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 Father, we ask that, Father, we confess that we often don't think you want to give us things

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 which are really important to us. Father, that's just a problem many of us have.

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 So we ask, Father, that the Holy Spirit would do a gentle but very deep work on us this morning

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 and help us to trust you and to believe you, Father. And we ask in particular

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 that you would grow good hope within us, that you would grow a good hope

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 that allows us to live well for the good of ourselves, the good of this community,

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 the good of our families and our friends, and for your great glory and praise as the gospel is spread.

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 So, Father, grow good hope in us this morning. This we ask in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So I've had an interesting or an odd type of week. I had two conversations about suicide this week.

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 And that's not something which I normally have a conversation about.

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 But this week I had several conversations about suicide.

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 One, in one case, it was because it's coming up to the, like almost any day,

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 it will be the one-year anniversary of a very shocking, for this person,

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 a very shocking and gruesome suicide.

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 The one-year anniversary of it.

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 And in the other case, it was a person sharing, I can't remember now if it was two or three,

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 but the person sharing with me how a very close family member

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 has now had either two or three suicide attempts, serious suicide attempts.

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 And it was just in each of those cases, just pure, I mean, some people would just say by chance,

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 others would say by providence of God.

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 A person who wasn't supposed to drop in, who had a key, dropped in and had a key.

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 Like those types of weird situations.

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 And if it hadn't been for that, the person would have successfully committed suicide.

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 And so we had, you know, these conversations about it.

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 And, you know, in both cases, you know, one of the people who'd committed suicide,

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 I mean, it's always tragic, right?

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 In fact, actually, in the one with the several attempts, the person who tried to do it is very wealthy.

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 And in the other case, this is a person who was just brilliant.

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 A doctor, you know, young, like all, from the outside, in both cases,

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 you'd look as if you'd think that these people had everything going for them in their life.

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 You might even wish that you could be like them.

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 You might even be saying, my life sucks, I wish I could be like them,

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 without knowing that one of them would then, as I said, coming up a year ago, commit suicide,

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 very in a gruesome manner.

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 And in both cases, as I'm talking in these cases,

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 they shared how, especially with the person who talked through the person,

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 I can't remember now if it was two or three suicide attempts,

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 they just shared how an overwhelming darkness and hopelessness,

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 overwhelming darkness and hopelessness,

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 just descended upon them and settled upon them,

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 and settled and settled and settled.

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 And, I mean, hopeless doesn't begin to capture the darkness of the state that they were in.

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 Believe it or not, the Bible text that we are going to look at today

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 has an awful lot to say about hope

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 and how to understand hope and God and hope

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 and help anybody to think about hope better.

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 So it'd be a great help for me if you would take your Bibles

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 and turn in them to Ephesians 1, verses 15 to 23.

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 Ephesians 1, verses 15 to 23.

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 And we're going to look at this whole problem of what hope is.

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 And here's the thing to begin with.

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 Isn't it puzzling that we need hope to live?

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 Isn't it puzzling that we need hope to live?

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 Like, most of us might never have thought about it, but we do.

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 Without hope, we want to die.

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 But that's an interesting thing about us as human beings,

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 that that would be so important about us.

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 So let's see what the Bible says.

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 And in this particular case, we'll have the text up on the screen as well

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 for those who don't have your Bibles with you.

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 And hopefully I'm doing this correctly.

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 So this is how it begins.

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 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus

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 and your love toward all the saints,

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 I do not cease to give thanks for you,

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 remembering you in my prayers.

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 And we'll just sort of pause there for a second.

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 What I should have mentioned before we started to read this

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 is one of the things which is very puzzling,

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 and if you go back on your own and read the whole letter to Ephesians,

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 is that the man who's writing this is in jail.

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 He's in jail.

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 And in fact, it doesn't sound like he's in jail.

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 I think as I shared last week,

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 if I was in jail writing you folks a letter,

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 it would begin probably,

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 I'm so glad nobody's beat me up yet.

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 Then the second thing might be,

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 get me a better lawyer.

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 The third one might be, pray like crazy or whatever.

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 But when you read this letter,

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 it doesn't sound like it's written by a guy who's in jail.

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 And he's in jail in Rome.

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 The letter is written around somewhere between the year 60 and 62.

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 And he's writing a letter to a group of churches

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 in a place called Ephesus,

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 in what we now know of as Turkey,

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 which was an important city in the Roman Empire at the time.

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 And he writes like this.

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 He actually spent three years,

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 the writer of the letter,

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 spent three years in Ephesus.

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 He planted the church and the multiple churches.

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 But he writes like this because he's been gone from them

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 for several years,

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 but he's heard that they're growing

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 and they're doing really well.

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 And so he's filled with thanks.

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 Right?

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 I do not cease to give thanks for you,

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 remembering you in my prayers.

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 I'm going to say one other thing.

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 So here's a,

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 okay,

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 time out.

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 Grammar geek moment.

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 Time out.

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 You know who you are.

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 Okay?

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 So this is for you.

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 This,

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 15 to 23 in Greek,

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 is one sentence.

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 No modern editor would ever let you write this sentence today in English.

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 But it's one long sentence.

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 But in the original language,

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 I'm breaking the verses up into six sections

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 because,

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 okay,

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 grammar geek moment,

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 in the original language,

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 this would have been read out loud.

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 Many people were illiterate,

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 right?

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 So this would have been a letter that was written in all of the different churches

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 in Ephesus and the surrounding community.

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 And,

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 and one of the things that they taught you in the ancient world

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 was how to read properly.

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 And so,

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 if you just,

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 trust me on this,

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 if you analyze it in the original letter,

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 there's breathing spots

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 because they were trained to be able to stand.

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 I don't know how they stood,

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 but they would have stood there in a proper way.

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 They read a bit

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 and then there'd be a,

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 and then they'd speak and speak and speak

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 and then be,

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 they breathe.

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 And so it's designed that way

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 and that's how I've divided up the verses.

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 It helps you to understand the units of meaning.

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 Okay,

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 Greek,

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 geek,

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 not Greek,

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 geek moment over

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 back to the rest of you

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 who are not geek grammar nerds.

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 Okay,

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 so,

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 so that's how it begins.

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 He's very thankful

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 and then he's thanking

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 and remembering you in your prayers.

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 And what does he say next?

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 The next thing he says is this.

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 And,

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 this sounds a little bit innocuous,

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 but he actually

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 sort of enters into a very interesting riddle

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 that we don't really think about that often.

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 Look at what he says.

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 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 the Father of glory,

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 may give you the spirit of wisdom

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 and of revelation

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 in the knowledge of him,

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 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened.

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 Now,

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 that just looks like a pretty innocuous thing,

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 but here's this interesting thing.

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 Remember I said,

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 why is it that we can't live without hope?

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 Like,

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 why is that?

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 Well,

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 here's this other thing.

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 I am not a dog person.

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 I married a dog person,

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 so we have dogs.

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 Louise loves dogs.

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 She also loves birds and fish

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 and all sorts of other things,

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 so we live in a small zoo

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 almost sometimes.

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 But,

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 we have this humongous

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 German shepherd

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 and a dog not quite as big

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 that's a cross between

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 a standard poodle

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 and a sheep dog.

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 The big dog is called Rocky

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 and the smaller dog

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 is called Wooly.

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 But,

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 here's the thing.

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 I observe these dogs

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 and dogs,

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 you know,

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 domesticated dogs,

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 they're pretty high up

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 in terms of animals.

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 Dogs never hope.

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 If you think about it for a second,

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 dogs don't hope.

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 not really.

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 Like,

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 Rocky's not hoping

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 for Christmas.

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 That's a bit too far for us.

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 Rocky's not hoping

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 for Halloween.

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 So,

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 I mean,

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 I observe the dog.

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 It's not as if

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 they're just a lump.

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 Louise,

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 often on many days,

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 she goes to one of our

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 kids

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 and she meets

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 their kids,

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 our grandkids,

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 off the bus

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 because,

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 you know,

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 Victoria can't be home

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 in time for it

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 and so Louise goes

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 and meets the kids,

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 some of our grandkids

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 and,

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 you know,

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 brings them and looks at it

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 and then when Louise

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 comes home at quarter to six

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 or six o'clock

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 or something like that,

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 as soon as she comes in,

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 as soon as she pulls in,

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 the dogs are very excited

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 and because it's six o'clock

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 at night,

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 the dogs know that

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 unless Louise

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 desperately has to go

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 to the bathroom,

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 the very first thing

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 Louise does

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 will be to feed

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 the dogs

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 and they're really excited

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 about that,

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 let me tell you,

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 they really jump up and down,

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 it is a big,

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 big moment.

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 I think actually

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 first she gives them a cookie,

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 then what parents

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 aren't supposed to do

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 with your kids,

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 you don't give them a cookie

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 and then their dinner

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 but it works with dogs,

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 right?

