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 Our reading of Scripture tonight is from the Gospels from Matthew chapter 7 verses 13-23.

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! This is the text upon which the sermon will be based.

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 And these are the words of Jesus.

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 Enter by the narrow gate, for the gate is wide, and the way is easy that leads to destruction.

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 And those who enter by it are many, for the gate is narrow, and the way is hard that leads to life.

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 And those who find it are few.

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 Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

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 You will recognize them by their fruits.

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 Are grapes gathered from thorn bushes or figs from thorn bushes?

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 So every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.

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 A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit.

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 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

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 Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.

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 Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven,

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 but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

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 On that day many will say to me, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name,

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 and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name.

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 And then will I declare to them, I never knew you.

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 Depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.

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 This is God's word.

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 It's great to be with you guys tonight.

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 All right, so I grew up in Alabama in the U.S.,

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 and I actually went through a bluegrass phase, bluegrass music,

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 which is actually not very typical even in Alabama to go through a bluegrass phase.

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 But I encountered a very unknown at that time young artist named Allison Krauss

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 and her band Union Station.

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 And there was a specific song that she did that to this day I still love.

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 And this started me on a bluegrass kick, and it was called Two Highways.

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 And the lyric goes,

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 Two highways lay before us.

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 Which one will I choose?

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 Down one lane I find happiness.

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 Down the other I would lose.

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 There is no one that I can trust.

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 I must decide alone.

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 The decision is an awful one.

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 Which one will lead me home?

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 Down the other I think.

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 That's actually a metaphor of something that we find very often in our culture,

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 whether it's a poem by Robert Frost called The Road Not Taken,

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 or The Matrix, where it's like take either the red pill or the blue pill.

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 This idea that we're coming to a crossroads or maybe a fork in the road,

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 and you've got to make a decision.

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 And this decision has lasting implications,

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 but you must make a decision.

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 Which one will you choose?

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 Even that song I mentioned by Alison Krauss,

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 like this is an awful decision.

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 Because if I make the wrong decision,

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 like what are the implications going to be?

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 But there are times in our lives where we must actually make a decision like that.

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 It becomes a crossroad or fork in the road.

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 And that is actually the metaphor that Jesus gives us in the first invitation here for the Sermon on the Mount.

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 So we've come to the end of the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew chapter 7.

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 We're going to focus tonight specifically on verses 13 and 14,

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 those first two verses that Corey read.

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 And Jesus is actually going to give us three different metaphors that both kind of,

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 they all have the same idea.

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 And that is, you have two choices to make.

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 You have to make a choice of which one.

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 And he tells us in this passage in verse 13,

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 which one is the right choice.

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 He tells us, choose this one in his kind graciousness.

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 And it's one of those things that we're at a point,

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 it's like you've heard this sermon,

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 what is your response going to be?

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 Which road will you choose?

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 For those that like to talk about Jesus as a good teacher or a prophet or whatever,

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 and they're like, we like his teachings.

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 Jesus says, you can't just hear my teaching.

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 You have to make a choice.

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 Which road will you choose?

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 In our culture today, you might actually hear something that says,

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 you know, well, all roads lead to God.

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 And Jesus says, no, there are two roads.

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 One leads to God.

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 One leads to destruction.

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 And he tells us which one to choose.

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 Enter by the narrow gate, he says.

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 Enter by the narrow gate.

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 Jesus is pretty straightforward about this.

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 He tells us, enter by the narrow gate.

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 Life in the kingdom that he's been telling us about,

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 he's been laying out for what it looks like for human flourishing,

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 because this is the way life is meant to be lived according to God's way.

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 He says, this is how it is.

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 Now here's the invitation.

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 Enter the narrow gate.

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 To enter this life in the kingdom,

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 you must enter his way into the narrow gate.

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 He goes on to say,

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 for the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction.

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 So we're going to talk about two gates in two ways.

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 Two gates, two ways.

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 The first gate is what he calls the wide gate here.

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 There is one gate that is wide that has many people going through it.

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 Now, when I think about or hear about a wide gate,

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 we just went on a train trip to a lot of different places.

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 We were on a lot of trains and went through a lot of gates.

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 And we kind of were dragging our bags and we encountered that one gate.

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 Maybe this was user error and not the gate's fault.

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 But I get to it and it's like,

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 this thing does not want me and my bag to go through.

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 So I'm kind of stuck in this place where I have to kind of lift up the gate,

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 lift up the bag over the gate and put it in front of me.

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 And there were probably better ways to do that.

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 But I was like, I've got to get through this and this is what I have to do.

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 And I look over and there's this wide gate over there that it's like,

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 sometimes when they see it's a group or a family,

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 they will open it for you and let you go through it.

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 And it's so nice when you're carrying baggage to go through a wide gate.

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 And when we talk about here that the gate is wide,

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 there are many who want to go through it because they want to bring their bags with them.

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 What are we talking about when we're talking about bags?

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 What are some of the things that people have a hard time letting go of

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 because they want to take it through the gate that they want to choose?

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 And it's things like my demands of,

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 I will follow Jesus if.

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 I will follow him if he allows me to also do this.

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 If he gives me the life that I think I deserve,

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 I'm all on board with that.

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 Or, I could never believe in a God who fill in the blank.

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 I'll believe in him if he fits into what I want him to be like.

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 How could a loving God allow this to happen?

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 On my terms, I like this God.

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 People think that they can go in that way

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 because the wide gate lets in all kinds of things.

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 All kinds of beliefs.

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 Not many demands, if any demands.

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 But Jesus says,

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 to follow him you must deny yourself.

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 Take up his cross.

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 Take up your cross and follow him.

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 I've got to let go of my very self.

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 I've got to let go of my agenda,

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 my thoughts and dreams and plans for my life,

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 in order to adopt his will for my life.

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 We must let go of even the idea

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 that I can walk through this gate

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 on my own initiative and my own performance

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 and by my good works,

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 I will be accepted before God.

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 That's the wide gate

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 that allows anything to pass through.

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 But that is not what Jesus tells us.

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 So we have to be asking the question,

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 what are we holding on to

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 that Jesus would tell us

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 we must let go of in order to follow him?

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 The gate is wide

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 and most people are going through it.

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 So for us to choose the narrow gate,

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 we're going to have to do what's unpopular.

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 We're going to have to make

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 the uncomfortable decisions.

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 As Martin Luther,

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 Martin Luther,

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 Martin Lloyd-Jones says

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 that we can't go in the way

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 that the crowd is going.

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 That immediately Jesus is telling us

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 that there must be a break

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 with us and the world.

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 Entering the narrow gate

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 implies that

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 we're going to stand out as different.

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 The world and the flesh,

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 they don't like this, right?

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 So enter in the narrow gate

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 because the wide gate

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 lets a lot of stuff through.

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 And many are those who find it.

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 Some might think

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 that God would be more loving

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 if he would just widen the gate.

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 But he truly knows

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 what is for our good

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 and calls us to trust him in that.

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 To believe that he knows

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 what is for our good.

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 So that's one gate.

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 We've got the wide gate.

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 But then Jesus says

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 there's another gate.

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 The narrow gate.

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 The gate,

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 this entrance itself is narrow.

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 And this is kind of important

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 the way we think about evangelism.

