:32:59.740
 let light

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.519
 shine out

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.139
 of darkness

00:33:01.139 --> 00:33:02.359
 has shown

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:02.859
 in our

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:03.379
 hearts

00:33:03.380 --> 00:33:03.960
 to give

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:04.560
 the light

00:33:04.560 --> 00:33:04.920
 of the

00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:05.380
 knowledge

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:05.740
 of the

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.180
 glory

00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:07.000
 of God

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.440
 in the

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:07.860
 face

00:33:07.860 --> 00:33:08.520
 of Jesus

00:33:08.520 --> 00:33:09.120
 Christ

00:33:09.120 --> 00:33:10.000
 want to

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.260
 say that

00:33:10.260 --> 00:33:10.500
 with me

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:10.800
 again

00:33:10.800 --> 00:33:11.160
 please

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:12.440
 for God

00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:13.240
 who said

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:14.260
 let light

00:33:14.260 --> 00:33:14.860
 shine

00:33:14.860 --> 00:33:15.340
 out of

00:33:15.340 --> 00:33:15.800
 darkness

00:33:15.800 --> 00:33:17.020
 has shown

00:33:17.020 --> 00:33:17.680
 in our

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:18.140
 hearts

00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:18.780
 to give

00:33:18.780 --> 00:33:19.440
 the light

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:19.880
 of the

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:20.400
 knowledge

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:20.820
 of the

00:33:20.820 --> 00:33:21.200
 glory

00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:21.980
 of God

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.680
 in the

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:23.060
 face

00:33:23.060 --> 00:33:23.640
 of Jesus

00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:24.180
 Christ

00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:25.380
 so

00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:26.260
 so

00:33:26.260 --> 00:33:26.920
 so

00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:27.460
 beautiful

00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:28.360
 look at

00:33:28.360 --> 00:33:28.640
 look at

00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:28.880
 verses

00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:29.400
 five

00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:30.320
 and six

00:33:30.320 --> 00:33:31.360
 for what

00:33:31.360 --> 00:33:31.880
 we proclaim

00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:32.200
 is not

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:32.640
 ourselves

00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:33.160
 but Jesus

00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:33.540
 Christ

00:33:33.540 --> 00:33:33.980
 is Lord

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.180
 with

00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:34.580
 ourselves

00:33:34.580 --> 00:33:34.960
 as your

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:35.320
 servants

00:33:35.320 --> 00:33:35.900
 for Jesus

00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:36.400
 sake

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:36.700
 and then

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:37.259
 verse six

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:38.180
 so what

00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:38.600
 the Bible

00:33:38.600 --> 00:33:39.000
 is telling us

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.420
 if you could

00:33:39.420 --> 00:33:39.820
 put up the

00:33:39.820 --> 00:33:40.120
 point

00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:40.440
 Andrew

00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:40.680
 and then

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:41.020
 we'll flip

00:33:41.020 --> 00:33:41.540
 back to the

00:33:41.540 --> 00:33:42.000
 verse in a

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.200
 moment

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:42.680
 but you put

00:33:42.680 --> 00:33:42.940
 up the

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.220
 point

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:45.140
 we are to

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:45.720
 share the

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:46.259
 gospel

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:47.880
 but only God

00:33:47.880 --> 00:33:48.700
 can illuminate

00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:49.100
 the human

00:33:49.100 --> 00:33:49.460
 heart

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:51.920
 see one of

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:52.660
 the temptations

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:53.500
 we have

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.520
 is we have

00:33:54.520 --> 00:33:55.500
 these temptations

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:56.720
 to try to think

00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.320
 that if we just

00:33:57.320 --> 00:33:58.320
 emotionally manipulate

00:33:58.320 --> 00:33:58.900
 people

00:33:58.900 --> 00:34:00.019
 if we just

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.720
 practice a

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.259
 certain type

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:02.340
 of technological

00:34:02.340 --> 00:34:03.780
 or aesthetic

00:34:03.780 --> 00:34:04.460
 cunning

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:06.220
 or maybe

00:34:06.220 --> 00:34:06.660
 that if we

00:34:06.660 --> 00:34:07.120
 just try to

00:34:07.120 --> 00:34:07.780
 water down

00:34:07.780 --> 00:34:08.440
 God's word

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:09.139
 in some type

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.380
 of way

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:09.700
 then they

00:34:09.700 --> 00:34:10.059
 can come

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:10.440
 to faith

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:10.880
 but no

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.059
 no

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.519
 the Bible

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:12.180
 tells us

00:34:12.180 --> 00:34:13.019
 that only

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.800
 God can

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.280
 shine in

00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:14.840
 our hearts

00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:16.360
 our goal

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:16.860
 is to be

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.480
 as opened

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:18.480
 and transparent

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:19.280
 as possible

00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:19.760
 and to try

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:20.160
 to be as

00:34:20.160 --> 00:34:20.760
 clear as we

00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:21.519
 possibly can

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:21.940
 be with

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:22.380
 whatever

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:23.340
 the gray

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:23.920
 matter is

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:24.280
 that God

00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:24.660
 has given

00:34:24.660 --> 00:34:24.860
 us

00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:25.220
 and God

00:34:25.220 --> 00:34:25.539
 has given

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:25.940
 some of

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:26.059
 us

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.539
 very very

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:27.059
 good gray

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:27.360
 matter

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:27.700
 and some

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:27.960
 of us

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.319
 it's not

00:34:28.319 --> 00:34:28.739
 quite as

00:34:28.739 --> 00:34:28.980
 good

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:29.719
 and some

00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:30.000
 of us

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.359
 our gray

00:34:30.359 --> 00:34:30.579
 matter

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:30.939
 used to

00:34:30.939 --> 00:34:31.279
 be sort

00:34:31.279 --> 00:34:31.879
 of so-so

00:34:31.879 --> 00:34:32.239
 but it's

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:32.779
 getting weaker

00:34:32.779 --> 00:34:33.159
 and weaker

00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:33.639
 all of the

00:34:33.639 --> 00:34:33.980
 time

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.759
 but to the

00:34:34.759 --> 00:34:35.399
 extent that

00:34:35.399 --> 00:34:35.779
 our gray

00:34:35.779 --> 00:34:36.399
 matter works

00:34:36.399 --> 00:34:36.699
 at all

00:34:36.699 --> 00:34:37.159
 we're to try

00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:37.519
 to be as

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.099
 clear as we

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:38.980
 possibly can

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:40.399
 always knowing

00:34:40.399 --> 00:34:42.279
 that only God

00:34:42.279 --> 00:34:43.119
 can illuminate

00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:44.539
 and this

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:46.119
 for those of us

00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:46.799
 who are Christians

