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 For the first time in about seven and a half years,

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 I've produced for you this morning a sermon outline

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 with some texts in there.

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 That's either because I'm more organised

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 than I've been in for seven and a half years

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 or I'm more confused than I've been for seven and a half years.

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 And as I go through this,

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 I don't want you to be as confused as I am.

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 So hopefully that you can follow along.

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 Proverbs, as I've said to a number of people

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 throughout the course of the last couple of weeks,

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 Proverbs has been doing my head in.

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 And it's been a lot of work to get to this point.

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 So there's a sermon in each one of these,

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 at least in each one of these points I want to make today.

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 So let's pray that we might get the message

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 of God's word to us right now.

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 Father, I pray that you would speak to us

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 with clarity through your word.

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 There's a bunch of ideas.

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 I pray, Lord, as people pursuing wisdom,

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 that we would not just stop here,

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 but in fact that we would pursue you

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 and continue to pursue you regardless of what happens.

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 In the next little half an hour or so.

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 Lord, Father, we pray that you would speak to us

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 with clarity, implant your word deep in our hearts

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 and particularly your love might be bound around our necks,

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 that it might be settled in our hearts,

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 that we might be confident in who we are in you.

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 Amen.

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 Alistair McIntyre in his book, After Virtue,

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 gives an illustration which has become quite famous.

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 Imagine you're standing at a bus stop

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 and a young man comes, walks up to you and says to you,

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 hey, the Latin name for the common wild duck

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 is Historonicus, Historonicus, Historonicus.

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 How do you make sense of that?

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 Why did that just happen?

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 What does it mean?

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 There's only one way to make sense of that statement

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 and that is to put it into a story.

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 You have to ask,

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 what is the story in which that incident,

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 that statement makes sense?

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 Because without the story, it makes no sense.

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 And so McIntyre says that there's a few options.

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 For instance, it could be a sad story

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 that the man is in fact mentally ill

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 and that would make sense

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 of that little interaction you've just had.

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 Another possibility is that it's a case of mistaken identity.

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 Maybe a few days earlier,

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 the man was in a library doing some research

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 on the Latin name of the common wild duck.

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 He spoke to the librarian about that project he was doing

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 to get some help

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 and maybe you look like the librarian

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 and so that would explain

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 it was a case of mistaken identity at a bus stop.

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 A further possibility,

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 that is that he is in fact a spy

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 and he's mistaken you for his contact

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 and he's inadvertently passed on to you

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 the contact code.

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 You see, the statement makes no sense

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 unless you stick it into a story

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 and the story that you put it in

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 completely determines how you will respond to it.

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 Your response might be one of pity

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 or it might be one of confusion

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 or it might be one of anxiety

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 of looking over your shoulder.

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 How we live is determined

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 by what we think the story of the world is.

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 How we live is determined

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 by what we think the story of the world is.

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 And the story of the society in which we live,

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 the secular society,

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 is that we are here by accident

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 and that when we die, we rot.

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 That's the story of our society.

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 There is no order or pattern.

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 Everything is by chance.

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 There's no absolute truth.

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 There's no moral standards.

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 This life is all there is

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 and therefore,

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 this is the only happiness

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 that you will ever get.

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 And that story determines how you live.

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 Wisdom equals beshainment.

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 The attitude of happiness here and now.

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 Sexual ethics,

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 the way you think about your money,

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 how you raise your children,

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 what the purpose of your work is,

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 your relationships,

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 everything,

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 everything in life

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 fits in that story.

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 Everything.

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 There's nothing that it does not touch.

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 Now, the Christian person

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 sees the story of the world quite differently.

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 Christianity says

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 that we are all created by God

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 and so that absolutely everything

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 that we have is a gift from him,

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 including the money

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 that we just handed on just then.

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 Christianity says

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 that the problems of this world

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 are all linked

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 to our rejection of God.

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 But this same God

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 who's been rejected

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 came into his world

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 to redeem it,

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 not just to redeem the world,

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 but that one day

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 he's going to renew the world,

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 his broken world.

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 And Christianity said

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 that this life

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 is not the only life.

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 It claims that this life

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 is in fact

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 a relatively small part

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 of our entire existence

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 and the greatest amount

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 of joy and happiness

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 is yet to come.

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 And so that story

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 shapes everything in your life.

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 There's not an area

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 of your existence

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 that it does not touch.

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 And Proverbs shows us

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 how everything

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 is touched and shaped

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 and impacted

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 by that story of existence

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 with the God of the Bible

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 behind it

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 and in it

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 and through it.

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 And so this series

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 is about wisdom.

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 It's about what wisdom is

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 and how to get it

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 and how to grow in wisdom

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 and it's about

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 how to allow,

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 align our lives

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 with that story,

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 with ultimate reality,

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 and Proverbs 9 verse 10

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 says the fear

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 of the Lord

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 is the beginning

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 of wisdom.

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 That's the Christian story.

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 It starts with God.

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 That's where wisdom starts.

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 Now last week

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 I went with

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 the following definition.

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 I said that wisdom

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 is becoming competent

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 with regard

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 to the realities of life.

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 I ripped it off

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 Gerhard von Rad.

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 Wisdom

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 is becoming competent

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 in regard

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 to the realities of life

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 and I mentioned

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 two key areas

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 that were essential

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 for the wise life.

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 Firstly,

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 you have to see

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 and admit

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 that there is a pattern

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 in this world,

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 that God has made the world

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 and there is a pattern.

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 There are principles

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 by which life

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 customarily works.

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 Secondly,

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 you've got to see

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 that you cannot know

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 the whole pattern.

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 Much of the pattern

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 is hidden from us

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 and so

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 that's the beginning.

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 But the beginning

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 as we just read out

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 in those passages

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 in Proverbs 1.7

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 it says

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 the fear of the Lord

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 is the beginning

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 of knowledge.

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 That's the Christian framework.

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 That's the Christian story.

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 And chapter 9 verse 10

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 says

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 the fear of the Lord

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 is the beginning

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 of wisdom.

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 Now they are

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 very similar statements

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 but they are

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 different statements.

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 Proverbs 1.7

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 reveals

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 that the fear

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 of the Lord

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 is more comprehensive

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 than we actually think.

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 Fear of the Lord

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 is not just about

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 how to do moral things.

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 Relationship with God,

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 faith in God

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 completely determines

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 what you know

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 about the world

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 and how you know

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 the world.

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 That's a pretty astounding

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 and controversial statement.

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 In our modern society

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 it just does not

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 think like that.

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 Our society thinks

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 it's possible

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 for people

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 to have different

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 faiths,

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 different personal

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 individual ideas

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 about God

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 but they're to be

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 kept private

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 and separate.

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 That's a matter

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 of faith.

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 That's a thing

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 over there.

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 The general consensus

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 is that faith,

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 that stuff about God,

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 is opposed

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 to reason

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 and that reason

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 and knowledge

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 can only operate

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 in its full capacity

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 if it's separated

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 from faith,

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 if it's separated

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 from God

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 and knowledge of God.

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 We're a secular society

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 and so in the past

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 couple of weeks

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 media personality

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 Andrew Denton

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 called on those

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 opposed to euthanasia

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 on religious grounds

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 to step aside

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 from the debate.

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 Get out of the way.

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 He's of the view

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 that if you take

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 faith out of the equation

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 we can then have

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 a sensible,

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 reasonable,

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 logical,

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 knowledgeable discussion

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 about the issue.

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 He said this

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 to the National Press

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 Club

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 on the 10th of August,

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 to those

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 whose beliefs

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 instruct you

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 that only God

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 can decide

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 how a human being

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 should die,

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 I urge you

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 step aside.

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 May your beliefs

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 sustain you

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 and those you love

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 but do not impose

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 them on the rest of us.

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 See the thinking?

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 Faith

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 and reason,

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 God

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 and knowledge,

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 they don't belong

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 at the same table

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 and Proverbs

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 opens

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 with a statement

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 that's exact opposite.

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 The fear of God

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 is the beginning

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 of knowledge.

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 It's the beginning

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 of how we know anything.

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 The fear of God.

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 Faith is the foundation

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 from which all

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 of our reasoning

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 comes.

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 Our faith

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 is the beginning

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 of our knowledge.

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 Now Denton's view

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 is a fairly common view

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 and it goes like this.

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 The only things

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 that we can be

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 really sure of

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 are the things

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 that we can,

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 that can be

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 scientifically proven.

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 The facts.

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 You might have

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 your belief

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 about morality

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 and about God

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 and that's fine.

