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 Father, we thank you that we can enter into worship together through YouTube Live.

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 Father, I ask that the Holy Spirit would fall upon each one of us, upon me as I speak, upon each one of us as we listen.

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 We ask, Father, that you would bring your word deep into our hearts,

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 and that as your word comes deep into our hearts, that you would speak to us,

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 and, Father, in fact, that you would rule.

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 And we ask, Lord, that you deliver us from all fear of your ruling in our lives

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 by making us more and more and more convinced and gripped by the truth of the gospel.

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

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 Just as we get started, it's allergy time of the year,

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 and so if I'm a bit runny, I have a bit of a frog in my throat.

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 I might have to cough occasionally.

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 It seems to be a bad day for allergies, at least for me.

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 I don't know about you folks who are watching this online.

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 So I don't know how carefully you listen to the Bible text.

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 It's not a test or a quiz or anything like that.

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 But if you listen to the text that I was going to preach on, it sounds a bit odd.

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 For many of us, it just seems to say things like,

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 why on earth would the Bible tell you to submit to God?

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 To most Canadians, in fact, probably most people in the world,

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 the idea that you are commanded to submit to God is actually very, very unattractive.

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 Probably the motto of most Canadians would be,

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 go along sometimes, but never submit.

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 Go along sometimes, but never, ever, ever submit.

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 And so why on earth does the Bible say submit to God?

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 It's very, very unattractive.

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 Another thing is, why on earth does the Bible command you to be miserable?

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 In fact, this text touches on some of the fears that people have about God,

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 that if you actually were to give your life to Jesus,

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 that you would be more miserable and not more filled with joy.

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 But why does the Bible command you to be miserable?

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 And then finally, why does the Bible tell you to resist the devil?

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 And for most Canadians, that just sounds a bit hokey,

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 as if we're not really being serious to throw in something like that.

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 So if you happen to be watching this and you're curious about the Christian faith,

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 maybe you are in recovery from some type of toxic Christianity.

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 You're a non-Christian.

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 You're just sort of curious.

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 Welcome.

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 Really glad you're entering into worship with us.

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 And I'm honored that you would check us out.

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 One of the things that you could do over this next half hour or so,

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 as we look into God's Word,

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 is think of yourself a little bit as an anthropologist.

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 Who's trying to figure out a strange tribe.

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 But rather than going into some part of the rainforest in the Amazon,

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 where no human being, no non-tribe member has ever been,

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 you're trying to figure out this strange tribe called biblical Christians or faithful Christians.

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 And so this weird stuff about submitting and commanded to be unhappy and resisting the devil.

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 Just think of yourself as an anthropologist.

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 You're trying to think, so imagine, I don't know, you have a glass of sherry or scotch or something like that,

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 maybe a big cigar, and you're sitting back listening to a presentation on this strange tribe and their practices.

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 I will tell you that despite the surface strangeness,

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 I think, and I hope you will see,

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 that in fact the Bible gives profound good news,

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 and profound good news about how you can wisely and beautifully grow as an individual.

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 And in fact, I think there is no better or more beautiful way than the Christian way.

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 Now just before we get into this a bit more,

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 one of the things that we're preaching through the book of James, that's what we do.

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 In fact, if you're curious about the Christian faith,

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 you can trust that if you come to Church of the Messiah,

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 because we go through whole books of the Bible,

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 it means we touch those bits and pieces that a lot of churches never talk about.

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 So it's almost as if we make sure you look at all the fine print.

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 And rather than trying to pretend that the fine print isn't there,

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 we always walk towards it.

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 That's what I'm going to do today in my time with you as we open the Word.

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 And so there's a lot of scholars who think that what the book of James is,

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 it's one of the very, very, it might be the very first,

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 it's not the first thing that the early Christians wrote,

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 but it's sort of the first book that we have.

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 And some people think that what it really is,

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 is like a list of topics or speaking points that should be covered

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 if you want to help a person grow into maturity,

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 to grow into the beautiful life.

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 And so it's almost as if, okay, make sure you talk about desires.

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 Okay, oh, make sure you talk about God opposes the proud.

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 Oh, make sure you talk about trials.

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 Make sure you talk about this.

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 Make sure you talk about that.

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 And some people think that that's actually what the book of James is.

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 And you're going to see that this morning,

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 because what you really do is,

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 almost every little bit of these verses,

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 you could almost, like if you were to have coffee with me afterwards,

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 because you're curious about the Christian faith,

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 you could do a whole talk about resist the devil,

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 or you could do a whole talk about submit.

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 You could do a weekend away on each one of these topics.

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 So I'm going to be giving you like the 10,000 feet in the air view of it all.

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 And just one other sort of a bit of a geeky type of moment,

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 for those of you who are into the grammar geek type of stuff.

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 Chapter three and the first part of chapter four,

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 in some ways, verse five summarizes the problem.

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 There's wisdom, which is put in those texts as well,

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 as well as different commands for what you do, you should be doing.

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 But in some ways, what it does, it gives,

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 I'll summarize it in a moment,

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 a very sophisticated analysis of a problem.

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 And then in a sense, verses six and verses 10,

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 work as bookends about what the good news is in light of the problem.

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 And then verses seven, eight, and nine, in some ways,

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 unpack that frame of verses six to verses 10.

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 So I hope I haven't lost you with that geeky moment.

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 Let's read verse five.

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 Or do you think the scripture says without reason

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 that the spirit he caused to dwell in us longs toward envy?

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 I'll read it again.

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 Or do you think the scripture says without reason

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 that the spirit he caused to dwell in us longs toward envy?

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 Over the last couple of weeks,

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 what we've looked at is actually a very sophisticated,

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 both a very ancient analysis of the human condition,

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 but also a very sophisticated analysis of the human condition.

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 In the first part of chapter three,

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 it brought out something which is very puzzling,

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 which, you know, if you don't live an examined life,

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 you've never thought about it.

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 If you don't really practice any type of self-reflection,

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 you've never thought about it.

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 But if you have practiced some reflection,

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 or maybe if you've been in some counseling or therapy,

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 or you have tried to wrestle with some types

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 of different self-help books,

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 or you've just puzzled maybe over a beer

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 or a glass of wine or coffee with friends

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 about your condition,

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 the first part of chapter three comments on the fact

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 that human beings are both natural and unnatural.

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 We're natural because obviously we fit into this world,

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 but there's something different about human beings,

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 and the thing that it talks about

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 in the different human beings

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 is that human beings can tell the truth

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 and they can tell lies.

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 They can do things which are very, very loving

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 and things which are very, very cruel.

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 They can do things where we really are attentive

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 to other people's feelings and show compassion,

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 and we can do things that show

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 that we don't give a hoot about people's feelings

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 and we trample all over them.

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 We can be a terrible racist

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 and then go home and yet still love our children

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 or something like that.

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 That there's this aspect of human beings,

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 a mystery, a riddle about human beings,

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 that we can do both of those at the same time.

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 You don't see that in the natural world,

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 you just see it in human beings.

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 That there's something in a sense divided

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 or fractured in us as human beings.

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 And then in the last part of chapter three,

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 it moved into a different type of self-analysis

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 of the human condition.

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 And in that analysis of the human condition,

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 it just pointed out that there's a fundamental problem

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 of selfishness and self-centeredness for human beings.

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 That even the best of us,

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 in fact, actually often,

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 even when we do things which are virtuous or good,

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 we do them for self-centered reasons.

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 You know, there's an old line that if you can fake that you care,

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 then you can really advance yourself a lot in an organization.

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 So don't care for people because you care for them,

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 but just care for people because it's going to help you

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 to get promotions or it will help you to get what you want.

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 I remember one older man,

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 this is way 100 million years ago

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 when I was in a working environment,

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 and he jokingly,

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 it was a bit of a joke, but very serious.

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 He said,

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 always offer to buy people coffee

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 because it'll give them the illusion that you're generous.

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 So chapter three,

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 the end of chapter three,

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 gives us actually very profound reflection

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 upon the problem of self-centeredness

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 and the division and the problems that it causes.

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 And then the part of chapter four just about this

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 has another type of a very, very profound

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 and sophisticated analysis of the human condition.

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 It says different things.

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 It says that one of the things is,

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 and if you're curious about how I sort of prove this,

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 you can look at last week's sermon,

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 but we have contradictory desires.

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 And not only do we have contradictory desires

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 that get in the way,

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 that we often end up desiring things

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 that we can't even have.

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 That on one hand,

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 if we were to tell our best friend

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 that we have this desire,

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 they'd say,

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 well, that's crazy.

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 You'll never have that.

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 Why on earth do you desire that?

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 But we still have those desires for things

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 that we can never actually possibly have.

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 And at the same time,

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 we get these desires that get,

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 in a sense, overheated.

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 And as they overheat,

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 they aim at terrible things.

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 We can have a murderous rage.

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 We can be consumed with greed.

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 And even if it stops us

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 from doing something illegal

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 or something very, very wicked,

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 the fact of the matter is

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 that circumstances or something stops us,

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 but we still have these things

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 which are aimed in terrible directions.

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 And as well as that,

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 that many of our pleasures,

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 and it's not just referring to physical pleasures,

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 it can refer to aesthetic pleasures.

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 It refers to intellectual pleasures,

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 that in fact,

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 many of these passions that we have

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 for intellectual or physical or aesthetic things

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 are in fact self-pleasuring passions,

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 that that's what's going on within us.

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 And then it sort of summarizes

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 and sort of brings it to a little bit of a head

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 in a very, very profound way.

