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 Father, many of us who are Christians, we forget who we are.

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 We sort of remember it when we're in church, but then we forget who we are.

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 And Father, in fact, many of us who are Christians live our lives as if we are only half saved, not fully saved.

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 Father, we ask that your Holy Spirit would move very powerfully in our lives

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 and open your word to us and bring your word home to us, Father,

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 so that we might be disciples of Jesus who are gripped by the gospel

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 and learning to live day by day for your glory.

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 And this we ask in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 I guess because I'm in Canada and because I'm white, I don't often think of race.

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 But when I was in Angola, my race was very powerfully evident to me in different ways.

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 And I saw in very powerful ways how race can affect how you're perceived and what you're able to do.

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 So when I was in Angola this summer, I was in a poorer part of, like most of Angola is poor.

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 So that doesn't really narrow it down.

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 I was in Lubangu, as many of you know, and it's like a lot of poor people in that city.

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 And, you know, in fact, I was just thinking as I was trying to the 8 o'clock service,

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 the house that I was staying at, like on a sort of very busy road,

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 just about, like from your point of view, if you're looking out at the road,

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 about 20 yards that way, there was a pothole.

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 And listen, if you think there's potholes in Ottawa, you have never been to a place like Lubangu.

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 When I say there was a pothole, it was probably about, I don't know, like about, you know,

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 from here to that table.

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 And it was probably from about this chair to the edge of the stage.

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 And it must have been about two feet deep.

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 Now that's a pothole, okay?

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 So it dawned on me that it actually was very convenient for Norm and Audrey,

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 whose house I was staying in, because all the cars coming this way

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 had to basically go into the other lane of traffic to get around the pothole,

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 which always meant that it was easy for them to back out of their driveway

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 and go to where they were going.

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 I don't know if they picked the house because of that.

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 They probably didn't.

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 But anyway, it's a very poor city.

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 And I had decided I was going to go for a walk to buy some milk.

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 And so I go.

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 It's about a 10-minute walk.

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 You know, there's sewage on the streets, garbage everywhere.

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 You know, all the sidewalks are broken.

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 The road is broken.

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 It's dry.

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 It's dusty.

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 It's very poor.

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 And I hadn't quite realized what I was about to see

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 because I go through a lot of beggars,

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 a fair number of children in particular who are begging,

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 and I step past them.

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 And all of a sudden, the pavement is perfect.

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 And I look, and I realize that the building is perfect,

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 and it's almost as if I'm in a first-world mall.

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 And in fact, that's what it was.

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 It was a mall made by Brazilian and Portuguese and rich Angolans,

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 and it had a multiplex movie theater.

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 I could have watched the summer's edition of Spider-Man there

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 and other hit Hollywood movies.

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 There was electronics stores, sporting goods stores,

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 and a very, very good, like you would have thought

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 that you were in a really nice, clean grocery store here in Canada.

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 But here's the thing.

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 There are lots and lots and lots of security guards,

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 like lots of security guards.

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 And they're everywhere, and they're giving everybody the look,

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 but they just glance at me, and I go in.

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 Why?

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 I'm white.

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 I'm white.

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 I'm treated differently.

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 And it was actually sort of very odd for me to realize

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 that all the other people would get a close look,

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 but I could just walk in because I'm white.

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 There were certain assumptions about me.

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 And I mean, in many ways, they were correct assumptions,

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 but they were still assumptions just because I was white.

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 The text that Ken read just a few minutes ago

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 actually has a virus in it

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 that after it has been written,

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 and in much of the world it's been separated from the root,

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 but there's a virus text that Ken just read a few minutes ago in Galatians

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 that has gone on to slowly infiltrate

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 and affect much of the thinking throughout the world,

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 even though people might not realize that it ultimately came from a text

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 explaining the implications of the gospel.

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 And so for many people, it's separate from the gospel.

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 It's just this idea that's become a bit of a virus throughout the entire world

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 that something's wrong about a whole range of things that go on in the world,

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 and it starts off in this letter to Galatians.

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 So if you have your Bibles, it would be very helpful if you looked at it with me.

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 It's one of the implications of the gospel,

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 and it's in Galatians chapter 3,

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 and we're going to begin reading at verse 26,

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 which is where our text begins.

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 Galatians 3, 26, and here's how it goes.

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 For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.

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 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

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 There is neither Jew nor Greek.

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 There is neither slave nor free.

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 There is no male and female.

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 For you are all one in Christ Jesus.

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 You can see that virus?

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 Like it's separated from the gospel.

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 It's all one of the implications of the gospel,

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 that if you are in Christ Jesus,

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 there is no Jew or pagan.

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 There is no slave or free.

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 There is no male and female if you're in Christ Jesus,

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 if you've received the gospel.

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 It's an implication of the gospel,

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 but this is a tale of radical equality.

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 Radical equality.

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 That a slave should be treated the same way that a free man.

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 That a male should be treated the same way as a female and vice versa.

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 That Jew and Gentile, we should be treated the same.

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 It is an idea that has gone throughout the world,

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 even though it's maybe been separated from the gospel.

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 It's one of those implications of the gospel that changed the world.

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 Now, some of you might say,

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 you know, George, that's actually, like, that's interesting.

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 I'd heard of that text before,

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 and that's a very interesting idea.

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 I hadn't sort of thought about how that has, in fact,

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 you know, like in ancient Greek thought,

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 in a much pagan society,

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 where you are was where you deserve.

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 The king was a god.

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 The king was a god.

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 And where you were was where you were deserved.

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 In Hindu creation myths,

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 the caste system is part of the Hindu creation myth,

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 the creation system.

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 So you deserve to be there.

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 And here we have an implication of the gospel

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 that human beings are,

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 that these differences,

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 that you're still going to have differences,

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 but there's a basic type of dignity

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 and way I've been treated.

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 And some of you might say,

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 George, that's a very interesting idea.

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 I hadn't really thought of it.

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 But, George, you know,

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 isn't the text unbelievably hypocritical?

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 Like, because they go ahead and say that,

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 but, George, all the way through,

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 if I remember correctly,

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 Ken was reading that text.

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 He kept saying sons, sons, sons, sons.

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 Like, isn't that sexist?

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 Like, isn't that just typical of Christians?

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 You have this high-finding idea,

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 but it's just covering a bit of a rot underneath,

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 something which is fundamentally wrong.

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 Actually, the fact that all the way through,

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 the word sons is used,

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 and not child,

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 is unbelievably good news.

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 Unbelievably, powerfully good news.

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 Listen to it again,

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 and then I'll explain.

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 Listen to verse,

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 begin at verse 26.

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 Just listen to how it goes.

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 For in Christ Jesus,

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 you are all sons of God.

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 And if your version says child of God,

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 it's a bad translation.

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 The word sons should be there,

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 as I'll explain in a moment.

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 For in Christ Jesus,

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 you are all sons of God through faith.

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 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ

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 have put on Christ.

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 There is neither Jew nor Greek.

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 There is neither slave nor free.

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 There is no male and female.

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 For you are all one in Christ Jesus.

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 And if you could put up the first point,

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 Andrew, that would be great,

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 and I'll explain it,

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 why this is actually very,

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 very powerfully good news.

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 It'll be there in a second.

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 Jew or Gentile,

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 slave or free,

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 male and female,

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 when we put our faith in Jesus Christ

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 as our Savior,

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 we become God's adopted son

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 and full heir.

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 So,

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 my wife is from a family of five kids.

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 There were four girls,

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 and I don't know,

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 like five years and a bit.

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 And then there was like a five-year gap

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 or something like that,

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 and then Richard comes along.

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 In the ancient world,

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 at the time that this was written,

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 when Louise's dad died,

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 95% of the estate

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 would not have gone to the oldest girl.

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 The estate would not have been divided

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 equally amongst 20% each.

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 95% of the estate

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 would have gone to Richard.

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 the oldest son.

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 For most of the ancient world,

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 and in many parts of the world,

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 even today,

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 primogeniture,

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 that's what it's called,

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 where you want to keep,

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 people who are wealthy

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 want to keep their wealth,

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 so they give it to the oldest son.

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 That's,

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 for many parts of the world,

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 that's just common sense.

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 That's just like,

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 why would you do it any other way?

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 You know,

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 with any luck,

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 Louise's dad would have married

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 the four daughters off

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 to people who could look after them.

