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 Will you pray with me as we come to God's word?

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 Father, we know that we don't live off bread alone,

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 but we live off every word that comes from your mouth.

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 I pray, Lord, that you would be speaking to us today,

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 and I pray that you'd be transforming our mouths

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 so that we might better reflect you

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 and better at being a source of your life to others around us.

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 So I pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Well, think back on the last week.

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 Were you in a situation where your words had the potential

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 to do damage to a relationship?

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 Or the potential to do a lot of good?

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 To relationship.

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 Not a week goes by where we're not in a situation

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 where we have to choose our words carefully, don't we?

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 We can do a lot of damage or a lot of good.

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 I don't think I've got to convince you of that.

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 But it's complex, isn't it?

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 Do you find it hard, choosing the right words?

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 You say things accidentally sometimes

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 or quite intentionally other times.

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 It can be quite complex, choosing the right words.

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 By nature, I know I'm up front now,

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 but by nature I'm on the quieter end personality spectrum.

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 But I've been learning recently that even silence communicates.

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 It's so complex.

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 You think, just be silent and you can get through life.

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 You can't.

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 Even silence communicates.

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 It's complex.

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 Choosing words, when to speak, when to be silent.

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 The Bible is a very simple but profound explanation

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 for why our words are so central to our life.

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 It's because God is a speaking God.

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 He guides and instructs us.

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 He reassures and comforts us.

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 He warns and rebukes us.

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 He makes promises and covenants.

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 We encounter the living, relational God by his words to us.

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 And when God speaks, he brings forth life.

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 We see in Genesis 1, creating this marvellous world by his words.

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 We see it in his promises to us, like John 3, 16.

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 Whoever believes will not perish but have eternal life.

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 That word, if we believe it, gives us eternal life.

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 God's words are a fountain of life.

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 Our words matter because we are made in the likeness of this speaking God.

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 Our words are meant to be a fountain of life.

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 See, I don't think I've got to convince you of the power of words.

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 We've all experienced it.

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 If we've stopped and thought about words that have damaged us,

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 we could all think of some very quickly.

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 But I wonder if we take full responsibility for our words.

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 Like, have you ever been on the receiving end of a harsh comment,

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 quickly followed by, oh, just joking?

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 Really? Are you just joking?

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 Or when you've lost control of your tongue and your words cut the person closest to you,

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 and later you try and make it right,

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 I'm just tired and stressed.

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 I didn't mean that.

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 I don't think those excuses cut it.

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 I don't think they cut it because those words came from somewhere.

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 Where did they come from?

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 Why did you say that?

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 You said it for a reason.

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 Now, sometimes we accidentally pick the wrong words

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 and we need to clarify what we mean.

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 It's very good to clarify what we mean.

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 I'm not talking about that.

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 But where do the words come from?

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 Do we take responsibility for them?

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 It's not like it's like Scrabble,

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 where we've got these tiles of words

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 and the wise person just picks the right ones.

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 They don't just come to us by chance.

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 And our words don't come to us by our circumstances.

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 I think we love blaming others.

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 I snapped at you only because you're frustrating me.

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 I yelled because you're not listening to me.

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 You're just blaming the circumstance.

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 Blaming others has been the excuse since the first human beings

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 and God sees right through it.

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 So where do our words come from?

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 Where's the source?

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 Who or what's responsible?

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 Jesus tells us in Luke 6.45.

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 The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good

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 and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil.

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 For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

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 My true inner self, the place of my desires and decisions,

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 wells up and my mouth just lets it fly,

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 either for good or evil.

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 I must take responsibility for every word I speak.

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 We all must take responsibility for our words.

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 And the goodness or evil of our words depends on the treasure in our heart.

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 So how do we navigate this complex life where we need to speak

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 but our words have the power to do good or a lot of damage?

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 Well, the Lord's given us Proverbs, God's applied wisdom, very specific.

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 How do you live wisely in God's world?

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 Before we jump in and treat these Proverbs as a self-help, quick fix,

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 moralisms to get us through life,

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 we've got to remember the first nine chapters of Proverbs.

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 We've got to remember the context of this coming to us.

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 The nine chapters implore us, choose the path of life.

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 Don't choose the path of death.

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 Embrace woman wisdom.

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 Don't be seduced by lady folly.

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 It's the choice between fearing the Lord

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 or giving yourself to some created thing, living for idols.

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 So Bo took us through last week with how we relate to family.