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 Once again, in a sense,

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 going back almost to the first part

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 about the fact of the matter

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 is that we have something within us

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 that we're divided.

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 There's something that we can tell the truth

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 and we can tell a lie.

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 And that is this verse five.

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 Do you think the scripture says,

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 without reason,

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 that the spirit he caused to dwell in us

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 longs toward envy?

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 In other words, we have longings

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 and there's nothing inherently wrong with longings,

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 just as there's nothing inherently wrong with desires,

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 but they keep being shaped or formed by envy

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 and by implication with this,

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 the way the word would open up with pride,

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 with greed, with gluttony, with sloth, with lust,

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 that there's this sort of dual nature in us.

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 So then after we've had this very ancient

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 and very sophisticated analysis of the human condition,

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 that in fact is many types of therapy

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 try to deal with it.

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 In fact, the two most popular ways

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 of dealing with it in the world,

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 I mean, I guess there's three.

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 One would be different types of therapy,

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 but also different forms of Buddhism,

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 which are trying to deal with the fact

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 that we have all of these desires

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 and contradictory ways and self-pleasuring.

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 And the other one, of course,

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 is sort of a reappropriation of Stoicism.

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 All of them are ways of trying to deal

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 with these different conditions of selfishness

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 and self-pleasuring and desires.

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 So in other words, it's recognized by many people

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 that this is in fact a problem.

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 We can keep our lid on it at certain times,

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 but times in our lives, it does cause chaos.

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 It costs us relationships.

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 It damages relationship with children,

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 breaks up workplaces.

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 But there's a big problem.

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 And the big problem is this,

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 that the analysis, not just the biblical analysis,

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 but often if you're to listen to the person

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 talking about the new Stoicism or Buddhism,

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 the problem is the analysis is too strong.

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 And it's almost as if now that it comes to the solution,

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 they just pick a rabbit out of the hat.

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 I compared it last week to movies

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 where in the first half of the movie

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 or the first three quarters of the movie,

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 the bad guys seem to be able to do no wrong.

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 They triumph in whatever they do.

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 But we all know that if that just continued on

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 and the end of the movie was that the bad guy

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 kills every single good guy or enslaves them,

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 that that's a depressing movie

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 that very few of us would watch.

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 So because of that, filmmakers and storytellers,

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 often if it's a poorly done one,

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 all of a sudden they just basically change the power dynamic

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 that the bad guys can't shoot as well,

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 their plans don't work as well,

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 their hacks don't work as well.

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 But it's not connected to it.

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 They just know they have to give the good guys

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 a chance to win.

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 Otherwise, nobody's going to watch the movie

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 or read the book.

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 And in some ways, the same thing happens here

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 because whatever it is,

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 whether it's in a sense to try to step back

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 from your experience in mindfulness,

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 whether it's through doing different types of exercises

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 to curb your desires,

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 whether it's doing stoicism

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 and you're trying to, once again,

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 have some method by which you control

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 your different desires

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 or different types of therapies that do it,

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 what they do is their analysis of the problem

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 shows that their solution doesn't work,

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 which is, in fact, what most of us experience

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 if we try these different things.

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 You see, what they're, in effect, saying

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 is that all of a sudden they're saying

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 that there is a part of you

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 that isn't divided,

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 that isn't selfish,

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 that doesn't self-pleasure,

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 that doesn't have contradictory desires.

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 And in effect,

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 there's an old definition of God

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 as the unmoved mover.

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 It's a very,

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 it goes right back to Aristotle.

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 And it's almost as if they say,

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 without actually coming out and saying it,

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 they now all of a sudden posit

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 that within you and me,

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 I, you, have an unmoved mover

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 somewhere in the very center of who we are.

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 And what we need to do is,

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 in a sense, unleash it

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 or discipline it

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 or give it permission

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 to start to move

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 and deal with all of these

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 different contradictory things.

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 But you have to say,

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 where on earth did this come from?

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 And why is it that you ever think,

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 why can you or I ever think

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 that we have an unmoved mover within us?

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 The fact of the matter is

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 that we don't.

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 So this is where verse six

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 is going to come in,

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 which we're going to read in a moment.

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 Only the gospel

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 can actually provide,

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 really provide,

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 a fulfillment

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 to that problem

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 that we've analyzed

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 in the first part

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 that we all understand.

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 That if we examine ourselves,

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 the selfishness,

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 the self-pleasuring,

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 the contradictory desires,

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 that in fact,

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 only the gospel

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 in the context of the Bible

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 and the Bible

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 in the context of the gospel

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 actually provides a solution.

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 And the solution is this.

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 What if there really is

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 an unmoved mover?

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 And the unmoved mover

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 isn't in me,

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 isn't part of me,

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 but what if there actually is

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 an unmoved mover?

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 And that unmoved mover

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 in its unmoved center

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 is actually good

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 and true

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 and just

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 and beautiful

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 and gracious

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 and generous

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 and compassionate

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 and loving

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 and love itself,

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 justice itself,

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 goodness itself.

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 And what if that unmoved mover,

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 that transcendent one,

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 came into the world

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 with compassion

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 and justice

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 to move in you?

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 And that,

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 my friends,

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 is the gospel.

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 And that's what verse 6

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 is going to tell us.

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 Look what it says

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 in verse 6.

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 But he gives more grace

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 or he gives greater grace.

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 Therefore,

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 it says,

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 God opposes the proud

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 but gives grace

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 to the humble.

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 This is the good news

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 of the gospel

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 in a brief summary

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 that there is in fact

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 a God that does exist,

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 the triune God,

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 that that triune God

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 is love himself,

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 is peace himself,

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 is goodness himself,

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 is justice himself,

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 is mercy himself,

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 and that he is,

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 in a sense,

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 unmoved

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 by your pride,

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 your anger,

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 your whatever.

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 He's unmoved

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 by those things.

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 Nothing can stop God

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 from being just,

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 good,

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 loving,

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 pure,

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 holy,

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 compassionate,

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 merciful.

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 Nothing can stop him.

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 And he,

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 from that unmoved position,

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 can move.

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 And what he has done

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 is he has more grace

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 than whatever it is

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 is going on within you.

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 Whatever the chaos is,

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 whatever you've put the lid on,

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 you have some control on,

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 in every case,

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 for every desire,

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 every longing,

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 every self-pleasuring,

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 his grace is greater.

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 And God always opposes the proud

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 and he always

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 will give grace

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 to the humble.

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 that is,

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 in fact,

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 the profound good news

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 that he really has come,

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 he really will always oppose

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 the pride

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 and the self-centeredness,

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 and he really will

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 give you grace.

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 Now,

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 to help you to understand

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 just how radical this is,

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 I've provided two little outlines

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 that hopefully will be

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 at the bottom of your screen.

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 And if you look at the first one,

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 and my wording here

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 might be slightly different

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 than the wording,

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 but you get the basic idea.

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 The first one is basically

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 how we tend to think.

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 It's what I call

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 natural spirituality,

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 it's natural religion,

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 it's natural therapy,

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 it's natural human growth,

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 and in this sort of natural way

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 that we naturally think,

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 that we just assume

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 whatever the answer

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 to the human problem

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 is going to be,

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 it has to fit

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 within this type of category,

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 whatever it is.

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 So you try a new therapy,

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 you try a new spirituality,

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 you combine different things together

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 in your own bespoke,

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 self-curated spirituality,

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 you embrace an ancient religion,

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 it's always going to form,

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 we just think naturally

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 that this is the way

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 things have to work.

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 And in the way they just,

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 in fact, actually,

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 it's just very interesting,

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 two weeks ago

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 I had somebody come

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 and speak to me,

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 they knocked on the door,

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 and their life was a mess,

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 and I invited them

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 to have some conversation with me,

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 I tried to share

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 the gospel with me,

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 and they in fact

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 perfectly articulated this thing.

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 They said,

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 well basically,

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 I have too much trouble

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 with alcohol,

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 and I have too much trouble

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 with drugs,

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 and my life is in too much chaos,

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 let me try to get myself together,

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 and then I will come

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 and have maybe

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 some other type of thing

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 with you and all.

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 And what it is,

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 is this,

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 that first of all,

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 by your own effort,

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 you have to do better.

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 You have to do better,

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 you have to drink less,

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 smoke less,

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 start to exercise,

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 say an apology or two,

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 but do better on your own.

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 And then after you've done

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 better on your own,

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 then you're going to be able

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 to do some type of religion things

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 that maybe involve God

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 or spiritual things.

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 You're going to get in touch

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 with your higher self,

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 you're going to get in touch

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 with your higher power,

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 you're going to get in touch

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 with Allah,

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 you're going to get in touch

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 with God or Jesus

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 or Krishna or whatever,

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 because there's Christian versions

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 of this natural religion.

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 And then after you've sort of

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 get control of your life,

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 and then you sort of bring in

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 some God aspects,

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 then maybe you can be

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 accepted by God.

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 And if you're taking

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 different,

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 more secular things,

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 then maybe you'll have

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 some type of a peace,

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 or you'll be at one

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 with the universe,

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 or at one with creation,

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 or however you want to put it.

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 And that's just the natural

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 way we think,

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 and there's Christian versions

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 of this.

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 But if you look at

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 the next one,

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 well, by the way,

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 just before we look

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 at the next one,

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 about a third or maybe

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 it's up to 40% of Canadians

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 now over 18 describe

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 themselves as nuns,

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 N-O-N-E.

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 They have no religion.

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 They've turned their back

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 on religion.

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 They've rejected religion.

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 They've rejected bespoke,

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 self-curated spiritualities.