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 That's for faith stuff.

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 Keep it over there.

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 The only things

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 that we're really sure about

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 are the things

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 which are scientifically proven.

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 But

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 that statement

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 can't be scientifically proven.

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 Therefore,

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 on its own terms,

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 you can't be sure of it.

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 If you don't believe

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 that anything

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 that happens

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 in this world

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 has a supernatural cause,

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 that's fine.

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 But understand this.

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 In and of itself,

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 that is a belief.

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 It's not a statement of fact.

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 It is a belief.

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 Once you've adopted

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 that particular worldview,

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 that particular view of reality,

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 by faith,

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 all of your reasoning

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 flows out from it.

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 to be a convinced atheist

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 is a position

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 of faith.

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 And therefore,

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 all of your reasoning

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 flows out from that,

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 of how you view the world.

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 Everything in life

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 or every one of us,

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 every single person,

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 Andrew Denton,

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 you, me, whoever,

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 we all make

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 faith leaps.

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 All of us.

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 And so the struggles

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 in our society

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 at the moment

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 appear to be

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 religion

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 against no religion.

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 When in actual fact,

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 the real struggles

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 in our society

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 is religion

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 against religion.

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 It's faith

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 against faith.

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 That's the real struggle

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 in our society.

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 Including

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 the religion

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 of secularism.

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 A religion

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 is simply

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 a system of beliefs

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 that explains

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 where life comes from,

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 what life means

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 and how we as human beings

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 are meant to live.

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 And so,

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 Andrew Denton

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 stood in front

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 of the National Press Club

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 and

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 proclaimed

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 his religion

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 is what he did.

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 Everyone has

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 a faith view

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 of reality

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 because it is

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 the only way

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 to get a view

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 of reality

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 once you have

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 taken on

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 that faith view

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 all of your

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 reasoning

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 of how you

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 understand the world

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 flows from it.

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 And everybody

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 has to base

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 their entire life

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 and all of

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 their reasoning

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 on some view

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 about God

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 that they have

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 taken on by faith.

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 Whether you're

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 the committed

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 Christian

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 or you're

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 the atheist.

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 Even to say,

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 well,

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 no one really

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 knows in the end.

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 How do you know

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 that statement's true?

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 It's more true

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 to say,

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 well,

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 I hope

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 no one really

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 knows in the end.

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 We need faith

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 to reject God

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 and we need faith

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 to embrace God.

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 And the Christian

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 story that we're

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 beginning in with

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 the book of

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 Proverbs

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 is that the

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 beginning of

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 our knowledge,

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 the way things

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 actually are

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 and the way

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 things actually

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 work

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 and what we're

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 meant to do

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 about it

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 is God,

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 the God of

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 the Bible.

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 He is the

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 God of the

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 Bible who is

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 ultimate reality

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 in and of

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 himself.

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 God is the

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 beginning of

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 knowledge and

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 wisdom.

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 He is the

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 foundation of

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 knowing how

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 things actually

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 are, how

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 things actually

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 work and what

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 we are to do

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 about it.

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 That is how we

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 are to align

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 our lives,

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 live our lives

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 according to

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 reality.

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 And what this

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 means for you,

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 that if you are

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 a Christian,

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 is that your

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 relationship with

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 God, therefore,

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 is absolutely

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 central to your

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 life.

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 life.

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 It's not just

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 something that

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 you do on

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 Sundays.

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 It is

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 absolutely

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 central.

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 It means that

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 God is not

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 an add-on to

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 your life.

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 God is not

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 something else

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 that you have

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 in your

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 backpack to

00:14:43.179 --> 00:14:43.980
 help you live

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 a better

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 kind of life.

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 Your

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 relationship

00:14:46.839 --> 00:14:47.419
 with God

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 is the

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 most central

00:14:51.019 --> 00:14:51.699
 thing in

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 your life.

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 Jesus

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 influences and

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 flavours and

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 shapes and

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 determines

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 everything you

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 think and

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 do in this

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 world.

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 Everything.

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 That's the

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 book of

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 Proverbs.

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 Notice,

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 though, that

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 it's not just

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 that God is

00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:12.339
 the beginning

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 point or

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 the foundation

00:15:14.299 --> 00:15:14.799
 of knowledge

00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:15.219
 and wisdom,

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 but the fear

00:15:15.959 --> 00:15:16.759
 of the Lord

00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:17.619
 is the

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 foundation.

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 It's a

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 theme, this

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 idea of

00:15:19.779 --> 00:15:20.119
 theme of the

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 Lord is a

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 theme that

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 runs through

00:15:21.879 --> 00:15:22.259
 the whole

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 Bible, not

00:15:22.899 --> 00:15:23.279
 just in

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 Proverbs.

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 There are

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 over 120

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 occasions in

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 the Old

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 Testament and

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 New

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 Testament where

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 this statement

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 occurs.

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 It is, if you

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 like, the sum

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 of everything

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 that we're

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 meant to be

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 and do.

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 There is a

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 place in

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 Job where

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 God shows

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 how important

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 the term

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 is when

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 he says,

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 have you

00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:38.639
 considered my

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 servant Job,

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 there is

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 none like

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 him in

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 all the

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 earth, a

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 man who

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 fears God

00:15:46.379 --> 00:15:47.519
 and shuns

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 evil.

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 But the

00:15:50.379 --> 00:15:50.900
 concept of

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 fear of God

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 raises negative

00:15:53.139 --> 00:15:54.100
 connotations for

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 it's a sense

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 of dread,

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 you know,

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 be scared,

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 be very,

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 very, very

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 scared of

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 the Lord.

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 And this

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 is not what

00:16:05.420 --> 00:16:05.820
 the sense

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 is when

00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:06.800
 it's used

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 here or

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 in fact in

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 other parts

00:16:08.180 --> 00:16:08.360
 of the

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 Bible.

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 It's a

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 little bit

00:16:09.259 --> 00:16:09.639
 of it but

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 it's not

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 the entire

00:16:10.460 --> 00:16:10.980
 sense.

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 Deuteronomy

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 10.12

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 says,

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 and now

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 Israel,

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 what does

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 the Lord

00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:16.139
 your God

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 ask of

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 you but

00:16:16.879 --> 00:16:17.340
 to fear

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 the Lord

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 your God,

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 to walk

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 in obedience

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 to him,

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 to love

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 him,

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 to serve

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 him,

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 serve

00:16:23.439 --> 00:16:23.980
 the Lord

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 your God

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 with all

00:16:24.699 --> 00:16:25.139
 your heart,

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 with all

00:16:25.299 --> 00:16:25.860
 your soul,

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 and to

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 observe

00:16:26.819 --> 00:16:27.259
 the Lord's

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 commands

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 and decrees

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 that I'm

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 giving you

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 today for

00:16:29.459 --> 00:16:29.939
 your own

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 good.

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 Notice it

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 doesn't say

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 you either

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 fear God

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 or love

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 God.

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 They're not

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 put up

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 against one

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 another.

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 The more

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 in fact

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 you fear,

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 the more

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 you love

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 him and

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 the more

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 you love

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 him,

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 the more

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 you will

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 fear him.

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 They are

00:16:46.939 --> 00:16:47.219
 actually

00:16:47.219 --> 00:16:47.860
 connected and

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 they roll

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 together.

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 Sinclair

00:16:50.419 --> 00:16:50.919
 Ferguson

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 in his

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 book Grow

00:16:52.039 --> 00:16:52.839
 in Grace

00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:53.440
 describes

00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:53.860
 the fear

00:16:53.860 --> 00:16:54.399
 of God

00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:55.980
 as the

00:16:55.980 --> 00:16:57.160
 indefinable

00:16:57.160 --> 00:16:58.180
 mixture of

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 reverence,

00:16:59.540 --> 00:16:59.920
 fear,

00:17:00.560 --> 00:17:01.080
 pleasure,

00:17:01.920 --> 00:17:02.360
 joy,

00:17:02.759 --> 00:17:03.500
 and awe

00:17:03.500 --> 00:17:04.340
 which fills

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 our hearts

00:17:05.140 --> 00:17:05.559
 when we

00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:06.380
 realise who

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 God is

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 and what

00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:09.160
 he has

00:17:09.160 --> 00:17:09.799
 done for

00:17:09.799 --> 00:17:10.299
 us.

00:17:11.819 --> 00:17:12.559
 Fear of

00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:13.220
 God does

00:17:13.220 --> 00:17:14.480
 include some

00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:15.180
 sense of

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 dread.