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 He probably would have,

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 I know he was always disappointed in me,

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 but that's the topic of another sermon,

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 and maybe therapy for me.

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 No,

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 not,

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 no,

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 no therapy.

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 He didn't like me when I think I,

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 I asked her to marry me,

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 and I don't think he ever liked me,

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 but there you go.

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 That's another topic,

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 right?

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 So,

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 he wouldn't have given me,

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 that Louise to me,

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 as a next,

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 you know,

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 as a good thing.

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 But,

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 so just think about it.

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 So throughout most,

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 so what's so radical about this text?

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 What is so radical about this text,

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 and why all the way through the text,

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 it says son,

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 and in fact,

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 you can see it in the text,

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 but in the original language,

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 it's a technical legal word

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 for the son who inherits the estate.

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 So what is this saying?

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 If you are a slave,

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 and you have become a Christian,

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 who are you now?

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 In terms of God's eyes,

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 you are the son who will inherit the entire estate.

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 If you are a woman,

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 who will not inherit anything,

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 when you receive Jesus as your savior and Lord,

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 God has adopted you,

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 and your status in his eyes,

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 is the son who will inherit the entire estate.

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 If you are a female slave,

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 the bottom of the bottom,

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 when you put your faith and trust in Jesus,

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 how does God now view you?

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 You are the son who will inherit the entire estate.

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 That's why in good translations of the Bible,

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 the word son is there all the way through,

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 and not the word child,

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 because it's trying to communicate

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 this unbelievable idea

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 that God does not weigh our merits,

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 that the normal order of how things work

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 the normal way that people think of as being natural,

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 that is being overturned,

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 underturned,

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 upside down,

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 and that all of the things that might make a person say,

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 well,

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 I'm a male,

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 and I'm rich,

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 and I'm,

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 you know,

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 whatever,

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 therefore,

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 obviously,

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 God's going to love me more.

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 No,

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 that's not the case.

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 He doesn't love you more because of that.

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 He loves all human beings,

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 and when we put our faith and trust in Jesus,

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 we become God's son by adoption.

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 See,

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 in the ancient world as well,

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 it was possible.

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 It couldn't happen now.

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 I don't know.

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 I don't know.

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 Maybe there's somebody here that's in their 70s,

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 and God didn't bless you with children,

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 and in the ancient world,

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 you could adopt me,

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 even though I'm,

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 I'm not going to tell you how old I am,

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 but even though I'm not like a cute little baby,

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 you could adopt me so that I would get the whole thing,

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 and that's what it's saying,

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 that God has adopted you.

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 When you put your faith and trust in Jesus,

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 you put your hand out to him,

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 he takes you,

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 and,

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 you know,

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 maybe at first when you become a Christian,

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 who knows?

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 You just,

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 you want some hope.

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 You,

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 you may want to have some guilt removed.

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 You want something more.

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 You don't understand it,

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 and what the Bible starts to explain,

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 who you are in Christ,

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 and who you are in Christ,

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 is you are now treated by God the Father

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 as if you are the Son

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 who will inherit everything,

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 and you have the rights and privileges

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 of that new status.

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 male and female,

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 Jew and Greek,

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 slave and free.

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 It's a very,

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 very,

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 very,

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 very powerful text.

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 Now,

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 some of you might say,

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 whoa,

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 George,

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 okay,

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 that's,

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 that sounds really quite amazing,

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 but George,

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 you Christians have sure sucked

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 getting that out.

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 Just the other day,

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 I was talking to a woman

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 who grew up in South Africa,

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 so the mic keeps going in and out.

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 Is that me,

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 or what's happening?

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 You're checking it out.

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 Okay.

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 If all of a sudden,

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 I can't hear,

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 you can't hear me,

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 just wave,

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 and I'll,

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 I'll just speak louder.

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 So,

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 I was just talking the other day

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 to a woman who grew up in,

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 in South Africa.

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 She's white,

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 grew up in South Africa

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 under apartheid,

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 and one of the things

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 we chatted about

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 was,

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 in fact,

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 there were a lot of churches

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 that white people went to

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 in South Africa

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 that specifically,

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 in their sermons,

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 would legitimize racism

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 from the Bible.

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 And,

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 and that's just,

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 I mean,

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 this isn't just talking now

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 about,

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 you know,

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 the South or anything like that,

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 United States.

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 I mean,

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 this is,

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 in the lived memories,

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 many of you were alive

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 when there were still churches

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 in South Africa,

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 and as we all know,

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 there's a continuing problem

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 where somehow or another

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 people can read the Bible

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 and see texts like this

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 and still somehow or another

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 justify racism.

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 And so,

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 the pushback can be,

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 well,

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 George,

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 how on earth does this happen?

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 Well,

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 actually,

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 if you keep reading

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 in chapter four,

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 Paul explains how it can happen.

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 Some of it

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 is,

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 in fact,

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 sort of all right news

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 and some of it,

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 in fact,

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 is,

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 it can be a little bit,

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 it's one of that hard parts

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 of Christianity where,

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 well,

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 let's read chapter four,

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 verses one,

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 to three.

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 Here's how it goes.

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 I mean,

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 okay,

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 that the heir,

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 as long as he is a child,

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 is no different from a slave,

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 though he is the owner

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 of everything,

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 but he is under guardians

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 and managers

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 until the date

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 set by his father.

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 What about us?

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 Or in the same way,

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 or what about us?

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 We also,

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 when we were children,

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 were enslaved

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 to the elementary principles

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 of the world.

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 Now,

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 that's a bit of a,

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 you know,

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 I have to confess,

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 I kept telling my wife

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 all week,

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 I slaved over that text

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 trying to figure it out,

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 but there's two different,

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 two different ideas

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 that are at work here.

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 And the first idea

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 is this,

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 it is possible for us

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 to be the son,

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 but live like we are a slave.

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 That's what the point

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 of the analogy is

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 in the first two verses,

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 that,

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 you know,

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 on one level,

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 he just said,

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 you look at a rich estate

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 and you see slaves

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 and you see,

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 like a young child,

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 but the young child

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 is under guardians

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 and tutors

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 and in those days,

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 you know,

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 the tutor or the guardian

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 could,

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 you know,

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 whack the kid

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 on their behind

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 with a stick

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 or their hand.

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 It could be very tough,

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 very demanding

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 because in the Roman world,

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 they wanted their kids,

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 their boys,

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 to grow up to be men

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 who were going to be leaders,

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 so they could be

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 very tough on them.

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 And in some ways,

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 it would look,

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 you might not even be able

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 to tell on one level,

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 at a behavioral level,

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 whether the person

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 was a slave

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 or in fact the heir.

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 And the point of this is

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 that we all know,

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 and we're going to think

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 about this more in a moment,

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 but it's possible for us

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 to have one status

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 but live as if

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 we're something else.

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 I mean,

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 that's just part of the tragedy

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 of many of our lives.

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 And Paul's going to,

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 to develop this more in a moment,

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 I'm going to talk more about

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 in a moment.

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 But here's the other thing,

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 which is verse 3.

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 If you could put up

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 the next point.

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 Part of the hard part

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 about the Bible

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 for many of us in Canada

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 that teaches positive self-esteem

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 all of the time

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 is that the Bible

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 is unbelievably frank

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 about our human condition.

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 And verse 3 is based,

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 and it comes in a technical word

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 for child.

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 The technical word

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 for child in the text

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 means somebody

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 who's immature,

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 incompetent,

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 dispossessed,

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 and then he adds

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 something else.

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 So here it is.

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 In my natural state,

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 I am immature,

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 incompetent,

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 dispossessed,

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 and a slave

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 to elemental powers

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 and spirits.

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 In other words,

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 I serve elemental powers

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 and spirits

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 as if I have no choice.

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 Now this,

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 see,

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 here's part of the thing

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 about the Christian faith.

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 So the question began,

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 George,

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 how on earth is it

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 that you can account

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 for the fact

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 that Christians

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 have this wonderful text

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 in Galatians chapter 3,

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 28,

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 and then you can have

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 churches in South Africa

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 back in the day,

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 not that long ago,

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 opening the Bible

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 and somehow justifying

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 apartheid

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 and racism

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 and terrible things

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 that went on

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 in that culture

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 all from the Bible.