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 But what they've rejected

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 is what I've just described.

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 They've rejected that.

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 They've come to realize,

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 you know what?

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 It just doesn't work.

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 You know?

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 It just doesn't work.

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 You try to get yourself

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 a little bit better.

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 Well, that's a good thing.

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 You should try to be a little bit,

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 you know,

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 you should try to be less rude

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 and, you know,

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 less self-centered.

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 But, you know,

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 don't forget about all that,

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 you know,

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 talking to God stuff

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 or calling down the moon

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 or getting in touch

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 with the feminine powers

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 in the universe

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 or what it is

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 or getting in touch with,

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 like, forget the crystals.

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 You know, just, you know,

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 go for a walk,

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 have a glass of Jack Daniels.

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 Like, just do something.

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 Forget about it.

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 You know,

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 turn your back

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 on all that type of stuff.

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 They've rejected.

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 What they've rejected

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 is natural religion

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 and natural spirituality.

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 But here,

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 if you look at the next thing,

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 is this surprising,

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 shocking news

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 that verse 6

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 has just said.

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 What has verse 6 said?

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 Verse 6 has said,

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 but he gives more grace.

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 He gives greater grace.

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 God acts first.

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 Before you've got yourself better,

00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:37.819
 before you've talked to him,

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 before you've sought him,

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 he gives more grace.

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 God opposes the proud,

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 but gives grace to the humble.

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 And so the gospel

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 is this profound news

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 that you begin

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 with acceptance

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 with the triune God.

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 God.

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 And from there,

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 you begin to draw near to him.

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 And from there,

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 you begin to try to get

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 some type of control

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 in your life.

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 It's a complete

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 and utter reversal.

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 The gospel is this

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 radical news

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 of a complete

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 and utter reversal

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 of the natural way

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 that we think

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 of religion

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 and spirituality.

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 Part of the,

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 if you want to know,

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 part of the history

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 of the Christian faith,

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 part of the history

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 of the Christian faith

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 is that we get the gospel

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 and then we start

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 to forget the gospel

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 and we sink

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 and we fall

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 into these naturalistic ways

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 and then we have to have,

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 you know,

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 the good works

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 and we have to have indulgences

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 and we have to have,

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 you know,

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 priests

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 or we have to have the minister

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 or we have to have this

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 or we have to have that

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 before we can be accepted to God.

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 We forget it.

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 And in some ways,

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 the whole history

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 of the Christian church

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 is proclaiming the gospel,

00:22:41.679 --> 00:22:42.439
 forgetting the gospel,

00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:43.480
 remembering the gospel,

00:22:43.639 --> 00:22:44.419
 forgetting the gospel,

00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:45.579
 remembering the gospel.

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 And if you're an outsider

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 trying to figure out

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.379
 the Christian faith,

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 I've just explained to you

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 the whole history

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 of the Christian faith

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 in a 30,000 view level.

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 And what I'm telling you

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 is this is what the Bible teaches.

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 The Bible teaches this

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 unbelievable radical news,

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 that it's true

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 and that it's real,

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 that Jesus,

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 God,

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 the Son of God,

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 dies on the cross

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 to make you right with him.

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 When you didn't even know

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 about Jesus,

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 when you didn't even think

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 about Jesus,

00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:15.339
 when you didn't even care

00:23:15.339 --> 00:23:16.059
 about Jesus,

00:23:16.379 --> 00:23:17.519
 before you even thought

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:18.559
 about any of those things,

00:23:18.859 --> 00:23:20.139
 God did everything

00:23:20.139 --> 00:23:21.240
 that had to be done

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:22.119
 so that you could be

00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:23.019
 made right with him.

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:26.019
 He deals with the just demands

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 against you.

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 He pays the penalty

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 of the wrong things

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 that you've done.

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:30.519
 He absorbs your shame.

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 He offers you

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 his perfect standing

00:23:33.379 --> 00:23:34.000
 with God.

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 Everything that has to be done

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:38.539
 to make you right with God

00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:40.420
 is done by Jesus

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 in his birth,

00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:42.480
 life,

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 death,

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 upon the cross,

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 tasting all there is

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 to taste of death

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 and resurrection

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 and it is offered

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 to you

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 this greater grace,

00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:53.559
 no matter how bad,

00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:54.559
 no matter how chaotic

00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:55.340
 your life is,

00:23:55.580 --> 00:23:57.360
 no matter how superficially,

00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:58.100
 well together,

00:23:58.220 --> 00:23:58.840
 put together,

00:23:59.039 --> 00:24:00.039
 in charge your life

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 seems to be,

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.400
 but you know

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:01.980
 and I know,

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:03.759
 I know so many people

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 over the years,

00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:05.559
 their lives seem to be perfect

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:06.200
 and they're haunted

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:06.819
 with regret,

00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:07.420
 they're haunted

00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:08.160
 with nightmares,

00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:09.279
 they're haunted

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:10.160
 with self-doubt,

00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:12.200
 they're self-pleasuring

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:12.680
 in many,

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.539
 many different ways

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 to try to numb

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 the different things,

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 they're terrified

00:24:15.900 --> 00:24:17.060
 that someday somebody

00:24:17.060 --> 00:24:18.840
 will see beneath the surface

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 as to what's really going on

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.560
 in their lives

00:24:20.560 --> 00:24:21.759
 and I want to announce

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.640
 to you the gospel,

00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:23.820
 it's not me,

00:24:24.060 --> 00:24:25.480
 it's what the Bible says,

00:24:25.620 --> 00:24:26.900
 is that God's grace

00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:27.759
 is greater,

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.780
 it's greater

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 and it's real

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 and it's actual

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 and it's in history

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 and it's in philosophy

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 and all,

00:24:35.580 --> 00:24:36.620
 it's real,

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:38.320
 he always will oppose

00:24:38.320 --> 00:24:39.400
 those things within you

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 and that's good,

00:24:40.080 --> 00:24:40.880
 you want God

00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:42.060
 to always oppose that

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:43.559
 and he gives grace

00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:44.899
 when you humble yourself

00:24:44.899 --> 00:24:45.500
 before him,

00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:47.519
 he gives greater grace

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:49.839
 so it begins

00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:51.720
 with being accepted,

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:53.539
 it begins

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:55.179
 with him adopting you

00:24:55.179 --> 00:24:56.399
 as his child,

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:57.299
 it begins

00:24:57.299 --> 00:25:00.159
 with you being clothed

00:25:00.159 --> 00:25:01.000
 with his righteousness,

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:01.960
 it begins

00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:03.740
 with you being promised

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.339
 that you know

00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:05.339
 the end of your story,

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:06.619
 that when you die,

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.539
 God will say,

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:09.059
 welcome my child

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:10.779
 whom I love

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:12.460
 and that is the new

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:13.700
 end of your story

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 and out of that place,

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.539
 then you can begin

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.419
 to listen to God

00:25:18.419 --> 00:25:19.179
 say you have to look,

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:20.099
 now draw near to me,

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:21.379
 draw near to me every day,

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:22.139
 draw near to me

00:25:22.139 --> 00:25:22.819
 through the scriptures,

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:23.700
 draw near to me

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:24.319
 through worship,

00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.480
 draw near to me

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.339
 through small groups

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:27.119
 with other people

00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:29.919
 and as you're gripped

00:25:29.919 --> 00:25:31.159
 with who Jesus is

00:25:31.159 --> 00:25:31.879
 and what he did for you

00:25:31.879 --> 00:25:32.539
 on the cross

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:33.740
 and this profound good news

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:34.960
 as you draw near to him,

00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:36.619
 let's help you

00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:37.639
 with your selfishness,

00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:38.320
 let's help you

00:25:38.320 --> 00:25:38.940
 with your lack

00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:39.600
 of generosity,

00:25:39.840 --> 00:25:40.440
 let's help you

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:41.680
 with your sexual problems,

00:25:41.820 --> 00:25:42.580
 let's help you

00:25:42.580 --> 00:25:43.460
 with your finances,

00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:44.180
 let's help you

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:44.880
 with your alcohol,

00:25:45.040 --> 00:25:45.680
 let's help you

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:47.100
 in terms of your family

00:25:47.100 --> 00:25:47.860
 and in your career,

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:49.840
 let me help you

00:25:49.840 --> 00:25:51.060
 and that's now

00:25:51.060 --> 00:25:51.840
 what we're going to see

00:25:51.840 --> 00:25:53.300
 in the rest of this thing

00:25:53.300 --> 00:25:56.680
 that in a sense

00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:57.400
 it's not just

00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:57.820
 that we have

00:25:57.820 --> 00:25:58.700
 this profound story

00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.200
 of what God

00:25:59.200 --> 00:25:59.920
 has done in the past

00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:00.759
 although we have it

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:02.620
 but that in fact now

00:26:02.620 --> 00:26:03.660
 that you have

00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:05.240
 an unseen presence

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:06.080
 in your life

00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:08.539
 that you see

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.339
 when you give your life

00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:09.919
 to Jesus

00:26:09.919 --> 00:26:12.720
 and you really are accepted

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:14.019
 by the triune God

00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:16.079
 and you just say

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:17.059
 we're going to say

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:17.379
 in a moment

00:26:17.379 --> 00:26:19.279
 Jesus I need your grace

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:20.599
 I need you to be my savior

00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:22.919
 now the unmoved mover

00:26:22.919 --> 00:26:24.240
 in the person of his son

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:25.599
 now the unmoved mover

00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:26.740
 in the person of the Holy Spirit