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 There is a

00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:17.579
 very real

00:17:17.579 --> 00:17:18.660
 sense that we

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 should dread

00:17:19.299 --> 00:17:19.799
 God's

00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:20.140
 judgement.

00:17:20.140 --> 00:17:20.540
 You see,

00:17:20.660 --> 00:17:21.520
 after Adam

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 sinned,

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 he was

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 afraid in

00:17:23.940 --> 00:17:24.980
 Genesis 3.10.

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 It's a

00:17:25.360 --> 00:17:26.259
 right response.

00:17:26.360 --> 00:17:26.640
 It's an

00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:26.980
 appropriate

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 response.

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 It would

00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:29.040
 be a

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 presumption

00:17:29.560 --> 00:17:29.920
 for him

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 not to

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 be afraid.

00:17:31.460 --> 00:17:31.900
 When Paul

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 describes the

00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:33.200
 abject

00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:34.080
 depravity of

00:17:34.080 --> 00:17:34.800
 humanity

00:17:34.800 --> 00:17:37.020
 which they've

00:17:37.020 --> 00:17:37.580
 fallen into,

00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:38.240
 he says in

00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:39.680
 Romans 3.18,

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 there is no

00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:41.500
 fear of

00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:42.280
 God before

00:17:42.280 --> 00:17:43.280
 their eyes.

00:17:45.080 --> 00:17:45.500
 That is,

00:17:45.580 --> 00:17:45.960
 people are

00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:46.500
 neither in

00:17:46.500 --> 00:17:47.300
 awe of God

00:17:47.300 --> 00:17:48.080
 nor afraid of

00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:48.619
 his judgement.

00:17:48.819 --> 00:17:49.059
 And so,

00:17:49.539 --> 00:17:49.839
 fear,

00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:50.980
 dread is an

00:17:50.980 --> 00:17:51.379
 appropriate

00:17:51.379 --> 00:17:52.139
 response.

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 But it

00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:54.439
 doesn't explain

00:17:54.439 --> 00:17:55.279
 the entire

00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:55.899
 picture of

00:17:55.899 --> 00:17:56.399
 the Bible

00:17:56.399 --> 00:17:57.759
 when it

00:17:57.759 --> 00:17:58.559
 talks about

00:17:58.559 --> 00:17:59.039
 the fear

00:17:59.039 --> 00:17:59.359
 of the

00:17:59.359 --> 00:17:59.740
 Lord.

00:18:00.579 --> 00:18:01.119
 The Bible

00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:02.299
 tells us

00:18:02.299 --> 00:18:03.519
 that in

00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:04.399
 his grace

00:18:04.399 --> 00:18:05.240
 and his

00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:05.819
 mercy,

00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:06.839
 God

00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:07.460
 allows

00:18:07.460 --> 00:18:08.119
 himself to

00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:08.599
 be our

00:18:08.599 --> 00:18:09.159
 place of

00:18:09.159 --> 00:18:09.720
 refuge.

00:18:10.659 --> 00:18:10.819
 So,

00:18:11.220 --> 00:18:11.899
 get this

00:18:11.899 --> 00:18:12.559
 from Proverbs

00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:13.279
 14,

00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:14.279
 verse 26.

00:18:15.439 --> 00:18:15.679
 Whoever

00:18:15.679 --> 00:18:16.859
 fears the

00:18:16.859 --> 00:18:17.399
 Lord,

00:18:17.400 --> 00:18:18.500
 has a

00:18:18.500 --> 00:18:19.019
 secure

00:18:19.019 --> 00:18:19.880
 fortress.

00:18:21.060 --> 00:18:21.580
 And for

00:18:21.580 --> 00:18:21.840
 their

00:18:21.840 --> 00:18:22.380
 children,

00:18:23.100 --> 00:18:23.480
 it will

00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:24.860
 be a

00:18:24.860 --> 00:18:25.500
 refuge.

00:18:27.360 --> 00:18:28.240
 The God

00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:28.980
 we fear

00:18:28.980 --> 00:18:29.640
 is our

00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:30.259
 refuge and

00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:30.440
 our

00:18:30.440 --> 00:18:30.960
 fortress.

00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:32.380
 Ferguson

00:18:32.380 --> 00:18:32.860
 makes a

00:18:32.860 --> 00:18:33.320
 distinction,

00:18:33.500 --> 00:18:33.840
 I think,

00:18:34.180 --> 00:18:34.960
 quite helpfully,

00:18:35.040 --> 00:18:36.019
 between servile

00:18:36.019 --> 00:18:36.580
 fear and

00:18:36.580 --> 00:18:37.640
 filial fear.

00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:38.060
 The word

00:18:38.060 --> 00:18:38.780
 servile comes

00:18:38.780 --> 00:18:39.040
 from the

00:18:39.040 --> 00:18:39.560
 Latin word

00:18:39.560 --> 00:18:39.980
 service,

00:18:40.120 --> 00:18:40.440
 which means

00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:41.000
 slave,

00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:42.460
 and filial

00:18:42.460 --> 00:18:43.320
 is from

00:18:43.320 --> 00:18:43.700
 filius,

00:18:43.800 --> 00:18:44.220
 which means

00:18:44.220 --> 00:18:44.540
 son.

00:18:44.539 --> 00:18:46.259
 And so

00:18:46.259 --> 00:18:47.299
 servile fear

00:18:47.299 --> 00:18:48.659
 is the

00:18:48.659 --> 00:18:49.339
 sort of

00:18:49.339 --> 00:18:50.039
 fear

00:18:50.039 --> 00:18:52.059
 a slave

00:18:52.059 --> 00:18:52.539
 would have

00:18:52.539 --> 00:18:53.099
 towards a

00:18:53.099 --> 00:18:53.700
 harsh and

00:18:53.700 --> 00:18:54.480
 unyielding

00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:55.000
 master.

00:18:55.500 --> 00:18:56.039
 And Christians

00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:56.759
 fall into

00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:57.659
 servile fear,

00:18:57.819 --> 00:18:58.119
 in fact,

00:18:58.200 --> 00:18:58.779
 too often,

00:18:59.019 --> 00:18:59.819
 if we don't

00:18:59.819 --> 00:19:00.639
 understand the

00:19:00.639 --> 00:19:01.460
 grace of God

00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:02.099
 and his

00:19:02.099 --> 00:19:02.859
 acceptance of

00:19:02.859 --> 00:19:03.759
 us in the

00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:04.339
 Lord Jesus.

00:19:05.500 --> 00:19:06.200
 If we

00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:06.960
 believe that

00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:07.440
 we're in a

00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:07.899
 performance

00:19:07.899 --> 00:19:08.720
 relationship

00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:09.379
 with God,

00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:10.559
 then he

00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:11.519
 will always

00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:12.079
 appear to be

00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:12.519
 a hard

00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:13.339
 taskmaster

00:19:13.339 --> 00:19:14.500
 who we

00:19:14.500 --> 00:19:15.299
 can never

00:19:15.299 --> 00:19:16.000
 please.

00:19:17.779 --> 00:19:18.139
 He will

00:19:18.139 --> 00:19:18.419
 be the

00:19:18.419 --> 00:19:19.480
 divine ogre

00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:20.399
 ready to

00:19:20.399 --> 00:19:21.119
 judge us

00:19:21.119 --> 00:19:21.500
 for our

00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:22.159
 failure to

00:19:22.159 --> 00:19:22.679
 live up to

00:19:22.679 --> 00:19:23.399
 his standards.

00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:25.179
 That is,

00:19:25.220 --> 00:19:25.439
 if your

00:19:25.439 --> 00:19:25.759
 relationship

00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:26.319
 with God

00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:26.819
 is a

00:19:26.819 --> 00:19:27.419
 slavish

00:19:27.419 --> 00:19:27.879
 fear,

00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:28.939
 then any

00:19:28.939 --> 00:19:29.759
 obedience

00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:31.939
 is somewhat

00:19:31.939 --> 00:19:32.480
 reluctant.

00:19:33.399 --> 00:19:34.019
 I'm always

00:19:34.019 --> 00:19:34.619
 looking for

00:19:34.619 --> 00:19:35.119
 the bare

00:19:35.119 --> 00:19:35.519
 minimum.

00:19:36.679 --> 00:19:37.000
 When it

00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:37.339
 comes to

00:19:37.339 --> 00:19:37.619
 radical

00:19:37.619 --> 00:19:38.259
 generosity,

00:19:38.539 --> 00:19:38.759
 you know,

00:19:39.019 --> 00:19:39.659
 what's the

00:19:39.659 --> 00:19:40.019
 limit on

00:19:40.019 --> 00:19:40.359
 radical?