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 And so Paul says,

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 well,

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 I'm going to give you an answer,

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 but you're not going to like it.

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 A lot of you Canadians

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 aren't going to like it.

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 Part of it you sort of might like,

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 which is the fact that,

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 you know,

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 it is possible

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 to be a Christian

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 and live as if

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 you're not a Christian.

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 And I guess what I'd have to say

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 is to the extent

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 that a church

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 in South Africa

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 was preaching apartheid,

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 they were not living

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 as Christians.

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 Not saying they weren't,

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 but they weren't living as it.

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 They weren't teaching

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 as if they were.

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 They were in serious error.

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 They were my brothers

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 and sisters in Christ

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 in serious error.

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 Serious error.

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 But why is it

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 that that could go on?

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 Because you have to know

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 something about human beings.

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 Human beings are immature,

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 incompetent,

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 dispossessed,

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 and a slave

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 to elemental powers

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 and spirits.

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 Elemental powers,

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 the fact of the matter is

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 that there are powers

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 of money,

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 there are powers

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 of class,

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 there are powers

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 of sex

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 and gender,

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 of religion,

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 there are powers

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 of ideology,

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 and we Christians,

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 and not just,

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 sorry,

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 not just Christians,

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 now just as a general rule

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 for human beings,

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 we easily start

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 to serve these things.

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 If you go back

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 and read Genesis 3 once again,

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 it's a very,

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 very powerful text.

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 In Genesis 3,

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 Adam and Eve

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 thought that they were beginning

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 when they rebelled against God

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 and they said,

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 we are going to be like God.

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 And they thought

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 they were ushering in

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 the age of the human

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 who rules.

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 But the irony

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 and the tragedy is

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 is that what they ushered in

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 was not the human

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 who rules,

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 but the human

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 who dies.

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 And the human

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 who will serve

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 created things.

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 We serve our phones.

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 Many of you do.

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 Many of you do.

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 Imagine,

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 for those of you

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 who are university students,

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 I don't know if many professors

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 do it,

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 if they said,

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 before you come into this class,

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 I'm taking all of your tablets,

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 phones,

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 and computers.

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 Many people,

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 their anxiety level

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 would go through the roof

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 because we serve it.

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 We serve race.

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 We serve sex.

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 We serve ideologies.

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 And elemental,

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 those are elemental powers.

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 There's also elemental spirits.

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 There are evil spirits

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 that we willingly serve.

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 And we are dispossessed.

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 We might not feel

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 like we're dispossessed right now,

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 but you know,

00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:39.500
 as I get older,

00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:40.899
 time just slips

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 through my hands.

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 And the children

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 who once were just

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 so cute and tiny

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 and I could hold them

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 and now they're bigger than me.

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 And they have children

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 of their own.

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 And one day I will die

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 and when I die,

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 when Bill Gates

00:20:56.819 --> 00:20:57.740
 and I die

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 on the same day,

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 his 89.3 billion,

00:21:02.399 --> 00:21:02.539
 oops,

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 nope,

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 sorry,

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 89.4,

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 oops,

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 sorry,

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 89.5,

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 no,

00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:06.500
 oops,

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 sorry,

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 89.6,

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 oops,

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 sorry,

00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:08.980
 89.7.

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 Every time I tell the number,

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 the number's gone up

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 in that few seconds.

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 When you're that rich,

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 that's how it works.

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 But he and I

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 will have the same number

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 of possessions

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 one second after we die.

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 For the record,

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 I'm not close

00:21:21.359 --> 00:21:22.599
 to 89.3 billion.

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 I tell people

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 I'm half a millionaire.

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 I have the air,

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 not the million.

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 And so this,

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 you know,

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 it seems very stark,

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 but that's the stuff

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 that God works with.

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 You see,

00:21:37.460 --> 00:21:38.039
 in one level,

00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:39.319
 the Bible tells us

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 our condition

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 is vastly worse

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 than we know.

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 But the text

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 is just telling us

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 about how Jesus

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 willingly,

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 in a second,

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 it's going to go

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 right into it,

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 how God

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 willingly

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 sent his son

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 to die

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 for immature,

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 incompetent,

00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:02.079
 dispossessed slaves

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 to elemental powers

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:03.839
 and spirits.

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 He willingly

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 loved you and me

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 so much

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 that he would leave

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 the glories of heaven

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 to come and die

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 for you and me.

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 That I might be

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 redeemed from slavery

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 and I might have

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 the status

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 of God's adopted son

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 who inherits everything.

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 The gospel both tells us

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 we are far

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 more broken

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 than we realize,

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 but we are far more loved

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 than we could ever imagine.

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 our minds,

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 even the most

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 narcissistic

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 amongst us,

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 our minds

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 can't really

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 grasp

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 the depth

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 and the extent

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 and the purity

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 of God's love

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 for us

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 that we see

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 as God,

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 the Son of God,

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 dies upon

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 the cross

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 for you and me.

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 Just the other day

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 I was asked by somebody

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 about why I became

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 a Christian.

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 I became a Christian

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 when I was in grade 12

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 and he asked a little bit

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 about the process

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 that led to me

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 becoming a Christian

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 and I said that

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 I started to go

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 on a bit of a quest.

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 I all of a sudden

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 became,

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 I had grown up

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 in a Christian home

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 and I found

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 Christianity boring,

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 I found it irrelevant,

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 I was far more interested

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 in the counterculture,

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 I was far more interested

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 in countercultural music,

00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:43.019
 countercultural politics,

00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:44.599
 countercultural lifestyles,

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 countercultural dress.

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 That's what I found

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 interesting,

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 that's what I found

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 as if it would be meaningful

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 and Christianity

00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:52.799
 was boring

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 and it was irrelevant

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 and I really didn't even

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 think about whether

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 or not it was true

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 and I don't want

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 to go into it all

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 but basically

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 something one day

00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:01.919
 it was something

00:24:01.919 --> 00:24:02.519
 that happened to me

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.139
 while I was on

00:24:03.139 --> 00:24:03.740
 Elgin Street

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 here in Ottawa

00:24:04.399 --> 00:24:05.220
 all of a sudden

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:06.000
 made me think

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:07.139
 that maybe something

00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:08.820
 there was something

00:24:08.820 --> 00:24:09.880
 more to Christianity

00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:10.759
 and at the end

00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:11.300
 of the year,

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 at the end of the year

00:24:12.840 --> 00:24:13.960
 of a spiritual quest

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:15.220
 I became a Christian

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:18.080
 and he said to me,

00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:18.740
 the person who asked

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:19.259
 me this question

00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:19.460
 said,

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 well why would you

00:24:20.040 --> 00:24:21.259
 go on a spiritual quest?

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:22.300
 What a great question,

00:24:22.380 --> 00:24:22.460
 eh?

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 And I,

00:24:24.580 --> 00:24:25.580
 and this is one

00:24:25.580 --> 00:24:26.200
 of those times

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:26.960
 you know where

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:28.900
 somebody must have

00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:29.920
 been praying for me.

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 It's really important

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.520
 church to pray

00:24:32.520 --> 00:24:33.220
 for each other

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 because I don't think

00:24:35.600 --> 00:24:36.339
 I'd ever been asked

00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:37.380
 that question before

00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:39.880
 and I paused

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:40.640
 and I said to him

00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:41.900
 because I came

00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:42.779
 to the conclusion

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:43.660
 there must be

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:44.500
 something more.

00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:49.839
 There must be

00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:50.640
 something more.

00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:53.900
 And you know

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:55.000
 when you hear this talk

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.579
 and what's going on

00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:55.920
 here in the

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.900
 biblical text,

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:57.780
 if you,

00:24:57.780 --> 00:24:58.160
 if you,

00:24:58.160 --> 00:25:00.300
 if you,

00:25:00.300 --> 00:25:03.880
 you think you're

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:04.700
 a master of the universe,

00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:05.600
 it feels like you're

00:25:05.600 --> 00:25:06.519
 a master of the universe,

00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:08.220
 you have sexual conquests,

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.300
 you have the money

00:25:09.300 --> 00:25:10.519
 pouring into the bank

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:12.060
 and it's hard for you

00:25:12.060 --> 00:25:12.759
 to imagine that

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.640
 there's something more.

00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.759
 The gospel is going

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.420
 to make very little

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:16.280
 sense to you.