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.720
 actually comes to dwell

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:28.279
 within you

00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:29.539
 so it's not just

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:30.679
 that you have a story

00:26:30.679 --> 00:26:32.659
 and an image

00:26:32.659 --> 00:26:33.699
 that can begin

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:34.700
 to shape your life

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.559
 and a confidence

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:36.100
 in that

00:26:36.100 --> 00:26:37.100
 but you also have

00:26:37.100 --> 00:26:37.759
 his presence

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:38.580
 and his word

00:26:38.580 --> 00:26:39.519
 within you

00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:40.500
 as they start

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.279
 to tackle

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:41.960
 and handle

00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.740
 these things

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.860
 addressed

00:26:43.860 --> 00:26:45.580
 in the human situation

00:26:45.580 --> 00:26:46.420
 you see

00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:47.140
 you do not have

00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:47.620
 an innate

00:26:47.620 --> 00:26:48.620
 unmoved mover

00:26:48.620 --> 00:26:50.120
 but by grace

00:26:50.120 --> 00:26:51.539
 if you humble yourself

00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:53.700
 the unmoved mover

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:55.120
 the true unmoved mover

00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:56.360
 who's created all things

00:26:56.360 --> 00:26:57.080
 can come and dwell

00:26:57.080 --> 00:26:57.700
 within you

00:26:57.700 --> 00:27:00.019
 unworthy as you are

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.600
 and worthy

00:27:00.600 --> 00:27:01.539
 as I am

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:04.159
 so now

00:27:04.159 --> 00:27:05.500
 if you think about it

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.099
 I'm going to sort of

00:27:06.099 --> 00:27:06.700
 jump ahead

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:08.899
 look at verse 6 again

00:27:08.899 --> 00:27:10.039
 but he gives more grace

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.940
 therefore it says

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:12.180
 God opposes the proud

00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:12.879
 but gives grace

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.440
 to the humble

00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:14.579
 and in verse 10

00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:14.920
 it says

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:15.799
 humble yourselves

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.399
 there before

00:27:16.399 --> 00:27:17.039
 before the Lord

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:18.139
 and he will exalt you

00:27:18.139 --> 00:27:19.579
 and that's in a sense

00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:20.799
 this great news

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:22.119
 it's set up in verse 6

00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:22.659
 and verse 10

00:27:22.659 --> 00:27:23.059
 it's going to be

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:24.099
 unpacked a little bit

00:27:24.099 --> 00:27:25.000
 remember I said

00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:25.440
 it's as if

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:26.099
 you could take

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:27.180
 each of these next ones

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.819
 you could do a whole

00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:28.819
 teaching session

00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:29.799
 on each of them

00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:31.099
 but what are the different things

00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:31.740
 within this

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:34.319
 in verses 7 to 9

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:35.440
 the first one is

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:37.960
 submit to God

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:39.379
 submit yourself

00:27:39.379 --> 00:27:39.940
 verse 7

00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:40.799
 submit yourselves

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.700
 therefore to God

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:42.579
 resist the devil

00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:44.599
 and he will flee from you

00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:45.960
 submit yourselves

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:47.399
 therefore to God

00:27:47.399 --> 00:27:48.579
 now you see a little bit

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.519
 of why this begins

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.399
 to make some sense

00:27:50.399 --> 00:27:51.159
 it's not saying

00:27:51.159 --> 00:27:52.359
 begin to submit to me

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:53.299
 so that if you submit

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:54.039
 to me enough

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:55.759
 if you grovel enough

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:57.139
 I will accept you

00:27:57.140 --> 00:27:58.880
 but in fact

00:27:58.880 --> 00:27:59.880
 if God is giving you

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:00.840
 greater grace

00:28:00.840 --> 00:28:02.080
 if he is giving you

00:28:02.080 --> 00:28:02.600
 a grace

00:28:02.600 --> 00:28:03.720
 that will oppose

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.960
 that's greater

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:05.880
 than whatever's going on

00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:06.420
 within you

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:07.380
 and that in fact

00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:08.200
 he's always going to

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:09.300
 oppose the pride

00:28:09.300 --> 00:28:09.900
 and the envy

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:10.600
 and the evil

00:28:10.600 --> 00:28:12.140
 that you want to do

00:28:12.140 --> 00:28:13.040
 that you long to do

00:28:13.040 --> 00:28:13.840
 if he's always going

00:28:13.840 --> 00:28:14.680
 to oppose that

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:15.800
 and if he's going to

00:28:15.800 --> 00:28:16.240
 in fact

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:17.580
 if he's going to

00:28:17.580 --> 00:28:19.960
 always give grace

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.540
 to you when you

00:28:20.540 --> 00:28:21.300
 humble yourself

00:28:21.300 --> 00:28:23.160
 and if you humble yourself

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:24.240
 he's going to exalt you

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:25.080
 and by exalt you

00:28:25.080 --> 00:28:25.540
 it doesn't mean

00:28:25.540 --> 00:28:26.280
 that you get to rule

00:28:26.280 --> 00:28:26.800
 on the earth

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.659
 it means that you get

00:28:27.659 --> 00:28:28.599
 to dwell in the new heaven

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:29.139
 and the new earth

00:28:29.139 --> 00:28:30.579
 with a resurrected body

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:31.299
 with a glory

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:32.680
 that is

00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:34.779
 an eternal weight

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.359
 of glory

00:28:35.359 --> 00:28:36.940
 an eternal weight

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:37.419
 of glory

00:28:37.419 --> 00:28:39.099
 that's the end

00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:39.859
 in the gospel

00:28:39.859 --> 00:28:40.440
 why wouldn't you

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:41.119
 submit to that

00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:44.339
 like as

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:44.720
 and you see

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:44.980
 that's

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:46.159
 if he begins with grace

00:28:46.159 --> 00:28:47.480
 it's not a matter

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:48.059
 of I want to try

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:49.119
 to make you feel guilty

00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:49.980
 so that you submit

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.919
 I want you to be

00:28:50.919 --> 00:28:52.279
 in love with the gospel

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:53.599
 so that in fact

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:53.919
 you go

00:28:53.919 --> 00:28:55.119
 why wouldn't I

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:56.119
 submit to that

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:57.299
 and the word

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:57.879
 submit here

00:28:57.879 --> 00:28:58.699
 is primarily

00:28:58.699 --> 00:29:00.179
 an allegiance word

00:29:00.179 --> 00:29:00.819
 it does mean

00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:01.439
 that you become

00:29:01.439 --> 00:29:01.659
 now

00:29:01.659 --> 00:29:03.739
 your allegiance

00:29:03.739 --> 00:29:05.619
 is to the triune God

00:29:05.619 --> 00:29:06.279
 to Jesus

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:07.059
 to grace

00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:08.219
 that's your allegiance

00:29:08.219 --> 00:29:09.899
 and out of that

00:29:09.899 --> 00:29:10.259
 allegiance

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:11.319
 that's what you obey

00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:12.439
 that is where you obey

00:29:12.439 --> 00:29:13.099
 you obey

00:29:13.099 --> 00:29:14.379
 out of that type

00:29:14.379 --> 00:29:15.919
 of allegiance

00:29:15.919 --> 00:29:18.939
 and this is

00:29:18.939 --> 00:29:19.859
 a really important thing

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:20.959
 there's a very very

00:29:20.959 --> 00:29:21.559
 if you read

00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:22.319
 one of the ancient

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:23.439
 biographies of Jesus

00:29:23.439 --> 00:29:24.039
 if you read

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:24.899
 John's gospel

00:29:24.899 --> 00:29:25.740
 which is one

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.139
 of the ancient

00:29:26.139 --> 00:29:26.879
 biographies

00:29:26.879 --> 00:29:27.940
 the very first

00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:29.399
 sort of miracle

00:29:29.399 --> 00:29:30.940
 that John

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.980
 talks about

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.839
 it might not

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.899
 have been the first

00:29:33.899 --> 00:29:34.599
 miracle that Jesus

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:35.159
 ever did

00:29:35.159 --> 00:29:35.759
 but the way

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.759
 John works it

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.259
 he gives you

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.879
 significant

00:29:37.879 --> 00:29:39.519
 miracle stories

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:41.740
 to help to reveal

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.680
 the Christian life

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.440
 who Jesus is

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:44.019
 and what the Christian

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.500
 life is

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:45.740
 and in the very first

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.559
 one Jesus turns

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:47.579
 water into wine

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:50.819
 and so what happens

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:51.279
 is this

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:52.299
 the weddings

00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:53.200
 run out of wine

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:54.920
 and this is

00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:55.859
 a great embarrassment

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:57.079
 and this is

00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:57.759
 like a shocking

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.379
 thing I think

00:29:58.379 --> 00:29:59.160
 to most Canadians

00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.639
 to realize

00:29:59.639 --> 00:30:00.220
 that this is

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:00.980
 the miracle

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:03.240
 that in a sense

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:03.960
 Jesus agrees

00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:04.660
 with John

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:05.639
 that I want

00:30:05.639 --> 00:30:06.059
 to introduce

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:07.220
 myself to Canadians

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:08.180
 by this miracle

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:11.680
 and it's not

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:12.160
 you shouldn't

00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:12.480
 do this

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:12.839
 you shouldn't

00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:13.119
 do that

00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:13.460
 it's not

00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:13.680
 no no

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:13.960
 I'm going to

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.799
 introduce myself

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.539
 with this miracle

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:16.539
 and so what it is

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.119
 is they're having

00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:17.639
 a great time

00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:17.960
 at the wedding

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.819
 they run out of wine

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:21.339
 and so Mary

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:22.839
 says to the servants