00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:42.799
 always

00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:43.159
 looking for

00:19:43.159 --> 00:19:43.460
 the bare

00:19:43.460 --> 00:19:43.839
 minimum,

00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:47.799
 rather than

00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:50.279
 desiring to

00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:50.740
 please a

00:19:50.740 --> 00:19:50.919
 loving

00:19:50.919 --> 00:19:51.339
 father.

00:19:52.879 --> 00:19:53.039
 See,

00:19:53.119 --> 00:19:53.659
 filial fear,

00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:53.899
 on the

00:19:53.899 --> 00:19:54.240
 other hand,

00:19:54.259 --> 00:19:54.519
 is the

00:19:54.519 --> 00:19:54.980
 loving fear

00:19:54.980 --> 00:19:55.199
 of a

00:19:55.199 --> 00:19:56.079
 child towards

00:19:56.079 --> 00:19:56.659
 his father.

00:19:56.659 --> 00:19:58.079
 And what

00:19:58.079 --> 00:19:58.919
 is central,

00:19:59.039 --> 00:19:59.299
 I think,

00:19:59.339 --> 00:20:00.139
 to this idea

00:20:00.139 --> 00:20:02.059
 of fear is

00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:02.879
 the sense of

00:20:02.879 --> 00:20:03.539
 reverential

00:20:03.539 --> 00:20:05.679
 awe, just

00:20:05.679 --> 00:20:06.619
 awe at

00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:07.119
 God.

00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:07.980
 Now, it's

00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:09.039
 unfortunate that

00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:10.240
 we have robbed

00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:10.899
 the word

00:20:10.899 --> 00:20:11.980
 awe of some

00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:12.279
 of its

00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:13.120
 impact these

00:20:13.120 --> 00:20:13.620
 days.

00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:16.339
 It's been

00:20:16.339 --> 00:20:16.960
 lost through

00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:17.380
 a lot of

00:20:17.380 --> 00:20:18.180
 flippant use,

00:20:18.579 --> 00:20:19.039
 something that

00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:19.819
 I do way

00:20:19.819 --> 00:20:20.599
 too often and

00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:21.339
 my children

00:20:21.339 --> 00:20:21.620
 do.

00:20:21.700 --> 00:20:22.120
 Drove into

00:20:22.120 --> 00:20:23.480
 the car park

00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:23.839
 at Chats

00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:24.259
 with Chase

00:20:24.259 --> 00:20:24.579
 the other

00:20:24.579 --> 00:20:24.920
 day and

00:20:24.920 --> 00:20:25.240
 one of the

00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:25.700
 kids pointed

00:20:25.700 --> 00:20:26.259
 out a car

00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:26.599
 and said,

00:20:26.660 --> 00:20:27.059
 oh, Dad,

00:20:27.140 --> 00:20:27.779
 that is an

00:20:27.779 --> 00:20:28.680
 awesome car.

00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:32.059
 And my

00:20:32.059 --> 00:20:32.380
 immediate

00:20:32.380 --> 00:20:33.180
 response was,

00:20:33.380 --> 00:20:33.740
 yes.

00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:35.640
 I said,

00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:36.140
 why is it

00:20:36.140 --> 00:20:36.539
 awesome?

00:20:36.940 --> 00:20:37.259
 It's

00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:37.680
 orange.

00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:40.940
 Now, it

00:20:40.940 --> 00:20:41.399
 just so

00:20:41.399 --> 00:20:42.039
 happens it

00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:42.539
 was a

00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:43.139
 half million

00:20:43.139 --> 00:20:43.420
 dollar

00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:43.940
 McLaren.

00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:46.399
 And orange

00:20:46.399 --> 00:20:46.859
 wasn't the

00:20:46.859 --> 00:20:47.319
 first thing

00:20:47.319 --> 00:20:47.680
 that came

00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:48.299
 into mind

00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:49.579
 when I

00:20:49.579 --> 00:20:50.139
 saw it.

00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:50.839
 I did

00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:51.359
 agree it

00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:51.619
 was an

00:20:51.619 --> 00:20:51.899
 awesome

00:20:51.899 --> 00:20:52.359
 car.

00:20:52.639 --> 00:20:52.859
 You know,

00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:53.940
 there is a

00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:54.339
 sense of

00:20:54.339 --> 00:20:54.659
 dread.

00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:55.019
 You get

00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:55.500
 behind the

00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:55.879
 wheel of a

00:20:55.879 --> 00:20:56.460
 McLaren and

00:20:56.460 --> 00:20:56.779
 put your

00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:57.200
 foot onto

00:20:57.200 --> 00:20:57.720
 the floor,

00:20:58.039 --> 00:20:58.399
 there is

00:20:58.399 --> 00:20:58.720
 going to be

00:20:58.720 --> 00:20:59.059
 an element

00:20:59.059 --> 00:20:59.659
 of fear

00:20:59.659 --> 00:21:00.359
 that's going

00:21:00.359 --> 00:21:00.680
 to come

00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:01.259
 to mind,

00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:01.740
 I think,

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.000
 and you're

00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:02.139
 going to

00:21:02.139 --> 00:21:02.579
 feel that

00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:02.960
 in a way

00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:03.220
 that I

00:21:03.220 --> 00:21:03.420
 don't

00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:03.819
 feel it

00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:04.140
 in my

00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:04.340
 Ford

00:21:04.340 --> 00:21:04.840
 territory.

00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:06.940
 So there

00:21:06.940 --> 00:21:07.200
 is a

00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:07.559
 sense of

00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:07.819
 awe,

00:21:07.940 --> 00:21:08.579
 but even

00:21:08.579 --> 00:21:08.960
 then I

00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:09.340
 think a

00:21:09.340 --> 00:21:10.019
 McLaren is

00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:10.900
 pushing the

00:21:10.900 --> 00:21:11.620
 boundary of

00:21:11.620 --> 00:21:12.380
 the definition

00:21:12.380 --> 00:21:12.700
 of the

00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:12.940
 word

00:21:12.940 --> 00:21:13.400
 awe.

00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:16.100
 A

00:21:16.100 --> 00:21:16.680
 tornado

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:18.059
 is awesome.

00:21:18.380 --> 00:21:18.620
 It's

00:21:18.620 --> 00:21:19.120
 something you

00:21:19.120 --> 00:21:19.460
 want to

00:21:19.460 --> 00:21:19.880
 look at,

00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:20.180
 but it's

00:21:20.180 --> 00:21:20.640
 something that

00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:21.220
 you're afraid

00:21:21.220 --> 00:21:21.640
 of.

00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:24.779
 A burger

00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:25.720
 is not

00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:26.319
 awesome.

00:21:26.620 --> 00:21:26.880
 It's

00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:27.360
 tasty,

00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:27.840
 it's not

00:21:27.840 --> 00:21:28.299
 awesome.

00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:30.559
 Niagara

00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:31.160
 Falls is

00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:31.519
 awesome.

00:21:31.640 --> 00:21:32.039
 A music

00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:32.720
 CD might

00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.019
 sound

00:21:33.019 --> 00:21:33.299
 great,

00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:33.680
 but it's

00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:34.079
 not

00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:34.779
 awesome.

00:21:37.660 --> 00:21:37.980
 You see,

00:21:38.059 --> 00:21:38.460
 a fear

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 of God

00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:39.920
 acknowledges

00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:40.620
 the greatness

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 of God,

00:21:41.180 --> 00:21:41.480
 that he

00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:42.920
 is unfathomably

00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:43.279
 great.

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:43.680
 He is

00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:44.660
 infinitely

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 greater than

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 the tornado

00:21:46.700 --> 00:21:47.299
 of Niagara

00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:47.839
 Falls.

00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:48.480
 He is

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:48.980
 infinitely

00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:49.559
 greater than

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 the most

00:21:49.860 --> 00:21:50.559
 significant

00:21:50.559 --> 00:21:51.160
 of nations.

00:21:51.360 --> 00:21:51.860
 He controls

00:21:51.860 --> 00:21:52.640
 all rulers.

00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:52.980
 He puts

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.380
 the heavens

00:21:53.380 --> 00:21:54.079
 in place.

00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:55.200
 He spreads

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:55.620
 out the

00:21:55.620 --> 00:21:56.140
 earth.

00:21:56.600 --> 00:21:56.960
 He holds

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 all things

00:21:57.640 --> 00:21:58.240
 together by

00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:58.660
 the power

00:21:58.660 --> 00:21:58.940
 of his

00:21:58.940 --> 00:21:59.279
 word.