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:20.220
 But for many people

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:21.240
 who have all of those

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:21.700
 things,

00:25:21.940 --> 00:25:23.320
 they realize I can have

00:25:23.320 --> 00:25:24.080
 all of these things

00:25:24.080 --> 00:25:24.740
 and there must be

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.440
 something more.

00:25:26.900 --> 00:25:28.019
 And for others of us

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.940
 who are very broken

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:30.380
 by elemental powers

00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:32.580
 or by the elemental

00:25:32.580 --> 00:25:33.780
 spiritual forces

00:25:33.780 --> 00:25:34.540
 of the world

00:25:34.540 --> 00:25:35.960
 and maybe we're

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:37.140
 broken by shame

00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:37.820
 or we're broken

00:25:37.820 --> 00:25:38.780
 by drug addiction

00:25:38.780 --> 00:25:39.560
 or we're broken

00:25:39.560 --> 00:25:40.320
 by abuse

00:25:40.320 --> 00:25:41.140
 or we're broken

00:25:41.140 --> 00:25:42.300
 by failure

00:25:42.300 --> 00:25:43.040
 or we're broken

00:25:43.040 --> 00:25:43.740
 by poverty,

00:25:43.820 --> 00:25:44.820
 it maybe is very easy

00:25:44.820 --> 00:25:45.600
 for us to hope

00:25:45.600 --> 00:25:46.519
 and believe that maybe

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:47.560
 there is something more.

00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:52.100
 And the Bible says

00:25:52.100 --> 00:25:53.060
 there is something more.

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:55.560
 That's what it talks about.

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:57.619
 Listen to how

00:25:57.619 --> 00:25:59.200
 just after Paul

00:25:59.200 --> 00:26:00.299
 in verse 3

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:01.139
 gives us this

00:26:01.139 --> 00:26:02.599
 unbelievably bad news.

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.319
 Remember verse 3,

00:26:03.379 --> 00:26:04.019
 we'll read it again.

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:05.299
 In the same way

00:26:05.299 --> 00:26:06.039
 we also,

00:26:06.159 --> 00:26:07.059
 when we were children,

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:08.119
 and that's a technical

00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:09.000
 word in Greek,

00:26:09.159 --> 00:26:10.599
 meaning one who is

00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:11.240
 immature,

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.799
 incompetent,

00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:14.079
 and dispossessed.

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:17.399
 We're enslaved

00:26:17.399 --> 00:26:18.119
 to the elementary

00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:19.419
 principles of the world,

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:22.800
 but when the fullness

00:26:22.800 --> 00:26:24.080
 of time had come,

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:26.320
 God sent forth his son,

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.259
 born of a woman,

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:28.620
 born under the law,

00:26:29.060 --> 00:26:30.860
 to redeem those

00:26:30.860 --> 00:26:32.300
 who are under the law

00:26:32.300 --> 00:26:34.840
 so that we might receive

00:26:34.840 --> 00:26:37.039
 adoption as sons.

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.759
 And when it says here

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.880
 adoption as sons,

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:41.220
 it doesn't mean adoption

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:43.300
 as one who will inherit

00:26:43.300 --> 00:26:45.140
 everything but has to live

00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:45.980
 under a guardian.

00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:47.740
 It means that when

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:49.460
 I have put my faith

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:50.319
 and trust in Jesus,

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:51.480
 when you put your faith

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:52.400
 and trust in Jesus,

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:54.660
 and he takes you,

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.279
 he doesn't say,

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:57.019
 he doesn't,

00:26:57.360 --> 00:26:57.720
 he just,

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.980
 when you put your trust

00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.279
 in him,

00:26:59.360 --> 00:27:00.299
 he takes you.

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.860
 He takes you.

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:03.480
 He takes you.

00:27:04.120 --> 00:27:05.360
 And when he takes you,

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:06.240
 not only are you

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:06.880
 redeemed,

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:09.220
 but you automatically,

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:10.380
 you're not adopted

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:11.039
 as a child

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:12.500
 who maybe in 50 years

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:13.220
 will be old enough

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.500
 to inherit.

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:16.079
 No, the word son there

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:17.519
 means right now

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:19.799
 you are of maturity

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:22.880
 to live and to receive

00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:24.339
 the inheritance.

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:27.180
 Could you put up

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.799
 the next point,

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.519
 Andrew, please?

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:33.759
 The gospel is the good news

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:35.299
 that when I put my faith

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:36.380
 in the person and work

00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:36.940
 of Jesus,

00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:38.759
 I am redeemed

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.740
 from slavery

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:42.279
 and I am adopted

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:44.299
 as God's son

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:45.539
 and heir.

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:46.599
 And I could add there,

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.640
 ready to inherit.

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:50.380
 That's what these two verses say.

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:51.220
 Listen to it again,

00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:53.700
 verses 4 and 5.

00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:55.140
 But when the fullness

00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:56.359
 of time had come,

00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:58.720
 God sent forth

00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:59.599
 his son,

00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:00.680
 born of woman,

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.099
 in other words,

00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:01.740
 fully human,

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:03.019
 born under the law,

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.539
 born into this world

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:05.920
 where the moral law exists.

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:06.900
 Why did he come?

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:08.180
 to redeem

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:09.560
 those who are

00:28:09.560 --> 00:28:10.300
 under the law

00:28:10.300 --> 00:28:11.460
 so that we might receive

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.500
 adoption as sons.

00:28:12.860 --> 00:28:13.720
 And the word redeem

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:16.200
 is the word that's used

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:18.519
 to free someone

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.400
 from slavery

00:28:19.400 --> 00:28:21.160
 at the payment

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:21.900
 of a price,

00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:23.340
 at the price

00:28:23.340 --> 00:28:24.560
 that was borne

00:28:24.560 --> 00:28:25.519
 by God himself

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:26.160
 in the person

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:26.780
 of his son.

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:29.640
 Everyone who puts

00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:30.519
 their faith and trust

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:31.019
 in Jesus

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:31.980
 are redeemed

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:33.720
 from slavery

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:35.640
 and adopted

00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:38.360
 as the sons of God.

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:48.740
 It's very, very, very,

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:50.019
 very powerful news.

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:51.980
 But here's

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:53.099
 a searching question

00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:53.819
 and I know this is

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.880
 a mix-up of an analogy.

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.480
 If you could put

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:56.380
 the next point up,

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:57.099
 Andrew, sorry.

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:58.480
 It's a bit of a mix-up

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:59.039
 of analogy.

00:28:59.200 --> 00:29:00.440
 Really, my point originally

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:01.579
 was just the second half

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:02.199
 but I realized

00:29:02.199 --> 00:29:02.659
 the first,

00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:03.799
 I just sort of felt

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.460
 I had to add it.

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:04.699
 I know,

00:29:05.379 --> 00:29:06.919
 am I living like Cinderella

00:29:06.919 --> 00:29:07.980
 with amnesia?

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.960
 Or am I living

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.559
 as if I,

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.220
 in other words,

00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:13.019
 am I living

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:14.559
 as if I am a slave

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:16.119
 and not the son

00:29:16.119 --> 00:29:17.079
 who inherits fully?

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:18.879
 Christian,

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.879
 that's the question

00:29:19.879 --> 00:29:20.699
 for you and me.

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:23.019
 I know the Cinderella

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:24.319
 analogy breaks down.

00:29:24.439 --> 00:29:24.960
 She was, you know,

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.460
 but she's,

00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:26.240
 you know,

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:27.319
 because she married

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:28.159
 Prince Charming

00:29:28.159 --> 00:29:28.659
 and all that

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:29.300
 but I just,

00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:30.060
 this idea,

00:29:30.820 --> 00:29:32.420
 imagine in that story

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:34.400
 as if Cinderella,

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:38.180
 after she becomes

00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:39.160
 the queen,

00:29:40.620 --> 00:29:41.560
 went back to living

00:29:41.560 --> 00:29:43.040
 as if she was the slave

00:29:43.040 --> 00:29:45.519
 serving her stepmother

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:46.240
 and her sisters.

00:29:50.080 --> 00:29:51.160
 She wasn't living

00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:53.100
 like who she was.

00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:56.659
 And it's easy for us

00:29:56.659 --> 00:29:57.500
 to maybe look

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:57.819
 and say,

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.459
 how on earth

00:29:58.459 --> 00:29:59.240
 could those people

00:29:59.240 --> 00:30:00.500
 in South Africa

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:01.579
 misread the Bible?