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 We can see wisdom or folly in how we relate to family.

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 Today we see wisdom or folly on our lips,

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 fearing the Lord or loving idols.

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 And I think the two lines in these Proverbs,

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 they're opposites,

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 where there's clearly a right choice and clearly a wrong choice.

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 I think in this section there's opposites put together.

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 I think that helps us see the choice before us,

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 choosing wisdom or folly.

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 Will we be wise or a fool,

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 righteous or wicked,

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 fear the Lord or love idols?

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 In every conversation,

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 we're expressing one or the other.

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 Proverbs doesn't give us a middle ground.

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 So let's take a look.

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 What do your words say about the condition of your heart?

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 Let's just reflect on a few of these Proverbs this morning.

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 The theme of words is just massive, isn't it?

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 The Bible has a lot to say on it.

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 We're just going to look at a few things.

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 Let's have a look at verse 11.

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 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,

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 but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

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 Some people are like walking, drinking fountains.

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 You encounter them and you go away feeling impacted for the better.

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 Words, they give you words that sympathise with your pain.

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 They calm your fears.

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 They correct your misunderstanding.

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 Words that give direction when you just don't know what to do.

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 Words that warn you when you're choosing something that's going to destroy you.

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 Words that express deep relational connection and commitment to you.

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 Words that advocate for you when you're vulnerable.

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 Words that bring your needs before the throne of grace.

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 Some people are just a fountain of life.

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 You come into contact with them and you receive life through their words.

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 Do you remember who has helped you understand the grace of God in Jesus?

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 Their words to you.

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 Our words have the power to give life, even eternal life.

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 Obviously through God's words.

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 But we can be a fountain of life.

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 I was shocked a little by the description of our words doing violence.

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 I got into fisticuffs when I was in grade 9.

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 I don't think I won.

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 That's not really the point, is it?

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 I don't consider myself a violent person.

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 But what about my tongue?

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 It may not be obvious, like swearing at people or threatening or blatant lies,

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 but it can be concealed.

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 It can be hidden.

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 Words that on face value seem fine,

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 but they're hiding knives that want to cut to that person's soul.

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 If I take an honest look at myself,

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 I have to admit that I have been violent.

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 And often.

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 I want to focus on a particular way we do violence,

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 even within the church.

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 Jerry Bridges puts this among the group he calls acceptable sins.

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 We accept it, even endorse it.

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 Listen to the damage done in Proverbs 16, 28.

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 A dishonest man spreads strife,

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 and a whisperer separates close friends.

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 A whisperer separates close friends.

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 Even the closest of relationships,

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 with years of trust built up,

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 can be separated by gossip.

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 So are you a gossip?

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 I really don't want that label to sit on me.

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 I doubt you want that label either.

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 So I'm just going to rephrase the question.

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 Do you consistently speak to the person you ought to be speaking to,

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 and no one else?

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 Are you careful with confidential information?

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 If you're critical of what someone else is doing,

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 do you talk to that person,

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 and don't talk to anyone else,

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 try and protect their reputation,

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 or do you share your critical opinion with others?

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 When you're in conflict with a person,

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 do you try and rally other people to your side

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 to sympathise with you,

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 and in so doing,

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 you poison the reputation of your enemy

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 in the minds of your allies?

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 Do you consistently speak to the person you ought to be speaking to,

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 and no one else?

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 If not,

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 whatever socially acceptable packaging you put on it,

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 we're doing violence.

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 Gossip is like a cancer in the body of the local church.

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 The antidote I found most helpful,

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 personally,

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 is to regularly bring to mind Ephesians 4.29,

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 at least the gist of it.

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 I don't know it off by heart,

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 but the gist of it I bring to mind all the time.

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 I need to.

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 It says this,

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 So,

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 is your mouth a fountain of life?

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 People are impacted for the better every time they encounter you,

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 or is it doing violence?

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 Another way our mouths can be a fountain of life or do violence

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 is by what we praise.

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 Now, in a sense,

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 I'm just bringing this in because today is focused on praise,

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 and singing in particular,

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 but in another sense,

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 it's really close to the heart of being renewed in Christ,

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 in Colossians 3.

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 So, to be renewed in the image of our Creator,

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 to no longer lie to one another,

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 but speak the truth,

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 is what we've heard right out.

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 This is the instruction of how we can do that.

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 Let the word of Christ dwell in us richly,

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 teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom,

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 singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs

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 with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

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 God commands us to praise him.