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 Telling others the good news.

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 There have been trends

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 throughout history.

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 Even still happens in the U.S.

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 where it's like a just believe,

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 check this box,

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 say this prayer,

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 of whatever,

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 and you will be in the kingdom,

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 in the family of God.

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 We must be honest

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 about how we present

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 following the Lord Jesus.

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 It says it's a narrow gate

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 and few are those who find it

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 because it's got to be his way

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 and no other way.

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 It's not narrow

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 because it's some mystery

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 or hard to understand.

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 It's narrow

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 because it's hard.

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 The way is hard

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 that we'll talk about

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 in just a minute.

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 It's narrow

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 because we have to count

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 the cost in following Jesus.

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 And the crowds,

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 they're going through

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 the broad gate.

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 We must follow Jesus

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 on the narrow way.

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 So let's look at the two ways.

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 So we have two gates,

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 the wide gate

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 and the narrow gate.

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 We have two ways.

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 This idea of talking about

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 a way or a path,

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 that's pretty common

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 in the Bible

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 to talk about following God

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 in paths of obedience

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 and righteousness.

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 It's not a coincidence

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 that the early church,

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 you see this in the book of Acts,

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 that it was called,

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 Christianity was called

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 the way

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 because there was a way

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 to follow Jesus.

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 This idea of having two paths.

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 We see all throughout

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 the Old Testament,

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 even the first Psalm,

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 Psalm 1, verse 6,

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 you see this contrast

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 between the way of righteousness

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 and the way of the wicked.

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 In Proverbs 4, verses 18 and 19

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 is a good illustration.

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 It says,

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 but the path of the righteous

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 is like the light of dawn

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 which shines brighter

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 and brighter until full day.

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 The way of the wicked, however,

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 is like deep darkness.

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 They do not know

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 over what they stumble.

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 So becoming a Christian

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 can be described

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 as entering into the kingdom of God

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 evidenced by a life

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 of following in His righteous ways.

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 You don't live a righteous life

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 in hope of getting through

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 the narrow gate.

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 It is we enter the narrow gate

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 through the life, death,

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 and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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 He even says in John chapter 10

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 that He's the door for the sheep.

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 We enter through Him

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 and after we follow Him

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 on the path of obedience

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 and the path of righteousness.

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 But the broad gate,

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 the wide gate,

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 also has a way that is easy.

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 It says here in the ESV.

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 This is the path of least resistance.

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 As I mentioned,

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 you can kind of believe

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 whatever you want

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 and do whatever you want to do

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 through this gate

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 and on this path.

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 Scripture even tells us

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 that it's a lot easier

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 to just live according to the flesh.

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 In Galatians chapter 5

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 and Romans chapter 7

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 we see this picture

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 that the flesh is very strong

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 against us wanting to follow the Spirit

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 and there's an opposition going on.

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 The natural flesh,

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 He says in 1 Corinthians,

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 the natural man

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 even sees the things of Christ

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 and sees them as folly.

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 It seems foolishness

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 to our natural flesh

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 to follow the ways of Christ.

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 I mean,

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 just the natural man

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 wants to do things

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 on our own initiative.

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 Surely it's not a gift.

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 It's got to be earned, right?

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 It's not just as easy

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 as believing and following Jesus.

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 I've got to work my way

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 so that my good outweighs my bad.

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 That's the way the natural man thinks.

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 But the way of the wide gate,

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 the way is easy.

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 Now that word easy

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 literally means

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 to be broad or spacious.

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 It's only used one time

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 here in the New Testament

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 but used a lot in the Old Testament

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 where you might have

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 like Psalm 31

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 that says you have set my feet

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 in a broad place.

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 Wide and spacious.

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 Job 36.16 says

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 He also allured you

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 out of distress

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 into a broad place

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 where there's no cramping

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 and what was set on your table

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 was full of fatness.

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 So it's this idea

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 in the Old Testament

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 of broad and spacious

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 gives this idea of freedom.

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 It's this idea

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 of plenty

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 and abundance

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 and thriving.

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 And so the way

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 of the wide gate,

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 the broad way

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 promises freedom.

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 It looks like,

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 oh, this is what freedom looks like

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 where I can pursue

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 whatever I want to pursue

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 but it leads to destruction.

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 I mean,

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 we think about

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 the original temptation

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 back in the garden

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 where it says

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 that she saw

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 that the tree

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 was good for food

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 and that it was

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 a delight to the eyes.

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 It was desired

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 to make one wise

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 yet God said

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 it leads to death.

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 You see

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 in Proverbs 14.12

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 that there's a way

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 that seems right to man

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 but its end

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 leads to death.

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 Paul talks about this

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 in Philippians chapter 3

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 where he talks about

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 those whose end

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 is destruction.

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 It says

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 their God

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 is their belly

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 or their appetites

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 and they glory

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 in their shame.

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 They're proud about

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 things they should

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 be ashamed for.

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 Their minds

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 are set

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 on earthly things.

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 That is a great description

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 of the broad

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 and easy way.

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 Just follow your heart.

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 You do you.

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 Right?

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 It's the false promises

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 that if I can just

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 live up

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 to who I really

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 am inside

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 that's what true

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 freedom

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 and even life is

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 is learning

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 who I really am.

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 It's all about

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 finding that

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 inner journey.

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 There's a way

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 that seems right to man

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 but the end of it

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 leads to death.

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 It seems like

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 it would be great

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 to just pursue

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 and achieve success

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 fame

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 money

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 whatever it might be.

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 There's a great quote

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 from Jim Carrey

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 the American actor

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 for those of you

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 who are younger than me

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 you might know him

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 from like Sonic the Hedgehog

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 or something.

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 But Jim Carrey

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 said this

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 he said

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 I think everybody

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 should get rich

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 and famous

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 and do everything

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 they ever dreamed of

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 so that they can see

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 that it's not the answer.

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 It's emptiness.

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 There was a

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 a professional athlete

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 in

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 I coach

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 the American football team

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 at the University of Edinburgh

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 so I'm into

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 American football a lot

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 and

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 athlete after athlete

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 talk about getting

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 these big contracts

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 and

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 they're winning

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 Super Bowls

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 which is the highest honor

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 ultimate success

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 and they're asking

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 questions like

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 surely there's more

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 to life than this.

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 We think

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 that by pursuing

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 our dreams

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 and all these

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 having ultimate freedom

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 that I can do

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 whatever I want to

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 success

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 fame

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 money

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 fortune

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 all those things

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 that's going to lead

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 to happiness.

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 The end of it

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 leads to death.

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 We

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 choose this

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 wide path

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 by default

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 because it's a lot

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 easier that way

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 the way is easy

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 it promises

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 great things

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 but the end

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 is destruction.

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 But then Jesus

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 says in verse 14

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 the gate is narrow

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 and the way is hard

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 that leads

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 to life.

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 This is by the way

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 Jesus' way of giving

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 an invitation.

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 Hey the way is hard

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 the gate is narrow

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 few are those

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 who find it.

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 He says in Luke 14

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 like

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 look if you want

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 to follow me

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 like

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 you don't build

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 a tower

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 without counting

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 the cost.

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 A king doesn't

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 go to war

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 without first

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 making sure

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 he's going to have

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 all the troops

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 and logistics

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 that he needs.