00:30:01.699 --> 00:30:02.839
 But what about you and me?

00:30:05.659 --> 00:30:06.779
 Is our relationship

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.519
 to God,

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:08.659
 is my relationship

00:30:08.659 --> 00:30:09.419
 to God

00:30:09.419 --> 00:30:11.159
 as if somehow

00:30:11.159 --> 00:30:13.500
 God gives me

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.439
 these commands

00:30:14.439 --> 00:30:16.199
 and I need to do them

00:30:16.199 --> 00:30:17.399
 and I have a bit

00:30:17.399 --> 00:30:18.299
 of anxiety

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:19.099
 and I have a bit

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:19.879
 of a depression

00:30:19.879 --> 00:30:20.759
 about the state

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.419
 of my life

00:30:21.419 --> 00:30:22.659
 as if I'm just a slave

00:30:22.660 --> 00:30:25.100
 and it's just drudgery

00:30:25.100 --> 00:30:26.759
 and it's just brokenness

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.900
 and it's just order

00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:29.080
 and it's just rules

00:30:29.080 --> 00:30:30.920
 and maybe some days

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.840
 I feel like it's,

00:30:32.080 --> 00:30:32.820
 like I'm doing

00:30:32.820 --> 00:30:33.519
 all those things

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:33.980
 very well

00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:34.740
 so I feel very,

00:30:34.840 --> 00:30:35.100
 very good.

00:30:35.160 --> 00:30:35.940
 I can show myself

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.380
 at church

00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:36.800
 because,

00:30:37.320 --> 00:30:37.580
 you know,

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.840
 my marriage

00:30:38.840 --> 00:30:40.080
 is going well,

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:41.300
 my kids are going well,

00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:43.060
 my finances are going well

00:30:43.060 --> 00:30:43.880
 and,

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.400
 you know,

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.320
 maybe I'm not reading

00:30:45.320 --> 00:30:46.140
 the Bible very often

00:30:46.140 --> 00:30:47.340
 but nobody can see that

00:30:47.340 --> 00:30:48.380
 but things seem

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:48.960
 to be going well

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:50.300
 at a very superficial level

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:52.399
 and then some of the bottom

00:30:52.399 --> 00:30:53.159
 falls out of some

00:30:53.159 --> 00:30:53.839
 of these things

00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:55.700
 and maybe your marriage

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.659
 isn't going as well

00:30:56.659 --> 00:30:59.099
 or your romantic relationships

00:30:59.099 --> 00:31:00.000
 aren't going as well

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.740
 or your finances

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:01.619
 aren't going as well

00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:02.799
 or your job's in trouble

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.919
 and all of a sudden

00:31:03.919 --> 00:31:04.700
 it's not even as if

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.399
 we want to be around

00:31:05.399 --> 00:31:06.139
 other Christians

00:31:06.139 --> 00:31:08.019
 and why is that?

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.399
 Because,

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:08.700
 you see,

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.680
 at our bottom line

00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:10.859
 we do not understand

00:31:10.859 --> 00:31:12.079
 or not really believe

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:13.299
 that God adopted us

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:14.460
 as his son

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:15.200
 with full rights

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:15.819
 of inheritance

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.919
 but I am living

00:31:16.919 --> 00:31:18.539
 as if my relationship

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:19.159
 with God

00:31:19.159 --> 00:31:20.799
 depends upon my ability

00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:21.779
 to fulfill

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:23.359
 his orders to me

00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:25.359
 and if I can't fulfill

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:26.359
 his orders to me

00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:27.480
 in a satisfactory way

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:28.859
 I am a bad slave.

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:32.119
 I'm a bad slave.

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.919
 My church doesn't become

00:31:34.919 --> 00:31:35.599
 a mega church

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:37.099
 I am a bad pastor.

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.519
 Bill Hybels tells

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:40.319
 a famous joke

00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:41.500
 go big or go to Canada.

00:31:42.439 --> 00:31:42.779
 You know,

00:31:43.139 --> 00:31:44.960
 and I think it's just so funny

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:46.039
 go big or go to Canada.

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:46.380
 You know,

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:47.340
 like if I was a really

00:31:47.340 --> 00:31:48.340
 successful pastor

00:31:48.340 --> 00:31:49.259
 I'd be snapped up

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:50.440
 by some American church

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:51.360
 and I'd have thousands

00:31:51.360 --> 00:31:52.140
 of people coming.

00:31:54.100 --> 00:31:54.720
 You know,

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:55.920
 it's,

00:31:56.340 --> 00:31:57.340
 that's the question.

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:58.160
 Look,

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:59.960
 look at verses 4 and 5 again.

00:32:01.100 --> 00:32:02.140
 But when the fullness

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:03.240
 of time had come

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:04.299
 God sent forth

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:04.920
 his son

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:05.779
 born of woman

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.860
 born under the law

00:32:06.860 --> 00:32:07.819
 to redeem

00:32:07.819 --> 00:32:09.200
 those who are

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.840
 under the law

00:32:09.840 --> 00:32:11.480
 so that we might receive

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:13.079
 adoption as sons.

00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:14.360
 Could you put

00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:15.319
 up the next point

00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:15.719
 please,

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:16.179
 Andrew?

00:32:18.179 --> 00:32:19.359
 God's adoption

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:20.019
 of me

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:21.279
 as his son

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:22.740
 with all

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.299
 of the rights

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:24.000
 and privileges

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:25.659
 of being his son

00:32:25.659 --> 00:32:27.079
 is just

00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:28.099
 as certain

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:29.599
 as the fact

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:30.599
 that I am

00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:31.159
 pardoned

00:32:31.159 --> 00:32:31.779
 and redeemed.

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:34.039
 It is just

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:34.979
 as certain.

00:32:35.979 --> 00:32:36.699
 It says

00:32:36.699 --> 00:32:37.259
 redeemed

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:38.059
 and adopted.

00:32:38.179 --> 00:32:38.919
 It doesn't just say

00:32:38.919 --> 00:32:39.699
 redeemed.

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:40.619
 In other words,

00:32:40.699 --> 00:32:41.359
 I've taken you

00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:42.019
 out of slavery

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:43.279
 but George,

00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:44.119
 you've taken out

00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:44.639
 of slavery

00:32:44.639 --> 00:32:45.480
 but now you better

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:46.539
 perform very well

00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:46.960
 if I'm going to

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.639
 really love you

00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:48.579
 because all I've done

00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:49.379
 is just taken away

00:32:49.379 --> 00:32:50.139
 the bad stuff

00:32:50.139 --> 00:32:50.920
 but you need to add

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:52.480
 good stuff to your life

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:53.599
 so you better

00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:54.859
 make sure you do this

00:32:54.859 --> 00:32:55.779
 and you better make sure

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.920
 you're successful in that

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:57.779
 and you better make sure

00:32:57.779 --> 00:32:59.139
 you perform well that way

00:32:59.139 --> 00:33:00.359
 and you better make sure

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:01.079
 this and you better

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:01.759
 make sure that

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:03.019
 because all that I've done,

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.400
 George,

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:04.279
 is I've just taken away

00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:04.940
 the bad stuff.

00:33:05.379 --> 00:33:06.279
 You've got to sort out

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:07.279
 the good stuff yourself

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:08.579
 and a lot of times

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:09.480
 that's how we live

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:10.119
 the Christian life

00:33:10.119 --> 00:33:11.019
 and a lot of times

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:12.099
 that's all the way

00:33:12.099 --> 00:33:13.539
 that the gospel is presented

00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:14.319
 that when Jesus

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:15.220
 died on the cross

00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:17.000
 he took away your sins

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:18.119
 you're pardoned

00:33:18.119 --> 00:33:19.460
 you're delivered from slavery

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:21.200
 and it's all just presented

00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:22.960
 only and almost exclusively

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:24.440
 as if the bad things

00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:25.319
 have been taken away

00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:26.779
 but the good things

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:27.579
 by implication

00:33:27.579 --> 00:33:28.559
 in the soul

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:29.559
 in our soul

00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:31.579
 that I have to perform those

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:33.000
 but in this text

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:35.559
 both are just as certain.

00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:41.279
 both are just as certain.