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 Have you noticed that people love talking about

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 what they're passionate about?

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 You can be in a conversation,

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 and it is dead boring.

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 It's just really hard to get anywhere in the conversation,

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 and then you land on a topic

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 that the person is actually interested,

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 and boom, you're off and racing,

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 and you can't shut the person up then.

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 Have you ever been in that kind of situation?

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 People love...

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 We just talk about what we enjoy.

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 It's very natural, isn't it?

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 I'm indebted to C.S. Lewis

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 for understanding why we praise,

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 why we just can't help talk about

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 what we're passionate about.

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 I'm going to share four of his observations,

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 which I think are true.

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 So first he says this,

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 I think it's true.

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 Praise is just everywhere.

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 It's just...

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 It's like we're made for it or something.

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 Obviously we are.

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 We all praise what we enjoy.

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 We just can't help it.

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 It's very human to do that.

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 His second observation is

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 praise doesn't just express our enjoyment.

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 It completes our enjoyment.

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 So he gives the example...

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 So he believes that it's not out of...

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 This is his words.

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 It is not out of compliment

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 that lovers keep on telling one another

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 how beautiful they are.

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 The delight is incomplete

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 till it is expressed.

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 I think that seems to fit.

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 Seems to make sense.

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 Praise completes the enjoyment.

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 His third observation is

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 implication when it comes to God.

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 So for God to command us to praise him

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 isn't because he's just craving our praise

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 as if he needs it,

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 as if he needs compliments.

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 He's not insecure.

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 What he's doing is

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 he's inviting us,

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 come and enjoy me.

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 Come and complete your enjoyment

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 in praising me.

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 He deserves our praise.

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 He doesn't need it,

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 but he deserves it.

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 And he's inviting us,

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 come and enjoy me.

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 The last observation

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 is that when we praise something,

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 we are implicitly urging others

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 to join us

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 in delighting in whatever it is

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 we're passionate about.

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 We're implicitly saying,

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 isn't she lovely?

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 Wasn't it glorious?

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 Don't you think

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 that magnificent?

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 When we praise stuff,

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 when we're passionate about things,

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 we're inviting others

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 to delight in that same thing.

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 So,

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 what can you not help

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 but speak about?

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 What topics do you love?

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 Now,

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 I'm not suggesting,

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 I'm not implying here

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 that we should only ever praise God.

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 God has made a marvelously

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 diverse world

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 and very different personalities

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 to enjoy different aspects of it.

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 I'm not saying

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 just exclusive praise of God,

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 but surely

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 we should want to praise

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 the most valuable thing

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 in existence.

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 So,

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 let me get specific.

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 Are you passionate

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 about the Bible?

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 Are you just obsessed

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 with it?

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 It's God speaking to us,

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 revealing his heart to us.

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 Are you obsessed

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 with the Bible?

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 And if you don't yet know

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 the completion of enjoyment

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 in singing,

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 you might not feel musical.

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 I was there once.

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 I really urge you

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 to just take steps

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 to learn to.

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 And let's face it,

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 our singing now is,

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 how to put it,

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 our motives are mixed,

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 our quality is mixed.

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 I'll quote C.S. Lewis here

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 in the sense that,

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 or he makes some comment about,

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 really we're just tuning

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 our instruments,

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 getting ready for heaven.

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 It's not like our singing today

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 is perfect,

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 but we're getting ready

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 for that endless praise

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 when Christ returns.

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 What we praise

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 with our lips matters,

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 either urging others

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 to delight in God

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 or else our silence

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 and lack of interest in God

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 is really communicating

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 to others,

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 knowing God,

00:19:06.619 --> 00:19:09.039
 yeah,

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 he's okay,

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 I suppose.

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 when we sing together,

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 we're completing

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 our enjoyment of God together

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 and we're urging one another

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 and any unbelievers

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 who are listening in,

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 look at Jesus,

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 isn't he lovely?

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 Isn't he glorious?

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 Don't you think

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 he's magnificent?

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 So singing is really crucial

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 part of our meetings,

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 which I think we lost

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 during COVID,

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 didn't we?

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 Alright,

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 so if we praise

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 what we enjoy

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 and life or violence

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 comes out of the abundance

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 in our heart,

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 then we might presume

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 that this is all

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 pretty mechanical

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 and transparent,

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 that the literal words

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 on our lips

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 automatically show

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 what's in our heart.

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 They do show

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 what's in our heart,

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 but it may not be

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 immediately obvious.