00:34:46.799 --> 00:34:48.319
 this one of the

00:34:48.319 --> 00:34:49.039
 things about this

00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:49.639
 verse which is

00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:50.679
 so powerful

00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:52.299
 is it takes a

00:34:52.299 --> 00:34:53.119
 whole burden

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:53.919
 off of you

00:34:53.919 --> 00:34:54.659
 parents

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:56.960
 parents

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.639
 I mean

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:58.119
 there's things

00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:58.559
 that we can

00:34:58.559 --> 00:34:59.079
 do to help

00:34:59.079 --> 00:34:59.539
 our children

00:34:59.539 --> 00:35:00.460
 become Christians

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:02.019
 there's definitely

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:02.619
 things that we

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:03.099
 can do

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:05.019
 but the end

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.480
 of the day

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:07.360
 the burden

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:08.039
 of having them

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:08.519
 become a

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:08.860
 Christian

00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:09.760
 is not what

00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:10.139
 you can

00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:10.519
 carry

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:14.599
 only God

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:15.480
 can do it

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:16.480
 I mean

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:16.940
 it might mean

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:17.280
 you have to

00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:17.599
 get down

00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:17.840
 on your

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:18.039
 knees

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.480
 and pray

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:18.780
 it might

00:35:18.780 --> 00:35:19.119
 mean

00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:19.579
 your life

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:19.960
 has to

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:20.340
 be maybe

00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:20.619
 a little

00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:20.980
 bit more

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:21.519
 consistent

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:21.920
 with

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:24.900
 the gospel

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.559
 but it

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:25.840
 could be

00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:26.160
 that even

00:35:26.160 --> 00:35:26.519
 after you

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:26.820
 do all

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.119
 of those

00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:27.340
 things

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:27.740
 all you

00:35:27.740 --> 00:35:28.039
 can do

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.420
 is pray

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:28.840
 all you

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:29.099
 can do

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:29.599
 is pray

00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:30.740
 God is

00:35:30.740 --> 00:35:31.340
 not asking

00:35:31.340 --> 00:35:31.740
 us to

00:35:31.740 --> 00:35:32.320
 carry the

00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:32.720
 burden

00:35:32.720 --> 00:35:33.840
 of changing

00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:34.380
 hearts

00:35:34.380 --> 00:35:37.039
 only he

00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:37.660
 carries that

00:35:37.660 --> 00:35:37.980
 burden

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.320
 he can

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:38.700
 easily

00:35:38.700 --> 00:35:39.380
 carry it

00:35:39.380 --> 00:35:41.260
 and we

00:35:41.260 --> 00:35:41.760
 can pray

00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:42.099
 and we're

00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:42.519
 called to

00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:42.820
 pray

00:35:42.820 --> 00:35:43.200
 and then

00:35:43.200 --> 00:35:43.519
 pray

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:43.840
 and then

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:44.059
 pray

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.539
 some more

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:44.960
 for our

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.340
 children

00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:45.860
 and pray

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:46.260
 for our

00:35:46.260 --> 00:35:46.579
 neighbors

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:47.099
 and pray

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:47.680
 for those

00:35:47.680 --> 00:35:48.500
 that we

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:48.860
 know in

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:49.400
 the office

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:50.180
 trusting

00:35:50.180 --> 00:35:50.860
 that God

00:35:50.860 --> 00:35:51.280
 has maybe

00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:51.780
 put you

00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:52.079
 in your

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:52.440
 office

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:52.840
 or your

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.240
 neighborhood

00:35:53.240 --> 00:35:53.599
 or your

00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:54.099
 community

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:55.339
 your specific

00:35:55.339 --> 00:35:56.219
 job is that

00:35:56.219 --> 00:35:56.739
 you are there

00:35:56.739 --> 00:35:57.539
 to pray for

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:58.019
 the people

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.639
 who are around

00:35:58.639 --> 00:35:58.940
 you that

00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.339
 they will

00:35:59.339 --> 00:35:59.960
 come to a

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:00.579
 saving faith

00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:01.019
 in Jesus

00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:01.460
 that they

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:01.940
 will know

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:02.319
 what it

00:36:02.319 --> 00:36:03.360
 means to

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:03.739
 be made

00:36:03.739 --> 00:36:04.199
 right with

00:36:04.199 --> 00:36:04.519
 God

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:04.940
 and God

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:05.559
 has called

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:05.880
 you to

00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:06.679
 that vocation

00:36:06.679 --> 00:36:07.279
 and maybe

00:36:07.279 --> 00:36:07.579
 he will

00:36:07.579 --> 00:36:07.900
 give you

00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:08.559
 an opportunity

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:09.599
 to say a

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:10.079
 few words

00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:10.639
 all it might

00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:11.219
 just simply

00:36:11.219 --> 00:36:13.179
 be is that

00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:13.719
 I follow

00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:14.119
 Jesus

00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:15.079
 or on Sunday

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:15.519
 I go to

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:15.839
 church

00:36:15.839 --> 00:36:16.519
 or I read

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:17.139
 my Bible

00:36:17.139 --> 00:36:18.139
 or that I

00:36:18.139 --> 00:36:18.460
 pray that

00:36:18.460 --> 00:36:18.940