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 So,

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 but I don't think

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 they think all day,

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 I wonder what type of cookie

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 I'm going to have,

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 I hope I get a good,

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 like,

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 dogs don't hope,

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 so just think about it

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 for a second,

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 like,

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 why is it that human beings hope?

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 It's not obvious,

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 like,

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 if naturalistic evolution

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 is true

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 and we're just a result

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 of cause and effect

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 and the natural physical laws

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 and processes,

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 like,

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 we're no more

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 biologically adapted

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 to live well than,

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 well,

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 in fact,

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 they used to say,

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 some of us are old enough,

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 remember when the thing

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 that used to be

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 mutually assured destruction

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 and the worry

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 that there'd be nuclear bombs

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 that would kill everything

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 and the only things

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 that would survive

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 wouldn't be humans,

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 it would be cockroaches,

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 and they never hope,

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 by the way,

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 they're just bugs,

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 right?

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 So it doesn't really

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 add any advantage,

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 like,

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 why do human beings hope?

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 Why do we hope?

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 And why is it that hope

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 is so important to us

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 that without hope

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 we'd die?

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 And in fact,

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 it's even curious

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 because from Eastern

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 religion's point of view,

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 if in the way,

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 like,

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 the CBC

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 or the University of Ottawa

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 would tell you

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 about how you began,

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 which is through

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 blind chance,

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 like,

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 how does hope exist

00:11:16.460 --> 00:11:17.460
 in such a world?

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 Yet from the Eastern religions

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 where there's either

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 this constant cycle,

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 but at the end of the day,

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 all things that exist

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 are a result

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 of an ancient catastrophe

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 where the divine unity

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 somehow or another

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 started to have separation

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 and we're all trying

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 to get back to it.

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 But if it all began

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 by a catastrophe,

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 then why does hope exist?

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 Huh?

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 Like,

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 why?

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 Well,

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 you,

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 now go back

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 and look at the text again

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 because the text

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 actually says

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 we're just so familiar

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 with it

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 we don't realize

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 that the text

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 says something

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 very,

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 very significant.

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 Look at it again.

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 The last bit,

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 having the eyes

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 of your hearts

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 enlightened.

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 See,

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 here's the thing.

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 Human,

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 the Bible teaches

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 that human beings

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 are deep

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 and that we're

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 not just bodies.

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 there's something

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 deeper about

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 a human being.

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 In the language

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 of a heart,

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 we not normally

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 hear it

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 and we think

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 of emotions

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 but in fact,

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 the Bible here

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 is not referring

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 to the fact

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 that human beings

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 have emotions.

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 Dogs have emotions.

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 What it's referring

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 to is the command center.

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 So those of you

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 who really like

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 Star Trek,

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 just picture

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 where Captain Kirk

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 sits

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 and that's

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 the biblical

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 understanding

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 of the heart.

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 that there's

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 something

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 non-physical

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 that makes

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 us human

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 that's

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 obviously

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 connected

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 to our bodies.

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 It's like

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 having bodies

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 isn't sort of

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 an accident

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 or just a chance.

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 We were designed

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 to be a body

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 with a command center

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 that's not purely

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 physical.

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 One being.

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 And this command center,

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 out of this command center,

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 out of this thing

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 which is the very center

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 of who we are,

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 which can't be explained

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 purely by cause

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 and effect

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 or by genetics

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 or biology

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 or anything like that,

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 out of that one command center,

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 this is what's so unique

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 about the Christian worldview

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 because it fits with us.

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 Out of this one command center

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 comes the mind

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 and thinking,

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 comes the mind

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 and imagination,

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 comes the mind

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 and memory.

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 Out of it comes

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 the ability

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 to will,

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 to choose.

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 Out of it comes

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 creativity.

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 Out of it comes

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 feelings

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 and emotions

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 and affections

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 and longings

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 and apprehension

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 of beauty

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 and glory.

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 And out of this

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 one spot,

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 it's not as if there's a,

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 it's not as if there's,

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 over here is the,

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 you know,

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 the feeling part

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 and over here

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 is the willing part

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 and over here

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 is the thinking part.

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 No,

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 there's just one center

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 of a human being

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 and that's how God

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 designed us.

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 And it's because

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 God designed us

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 to be a body

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 with a heart,

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 with a command center

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 that's not purely

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 physical.

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 It's because

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 that God

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 designed this.

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 designed us

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 in such a way

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 not as a catastrophe,

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 not as just

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 mere chance,

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 that we understand

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 that the heart

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 that out of us

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 comes a natural

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 desire to think.

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 If we had a baby

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 and it wasn't

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 showing any sense

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 of thinking,

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 we would be worried.

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 If we had a baby

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 and it showed no sign

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 of ever wanting

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 to smile or cry,

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 we would be worried.

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 If we had a young child

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 and it never had

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 any imagination

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 or creativity,

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 we would be worried.

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 If we had a child

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 and it had no longings,

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 we would be worried.

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 And so in this

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 little tiny thing,

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 we don't realize

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 that one moment,

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 all of a sudden,

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 with this one text,

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 a whole different way

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 of understanding

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 human being

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 is opened up to us.

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 That human beings

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 are deep

00:14:48.660 --> 00:14:50.580
 and that out of

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 the very center

00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:52.140
 of who human beings

00:14:52.140 --> 00:14:52.340
 are,

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 we think,

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 we reason,

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 we remember,

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 we imagine,

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 we will,

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 we feel,

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 not out of different

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 places,

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 but out of one place.

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 Even though,

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 as fallen human beings,

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 we recognize

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 that those things

00:15:03.259 --> 00:15:04.539
 can sometimes be at war.

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 We think one thing

00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:06.580
 and we emote,

00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:07.639
 we feel emotions

00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:08.379
 around another thing

00:15:08.379 --> 00:15:08.879
 and we long

00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:09.740
 for different things.

00:15:09.820 --> 00:15:10.759
 But we understand

00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:11.659
 that they're at war

00:15:11.659 --> 00:15:12.419
 because God,

00:15:12.899 --> 00:15:13.039
 you know,

00:15:13.080 --> 00:15:13.879
 the Eastern religions

00:15:13.879 --> 00:15:14.240
 are right,

00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:15.259
 there is a catastrophe,

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 but the catastrophe

00:15:16.379 --> 00:15:17.919
 isn't what created us.

00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:20.480
 The catastrophe came

00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:21.620
 after God made

00:15:21.620 --> 00:15:22.500
 a good creation

00:15:22.500 --> 00:15:23.559
 and the catastrophe

00:15:23.559 --> 00:15:24.559
 came when we,

00:15:24.740 --> 00:15:25.580
 human beings,

00:15:26.019 --> 00:15:27.179
 desire to be like

00:15:27.179 --> 00:15:28.259
 gods ourselves.

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 And in seeking

00:15:29.979 --> 00:15:30.879
 to do that,

00:15:30.959 --> 00:15:32.120
 we broke our connection

00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:32.799
 with the true

00:15:32.799 --> 00:15:34.559
 and living triune God

00:15:34.559 --> 00:15:36.279
 and division

00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:37.199
 and brokenness

00:15:37.199 --> 00:15:42.079
 entered into our lives.

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 And God made us

00:15:44.259 --> 00:15:44.799
 to hope.

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 If you think about it,

00:15:46.779 --> 00:15:48.059
 go back and look again

00:15:48.059 --> 00:15:49.099
 at the Genesis 1

00:15:49.099 --> 00:15:50.019
 and Genesis 2.

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 Why did God

00:15:51.299 --> 00:15:52.240
 create human beings?

00:15:52.379 --> 00:15:52.979
 He created us

00:15:52.979 --> 00:15:53.639
 to be at home

00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:54.279
 in this universe

00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:56.059
 and he created us

00:15:56.059 --> 00:15:57.019
 to tend the garden.

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 He created us

00:15:58.779 --> 00:16:01.719
 to be fruitful

00:16:01.719 --> 00:16:02.399
 and multiply

00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:03.879
 and have dominion

00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:04.919
 over all of the earth.

00:16:05.899 --> 00:16:06.139
 Now,

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 true confessions,

00:16:07.979 --> 00:16:08.139
 again,

00:16:08.219 --> 00:16:09.379
 I am not a gardener.

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 If you want your garden

00:16:10.719 --> 00:16:11.259
 to die,

00:16:11.620 --> 00:16:12.819
 ask me to be the gardener.

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 If you want all the plants

00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:15.620
 in your house to die,

00:16:16.239 --> 00:16:17.379
 ask me to care for them.

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 I have a black thumb,

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 not a green thumb.

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 But,

00:16:21.879 --> 00:16:22.919
 here's what I understand

00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:23.719
 about gardeners

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 because my wife

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 likes to garden

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 and I know lots of gardeners.

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 You know,

00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:29.560
 you can't tend a garden

00:16:29.560 --> 00:16:31.500
 without hope.