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:23.339
 do whatever

00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:24.179
 Jesus tells you

00:30:24.179 --> 00:30:25.099
 and so Jesus says

00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:26.519
 fill these big

00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:27.419
 stone water pots

00:30:27.419 --> 00:30:28.200
 fill them with water

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:28.679
 and take them

00:30:28.679 --> 00:30:29.200
 to the person

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:32.139
 who's in charge

00:30:32.139 --> 00:30:32.639
 of the feast

00:30:32.639 --> 00:30:34.359
 and so they do

00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:35.480
 they fill up

00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:36.980
 the stone water jars

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.559
 with water

00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:38.599
 and then they carry

00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:39.659
 the stone water jars

00:30:39.659 --> 00:30:40.559
 to the person

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:42.200
 who's organizing

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.720
 the feast

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.819
 and by the time

00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:44.599
 they get to the person

00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:45.539
 organizing the feast

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:46.779
 the person organizing

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.079
 the feast

00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:47.819
 takes a ladle

00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:49.139
 and it's the best wine

00:30:49.139 --> 00:30:51.799
 it's the better wine

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.439
 that's been served

00:30:52.439 --> 00:30:53.519
 at the entire party

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:54.599
 it's huge

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:55.159
 big barrel

00:30:55.159 --> 00:30:56.559
 it's a lot of wine

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:58.559
 and you see

00:30:58.559 --> 00:30:59.179
 this is going to be

00:30:59.179 --> 00:30:59.839
 the key to this

00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:00.339
 this is why

00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:01.439
 the very very first thing

00:31:01.439 --> 00:31:02.319
 is submit and obey

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:04.399
 you see that you make

00:31:04.399 --> 00:31:05.700
 your allegiance to Jesus

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:07.839
 you submit to grace

00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:09.039
 and out of that

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:10.119
 you begin to obey

00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:11.439
 and you see

00:31:11.439 --> 00:31:12.179
 the fact of the matter

00:31:12.179 --> 00:31:12.579
 is

00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:13.639
 is it's just like

00:31:13.639 --> 00:31:14.419
 you see

00:31:14.419 --> 00:31:14.980
 Jesus

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:17.000
 God wants to fit you

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.799
 for an eternity

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.500
 with him

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:19.779
 he wants to restore you

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:22.319
 to the proper humanity

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:24.359
 and so what it is

00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:24.619
 is

00:31:24.619 --> 00:31:26.180
 you need to obey

00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:27.700
 and he turns the water

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:28.400
 into wine

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:31.259
 because you can't

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:32.259
 turn water into wine

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:33.259
 I can't turn water

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:33.720
 into wine

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:34.640
 I can't do it

00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:37.000
 but if I obey

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:38.079
 the things he tells me

00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:38.359
 to do

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:39.480
 if I submit and obey

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:40.839
 God will turn

00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:42.380
 the water of your obedience

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:43.500
 the water of your life

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:44.019
 into wine

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:45.960
 and that's the heart

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.519
 of submit

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:47.839
 so what does the rest

00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:48.440
 of the text say

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:49.339
 the first thing

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:50.160
 is submit yourselves

00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:51.500
 therefore to God

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:52.660
 resist the devil

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:53.839
 and he will flee from you

00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:55.940
 this is a whole big topic

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:57.539
 which I can't really get into

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:58.519
 I just want to say this

00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:59.420
 first of all

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:00.119
 the word resist

00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:01.099
 is very interesting

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:03.000
 it's not a crusade word

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:04.480
 go out and find the devil

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:05.339
 wherever he is

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:06.099
 and fight him

00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:06.460
 no

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:06.879
 it's

00:32:06.879 --> 00:32:08.059
 it's more as if

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:08.599
 it's

00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:09.339
 it's really

00:32:09.339 --> 00:32:09.920
 you know

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:10.379
 interesting

00:32:10.379 --> 00:32:11.200
 Jono mentioned

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:11.660
 at the beginning

00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:13.040
 this is Anzac Day

00:32:13.040 --> 00:32:15.880
 and a very important day

00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:16.500
 for Australians

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:17.860
 and New Zealanders

00:32:17.860 --> 00:32:19.360
 and in fact

00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:20.320
 maybe one of the few times

00:32:20.320 --> 00:32:21.360
 that Aussies

00:32:21.360 --> 00:32:22.000
 in New Zealand

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:23.220
 or Kiwis

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:23.740
 and Aussies

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.120
 sort of

00:32:24.120 --> 00:32:25.600
 sort of stand side to side

00:32:25.600 --> 00:32:26.500
 without being in rivalry

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.160
 with each other

00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:28.600
 but that's just what

00:32:28.600 --> 00:32:29.140
 I sort of know

00:32:29.140 --> 00:32:29.800
 from a distance

00:32:29.800 --> 00:32:31.080
 and it's

00:32:31.080 --> 00:32:32.640
 the resist the devil

00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:33.500
 is really more

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:34.620
 like a military term

00:32:34.620 --> 00:32:35.880
 it's as if they say

00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:37.180
 your commander says

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:38.000
 I want you to hold

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.840
 this pass

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:41.579
 and you don't surrender

00:32:41.579 --> 00:32:42.279
 the pass

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:43.480
 I want you to stay there

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:43.959
 and fight

00:32:43.959 --> 00:32:45.099
 stand your ground

00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:46.699
 and no matter how much

00:32:46.699 --> 00:32:47.519
 attacks come

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:48.579
 you stand your ground

00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:49.480
 and that's the word here

00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:50.359
 for resist the devil

00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:51.939
 and many of us think

00:32:51.939 --> 00:32:53.119
 that it's a hokey thing

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:54.119
 it's a whole other topic

00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:54.899
 of conversation

00:32:54.899 --> 00:32:55.720
 the Bible teaches

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.339
 that there is

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:57.939
 there are in fact

00:32:57.939 --> 00:32:59.759
 unseen beings

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:00.519
 that are evil

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.480
 and hostile to you

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:02.379
 that can influence you

00:33:02.379 --> 00:33:03.759
 and every single human being

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.579
 including you

00:33:04.579 --> 00:33:06.059
 whether you realize it or not

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:07.099
 have experienced

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:08.059
 demonic

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:09.719
 a demonic presence

00:33:09.719 --> 00:33:10.399
 in your life

00:33:10.399 --> 00:33:11.980
 the way most of us

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:12.879
 experience it

00:33:12.879 --> 00:33:13.519
 is through

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:15.299
 believing lies

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:16.699
 through believing

00:33:16.699 --> 00:33:18.059
 slander about yourself

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:19.039
 and believing others

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:20.079
 to be tempted

00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:20.879
 to despair

00:33:20.879 --> 00:33:22.019
 to be tempted

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.719
 to pride

00:33:22.719 --> 00:33:24.119
 to have that sense

00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:24.699
 when you know

00:33:24.699 --> 00:33:25.919
 you shouldn't do something

00:33:25.919 --> 00:33:26.859
 and you have a pressure

00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:28.079
 against doing something

00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:28.679
 but then there's

00:33:28.679 --> 00:33:30.139
 this stronger pressure

00:33:30.139 --> 00:33:31.559
 erring you to do that thing

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:32.579
 which you know is wrong

00:33:32.579 --> 00:33:33.980
 and if you have experienced

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:35.039
 that you have experienced

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:35.559
 demonic

00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:37.599
 you have experienced

00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:38.179
 demonic

00:33:38.179 --> 00:33:39.599
 presences

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:40.599
 to

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:42.139
 hold on

00:33:42.139 --> 00:33:42.960
 to despair

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:43.659
 when maybe

00:33:43.659 --> 00:33:44.559
 the beautiful day

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:46.679
 or a child's laughter

00:33:46.679 --> 00:33:48.000
 tempts you to forget

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.519
 about it

00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:49.179
 and it's as if

00:33:49.179 --> 00:33:49.759
 this voice is

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.299
 no no no no

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:51.619
 continue in your despair

00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:52.779
 continue in gloom

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:53.720
 refuse joy

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:55.059
 you have known that

00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:56.879
 just one other thing

00:33:56.879 --> 00:33:58.539
 there can be in fact

00:33:58.539 --> 00:34:00.039
 profound demonic oppression

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:01.700
 and some of you

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.059
 if you

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:03.480
 some of you are experiencing

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:04.420
 what you might think

00:34:04.420 --> 00:34:05.920
 is profound demonic oppression

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:07.480
 contact us

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.380
 and we will try to put you

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:08.840
 in contact

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:10.059
 with a good local church

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:11.360
 where there can be people

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:12.440
 who pray over you

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:14.840
 for the setting aside

00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:15.519
 and the binding

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:16.559
 of demonic oppression

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:17.980
 and just one other thing

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:19.179
 you should definitely

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:20.400
 not do anything

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:21.559
 if you are doing anything

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.800
 now just remember Jesus

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:24.059
 be gripped by the gospel

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:24.980
 submit to God

00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:26.659
 and have nothing to do

00:34:26.659 --> 00:34:28.300
 with certain types

00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:28.960
 of practices

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.639
 crystals

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:30.320
 seances

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:31.039
 other things

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.880
 which are opening

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.660
 yourself up

00:34:32.660 --> 00:34:34.780
 to demonic influence

00:34:34.780 --> 00:34:36.880
 not resisting it

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:38.080
 but that's just it

00:34:38.080 --> 00:34:39.280
 very very very briefly

00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:41.360
 so once again

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:41.820
 what is it

00:34:41.820 --> 00:34:42.660
 remember verse 6

00:34:42.660 --> 00:34:43.860
 but he gives more grace

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.620
 therefore it says

00:34:44.620 --> 00:34:45.860
 God opposes the proud

00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:47.080
 but give grace to the humble