 might be all

00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:19.199
 that you

00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:19.819
 have to say

00:36:19.819 --> 00:36:20.360
 it's all

00:36:20.360 --> 00:36:20.920
 part of a

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:21.839
 team project

00:36:21.839 --> 00:36:22.239
 of bearing

00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:22.719
 witness

00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:23.519
 but

00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:24.719
 only God

00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:25.500
 can illuminate

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:26.099
 hearts

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:27.960
 we're called

00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:28.420
 to share

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:29.259
 but only God

00:36:29.259 --> 00:36:29.759
 can illuminate

00:36:29.759 --> 00:36:30.159
 can we say

00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:30.599
 this verse

00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:31.259
 again together

00:36:31.259 --> 00:36:32.420
 for

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:33.019
 is it up

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:34.400
 for God

00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:35.179
 who said

00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:36.000
 let light

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.880
 shine out

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:37.480
 of darkness

00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:38.699
 has shown

00:36:38.699 --> 00:36:39.239
 in our

00:36:39.239 --> 00:36:39.739
 hearts

00:36:39.739 --> 00:36:40.380
 to get

00:36:40.380 --> 00:36:41.000
 the light

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:41.420
 of the

00:36:41.420 --> 00:36:41.880
 knowledge

00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:42.239
 of the

00:36:42.239 --> 00:36:42.599
 glory

00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:43.320
 of God

00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:43.880
 in the

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:44.239
 face

00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:44.860
 of Jesus

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:45.460
 Christ

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:47.159
 another thing

00:36:47.159 --> 00:36:47.739
 which is so

00:36:47.739 --> 00:36:48.539
 powerful about

00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:49.300
 this particular

00:36:49.300 --> 00:36:49.780
 text

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:51.000
 is that

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:51.560
 he quotes

00:36:51.560 --> 00:36:52.240
 the creation

00:36:52.240 --> 00:36:52.800
 story

00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:55.480
 and this

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:56.019
 is very

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.300
 very

00:36:56.300 --> 00:36:56.600
 very

00:36:56.600 --> 00:36:57.120
 important

00:36:57.120 --> 00:36:57.620
 you know

00:36:57.620 --> 00:36:57.820
 I've

00:36:57.820 --> 00:36:58.100
 mentioned

00:36:58.100 --> 00:36:58.400
 a little

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:58.580
 bit

00:36:58.580 --> 00:36:58.940
 off and

00:36:58.940 --> 00:36:59.120
 on

00:36:59.120 --> 00:36:59.480
 over the

00:36:59.480 --> 00:37:00.019
 last few

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.400
 weeks

00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:01.460
 but for

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:02.280
 what the

00:37:02.280 --> 00:37:02.720
 text is

00:37:02.720 --> 00:37:03.019
 saying

00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:03.400
 is that

00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:03.820
 the very

00:37:03.820 --> 00:37:04.100
 very

00:37:04.100 --> 00:37:04.640
 same

00:37:04.640 --> 00:37:05.240
 God

00:37:05.240 --> 00:37:06.580
 who's

00:37:06.580 --> 00:37:06.900
 there

00:37:06.900 --> 00:37:07.680
 and creates

00:37:07.680 --> 00:37:08.640
 all things

00:37:08.640 --> 00:37:09.720
 and begins

00:37:09.720 --> 00:37:10.300
 in Genesis

00:37:10.300 --> 00:37:10.860
 the Genesis

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:11.600
 account of

00:37:11.600 --> 00:37:12.100
 the creation

00:37:12.100 --> 00:37:12.680
 story

00:37:12.680 --> 00:37:14.120
 God

00:37:14.120 --> 00:37:14.920
 says let

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:15.220
 there be

00:37:15.220 --> 00:37:15.540
 light

00:37:15.540 --> 00:37:16.240
 and then

00:37:16.240 --> 00:37:16.480
 there's

00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:16.720
 light

00:37:16.719 --> 00:37:17.319
 he separates

00:37:17.319 --> 00:37:17.699
 the light

00:37:17.699 --> 00:37:18.019
 from the

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:18.399
 darkness

00:37:18.399 --> 00:37:19.079
 and the

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:19.359
 very

00:37:19.359 --> 00:37:19.859
 same

00:37:19.859 --> 00:37:20.319
 God

00:37:20.319 --> 00:37:21.319
 who

00:37:21.319 --> 00:37:21.699
 creates

00:37:21.699 --> 00:37:21.959
 all

00:37:21.959 --> 00:37:22.480
 things

00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:23.719
 is the

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:24.079
 same

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:24.719
 God

00:37:24.719 --> 00:37:25.959
 who

00:37:25.959 --> 00:37:26.359
 shines

00:37:26.359 --> 00:37:26.699
 in our

00:37:26.699 --> 00:37:27.179
 hearts

00:37:27.179 --> 00:37:28.239
 to bring

00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:28.579
 us to

00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:28.919
 Jesus

00:37:28.919 --> 00:37:29.539
 it's not

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:29.779
 two

00:37:29.779 --> 00:37:30.139
 gods

00:37:30.139 --> 00:37:31.719
 here's the

00:37:31.719 --> 00:37:31.859
 thing

00:37:31.859 --> 00:37:32.199
 I've shared

00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:32.559
 this with

00:37:32.559 --> 00:37:33.000
 you before

00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:33.959
 the University

00:37:33.959 --> 00:37:34.500
 of Ottawa

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:35.579
 the Globe

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:35.980
 and Mail

00:37:35.980 --> 00:37:36.779
 the National

00:37:36.779 --> 00:37:37.259
 Post

00:37:37.259 --> 00:37:38.339
 the CBC

00:37:38.339 --> 00:37:39.619
 and Hollywood

00:37:39.619 --> 00:37:40.619
 they're all

00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:41.339
 committed to

00:37:41.339 --> 00:37:41.919
 something which

00:37:41.919 --> 00:37:42.619
 is completely

00:37:42.619 --> 00:37:43.199
 and utterly

00:37:43.199 --> 00:37:44.239
 incoherent

00:37:44.239 --> 00:37:45.619
 they're committed

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:46.039
 to the

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.779
 the idea

00:37:46.779 --> 00:37:47.940
 that everything

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:48.820
 that exists

00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:50.219
 exists because

00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:51.579
 of pure

00:37:51.579 --> 00:37:52.300
 chance

00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:54.159
 and then the

00:37:54.159 --> 00:37:54.900
 survival of the

00:37:54.900 --> 00:37:55.440
 fittest

00:37:55.440 --> 00:37:56.900
 therefore love

00:37:56.900 --> 00:37:57.400
 each other

00:37:57.400 --> 00:38:01.199
 that's

00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:02.019
 incoherent

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:04.099
 everything that

00:38:04.099 --> 00:38:05.059
 exists is a

00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:05.500
 result of

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:06.400
 blind chance

00:38:06.400 --> 00:38:08.719
 the survival

00:38:08.719 --> 00:38:09.579
 of the fittest

00:38:09.579 --> 00:38:11.159
 therefore we

00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:11.920
 have to have

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:14.239
 human rights

00:38:14.239 --> 00:38:15.599
 and care for

00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:16.019
 each other

00:38:16.019 --> 00:38:17.320
 it's incoherent

00:38:17.320 --> 00:38:20.920
 in our

00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:21.519
 culture

00:38:21.519 --> 00:38:23.179
 the way

00:38:23.179 --> 00:38:23.780
 things come

00:38:23.780 --> 00:38:24.420
 to exist

00:38:24.420 --> 00:38:25.259
 is through

00:38:25.259 --> 00:38:26.019