00:16:33.340 --> 00:16:34.240
 Like right now,

00:16:34.379 --> 00:16:35.139
 gardeners are just,

00:16:35.580 --> 00:16:35.840
 you know,

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 there's a sense

00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:36.980
 that they're going to be

00:16:36.980 --> 00:16:37.919
 winding everything up

00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:38.539
 but even as they're

00:16:38.539 --> 00:16:39.740
 winding everything up,

00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:41.240
 as they start to bank things

00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:42.139
 and cover things,

00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:42.840
 it's also,

00:16:43.379 --> 00:16:44.779
 the garden will flourish

00:16:44.779 --> 00:16:46.639
 this coming spring.

00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:48.879
 And over the winter,

00:16:49.019 --> 00:16:50.080
 they'll buy seeds

00:16:50.080 --> 00:16:50.960
 at the right time

00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:51.500
 and they'll start

00:16:51.500 --> 00:16:52.159
 to plant them

00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:52.960
 and try to get them

00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:53.519
 germinating

00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:54.480
 inside their house

00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:55.100
 and they'll think,

00:16:55.740 --> 00:16:56.480
 I know them,

00:16:56.519 --> 00:16:56.980
 they'll talk about,

00:16:57.039 --> 00:16:57.259
 should we buy

00:16:57.259 --> 00:16:58.159
 these types of plants

00:16:58.159 --> 00:16:59.199
 or these types of tomatoes

00:16:59.199 --> 00:17:00.279
 or these types of flowers?

00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:01.039
 I'm thinking of

00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:02.120
 extending this.

00:17:02.199 --> 00:17:02.759
 I think we'll have

00:17:02.759 --> 00:17:03.340
 less corn

00:17:03.340 --> 00:17:04.180
 and rather than that,

00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:04.480
 there will,

00:17:04.819 --> 00:17:05.079
 right?

00:17:05.180 --> 00:17:05.680
 It's hope.

00:17:05.680 --> 00:17:06.420
 They think,

00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:06.880
 they plan,

00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:07.420
 they hope.

00:17:07.940 --> 00:17:09.259
 God created us that way.

00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:12.080
 That's why we can't live

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 without hope.

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 God created us.

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 This text opens us up

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 on this very,

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 very,

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 very profound riddle.

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 But the text then goes on

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 and does something else

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 which is very,

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 very,

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 very interesting.

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 Look again at what it says

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 up there,

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 right?

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 It asks,

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 it asks,

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 that,

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 I have to look at the right

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 spot in my Bible,

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 that may give you

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 the spirit of wisdom

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 and of revelation

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 and knowledge of him,

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 having the eyes of your hearts

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 enlightened.

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 It's very interesting

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 that what he's praying for

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 is that light

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 will come into the center

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 of the hour.

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 Remember what suicide,

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 suicide I described

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 as this overwhelming darkness

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 that comes to you.

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 And Paul's prayer,

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 his insight,

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 is that we need to be praying

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 into people

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 that light

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 comes into the very center

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 of who they are.

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 And then he asks

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 for three very interesting

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 connected things.

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 Look at verses 18

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 through the beginning

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 of verse 19.

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 And there's three things

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 that he prays for,

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 each begin with the word

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 what.

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 That you may know

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 what is the hope

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 to which he has called you.

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 What are the riches

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 of his glorious inheritance

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 in the saints?

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 And what is the immeasurable

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 greatness of his power

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 toward us who believe

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 according to the working

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 of his great might?

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 Now, these things

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 are like a Rubik's cube.

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 It's not three completely

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 separate things.

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 It's three things

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 which you get aligned

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 just as you want to get

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 the Rubik's cube

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 to be aligned

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 with all the colors

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 in the right way.

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 And they fit with each other

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 and they communicate

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 with each other.

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 And it's not just

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 pie in the sky.

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 In fact,

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 if you look at it,

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 once again,

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 it helps you to understand

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 how we think about hope.

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 I know a person.

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 I haven't had very many

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 conversations with this

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 person for a while.

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 It happens,

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 but because of their past,

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 because of the fact that

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 they were rejected

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 by their dad,

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 they've been rejected

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 by their family,

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 they've had a hard time

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 with bosses,

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 this person's a really,

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 really, really,

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 really hard worker.

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 A really hard worker.

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 But it's other people

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 who will take credit

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 for the work.

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 It's other people

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 who get the promotions.

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 And their entire past

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 just seems to be

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 one of rejection

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 and failure.

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 And so they have no hope

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 for the present

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 or for the future.

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 And others,

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 they look at something,

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 maybe their future,

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 they look at their finances,

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 they look at their health,

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 they see death coming

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 and they have no hope

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 for the future.

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 I know of one person

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 who wanted to get

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 the doctors

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 to administer drugs

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 to them

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 so they could die quickly

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 because they couldn't

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 look good anymore.

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 They couldn't get

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 their hair done

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 and their makeup done.

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 I'm not making this up.

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 Could not get their hair done

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 and their makeup done

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 and wear good clothes

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 because of their

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 medical condition

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 and they wanted to die.

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 The future just looked

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 bleak and bleak

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 and bleak

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 and the present,

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 no power.

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 Look at how this is structured.

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 Just look at,

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 listen to it again,

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 that you may know

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 what is the hope

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 to which he has called you.

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 So Paul wants Christians,

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 he wants the people

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 in Ephesus

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 to have hope.

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 And the first thing

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 to remember about hope

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 is that God called you.

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 That's the past.

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 Sorry, I guess for you

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 I should point that way.

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 That's the past.

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 You know,

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 the reason you're a Christian

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 is that God called you first.

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 You become a Christian

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 not when you call out to God

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 hoping he'll answer,

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 but when you call out to God

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 who has been already calling you.

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 And you're to remember

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 that God called you.

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 And then he looks to the future

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 and he says,

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 what are the riches

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 of his glorious inheritance

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 in the saints?

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 In other words,

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 he's telling you

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 to look forward to heaven.

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 This is really,

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 remember,

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 Paul's in jail.

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 And he said,

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 you know,

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 I want you to grow in hope.

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 And one of the ways

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 to grow in hope,

00:21:24.859 --> 00:21:25.279
 one of the ways

00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:25.959
 to have light

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 come into your life

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 is to reflect

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 and remember

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 that God called you

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 to be his child.

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 And one of the things

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 to bring hope

00:21:33.919 --> 00:21:34.639
 into your life

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 is to remember

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 and reflect upon the fact

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 that even though

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 from the world's point of view,

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 you might not be

00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:41.659
 the most successful person.

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 And at some point in time,

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 you who might have been

00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:45.179
 very, very, very beautiful

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 or very, very handsome

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 or very, very important

00:21:47.199 --> 00:21:48.259
 or very, very powerful

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:49.319
 if you live long enough,

00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:49.960
 all of a sudden

00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:50.879
 you become old

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 and wrinkly

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 and not as important

00:21:52.859 --> 00:21:54.440
 and have no positions of power

00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:55.920
 and the people look through you,

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 not at you,

00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:57.579
 past you,

00:21:57.640 --> 00:21:58.359
 not at you,

00:21:58.480 --> 00:21:59.599
 and all of that.

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 But that's not the final word about you.

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 The final word about you

00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:07.140
 is that God,

00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:08.539
 who has called you,

00:22:08.660 --> 00:22:10.519
 is preparing for you

00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:11.720
 these glorious,

00:22:11.900 --> 00:22:12.099
 like,

00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:14.559
 you are part of God's treasure

00:22:14.559 --> 00:22:16.519
 that he will enjoy forever.

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 You are to understand

00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:18.759
 that in Christ,

00:22:18.859 --> 00:22:20.599
 that is the final word about you.

00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:24.319
 And then it's not just the past

00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:25.379
 and it's not just the future.

00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:26.480
 Look at the next what.

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 The next what says,

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 and what is the immeasurable greatness

00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:30.519
 of his power toward us

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:31.059
 who believe

00:22:31.059 --> 00:22:32.700
 according to the working

00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:34.339
 of his great might?

00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:39.460
 That that power of God

00:22:39.460 --> 00:22:41.839
 hidden in a body

00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:42.939
 that is frail

00:22:42.939 --> 00:22:45.959
 and aging.

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 That God's power

00:22:49.899 --> 00:22:50.480
 is present

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.359
 and working in you.

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 You see,

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:53.559
 that's the way,

00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:54.259
 isn't that the way,

00:22:54.339 --> 00:22:55.819
 but aren't those three things

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.799
 all really important

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.639
 in structure and hope

00:22:57.639 --> 00:22:58.579
 that sometimes

00:22:58.579 --> 00:22:58.980
 when you're trying

00:22:58.980 --> 00:22:59.720
 to encourage somebody

00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:00.319
 and hope you want them

00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:01.259
 to think about the past

00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:01.919
 in a different way

00:23:01.919 --> 00:23:02.459
 or you want to say,

00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:02.980
 well, you can't deal

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.419
 with the past

00:23:03.419 --> 00:23:04.240
 but look at the future

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:04.959
 or look at the present.