00:33:42.899 --> 00:33:45.000
 When Jesus took me

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.659
 as his own

00:33:45.659 --> 00:33:50.079
 everything that I had ever done

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:51.000
 that was wrong

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:52.359
 from the moment of my conception

00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:53.799
 to the moment of my death

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:55.200
 was dealt with on the cross.

00:33:55.879 --> 00:33:57.019
 All of the shame

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:58.419
 from the moment of my conception

00:33:58.419 --> 00:33:59.460
 to the moment of my death

00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:00.700
 was dealt with on the cross.

00:34:01.419 --> 00:34:03.200
 All of the slavery

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:04.559
 that I have experienced

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:05.119
 experience

00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:06.839
 to how people think about me

00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:07.899
 or how this works

00:34:07.899 --> 00:34:08.239
 or whatever

00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:09.320
 is all taken away

00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:10.920
 but at the same time

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:14.259
 right to the moment of my death

00:34:14.259 --> 00:34:15.779
 even though God knows

00:34:15.779 --> 00:34:17.699
 my successes and failures

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:18.480
 in the future

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:20.340
 all the way

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:23.699
 my status

00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:27.860
 is as an adopted son of God

00:34:27.860 --> 00:34:29.039
 because of what Jesus

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:30.420
 has done for me

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:31.759
 with the full rights

00:34:31.760 --> 00:34:33.280
 I do not get

00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:34.680
 a better inheritance

00:34:34.680 --> 00:34:39.820
 if I grow a megachurch

00:34:39.820 --> 00:34:40.740
 I do not get

00:34:40.740 --> 00:34:42.060
 a better inheritance

00:34:42.060 --> 00:34:44.580
 if I can memorize

00:34:44.580 --> 00:34:45.720
 more Bible verses

00:34:45.720 --> 00:34:47.620
 I can have more successful

00:34:47.620 --> 00:34:47.980
 relations

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.780
 I do not

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:50.860
 I can add nothing

00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:53.440
 to what God has done

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:54.380
 for me in the person

00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:54.900
 of Jesus.

00:34:55.040 --> 00:34:55.480
 Could you put up

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.360
 the next point please

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:56.700
 Andrew?

00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:58.739
 Listen to the text again

00:34:58.739 --> 00:34:59.619
 as it goes up

00:34:59.619 --> 00:35:01.019
 But when the fullness

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:02.019
 of time had come

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:03.539
 God sent forth his son

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:05.519
 born of woman

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:06.460
 born under the law

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:07.539
 to redeem those

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:08.460
 who are under the law

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:09.579
 so that we might receive

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:10.759
 adoption as sons

00:35:10.759 --> 00:35:12.739
 Am I living like

00:35:12.739 --> 00:35:14.139
 I am half saved

00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:16.539
 only pardoned

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:17.939
 not adopted?

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:22.659
 Am I living as if

00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:24.220
 I am only pardoned

00:35:24.220 --> 00:35:25.920
 not adopted?

00:35:28.320 --> 00:35:28.820
 You know

00:35:28.820 --> 00:35:29.700
 brothers and sisters

00:35:29.700 --> 00:35:31.539
 this is one of these

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:32.220
 things that we need

00:35:32.220 --> 00:35:33.619
 to pray into our lives

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:34.340
 for ourselves

00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:36.619
 and we need to pray

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:38.000
 it into each other's lives

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:39.280
 like if you are

00:35:39.280 --> 00:35:39.980
 trying to figure out

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:41.079
 how to pray for the church

00:35:41.079 --> 00:35:41.679
 one of the things

00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:42.599
 you can do is just say

00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:43.400
 you know

00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:43.679
 Lord

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:44.760
 help George

00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:45.500
 to understand

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:46.280
 that he is

00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:47.639
 God's adopted son

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:50.799
 help the wardens

00:35:50.799 --> 00:35:51.920
 help Shirley

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:53.779
 help Daniel and Jonathan

00:35:53.779 --> 00:35:54.940
 know that they are

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:56.359
 not just redeemed

00:35:56.359 --> 00:35:59.400
 but God has adopted them

00:35:59.400 --> 00:36:01.179
 as his son

00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:03.400
 with the full rights

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:04.139
 of inheritance

00:36:04.139 --> 00:36:06.559
 and not just the leaders

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:07.460
 but help the people

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:08.199
 who come on Sunday

00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:08.599
 when you are trying

00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:09.079
 to figure out

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:10.319
 how to pray for people

00:36:10.319 --> 00:36:11.339
 as they come to church

00:36:11.339 --> 00:36:11.879
 and you get here

00:36:11.879 --> 00:36:12.619
 maybe a bit early

00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:14.039
 and you have a moment

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.299
 to pray

00:36:14.299 --> 00:36:15.239
 just pray God

00:36:15.239 --> 00:36:16.059
 may you work

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:16.900
 in people's lives

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:17.279
 today

00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:18.620
 so that they will

00:36:18.620 --> 00:36:19.300
 not only know

00:36:19.300 --> 00:36:19.960
 that their sins

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:21.060
 are pardoned

00:36:21.060 --> 00:36:23.340
 but they'll also

00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:23.760
 know that

00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:25.980
 God adopted them

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:26.460
 when they put

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:27.460
 their faith in Jesus

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:29.960
 we need to pray

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:30.920
 that over us

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:31.920
 could you put up

00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:32.540
 the next point

00:36:32.540 --> 00:36:32.980
 please

00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:35.080
 listen again

00:36:35.080 --> 00:36:36.000
 to verse 4 and 5

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.800
 as the point goes up

00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:37.540
 but when the fullness

00:36:37.540 --> 00:36:38.580
 of time had come

00:36:38.580 --> 00:36:39.400
 God sent forth

00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:39.860
 his son

00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:40.560
 born of woman

00:36:40.560 --> 00:36:41.600
 born under the law

00:36:41.600 --> 00:36:42.220
 to redeem

00:36:42.220 --> 00:36:43.500
 those who were

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:44.260
 under the law

00:36:44.260 --> 00:36:45.100
 so that we might

00:36:45.100 --> 00:36:45.980
 receive adoption

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:46.659
 as sons

00:36:46.659 --> 00:36:48.300
 being God's son

00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:49.059
 by adoption

00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:49.519
 and grace

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:51.000
 is not a goal

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:51.940
 for a Christian

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:53.780
 but a present

00:36:53.780 --> 00:36:55.240
 and eternal

00:36:55.240 --> 00:36:56.280
 reality

00:36:56.280 --> 00:37:00.380
 it is a present

00:37:00.380 --> 00:37:01.380
 and eternal

00:37:01.380 --> 00:37:02.320
 reality

00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:06.000
 listen if you're

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:06.740
 sitting here right

00:37:06.740 --> 00:37:07.219
 now and you're

00:37:07.219 --> 00:37:07.860
 thinking you know

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:10.099
 I just came here

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:10.820
 I know because my

00:37:10.820 --> 00:37:11.679
 friends dragged me

00:37:11.679 --> 00:37:13.119
 my folks dragged me

00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:14.400
 my mom's been

00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:14.980
 bugging me

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:15.920
 from somewhere else

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:16.699
 and I just thought

00:37:16.699 --> 00:37:17.859
 I'd go take a bulletin

00:37:17.859 --> 00:37:18.859
 take a picture of it

00:37:18.859 --> 00:37:19.859
 you know get her off

00:37:19.859 --> 00:37:20.819
 my back or whatever

00:37:20.819 --> 00:37:22.539
 and if the Holy Spirit

00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:23.259
 is touching you

00:37:23.259 --> 00:37:23.719
 in any way

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:24.819
 and if you're thinking

00:37:24.819 --> 00:37:25.739
 that's all very good

00:37:25.739 --> 00:37:26.279
 for George

00:37:26.279 --> 00:37:27.119
 he seems like he's

00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:27.799
 a good guy

00:37:27.799 --> 00:37:29.119
 or that's already

00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:29.980
 that's alright for the

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:30.619
 people around me

00:37:30.619 --> 00:37:31.759
 but if God knew

00:37:31.759 --> 00:37:32.940
 how bad I was

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.679
 if God knew

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:34.279
 how much

00:37:34.279 --> 00:37:35.460
 what I had done

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:36.199
 if God knew

00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:37.079
 the things going on