 evolution

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:26.860
 specifically

00:38:26.860 --> 00:38:27.599
 understood in

00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:28.039
 such a way

00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:28.599
 to exclude

00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:29.039
 God

00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:30.579
 and the

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:30.920
 way we

00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:31.259
 are to

00:38:31.259 --> 00:38:31.599
 live our

00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:32.039
 lives

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:32.539
 is to

00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:33.059
 not hurt

00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:33.519
 people

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:35.880
 and when

00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:36.539
 we die

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:37.519
 we go to

00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:37.820
 a better

00:38:37.820 --> 00:38:38.320
 place

00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:40.219
 and all

00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:40.639
 three of

00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:41.079
 those things

00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:41.800
 are completely

00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:42.320
 and utterly

00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:43.280
 incoherent to

00:38:43.280 --> 00:38:43.579
 the other

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:43.840
 one

00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:45.340
 and the

00:38:45.340 --> 00:38:45.900
 only reason

00:38:45.900 --> 00:38:46.360
 that nobody

00:38:46.360 --> 00:38:47.079
 sees it

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:48.240
 is because

00:38:48.240 --> 00:38:49.059
 everybody says

00:38:49.059 --> 00:38:49.240
 it

00:38:49.240 --> 00:38:49.960
 it's the story

00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:50.539
 of the emperor

00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:50.920
 in the new

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:51.380
 clothes

00:38:51.380 --> 00:38:55.140
 so there's

00:38:55.140 --> 00:38:55.600
 this deep

00:38:55.600 --> 00:38:56.900
 incoherence

00:38:56.900 --> 00:38:58.400
 at the center

00:38:58.400 --> 00:38:59.500
 of the modern

00:38:59.500 --> 00:39:00.200
 project

00:39:00.200 --> 00:39:01.599
 and the

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:02.380
 bible here

00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:03.059
 has this

00:39:03.059 --> 00:39:03.639
 deep and

00:39:03.639 --> 00:39:04.160
 powerful

00:39:04.160 --> 00:39:05.059
 coherence

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:06.200
 the very

00:39:06.200 --> 00:39:07.260
 same God

00:39:07.260 --> 00:39:08.079
 who on the

00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:08.599
 first day

00:39:08.599 --> 00:39:09.320
 of creation

00:39:09.320 --> 00:39:10.599
 said let

00:39:10.599 --> 00:39:10.940
 there be

00:39:10.940 --> 00:39:11.320
 light

00:39:11.320 --> 00:39:12.800
 is the

00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:13.639
 same God

00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:14.500
 who sends

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.119
 his son

00:39:15.119 --> 00:39:15.680
 to die

00:39:15.680 --> 00:39:16.280
 upon the

00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:16.780
 cross

00:39:16.780 --> 00:39:17.880
 who is

00:39:17.880 --> 00:39:18.340
 the God

00:39:18.340 --> 00:39:19.000
 of perfect

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:19.519
 justice

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:20.260
 and perfect

00:39:20.260 --> 00:39:20.740
 mercy

00:39:20.740 --> 00:39:22.599
 without violating

00:39:22.599 --> 00:39:23.500
 his justice

00:39:23.500 --> 00:39:24.820
 by being

00:39:24.820 --> 00:39:25.420
 perfectly

00:39:25.420 --> 00:39:25.840
 just

00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:26.420
 he shows

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:26.940
 an even

00:39:26.940 --> 00:39:27.360
 greater

00:39:27.360 --> 00:39:27.960
 mercy

00:39:27.960 --> 00:39:28.960
 so that

00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:29.280
 God

00:39:29.280 --> 00:39:29.639
 does

00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:29.840
 what

00:39:29.840 --> 00:39:30.119
 human

00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:30.480
 beings

00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:30.960
 cannot

00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:31.440
 do

00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:32.000
 to

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:32.280
 make

00:39:32.280 --> 00:39:32.679
 human

00:39:32.679 --> 00:39:33.079
 beings

00:39:33.079 --> 00:39:33.380
 right

00:39:33.380 --> 00:39:33.599
 with

00:39:33.599 --> 00:39:34.079
 himself

00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:34.820
 in the

00:39:34.820 --> 00:39:35.179
 person

00:39:35.179 --> 00:39:35.480
 of his

00:39:35.480 --> 00:39:35.719
 son

00:39:35.719 --> 00:39:36.000
 and his

00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:36.199
 death

00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:36.420
 upon

00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:36.599
 the

00:39:36.599 --> 00:39:37.019
 cross

00:39:37.019 --> 00:39:38.039
 and the

00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:38.360
 same

00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:38.739
 God

00:39:38.739 --> 00:39:38.960
 who

00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:39.679
 creates

00:39:39.679 --> 00:39:40.619
 is the

00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:40.840
 one

00:39:40.840 --> 00:39:41.079
 who

00:39:41.079 --> 00:39:41.420
 sends

00:39:41.420 --> 00:39:41.659
 his

00:39:41.659 --> 00:39:41.980
 son

00:39:41.980 --> 00:39:43.079
 is the

00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:43.320
 one

00:39:43.320 --> 00:39:43.519
 who

00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:43.980
 shines

00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:44.380
 in our

00:39:44.380 --> 00:39:44.920
 hearts

00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:45.980
 and is

00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:46.159
 the

00:39:46.159 --> 00:39:46.440
 one

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:46.639
 who

00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:46.780
 will

00:39:46.780 --> 00:39:47.000
 make

00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:47.199
 the

00:39:47.199 --> 00:39:47.380
 new

00:39:47.380 --> 00:39:47.760
 heaven

00:39:47.760 --> 00:39:48.099
 and

00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:48.219
 the

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:48.400
 new

00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:48.760
 earth

00:39:48.760 --> 00:39:50.019
 it's

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:50.239
 a

00:39:50.239 --> 00:39:50.579
 deeply

00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:51.380
 coherent

00:39:51.380 --> 00:39:52.440
 understanding

00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:53.900
 of what

00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:54.280
 God

00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:54.820
 is doing

00:39:54.820 --> 00:39:55.240
 in the

00:39:55.240 --> 00:39:55.539
 person

00:39:55.539 --> 00:39:55.860
 of his

00:39:55.860 --> 00:39:56.099
 son

00:39:56.099 --> 00:39:56.940
 it's

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:57.099
 one

00:39:57.099 --> 00:39:57.300
 of the

00:39:57.300 --> 00:39:57.639
 reasons

00:39:57.639 --> 00:39:57.980
 why

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.220
 at

00:39:58.220 --> 00:39:58.840
 truest

00:39:58.840 --> 00:39:59.119
 and

00:39:59.119 --> 00:39:59.500
 deepest

00:39:59.500 --> 00:40:00.019
 level

00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:00.539
 as we

00:40:00.539 --> 00:40:00.780
 draw

00:40:00.780 --> 00:40:01.039
 near

00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:01.260
 to

00:40:01.260 --> 00:40:01.579
 God

00:40:01.579 --> 00:40:01.780
 it

00:40:01.780 --> 00:40:02.019
 will

00:40:02.019 --> 00:40:02.340
 not

00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:02.760
 hurt

00:40:02.760 --> 00:40:03.280
 us

00:40:03.280 --> 00:40:03.980
 but

00:40:03.980 --> 00:40:04.440
 free

00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:05.000
 us