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:08.240
 Just look at the casual wisdom

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:09.559
 and insight of the Bible

00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:10.359
 as it talks about

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:11.519
 this particular thing.

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:14.019
 But some of you might say,

00:23:14.099 --> 00:23:14.599
 well, George,

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:19.519
 it's all religious stuff

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:21.259
 but here's the thing

00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:21.679
 which is even.

00:23:21.719 --> 00:23:22.179
 Remember I said,

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:23.199
 why is it that hope

00:23:23.199 --> 00:23:23.819
 is so important

00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:24.859
 and without hope we die?

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.579
 Why is that?

00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:28.899
 And we talk about the fact

00:23:28.899 --> 00:23:29.319
 that, well,

00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:30.279
 what if it is

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:31.599
 that there is something human

00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:32.619
 that's not just cause

00:23:32.619 --> 00:23:32.919
 and effect

00:23:32.919 --> 00:23:33.799
 that makes us different

00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:34.339
 than a dog,

00:23:34.419 --> 00:23:35.039
 makes us different

00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:35.959
 than a cockroach,

00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:37.000
 makes us different

00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:37.579
 than an animal,

00:23:37.679 --> 00:23:38.339
 that there's something

00:23:38.339 --> 00:23:39.979
 in fact that only

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:41.099
 only the fact

00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:42.079
 that we were designed

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:43.779
 by a triune God

00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.839
 for love and fellowship

00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:45.400
 with him

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 and for harmony

00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:47.200
 with the creation

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:48.620
 and harmony

00:23:48.620 --> 00:23:49.480
 with other human beings,

00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:50.660
 only that can account

00:23:50.660 --> 00:23:51.799
 for the reality

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.680
 of what a human being

00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:53.140
 is like

00:23:53.140 --> 00:23:53.920
 and within that

00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:55.360
 hope makes some sense.

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:55.980
 But you see,

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:56.839
 there's something

00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:57.880
 even deeper here

00:23:57.880 --> 00:23:58.920
 is that hope,

00:23:59.380 --> 00:24:00.640
 if it is to be real,

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.759
 real, true,

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:03.160
 deep, enduring hope

00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:04.380
 has to be something

00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:06.880
 beyond this world.

00:24:06.880 --> 00:24:12.400
 Like, if we are something

00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:13.800
 beyond just the physical,

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:14.800
 doesn't it make sense

00:24:14.800 --> 00:24:15.560
 that what we should

00:24:15.560 --> 00:24:16.320
 really hope for

00:24:16.320 --> 00:24:17.120
 should be beyond

00:24:17.120 --> 00:24:18.080
 what is just physical?

00:24:20.020 --> 00:24:21.200
 But it goes even more,

00:24:21.260 --> 00:24:22.100
 if you think about it

00:24:22.100 --> 00:24:22.620
 for a second,

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.700
 just like think about it

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.260
 for a second.

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 One of the things

00:24:27.100 --> 00:24:27.720
 that's really neat

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:29.620
 about having grandchildren,

00:24:30.080 --> 00:24:30.840
 I don't want to harp

00:24:30.840 --> 00:24:31.700
 on this all the time,

00:24:31.760 --> 00:24:32.180
 but one of the things

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:32.820
 which is really neat

00:24:32.820 --> 00:24:33.280
 about it is

00:24:33.280 --> 00:24:33.920
 they come over

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 and they're all young

00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:35.019
 and so you have

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:37.139
 the four-year-old grandchild

00:24:37.139 --> 00:24:38.019
 or the three-year-old

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:39.039
 and my wife has

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:40.099
 lots of different blocks

00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:41.039
 and, you know,

00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:42.159
 so you get a kid,

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:43.220
 it's a natural thing

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:43.960
 at a certain point in time,

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:44.460
 they like to see

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.019
 if they can make

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:45.859
 the black blocks

00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:47.220
 as hard as they possibly can.

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:47.679
 I'm picturing

00:24:47.679 --> 00:24:48.779
 a three-year-old right now

00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:49.819
 and one of the things

00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:50.879
 which is very natural

00:24:50.879 --> 00:24:52.859
 for the 18-month sister

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:54.299
 tottering around

00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:55.699
 is when they see a block,

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:57.259
 a pile of blocks like this,

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.339
 she does,

00:24:59.699 --> 00:25:00.740
 pushes them all down.

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.919
 Two natural processes

00:25:02.919 --> 00:25:04.159
 that work at the same time.

00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:05.579
 Child number one,

00:25:05.639 --> 00:25:06.339
 the three-year-old goes,

00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:08.519
 ah, mommy,

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:11.579
 and the 18-month-old

00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:12.599
 just totters away

00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:13.399
 with a big smile

00:25:13.399 --> 00:25:14.500
 hoping the three-year-old

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.619
 will make a tower of blocks

00:25:15.619 --> 00:25:16.619
 again so they can be

00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:17.079
 knocked down.

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:18.379
 But here's the thing,

00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:20.199
 isn't really,

00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:21.579
 if all there is

00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:22.639
 is this human life,

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.639
 isn't it really

00:25:23.639 --> 00:25:24.679
 like a three-year-old

00:25:24.679 --> 00:25:26.019
 making a tower of blocks

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.559
 not knowing

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.439
 when the 18-month

00:25:27.439 --> 00:25:28.000
 is going to come

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:28.960
 and knock them all down?

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:33.019
 If all there is

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.420
 is life,

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.120
 isn't that what

00:25:34.120 --> 00:25:35.100
 life is really like?

00:25:37.840 --> 00:25:39.079
 I put money aside

00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:39.920
 for my pension,

00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:40.819
 I buy a house,

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:41.779
 I try to pay off

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.279
 the mortgage,

00:25:42.600 --> 00:25:44.259
 I do this

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.799
 and I don't know

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:46.019
 if I will be in a car accident

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.440
 tomorrow

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:47.400
 that will wipe it all out,

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:47.720
 I don't know

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.940
 if I'll die on my way home,

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:50.440
 I don't know

00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:51.019
 if tomorrow

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.720
 that lump

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.320
 will turn out

00:25:52.320 --> 00:25:53.200
 to be cancer.

00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:54.900
 That in fact

00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:55.860
 all human life,

00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:57.180
 if all you hope for

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:58.660
 is in this life,

00:25:59.039 --> 00:26:00.000
 the fact of the matter

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.620
 is is that

00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:01.620
 we are the three-year-old

00:26:01.620 --> 00:26:02.460
 building a tower

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:03.180
 not knowing

00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:04.500
 when the 18-month-old

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:05.259
 is going to

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:06.000
 knock it all down.

00:26:10.620 --> 00:26:12.000
 But the very nature

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:13.160
 of hope implies

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:13.980
 that there's something

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.960
 more than that.

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:16.100
 And what can be

00:26:16.100 --> 00:26:17.039
 more than that?

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:18.440
 It has to be

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:19.500
 something outside

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.779
 of this world

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:22.860
 that fits with the fact

00:26:22.860 --> 00:26:24.160
 that our heart,

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:25.039
 our soul,

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:25.900
 our spirit,

00:26:26.100 --> 00:26:26.720
 our mind

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.740
 is not just

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:29.640
 of this world

00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:30.779
 of cause and effect.

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:34.200
 If hope is to be

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:34.980
 real and enduring,

00:26:35.100 --> 00:26:35.840
 there must be

00:26:35.840 --> 00:26:37.240
 something outside

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:38.440
 and more,

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.620
 but not just

00:26:39.620 --> 00:26:40.840
 all outside,

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.680
 which has nothing

00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:42.460
 to do with now,

00:26:42.580 --> 00:26:43.620
 but is present

00:26:43.620 --> 00:26:45.200
 amongst us.

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.920
 And that's why

00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:49.240
 this next little bit

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:50.240
 is so important.

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.940
 Look at what it says

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.440
 next.

00:26:56.140 --> 00:26:56.940
 Verse 20.

00:26:59.560 --> 00:27:00.220
 Remember it said,

00:27:00.340 --> 00:27:00.680
 what is it?

00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:01.480
 The immeasurable greatness

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:01.759
 of his power.

00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:02.680
 That just went on before.

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.600
 The immeasurable greatness

00:27:03.600 --> 00:27:04.220
 of his power.

00:27:04.320 --> 00:27:04.920
 Verse 19,

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.400
 toward us,

00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:05.759
 I believe,

00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:06.560
 according to the working

00:27:06.560 --> 00:27:07.240
 of his great might.

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.220
 Verse 20,

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:09.440
 that he worked in Christ

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:10.180
 when he raised him

00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:10.759
 from the dead

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:11.600
 and seated him

00:27:11.600 --> 00:27:12.519
 at his right hand

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:13.600
 in the heavenly places.