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 This is where we come

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 to verses 9 and 10.

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 Whoever walks

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 in integrity

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 walks securely,

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 but he who makes

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 his ways crooked

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 will be found out.

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 Whoever winks

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 the eye

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 causes trouble

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 and a babbling fool

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 will come to ruin.

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 Words can either

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 have integrity

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 or be deceptive.

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 Have a listen to,

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 I found Tim Keller's

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 description of integrity

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 really interesting

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 and exposing,

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 so have a listen

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 to what he says

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 and see where you fit

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 with this.

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 Integrity means

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 being one and whole,

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 not marked

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 by duplicity.

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 People of integrity

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 are not one way

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 in one setting

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 and completely

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 different in another.

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 Are you a churchgoer

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 on Sunday

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 but ruthless

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 in business

00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:06.959
 during the week?

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 Do you say

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 conservative-sounding

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 things to traditional

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 people but liberal-sounding

00:21:12.239 --> 00:21:13.579
 things to younger adults?

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 Do you present yourself

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 as one kind of person

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 online but live

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 as a very different

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 person in real life?

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 The wise

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 and upright

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 are driven

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 by integrity,

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 consistency

00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:27.480
 of character.

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 They have one

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 real self

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 and it is not

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 hidden.

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 It is on display

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 in every setting,

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 in every role.

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 With them,

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 what you see

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 is what you get.

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 I found that

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 really helpful.

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 can your words

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 consistently

00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:45.720
 be taken

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 at face value?

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 I think

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 if you're like me,

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 I think most people

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 have learnt

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 how to play

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 the crowd.

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 Like a teenager

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 telling their parents

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 only the bits

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 of what they got up to

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 with their friends

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 so that they don't

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 get in trouble

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 and so that they can

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 go out with their

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 friends next time.

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 Excuse me.

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 Still there.

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:13.299
 Or a business

00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:14.740
 person exaggerating

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 the quality

00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:17.200
 or the timing

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 of a job

00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:18.319
 so that they

00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:19.039
 make a sale.

00:22:20.380 --> 00:22:21.400
 Playing to the crowd.

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 A spouse

00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:22.720
 who says

00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.740
 whatever they need

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.420
 to just to get

00:22:24.420 --> 00:22:24.960
 the outcome

00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:25.759
 they want.

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 Or someone

00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:27.559
 who presents

00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:28.440
 only one side

00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:29.120
 of the argument

00:22:29.120 --> 00:22:30.360
 to win over

00:22:30.360 --> 00:22:30.940
 supporters.

00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:32.980
 I reckon

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 we're pretty good

00:22:34.180 --> 00:22:35.579
 at reading people

00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:36.019
 and knowing

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:36.579
 what they want

00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:36.960
 to hear

00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:37.539
 and playing

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.120
 to the crowd.

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 I think

00:22:41.979 --> 00:22:42.399
 if you stop

00:22:42.399 --> 00:22:42.659
 and think

00:22:42.659 --> 00:22:43.039
 about what

00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:43.479
 we're actually

00:22:43.479 --> 00:22:44.199
 doing when we

00:22:44.199 --> 00:22:45.099
 play to the crowd

00:22:45.099 --> 00:22:45.619
 is we're

00:22:45.619 --> 00:22:46.759
 manipulating others.

00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:49.500
 It's a form

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.299
 of doing violence

00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:51.179
 using people

00:22:51.179 --> 00:22:53.679
 for our own

00:22:53.679 --> 00:22:54.199
 advantage.

00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:55.959
 And the Lord

00:22:55.959 --> 00:22:56.639
 tells us here

00:22:56.639 --> 00:22:57.699
 it is only those

00:22:57.699 --> 00:22:58.659
 who have integrity

00:22:58.659 --> 00:23:00.000
 who walk

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.699
 securely

00:23:00.699 --> 00:23:02.279
 while playing

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:02.839
 to the crowd

00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:03.859
 will be found

00:23:03.859 --> 00:23:04.159
 out.

00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:07.940
 I've found

00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:08.480
 in the short

00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:08.820
 term

00:23:08.820 --> 00:23:09.580
 that sometimes

00:23:09.580 --> 00:23:10.160
 it's really

00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:10.759
 risky

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.700
 speaking with

00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:12.120
 integrity.

00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:13.300
 It can cost

00:23:13.300 --> 00:23:13.700
 you in the

00:23:13.700 --> 00:23:14.140
 short term.