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 He is

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.120
 a God

00:22:00.120 --> 00:22:00.980
 of transcendent

00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:01.440
 holiness.

00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:02.180
 He is

00:22:02.180 --> 00:22:02.820
 glorious

00:22:02.820 --> 00:22:03.480
 perfection,

00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:04.120
 more than

00:22:04.120 --> 00:22:04.880
 moral purity,

00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:05.640
 no darkness,

00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:06.259
 no evil,

00:22:06.380 --> 00:22:07.140
 no brokenness

00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:07.460
 at all.

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.259
 He is

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:09.460
 awesome.

00:22:09.880 --> 00:22:10.160
 He is

00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:10.779
 worthy

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.519
 of our

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 awe.

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 That's

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 why you see

00:22:16.320 --> 00:22:16.900
 throughout the

00:22:16.900 --> 00:22:17.180
 Bible,

00:22:17.340 --> 00:22:17.799
 whether anyone

00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:18.440
 is confronted

00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:18.920
 with God

00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:19.360
 at all,

00:22:19.460 --> 00:22:20.019
 they fall

00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:21.640
 down on

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 their face

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 and say,

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 I'm not

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 worthy to

00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:23.880
 be in your

00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:24.440
 presence.

00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:29.860
 fear of

00:22:29.860 --> 00:22:30.380
 the Lord

00:22:30.380 --> 00:22:30.880
 is

00:22:30.880 --> 00:22:31.320
 trusting

00:22:31.320 --> 00:22:31.840
 God.

00:22:34.580 --> 00:22:34.940
 A

00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:35.360
 relationship

00:22:35.360 --> 00:22:35.740
 where you

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.360
 trust God

00:22:36.360 --> 00:22:36.740
 is what it

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.100
 looks like

00:22:37.100 --> 00:22:37.440
 to fear

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:37.820
 God.

00:22:38.360 --> 00:22:38.700
 Proverbs

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.120
 3,

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:39.740
 verses 5

00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:40.059
 and 6,

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 trust in

00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:40.680
 the Lord

00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:40.960
 with all

00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:41.559
 your heart,

00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:42.840
 lean not

00:22:42.840 --> 00:22:43.180
 on your

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 own

00:22:43.380 --> 00:22:43.940
 understanding

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:44.259
 and in

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 all your

00:22:44.580 --> 00:22:45.200
 ways submit

00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:45.620
 to him

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 and he

00:22:45.900 --> 00:22:46.380
 will make

00:22:46.380 --> 00:22:46.960
 your path

00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:47.360
 straight.

00:22:47.900 --> 00:22:48.160
 You see,

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:48.519
 fear of

00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:49.080
 the Lord

00:22:49.080 --> 00:22:50.400
 means

00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:51.279
 unconditional

00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:52.299
 trust,

00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:54.259
 not relying

00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:54.619
 on how

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 we think

00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:55.519
 the world

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.059
 works,

00:22:56.339 --> 00:22:56.740
 not relying

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.399
 upon our

00:22:57.399 --> 00:22:57.839
 knowledge

00:22:57.839 --> 00:22:58.379
 and our

00:22:58.379 --> 00:22:58.759
 wisdom

00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:59.379
 of what

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 we think

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 the patterns

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:00.740
 are and

00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:00.960
 what the

00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:01.200
 patterns

00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:01.680
 should be,

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.299
 but trust

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:03.379
 in God's

00:23:03.379 --> 00:23:04.119
 revelation

00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:04.480
 of how

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:05.240
 things actually

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.659
 are and

00:23:05.659 --> 00:23:06.019
 how things

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:07.000
 actually work

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:07.240
 and what

00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:07.579
 we're meant

00:23:07.579 --> 00:23:07.819
 to do

00:23:07.819 --> 00:23:08.299
 as a result

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:08.579
 of it.

00:23:09.599 --> 00:23:09.819
 In

00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:10.500
 Isaiah 40

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:10.940
 we get a

00:23:10.940 --> 00:23:11.379
 glimpse of

00:23:11.379 --> 00:23:11.759
 God's

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.139
 infinite

00:23:12.139 --> 00:23:12.680
 greatness

00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:14.099
 in holding

00:23:14.099 --> 00:23:14.919
 the vast

00:23:14.919 --> 00:23:15.899
 waters of

00:23:15.899 --> 00:23:16.299
 the earth,

00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:16.700
 all the

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.059
 oceans,

00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:17.500
 it says

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.220
 he holds

00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:18.899
 them in

00:23:18.899 --> 00:23:19.319
 the hollow

00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:19.700
 of his

00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:21.220
 hand and

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:21.799
 he weighs

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.019
 the

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.420
 mountain

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:23.019
 ranges

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:23.660
 on a

00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:24.180
 scale.

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:26.779
 End of

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.259
 Isaiah

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:28.059
 talks about

00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:29.059
 God,

00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:29.900
 the earth

00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:30.420
 is God's

00:23:30.420 --> 00:23:31.079
 footstool

00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:33.720
 and in

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.440
 Isaiah 40

00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:34.799
 when he's

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.359
 talking about

00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:36.099
 the greatness

00:23:36.099 --> 00:23:36.680
 of God

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:37.460
 Isaiah says

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:37.799
 this,

00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:38.519
 who can

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:39.200
 fathom the

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:39.680
 spirit of

00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:40.039
 the Lord

00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:40.700
 or instruct

00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:41.259
 the Lord

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:41.599
 as his

00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:42.279
 counsellor?

00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:43.079
 Whom did

00:23:43.079 --> 00:23:43.460
 the Lord

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:44.319
 consult to

00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:44.839
 enlighten

00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:45.480
 him and

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:46.039
 who taught

00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:46.319
 him the

00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:46.920
 right way?

00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:47.759
 Who was

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.039
 it that

00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:48.519
 taught him

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:49.139
 knowledge and

00:23:49.139 --> 00:23:49.559
 showed him

00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:50.019
 the path

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.720
 of understanding?

00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:51.400
 In other

00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:51.720
 words,

00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:52.440
 so,

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:53.599
 who was

00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:53.980
 God's

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.480
 advisors?

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:58.920
 Who

00:23:58.920 --> 00:24:00.539
 served as

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:00.900
 his

00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:01.680
 advisors?

00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:03.200
 You?

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.200
 Me?

00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:07.480
 No,

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:07.920
 Isaiah,

00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:09.960
 you're

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:10.480
 ridiculous.

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:13.019
 Who was

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.759
 there when

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:15.779
 he was

00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:16.440
 plotting out

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:17.299
 the design

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:17.539
 of a

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:18.200
 DNA and

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:18.339
 said,

00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:18.619
 actually,

00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:18.859
 God,

00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:19.139
 you need

00:24:19.139 --> 00:24:19.400
 to do it

00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:19.779
 this way?

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:20.859
 Anyone?

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.059
 Everyone?

00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:26.619
 Point of

00:24:26.619 --> 00:24:27.179
 Isaiah 40

00:24:27.179 --> 00:24:27.719
 is God

00:24:27.719 --> 00:24:28.099
 wants your

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:28.500
 trust,

00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:28.879
 not your

00:24:28.879 --> 00:24:30.919
 advice on

00:24:30.919 --> 00:24:31.240
 how the

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.819
 world works.

00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:34.059
 It's absurd

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:34.519
 to think that

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:35.240
 we can add

00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:35.979
 anything,

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:37.859
 and yet so

00:24:37.859 --> 00:24:38.779
 often we want

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.240
 to be his

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.659
 advisors.

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.359
 We continue

00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:40.919
 to tell him

00:24:40.919 --> 00:24:42.399
 how certain

00:24:42.399 --> 00:24:43.039
 circumstances

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:43.500
 should be

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:44.000
 changed,

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:44.459
 and we

00:24:44.459 --> 00:24:45.099
 question his

00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:45.759
 wisdom when

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.959
 we don't

00:24:46.959 --> 00:24:47.659
 understand what

00:24:47.659 --> 00:24:48.199
 he's doing.

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:49.600
 every area

00:24:49.600 --> 00:24:50.539
 of life.

00:24:51.360 --> 00:24:51.740
 There are

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.460
 two questions

00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:53.120
 for us.