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 You got to count

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 the cost

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 and make sure

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 that you understand

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 that I'm worth it.

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 you must count

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 the cost

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 to follow me.

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 This way

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 is the path

00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:03.619
 of resistance.

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 There's a lot

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 going against you

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 on the hard

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 way.

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 So we have to

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 ask the question

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 what makes

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 that way hard?

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 What makes it

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 hard to follow

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 Jesus and to

00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:16.859
 choose this path

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 to go through

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 the narrow

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 gate?

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 So this word

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 hard

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 it means

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 to compress

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 or to press

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 like a grape?

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 It's a word

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 that's often

00:18:31.180 --> 00:18:31.640
 used for

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 suffering

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 and affliction.

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 The way

00:18:35.780 --> 00:18:36.420
 of following

00:18:36.420 --> 00:18:37.120
 Christ

00:18:37.120 --> 00:18:38.780
 is often

00:18:38.780 --> 00:18:39.720
 found

00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:40.780
 with suffering

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 and tribulation

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 and when you're

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 squeezed

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 like that

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 your true

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 self

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 really comes

00:18:47.380 --> 00:18:47.640
 out.

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 When someone

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 is really

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 squeezed

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 and pressed

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 what's on

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 the inside

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 starts coming

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 on the outside.

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 We see a good

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 example of

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 what it means

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 to live

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 on this path

00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:03.480
 in the two

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 different ways.

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 We see this

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 in the parable

00:19:05.159 --> 00:19:05.720
 of the sower

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 actually

00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:06.839
 in Matthew

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 13

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 and Mark

00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:08.419
 chapter 4

00:19:08.419 --> 00:19:10.000
 where Jesus

00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:10.599
 talks about

00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:10.960
 that there

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 are four

00:19:11.639 --> 00:19:12.500
 kinds of soils

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 when someone

00:19:13.619 --> 00:19:14.259
 is sowing

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 the word

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 of God

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 the gospel

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 that the

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 seed lands

00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:19.039
 on four

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 different soils.

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 This is the

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 first one

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 lands on

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 the hard

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 path

00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:23.079
 and in

00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:23.539
 this parable

00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:23.819
 he said

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 birds come

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 and take

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 it away.

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 The second

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 seed falls

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 on rocky

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 ground

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 which is

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 basically

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 a thin

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 layer of

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 topsoil

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 with rock

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 underneath it

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 and it

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 says that

00:19:34.660 --> 00:19:35.359
 it immediately

00:19:35.359 --> 00:19:36.299
 springs up

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 but then

00:19:36.859 --> 00:19:37.279
 because it

00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:37.920
 can't grow

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 with its

00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:38.880
 roots

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 it can't

00:19:39.700 --> 00:19:40.200
 go deep

00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:40.720
 that it

00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:41.059
 immediately

00:19:41.059 --> 00:19:41.660
 dies.