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:15.220
 So how can

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:16.360
 being deceptive

00:23:16.360 --> 00:23:17.920
 be found

00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:18.540
 out and come

00:23:18.540 --> 00:23:18.980
 to ruin?

00:23:21.900 --> 00:23:22.700
 What happens

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.420
 when a loved

00:23:23.420 --> 00:23:24.160
 one discovers

00:23:24.160 --> 00:23:24.900
 your deception?

00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:29.259
 Trust is lost

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:30.840
 so easily

00:23:30.840 --> 00:23:31.300
 isn't it?

00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:35.500
 Or if

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:35.859
 you're playing

00:23:35.859 --> 00:23:36.559
 to the crowd

00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:37.419
 to be accepted

00:23:37.419 --> 00:23:38.399
 in the group

00:23:38.399 --> 00:23:40.899
 you can never

00:23:40.899 --> 00:23:41.480
 be sure

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:41.879
 if you're

00:23:41.879 --> 00:23:42.740
 actually accepted

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.639
 because

00:23:43.639 --> 00:23:44.519
 are they

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:45.259
 accepting you

00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:45.859
 or just the

00:23:45.859 --> 00:23:46.379
 image you're

00:23:46.379 --> 00:23:46.799
 presenting?

00:23:49.879 --> 00:23:50.559
 I think we

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:51.059
 can be found

00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:51.599
 out in these

00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:52.099
 ways but

00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:52.759
 much more

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.079
 than this

00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:53.460
 we can be

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:53.859
 found out

00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:54.180
 by the

00:23:54.180 --> 00:23:54.440
 Lord

00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:54.720
 and he

00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.119
 says he

00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:55.700
 will find

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.259
 each person

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:56.720
 out in the

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.000
 end.

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 He's warned

00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:00.279
 us in

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:00.940
 Matthew 12

00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:01.420
 36

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:04.279
 Jesus says

00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:04.839
 I tell you

00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:05.099
 on the

00:24:05.099 --> 00:24:05.440
 day of

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:05.819
 judgment

00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:07.500
 people will

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:08.160
 give account

00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:09.099
 for every

00:24:09.099 --> 00:24:10.879
 careless word

00:24:10.879 --> 00:24:11.579
 they speak

00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:13.399
 for by your

00:24:13.399 --> 00:24:13.920
 words you

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:14.160
 will be

00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:14.639
 justified

00:24:14.639 --> 00:24:16.579
 and by your

00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:17.399
 words you

00:24:17.399 --> 00:24:17.839
 will be

00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.379
 condemned.

00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:23.839
 It's the

00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:24.279
 person of

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.859
 integrity

00:24:24.859 --> 00:24:26.420
 who is

00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:27.079
 secure in

00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:27.539
 the Lord.

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:31.879
 so do

00:24:31.879 --> 00:24:32.379
 you take

00:24:32.379 --> 00:24:34.220
 your words

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:34.720
 seriously?

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:38.019
 Is your

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.579
 mouth a

00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:39.339
 fountain of

00:24:39.339 --> 00:24:39.859
 life?

00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:40.319
 Do you

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:40.579
 want to

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:41.039
 build up

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:41.460
 others

00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:41.980
 rather than

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.240
 doing

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:42.700
 violence?

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.099
 Do you

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:43.839
 want to

00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:44.700
 praise the

00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:45.319
 Lord rather

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:46.220
 than urging

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:46.839
 others to

00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:47.539
 praise idols?

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:47.980
 Do you

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.259
 want to

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:49.839
 say words

00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:50.119
 that can

00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:50.899
 be trusted

00:24:50.899 --> 00:24:51.399
 at face

00:24:51.399 --> 00:24:52.460
 value or

00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:52.659
 are you

00:24:52.659 --> 00:24:53.839
 just deceiving

00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:54.319
 people to

00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:54.680
 manipulate

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:55.079
 them?

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:59.299
 Have you

00:24:59.299 --> 00:24:59.740
 noticed the

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.359
 painful thing

00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:00.940
 about taking

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:01.339
 your words

00:25:01.339 --> 00:25:01.759
 seriously?