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:54.340
 Firstly,

00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:55.400
 are you

00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:55.819
 willing to

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.360
 do whatever

00:24:56.360 --> 00:24:56.920
 God says

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.160
 in the

00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:57.580
 Bible on

00:24:57.580 --> 00:24:57.799
 issue,

00:24:57.900 --> 00:24:58.140
 whether you

00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:58.539
 agree with

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:58.920
 it or not,

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.400
 because his

00:24:59.400 --> 00:24:59.840
 wisdom is

00:24:59.840 --> 00:25:00.539
 infinitely greater

00:25:00.539 --> 00:25:01.039
 than yours?

00:25:02.840 --> 00:25:03.440
 Are you

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:03.819
 willing to

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.340
 trust that

00:25:04.340 --> 00:25:04.720
 he and

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.480
 only he has

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:05.840
 the whole

00:25:05.840 --> 00:25:06.559
 pattern of

00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:06.940
 the way the

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.620
 world works?

00:25:07.619 --> 00:25:07.699
 trust?

00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:10.319
 And second

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:11.179
 question is,

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:13.859
 are you

00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:14.299
 willing to

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:15.159
 accept anything

00:25:15.159 --> 00:25:15.639
 that God

00:25:15.639 --> 00:25:16.399
 sends to

00:25:16.399 --> 00:25:17.319
 any area

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:17.839
 of your

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:18.179
 life,

00:25:18.239 --> 00:25:18.559
 whether you

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:19.379
 understand it

00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:19.879
 or not?

00:25:21.459 --> 00:25:22.239
 Because he

00:25:22.239 --> 00:25:22.959
 is worthy

00:25:22.959 --> 00:25:23.739
 and he

00:25:23.739 --> 00:25:24.739
 is wise

00:25:24.739 --> 00:25:25.839
 and he

00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:26.479
 knows what's

00:25:26.479 --> 00:25:26.939
 best.

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.719
 He knows

00:25:29.719 --> 00:25:30.099
 how to

00:25:30.099 --> 00:25:30.419
 grow you

00:25:30.419 --> 00:25:30.859
 in wisdom.

00:25:34.899 --> 00:25:35.419
 See,

00:25:35.479 --> 00:25:35.739
 the fear

00:25:35.739 --> 00:25:36.000
 of the

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.759
 Lord is

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.179
 a life

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:37.920
 of trust

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:39.100
 even

00:25:39.100 --> 00:25:40.660
 through a

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.060
 life of

00:25:41.060 --> 00:25:41.500
 discipline.

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.799
 One of

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:45.200
 the key

00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:45.720
 things we

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.019
 need to

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.460
 see and

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:46.820
 to lean

00:25:46.820 --> 00:25:47.400
 on is

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:48.060
 what God

00:25:48.060 --> 00:25:48.640
 says about

00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:49.140
 the times

00:25:49.140 --> 00:25:49.480
 when the

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:49.960
 patterns of

00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:50.440
 life don't

00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:50.940
 make sense

00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:51.500
 for us.

00:25:52.060 --> 00:25:52.660
 Those times

00:25:52.660 --> 00:25:53.019
 when we

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.620
 can't see

00:25:53.620 --> 00:25:54.039
 what God

00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:54.500
 is doing.

00:25:55.080 --> 00:25:55.380
 Now I

00:25:55.380 --> 00:25:56.420
 think that

00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:56.759
 if we're

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.160
 to hold

00:25:57.160 --> 00:25:57.480
 on to

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:57.880
 this,

00:25:58.380 --> 00:25:58.720
 that even

00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:59.060
 when the

00:25:59.060 --> 00:25:59.680
 bad times

00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:00.180
 come and

00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:00.660
 the suffering

00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:01.060
 hits,

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.720
 I believe

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.600
 this turbo

00:26:02.600 --> 00:26:03.660
 charges our

00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:04.420
 growth in

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:04.840
 wisdom.

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:06.360
 It's

00:26:06.360 --> 00:26:06.900
 right there

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.259
 in verses

00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:07.820
 11 and

00:26:07.820 --> 00:26:09.240
 12 of

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:09.820
 Proverbs 3,

00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:10.240
 my son,

00:26:10.320 --> 00:26:10.540
 do not

00:26:10.540 --> 00:26:11.140
 despise the

00:26:11.140 --> 00:26:11.420
 Lord's

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:12.240
 discipline and

00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:12.540
 do not

00:26:12.540 --> 00:26:13.060
 resent his

00:26:13.060 --> 00:26:13.860
 rebuke because

00:26:13.860 --> 00:26:14.320
 the Lord

00:26:14.320 --> 00:26:15.120
 disciplines those

00:26:15.120 --> 00:26:15.820
 he loves.

00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:16.920
 As a

00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:17.220
 father,

00:26:17.340 --> 00:26:17.740
 the son,

00:26:17.820 --> 00:26:18.360
 he delights

00:26:18.360 --> 00:26:18.640
 in.

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.100
 You see,

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.420
 what a

00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:21.100
 father does

00:26:21.100 --> 00:26:21.840
 at times

00:26:21.840 --> 00:26:22.740
 is that

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.380
 they bring

00:26:23.380 --> 00:26:24.320
 things into

00:26:24.320 --> 00:26:24.960
 a child's

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.560
 life which

00:26:25.560 --> 00:26:26.840
 are painful.

00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:28.860
 We actually

00:26:28.860 --> 00:26:29.300
 bring them

00:26:29.300 --> 00:26:29.640
 into a

00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:30.000
 child's

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.660
 life which

00:26:30.660 --> 00:26:31.200
 are painful

00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:31.980
 in order

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.280
 for the

00:26:32.280 --> 00:26:32.700
 child to

00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:33.019
 grow and

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.600
 to flourish.

00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:35.119
 And I'm

00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:35.659
 assuming that

00:26:35.659 --> 00:26:36.539
 every parent

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:37.079
 wants their

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:37.659
 child to

00:26:37.659 --> 00:26:38.119
 make the

00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:38.719
 right choices

00:26:38.719 --> 00:26:39.419
 in life and

00:26:39.419 --> 00:26:39.879
 so therefore

00:26:39.879 --> 00:26:40.519
 discipline is

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.019
 essential.

00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:42.980
 People who

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:43.799
 live charmed

00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:45.539
 lives live

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.919
 shallow lives.

00:26:48.679 --> 00:26:48.939
 Our

00:26:48.939 --> 00:26:49.559
 strengths and

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.119
 our weaknesses

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:51.199
 become obvious

00:26:51.199 --> 00:26:51.719
 when they are

00:26:51.719 --> 00:26:52.199
 tested.

00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:53.000
 God's

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.919
 discipline shapes

00:26:53.919 --> 00:26:54.639
 us in the

00:26:54.639 --> 00:26:55.240
 same way.

00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:56.039
 You see,

00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:56.839
 we don't often

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.619
 really trust

00:26:57.619 --> 00:26:58.959
 God until we

00:26:58.959 --> 00:26:59.599
 are drowning.

00:26:59.599 --> 00:27:01.199
 We don't

00:27:01.199 --> 00:27:01.980
 often come

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.599
 to see that

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:03.799
 Jesus is

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.819
 all that we

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:05.759
 need until

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.799
 Jesus is

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:07.419
 all that we

00:27:07.419 --> 00:27:08.000
 have.

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:12.939
 God's

00:27:12.939 --> 00:27:14.500
 discipline is

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:15.480
 designed to

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:16.679
 grow us in

00:27:16.679 --> 00:27:17.199
 wisdom.

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.399
 It

00:27:21.399 --> 00:27:22.419
 turbocharges

00:27:22.419 --> 00:27:23.079
 all the

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:23.480
 things that

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:23.959
 move us

00:27:23.959 --> 00:27:24.859
 towards wisdom.

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.839
 Bible reading,

00:27:25.959 --> 00:27:26.139
 prayer,

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:26.859
 the community

00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:27.219
 of believers,

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:27.779
 all that sort

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.059
 of thing.

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:28.679
 You see,

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:29.500
 it's also

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:30.019
 true that

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.640
 suffering can

00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:31.240
 have exact

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:32.080
 opposite effect

00:27:32.080 --> 00:27:32.640
 on someone.

00:27:34.560 --> 00:27:35.259
 It can

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:35.740
 make you

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.200
 prouder.

00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:37.140
 Suffering can

00:27:37.140 --> 00:27:37.660
 in fact make

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:38.259
 you prouder.

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:39.820
 You know,

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.400
 you don't

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:41.039
 understand,

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.580
 Steve,

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.120
 what I've

00:27:42.120 --> 00:27:42.620
 had to go

00:27:42.620 --> 00:27:42.920
 through.

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:45.019
 You've just

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:45.700
 never had what

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:46.160
 I've had to

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:46.580
 go through.