00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:20.799
 You see,

00:27:21.319 --> 00:27:22.099
 here's the thing

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:22.959
 which people don't

00:27:22.959 --> 00:27:23.339
 understand.

00:27:23.439 --> 00:27:24.219
 The Christian faith

00:27:24.219 --> 00:27:25.359
 is not about being good.

00:27:25.459 --> 00:27:26.159
 If you're not good,

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:27.179
 God will send lightning.

00:27:27.659 --> 00:27:28.259
 He'll get you.

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:29.379
 It's not about being good,

00:27:29.459 --> 00:27:29.839
 being good,

00:27:29.939 --> 00:27:30.319
 being good,

00:27:30.419 --> 00:27:30.799
 being good,

00:27:30.899 --> 00:27:31.399
 being good.

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.379
 In fact,

00:27:32.439 --> 00:27:32.859
 it's about,

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.719
 amongst other things,

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.359
 coming to the point

00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:35.059
 in time you say,

00:27:35.159 --> 00:27:36.359
 that is a rat race

00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:37.279
 that I am only

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:37.919
 going to lose.

00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:40.279
 If I am honest

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:41.019
 with myself,

00:27:41.100 --> 00:27:42.640
 if I am not a Pharisee,

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:44.120
 I am only going to lose

00:27:44.120 --> 00:27:44.560
 in that.

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:46.960
 And the Christian life

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:49.320
 is amongst other things

00:27:49.320 --> 00:27:51.200
 this very counterintuitive

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:52.019
 message

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:53.720
 that the door to life

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:56.160
 is behind you.

00:28:00.360 --> 00:28:00.840
 Accomplishing,

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.460
 accomplishing,

00:28:01.600 --> 00:28:02.080
 accomplishing,

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:02.660
 accomplishing,

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.300
 accomplishing,

00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:03.820
 planning,

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.360
 religious,

00:28:04.600 --> 00:28:05.019
 spiritual,

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:05.500
 this,

00:28:05.580 --> 00:28:06.160
 a little bit of that,

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:06.779
 a bit of meaning,

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:07.620
 going through life,

00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:08.279
 going through life,

00:28:08.379 --> 00:28:09.119
 going through life.

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:11.719
 But the door to life

00:28:11.719 --> 00:28:13.259
 begins when you stop.

00:28:15.139 --> 00:28:16.319
 It's called repentance.

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.279
 And you realize

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:19.019
 that the door to life

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.879
 is behind you.

00:28:23.379 --> 00:28:24.339
 God is calling you

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:25.119
 back to himself.

00:28:25.419 --> 00:28:26.559
 And it's not just a call.

00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:27.519
 See,

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.619
 this is the wonderful thing

00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:29.359
 about this verse.

00:28:29.459 --> 00:28:30.500
 Look at this verse again.

00:28:31.939 --> 00:28:32.939
 That he worked

00:28:32.939 --> 00:28:33.939
 in Christ

00:28:33.939 --> 00:28:34.659
 when he raised him

00:28:34.659 --> 00:28:35.199
 from the dead

00:28:35.199 --> 00:28:35.859
 and seated him

00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:36.519
 in his right hand

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.359
 in the heavenly places.

00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:37.679
 You see,

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:39.099
 the gospel is the message.

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:41.759
 That it's not just

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.819
 that there's this hope

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:43.539
 in a God

00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:44.479
 who is distant,

00:28:44.939 --> 00:28:46.159
 who created all things

00:28:46.159 --> 00:28:46.919
 and he's distant.

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:49.619
 He made us for himself,

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.639
 but he's distant.

00:28:51.419 --> 00:28:52.759
 The message of the gospel

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:54.399
 is that this distant God

00:28:54.399 --> 00:28:55.879
 became Emmanuel,

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:58.139
 became God with us,

00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:59.279
 among us,

00:28:59.419 --> 00:29:00.579
 in our mess.

00:29:01.139 --> 00:29:03.159
 But without sinning,

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:04.359
 without breaking fellowship

00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:04.979
 with God,

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:06.279
 and this God

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:08.039
 came and dwelt among us

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:09.279
 and died on the cross.

00:29:09.379 --> 00:29:10.219
 He died the death

00:29:10.219 --> 00:29:11.139
 that we deserved.

00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:13.299
 All the death

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:15.039
 which crushes us

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:17.179
 and brings an end

00:29:17.179 --> 00:29:18.979
 of all of our longings

00:29:18.979 --> 00:29:19.679
 and our yearnings,

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.519
 if this life

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:21.500
 is all there is,

00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:22.759
 all that death

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:23.959
 that we deserve

00:29:23.959 --> 00:29:24.899
 and that we will

00:29:24.899 --> 00:29:25.779
 someday face

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.899
 unless Christ returns

00:29:26.899 --> 00:29:28.000
 first for his people,

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:30.099
 fell on him.

00:29:30.099 --> 00:29:32.939
 He died my death.

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:35.959
 And the Christian faith

00:29:35.959 --> 00:29:37.480
 is to put your hand

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:38.419
 out to Jesus

00:29:38.419 --> 00:29:39.699
 and he comes

00:29:39.699 --> 00:29:40.539
 who's called you.

00:29:40.639 --> 00:29:41.599
 He takes your hand.

00:29:41.679 --> 00:29:42.819
 He takes him to yourself,

00:29:43.199 --> 00:29:44.119
 takes me to himself,

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:45.859
 and I am united with him

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:47.759
 which is why Paul is saying

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:51.319
 that even in the midst

00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:52.159
 of my aging,

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:54.699
 I'm united with Christ.

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:56.939
 I'm united with Christ.

00:29:57.159 --> 00:29:58.079
 I was united with him

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.819
 in his death

00:29:58.819 --> 00:30:01.220
 and I am united with him

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:03.460
 as God took a man

00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:04.179
 who died

00:30:04.179 --> 00:30:04.919
 and experienced

00:30:04.919 --> 00:30:05.700
 all there is

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:07.059
 to experience of death

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:08.700
 and rose

00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:11.500
 into resurrected life

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.759
 and ascended

00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:13.559
 into the heavens

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:15.919
 and that is who

00:30:15.919 --> 00:30:18.000
 the lowliest Christian

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:20.099
 is united with.

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:25.559
 Paul is in jail

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:28.079
 because he is a Christian.

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:30.639
 Paul is in jail

00:30:30.639 --> 00:30:33.379
 because he is a witness

00:30:33.379 --> 00:30:35.000
 to the resurrection

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:37.139
 of Jesus.

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:41.019
 That is why he is in jail.

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:46.399
 He says,

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:47.939
 you can't stop me

00:30:47.939 --> 00:30:49.240
 from saying

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:50.980
 that Jesus didn't rise

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.679
 from the dead

00:30:51.679 --> 00:30:52.799
 because if I did that,

00:30:52.899 --> 00:30:53.859
 that would be a lie.

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:55.179
 I saw him.

00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:57.359
 He rose from the dead.

00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:58.959
 I know he died.

00:30:59.099 --> 00:31:00.539
 I know the grave is empty.

00:31:00.659 --> 00:31:01.859
 I know they never found

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:02.459
 the body.

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.879
 I saw him.

00:31:04.179 --> 00:31:05.000
 He is alive.

00:31:05.979 --> 00:31:07.779
 And if I have to go to jail

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:11.500
 because I won't deny that,

00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:12.599
 I will go to jail.

00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:18.199
 in five to six years after this,

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:19.659
 he dies a gruesome death.

00:31:20.159 --> 00:31:21.619
 And he dies a gruesome death

00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:22.059
 saying,

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:24.719
 he lives.

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:29.139
 And he came

00:31:29.139 --> 00:31:30.159
 and died

00:31:30.159 --> 00:31:30.939
 and rose

00:31:30.939 --> 00:31:32.039
 for you.

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:35.639
 He came and died

00:31:35.639 --> 00:31:36.459
 and rose

00:31:36.459 --> 00:31:38.419
 for you.

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:43.960
 And then this

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:45.420
 next little bit

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:45.940
 as we start

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:46.680
 to wrap it up.

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.240
 It's something

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:49.259
 that worries us,

00:31:49.300 --> 00:31:50.380
 but it shouldn't worry us.

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:51.340
 It's very wise.

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:53.460
 Look at the next little bit.

00:31:57.060 --> 00:31:57.980
 Verse 21.

00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:00.900
 Remember it says

00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:02.039
 that Jesus was seated

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:02.740
 at the right hand

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.680
 of the heavenly places

00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:05.259
 far above all rule

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:06.539
 and authority

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.400
 and power

00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:08.360
 and dominion

00:32:08.360 --> 00:32:09.779
 and above every name

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.500
 that is named

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:11.920
 not only in this age

00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:13.680
 but also in the age to come.