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 he said

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 the third

00:19:43.560 --> 00:19:44.019
 soil

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 is the

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 seed that

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 falls among

00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:47.860
 thorns

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 where it

00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:49.720
 starts growing

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 but it's

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 choked out

00:19:50.779 --> 00:19:51.140
 by the

00:19:51.140 --> 00:19:51.540
 thorns

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 and then

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 the fourth

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 falls on

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 good soil

00:19:54.340 --> 00:19:54.660
 and when

00:19:54.660 --> 00:19:55.000
 it falls

00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:55.440
 on good

00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:55.759
 soil

00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:56.279
 it produces

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 fruit

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 thirty

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 sixty

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 hundred

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 fold

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 and then

00:19:58.880 --> 00:19:59.120
 Jesus

00:19:59.120 --> 00:19:59.620
 goes on

00:19:59.620 --> 00:20:00.560
 to explain

00:20:00.560 --> 00:20:01.860
 that parable

00:20:01.860 --> 00:20:03.320
 and he

00:20:03.320 --> 00:20:03.840
 says the

00:20:03.840 --> 00:20:04.259
 seed that

00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:04.560
 fell on

00:20:04.560 --> 00:20:04.960
 the hard

00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:05.360
 ground

00:20:05.360 --> 00:20:05.840
 on the

00:20:05.840 --> 00:20:06.259
 path

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:06.580
 and said

00:20:06.580 --> 00:20:07.019
 the birds

00:20:07.019 --> 00:20:07.440
 came and

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 plucked it

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 up

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 that is

00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:09.940
 Satan

00:20:09.940 --> 00:20:10.400
 when he

00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:11.019
 comes

00:20:11.019 --> 00:20:11.900
 and he

00:20:11.900 --> 00:20:12.639
 snatches

00:20:12.639 --> 00:20:13.200
 the word

00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:13.960
 off the

00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:14.500
 hard ground

00:20:14.500 --> 00:20:14.879
 before it

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 has a

00:20:15.180 --> 00:20:15.500
 chance

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 to do

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 anything

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 so one

00:20:18.180 --> 00:20:18.680
 reason

00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:19.440
 why

00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:20.319
 the way

00:20:20.319 --> 00:20:20.859
 is hard

00:20:20.859 --> 00:20:21.240
 is there's

00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:21.740
 an enemy

00:20:21.740 --> 00:20:23.460
 who does

00:20:23.460 --> 00:20:23.839
 not want

00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:24.099
 you to

00:20:24.099 --> 00:20:24.379
 hear

00:20:24.379 --> 00:20:25.460
 the good

00:20:25.460 --> 00:20:25.879
 news

00:20:25.879 --> 00:20:26.740
 that wants

00:20:26.740 --> 00:20:27.480
 to snatch

00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:28.180
 the word

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 out of your

00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:29.379
 life before

00:20:29.379 --> 00:20:29.920
 it can take

00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:30.599
 any root

00:20:30.599 --> 00:20:31.220
 wants you

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 to be

00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:32.220
 distracted

00:20:32.220 --> 00:20:33.559
 and to

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 not hear

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 the voice

00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:35.180
 of the

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 Lord

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 the second

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 one

00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:39.799
 that falls

00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:40.539
 on rocky

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 soil

00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:41.180
 the one

00:20:41.180 --> 00:20:41.340
 that

00:20:41.340 --> 00:20:41.720
 couldn't

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:42.040
 get

00:20:42.040 --> 00:20:42.520
 depth

00:20:42.520 --> 00:20:43.420
 Jesus

00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:43.700
 says

00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:44.100
 this is

00:20:44.100 --> 00:20:44.280
 when

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 tribulation

00:20:45.120 --> 00:20:46.340
 or persecution

00:20:46.340 --> 00:20:47.220
 comes

00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:48.320
 and people

00:20:48.320 --> 00:20:48.880
 fall away

00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:49.200
 so they

00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:49.880
 start out

00:20:49.880 --> 00:20:50.280
 well

00:20:50.280 --> 00:20:51.240
 and then

00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:51.580
 when things

00:20:51.580 --> 00:20:52.320
 get hard

00:20:52.320 --> 00:20:53.260
 they fall

00:20:53.260 --> 00:20:53.620
 away

00:20:53.620 --> 00:20:56.340
 one of the

00:20:56.340 --> 00:20:56.760
 reasons that

00:20:56.760 --> 00:20:57.180
 the way

00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:57.860
 is hard

00:20:57.860 --> 00:20:58.720
 is because

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 there's a

00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:00.820
 lot of

00:21:00.820 --> 00:21:01.400
 persecution

00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:01.960
 and things

00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:02.480
 that come

00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:03.040
 our way

00:21:03.040 --> 00:21:03.640
 that come

00:21:03.640 --> 00:21:04.720
 against us

00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:06.500
 this would

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:06.900
 kind of be

00:21:06.900 --> 00:21:07.400
 like when

00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:07.720
 you're at

00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:08.060
 work

00:21:08.060 --> 00:21:08.400
 or at

00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:08.780
 school

00:21:08.780 --> 00:21:09.880
 and someone

00:21:09.880 --> 00:21:10.340
 says

00:21:10.339 --> 00:21:10.819
 something

00:21:10.819 --> 00:21:11.240
 and you

00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:11.919
 want to

00:21:11.919 --> 00:21:12.119
 say

00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:12.619
 something

00:21:12.619 --> 00:21:13.659
 according

00:21:13.659 --> 00:21:13.939
 to

00:21:13.939 --> 00:21:14.299
 Jesus

00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:14.859
 way

00:21:14.859 --> 00:21:15.399
 but you

00:21:15.399 --> 00:21:15.699
 kind of

00:21:15.699 --> 00:21:15.899
 like

00:21:15.899 --> 00:21:16.339
 oh

00:21:16.339 --> 00:21:17.139
 I

00:21:17.139 --> 00:21:17.319
 will

00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:17.539
 be

00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:18.319
 ridiculed

00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:18.599
 maybe

00:21:18.599 --> 00:21:18.959
 even

00:21:18.959 --> 00:21:19.779
 ostracized

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.059
 if I

00:21:20.059 --> 00:21:20.619
 say that

00:21:20.619 --> 00:21:21.000
 so we

00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:21.240
 kind of

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:21.899
 shrink back

00:21:21.899 --> 00:21:22.279
 you know

00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:22.399
 what I'm

00:21:22.399 --> 00:21:22.899
 talking about

00:21:22.899 --> 00:21:24.119
 that's what

00:21:24.119 --> 00:21:24.539
 we're talking

00:21:24.539 --> 00:21:24.759
 about

00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:25.099
 where there's

00:21:25.099 --> 00:21:25.679
 persecution

00:21:25.679 --> 00:21:26.539
 or tribulation

00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:26.919
 when things

00:21:26.919 --> 00:21:27.720
 get hard

00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:30.519
 falls away

00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:32.180
 the third

00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:32.599
 soil

00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:33.639
 was one

00:21:33.639 --> 00:21:34.079
 that came

00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:34.339
 among

00:21:34.339 --> 00:21:34.980
 thorns

00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:35.859
 Jesus

00:21:35.859 --> 00:21:36.299
 goes on

00:21:36.299 --> 00:21:36.619
 to say

00:21:36.619 --> 00:21:37.059
 that this

00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:37.339
 is the

00:21:37.339 --> 00:21:37.759
 cares

00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:38.160
 of this

00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:38.639
 world

00:21:38.639 --> 00:21:39.440
 the

00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:40.220
 deceitfulness

00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:40.819
 of riches

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.980
 and the

00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.539
 desire

00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:43.019
 for other

00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:43.460
 things

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:44.059
 that come

00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:44.700
 and choke

00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:45.059
 out the