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.400
 Make you

00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:48.900
 feel better

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:49.320
 than other

00:27:49.320 --> 00:27:49.720
 people,

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:50.900
 more noble

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:51.299
 than other

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:51.680
 people.

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.920
 Suffering can

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:53.560
 also make you

00:27:53.560 --> 00:27:54.120
 a coward

00:27:54.120 --> 00:27:55.100
 because you

00:27:55.100 --> 00:27:55.759
 become so

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.340
 broken you

00:27:56.340 --> 00:27:57.039
 couldn't face

00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:57.799
 another thing.

00:27:58.060 --> 00:27:58.560
 You know,

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.220
 I've had so

00:27:59.220 --> 00:28:00.060
 many disappointments

00:28:00.060 --> 00:28:00.519
 with people

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.000
 in life,

00:28:01.080 --> 00:28:01.400
 I'm just

00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:01.660
 going to

00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:02.000
 completely

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:02.560
 withdraw away

00:28:02.560 --> 00:28:03.039
 from people.

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:04.060
 That's a

00:28:04.060 --> 00:28:04.580
 cowardly

00:28:04.580 --> 00:28:05.299
 response.

00:28:07.840 --> 00:28:08.440
 Suffering can

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:08.740
 make you

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.420
 quite bitter.

00:28:10.620 --> 00:28:10.840
 And so

00:28:10.840 --> 00:28:11.340
 God's

00:28:11.340 --> 00:28:11.900
 discipline

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:13.680
 that comes

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.279
 from his

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:15.019
 all-knowing

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.980
 wise hand

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:17.080
 pushes you

00:28:17.080 --> 00:28:17.640
 in two

00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:17.880
 different

00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:18.440
 directions.

00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:20.019
 Either in

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.500
 growth in

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:20.920
 wisdom and

00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:21.460
 greater trust

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.060
 in God,

00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:22.840
 or it pushes

00:28:22.840 --> 00:28:23.420
 you further

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:23.660
 and further

00:28:23.660 --> 00:28:24.720
 towards foolishness.

00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:26.080
 One or the

00:28:26.080 --> 00:28:26.259
 other.

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:28.140
 One or the

00:28:28.140 --> 00:28:31.840
 suffering is

00:28:31.840 --> 00:28:32.420
 inevitable.

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:33.540
 It will

00:28:33.540 --> 00:28:33.960
 make you

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.560
 wise,

00:28:35.020 --> 00:28:35.480
 it will

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:35.759
 make you

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.259
 stupid.

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:41.580
 The fear

00:28:41.580 --> 00:28:41.880
 of the Lord

00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:42.140
 is the

00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:42.360
 key.

00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:44.359
 God's

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:45.359
 wisdom,

00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:45.859
 the

00:28:45.859 --> 00:28:46.359
 God's

00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:47.359
 wisdom,

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:47.859
 the

00:28:47.859 --> 00:28:48.359
 God's

00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:49.359
 wisdom,

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:49.859
 the

00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:51.299
 God of

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:52.479
 tremendous

00:28:52.479 --> 00:28:53.139
 wisdom,

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:53.779
 this God

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:54.319
 who is

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:55.099
 awesome,

00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.519
 is the

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:57.000
 God who

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.679
 delights in

00:28:57.679 --> 00:28:58.399
 you when

00:28:58.399 --> 00:28:59.059
 it happens.

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:00.799
 It's so

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.439
 essential for

00:29:01.439 --> 00:29:02.119
 us to know

00:29:02.119 --> 00:29:02.419
 this,

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.099
 know this,

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:03.819
 know this.

00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:04.859
 The Lord's

00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:05.859
 disciplines

00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:07.199
 those he

00:29:07.199 --> 00:29:07.899
 loves.

00:29:07.899 --> 00:29:08.299
 As a

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:08.639
 father,

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.059
 the son,

00:29:09.119 --> 00:29:09.979
 he delights

00:29:09.979 --> 00:29:10.240
 in.

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:10.920
 You have

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.279
 to be

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:12.000
 absolutely

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.740
 sure that

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.279
 he loves

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:14.000
 you and

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:14.660
 delights in

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:15.220
 you when

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:16.519
 the bad

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.259
 things happen

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:17.960
 or the

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.539
 suffering is

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:18.819
 going to

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:19.519
 harden you

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:20.140
 and it's

00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:20.400
 going to

00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:20.799
 make you

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:21.319
 turn away

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:21.960
 from God

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.740
 and life

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.440
 and make

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:24.039
 you arrogant

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:24.740
 and proud

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:27.440
 because you

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:27.779
 think you

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.099
 know better

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:28.480
 than God.

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.039
 Discovering

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.640
 the love

00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:32.960
 and the

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.380
 mercy and

00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:33.819
 the delight

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.019
 and the

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.440
 grace of

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:34.819
 God is

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:35.440
 the key

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:35.819
 to the

00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:36.339
 life of

00:29:36.339 --> 00:29:36.660
 fearing

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.120
 God,

00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:38.679
 which is

00:29:38.679 --> 00:29:39.679
 the beginning

00:29:39.679 --> 00:29:40.219
 of wisdom

00:29:40.219 --> 00:29:41.359
 and the

00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:41.639
 key to

00:29:41.639 --> 00:29:42.099
 growth in

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:42.419
 wisdom.

00:29:43.699 --> 00:29:43.939
 In

00:29:43.939 --> 00:29:44.239
 Proverbs

00:29:44.239 --> 00:29:44.779
 3.3

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:45.319
 it says

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:46.139
 let love

00:29:46.139 --> 00:29:47.079
 and faithfulness

00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:47.759
 never leave

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.059
 you,

00:29:48.919 --> 00:29:49.279
 bind them

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:49.859
 around your

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:50.159
 neck,

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:50.599
 write them

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:50.859
 on the

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:51.299
 tablet of

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:51.739
 your heart.

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:52.139
 The words

00:29:52.139 --> 00:29:52.500
 love and

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.019
 faithfulness

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.919
 there are

00:29:53.919 --> 00:29:55.019
 very specific

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.359
 in the

00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:55.859
 Hebrew Old

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:56.219
 Testament.

00:29:56.939 --> 00:29:57.259
 They are

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.839
 referring to

00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:58.359
 God's

00:29:58.359 --> 00:29:58.739
 covenant

00:29:58.739 --> 00:29:59.959
 love and

00:29:59.959 --> 00:30:00.579
 God's

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:01.459
 faithfulness

00:30:01.459 --> 00:30:02.239
 and they're

00:30:02.239 --> 00:30:02.939
 about his

00:30:02.939 --> 00:30:04.059
 never giving

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.399
 up,

00:30:04.739 --> 00:30:05.659
 never dying,

00:30:05.959 --> 00:30:06.859
 always and

00:30:06.859 --> 00:30:07.559
 forever love

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:07.899
 for his

00:30:07.899 --> 00:30:08.299
 people.

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:09.699
 The grace

00:30:09.699 --> 00:30:10.539
 of God,

00:30:10.939 --> 00:30:11.659
 his delight

00:30:11.659 --> 00:30:12.219
 in us

00:30:12.219 --> 00:30:13.439
 because of

00:30:13.439 --> 00:30:14.099
 Jesus is

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:14.759
 the key

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:16.000
 to suffering,

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:16.899
 softening

00:30:16.899 --> 00:30:17.799
 us and

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:18.219
 humbling

00:30:18.219 --> 00:30:19.319
 us and

00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:19.939
 growing us

00:30:19.939 --> 00:30:20.659
 in wisdom.

00:30:23.419 --> 00:30:24.259
 So how

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:24.699
 can you be

00:30:24.699 --> 00:30:25.159
 sure that

00:30:25.159 --> 00:30:25.899
 God delights

00:30:25.899 --> 00:30:27.539
 in us?