00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:37.659
 in my heart

00:37:37.659 --> 00:37:38.619
 then these things

00:37:38.619 --> 00:37:39.519
 would not apply to me

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:40.440
 but I want to tell you

00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:41.059
 right now

00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:42.460
 that he does know

00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:44.220
 and the offer is for you

00:37:44.220 --> 00:37:48.280
 he does know

00:37:48.280 --> 00:37:51.559
 he knows everything

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:52.139
 about you

00:37:52.139 --> 00:37:54.380
 and still his son

00:37:54.380 --> 00:37:55.320
 came to die upon

00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:55.820
 the cross

00:37:55.820 --> 00:37:56.440
 to redeem you

00:37:56.440 --> 00:37:57.200
 from slavery

00:37:57.200 --> 00:37:59.639
 and make you

00:37:59.639 --> 00:38:01.039
 his adopted son

00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:02.840
 by grace

00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:06.720
 just in closing

00:38:06.720 --> 00:38:07.460
 there's a

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:08.820
 there's a

00:38:08.820 --> 00:38:09.380
 a great

00:38:09.380 --> 00:38:10.760
 the text goes on

00:38:10.760 --> 00:38:11.539
 in such a great way

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:11.780
 listen

00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:13.080
 one final time

00:38:13.080 --> 00:38:13.660
 of reading verses

00:38:13.660 --> 00:38:14.400
 4 and 5

00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:15.000
 and then we'll go to

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:16.039
 verses 6 and 7

00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:16.600
 because it's such

00:38:16.600 --> 00:38:17.580
 a wonderful promise

00:38:17.580 --> 00:38:18.340
 but listen again

00:38:18.340 --> 00:38:19.539
 but when the fullness

00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:20.539
 of time had come

00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:21.860
 God sent forth his son

00:38:21.860 --> 00:38:22.539
 born of woman

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:23.580
 born under the law

00:38:23.580 --> 00:38:24.860
 to redeem those

00:38:24.860 --> 00:38:25.960
 who were under the law

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:27.080
 so that we might

00:38:27.080 --> 00:38:27.900
 receive adoption

00:38:27.900 --> 00:38:28.340
 as sons

00:38:28.340 --> 00:38:29.400
 and because

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:31.300
 you are sons

00:38:31.300 --> 00:38:33.240
 God sent

00:38:33.240 --> 00:38:34.240
 the spirit

00:38:34.240 --> 00:38:35.440
 of his son

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:36.800
 into our hearts

00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:37.500
 crying

00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:38.600
 Abba

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:39.799
 father

00:38:39.799 --> 00:38:41.940
 so you are

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.719
 no longer

00:38:42.719 --> 00:38:43.519
 a slave

00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:44.480
 but a son

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:45.519
 that's why

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:46.299
 I spent so many

00:38:46.299 --> 00:38:47.019
 times on that

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:47.639
 one point

00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:48.679
 you are no

00:38:48.679 --> 00:38:49.920
 longer a slave

00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:52.139
 you are a son

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:54.400
 and if a son

00:38:54.400 --> 00:38:55.860
 then an heir

00:38:55.860 --> 00:38:57.500
 through God

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:59.159
 you put up the point

00:38:59.159 --> 00:39:00.099
 Andrew

00:39:00.099 --> 00:39:00.880
 this is a

00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:02.179
 very precious thing