00:34:47.080 --> 00:34:48.420
 and verse 10 says

00:34:48.420 --> 00:34:49.260
 humble yourselves

00:34:49.260 --> 00:34:50.320
 before the Lord

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:51.320
 and he will exalt you

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:52.300
 that's the big picture

00:34:52.300 --> 00:34:52.760
 what's sort of

00:34:52.760 --> 00:34:53.900
 the next type of thing

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.720
 submit

00:34:54.720 --> 00:34:55.320
 resist

00:34:55.320 --> 00:34:56.260
 the next thing

00:34:56.260 --> 00:34:57.200
 is draw near to God

00:34:57.200 --> 00:34:58.980
 that's in verse 8

00:34:58.980 --> 00:35:00.079
 draw near to God

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:01.400
 and he will draw near to you

00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:02.740
 cleanse your hands

00:35:02.740 --> 00:35:03.219
 you sinners

00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:04.840
 and purify your hearts

00:35:04.840 --> 00:35:05.960
 you double minded

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:08.599
 now this just means

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:10.059
 what we're doing right now

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:11.280
 that God wants you

00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:12.219
 to have times in the day

00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:13.099
 when you consciously

00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:14.039
 draw near to him

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:15.699
 where you read your Bible

00:35:15.699 --> 00:35:16.260
 during the day

00:35:16.260 --> 00:35:17.079
 you pray to him

00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:17.659
 during the day

00:35:17.659 --> 00:35:18.860
 you confess your sins

00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:19.420
 during the day

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:20.800
 you maybe set aside

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.760
 time during the week

00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:22.980
 to be part of a small group

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:24.019
 where you can meet with others

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:25.559
 and get to know each other

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:27.019
 have a bit of a one another life

00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:28.519
 and share the joys

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:29.199
 and sorrows

00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:30.460
 all around God's word

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:31.460
 and prayer

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:32.440
 to be able to

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:32.840
 I mean

00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:34.119
 you can't do it right now

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:34.539
 it has to be

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:36.380
 sort of like a wave

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:38.259
 but when we can meet together

00:35:38.259 --> 00:35:39.539
 to have that arm

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:40.099
 of a brother

00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:41.460
 or sister around you

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:42.380
 you know

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:42.719
 say yeah

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:43.980
 we're going to weep with you

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:45.079
 we're going to rejoice with you

00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:46.139
 we're going to pray for you

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:47.519
 and let's look at God's word

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:48.980
 or to have mentors

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:50.139
 or disciples

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:50.920
 and to gather

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.699
 on Sundays

00:35:51.699 --> 00:35:52.500
 for worship

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:54.599
 where we hear God's word

00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:55.739
 and we sing his praises

00:35:55.739 --> 00:35:57.299
 God invites us to draw near

00:35:57.299 --> 00:35:58.079
 to him

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:58.879
 remember

00:35:58.879 --> 00:36:00.679
 but he gives more grace

00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:01.500
 therefore it says

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:02.799
 God opposes the proud

00:36:02.799 --> 00:36:04.639
 but gives grace to the humble

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:06.279
 humble yourselves

00:36:06.279 --> 00:36:07.199
 before the Lord

00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:08.699
 and he will exalt you

00:36:08.699 --> 00:36:10.159
 and

00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:11.199
 and

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:12.819
 and then the very very next thing

00:36:12.819 --> 00:36:14.379
 and this is a bit of the hard part here

00:36:14.379 --> 00:36:14.859
 it says

00:36:14.859 --> 00:36:16.319
 it makes it sound as if

00:36:16.319 --> 00:36:17.799
 you have to be miserable

00:36:17.799 --> 00:36:18.539
 all the time

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:19.859
 that's the next bit here

00:36:19.859 --> 00:36:20.299
 where is it

00:36:20.299 --> 00:36:21.299
 it's verse 9

00:36:21.300 --> 00:36:23.600
 be wretched and mourn and weep

00:36:23.600 --> 00:36:25.519
 let your laughter be turned

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:26.100
 to mourning

00:36:26.100 --> 00:36:27.480
 and your joy to gloom

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:29.460
 be wretched and mourn and weep

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:30.539
 let your laughter be turned

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:31.000
 to mourning

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:32.539
 and your joy to gloom

00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:34.420
 just two very very simple things

00:36:34.420 --> 00:36:35.620
 or three very simple things

00:36:35.620 --> 00:36:36.060
 about that

00:36:36.060 --> 00:36:36.480
 first of all

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:37.640
 if you read the book of James

00:36:37.640 --> 00:36:38.420
 you look at the beginning

00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:40.180
 it encourages you to be joyful

00:36:40.180 --> 00:36:41.640
 so in fact

00:36:41.640 --> 00:36:43.880
 what the Bible is doing

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:45.860
 is the Bible wants to

00:36:45.860 --> 00:36:47.320
 heal

00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:48.720
 and free up

00:36:48.720 --> 00:36:50.240
 the full range of emotions

00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:50.939
 within you

00:36:50.939 --> 00:36:53.119
 and have your emotions

00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:54.539
 properly connected

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:56.359
 to the right context

00:36:56.359 --> 00:36:57.539
 the real you

00:36:57.539 --> 00:36:58.359
 and the real thing

00:36:58.359 --> 00:36:59.379
 which is going on

00:36:59.379 --> 00:37:01.399
 and that's what the Bible

00:37:01.399 --> 00:37:02.099
 wants to do

00:37:02.099 --> 00:37:03.639
 and so what it's saying

00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:04.479
 is that a few

00:37:04.479 --> 00:37:05.539
 long long time ago

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:07.279
 when we were in our rural church

00:37:07.279 --> 00:37:08.699
 we went away for a week

00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:09.259
 of camping

00:37:09.259 --> 00:37:10.259
 or something like that

00:37:10.259 --> 00:37:11.639
 and when we came back

00:37:11.639 --> 00:37:12.339
 we found out

00:37:12.339 --> 00:37:13.159
 that the power

00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:13.719
 had gone

00:37:13.719 --> 00:37:14.759
 in our house

00:37:14.759 --> 00:37:16.379
 and so it meant

00:37:16.379 --> 00:37:17.419
 that we lost all of the

00:37:17.419 --> 00:37:18.359
 we had a lot of meat

00:37:18.359 --> 00:37:19.479
 in our freezer outside

00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:21.240
 and we had stuff

00:37:21.240 --> 00:37:21.619
 in the fridge

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:22.519
 and it was all spoiled

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:23.420
 and I remember

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:24.480
 when I went to pick up

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:26.119
 the big outdoor freezer lid

00:37:26.119 --> 00:37:27.800
 and the second I did

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:29.920
 the smell of rancid meat

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:31.699
 I just about threw up

00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:33.440
 like it was just

00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:33.920
 oh

00:37:33.920 --> 00:37:35.659
 it was so terrible

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:36.159
 if any of you

00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:36.820
 ever come across

00:37:36.820 --> 00:37:37.480
 something which is

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:38.440
 deeply rancid

00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:39.920
 you just want to retch

00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:41.019
 had to close it

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:42.900
 eventually figure out

00:37:42.900 --> 00:37:43.360
 what to do

00:37:43.360 --> 00:37:44.619
 so what the Bible

00:37:44.619 --> 00:37:45.260
 what would you say

00:37:45.260 --> 00:37:45.880
 about somebody

00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:46.679
 who if they came

00:37:46.679 --> 00:37:47.480
 to rancid meat

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:47.679
 said

00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:48.539
 mmm that smells

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:49.019
 delicious

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:51.319
 you'd go

00:37:51.319 --> 00:37:53.179
 there's something

00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:54.659
 wrong with this person

00:37:54.659 --> 00:37:56.059
 in fact if it was

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:57.059
 in a zombie movie

00:37:57.059 --> 00:37:58.460
 or a end of the world

00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:58.819
 movie

00:37:58.819 --> 00:37:59.359
 you'd know that

00:37:59.359 --> 00:37:59.859
 there's something

00:37:59.859 --> 00:38:00.599
 deeply wrong

00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:01.399
 about that movie

00:38:01.399 --> 00:38:02.199
 and you'd be thinking

00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:02.940
 don't you know

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:04.440
 that person's a zombie

00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:05.419
 or whatever it is

00:38:05.419 --> 00:38:05.899
 right

00:38:05.899 --> 00:38:07.399
 and so what the Bible

00:38:07.399 --> 00:38:07.839
 is saying

00:38:07.839 --> 00:38:08.899
 is that as we get

00:38:08.899 --> 00:38:09.460
 draw

00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:11.399
 as the full acceptance

00:38:11.399 --> 00:38:12.059
 of God

00:38:12.059 --> 00:38:13.039
 becomes more real

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:13.440
 to us

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:14.480
 as we start

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:14.920
 to become

00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:15.619
 more healed

00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:16.460
 by God

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:17.260
 that what

00:38:17.260 --> 00:38:17.980
 that will start

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.659
 to actually

00:38:18.659 --> 00:38:19.320
 be

00:38:19.320 --> 00:38:20.420
 like right now

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:22.139
 people can tell lies