00:30:28.399 --> 00:30:28.619
 In

00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:29.299
 Hebrews 12

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:29.699
 in the Old

00:30:29.699 --> 00:30:30.139
 Testament,

00:30:30.379 --> 00:30:30.519
 sorry,

00:30:30.699 --> 00:30:31.099
 in the New

00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:31.539
 Testament,

00:30:32.659 --> 00:30:33.179
 back towards

00:30:33.179 --> 00:30:33.519
 the back,

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:36.059
 these verses

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:36.960
 from

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:38.940
 Proverbs

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.299
 3,

00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:39.740
 verses 11

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.000
 and 12

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.399
 are picked

00:30:40.399 --> 00:30:41.139
 up and

00:30:41.139 --> 00:30:41.379
 they're

00:30:41.379 --> 00:30:41.819
 dumped into

00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:42.559
 Hebrews 12

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:43.679
 and they

00:30:43.679 --> 00:30:44.019
 go like

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:44.339
 this,

00:30:44.899 --> 00:30:45.919
 just before

00:30:45.919 --> 00:30:47.059
 it in

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.740
 Hebrews 12

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.179
 it says

00:30:48.179 --> 00:30:48.679
 this,

00:30:49.419 --> 00:30:50.319
 let us

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:50.819
 fix our

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:51.599
 eyes on

00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:52.019
 Jesus,

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.659
 the pioneer

00:30:53.659 --> 00:30:54.359
 and perfecter

00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:54.940
 of faith,

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.019
 for the joy

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:56.659
 set before

00:30:56.659 --> 00:30:57.339
 him endured

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:58.000
 the cross,

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.299
 scorning its

00:30:59.299 --> 00:30:59.859
 shame and

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:00.220
 he sat

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:00.659
 down at the

00:31:00.659 --> 00:31:01.200
 right hand

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:01.460
 of the

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:01.899
 throne of

00:31:01.899 --> 00:31:02.259
 God.

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:04.640
 right there,

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:06.019
 right there

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:06.440
 in Hebrews

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:07.420
 12 is the

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:08.180
 confidence that

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:08.759
 we need.

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:09.940
 We get the

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:10.779
 confidence there,

00:31:10.879 --> 00:31:11.259
 right there,

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:11.920
 that we are a

00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:12.799
 child of God

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:13.859
 when we see

00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:14.519
 what Jesus

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:15.240
 has done for

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.619
 us.

00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:16.420
 You see,

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:16.920
 the baptism

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:17.519
 of Jesus,

00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:18.140
 you might

00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:18.599
 remember this

00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:19.579
 back right at

00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:19.839
 the beginning,

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.460
 baptism of

00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:20.779
 Jesus,

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:22.160
 the spirit

00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:22.519
 of God

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:23.480
 descended on

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:23.900
 him and

00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:24.339
 a voice

00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:24.839
 came from

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:25.319
 heaven and

00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:25.599
 said,

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:27.019
 this is my

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:28.220
 son with

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.619
 whom I am

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:29.200
 well pleased,

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:30.019
 or this is

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:30.599
 my son,

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.680
 I delight in

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:31.980
 him.

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:34.120
 And right

00:31:34.120 --> 00:31:34.620
 throughout his

00:31:34.620 --> 00:31:35.060
 life,

00:31:35.360 --> 00:31:36.259
 whenever Jesus

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:37.140
 turns to

00:31:37.140 --> 00:31:37.500
 God,

00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:38.080
 he says,

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:38.700
 Father,

00:31:39.060 --> 00:31:39.720
 Father,

00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:40.140
 Father,

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:40.500
 when the

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:41.200
 disciples say,

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:41.500
 Jesus,

00:31:41.620 --> 00:31:42.000
 teach us how

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.400
 to pray,

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:43.120
 he says,

00:31:43.360 --> 00:31:43.799
 Father,

00:31:44.820 --> 00:31:45.660
 begin with

00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:46.920
 our Father,

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.539
 except for

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:50.220
 one place,

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.580
 it's at the

00:31:53.580 --> 00:31:53.940
 cross.

00:31:55.560 --> 00:31:56.160
 Jesus cries

00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:56.380
 out,

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.440
 my God,

00:31:58.160 --> 00:31:58.840
 my God,

00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:00.160
 why have

00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:00.820
 you forsaken

00:32:00.820 --> 00:32:01.180
 me?

00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:04.680
 why have

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:05.279
 you abandoned

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:05.680
 me?

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.080
 And the

00:32:10.080 --> 00:32:10.420
 reason he

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:10.980
 cries out that

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.539
 is because he

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:11.900
 was being

00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:12.400
 expelled,

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.420
 he's being

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:14.880
 rejected.

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:18.680
 He was

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:19.640
 getting what

00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:20.440
 we deserve

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:21.380
 from God

00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:22.940
 so that when

00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:23.400
 we put our

00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:24.019
 trust in

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.400
 him,

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:25.560
 our sins

00:32:25.560 --> 00:32:26.000
 are forgiven.

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:28.279
 He took

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:28.860
 the punishment

00:32:28.860 --> 00:32:29.360
 from God

00:32:29.360 --> 00:32:29.740
 that we

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.420
 deserve so

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:30.640
 that when

00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:31.120
 we believe

00:32:31.120 --> 00:32:31.500
 in him,

00:32:31.600 --> 00:32:32.700
 our sins

00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:33.340
 are dealt

00:32:33.340 --> 00:32:33.880
 with.

00:32:36.080 --> 00:32:36.700
 But not

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.200
 just that.

00:32:38.100 --> 00:32:38.800
 In John

00:32:38.800 --> 00:32:39.460
 chapter 1,

00:32:40.060 --> 00:32:40.539
 which we

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:40.860
 looked at

00:32:40.860 --> 00:32:41.460
 last week,

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:42.000
 where Jesus

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.580
 is the

00:32:42.580 --> 00:32:43.060
 wisdom of

00:32:43.060 --> 00:32:43.380
 God,

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:43.840
 it says

00:32:43.840 --> 00:32:44.519
 this about

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:47.140
 those who

00:32:47.140 --> 00:32:47.420
 put their

00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:48.019
 trust in

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.480
 the wisdom

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:48.940
 of God.

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:49.600
 Jesus, it

00:32:49.600 --> 00:32:49.799
 says,

00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:50.440
 to all

00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:51.940
 who did

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:52.480
 receive

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:52.880
 him,

00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:54.039
 to those

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:54.220
 who

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:54.880
 believed in

00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:55.620
 his name,

00:32:55.620 --> 00:32:56.680
 he gave

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:57.220
 the right

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:57.759
 to become

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:58.820
 children of

00:32:58.820 --> 00:32:59.259
 God.

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.080
 Children

00:33:01.080 --> 00:33:02.259
 born not

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.759
 of natural

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.400
 descent nor

00:33:03.400 --> 00:33:03.759
 of human

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.440
 decision or

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:05.580
 of a husband's

00:33:05.580 --> 00:33:05.840
 will,

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:06.960
 but born

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:08.500
 of God.

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:08.539
 God,

00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:11.079
 Jesus

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.640
 faced

00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:12.380
 rejection,

00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:15.319
 suffering,

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:15.940
 rejection,

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.839
 so that we

00:33:16.839 --> 00:33:17.160
 can be

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:18.059
 included as

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:18.819
 sons of

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.220
 God,

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.440
 sons to

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:20.759
 whom he

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.200
 delights

00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:21.500
 him.

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:23.519
 Through what

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:24.319
 Jesus done,

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:25.140
 we adopted

00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:25.839
 as sons of

00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:26.200
 God,

00:33:26.359 --> 00:33:26.720
 brought into

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:27.099
 God's

00:33:27.099 --> 00:33:27.539
 family,

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:28.720
 Jesus lost

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.400
 his sonship

00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:29.920
 so that we

00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:30.220
 can be

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:30.779
 children of

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:31.180
 God,

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.859
 and therefore

00:33:32.859 --> 00:33:33.700
 we can trust

00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:34.140
 him in

00:33:34.140 --> 00:33:35.059
 suffering because

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:36.099
 he himself

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:36.720
 has suffered.

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:40.400
 let me tell

00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:40.779
 you that

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.600
 that story

00:33:41.600 --> 00:33:42.420
 just there

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:43.180
 is the

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:44.160
 story that

00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:44.960
 rewrites

00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:46.019
 everything

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:47.339
 for our

00:33:47.339 --> 00:33:47.779
 world.

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:51.240
 And that's

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.900
 the story

00:33:51.900 --> 00:33:52.579
 that is

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:53.279
 the story

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:54.200
 that rewrites

00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:55.319
 your story.

00:33:56.980 --> 00:33:57.759
 Totally

00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.200
 changes

00:33:58.200 --> 00:33:58.759
 everything.

00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:00.420
 It

00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:01.740
 reorientates

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:02.460
 your whole

00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:02.920
 worldview.

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.319
 It

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:05.000
 reorientates

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.900
 every way

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:06.240
 that you

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.700
 view this

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:07.180
 world.

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:10.260
 It's the

00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:10.980
 starting point

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:11.940
 and the

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.679
 foundation of

00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:13.099
 a life of

00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:13.360
 wisdom.

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:14.400
 Amen.