00:21:45.059 --> 00:21:45.259
 word

00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:45.759
 and man

00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:46.160
 in the

00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:46.539
 west

00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:47.160
 don't we

00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:47.720
 feel that

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.000
 one

00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:49.960
 that the

00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:50.339
 way is

00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:50.740
 hard

00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:51.220
 because the

00:21:51.220 --> 00:21:51.639
 cares of

00:21:51.639 --> 00:21:51.980
 this world

00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:52.299
 we're just

00:21:52.299 --> 00:21:52.740
 thinking about

00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:54.019
 other things

00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:54.839
 we're thinking

00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:55.740
 about what

00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:56.039
 am I going to

00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:56.480
 do this

00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:56.900
 weekend

00:21:56.900 --> 00:21:58.279
 what am I

00:21:58.279 --> 00:21:58.700
 going to spend

00:21:58.700 --> 00:21:59.079
 my money

00:21:59.079 --> 00:21:59.400
 on am I

00:21:59.400 --> 00:21:59.680
 going to have

00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:00.120
 enough money

00:22:00.120 --> 00:22:00.420
 to pay

00:22:00.420 --> 00:22:00.680
 for the

00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:01.080
 bills

00:22:01.080 --> 00:22:01.940
 we get

00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:02.400
 thinking

00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:03.019
 about all

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:04.220
 the cares

00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:04.720
 of this

00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:05.240
 world

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:06.740
 that distracts

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:06.980
 us from

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:07.380
 other things

00:22:07.380 --> 00:22:07.920
 or it could

00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:08.180
 be the

00:22:08.180 --> 00:22:08.660
 deceitfulness

00:22:08.660 --> 00:22:09.180
 of riches

00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:10.840
 if I just

00:22:10.840 --> 00:22:11.779
 had more

00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:12.840
 I would be

00:22:12.840 --> 00:22:13.240
 happy

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:15.240
 more stuff

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:16.720
 stuff

00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.740
 equals happiness

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.220
 now again

00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:18.799
 I don't have

00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:19.400
 to be rich

00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:19.779
 as much

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.600
 as comfortable

00:22:20.600 --> 00:22:21.600
 I want to

00:22:21.600 --> 00:22:22.180
 be comfortable

00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:24.019
 a desire

00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:25.340
 for the

00:22:25.340 --> 00:22:25.759
 riches

00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:26.160
 that are

00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:26.820
 deceitful

00:22:26.820 --> 00:22:27.259
 and then he

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:28.039
 says the

00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:28.640
 desire for

00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:29.400
 other things

00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:30.920
 that's a

00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:31.340
 pretty broad

00:22:31.340 --> 00:22:32.160
 category here

00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:32.740
 but other

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:32.920
 things

00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:33.220
 there are

00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:33.820
 just things

00:22:33.820 --> 00:22:34.300
 that are

00:22:34.300 --> 00:22:34.900
 vying for

00:22:34.900 --> 00:22:35.560
 our attention

00:22:35.560 --> 00:22:37.000
 and it

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.720
 is really

00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:38.460
 coming after

00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:38.820
 us and

00:22:38.820 --> 00:22:39.460
 really what

00:22:39.460 --> 00:22:39.920
 Jesus is

00:22:39.920 --> 00:22:40.480
 getting at

00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:41.420
 is this

00:22:41.420 --> 00:22:41.820
 is the

00:22:41.820 --> 00:22:42.320
 things of

00:22:42.320 --> 00:22:42.800
 the world

00:22:42.800 --> 00:22:44.740
 we have

00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.340
 an enemy

00:22:45.340 --> 00:22:46.560
 who wants

00:22:46.560 --> 00:22:47.680
 to take

00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:48.060
 away the

00:22:48.060 --> 00:22:48.500
 word so

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:48.860
 that you

00:22:48.860 --> 00:22:49.240
 do not

00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:49.900
 hear the

00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:50.259
 news of

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:50.500
 Jesus

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.019
 Christ

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:52.400
 we're at

00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:52.960
 war with

00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:53.440
 Satan and

00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:53.860
 the forces

00:22:53.860 --> 00:22:54.400
 of darkness

00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:55.060
 that is a

00:22:55.060 --> 00:22:55.560
 reality

00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:56.859
 now

00:22:56.859 --> 00:22:57.579
 some of

00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:58.000
 us

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:59.179
 are so

00:22:59.179 --> 00:22:59.740
 distracted

00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:00.159
 by the

00:23:00.159 --> 00:23:00.379
 other

00:23:00.379 --> 00:23:00.779
 things

00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:00.960
 that

00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:01.259
 maybe

00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:01.859
 you know

00:23:01.859 --> 00:23:02.819
 the enemy

00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:03.319
 doesn't feel

00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:03.980
 like he has

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:04.519
 to spend a lot

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:05.079
 of time on

00:23:05.079 --> 00:23:05.579
 us because

00:23:05.579 --> 00:23:05.980
 the other

00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:06.379
 things are

00:23:06.379 --> 00:23:06.980
 working better

00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:07.919
 but we have

00:23:07.919 --> 00:23:08.379
 an enemy

00:23:08.379 --> 00:23:09.220
 that's actively

00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:10.200
 working against

00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:10.559
 us

00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:12.079
 there's also

00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:12.879
 just going to be

00:23:12.879 --> 00:23:13.419
 tribulation

00:23:13.419 --> 00:23:14.299
 Jesus promises

00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:14.579
 it

00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:16.440
 Paul says

00:23:16.440 --> 00:23:16.899
 that all

00:23:16.899 --> 00:23:17.359
 who desire

00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:17.759
 to live a

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.299
 godly life

00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:18.919
 in Christ

00:23:18.919 --> 00:23:19.220
 Jesus

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:19.740
 will be

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.319
 persecuted

00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:21.139
 but in the

00:23:21.139 --> 00:23:21.659
 sermon on the

00:23:21.659 --> 00:23:21.799
 mount

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.460
 Jesus said

00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:23.359
 blessed are

00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:24.719
 you when

00:23:24.719 --> 00:23:24.899
 you're

00:23:24.899 --> 00:23:25.379
 persecuted

00:23:25.379 --> 00:23:25.899
 for the

00:23:25.899 --> 00:23:26.339
 sake of

00:23:26.339 --> 00:23:26.959
 righteousness

00:23:26.959 --> 00:23:28.859
 blessed are

00:23:28.859 --> 00:23:29.199
 you when

00:23:29.199 --> 00:23:30.159
 others revile

00:23:30.159 --> 00:23:30.659
 you on

00:23:30.659 --> 00:23:31.859
 my account

00:23:31.859 --> 00:23:32.979
 that's a

00:23:32.979 --> 00:23:33.899
 blessed life

00:23:33.899 --> 00:23:34.579
 that's a

00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:35.059
 life of

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:35.699
 thriving

00:23:35.699 --> 00:23:36.939
 when we're

00:23:36.939 --> 00:23:37.559
 persecuted

00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:38.639
 for Jesus

00:23:38.639 --> 00:23:39.379
 sake

00:23:39.379 --> 00:23:41.579
 the world

00:23:41.579 --> 00:23:42.859
 is against

00:23:42.859 --> 00:23:43.339
 us

00:23:43.339 --> 00:23:45.659
 our own

00:23:45.659 --> 00:23:46.339
 flesh

00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:48.059
 is against

00:23:48.059 --> 00:23:48.500
 us

00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:50.339
 our own

00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:51.240
 flesh wants

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:51.839
 to do the

00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:52.579
 easy thing

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.259
 wants to

00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:53.619
 go the

00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:53.919
 way of

00:23:53.919 --> 00:23:54.419