00:25:02.899 --> 00:25:03.720
 I can get

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.200
 through a day

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:05.000
 feeling like a

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.700
 pretty righteous

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.579
 person if I

00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:07.279
 just look at

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:08.019
 my deeds

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:09.759
 some days at

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:11.759
 least but if

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:12.299
 you take your

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:13.240
 words seriously

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:15.759
 believing that

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.579
 the words come

00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:17.359
 from the heart

00:25:17.359 --> 00:25:22.039
 you start to

00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:22.339
 see the

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:22.879
 violence

00:25:22.879 --> 00:25:25.139
 you start to

00:25:25.139 --> 00:25:26.019
 see the praise

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.639
 of idols

00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:28.420
 you see the

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:28.980
 playing to

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:29.600
 the crowd

00:25:29.600 --> 00:25:31.940
 and suddenly

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.640
 the idols of

00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:33.000
 the heart

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.520
 just become

00:25:33.520 --> 00:25:34.280
 so much

00:25:34.280 --> 00:25:35.020
 more obvious

00:25:35.020 --> 00:25:37.060
 and more

00:25:37.060 --> 00:25:37.420
 often.

00:25:40.040 --> 00:25:40.820
 I want to

00:25:40.820 --> 00:25:41.580
 give you an

00:25:41.580 --> 00:25:42.340
 illustration of

00:25:42.340 --> 00:25:42.740
 this in my

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.280
 own life

00:25:43.280 --> 00:25:44.100
 even within

00:25:44.100 --> 00:25:44.660
 a church

00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:45.040
 setting

00:25:45.040 --> 00:25:47.900
 of how our

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:48.820
 heart produces

00:25:48.820 --> 00:25:50.259
 words that

00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:52.380
 either come

00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:52.700
 from the

00:25:52.700 --> 00:25:53.240
 treasure of

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.800
 Christ in

00:25:53.800 --> 00:25:54.180
 our heart

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:54.540
 or the

00:25:54.540 --> 00:25:55.140
 treasure of

00:25:55.140 --> 00:25:55.520
 idols.

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.980
 So at a

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.400
 youth group

00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:59.480
 leaders meeting

00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.579
 a few years

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:01.000
 ago now

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:02.639
 I was leading

00:26:02.639 --> 00:26:03.059
 the meeting

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.700
 and we were

00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:04.099
 trying to

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:04.660
 plan what

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:05.039
 would be

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.599
 teaching the

00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:06.460
 youth in

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:06.779
 the coming

00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:07.180
 term.

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:09.019
 So a very

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.559
 honourable

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:11.160
 good reason

00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:11.740
 to be meeting

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:12.339
 and talking

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:13.500
 the whole

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.180
 purpose was

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:15.059
 to help the

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.740
 youth come

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.059
 to know

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.759
 Christ better.

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:16.799
 together.

00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:19.819
 Now I put

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:21.539
 forward a

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:22.160
 thought through

00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:22.920
 plan for

00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:23.240
 what we

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:23.519
 should be

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:25.940
 teaching and

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.940
 members of

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.460
 the team

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:29.539
 weren't quite

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:30.220
 so confident

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.879
 in the plan

00:26:30.879 --> 00:26:31.960
 and they gave

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:32.559
 an alternative

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:33.759
 but in that

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.640
 moment I felt

00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:35.480
 threatened,

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.660
 personally

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:37.220
 threatened.

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.799
 I felt

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.940
 undermined

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:42.380
 and

00:26:42.380 --> 00:26:43.299
 unappreciated

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:44.759
 and the

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.400
 frustration

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:46.160
 came up.

00:26:48.340 --> 00:26:48.720
 Now I

00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.059
 could have

00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:50.220
 welcomed the

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:50.880
 new idea

00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:51.559
 and the

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:52.539
 combined wisdom

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:53.380
 of the team.

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.519
 I could have

00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:55.240
 given a gentle

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:56.340
 response that

00:26:56.340 --> 00:26:57.100
 unified the

00:26:57.100 --> 00:26:58.259
 team to help

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.980
 us then come to

00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.740
 the best outcome

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.380
 for the sake of

00:27:00.380 --> 00:27:00.820
 the youth.

00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:03.539
 In that

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:05.039
 moment my

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:06.460
 heart had a

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:07.740
 choice of what

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.320
 to cherish.

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:10.139
 was I going

00:27:10.139 --> 00:27:10.539
 to cherish

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:11.319
 Christ for

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:11.799
 the sake of

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.259
 the youth

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:13.139
 and my

00:27:13.139 --> 00:27:13.779
 fellow leaders

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:17.119
 or was I

00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:17.500
 going to try

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:17.859
 and keep

00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:18.500
 control?