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:06.500
 because

00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:07.280
 God

00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:07.740
 is the

00:40:07.740 --> 00:40:08.039
 creator

00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:08.579
 of all

00:40:08.579 --> 00:40:09.200
 things

00:40:09.200 --> 00:40:10.139
 and

00:40:10.139 --> 00:40:10.559
 his

00:40:10.559 --> 00:40:11.280
 design

00:40:11.280 --> 00:40:11.500
 and

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:12.000
 intent

00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:12.340
 was

00:40:12.340 --> 00:40:12.480
 that

00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:12.679
 we

00:40:12.679 --> 00:40:12.880
 would

00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:13.179
 fit

00:40:13.179 --> 00:40:13.340
 in

00:40:13.340 --> 00:40:13.539
 his

00:40:13.539 --> 00:40:14.099
 created

00:40:14.099 --> 00:40:14.559
 order

00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:14.940
 knowing

00:40:14.940 --> 00:40:15.139
 that

00:40:15.139 --> 00:40:15.260
 we

00:40:15.260 --> 00:40:15.400
 are

00:40:15.400 --> 00:40:16.079
 creatures

00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:17.740
 reconciled

00:40:17.740 --> 00:40:17.980
 and at

00:40:17.980 --> 00:40:18.159
 one

00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:18.519
 with our

00:40:18.519 --> 00:40:18.980
 creator

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:20.099
 that we

00:40:20.099 --> 00:40:20.460
 would live

00:40:20.460 --> 00:40:20.679
 in a

00:40:20.679 --> 00:40:20.920
 way

00:40:20.920 --> 00:40:21.340
 that the

00:40:21.340 --> 00:40:21.760
 creation

00:40:21.760 --> 00:40:21.980
 we

00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:22.780
 experience

00:40:22.780 --> 00:40:23.019
 the

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:23.340
 created

00:40:23.340 --> 00:40:23.780
 world

00:40:23.780 --> 00:40:24.119
 as a

00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:24.500
 blessing

00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:25.900
 and so

00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:26.179
 as we

00:40:26.179 --> 00:40:26.360
 get

00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:26.780
 closer

00:40:26.780 --> 00:40:26.980
 to

00:40:26.980 --> 00:40:27.340
 God

00:40:27.340 --> 00:40:27.599
 and

00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:28.059
 healed

00:40:28.059 --> 00:40:29.760
 it's

00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:30.000
 only

00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:30.300
 better

00:40:30.300 --> 00:40:30.920
 for us

00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:31.300
 not

00:40:31.300 --> 00:40:31.760
 worse

00:40:31.760 --> 00:40:32.840
 goodness

00:40:32.840 --> 00:40:33.340
 is good

00:40:33.340 --> 00:40:34.200
 for us

00:40:34.200 --> 00:40:38.179
 goodness

00:40:38.179 --> 00:40:38.720
 is good

00:40:38.720 --> 00:40:39.320
 for us

00:40:39.320 --> 00:40:41.260
 just

00:40:41.260 --> 00:40:41.280
 just

00:40:41.280 --> 00:40:41.300
 just

00:40:41.300 --> 00:40:41.320
 just

00:40:41.320 --> 00:40:41.780
 one

00:40:41.780 --> 00:40:42.160
 final

00:40:42.160 --> 00:40:42.500
 thing

00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:44.680
 for

00:40:44.680 --> 00:40:44.980
 those

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:45.460
 who

00:40:45.460 --> 00:40:45.600
 are

00:40:45.600 --> 00:40:45.900
 here

00:40:45.900 --> 00:40:46.280
 who

00:40:46.280 --> 00:40:46.880
 have

00:40:46.880 --> 00:40:47.100
 not

00:40:47.100 --> 00:40:47.300
 yet

00:40:47.300 --> 00:40:47.519
 given

00:40:47.519 --> 00:40:47.720
 their

00:40:47.720 --> 00:40:48.019
 lives

00:40:48.019 --> 00:40:48.220
 to

00:40:48.220 --> 00:40:48.680
 Jesus

00:40:48.680 --> 00:40:50.019
 actually

00:40:50.019 --> 00:40:50.220
 just

00:40:50.220 --> 00:40:50.340
 say

00:40:50.340 --> 00:40:50.539
 this

00:40:50.539 --> 00:40:50.840
 text

00:40:50.840 --> 00:40:51.180
 one

00:40:51.180 --> 00:40:51.340
 more

00:40:51.340 --> 00:40:51.580
 time

00:40:51.580 --> 00:40:51.700
 and

00:40:51.700 --> 00:40:51.800
 then

00:40:51.800 --> 00:40:51.920
 I'll

00:40:51.920 --> 00:40:52.059
 just

00:40:52.059 --> 00:40:52.200
 say

00:40:52.200 --> 00:40:52.380
 this

00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:52.660
 final

00:40:52.660 --> 00:40:52.860
 thing

00:40:52.860 --> 00:40:53.080
 let's

00:40:53.080 --> 00:40:53.300
 say it

00:40:53.300 --> 00:40:53.640
 together

00:40:53.639 --> 00:40:54.339
 for

00:40:54.339 --> 00:40:54.839
 God

00:40:54.839 --> 00:40:55.119
 who

00:40:55.119 --> 00:40:55.599
 said

00:40:55.599 --> 00:40:56.239
 let

00:40:56.239 --> 00:40:56.619
 light

00:40:56.619 --> 00:40:57.059
 shine

00:40:57.059 --> 00:40:57.359
 out

00:40:57.359 --> 00:40:57.500
 of

00:40:57.500 --> 00:40:58.019
 darkness

00:40:58.019 --> 00:40:58.739
 has

00:40:58.739 --> 00:40:59.199
 shown

00:40:59.199 --> 00:40:59.500
 in

00:40:59.500 --> 00:40:59.719
 our

00:40:59.719 --> 00:41:00.219
 hearts

00:41:00.219 --> 00:41:00.559
 to

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:00.819
 give

00:41:00.819 --> 00:41:01.079
 the

00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:01.480
 light

00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:01.719
 of

00:41:01.719 --> 00:41:01.879
 the

00:41:01.879 --> 00:41:02.359
 knowledge

00:41:02.359 --> 00:41:02.539
 of

00:41:02.539 --> 00:41:02.679
 the

00:41:02.679 --> 00:41:03.099
 glory

00:41:03.099 --> 00:41:03.339
 of

00:41:03.339 --> 00:41:03.779
 God

00:41:03.779 --> 00:41:03.980
 in

00:41:03.980 --> 00:41:04.119
 the

00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:04.579
 face

00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:04.859
 of

00:41:04.859 --> 00:41:05.179
 Jesus

00:41:05.179 --> 00:41:05.719
 Christ

00:41:05.719 --> 00:41:06.399
 the

00:41:06.399 --> 00:41:06.539
 word

00:41:06.539 --> 00:41:06.699
 the

00:41:06.699 --> 00:41:07.000
 face

00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:07.159
 of

00:41:07.159 --> 00:41:07.399
 Jesus

00:41:07.399 --> 00:41:07.739
 Christ

00:41:07.739 --> 00:41:07.899
 is

00:41:07.899 --> 00:41:08.119
 very

00:41:08.119 --> 00:41:08.439
 important

00:41:08.439 --> 00:41:08.759
 reminds

00:41:08.759 --> 00:41:08.919
 us

00:41:08.919 --> 00:41:09.039
 that

00:41:09.039 --> 00:41:09.159
 it's

00:41:09.159 --> 00:41:09.319
 always

00:41:09.319 --> 00:41:09.519
 a

00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:09.919
 personal

00:41:09.919 --> 00:41:10.219
 thing

00:41:10.219 --> 00:41:10.399
 that

00:41:10.399 --> 00:41:11.119
 he's

00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:11.279
 there

00:41:11.279 --> 00:41:11.899
 personally

00:41:11.899 --> 00:41:12.259
 it's

00:41:12.259 --> 00:41:13.059
 Jesus

00:41:13.059 --> 00:41:13.699
 looking

00:41:13.699 --> 00:41:14.079
 at

00:41:14.079 --> 00:41:14.359
 us

00:41:14.359 --> 00:41:14.939
 and

00:41:14.939 --> 00:41:15.359
 some

00:41:15.359 --> 00:41:15.500
 of

00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:15.659
 us

00:41:15.659 --> 00:41:15.859
 might

00:41:15.859 --> 00:41:16.079
 say

00:41:16.079 --> 00:41:16.559
 you know

00:41:16.559 --> 00:41:17.659
 God

00:41:17.659 --> 00:41:18.000
 couldn't

00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:18.259
 care

00:41:18.259 --> 00:41:18.519
 about

00:41:18.519 --> 00:41:18.839
 me

00:41:18.839 --> 00:41:20.019
 that

00:41:20.019 --> 00:41:20.419
 might

00:41:20.419 --> 00:41:20.599
 be

00:41:20.599 --> 00:41:20.859
 very

00:41:20.859 --> 00:41:21.059
 very

00:41:21.059 --> 00:41:21.299
 true

00:41:21.299 --> 00:41:21.480
 for

00:41:21.480 --> 00:41:21.619
 all

00:41:21.619 --> 00:41:21.739
 of

00:41:21.739 --> 00:41:21.879
 these

00:41:21.879 --> 00:41:22.059
 other

00:41:22.059 --> 00:41:22.279
 people

00:41:22.279 --> 00:41:22.399
 you

00:41:22.399 --> 00:41:22.539
 might

00:41:22.539 --> 00:41:22.699
 even

00:41:22.699 --> 00:41:22.899
 feel

00:41:22.899 --> 00:41:23.019
 a

00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:23.319
 little

00:41:23.319 --> 00:41:23.459
 bit

00:41:23.459 --> 00:41:23.539
 of

00:41:23.539 --> 00:41:23.639
 a

00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:23.799
 type

00:41:23.799 --> 00:41:23.959
 of

00:41:23.959 --> 00:41:24.419
 pressure

00:41:24.419 --> 00:41:25.279
 coming

00:41:25.279 --> 00:41:25.539
 within

00:41:25.539 --> 00:41:25.819
 your

00:41:25.819 --> 00:41:26.079
 soul

00:41:26.079 --> 00:41:26.239
 I

00:41:26.239 --> 00:41:26.599
 remember

00:41:26.599 --> 00:41:27.339
 when

00:41:27.339 --> 00:41:27.480
 I

00:41:27.480 --> 00:41:27.779
 became

00:41:27.780 --> 00:41:27.960
 a

00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:28.260
 Christian

00:41:28.260 --> 00:41:28.519
 for