00:39:02.179 --> 00:39:03.579
 it's not just

00:39:03.579 --> 00:39:04.519
 that we've been

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:05.199
 redeemed and

00:39:05.199 --> 00:39:05.599
 pardoned

00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:06.360
 it's not just

00:39:06.360 --> 00:39:06.819
 that we've been

00:39:06.820 --> 00:39:07.360
 adopted

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:08.440
 but God

00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:09.440
 sends the Holy

00:39:09.440 --> 00:39:09.800
 Spirit

00:39:09.800 --> 00:39:10.220
 when it says

00:39:10.220 --> 00:39:10.660
 hearts

00:39:10.660 --> 00:39:11.400
 in most of the

00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:12.000
 time in the New

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:12.280
 Testament

00:39:12.280 --> 00:39:12.840
 when it says

00:39:12.840 --> 00:39:13.140
 the word

00:39:13.140 --> 00:39:13.380
 heart

00:39:13.380 --> 00:39:13.800
 it doesn't

00:39:13.800 --> 00:39:14.539
 mean emotions

00:39:14.539 --> 00:39:15.660
 you know

00:39:15.660 --> 00:39:16.260
 think

00:39:16.260 --> 00:39:18.220
 starship

00:39:18.220 --> 00:39:19.019
 enterprise

00:39:19.019 --> 00:39:20.260
 and Jean-Luc

00:39:20.260 --> 00:39:20.860
 Picard

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:23.200
 and he comes

00:39:23.200 --> 00:39:23.880
 and he sits

00:39:23.880 --> 00:39:24.700
 sorry

00:39:24.700 --> 00:39:26.539
 in the chair

00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:27.860
 of command

00:39:27.860 --> 00:39:30.840
 that's the heart

00:39:30.840 --> 00:39:32.200
 the command

00:39:32.200 --> 00:39:32.980
 center of your

00:39:32.980 --> 00:39:33.440
 lives

00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:34.500
 and God

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:35.119
 sends the

00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:35.940
 Holy Spirit

00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:36.780
 into the

00:39:36.780 --> 00:39:37.599
 command center

00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:38.380
 of our lives

00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:39.220
 and what

00:39:39.220 --> 00:39:39.460
 is he

00:39:39.460 --> 00:39:39.840
 one of the

00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:40.300
 things that he

00:39:40.300 --> 00:39:40.619
 does there

00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:41.000
 the Bible

00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:41.599
 has lots of

00:39:41.599 --> 00:39:42.099
 things that says

00:39:42.099 --> 00:39:42.559
 about what the

00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:43.019
 Holy Spirit

00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:43.519
 does but what

00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:43.920
 does the Holy

00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:44.460
 Spirit do

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:44.860
 while he's

00:39:44.860 --> 00:39:45.139
 there

00:39:45.139 --> 00:39:46.860
 while he's

00:39:46.860 --> 00:39:47.159
 in our

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:47.400
 hearts

00:39:47.400 --> 00:39:47.940
 he says

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:48.920
 Abba

00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:49.559
 father

00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:50.559
 Abba

00:39:50.559 --> 00:39:51.099
 father

00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:51.800
 he wants

00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:52.400
 to train

00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:52.659
 me

00:39:52.659 --> 00:39:53.639
 and Abba

00:39:53.639 --> 00:39:54.200
 is the

00:39:54.200 --> 00:39:54.760
 intimate

00:39:54.760 --> 00:39:55.679
 word

00:39:55.679 --> 00:39:56.240
 that a

00:39:56.240 --> 00:39:56.760
 child

00:39:56.760 --> 00:39:57.599
 would use

00:39:57.599 --> 00:39:58.780
 of his

00:39:58.780 --> 00:39:59.320
 or her

00:39:59.320 --> 00:39:59.700
 own

00:39:59.700 --> 00:40:00.260
 father

00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:00.760
 father

00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:01.260
 and if

00:40:01.260 --> 00:40:01.620
 for you

00:40:01.620 --> 00:40:02.020
 maybe you

00:40:02.020 --> 00:40:02.240
 had a

00:40:02.240 --> 00:40:02.980
 bad dad

00:40:02.980 --> 00:40:04.600
 and he

00:40:04.600 --> 00:40:06.560
 had to

00:40:06.560 --> 00:40:06.840
 call him

00:40:06.840 --> 00:40:07.260
 sir

00:40:07.260 --> 00:40:09.060
 but in

00:40:09.060 --> 00:40:09.700
 your heart

00:40:09.700 --> 00:40:10.720
 you know

00:40:10.720 --> 00:40:11.100
 what you

00:40:11.100 --> 00:40:11.460
 wished you

00:40:11.460 --> 00:40:11.720
 had a

00:40:11.720 --> 00:40:12.220
 dad like

00:40:12.220 --> 00:40:12.500
 and what

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:12.780
 you could

00:40:12.780 --> 00:40:13.280
 call your

00:40:13.280 --> 00:40:13.520
 dad

00:40:13.520 --> 00:40:14.080
 maybe it's

00:40:14.080 --> 00:40:14.400
 daddy

00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:15.220
 maybe it's

00:40:15.220 --> 00:40:15.720
 pops

00:40:15.720 --> 00:40:16.640
 maybe it's

00:40:16.640 --> 00:40:16.960
 dad

00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:17.260
 I don't

00:40:17.260 --> 00:40:17.380
 know

00:40:17.380 --> 00:40:17.840
 whatever it

00:40:17.840 --> 00:40:18.100
 is

00:40:18.100 --> 00:40:18.860
 but whatever

00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:19.500
 that word

00:40:19.500 --> 00:40:19.960
 is

00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:21.580
 the Holy

00:40:21.580 --> 00:40:22.060
 Spirit

00:40:22.060 --> 00:40:23.040
 is in

00:40:23.040 --> 00:40:23.940
 you as

00:40:23.940 --> 00:40:24.580
 a believer

00:40:24.580 --> 00:40:26.100
 saying that

00:40:26.100 --> 00:40:26.480
 word

00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:27.240
 and training

00:40:27.240 --> 00:40:28.060
 and encouraging

00:40:28.060 --> 00:40:29.080
 you to call

00:40:29.080 --> 00:40:29.640
 that out

00:40:29.639 --> 00:40:30.379
 to God

00:40:30.379 --> 00:40:31.539
 in intimacy

00:40:31.539 --> 00:40:34.279
 to understand

00:40:34.279 --> 00:40:35.420
 who you

00:40:35.420 --> 00:40:35.960
 are

00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:37.359
 intimate

00:40:37.359 --> 00:40:38.059
 with God

00:40:38.059 --> 00:40:43.539
 please stand

00:40:43.539 --> 00:40:49.000
 Andrew the

00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:49.679
 final point

00:40:49.679 --> 00:40:50.159
 it's from

00:40:50.159 --> 00:40:50.539
 an old

00:40:50.539 --> 00:40:50.879
 hymn

00:40:50.879 --> 00:40:51.719
 you know

00:40:51.719 --> 00:40:52.099
 all we

00:40:52.099 --> 00:40:52.559
 can say

00:40:52.559 --> 00:40:53.059
 is this

00:40:53.059 --> 00:40:53.940
 it's used

00:40:53.940 --> 00:40:54.619
 at ordination

00:40:54.619 --> 00:40:55.039
 but it's

00:40:55.039 --> 00:40:55.440
 such a

00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:56.239
 brilliant line

00:40:56.239 --> 00:40:56.879
 come Holy

00:40:56.879 --> 00:40:57.259
 Ghost

00:40:57.259 --> 00:40:57.980
 my soul

00:40:57.980 --> 00:40:58.659
 inspire

00:40:58.659 --> 00:40:59.619
 and light

00:40:59.619 --> 00:40:59.960
 and with

00:40:59.960 --> 00:41:00.380
 celestial

00:41:00.380 --> 00:41:00.859
 fire

00:41:00.859 --> 00:41:02.299
 come Holy

00:41:02.299 --> 00:41:02.659
 Ghost

00:41:02.659 --> 00:41:03.259
 my soul

00:41:03.259 --> 00:41:03.819
 inspire

00:41:03.819 --> 00:41:04.159
 and light

00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:04.380
 and with

00:41:04.380 --> 00:41:04.719
 celestial

00:41:04.719 --> 00:41:05.139
 fire

00:41:05.139 --> 00:41:06.319
 father

00:41:06.319 --> 00:41:06.579
 let's

00:41:06.579 --> 00:41:06.759
 pray

00:41:06.759 --> 00:41:07.019
 let's

00:41:07.019 --> 00:41:07.259
 pray

00:41:07.259 --> 00:41:09.400
 come Holy

00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:09.699
 Ghost

00:41:09.699 --> 00:41:10.359
 our souls

00:41:10.359 --> 00:41:11.000
 inspire

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 and light

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 and with

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 celestial

00:41:12.219 --> 00:41:12.639
 fire

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 father

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 pour out

00:41:13.460 --> 00:41:13.839
 your Holy

00:41:13.839 --> 00:41:14.139
 Spirit

00:41:14.139 --> 00:41:14.739
 upon us

00:41:14.739 --> 00:41:15.960
 for those

00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:16.299
 of us

00:41:16.299 --> 00:41:16.480
 here

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:16.839
 father

00:41:16.839 --> 00:41:17.179
 who are

00:41:17.179 --> 00:41:17.759
 Christians

00:41:17.759 --> 00:41:18.920
 you know

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 how easy

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 it is

00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:20.460
 to live

00:41:20.460 --> 00:41:20.819
 as if

00:41:20.819 --> 00:41:21.219
 we have

00:41:21.219 --> 00:41:21.900
 amnesia

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 and as

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 if we

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 are

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 slaves

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 in a

00:41:23.659 --> 00:41:24.000
 slave

00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:24.579
 relationship

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:25.079
 with you

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 a performance

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 based

00:41:26.219 --> 00:41:26.819
 relationship

00:41:26.820 --> 00:41:27.320
 with you

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 father

00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:29.220
 may you

00:41:29.220 --> 00:41:29.740
 bring these

00:41:29.740 --> 00:41:30.360
 truths of

00:41:30.360 --> 00:41:30.740
 scripture

00:41:30.740 --> 00:41:31.340
 home to

00:41:31.340 --> 00:41:31.840
 our lives

00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:32.320
 deeply

00:41:32.320 --> 00:41:33.580
 father

00:41:33.580 --> 00:41:34.360
 may your

00:41:34.360 --> 00:41:35.160
 Holy Spirit

00:41:35.160 --> 00:41:35.740
 move and

00:41:35.740 --> 00:41:36.240
 work and

00:41:36.240 --> 00:41:36.760
 speak ever

00:41:36.760 --> 00:41:37.480
 more loudly

00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:38.620
 in the command

00:41:38.620 --> 00:41:39.240
 center of our

00:41:39.240 --> 00:41:39.580
 lives

00:41:39.580 --> 00:41:40.059
 Abba

00:41:40.059 --> 00:41:40.539
 father

00:41:40.539 --> 00:41:42.240
 teaching us

00:41:42.240 --> 00:41:42.780
 and forming

00:41:42.780 --> 00:41:43.580
 us to call

00:41:43.580 --> 00:41:44.000
 out to you

00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:44.300
 as our

00:41:44.300 --> 00:41:44.780
 father

00:41:44.780 --> 00:41:45.960
 as our

00:41:45.960 --> 00:41:46.440
 father

00:41:46.440 --> 00:41:47.500
 as our

00:41:47.500 --> 00:41:48.000
 dad

00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:50.080
 and father

00:41:50.080 --> 00:41:50.460
 if there are

00:41:50.460 --> 00:41:50.880
 any here

00:41:50.880 --> 00:41:51.400
 who have not

00:41:51.400 --> 00:41:51.940
 yet given

00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:52.500
 their lives

00:41:52.500 --> 00:41:53.039
 to Jesus

00:41:53.039 --> 00:41:53.480
 may your

00:41:53.480 --> 00:41:54.199
 Holy Spirit

00:41:54.199 --> 00:41:55.519
 bring them

00:41:55.519 --> 00:41:56.059
 to saving

00:41:56.059 --> 00:41:56.380
 faith

00:41:56.380 --> 00:41:56.920
 help them

00:41:56.920 --> 00:41:57.280
 father

00:41:57.280 --> 00:41:57.780
 to form

00:41:57.780 --> 00:41:58.380
 those words

00:41:58.380 --> 00:41:58.780
 to call

00:41:58.780 --> 00:41:59.119
 out to

00:41:59.119 --> 00:41:59.440
 Jesus

00:41:59.440 --> 00:42:00.460
 that he

00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:00.760
 will be

00:42:00.760 --> 00:42:00.980
 their

00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:01.340
 savior

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:01.800
 and lord

00:42:01.800 --> 00:42:02.840
 and all

00:42:02.840 --> 00:42:03.300
 these things

00:42:03.300 --> 00:42:03.780
 we ask

00:42:03.780 --> 00:42:04.280
 in the name

00:42:04.280 --> 00:42:04.760
 of Jesus

00:42:04.760 --> 00:42:05.480
 your son

00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:05.920
 and our

00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:06.320
 savior

00:42:06.320 --> 00:42:07.400
 amen