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:20.059
 Was I

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:20.799
 going to try

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.319
 and keep

00:27:21.319 --> 00:27:22.099
 the authority,

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.379
 protect my

00:27:24.379 --> 00:27:24.859
 authority,

00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:26.539
 try and shut

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.059
 down this

00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:27.439
 threat?

00:27:29.139 --> 00:27:29.639
 And sadly

00:27:29.639 --> 00:27:30.359
 in this case

00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:30.939
 the tension

00:27:30.939 --> 00:27:31.519
 in the room

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.419
 just built.

00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:33.639
 It was quite

00:27:33.639 --> 00:27:34.220
 an unproductive

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:36.460
 meeting because

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:38.179
 I had idols

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:38.960
 driving me.

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:45.120
 Our words

00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:46.299
 are always

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:47.539
 expressing the

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.100
 treasure of

00:27:48.100 --> 00:27:49.019
 Christ or the

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:49.580
 treasure of

00:27:49.580 --> 00:27:50.400
 something else

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:51.360
 we just have

00:27:51.360 --> 00:27:51.799
 to have.

00:27:55.600 --> 00:27:56.640
 So how do

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:57.600
 we fix our

00:27:57.600 --> 00:27:58.019
 words?

00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:00.680
 More self

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.700
 control can

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.360
 minimise the

00:28:02.360 --> 00:28:02.759
 damage.

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.700
 Proverbs 17

00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:05.580
 28 is helpful

00:28:05.580 --> 00:28:05.880
 here.

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.820
 Even fools

00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:07.779
 are thought

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.480
 wise if

00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:08.980
 they keep

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:10.720
 silent and

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.579
 discerning if

00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:11.980
 they hold

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.500
 their tongues.

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:13.379
 So putting a

00:28:13.379 --> 00:28:13.939
 plug in it

00:28:13.939 --> 00:28:14.859
 will slow

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:15.299
 down the

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:16.299
 damage but

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:16.779
 what will

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:17.720
 fix the

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.240
 spring?

00:28:18.659 --> 00:28:18.919
 What will

00:28:18.919 --> 00:28:19.720
 get deep in

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.319
 our hearts

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:20.740
 and make

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.419
 our hearts

00:28:21.419 --> 00:28:22.099
 wise so

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:22.500
 that our

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:24.319
 lips are

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:24.740
 wise?

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:25.740
 wise words

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:51.759
 require a

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.519
 wise heart.

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:55.759
 whether you're

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.379
 wise or not

00:28:56.379 --> 00:28:57.059
 really comes

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:57.460
 down

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:58.400
 fundamentally

00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:59.500
 to this

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.099
 do you

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:00.460
 listen?

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:03.839
 Are you

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.460
 teachable

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:07.019
 or are you

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:07.539
 a babbling

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:07.960
 fool?

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.019
 fool?

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.340
 When I

00:29:12.340 --> 00:29:12.680
 tried to

00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:13.120
 picture a

00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:13.360
 babbling

00:29:13.360 --> 00:29:14.000
 fool I

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:15.180
 first thought

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:15.960
 of the

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.420
 folk who

00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:16.920
 walked down

00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:17.299
 Beaumont

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:17.840
 Street just

00:29:17.840 --> 00:29:18.400
 yelling to

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:19.180
 themselves not

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.700
 really making

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.860
 any sense but

00:29:20.860 --> 00:29:21.319
 then I

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:22.079
 thought that's

00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:22.420
 not quite

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:22.819
 right.

00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:25.259
 A fool in

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:26.059
 Proverbs is

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:27.340
 anyone who

00:29:27.340 --> 00:29:28.360
 doesn't fear

00:29:28.360 --> 00:29:28.920
 the Lord.

00:29:30.380 --> 00:29:31.400
 Anyone who

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:32.039
 fails to

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.940
 acknowledge Jesus

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:34.380
 Christ denying

00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:35.240
 their creator

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:37.220
 who see no

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:37.920
 problem with

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:38.480
 their sin

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.839
 who despise

00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:40.299
 God's

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.819
 salvation

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:41.680
 who have

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:42.519
 no fear

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:43.140
 of facing

00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:43.599
 God in

00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:43.920
 judgment

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.480
 I don't

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:45.279
 care how

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:45.980
 knowledgeable

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:47.019
 and intelligent

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:48.319
 and respectable

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:50.039
 impressive

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:51.120
 that person

00:29:51.120 --> 00:29:51.539
 is that

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.400
 person is a

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:52.680
 fool.