00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:16.779
 Jesus is above

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.900
 all rule

00:32:17.900 --> 00:32:18.600
 and authority

00:32:18.600 --> 00:32:19.320
 and power

00:32:19.320 --> 00:32:20.080
 and dominion

00:32:20.080 --> 00:32:21.440
 and above every name

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:22.180
 that is named

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:24.340
 not only in this age

00:32:24.340 --> 00:32:26.120
 but in the age to come.

00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:27.640
 See,

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:28.400
 here's what

00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:29.180
 it opens up

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:30.000
 for us for hope.

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:33.100
 Every single one of us

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.799
 have had times

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.359
 when we've talked

00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:34.879
 to a friend

00:32:34.879 --> 00:32:35.799
 to try to talk them

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:36.359
 out of hoping

00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:36.980
 in something.

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:39.740
 Really?

00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:40.199
 You hope

00:32:40.199 --> 00:32:41.039
 that guy's going

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:41.879
 to make you happy?

00:32:44.199 --> 00:32:45.000
 Come on.

00:32:45.199 --> 00:32:45.959
 Smarten up.

00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:48.279
 That guy's going

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:49.819
 to ruin you.

00:32:50.419 --> 00:32:51.559
 You really think

00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:53.799
 doing that's

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:55.019
 going to make

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.299
 like

00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:56.379
 we all know

00:32:56.379 --> 00:32:57.619
 what bad hopes are

00:32:57.619 --> 00:32:58.959
 and we all wish

00:32:58.959 --> 00:33:00.099
 that we could intervene

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:02.000
 and try to have people

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:03.099
 sort of walk away

00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:04.079
 from bad hopes

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:05.319
 and pick up

00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:06.059
 good hopes

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:07.359
 and what this text

00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:08.180
 is pointing to

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:09.319
 isn't a scary thing

00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:09.980
 but it's saying

00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:10.539
 listen,

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:11.940
 anything that you

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.660
 might hope in

00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:13.660
 anything that you

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:14.220
 might hope in

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:15.160
 put your trust in

00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:15.819
 anything that you

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:16.680
 might long for

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.779
 Jesus is higher

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:19.160
 and it's not just

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:20.059
 that Jesus is higher

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:20.940
 this is the same guy

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:21.880
 he's for you

00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:23.000
 he's for you

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.819
 he came

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:24.940
 because he loves you

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:25.740
 he came

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.799
 and died for you

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:27.299
 he took

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:28.180
 his death

00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:29.500
 he took your death

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:30.440
 and made it his

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:31.579
 and he gives you

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:32.559
 his life

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:33.279
 and now

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:34.420
 he's above everything

00:33:34.420 --> 00:33:36.240
 he sees everything

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:37.619
 he can rule

00:33:37.619 --> 00:33:38.460
 in your life

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:40.000
 this is good news

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.779
 because the fact

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.359
 of the matter is

00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:42.279
 is that every single

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.799
 one of us

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.480
 have something

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:43.980
 right now

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:45.140
 going on in our lives

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:46.359
 that if we're lucky

00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:47.259
 and if we're wise

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:47.680
 in a year

00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:48.380
 we will say

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:48.819
 we shouldn't have

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.579
 been hoping in that

00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:52.480
 he can start to

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:53.579
 rule your hopes

00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:55.440
 order your hopes

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:57.140
 see that's what's

00:33:57.140 --> 00:33:57.779
 so important here

00:33:57.779 --> 00:33:58.440
 about this next

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:59.000
 little bit

00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:00.980
 as well

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:03.259
 look at this

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:04.779
 verse 22 and 23

00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:05.839
 and he put all things

00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:06.579
 under his feet

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:08.380
 and gave him his head

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:09.099
 over all things

00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:09.780
 to the church

00:34:09.780 --> 00:34:11.760
 which is his body

00:34:11.760 --> 00:34:12.679
 the fullness of him

00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:13.539
 who fills all in all

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:14.219
 you see this

00:34:14.219 --> 00:34:16.059
 God puts everything

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:17.179
 under the feet of Jesus

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:18.199
 he puts Canada

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:19.500
 he puts United States

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:20.539
 he puts Russia

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:21.639
 he puts China

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:23.699
 he puts hostile

00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:24.900
 spiritual powers

00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:26.139
 he puts idols

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:27.760
 he puts good things

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:28.639
 he puts bad things

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:29.639
 he puts good things

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:30.639
 he puts good things

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:31.639
 he puts good things

00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:32.019
 he puts good things

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:32.420
 he puts good things

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:33.679
 you're not under his feet

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:35.920
 why?

00:34:37.279 --> 00:34:38.480
 you are his feet

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:40.799
 you're his body

00:34:40.799 --> 00:34:43.659
 and the same God

00:34:43.659 --> 00:34:45.500
 who fills all things

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:48.859
 orders all things

00:34:48.859 --> 00:34:51.379
 comes and fills you

00:34:51.379 --> 00:34:52.359
 to order you

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:54.740
 and so we can call out

00:34:54.740 --> 00:34:55.260
 to God

00:34:55.260 --> 00:34:56.240
 to give us hope

00:34:56.240 --> 00:34:58.240
 and not just to give us hope

00:34:58.240 --> 00:34:58.840
 but God

00:34:58.840 --> 00:35:00.680
 Lord Jesus Christ

00:35:00.680 --> 00:35:02.099
 may you be our true

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:02.940
 wise

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:03.480
 long

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:03.940
 deep

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:05.519
 enduring hope

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:07.000
 and Lord Jesus Christ

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:08.519
 may you come into me

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:09.860
 and may you put to death

00:35:09.860 --> 00:35:11.280
 help me to put to death

00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:11.980
 those things

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:12.860
 that I should not

00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:13.620
 be hoping in

00:35:13.620 --> 00:35:14.599
 because they will only

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:15.440
 hurt me

00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:16.599
 they are empty things

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:17.680
 and may you come

00:35:17.680 --> 00:35:18.579
 into my life

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:19.200
 and may you

00:35:19.200 --> 00:35:20.480
 help me to understand

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:21.960
 those things I'm hoping for

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.719
 that are wrong

00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:23.579
 that they're bad

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:24.199
 may you help me

00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:25.340
 to no longer do those

00:35:25.340 --> 00:35:26.139
 and Father

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:27.440
 may you come and order

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:27.920
 my hopes

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:28.539
 because you see

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:29.840
 when Jesus comes into us

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:30.619
 it doesn't mean

00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:32.320
 that like for the gardener

00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:32.679
 it doesn't mean

00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:33.340
 well I can't hope

00:35:33.340 --> 00:35:34.280
 for a nice garden

00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:35.300
 next June

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:36.159
 because I have to only

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:36.900
 hope in Jesus

00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:37.300
 no

00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:39.599
 no

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:42.460
 he doesn't say

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:43.659
 just pretend

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:44.539
 you're not physical

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:45.500
 pretend you're only

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:46.179
 spiritual

00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:47.440
 and only hope

00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:47.980
 no

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:49.460
 no

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:50.480
 he comes

00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:51.420
 to restore

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:51.820
 hope

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:52.519
 to order

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:52.900
 hope

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.659
 to put them

00:35:53.659 --> 00:35:54.179
 in the right

00:35:54.179 --> 00:35:54.920
 place

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:56.880
 that there be

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:57.619
 a harmony

00:35:57.619 --> 00:35:58.599
 and a unity

00:35:58.599 --> 00:35:59.340
 and a union

00:35:59.340 --> 00:35:59.940
 of hopes

00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:00.860
 all centered

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.880
 in Jesus

00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:02.960
 our great

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.460
 hope

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:04.360
 who came

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:05.099
 and died

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.900
 for us

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:07.400
 and rose

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:08.179
 from the dead

00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:08.659
 and is above

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:09.599
 all powers

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:10.240
 and authorities

00:36:10.240 --> 00:36:10.820
 and fills

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:11.639
 all things

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:12.440
 and he is present

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:13.400
 not just in me

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:14.320
 but in us

00:36:14.320 --> 00:36:15.500
 his church

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:16.960
 and he doesn't

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.460
 come

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:18.360
 and fill

00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:18.980
 us

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:19.720
 so

00:36:19.720 --> 00:36:20.740
 that we

00:36:20.740 --> 00:36:21.599
 should rule

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:23.039
 no

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:26.039
 he fills

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.380
 us

00:36:26.380 --> 00:36:27.780
 so we will

00:36:27.780 --> 00:36:28.440
 proclaim

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:29.039
 who Jesus

00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:29.480
 is

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:30.320
 and so we

00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:30.920
 will bless

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:35.440
 just close

00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:38.659
 how do I

00:36:38.659 --> 00:36:39.480
 grow good

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:39.800
 hope

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:41.980
 here's the

00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:42.519
 first thing

00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:45.599
 ask the question

00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:46.300
 think and pray

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:46.880
 about it

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:48.000
 how many of us

00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:48.800
 ever actually

00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:49.199
 say

00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:50.360
 Lord

00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:51.579
 what's good

00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:51.920
 hope

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:54.739
 that's a good

00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:55.719
 question to bring