00:38:22.139 --> 00:38:23.380
 and laugh

00:38:23.380 --> 00:38:25.579
 they can tell lies

00:38:25.579 --> 00:38:26.039
 and they can go

00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:26.579
 to the bar

00:38:26.579 --> 00:38:27.400
 and they can tell

00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:27.960
 everybody about

00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:28.579
 how they told

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:29.159
 these lies

00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:29.740
 and got away

00:38:29.740 --> 00:38:30.019
 with it

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:30.320
 and everybody

00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:30.840
 laughs

00:38:30.840 --> 00:38:32.280
 but really

00:38:32.280 --> 00:38:33.460
 telling a lie

00:38:33.460 --> 00:38:35.240
 and laughing

00:38:35.240 --> 00:38:36.199
 is like lifting

00:38:36.199 --> 00:38:37.240
 a freezer

00:38:37.240 --> 00:38:38.280
 filled with rancid

00:38:38.280 --> 00:38:38.579
 meat

00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:38.940
 and saying

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.800
 boy that's yummy

00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:42.900
 and so what

00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:43.340
 the Bible

00:38:43.340 --> 00:38:43.880
 is saying

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:44.500
 is one of the

00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:44.820
 things that's

00:38:44.820 --> 00:38:45.220
 going to happen

00:38:45.220 --> 00:38:45.519
 to you

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:45.980
 when you become

00:38:45.980 --> 00:38:46.500
 a Christian

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:47.280
 is that your

00:38:47.280 --> 00:38:48.660
 emotions are

00:38:48.660 --> 00:38:49.599
 going to be healed

00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:51.160
 like

00:38:51.160 --> 00:38:53.200
 don't we find

00:38:53.200 --> 00:38:53.960
 it abhorrent

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:54.860
 that somebody

00:38:54.860 --> 00:38:55.880
 can be racist

00:38:55.880 --> 00:38:57.079
 and laugh about

00:38:57.079 --> 00:38:57.860
 and enjoy it

00:38:57.860 --> 00:38:59.220
 don't we want

00:38:59.220 --> 00:38:59.880
 that person

00:38:59.880 --> 00:39:00.700
 who's racist

00:39:00.700 --> 00:39:01.740
 to gag

00:39:01.740 --> 00:39:02.559
 and wretch

00:39:02.559 --> 00:39:04.200
 and mourn

00:39:04.200 --> 00:39:05.860
 for their racism

00:39:05.860 --> 00:39:09.039
 if we found out

00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:09.700
 that somebody

00:39:09.700 --> 00:39:10.840
 was salivating

00:39:10.840 --> 00:39:12.200
 over child porn

00:39:12.200 --> 00:39:13.039
 wouldn't we want

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.960
 them to gag

00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:14.759
 over that

00:39:14.759 --> 00:39:17.440
 and the Bible

00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:18.219
 is just saying

00:39:18.219 --> 00:39:18.840
 that as you

00:39:18.840 --> 00:39:19.779
 draw near to God

00:39:19.779 --> 00:39:20.279
 as this

00:39:20.279 --> 00:39:21.420
 as the gospel

00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:22.219
 becomes real

00:39:22.219 --> 00:39:22.539
 to you

00:39:22.539 --> 00:39:23.079
 but he gives

00:39:23.079 --> 00:39:23.639
 more grace

00:39:23.639 --> 00:39:24.360
 therefore it says

00:39:24.360 --> 00:39:25.039
 God opposes

00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:25.519
 the proud

00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:26.300
 but gives grace

00:39:26.300 --> 00:39:26.960
 to the humble

00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:28.099
 humble yourselves