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.559
 They just

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:56.000
 listen to

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.400
 themselves

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:56.700
 they're

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.120
 babbling

00:29:57.120 --> 00:29:58.819
 too much

00:29:58.819 --> 00:29:59.400
 to stop

00:29:59.400 --> 00:29:59.799
 and listen

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.319
 to God.

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:04.159
 even quiet

00:30:04.159 --> 00:30:05.419
 people can

00:30:05.419 --> 00:30:05.899
 be babbling

00:30:05.899 --> 00:30:06.859
 fools only

00:30:06.859 --> 00:30:07.539
 ever listening

00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:08.299
 to themselves

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:11.879
 but the

00:30:11.879 --> 00:30:12.599
 wise in

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:13.000
 heart

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.819
 listen

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:17.419
 they make

00:30:17.419 --> 00:30:18.139
 a priority

00:30:18.139 --> 00:30:19.039
 of receiving

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:20.179
 first before

00:30:20.179 --> 00:30:21.319
 speaking.

00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:24.039
 Now

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:24.859
 relationally I

00:30:24.859 --> 00:30:25.519
 think this

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:26.139
 obviously looks

00:30:26.139 --> 00:30:27.179
 like understanding

00:30:27.179 --> 00:30:27.939
 what someone is

00:30:27.939 --> 00:30:28.539
 saying before

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:29.619
 responding but

00:30:29.619 --> 00:30:30.299
 I think it's

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:30.659
 more than

00:30:30.659 --> 00:30:31.139
 that because

00:30:31.139 --> 00:30:31.639
 we've got the

00:30:31.639 --> 00:30:32.559
 word commandments

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:33.919
 here that

00:30:33.919 --> 00:30:34.559
 points us to

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:35.259
 God's words

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:35.759
 to us.

00:30:37.159 --> 00:30:38.279
 The wise in

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:38.839
 heart listen

00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:39.419
 to the Lord

00:30:39.419 --> 00:30:40.699
 they depend

00:30:40.699 --> 00:30:41.879
 on the

00:30:41.879 --> 00:30:42.739
 life giving

00:30:42.739 --> 00:30:43.299
 words of

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:43.779
 God to

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.500
 renew them

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:44.899
 from the

00:30:44.899 --> 00:30:45.539
 inside out

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:46.839
 the wise in

00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:48.099
 heart look

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:48.699
 to God's

00:30:48.699 --> 00:30:49.399
 wisdom in

00:30:49.399 --> 00:30:50.299
 Jesus Christ

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:51.719
 marveling at

00:30:51.719 --> 00:30:52.879
 the only man

00:30:52.879 --> 00:30:54.399
 who committed

00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:55.299
 no sin

00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:57.299
 Peter says

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:57.719
 this about

00:30:57.719 --> 00:30:58.719
 him he

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:59.380
 committed no

00:30:59.380 --> 00:31:00.579
 sin neither

00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:01.660
 was deceit

00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:02.460
 found in

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:03.039
 his mouth

00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:05.759
 that is only

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.519
 true of one

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:06.900
 man

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:10.960
 the wise in

00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:11.600
 heart listen

00:31:11.600 --> 00:31:12.339
 to the person

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:13.339
 who went to

00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:13.940
 the cross

00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:15.079
 not just to

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.700
 pay for our

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:16.200
 deeds

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:18.039
 but to die

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:18.680
 for our

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:19.259
 violent

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:20.620
 careless

00:31:20.620 --> 00:31:22.000
 words

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:25.039
 who paid

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:25.440
 for them

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:29.400
 the wise in

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:30.619
 heart look

00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:31.160
 to Jesus

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:33.400
 and think

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:34.140
 where else

00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:34.559
 have I to

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.359
 go when

00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:36.059
 you alone

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.539
 have the

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:36.900
 words of

00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:37.240
 eternal

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.720
 life

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:42.880
 the wise

00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:43.319
 of heart

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:43.980
 continually

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:45.099
 sit and

00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:46.359
 drink from

00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:46.900
 the life

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 giving fountain

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 of God's

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 words to

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 us in

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 Jesus

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 and then

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 our hearts

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 become wise

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 our hearts

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 become renewed

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 so to

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 finish up

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 as you look

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 to the week

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 ahead

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 what will

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 others see

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 in your

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 heart through

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 your words

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 will your

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 words

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 will your

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 mouth be a

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 fountain of

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 life

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 you