 the world

00:23:54.419 --> 00:23:56.079
 and that's

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:57.099
 hard

00:23:57.099 --> 00:23:58.059
 we will

00:23:58.059 --> 00:23:58.659
 sometimes call

00:23:58.659 --> 00:23:59.039
 this the

00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.799
 evil trinity

00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:01.179
 satan

00:24:01.179 --> 00:24:02.759
 the world

00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:03.539
 and our

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:04.279
 own flesh

00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:06.119
 and when

00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:06.659
 those things

00:24:06.659 --> 00:24:07.179
 are against

00:24:07.179 --> 00:24:07.619
 us

00:24:07.619 --> 00:24:08.559
 it makes

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:09.099
 it really

00:24:09.099 --> 00:24:09.659
 hard

00:24:09.659 --> 00:24:10.720
 it just

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.279
 does

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:13.319
 so the

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:14.240
 way is

00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:14.759
 hard

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:16.119
 that leads

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 to life

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 but Jesus

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.659
 says

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 it's worth

00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:20.099
 it

00:24:20.099 --> 00:24:21.179
 to follow

00:24:21.179 --> 00:24:21.559
 Jesus

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:21.980
 is to

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 follow

00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:22.599
 him

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 down

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 the

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 path

00:24:23.559 --> 00:24:23.839
 of

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 resistance

00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:25.639
 and

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 if

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 you

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:26.679
 find

00:24:26.679 --> 00:24:26.879
 it

00:24:26.879 --> 00:24:27.220
 hard

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:27.399
 at

00:24:27.399 --> 00:24:27.779
 times

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.000
 to

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 follow

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 Jesus

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 that's

00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:30.659
 a good

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 thing

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 it means

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 you're probably

00:24:33.099 --> 00:24:33.720
 going in the

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.279
 right way

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:36.339
 but if

00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:36.740
 you find

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.460
 following

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:37.779
 Jesus

00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:38.740
 pretty easy

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.099
 and

00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:39.659
 comfortable

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 there's a

00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:42.619
 chance

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 you're not

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.339
 following

00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:43.720
 him

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 because

00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:45.919
 he says

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 following

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 me

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 is the

00:24:47.639 --> 00:24:48.079
 hard

00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:48.500
 way

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:49.420
 the

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 way

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 the

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:49.960
 world

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.140
 is

00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:50.420
 going

00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:50.579
 the

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:50.680
 way

00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:50.859
 our

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 flesh

00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:51.380
 wants

00:24:51.380 --> 00:24:51.500
 to

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 go

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 that's

00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:52.019
 the

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.319
 easy

00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:52.740
 way

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:54.660
 but he

00:24:54.660 --> 00:24:54.880
 says

00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:55.259
 the gate

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:55.420
 is

00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:55.759
 narrow

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.839
 and the

00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:57.079
 way

00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:57.259
 is

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:57.720
 hard

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.279
 that

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:58.799
 leads

00:24:58.799 --> 00:24:59.019
 to

00:24:59.019 --> 00:24:59.380
 life

00:24:59.380 --> 00:24:59.559
 and

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 few

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 are

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 those

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 who

00:25:01.339 --> 00:25:01.720
 find

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 it

00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:03.740
 so

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.019
 how

00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:04.240
 will

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:04.420
 we

00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:05.100
 respond

00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:06.440
 to

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:06.700
 the

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:06.880
 sermon

00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:07.059
 on

00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:07.160
 the

00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:07.380
 mount

00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:07.980
 when

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.279
 Jesus

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:08.720
 says

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.240
 enter

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 into

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:09.840
 the

00:25:09.840 --> 00:25:10.120
 narrow

00:25:10.120 --> 00:25:10.480
 gate

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:11.059
 there

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.200
 are

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 some

00:25:11.380 --> 00:25:11.519
 of

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 us

00:25:11.660 --> 00:25:11.960
 here

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.299
 maybe

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:12.539
 you

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:12.860
 are

00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:13.559
 exploring

00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:14.100
 Jesus

00:25:14.100 --> 00:25:14.819
 maybe

00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:16.319
 you're

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 not

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:16.720
 sure

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:16.960
 where

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.140
 you

00:25:17.140 --> 00:25:17.539
 stand

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:17.779
 with

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.079
 him

00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:19.100
 there

00:25:19.100 --> 00:25:19.259
 can

00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:19.420
 be

00:25:19.420 --> 00:25:19.740
 many

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.299
 misconceptions

00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:20.940
 of how

00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:21.100
 to

00:25:21.100 --> 00:25:21.600
 properly

00:25:21.600 --> 00:25:22.180
 respond

00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:22.420
 to

00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:22.779
 Jesus

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.400
 it's

00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:23.640
 not

00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:23.860
 just

00:25:23.860 --> 00:25:24.059
 a

00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:24.380
 mental

00:25:24.380 --> 00:25:25.000
 ascent

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.299
 it

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:25.480
 is

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:25.779
 a

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.460
 giving

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:26.720
 your

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.059
 life

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:27.299
 to

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:27.840
 follow

00:25:27.840 --> 00:25:28.519
 him

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:28.759
 it

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:28.920
 is

00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:29.079
 a

00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:29.059
!