00:39:28.099 --> 00:39:28.779
 before the Lord

00:39:28.779 --> 00:39:29.539
 and he will exalt

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:29.739
 you

00:39:29.739 --> 00:39:30.539
 is that God

00:39:30.539 --> 00:39:30.940
 is going to

00:39:30.940 --> 00:39:31.579
 start to heal

00:39:31.579 --> 00:39:32.279
 your emotions

00:39:32.279 --> 00:39:33.000
 you will find

00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:34.279
 evil abhorrent

00:39:34.279 --> 00:39:35.739
 you will grieve

00:39:35.739 --> 00:39:36.440
 over the fact

00:39:36.440 --> 00:39:36.920
 that you used

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.639
 to laugh at it

00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:38.239
 you will get

00:39:38.239 --> 00:39:39.380
 you will start

00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:40.159
 to want to vomit

00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:40.960
 over some of the

00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:41.440
 things that you

00:39:41.440 --> 00:39:42.679
 have done

00:39:42.679 --> 00:39:43.179
 you see

00:39:43.179 --> 00:39:45.280
 there's a closing

00:39:45.280 --> 00:39:45.679
 image

00:39:45.679 --> 00:39:46.099
 and then we're

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:46.440
 just going to

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:47.019
 say the final

00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:47.340
 verse

00:39:47.340 --> 00:39:48.119
 the closing

00:39:48.119 --> 00:39:48.800
 image is this

00:39:48.800 --> 00:39:49.440
 it's as if

00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:49.900
 every single

00:39:49.900 --> 00:39:50.320
 one of us

00:39:50.320 --> 00:39:50.940
 is a piano

00:39:50.940 --> 00:39:51.900
 every human

00:39:51.900 --> 00:39:52.639
 being is a piano

00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:53.699
 but the fact

00:39:53.699 --> 00:39:54.039
 of the matter

00:39:54.039 --> 00:39:54.900
 is that

00:39:54.900 --> 00:39:55.840
 we're missing

00:39:55.840 --> 00:39:56.659
 some keys

00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:58.539
 and in some

00:39:58.539 --> 00:39:59.159
 cases there's

00:39:59.159 --> 00:39:59.539
 the key

00:39:59.539 --> 00:40:00.639
 but the metal

00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:01.920
 the wire

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:02.679
 stuff that makes

00:40:02.679 --> 00:40:03.139
 the noise

00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:04.099
 there's nothing

00:40:04.099 --> 00:40:04.579
 there

00:40:04.579 --> 00:40:05.699
 and then some

00:40:05.699 --> 00:40:06.519
 of the keys

00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:07.820
 if you do it

00:40:07.820 --> 00:40:08.619
 somebody like

00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:09.099
 John would say

00:40:09.099 --> 00:40:09.659
 yeah that's

00:40:09.659 --> 00:40:10.299
 the right key

00:40:10.299 --> 00:40:11.119
 that sounds

00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:11.440
 right

00:40:11.440 --> 00:40:12.059
 and then the

00:40:12.059 --> 00:40:12.699
 very next one

00:40:12.699 --> 00:40:13.399
 is out of tune

00:40:13.399 --> 00:40:14.980
 and you see

00:40:14.980 --> 00:40:15.819
 it isn't the

00:40:15.819 --> 00:40:16.619
 case like

00:40:16.619 --> 00:40:17.420
 lots of secular

00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:17.980
 therapies

00:40:17.980 --> 00:40:18.619
 and lots of

00:40:18.619 --> 00:40:18.980
 other types

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:19.239
 of things

00:40:19.239 --> 00:40:19.619
 that God's

00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:20.779
 going to get

00:40:20.779 --> 00:40:21.179
 rid of the

00:40:21.179 --> 00:40:21.920
 whole keyboard

00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:23.099
 or that God's

00:40:23.099 --> 00:40:23.440
 just going to

00:40:23.440 --> 00:40:24.199
 give you a piano

00:40:24.199 --> 00:40:24.679
 and get rid of

00:40:24.679 --> 00:40:25.239
 all the keys

00:40:25.239 --> 00:40:25.819
 just except

00:40:25.819 --> 00:40:26.719
 one or two

00:40:26.719 --> 00:40:27.420
 little high notes

00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:27.839
 that you find

00:40:27.839 --> 00:40:28.339
 pleasurable

00:40:28.339 --> 00:40:29.440
 that what happens

00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:30.079
 is that God

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:31.279
 wants to restore

00:40:31.279 --> 00:40:32.279
 the whole piano

00:40:32.279 --> 00:40:34.819
 I mean we don't

00:40:34.819 --> 00:40:35.379
 even know what

00:40:35.379 --> 00:40:36.079
 beautiful music

00:40:36.079 --> 00:40:36.519
 and how we're

00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:37.179
 going to sound

00:40:37.179 --> 00:40:38.659
 in heaven

00:40:38.659 --> 00:40:40.839
 Lord have

00:40:40.839 --> 00:40:41.199
 mercy

00:40:41.199 --> 00:40:42.379
 it will be so

00:40:42.379 --> 00:40:43.440
 glorious and so

00:40:43.440 --> 00:40:43.859
 beautiful

00:40:43.859 --> 00:40:44.899
 but on this

00:40:44.899 --> 00:40:45.579
 side of the grave

00:40:45.579 --> 00:40:46.460
 God is going to

00:40:46.460 --> 00:40:47.159
 start to work

00:40:47.159 --> 00:40:47.659
 within you

00:40:47.659 --> 00:40:48.319
 that unmoved

00:40:48.319 --> 00:40:49.019
 mover is going

00:40:49.019 --> 00:40:49.599
 to start to

00:40:49.599 --> 00:40:50.599
 all of a sudden

00:40:50.599 --> 00:40:51.379
 this key that

00:40:51.379 --> 00:40:52.059
 wasn't connected

00:40:52.059 --> 00:40:52.519
 to anything

00:40:52.519 --> 00:40:53.279
 there's wires

00:40:53.279 --> 00:40:53.659
 there

00:40:53.659 --> 00:40:54.719
 and then he's

00:40:54.719 --> 00:40:55.119
 going to start

00:40:55.119 --> 00:40:55.699
 to take some

00:40:55.699 --> 00:40:56.079
 of the stuff

00:40:56.079 --> 00:40:56.599
 that's out of

00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:57.099
 tune and he's

00:40:57.099 --> 00:40:57.619
 going to tune

00:40:57.619 --> 00:40:57.819
 it

00:40:57.819 --> 00:40:58.719
 and then at

00:40:58.719 --> 00:40:59.399
 the same time

00:40:59.399 --> 00:40:59.919
 he's making

00:40:59.919 --> 00:41:00.319
 you more and

00:41:00.319 --> 00:41:00.980
 more fully human

00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:01.359
 you're starting

00:41:01.359 --> 00:41:01.739
 to learn how

00:41:01.739 --> 00:41:02.059
 to play

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:02.299
 and you're

00:41:02.299 --> 00:41:02.839
 playing all

00:41:02.839 --> 00:41:03.319
 of the notes

00:41:03.319 --> 00:41:04.099
 that's God's

00:41:04.099 --> 00:41:04.759
 goal for your

00:41:04.759 --> 00:41:05.199
 life

00:41:05.199 --> 00:41:06.859
 and as part

00:41:06.859 --> 00:41:07.279
 of God's

00:41:07.279 --> 00:41:07.859
 goal for your

00:41:07.859 --> 00:41:08.199
 life

00:41:08.199 --> 00:41:09.559
 he's going

00:41:09.559 --> 00:41:10.239
 to make you

00:41:10.239 --> 00:41:10.980
 grieve

00:41:10.980 --> 00:41:12.019
 you make me

00:41:12.019 --> 00:41:12.819
 grieve over

00:41:12.819 --> 00:41:13.239
 some of the

00:41:13.239 --> 00:41:13.799
 evil that I've

00:41:13.799 --> 00:41:14.079
 done

00:41:14.079 --> 00:41:15.500
 my unforgiveness

00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:16.259
 for my lack

00:41:16.259 --> 00:41:17.059
 of generosity

00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:18.399
 for my miserliness

00:41:18.399 --> 00:41:19.359
 for my lust

00:41:19.359 --> 00:41:20.259
 for my pride

00:41:20.259 --> 00:41:21.159
 for my envy

00:41:21.159 --> 00:41:23.559
 for my inattention

00:41:23.559 --> 00:41:24.819
 to the demands

00:41:24.819 --> 00:41:26.480
 of justice

00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:27.259
 and the demands

00:41:27.259 --> 00:41:28.039
 of compassion

00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:28.879
 my lack of

00:41:28.879 --> 00:41:29.859
 concern for the

00:41:29.859 --> 00:41:30.119
 poor

00:41:30.119 --> 00:41:31.460
 all whatever it

00:41:31.460 --> 00:41:32.339
 is he's going

00:41:32.339 --> 00:41:32.779
 to make you

00:41:32.779 --> 00:41:33.359
 start to find

00:41:33.360 --> 00:41:35.140
 it worth

00:41:35.140 --> 00:41:35.800
 crying about

00:41:35.800 --> 00:41:38.240
 and what's

00:41:38.240 --> 00:41:39.000
 the final verse

00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:40.099
 the final verse

00:41:40.099 --> 00:41:40.880
 is this wonderful

00:41:40.880 --> 00:41:41.700
 promise humble

00:41:41.700 --> 00:41:42.539
 yourselves before

00:41:42.539 --> 00:41:43.599
 the Lord and

00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:45.039
 he will

00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:45.680
 exalt you

00:41:45.680 --> 00:41:46.519
 what is the

00:41:46.519 --> 00:41:47.420
 gospel friends

00:41:47.420 --> 00:41:48.380
 the gospel

00:41:48.380 --> 00:41:49.180
 the good news

00:41:49.180 --> 00:41:50.120
 is he gives

00:41:50.120 --> 00:41:50.900
 more grace

00:41:50.900 --> 00:41:51.920
 therefore it

00:41:51.920 --> 00:41:52.440
 says God

00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:53.200
 opposes the

00:41:53.200 --> 00:41:53.680
 proud but

00:41:53.680 --> 00:41:54.200
 gives grace

00:41:54.200 --> 00:41:54.800
 to the humble

00:41:54.800 --> 00:41:56.340
 humble yourselves

00:41:56.340 --> 00:41:57.160
 before the

00:41:57.160 --> 00:41:57.960
 Lord and

00:41:57.960 --> 00:41:59.140
 he will

00:41:59.140 --> 00:42:00.099
 exalt

00:42:00.099 --> 00:42:00.740
 you

00:42:00.740 --> 00:42:02.300
 friends

00:42:02.300 --> 00:42:03.500
 wherever you

00:42:03.500 --> 00:42:03.800
 are if you've

00:42:03.800 --> 00:42:04.019
 been sitting

00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:04.240
 I'm going to

00:42:04.240 --> 00:42:04.640
 invite you to

00:42:04.640 --> 00:42:05.019
 stand I'm

00:42:05.019 --> 00:42:05.500
 closing with

00:42:05.500 --> 00:42:05.940
 prayer we're

00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:06.200
 going to have

00:42:06.200 --> 00:42:06.539
 some other

00:42:06.539 --> 00:42:07.120
 prayer and

00:42:07.120 --> 00:42:07.400
 we're going to

00:42:07.400 --> 00:42:08.160
 sing some more

00:42:08.160 --> 00:42:09.140
 but just to

00:42:09.140 --> 00:42:09.680
 bring this to a

00:42:09.680 --> 00:42:10.240
 conclusion if you

00:42:10.240 --> 00:42:10.760
 haven't given your

00:42:10.760 --> 00:42:11.340
 life to Jesus

00:42:11.340 --> 00:42:11.960
 there's no better

00:42:11.960 --> 00:42:12.620
 time now than

00:42:12.620 --> 00:42:13.420
 to say Jesus be

00:42:13.420 --> 00:42:14.080
 my Savior and

00:42:14.080 --> 00:42:14.519
 my Lord I

00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:15.800
 want that I

00:42:15.800 --> 00:42:16.539
 want that I'm

00:42:16.539 --> 00:42:17.080
 willing to turn

00:42:17.080 --> 00:42:17.460
 away from

00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:18.300
 whatever I want

00:42:18.300 --> 00:42:18.980
 that I'm

00:42:18.980 --> 00:42:20.360
 Jesus I will

00:42:20.360 --> 00:42:21.600
 submit I won't

00:42:21.600 --> 00:42:23.120
 submit to man I

00:42:23.120 --> 00:42:23.720
 won't submit to

00:42:23.720 --> 00:42:24.280
 woman I won't

00:42:24.280 --> 00:42:25.680
 submit to ideologies I

00:42:25.680 --> 00:42:26.539
 won't submit to the

00:42:26.539 --> 00:42:27.539
 state but I will

00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:28.760
 submit to grace

00:42:28.760 --> 00:42:31.240
 come and take me and

00:42:31.240 --> 00:42:32.080
 never let me go

00:42:32.079 --> 00:42:33.559
 thank you that you

00:42:33.559 --> 00:42:34.579
 will exalt me that's

00:42:34.579 --> 00:42:35.000
 the end of my

00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:36.679
 story and for each

00:42:36.679 --> 00:42:37.739
 of us one of the

00:42:37.739 --> 00:42:38.380
 reasons it's so

00:42:38.380 --> 00:42:39.139
 important to come and

00:42:39.139 --> 00:42:40.719
 gather around God's

00:42:40.719 --> 00:42:41.599
 word is that we can

00:42:41.599 --> 00:42:42.480
 once again say the

00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:43.739
 pledge of allegiance

00:42:43.739 --> 00:42:45.059
 no it's an American

00:42:45.059 --> 00:42:46.319
 model but we can

00:42:46.319 --> 00:42:47.360
 once again say yes

00:42:47.360 --> 00:42:48.639
 that is why I follow

00:42:48.639 --> 00:42:50.599
 Jesus the one who

00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:51.259
 will take my

00:42:51.259 --> 00:42:52.539
 obedience and turn my

00:42:52.539 --> 00:42:53.440
 water into wine

00:42:53.440 --> 00:42:55.199
 Jesus help me to be

00:42:55.199 --> 00:42:56.139
 more obedient let's

00:42:56.139 --> 00:42:56.940
 just pray father

00:42:56.940 --> 00:42:58.380
 grip us with the

00:42:58.380 --> 00:43:01.679
 gospel we give you

00:43:01.679 --> 00:43:03.199
 an unconditional

00:43:03.199 --> 00:43:04.779
 invitation and

00:43:04.779 --> 00:43:05.659
 unconditional

00:43:05.659 --> 00:43:06.739
 permission to

00:43:06.739 --> 00:43:08.359
 speak your gospel

00:43:08.359 --> 00:43:09.460
 and your word into

00:43:09.460 --> 00:43:10.399
 every part of our

00:43:10.399 --> 00:43:12.139
 lives and to have

00:43:12.139 --> 00:43:13.819
 your gospel and your

00:43:13.819 --> 00:43:15.339
 word rule in every

00:43:15.339 --> 00:43:17.139
 part of our lives we

00:43:17.139 --> 00:43:17.679
 give you unconditional

00:43:18.339 --> 00:43:19.659
 invitation and

00:43:19.659 --> 00:43:21.159
 unconditional permission

00:43:21.159 --> 00:43:22.919
 and we do this in the

00:43:22.919 --> 00:43:24.759
 name of Jesus amen

00:43:24.760 --> 00:43:28.660
 translation and

00:43:28.660 --> 00:43:47.120
 British