00:41:28.519 --> 00:41:28.960
 six

00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:29.320
 months

00:41:29.320 --> 00:41:29.519
 for

00:41:29.519 --> 00:41:29.900
 nine

00:41:29.900 --> 00:41:30.260
 months

00:41:30.260 --> 00:41:30.680
 prior

00:41:30.680 --> 00:41:30.880
 to

00:41:30.880 --> 00:41:31.000
 me

00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:31.360
 becoming

00:41:31.360 --> 00:41:31.560
 a

00:41:31.560 --> 00:41:31.800
 Christian

00:41:31.800 --> 00:41:32.040
 every

00:41:32.040 --> 00:41:32.300
 time

00:41:32.300 --> 00:41:32.440
 I

00:41:32.440 --> 00:41:32.580
 would

00:41:32.580 --> 00:41:32.840
 come

00:41:32.840 --> 00:41:33.000
 to

00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:33.120
 a

00:41:33.120 --> 00:41:33.320
 type

00:41:33.320 --> 00:41:33.480
 of

00:41:33.480 --> 00:41:33.720
 church

00:41:33.720 --> 00:41:34.100
 service

00:41:34.100 --> 00:41:34.280
 where

00:41:34.280 --> 00:41:34.400
 it

00:41:34.400 --> 00:41:34.620
 talked

00:41:34.620 --> 00:41:34.780
 about

00:41:34.780 --> 00:41:34.900
 a

00:41:34.900 --> 00:41:35.019
 thing

00:41:35.019 --> 00:41:35.240
 like

00:41:35.240 --> 00:41:35.519
 this

00:41:35.519 --> 00:41:36.040
 I

00:41:36.040 --> 00:41:36.180
 would

00:41:36.180 --> 00:41:36.360
 feel

00:41:36.360 --> 00:41:36.580
 this

00:41:36.580 --> 00:41:37.120
 pressure

00:41:37.120 --> 00:41:37.360
 to

00:41:37.360 --> 00:41:37.560
 say

00:41:37.560 --> 00:41:37.980
 yes

00:41:37.980 --> 00:41:41.360
 as if

00:41:41.360 --> 00:41:41.600
 God

00:41:41.600 --> 00:41:41.760
 was

00:41:41.760 --> 00:41:42.240
 pushing

00:41:42.240 --> 00:41:42.440
 me

00:41:42.440 --> 00:41:42.580
 and

00:41:42.580 --> 00:41:42.880
 nudging

00:41:42.880 --> 00:41:43.040
 me

00:41:43.040 --> 00:41:43.160
 or

00:41:43.160 --> 00:41:43.540
 calling

00:41:43.540 --> 00:41:43.740
 me

00:41:43.740 --> 00:41:43.840
 and

00:41:43.840 --> 00:41:43.940
 I

00:41:43.940 --> 00:41:44.060
 would

00:41:44.060 --> 00:41:44.940
 shut

00:41:44.940 --> 00:41:45.120
 it

00:41:45.120 --> 00:41:45.360
 down

00:41:45.360 --> 00:41:46.340
 this

00:41:46.340 --> 00:41:46.740
 can't

00:41:46.740 --> 00:41:46.880
 be

00:41:46.880 --> 00:41:47.080
 for

00:41:47.080 --> 00:41:47.220
 me

00:41:47.220 --> 00:41:47.920
 if I

00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:48.040
 get

00:41:48.040 --> 00:41:48.240
 too

00:41:48.240 --> 00:41:48.480
 close

00:41:48.480 --> 00:41:48.600
 to

00:41:48.600 --> 00:41:48.800
 God

00:41:48.800 --> 00:41:48.880
 I

00:41:48.880 --> 00:41:50.920
 don't

00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:51.080
 want

00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:51.179
 to

00:41:51.179 --> 00:41:51.299
 do

00:41:51.299 --> 00:41:51.400
 it

00:41:51.400 --> 00:41:51.460
 and

00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:51.539
 I

00:41:51.539 --> 00:41:51.619
 would

00:41:51.619 --> 00:41:51.799
 shut

00:41:51.799 --> 00:41:51.920
 it

00:41:51.920 --> 00:41:52.059
 down

00:41:52.059 --> 00:41:52.159
 I

00:41:52.159 --> 00:41:52.239
 would

00:41:52.239 --> 00:41:52.360
 feel

00:41:52.360 --> 00:41:52.539
 this

00:41:52.539 --> 00:41:52.779
 pressure

00:41:52.779 --> 00:41:52.900
 I

00:41:52.900 --> 00:41:53.059
 want

00:41:53.059 --> 00:41:53.179
 to

00:41:53.179 --> 00:41:53.460
 say

00:41:53.460 --> 00:41:53.639
 to

00:41:53.639 --> 00:41:53.739
 you

00:41:53.739 --> 00:41:53.880
 if

00:41:53.880 --> 00:41:54.079
 you're

00:41:54.079 --> 00:41:54.340
 here

00:41:54.340 --> 00:41:54.559
 like

00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:54.799
 this

00:41:54.799 --> 00:41:54.900
 and

00:41:54.900 --> 00:41:55.099
 that's

00:41:55.099 --> 00:41:55.199
 been

00:41:55.199 --> 00:41:55.420
 what's

00:41:55.420 --> 00:41:55.579
 going

00:41:55.579 --> 00:41:55.799
 on

00:41:55.799 --> 00:41:56.019
 with

00:41:56.019 --> 00:41:56.179
 you

00:41:56.179 --> 00:41:56.759
 to

00:41:56.759 --> 00:41:57.480
 not

00:41:57.480 --> 00:41:57.840
 say

00:41:57.840 --> 00:41:58.239
 no

00:41:58.239 --> 00:41:59.639
 it's

00:41:59.639 --> 00:41:59.960
 not

00:41:59.960 --> 00:42:00.159
 that

00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:00.380
 this

00:42:00.380 --> 00:42:00.500
 is

00:42:00.500 --> 00:42:00.719
 just

00:42:00.719 --> 00:42:00.920
 for

00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:01.139
 some

00:42:01.139 --> 00:42:01.340
 other

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:01.799
 people

00:42:01.799 --> 00:42:03.659
 it's

00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:03.840
 for

00:42:03.840 --> 00:42:04.119
 you

00:42:04.119 --> 00:42:05.019
 quite

00:42:05.019 --> 00:42:05.159
 a

00:42:05.159 --> 00:42:05.279
 few

00:42:05.279 --> 00:42:05.480
 years

00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:05.659
 ago

00:42:05.659 --> 00:42:05.840
 my

00:42:05.840 --> 00:42:06.079
 wife

00:42:06.079 --> 00:42:06.199
 and

00:42:06.199 --> 00:42:06.299
 I

00:42:06.299 --> 00:42:06.500
 were

00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:06.659
 in

00:42:06.659 --> 00:42:07.219
 Halifax

00:42:07.219 --> 00:42:07.400
 on

00:42:07.400 --> 00:42:07.519
 a

00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:07.920
 weekend

00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:08.299
 for

00:42:08.299 --> 00:42:08.440
 a

00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:08.719
 holiday

00:42:08.719 --> 00:42:09.039
 some

00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:09.179
 of

00:42:09.179 --> 00:42:09.239
 you

00:42:09.239 --> 00:42:09.339
 have

00:42:09.339 --> 00:42:09.479
 heard

00:42:09.479 --> 00:42:09.679
 this

00:42:09.679 --> 00:42:09.899
 story

00:42:09.899 --> 00:42:10.299
 before

00:42:10.299 --> 00:42:10.899
 we

00:42:10.899 --> 00:42:11.079
 went

00:42:11.079 --> 00:42:11.239
 to

00:42:11.239 --> 00:42:11.559
 church

00:42:11.559 --> 00:42:11.799
 that

00:42:11.799 --> 00:42:12.099
 morning

00:42:12.099 --> 00:42:12.239
 we

00:42:12.239 --> 00:42:12.439
 met

00:42:12.439 --> 00:42:12.699
 this

00:42:12.699 --> 00:42:13.099
 fellow

00:42:13.099 --> 00:42:13.439
 who

00:42:13.439 --> 00:42:13.839
 befriended

00:42:13.839 --> 00:42:14.059
 us

00:42:14.059 --> 00:42:14.199
 at

00:42:14.199 --> 00:42:14.519
 coffee

00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:14.659
 we

00:42:14.659 --> 00:42:14.759
 had

00:42:14.759 --> 00:42:14.879
 a

00:42:14.879 --> 00:42:15.079
 brief

00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:15.359
 chat

00:42:15.359 --> 00:42:15.559
 with

00:42:15.559 --> 00:42:15.699
 him

00:42:15.699 --> 00:42:16.239
 later

00:42:16.239 --> 00:42:16.419
 on

00:42:16.419 --> 00:42:16.539
 the

00:42:16.539 --> 00:42:16.939
 afternoon

00:42:16.939 --> 00:42:17.159
 we're

00:42:17.159 --> 00:42:17.479
 walking

00:42:17.479 --> 00:42:17.759
 down

00:42:17.759 --> 00:42:17.899
 by

00:42:17.899 --> 00:42:18.059
 the

00:42:18.059 --> 00:42:18.359
 dock

00:42:18.359 --> 00:42:18.539
 and

00:42:18.539 --> 00:42:18.659
 one

00:42:18.659 --> 00:42:18.739
 of

00:42:18.739 --> 00:42:18.899
 these

00:42:18.899 --> 00:42:19.339
 beautiful

00:42:19.339 --> 00:42:19.759
 tall

00:42:19.759 --> 00:42:20.159
 ships

00:42:20.159 --> 00:42:20.359
 is

00:42:20.359 --> 00:42:20.459
 in

00:42:20.459 --> 00:42:20.579
 the

00:42:20.579 --> 00:42:20.819
 dock

00:42:20.819 --> 00:42:21.339
 everybody's

00:42:21.339 --> 00:42:21.579
 looking

00:42:21.579 --> 00:42:21.699
 at

00:42:21.699 --> 00:42:21.859
 this

00:42:21.859 --> 00:42:22.279
 beautiful

00:42:22.279 --> 00:42:22.739
 gorgeous

00:42:22.739 --> 00:42:23.099
 tall

00:42:23.099 --> 00:42:23.399
 ship

00:42:23.399 --> 00:42:24.139
 and

00:42:24.139 --> 00:42:24.519
 Louise

00:42:24.519 --> 00:42:24.759
 and I

00:42:24.759 --> 00:42:24.839
 are

00:42:24.839 --> 00:42:25.039
 there

00:42:25.039 --> 00:42:25.239
 and

00:42:25.239 --> 00:42:25.519
 we

00:42:25.519 --> 00:42:25.859
 watch

00:42:25.859 --> 00:42:26.000
 as

00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:26.139
 the

00:42:26.139 --> 00:42:26.379
 ship

00:42:26.379 --> 00:42:26.779
 docks

00:42:26.779 --> 00:42:26.879
 and

00:42:26.879 --> 00:42:27.000
 there's

00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:27.099
 a

00:42:27.099 --> 00:42:27.239
 big

00:42:27.239 --> 00:42:27.619
 crowd

00:42:27.619 --> 00:42:27.880
 all

00:42:27.880 --> 00:42:28.219
 looking

00:42:28.219 --> 00:42:28.400
 and

00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:28.960
 ahhh

00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:29.159
 at

00:42:29.159 --> 00:42:29.299
 this

00:42:29.299 --> 00:42:29.619
 beautiful

00:42:29.619 --> 00:42:29.960
 tall

00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:30.259
 ship

00:42:30.259 --> 00:42:31.000
 and

00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:31.199
 out