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:29.600
 repent

00:25:29.600 --> 00:25:30.460
 and

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:30.860
 believe

00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:31.079
 the

00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:31.519
 gospel

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.359
 then

00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:32.759
 follow

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:32.959
 me

00:25:32.959 --> 00:25:33.199
 down

00:25:33.199 --> 00:25:33.439
 this

00:25:33.439 --> 00:25:33.879
 hard

00:25:33.879 --> 00:25:34.179
 and

00:25:34.179 --> 00:25:34.559
 narrow

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:35.319
 way

00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:37.219
 Jesus

00:25:37.219 --> 00:25:37.399
 is

00:25:37.399 --> 00:25:37.579
 saying

00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:37.779
 the

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.099
 king

00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:38.299
 is

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:38.599
 here

00:25:38.599 --> 00:25:38.799
 and

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:38.939
 a

00:25:38.939 --> 00:25:39.419
 decision

00:25:39.419 --> 00:25:40.319
 must

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 be

00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:41.039
 made

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:43.639
 in

00:25:43.639 --> 00:25:43.759
 the

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 passage

00:25:44.159 --> 00:25:44.379
 that

00:25:44.379 --> 00:25:44.619
 Corey

00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:45.000
 read

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.319
 a few

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:45.659
 verses

00:25:45.659 --> 00:25:46.159
 down

00:25:46.159 --> 00:25:47.459
 Jesus

00:25:47.459 --> 00:25:47.799
 also

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.079
 says

00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:48.259
 there

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.379
 are

00:25:48.379 --> 00:25:48.740
 many

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:48.919
 who

00:25:48.919 --> 00:25:49.039
 will

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.199
 say

00:25:49.199 --> 00:25:49.299
 to

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:49.399
 me

00:25:49.399 --> 00:25:49.579
 that

00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:49.779
 day

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.179
 Lord

00:25:50.179 --> 00:25:50.579
 Lord

00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:51.259
 who

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:51.439
 will

00:25:51.439 --> 00:25:51.799
 not

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.259
 enter

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:52.519
 the

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:52.939
 kingdom

00:25:52.939 --> 00:25:53.259
 of

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:53.559
 heaven

00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:54.819
 he

00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:55.000
 says

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.119
 there

00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:55.240
 are

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:55.419
 many

00:25:55.419 --> 00:25:55.679
 who

00:25:55.679 --> 00:25:55.799
 will

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:55.919
 say

00:25:55.919 --> 00:25:56.039
 to

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.159
 me

00:25:56.159 --> 00:25:56.539
 on

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:56.699
 that

00:25:56.699 --> 00:25:56.879
 day

00:25:56.879 --> 00:25:57.159
 Lord

00:25:57.159 --> 00:25:57.159


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 Lord

00:25:57.439 --> 00:25:57.639
 did

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:57.759
 we

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:57.960
 not

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.680
 prophesy

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.280
 in

00:25:59.280 --> 00:25:59.400
 your

00:25:59.400 --> 00:25:59.620
 name

00:25:59.620 --> 00:25:59.800
 and

00:25:59.800 --> 00:26:00.140
 cast

00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:00.380
 out

00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:00.759
 demons

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.380
 and

00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:01.780
 perform

00:26:01.780 --> 00:26:02.200
 mighty

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:02.580
 works

00:26:02.580 --> 00:26:02.740
 in

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:02.840
 your

00:26:02.840 --> 00:26:03.100
 name

00:26:03.100 --> 00:26:03.200
 and

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:03.300
 he

00:26:03.300 --> 00:26:03.600
 said

00:26:03.600 --> 00:26:04.180
 and

00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:04.400
 I

00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:04.580
 will

00:26:04.580 --> 00:26:04.800
 say

00:26:04.800 --> 00:26:04.920
 to

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.080
 them

00:26:05.080 --> 00:26:05.200
 on

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:05.360
 that

00:26:05.360 --> 00:26:05.560
 day

00:26:05.560 --> 00:26:06.020
 depart

00:26:06.020 --> 00:26:06.280
 from

00:26:06.280 --> 00:26:06.480
 me

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:06.660
 you

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.120
 workers

00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:07.320
 of

00:26:07.320 --> 00:26:07.860
 lawlessness

00:26:07.860 --> 00:26:08.160
 for

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:08.280
 I

00:26:08.280 --> 00:26:08.560
 never

00:26:08.560 --> 00:26:08.840
 knew

00:26:08.840 --> 00:26:09.160
 you

00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:10.900
 you

00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:11.080
 mean

00:26:11.080 --> 00:26:11.240
 there

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:11.420
 are

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:11.860
 some

00:26:11.860 --> 00:26:12.040
 who

00:26:12.040 --> 00:26:12.160
 are

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:12.320
 going

00:26:12.320 --> 00:26:12.460
 to

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:12.800
 say

00:26:12.800 --> 00:26:13.000
 I

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.259
 live

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:13.480
 my

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:13.860
 life

00:26:13.860 --> 00:26:14.020
 for

00:26:14.020 --> 00:26:14.220
 you

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:14.580
 Jesus

00:26:14.580 --> 00:26:15.400
 who

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:15.540
 are

00:26:15.540 --> 00:26:15.940
 not

00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:16.460
 in

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:16.700
 the

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.000
 kingdom

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.240
 of

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.620
 heaven

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:19.460
 Jesus

00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:19.660
 says

00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:19.940
 yeah

00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:21.120
 there

00:26:21.120 --> 00:26:21.200
 will

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:21.320
 be

00:26:21.320 --> 00:26:21.640
 many

00:26:21.640 --> 00:26:21.840
 who

00:26:21.840 --> 00:26:22.080
 do

00:26:22.080 --> 00:26:22.540
 things

00:26:22.540 --> 00:26:23.340
 saying

00:26:23.340 --> 00:26:23.580
 it's

00:26:23.580 --> 00:26:23.700
 in

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:23.880
 my

00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:24.120
 name

00:26:24.120 --> 00:26:24.300
 but

00:26:24.300 --> 00:26:24.440
 you're

00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:24.920
 not

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.540
 following

00:26:25.540 --> 00:26:26.040
 me

00:26:26.040 --> 00:26:27.620
 maybe

00:26:27.620 --> 00:26:27.880
 it's

00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:28.100
 because

00:26:28.100 --> 00:26:28.300
 you're

00:26:28.300 --> 00:26:28.520
 doing

00:26:28.520 --> 00:26:28.720
 it

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.020
 for

00:26:29.020 --> 00:26:29.680
 reputation

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.680
 to

00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:30.860
 be

00:26:30.860 --> 00:26:31.100
 seen

00:26:31.100 --> 00:26:31.300
 by

00:26:31.300 --> 00:26:31.620
 others

00:26:31.620 --> 00:26:31.880
 which

00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:32.180
 Jesus

00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:32.540
 talked

00:26:32.540 --> 00:26:32.840
 about

00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.120
 in

00:26:33.120 --> 00:26:33.380
 Matthew

00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:33.700
 chapter

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:34.100
 6

00:26:34.100 --> 00:26:34.740
 maybe

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.120
 it's

00:26:35.120 --> 00:26:35.320
 that

00:26:35.320 --> 00:26:35.540
 you

00:26:35.540 --> 00:26:35.800
 are

00:26:35.800 --> 00:26:36.120
 doing

00:26:36.120 --> 00:26:36.380
 things

00:26:36.380 --> 00:26:36.500
 on

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:36.640
 the

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:37.300
 outside

00:26:37.300 --> 00:26:38.540
 but

00:26:38.540 --> 00:26:38.720
 the

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.259
 inside

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:39.980
 is

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:40.240
 not

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.520
 there

00:26:40.520 --> 00:26:40.759
 like

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:40.880
 he

00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:41.180
 talked

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:41.440
 about

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:41.680
 in

00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:41.940
 chapter

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.480
 5

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:44.360
 but

00:26:44.360 --> 00:26:44.520
 he

00:26:44.520 --> 00:26:45.100
 says

00:26:45.100 --> 00:26:45.740
 you

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:46.060
 must

00:26:46.060 --> 00:26:46.400
 follow

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:46.780
 me

00:26:46.780 --> 00:26:47.700
 on

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.240
 this

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:48.720
 narrow

00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:48.700
!