00:36:55.719 --> 00:36:56.179
 to Jesus

00:36:56.179 --> 00:36:56.639
 it's a good

00:36:56.639 --> 00:36:57.420
 question to bring

00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:58.039
 to your friends

00:36:58.039 --> 00:36:58.579
 what's good

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:58.920
 hope

00:36:58.920 --> 00:37:04.119
 and then ask

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:04.759
 what are my

00:37:04.759 --> 00:37:05.840
 functional hopes

00:37:05.840 --> 00:37:06.920
 like what are the

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.739
 hopes that actually

00:37:07.739 --> 00:37:08.639
 go on in my

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:09.119
 life

00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:10.480
 like how much

00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:11.280
 of my happiness

00:37:11.280 --> 00:37:12.240
 depends

00:37:12.240 --> 00:37:13.440
 true story

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:13.960
 I shouldn't say

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.219
 this

00:37:14.219 --> 00:37:15.400
 I went through

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:16.000
 a period

00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:16.639
 of about

00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:20.639
 eight years

00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:21.639
 seven years

00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:21.960
 maybe

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.679
 where I didn't

00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:23.500
 follow sports

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:25.019
 I was walking

00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:25.639
 to school

00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:26.360
 one day

00:37:26.360 --> 00:37:27.380
 true story

00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:27.900
 this is before

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.420
 the senators

00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:29.179
 okay so give me

00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:29.719
 some grace

00:37:29.719 --> 00:37:30.740
 and the maple

00:37:30.740 --> 00:37:31.599
 leafs had lost

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:32.400
 the night before

00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:34.219
 and I was sick

00:37:34.219 --> 00:37:35.099
 to my stomach

00:37:35.099 --> 00:37:36.420
 and it was as if

00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:37.199
 God said to me

00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:37.659
 George

00:37:37.659 --> 00:37:39.159
 why did your

00:37:39.159 --> 00:37:40.059
 happiness all

00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:40.759
 depend upon

00:37:40.759 --> 00:37:41.259
 whether the

00:37:41.259 --> 00:37:42.039
 maple leafs

00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:42.319
 live

00:37:42.319 --> 00:37:42.799
 win

00:37:42.799 --> 00:37:44.519
 and I realized

00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:44.879
 I had to go

00:37:44.879 --> 00:37:45.579
 cold turkey

00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:46.339
 I had to dive

00:37:46.339 --> 00:37:47.059
 I had to stop

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:48.259
 following sports

00:37:48.259 --> 00:37:50.619
 completely

00:37:50.619 --> 00:37:52.079
 like what a

00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:52.699
 stupid thing

00:37:52.699 --> 00:37:53.219
 to base a

00:37:53.219 --> 00:37:54.079
 person's happiness

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:55.299
 on is whether

00:37:55.299 --> 00:37:56.119
 a group of guys

00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:56.799
 who don't know

00:37:56.799 --> 00:37:57.420
 you who happen

00:37:57.420 --> 00:37:58.079
 to wear a blue

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:59.059
 jersey win a

00:37:59.059 --> 00:37:59.519
 game

00:37:59.519 --> 00:38:02.779
 like what are

00:38:02.779 --> 00:38:03.339
 your functional

00:38:03.339 --> 00:38:03.779
 hopes

00:38:03.779 --> 00:38:05.179
 and one more

00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:05.719
 thing before I

00:38:05.719 --> 00:38:06.259
 do this final

00:38:06.259 --> 00:38:06.779
 slide I want to

00:38:06.780 --> 00:38:07.200
 say something

00:38:07.200 --> 00:38:08.140
 here it was

00:38:08.140 --> 00:38:08.540
 in my notes

00:38:08.540 --> 00:38:09.080
 I forgot to

00:38:09.080 --> 00:38:09.460
 say it

00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:10.720
 if there is

00:38:10.720 --> 00:38:11.400
 anybody here

00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:12.000
 today who's

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:12.600
 struggling with

00:38:12.600 --> 00:38:13.200
 suicide

00:38:13.200 --> 00:38:14.860
 you need to

00:38:14.860 --> 00:38:15.740
 talk to somebody

00:38:15.740 --> 00:38:17.000
 talk to somebody

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:17.920
 before you leave

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:20.480
 okay talk to

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:21.040
 somebody before

00:38:21.040 --> 00:38:21.380
 you leave

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:22.340
 in fact if

00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:22.760
 you're struggling