00:42:31.199 --> 00:42:31.279
 of

00:42:31.279 --> 00:42:31.380
 the

00:42:31.380 --> 00:42:32.079
 crowd

00:42:32.079 --> 00:42:32.380
 there's

00:42:32.380 --> 00:42:32.539
 these

00:42:32.539 --> 00:42:32.880
 people

00:42:32.880 --> 00:42:33.119
 they

00:42:33.119 --> 00:42:33.559
 all

00:42:33.559 --> 00:42:33.799
 have

00:42:33.799 --> 00:42:34.039
 these

00:42:34.039 --> 00:42:34.420
 hugs

00:42:34.420 --> 00:42:34.579
 and

00:42:34.579 --> 00:42:34.799
 everything

00:42:34.799 --> 00:42:35.039
 like

00:42:35.039 --> 00:42:35.199
 that

00:42:35.199 --> 00:42:35.279
 and

00:42:35.279 --> 00:42:35.360
 they

00:42:35.360 --> 00:42:35.480
 go

00:42:35.480 --> 00:42:35.619
 on

00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:35.759
 the

00:42:35.759 --> 00:42:36.019
 ship

00:42:36.019 --> 00:42:37.059
 and

00:42:37.059 --> 00:42:38.360
 I'm

00:42:38.360 --> 00:42:38.500
 not

00:42:38.500 --> 00:42:38.759
 making

00:42:38.759 --> 00:42:38.940
 this

00:42:38.940 --> 00:42:39.079
 up

00:42:39.079 --> 00:42:40.159
 and

00:42:40.159 --> 00:42:40.980
 one

00:42:40.980 --> 00:42:41.119
 of

00:42:41.119 --> 00:42:41.239
 the

00:42:41.239 --> 00:42:41.559
 people

00:42:41.559 --> 00:42:41.759
 who

00:42:41.759 --> 00:42:41.920
 gets

00:42:41.920 --> 00:42:42.099
 the

00:42:42.099 --> 00:42:42.319
 hugs

00:42:42.319 --> 00:42:42.480
 and

00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:42.679
 goes

00:42:42.679 --> 00:42:42.839
 on

00:42:42.839 --> 00:42:42.980
 the

00:42:42.980 --> 00:42:43.239
 ships

00:42:43.239 --> 00:42:43.440
 is

00:42:43.440 --> 00:42:43.559
 the

00:42:43.559 --> 00:42:43.779
 guy

00:42:43.779 --> 00:42:43.960
 who

00:42:43.960 --> 00:42:44.380
 befriends

00:42:44.380 --> 00:42:44.619
 us

00:42:44.619 --> 00:42:44.779
 at

00:42:44.779 --> 00:42:45.119
 coffee

00:42:45.119 --> 00:42:45.420
 time

00:42:45.420 --> 00:42:45.619
 that

00:42:45.619 --> 00:42:45.920
 morning

00:42:45.920 --> 00:42:47.380
 and

00:42:47.380 --> 00:42:47.500
 he

00:42:47.500 --> 00:42:48.000
 sees

00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:48.259
 in

00:42:48.259 --> 00:42:48.420
 the

00:42:48.420 --> 00:42:48.940
 crowd

00:42:48.940 --> 00:42:49.619
 Louise

00:42:49.619 --> 00:42:49.920
 and

00:42:49.920 --> 00:42:50.119
 me

00:42:50.119 --> 00:42:51.199
 and

00:42:51.199 --> 00:42:51.339
 he

00:42:51.339 --> 00:42:51.940
 beckons

00:42:51.940 --> 00:42:52.619
 for

00:42:52.619 --> 00:42:52.839
 us

00:42:52.839 --> 00:42:53.019
 to

00:42:53.019 --> 00:42:53.299
 come

00:42:53.299 --> 00:42:53.599
 and

00:42:53.599 --> 00:42:53.900
 walk

00:42:53.900 --> 00:42:54.079
 through

00:42:54.079 --> 00:42:54.219
 the

00:42:54.219 --> 00:42:54.539
 crowd

00:42:54.539 --> 00:42:55.019
 and

00:42:55.019 --> 00:42:55.179
 go

00:42:55.179 --> 00:42:55.279
 on

00:42:55.279 --> 00:42:55.380
 the

00:42:55.380 --> 00:42:55.579
 tall

00:42:55.579 --> 00:42:55.839
 ship

00:42:55.839 --> 00:42:58.079
 that's

00:42:58.079 --> 00:42:58.239
 what

00:42:58.239 --> 00:42:58.579
 Jesus

00:42:58.579 --> 00:42:58.859
 is

00:42:58.859 --> 00:42:59.079
 doing

00:42:59.079 --> 00:42:59.279
 for

00:42:59.279 --> 00:42:59.400
 you

00:42:59.400 --> 00:42:59.659
 this

00:42:59.659 --> 00:43:00.000
 morning

00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:01.679
 if

00:43:01.679 --> 00:43:01.920
 you're

00:43:01.920 --> 00:43:02.259
 feeling

00:43:02.259 --> 00:43:02.579
 this

00:43:02.579 --> 00:43:03.179
 pressure

00:43:03.179 --> 00:43:04.339
 to

00:43:04.339 --> 00:43:04.559
 lay

00:43:04.559 --> 00:43:04.839
 down

00:43:04.839 --> 00:43:05.059
 your

00:43:05.059 --> 00:43:05.619
 burdens

00:43:05.619 --> 00:43:06.500
 and

00:43:06.500 --> 00:43:06.639
 to

00:43:06.639 --> 00:43:06.799
 let

00:43:06.799 --> 00:43:07.000
 the

00:43:07.000 --> 00:43:07.259
 light

00:43:07.259 --> 00:43:07.380
 of

00:43:07.380 --> 00:43:07.500
 the

00:43:07.500 --> 00:43:07.779
 glory

00:43:07.779 --> 00:43:07.940
 of

00:43:07.940 --> 00:43:08.059
 the

00:43:08.059 --> 00:43:08.420
 gospel

00:43:08.420 --> 00:43:08.639
 of

00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:08.940
 Jesus

00:43:08.940 --> 00:43:09.339
 to

00:43:09.339 --> 00:43:09.639
 shine

00:43:09.639 --> 00:43:09.799
 in

00:43:09.799 --> 00:43:09.960
 your

00:43:09.960 --> 00:43:10.259
 heart

00:43:10.259 --> 00:43:11.460
 that's

00:43:11.460 --> 00:43:11.819
 Jesus

00:43:11.819 --> 00:43:12.299
 seeing

00:43:12.299 --> 00:43:12.440
 you

00:43:12.440 --> 00:43:12.639
 out

00:43:12.639 --> 00:43:12.719
 of

00:43:12.719 --> 00:43:12.839
 the

00:43:12.839 --> 00:43:13.259
 crowd

00:43:13.259 --> 00:43:15.199
 and

00:43:15.199 --> 00:43:15.400
 his

00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:15.759
 face

00:43:15.759 --> 00:43:15.940
 is

00:43:15.940 --> 00:43:16.440
 smiling

00:43:16.440 --> 00:43:16.759
 at

00:43:16.759 --> 00:43:16.880
 you

00:43:16.880 --> 00:43:17.119
 not

00:43:17.119 --> 00:43:17.780
 frowning

00:43:17.780 --> 00:43:18.559
 because

00:43:18.559 --> 00:43:18.680
 he

00:43:18.680 --> 00:43:19.140
 died

00:43:19.140 --> 00:43:19.420
 for

00:43:19.420 --> 00:43:19.660
 you

00:43:19.660 --> 00:43:20.460
 and

00:43:20.460 --> 00:43:20.720
 he's

00:43:20.720 --> 00:43:21.119
 beckoning

00:43:21.119 --> 00:43:21.500
 you

00:43:21.500 --> 00:43:22.340
 to

00:43:22.340 --> 00:43:22.780
 come

00:43:22.780 --> 00:43:24.160
 to

00:43:24.160 --> 00:43:24.539
 come

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 there's

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 no

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 better

00:43:27.420 --> 00:43:27.880
 time

00:43:27.880 --> 00:43:28.059
 than

00:43:28.059 --> 00:43:28.420
 today

00:43:28.420 --> 00:43:28.940
 to

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 say

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 Jesus

00:43:29.460 --> 00:43:29.760
 I

00:43:29.760 --> 00:43:30.119
 come

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 please

00:43:31.680 --> 00:43:32.300
 shine

00:43:32.300 --> 00:43:32.760
 the

00:43:32.760 --> 00:43:33.140
 light

00:43:33.140 --> 00:43:33.840
 in

00:43:33.840 --> 00:43:34.099
 my

00:43:34.099 --> 00:43:34.380
 heart

00:43:34.380 --> 00:43:34.619
 I

00:43:34.619 --> 00:43:34.860
 want

00:43:34.860 --> 00:43:34.960
 to

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 be

00:43:35.119 --> 00:43:35.559
 yours

00:43:35.559 --> 00:43:36.880
 I

00:43:36.880 --> 00:43:37.059
 don't

00:43:37.059 --> 00:43:37.220
 want

00:43:37.220 --> 00:43:37.300
 to

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 be

00:43:37.420 --> 00:43:37.579
 in

00:43:37.579 --> 00:43:37.900
 darkness

00:43:37.900 --> 00:43:38.140
 I

00:43:38.140 --> 00:43:38.400
 want

00:43:38.400 --> 00:43:38.500
 to

00:43:38.500 --> 00:43:38.640
 be

00:43:38.640 --> 00:43:39.079
 yours

00:43:39.079 --> 00:43:41.140
 thank

00:43:41.140 --> 00:43:41.360
 you

00:43:41.360 --> 00:43:41.660
 just

00:43:41.660 --> 00:43:42.019
 say

00:43:42.019 --> 00:43:42.519
 Jesus

00:43:42.519 --> 00:43:42.920
 I'm

00:43:42.920 --> 00:43:44.240
 thankful

00:43:44.240 --> 00:43:44.500
 that

00:43:44.500 --> 00:43:44.619
 you

00:43:44.619 --> 00:43:44.800
 want

00:43:44.800 --> 00:43:44.880
 to

00:43:44.880 --> 00:43:44.980
 be

00:43:44.980 --> 00:43:45.240
 my

00:43:45.240 --> 00:43:45.559
 savior

00:43:45.559 --> 00:43:45.840
 I

00:43:45.840 --> 00:43:46.140
 want

00:43:46.140 --> 00:43:46.260
 to

00:43:46.260 --> 00:43:46.400
 be

00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:46.840
 yours

00:43:46.840 --> 00:43:47.800
 use

00:43:47.800 --> 00:43:47.980
 your

00:43:47.980 --> 00:43:48.260
 own

00:43:48.260 --> 00:43:48.579
 words

00:43:48.579 --> 00:43:48.840
 there's

00:43:48.840 --> 00:43:49.039
 no

00:43:49.039 --> 00:43:49.200
 better

00:43:49.200 --> 00:43:49.539
 time

00:43:49.539 --> 00:43:49.700
 than

00:43:49.700 --> 00:43:49.980
 today

00:43:49.980 --> 00:43:50.539
 let's

00:43:50.539 --> 00:43:50.880
 stand

00:43:50.880 --> 00:44:03.280
 father

00:44:03.280 --> 00:44:03.539
 if

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 there's

00:44:03.880 --> 00:44:04.380
 any

00:44:04.380 --> 00:44:04.880
 here

00:44:04.880 --> 00:44:05.640
 and

00:44:05.640 --> 00:44:05.780
 they

00:44:05.780 --> 00:44:06.100
 felt

00:44:06.100 --> 00:44:06.360
 this

00:44:06.360 --> 00:44:06.960
 pressure

00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:08.280
 to

00:44:08.280 --> 00:44:09.039
 no

00:44:09.039 --> 00:44:09.420
 longer

00:44:09.420 --> 00:44:09.920
 fear

00:44:09.920 --> 00:44:10.240
 you

00:44:10.240 --> 00:44:10.500
 and

00:44:10.500 --> 00:44:10.680
 to

00:44:10.680 --> 00:44:11.200
 recognize

00:44:11.200 --> 00:44:11.440
 that

00:44:11.440 --> 00:44:11.579
 what

00:44:11.579 --> 00:44:11.800
 they've

00:44:11.800 --> 00:44:11.900
 been

00:44:11.900 --> 00:44:12.240
 afraid