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:49.520
 path

00:26:49.520 --> 00:26:51.200
 it

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:51.380
 is

00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:51.759
 those

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.019
 who

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.799
 do

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.380
 the

00:26:53.380 --> 00:26:53.799
 will

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.059
 of

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:54.259
 my

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:54.620
 father

00:26:54.620 --> 00:26:54.840
 who

00:26:54.840 --> 00:26:54.980
 is

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.140
 in

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:55.319
 heaven

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:55.500
 it's

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:55.740
 not

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.180
 just

00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:56.559
 outward

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:57.039
 obedience

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.500
 it's

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.019
 inward

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.960
 heart

00:26:58.960 --> 00:26:59.680
 as

00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:00.019
 well

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.640
 and

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 it's

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 about

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 being

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 on

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 this

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 path

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 we

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 realize

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 I'm

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 blew

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 it

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 I

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 can't

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 live

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 this

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 way

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 yes

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 only

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 Jesus

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 can

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 and

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 so

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 we

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 by

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 faith

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 give

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 our

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 lives

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 to

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 him

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 to

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 follow

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 him

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 we

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 follow

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 him

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 in

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 faith

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 and

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 we

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 repent

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 of

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 our

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 sin

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 repent

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 of

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 our

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 good

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 works

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 that

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 we

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 are

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 trying

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 to

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 do

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 to

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 earn

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 his

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 favor

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 but

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 there

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 are

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 many

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 of

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 us

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 in

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 here

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 who

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 are

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 also

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 followers

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 of

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 Christ

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 that

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 we

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 would

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 say

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 stay

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 the

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 path

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 he

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 is

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 with

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 us

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 it

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 can

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 be

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 hard

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 when

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 you

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 see

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 the

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 things

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 that

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 are

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 happening

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 in

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 our

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 culture

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 that

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 celebrate

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 death

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 instead

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 of

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 life

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 there

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 are

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 so

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 many

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 ways

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 that

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 the

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 world

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 is

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 trying

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 to

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 lure

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 you

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 into

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 its

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 thinking

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 to

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 get

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 you

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 to

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 follow

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 the

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 ways

00:27:52.699 --> 00:27:52.799
 of

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 the

00:27:52.919 --> 00:27:53.099
 world

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 the

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:53.699
 enemy

00:27:53.699 --> 00:27:54.599
 is

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 attacking

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 in

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 ways

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 that

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 we

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 don't

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 even

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 see

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 to

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 try

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 to

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 discourage

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 and accuse

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 the

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 brethren

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 to deceive

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 us

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 don't

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 give

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 in to

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 the

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 flesh

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 believe

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 the

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 gospel

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 that

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 Jesus

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 lived

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 the

00:28:11.159 --> 00:28:11.439
 life

00:28:11.439 --> 00:28:11.599
 that

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:11.740
 you

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 couldn't

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 live

00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:12.439
 and

00:28:12.439 --> 00:28:12.579
 he

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 died

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 the

00:28:13.619 --> 00:28:13.919
 death

00:28:13.919 --> 00:28:14.079
 that

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:14.220
 you

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 deserve

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 to

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 die

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 so

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:15.480
 that

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:15.939
 through

00:28:15.939 --> 00:28:16.379
 faith

00:28:16.379 --> 00:28:17.139
 in

00:28:17.139 --> 00:28:17.519
 him

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.439
 we

00:28:18.439 --> 00:28:18.619
 can

00:28:18.619 --> 00:28:18.980
 have

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:19.599
 life

00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:20.279
 the

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 end

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 of

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 the

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 hard

00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:23.059
 way

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 entering

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 through

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 the

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 narrow

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:25.579
 gate

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:26.220
 leads

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 to

00:28:26.619 --> 00:28:27.139
 life

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 so

00:28:27.919 --> 00:28:28.279
 live

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 that

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:28.939
 life

00:28:28.939 --> 00:28:29.179
 of

00:28:29.179 --> 00:28:29.519
 repentance

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.859
 whenever

00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:31.119
 I

00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:31.480
 hear

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:33.079
 about

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:33.740
 kind

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:33.939
 of a

00:28:33.939 --> 00:28:34.159
 fork

00:28:34.159 --> 00:28:34.279
 in

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 the

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 road

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.199
 or

00:28:35.199 --> 00:28:35.720
 cross

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 roads

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 or

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.099
 you

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:37.199
 got

00:28:37.199 --> 00:28:37.339
 to

00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:37.639
 pick

00:28:37.639 --> 00:28:38.000
 the

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.319
 path

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 to

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 choose

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 Jim

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 Elliott

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 if you

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.079
 ever

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:41.240
 heard

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.400
 that

00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:41.640
 name

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:41.880
 was

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 a

00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:42.920
 missionary

00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:45.000
 from

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 America

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:46.279
 went to

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 the

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 Akka

00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:47.240
 Indians

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:47.799
 in

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 South

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:48.519
 America

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.339
 and

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:49.519
 one

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:49.599
 of

00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:49.759
 my

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.099
 favorite

00:28:50.099 --> 00:28:50.480
 quotes

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:50.619
 he

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:50.740
 had

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:50.960
 a

00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:51.980
 book

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.660
 kind

00:28:52.660 --> 00:28:52.779
 of

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 his

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 biography

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 written

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 by

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 his

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 wife

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 called

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 The

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 Shadow

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 of

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 the

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 Almighty

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 this

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:57.539
 quote

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 stuck

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 with

00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:58.400
 me

00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:59.220
 where

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.400
 he

00:28:59.400 --> 00:28:59.759
 says

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:00.180
 father

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:00.740
 make

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:00.920
 of

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 me

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:01.559
 a

00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:02.039
 crisis

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:02.559
 man

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:03.960
 bring

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:04.380
 those

00:29:04.380 --> 00:29:04.559
 I

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:05.039
 contact

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:05.480
 to

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:05.619
 a

00:29:05.619 --> 00:29:06.059
 decision

00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:07.259
 let

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.400
 me

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:07.619
 not

00:29:07.619 --> 00:29:07.779
 be

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:07.960
 a

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.220
 mile

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:08.640
 post

00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:08.859
 on

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 a

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.359
 single

00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:09.839
 road

00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:10.700
 but

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 make

00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:11.099
 me

00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:11.299
 a

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:11.680
 fork

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:12.279
 that

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:12.619
 men

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:12.940
 must

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.379
 turn

00:29:13.379 --> 00:29:13.879
 one

00:29:13.879 --> 00:29:14.279
 way

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.660
 or

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:15.079
 another

00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:15.460
 on

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:16.039
 facing

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.720
 Christ

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.180
 in

00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:17.559
 me

00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:18.740
 in

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:18.940
 other

00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:19.140
 words

00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:19.539
 for those

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:19.799
 of you

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.039
 who are

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.460
 following

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:20.900
 Jesus

00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:21.960
 let us

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.559
 live a

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.019
 life

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:23.779
 that

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:24.039
 is

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:24.619
 so

00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:26.619
 bearing

00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:26.899
 the

00:29:26.899 --> 00:29:27.339
 image

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:26.879
 the

00:29:26.879 --> 00:29:27.339
 image

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:27.639
 of

00:29:27.639 --> 00:29:28.239
 Jesus

00:29:28.239 --> 00:29:29.079
 that

00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:29.239
 is

00:29:29.239 --> 00:29:29.479
 so

00:29:29.479 --> 00:29:29.699
 we're

00:29:29.699 --> 00:29:29.859
 the

00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:30.299
 hands

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:30.539
 and

00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:30.799
 feet

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.019
 of

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.339
 Jesus

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:31.719
 that

00:29:31.719 --> 00:29:32.299
 we

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:32.479
 are

00:29:32.479 --> 00:29:33.000
 following

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.299
 him

00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:33.459
 in

00:29:33.459 --> 00:29:33.719
 such

00:29:33.719 --> 00:29:33.879
 a

00:29:33.879 --> 00:29:34.079
 way

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.319
 that

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:34.839
 people

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:35.339
 when

00:29:35.339 --> 00:29:35.500
 they

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:36.079
 come

00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:36.279
 in

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:36.679
 contact

00:29:36.679 --> 00:29:36.959
 with

00:29:36.959 --> 00:29:37.219
 us

00:29:37.219 --> 00:29:37.939
 they've

00:29:37.939 --> 00:29:38.059
 got

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:38.179
 to

00:29:38.179 --> 00:29:38.339
 make

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:38.459
 a

00:29:38.459 --> 00:29:38.879
 decision

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:39.299
 am

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.479
 I

00:29:39.479 --> 00:29:39.619
 going

00:29:39.619 --> 00:29:39.759
 to

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.059
 follow

00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:40.419
 that

00:29:40.419 --> 00:29:40.699
 way

00:29:40.699 --> 00:29:40.899
 of

00:29:40.899 --> 00:29:41.219
 Jesus

00:29:41.219 --> 00:29:42.619
 or

00:29:42.619 --> 00:29:42.959
 turn

00:29:42.959 --> 00:29:43.159
 the

00:29:43.159 --> 00:29:43.339
 other

00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:43.599
 way

00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:43.879
 let

00:29:43.879 --> 00:29:44.059
 our

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:44.699
 lives

00:29:44.699 --> 00:29:45.299
 be

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:45.919
 such

00:29:45.919 --> 00:29:46.739
 that

00:29:46.739 --> 00:29:47.119
 people

00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:47.519
 even

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 face

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 a

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 little

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 bit

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 of

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 conviction

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 followers

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 let's

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 pray

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 father

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 we

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 thank

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 you

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 so

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 much

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 that

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 Jesus

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 gave

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 us

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 these

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 words

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 that

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 he

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 gave

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 us

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 really

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 a

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 hard

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 saying

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 after

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 such

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 an

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 incredible

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 sermon

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 showing

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 what

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 life

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 in the

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 kingdom

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 is

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 like

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 life

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 of

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 thriving

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 in a

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 way

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 that

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 lives

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 for

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 your

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 glory

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 and

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 honors

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 you

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 both

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 from

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 the

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 outside

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 and

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 the

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 inside

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 how

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 to

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 live

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 from

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 the

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 heart

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 how

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 to

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 pray

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 there

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 are

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 so

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 many

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 incredible

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 things

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 that

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 Jesus

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 gave

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 us

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 thank

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 you

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 that

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 he

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 gave

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 us

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 this

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 invitation

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 to

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 enter

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 the

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 narrow

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 gate

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 thank

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 you

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 for

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 giving

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 us

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 this

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 way

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 to

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 follow

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 you

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 and

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 Lord

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 what

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 you

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 call

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 us

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 to

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 you

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 give

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 us

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 the

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 strength

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 to

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 obey

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 you

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 gave

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 us

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 your

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 spirit

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 so

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 that

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 we

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 could

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 follow

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 you

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 on

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 this

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 path

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 may

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 we

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 never

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 think

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 for

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 a

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 moment

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 that

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 we

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 can

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 earn

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 our

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 way

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 that

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 we

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 can

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 be

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 good

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 enough

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 help

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 us

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 to

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 fall

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 into

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 your

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 arms

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 and

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 trust

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 you

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 again

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 thank

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 you

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 for

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 the

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 spirit

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 that

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 empowers

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 us

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 to

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 live

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 this

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 life

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 that

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 you've

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 called

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 us

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 to

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 may

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 we

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 live

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 in

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 full

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 obedience

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 day

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 by

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 day

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 we

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 pray

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 this

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 in

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 the

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 precious

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 name

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 of

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 Jesus

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 amen