00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:23.160
 with hope

00:38:23.160 --> 00:38:24.019
 speak to one

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:24.440
 of the people

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:25.040
 beside you

00:38:25.040 --> 00:38:25.740
 leave the church

00:38:25.740 --> 00:38:26.360
 go talk to

00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:26.920
 them about it

00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:27.580
 you got to

00:38:27.580 --> 00:38:28.280
 deal with it

00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:29.140
 don't do

00:38:29.140 --> 00:38:29.980
 something foolish

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.480
 that will end

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:30.860
 up in you

00:38:30.860 --> 00:38:31.640
 dying okay

00:38:31.640 --> 00:38:32.360
 you really need

00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:33.080
 to deal with it

00:38:33.080 --> 00:38:34.560
 and for some

00:38:34.560 --> 00:38:35.260
 of us remember

00:38:35.260 --> 00:38:35.860
 I said how

00:38:35.860 --> 00:38:36.780
 Jesus by

00:38:36.780 --> 00:38:37.460
 ruling over

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:37.960
 all of our

00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:38.400
 hopes it

00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:38.840
 doesn't mean

00:38:38.840 --> 00:38:39.320
 he stops

00:38:39.320 --> 00:38:40.140
 using means

00:38:40.140 --> 00:38:40.620
 for some

00:38:40.620 --> 00:38:41.800
 of us we

00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:42.300
 need to maybe

00:38:42.300 --> 00:38:42.980
 have we need

00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:43.340
 to see a

00:38:43.340 --> 00:38:43.880
 doctor we

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:44.280
 need to have

00:38:44.280 --> 00:38:44.700
 some other

00:38:44.700 --> 00:38:45.160
 type of

00:38:45.160 --> 00:38:46.480
 professional help

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:47.380
 you need to

00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:47.860
 talk to a

00:38:47.860 --> 00:38:49.140
 counselor you

00:38:49.140 --> 00:38:49.519
 don't just

00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:49.840
 say well

00:38:49.840 --> 00:38:50.240
 because I'm

00:38:50.240 --> 00:38:50.579
 going to hope

00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:51.260
 in Jesus he's

00:38:51.260 --> 00:38:51.680
 going to take

00:38:51.680 --> 00:38:52.240
 away this no

00:38:52.240 --> 00:38:52.880
 no no no no

00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:53.500
 no no no no

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:53.760
 no no

00:38:53.760 --> 00:38:56.640
 speak to come

00:38:56.640 --> 00:38:57.240
 and speak to

00:38:57.240 --> 00:38:57.780
 somebody okay

00:38:57.780 --> 00:38:58.559
 please do that

00:38:58.559 --> 00:38:59.280
 and you might

00:38:59.280 --> 00:38:59.700
 you might need

00:38:59.700 --> 00:39:00.160
 to talk to

00:39:00.160 --> 00:39:00.599
 counselor you

00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:00.980
 might need to

00:39:00.980 --> 00:39:01.500
 see a doctor

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:02.039
 who can give

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:02.599
 you some help

00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:03.579
 while you sort

00:39:03.579 --> 00:39:04.019
 some of these

00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:04.519
 things out

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:05.619
 but one final

00:39:05.619 --> 00:39:08.279
 slide here's

00:39:08.279 --> 00:39:08.839
 what we pray

00:39:08.839 --> 00:39:10.339
 ask Jesus to

00:39:10.339 --> 00:39:12.579
 help you to

00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:13.579
 kill all

00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:14.579
 false hopes

00:39:14.579 --> 00:39:16.420
 ask Jesus to

00:39:16.420 --> 00:39:16.880
 help you to

00:39:16.880 --> 00:39:17.319
 kill all

00:39:17.319 --> 00:39:18.059
 false hopes

00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:20.920
 ask him to

00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:21.659
 help you to

00:39:21.659 --> 00:39:22.380
 kill all

00:39:22.380 --> 00:39:23.860
 fell hopes

00:39:23.860 --> 00:39:25.199
 in quotes

00:39:25.199 --> 00:39:25.920
 fell just

00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:26.659
 means evil

00:39:26.659 --> 00:39:28.379
 if you're

00:39:28.379 --> 00:39:29.599
 hoping that

00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:30.259
 somebody who

00:39:30.259 --> 00:39:30.879
 hurt you

00:39:30.879 --> 00:39:32.339
 that they

00:39:32.339 --> 00:39:33.039
 lose their

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:33.940
 job that

00:39:33.940 --> 00:39:34.539
 their dog

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:35.539
 dies their

00:39:35.539 --> 00:39:36.559
 car breaks

00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:38.239
 down they

00:39:38.239 --> 00:39:38.759
 break a

00:39:38.759 --> 00:39:40.839
 leg yeah

00:39:40.839 --> 00:39:42.019
 it's not

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:43.879
 good got to

00:39:43.879 --> 00:39:44.359
 be working on

00:39:44.359 --> 00:39:46.819
 forgiveness you

00:39:46.819 --> 00:39:47.460
 want that hope

00:39:47.460 --> 00:39:49.019
 to die ask

00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:49.799
 Jesus to help

00:39:49.799 --> 00:39:51.759
 you ask Jesus

00:39:51.759 --> 00:39:53.319
 to order your

00:39:53.319 --> 00:39:54.420
 disordered hopes

00:39:54.420 --> 00:39:55.420
 to put your

00:39:55.420 --> 00:39:57.180
 hope that

00:39:57.180 --> 00:39:57.659
 the sends

00:39:57.659 --> 00:39:59.480
 win in a

00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:00.460
 proper place

00:40:00.460 --> 00:40:03.159
 finish 30th

00:40:03.159 --> 00:40:03.559
 it'll be a

00:40:03.559 --> 00:40:04.079
 good year

00:40:04.079 --> 00:40:08.400
 ask Jesus to

00:40:08.400 --> 00:40:08.740
 be your

00:40:08.740 --> 00:40:09.720
 highest deepest

00:40:09.720 --> 00:40:11.039
 fullest enduring

00:40:11.039 --> 00:40:12.360
 ruling hope

00:40:12.360 --> 00:40:14.800
 and ask Jesus

00:40:14.800 --> 00:40:15.599
 to grow hope

00:40:15.599 --> 00:40:16.000
 in you

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:16.920
 ask him to

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:17.320
 grow hope

00:40:17.320 --> 00:40:18.000
 in you

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:19.800
 ask him for

00:40:19.800 --> 00:40:20.360
 it

00:40:20.360 --> 00:40:22.740
 please stand

00:40:22.739 --> 00:40:29.619
 let's bow

00:40:29.619 --> 00:40:29.919
 our heads

00:40:29.919 --> 00:40:30.419
 in prayer

00:40:30.419 --> 00:40:38.219
 father we

00:40:38.219 --> 00:40:38.839
 thank you so

00:40:38.839 --> 00:40:39.399
 much that you

00:40:39.399 --> 00:40:39.799
 know what's

00:40:39.799 --> 00:40:40.279
 going on in

00:40:40.279 --> 00:40:40.759
 each of the

00:40:40.759 --> 00:40:41.339
 lives that are

00:40:41.339 --> 00:40:42.039
 present in this

00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:42.619
 room and

00:40:42.619 --> 00:40:43.319
 and those who

00:40:43.319 --> 00:40:43.839
 will be listening

00:40:43.839 --> 00:40:44.419
 to this sermon

00:40:44.419 --> 00:40:45.079
 later on

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:46.419
 online father

00:40:46.419 --> 00:40:47.019
 you know what's

00:40:47.019 --> 00:40:47.399
 going on in

00:40:47.399 --> 00:40:47.939
 their lives

00:40:47.939 --> 00:40:48.899
 and and so

00:40:48.899 --> 00:40:49.479
 father we

00:40:49.479 --> 00:40:50.039
 thank you that

00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:50.559
 you know what's

00:40:50.559 --> 00:40:51.000
 going on in

00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:51.539
 our lives and

00:40:51.539 --> 00:40:52.139
 still you love

00:40:52.139 --> 00:40:52.619
 us so you

00:40:52.619 --> 00:40:53.179
 sent Jesus

00:40:53.179 --> 00:40:53.859
 to die

00:40:53.859 --> 00:40:54.940
 and father if

00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:55.480
 there's anyone

00:40:55.480 --> 00:40:56.579
 here who has

00:40:56.579 --> 00:40:57.259
 not given their

00:40:57.259 --> 00:40:58.000
 life to Jesus

00:40:58.000 --> 00:40:59.239
 and they feel a

00:40:59.239 --> 00:41:00.259
 tug as a result

00:41:00.259 --> 00:41:00.859
 of this father

00:41:00.859 --> 00:41:02.460
 please come upon

00:41:02.460 --> 00:41:02.880
 them in a

00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:03.500
 powerful way

00:41:03.500 --> 00:41:04.159
 help them to

00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:04.839
 realize that you

00:41:04.839 --> 00:41:05.719
 are calling them

00:41:05.719 --> 00:41:06.539
 to be yours

00:41:06.539 --> 00:41:07.679
 you are hoping

00:41:07.679 --> 00:41:08.639
 they will stop

00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:09.739
 walking away

00:41:09.739 --> 00:41:10.440
 from you to

00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:11.299
 understand the

00:41:11.299 --> 00:41:12.179
 door to eternal

00:41:12.179 --> 00:41:13.179
 life is behind

00:41:13.179 --> 00:41:13.819
 them that they

00:41:13.819 --> 00:41:14.799
 need to stop

00:41:14.799 --> 00:41:15.819
 and turn and

00:41:15.819 --> 00:41:16.500
 look at you

00:41:16.500 --> 00:41:17.380
 and look at your

00:41:17.380 --> 00:41:18.319
 son who died on

00:41:18.319 --> 00:41:19.039
 the cross for

00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:19.880
 them father may

00:41:19.880 --> 00:41:20.699
 this be the day

00:41:20.699 --> 00:41:21.940
 that they come to

00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:22.740
 saving faith in

00:41:22.740 --> 00:41:23.519
 Jesus and father

00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:24.200
 you know those

00:41:24.200 --> 00:41:25.099
 of us who are

00:41:25.099 --> 00:41:26.480
 struggling with

00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:27.619
 despair struggling

00:41:27.619 --> 00:41:28.440
 with darkness

00:41:28.440 --> 00:41:29.220
 struggling with

00:41:29.220 --> 00:41:30.159
 hopelessness around

00:41:30.159 --> 00:41:30.900
 different things

00:41:30.900 --> 00:41:32.659
 father please grow

00:41:32.659 --> 00:41:33.500
 within us good

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:34.500
 hope just as I've

00:41:34.500 --> 00:41:35.340
 put up here father

00:41:35.340 --> 00:41:36.500
 help us to die to

00:41:36.500 --> 00:41:37.340
 false hopes to

00:41:37.340 --> 00:41:38.179
 recognize them and

00:41:38.179 --> 00:41:39.220
 die to them help

00:41:39.220 --> 00:41:40.019
 us to die to

00:41:40.019 --> 00:41:40.500
 things we are

00:41:40.500 --> 00:41:41.139
 hoping for that

00:41:41.139 --> 00:41:41.920
 are just morally

00:41:41.920 --> 00:41:43.139
 wrong father

00:41:43.139 --> 00:41:44.059
 please come in and

00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:44.980
 order our hopes

00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:45.579
 because they can be

00:41:45.579 --> 00:41:46.619
 so disordered we

00:41:46.619 --> 00:41:47.460
 can hope too much

00:41:47.460 --> 00:41:48.220
 in some things and

00:41:48.220 --> 00:41:48.840
 not enough in

00:41:48.840 --> 00:41:50.019
 something else and

00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:50.940
 most of all father

00:41:50.940 --> 00:41:52.200
 may Jesus be our

00:41:52.200 --> 00:41:53.740
 deep hope grow in

00:41:53.740 --> 00:41:55.400
 us a deep hope that

00:41:55.400 --> 00:41:57.039
 Jesus is the ruler

00:41:57.039 --> 00:41:58.320
 he is the savior

00:41:58.320 --> 00:42:00.980
 that he is the one

00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:02.320
 who is fitting us

00:42:02.320 --> 00:42:03.220
 for heaven father

00:42:03.220 --> 00:42:04.300
 grow in us this

00:42:04.300 --> 00:42:05.380
 deep hope and make

00:42:05.380 --> 00:42:06.780
 each of us in the

00:42:06.780 --> 00:42:07.380
 midst of our

00:42:07.380 --> 00:42:08.559
 circumstances whether

00:42:08.559 --> 00:42:09.860
 it's health problems

00:42:09.860 --> 00:42:10.960
 or health successes

00:42:10.960 --> 00:42:12.180
 or financial problems

00:42:12.180 --> 00:42:13.480
 or financial success

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:15.420
 father grow in us

00:42:15.420 --> 00:42:17.940
 good hope and this

00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:19.240
 we ask in Jesus's

00:42:19.240 --> 00:42:20.260
 name and all God's

00:42:20.260 --> 00:42:22.079
 people said amen