00:44:12.240 --> 00:44:12.440
 of

00:44:12.440 --> 00:44:12.559
 is

00:44:12.559 --> 00:44:12.740
 the

00:44:12.740 --> 00:44:13.019
 devil

00:44:13.019 --> 00:44:13.380
 not

00:44:13.380 --> 00:44:13.740
 you

00:44:13.740 --> 00:44:15.260
 and

00:44:15.260 --> 00:44:15.420
 that

00:44:15.420 --> 00:44:15.660
 you

00:44:15.660 --> 00:44:16.100
 father

00:44:16.099 --> 00:44:16.299
 father

00:44:16.299 --> 00:44:16.759
 aren't

00:44:16.759 --> 00:44:16.880
 aren't

00:44:16.880 --> 00:44:17.360
 a

00:44:17.360 --> 00:44:17.799
 god

00:44:17.799 --> 00:44:19.339
 who

00:44:19.339 --> 00:44:19.599
 takes

00:44:19.599 --> 00:44:19.900
 delight

00:44:19.900 --> 00:44:20.019
 in

00:44:20.019 --> 00:44:20.119
 the

00:44:20.119 --> 00:44:20.339
 death

00:44:20.339 --> 00:44:20.480
 of

00:44:20.480 --> 00:44:20.639
 a

00:44:20.639 --> 00:44:20.860
 sinner

00:44:20.860 --> 00:44:21.860
 your

00:44:21.860 --> 00:44:22.179
 delight

00:44:22.179 --> 00:44:22.319
 is

00:44:22.319 --> 00:44:22.420
 that

00:44:22.420 --> 00:44:22.559
 we

00:44:22.559 --> 00:44:23.000
 turn

00:44:23.000 --> 00:44:23.739
 father

00:44:23.739 --> 00:44:23.980
 and

00:44:23.980 --> 00:44:24.400
 live

00:44:24.400 --> 00:44:25.819
 you

00:44:25.819 --> 00:44:26.839
 died

00:44:26.839 --> 00:44:28.179
 so

00:44:28.179 --> 00:44:28.360
 that

00:44:28.360 --> 00:44:28.500
 we

00:44:28.500 --> 00:44:28.639
 could

00:44:28.639 --> 00:44:28.900
 be

00:44:28.900 --> 00:44:29.839
 your

00:44:29.839 --> 00:44:30.279
 child

00:44:30.279 --> 00:44:30.579
 you

00:44:30.579 --> 00:44:31.099
 paid

00:44:31.099 --> 00:44:31.779
 that

00:44:31.779 --> 00:44:32.099
 great

00:44:32.099 --> 00:44:32.639
 price

00:44:32.639 --> 00:44:33.159
 that

00:44:33.159 --> 00:44:33.559
 mercy

00:44:33.559 --> 00:44:34.239
 requires

00:44:34.239 --> 00:44:35.559
 so

00:44:35.559 --> 00:44:35.699
 that

00:44:35.699 --> 00:44:35.819
 we

00:44:35.819 --> 00:44:35.960
 can

00:44:35.960 --> 00:44:36.119
 be

00:44:36.119 --> 00:44:36.779
 reconciled

00:44:36.779 --> 00:44:36.940
 to

00:44:36.940 --> 00:44:37.159
 you

00:44:37.159 --> 00:44:37.860
 father

00:44:37.860 --> 00:44:38.279
 grip

00:44:38.279 --> 00:44:38.440
 us

00:44:38.440 --> 00:44:38.639
 with

00:44:38.639 --> 00:44:38.819
 the

00:44:38.819 --> 00:44:39.279
 gospel

00:44:39.279 --> 00:44:39.639
 grip

00:44:39.639 --> 00:44:39.839
 us

00:44:39.839 --> 00:44:40.039
 with

00:44:40.039 --> 00:44:40.279
 this

00:44:40.279 --> 00:44:40.679
 sense

00:44:40.679 --> 00:44:40.900
 that

00:44:40.900 --> 00:44:41.159
 at the

00:44:41.159 --> 00:44:41.440
 heart

00:44:41.440 --> 00:44:41.599
 of

00:44:41.599 --> 00:44:42.119
 our

00:44:42.119 --> 00:44:42.480
 whole

00:44:42.480 --> 00:44:42.900
 walk

00:44:42.900 --> 00:44:43.159
 with

00:44:43.159 --> 00:44:43.380
 you

00:44:43.380 --> 00:44:43.840
 father

00:44:43.840 --> 00:44:44.300
 is

00:44:44.300 --> 00:44:44.539
 your

00:44:44.539 --> 00:44:44.920
 great

00:44:44.920 --> 00:44:45.380
 mercy

00:44:45.380 --> 00:44:45.700
 for

00:44:45.700 --> 00:44:45.860
 us

00:44:45.860 --> 00:44:45.960
 in

00:44:45.960 --> 00:44:46.099
 the

00:44:46.099 --> 00:44:46.400
 person

00:44:46.400 --> 00:44:46.559
 of

00:44:46.559 --> 00:44:46.700
 your

00:44:46.700 --> 00:44:47.059
 son

00:44:47.059 --> 00:44:48.599
 and

00:44:48.599 --> 00:44:48.920
 father

00:44:48.920 --> 00:44:49.340
 grip

00:44:49.340 --> 00:44:49.679
 us

00:44:49.679 --> 00:44:50.240
 with

00:44:50.240 --> 00:44:50.440
 how

00:44:50.440 --> 00:44:50.900
 mercy

00:44:50.900 --> 00:44:51.119
 is

00:44:51.119 --> 00:44:51.240
 at

00:44:51.240 --> 00:44:51.420
 the

00:44:51.420 --> 00:44:51.800
 center

00:44:51.800 --> 00:44:52.019
 of

00:44:52.019 --> 00:44:52.200
 our

00:44:52.200 --> 00:44:52.700
 identity

00:44:52.700 --> 00:44:53.039
 in

00:44:53.039 --> 00:44:53.440
 Jesus

00:44:53.440 --> 00:44:53.940
 grip

00:44:53.940 --> 00:44:54.159
 us

00:44:54.159 --> 00:44:54.360
 with

00:44:54.360 --> 00:44:54.519
 the

00:44:54.519 --> 00:44:54.960
 gospel

00:44:54.960 --> 00:44:55.300
 who

00:44:55.300 --> 00:44:55.720
 Jesus

00:44:55.720 --> 00:44:56.159
 is

00:44:56.159 --> 00:44:56.639
 and

00:44:56.639 --> 00:44:56.900
 what

00:44:56.900 --> 00:44:57.099
 he

00:44:57.099 --> 00:44:57.400
 did

00:44:57.400 --> 00:44:57.599
 so

00:44:57.599 --> 00:44:57.740
 that

00:44:57.740 --> 00:44:57.880
 we

00:44:57.880 --> 00:44:58.059
 could

00:44:58.059 --> 00:44:58.240
 be

00:44:58.240 --> 00:44:58.480
 yours

00:44:58.480 --> 00:44:58.760
 make

00:44:58.760 --> 00:44:58.940
 us

00:44:58.940 --> 00:44:59.460
 disciples

00:44:59.460 --> 00:44:59.760
 of

00:44:59.760 --> 00:45:00.059
 Jesus

00:45:00.059 --> 00:45:00.420
 gripped

00:45:00.420 --> 00:45:00.579
 by

00:45:00.579 --> 00:45:00.720
 the

00:45:00.720 --> 00:45:01.159
 gospel

00:45:01.159 --> 00:45:01.720
 who

00:45:01.720 --> 00:45:01.800
 are

00:45:01.800 --> 00:45:02.000
 now

00:45:02.000 --> 00:45:02.240
 being

00:45:02.240 --> 00:45:02.519
 freed

00:45:02.519 --> 00:45:02.679
 up

00:45:02.679 --> 00:45:02.840
 to

00:45:02.840 --> 00:45:03.000
 live

00:45:03.000 --> 00:45:03.119
 for

00:45:03.119 --> 00:45:03.260
 your

00:45:03.260 --> 00:45:03.619
 glory

00:45:03.619 --> 00:45:04.339
 and

00:45:04.339 --> 00:45:04.639
 father

00:45:04.639 --> 00:45:04.880
 if

00:45:04.880 --> 00:45:05.039
 there

00:45:05.039 --> 00:45:05.179
 are

00:45:05.179 --> 00:45:05.440
 any

00:45:05.440 --> 00:45:05.759
 here

00:45:05.759 --> 00:45:05.960
 who

00:45:05.960 --> 00:45:06.079
 have

00:45:06.079 --> 00:45:06.319
 not

00:45:06.319 --> 00:45:06.519
 yet

00:45:06.519 --> 00:45:06.679
 who

00:45:06.679 --> 00:45:06.799
 are

00:45:06.799 --> 00:45:07.059
 just

00:45:07.059 --> 00:45:07.440
 now

00:45:07.440 --> 00:45:07.679
 even

00:45:07.679 --> 00:45:07.960
 now

00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:08.219
 giving

00:45:08.219 --> 00:45:08.400
 their

00:45:08.400 --> 00:45:08.679
 lives

00:45:08.679 --> 00:45:08.880
 to

00:45:08.880 --> 00:45:09.179
 Jesus

00:45:09.179 --> 00:45:09.579
 father

00:45:09.579 --> 00:45:09.900
 pour

00:45:09.900 --> 00:45:10.059
 out

00:45:10.059 --> 00:45:10.199
 your

00:45:10.199 --> 00:45:10.440
 Holy

00:45:10.440 --> 00:45:10.719
 Spirit

00:45:10.719 --> 00:45:11.059
 upon

00:45:11.059 --> 00:45:11.259
 them

00:45:11.259 --> 00:45:11.420
 and

00:45:11.420 --> 00:45:12.199
 seal

00:45:12.199 --> 00:45:12.539
 them

00:45:12.539 --> 00:45:13.440
 seal

00:45:13.440 --> 00:45:13.639
 them

00:45:13.639 --> 00:45:13.799
 as

00:45:13.799 --> 00:45:14.239
 yours

00:45:14.239 --> 00:45:16.179
 lead

00:45:16.179 --> 00:45:16.339
 them

00:45:16.339 --> 00:45:16.500
 and

00:45:16.500 --> 00:45:16.739
 guide

00:45:16.739 --> 00:45:17.019
 them

00:45:17.019 --> 00:45:17.980
 father

00:45:17.980 --> 00:45:18.299
 help

00:45:18.299 --> 00:45:18.460
 us

00:45:18.460 --> 00:45:18.639
 not

00:45:18.639 --> 00:45:18.799
 to

00:45:18.799 --> 00:45:18.900
 be

00:45:18.900 --> 00:45:19.039
 a

00:45:19.039 --> 00:45:19.299
 barrier

00:45:19.299 --> 00:45:19.539
 to

00:45:19.539 --> 00:45:19.699
 their

00:45:19.699 --> 00:45:20.239
 conversion

00:45:20.239 --> 00:45:21.579
 thank

00:45:21.579 --> 00:45:21.699
 you

00:45:21.699 --> 00:45:21.859
 that

00:45:21.859 --> 00:45:22.039
 you

00:45:22.039 --> 00:45:22.559
 shone

00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:22.839
 in

00:45:22.839 --> 00:45:23.139
 my

00:45:23.139 --> 00:45:23.559
 heart

00:45:23.559 --> 00:45:23.980
 and

00:45:23.980 --> 00:45:24.139
 will

00:45:24.139 --> 00:45:24.519
 shine

00:45:24.519 --> 00:45:24.699
 in

00:45:24.699 --> 00:45:25.019
 every

00:45:25.019 --> 00:45:25.339
 heart

00:45:25.339 --> 00:45:25.659
 here

00:45:25.659 --> 00:45:26.460
 blind

00:45:26.460 --> 00:45:26.699
 and

00:45:26.699 --> 00:45:27.159
 veiled

00:45:27.159 --> 00:45:28.339
 no

00:45:28.339 --> 00:45:28.799
 barrier

00:45:28.800 --> 00:45:29.080
 to

00:45:29.080 --> 00:45:29.260
 you

00:45:29.260 --> 00:45:29.660
 shining

00:45:29.660 --> 00:45:30.019
 in

00:45:30.019 --> 00:45:30.220
 our

00:45:30.220 --> 00:45:30.680
 hearts

00:45:30.680 --> 00:45:31.480
 that

00:45:31.480 --> 00:45:31.640
 we

00:45:31.640 --> 00:45:31.900
 might

00:45:31.900 --> 00:45:33.200
 be

00:45:33.200 --> 00:45:33.620
 yours

00:45:33.620 --> 00:45:34.120
 all

00:45:34.120 --> 00:45:34.320
 this

00:45:34.320 --> 00:45:34.480
 we

00:45:34.480 --> 00:45:34.760
 ask

00:45:34.760 --> 00:45:34.900
 and

00:45:34.900 --> 00:45:35.140
 thank

00:45:35.140 --> 00:45:35.260
 in

00:45:35.260 --> 00:45:35.360
 the

00:45:35.360 --> 00:45:35.500
 name

00:45:35.500 --> 00:45:35.680
 of

00:45:35.680 --> 00:45:35.960
 Jesus

00:45:35.960 --> 00:45:36.260
 your

00:45:36.260 --> 00:45:36.560
 son

00:45:36.560 --> 00:45:36.700
 and

00:45:36.700 --> 00:45:36.900
 our

00:45:36.900 --> 00:45:37.200
 savior

00:45:37.200 --> 00:45:38.240
 amen