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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace.

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 Join us.

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 If you would please turn with me to one verse.

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 Proverbs chapter 1130.

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 It's also before you there.

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 And the page number.

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 Before I read, I'd like to pray.

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 For it is more of a privilege to have God's Word than any of us fully grasp.

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 So let's pray that Spirit of God might heighten our sensibility.

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord, I remember my first conversation with my now bride.

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 God, she spoke to me.

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 The first phone call when she said my name.

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 Each of us can remember the moments when it felt so privileged that someone would know us and speak to us.

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 Our children, our parents, our siblings.

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 Picking up someone at the airport who's so famous and they say,

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 Are you Joe?

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 And I couldn't believe my name was on their lips.

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 And our hearts are in your hands and you are speaking to us by your Word.

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 So thank you.

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 Before we read, we ask now for each one of ourselves.

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 What we need.

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 So we tell you in quiet.

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 And with expectancy.

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 We look forward to see how you'll answer these prayers.

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 In the matchless name of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

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 Amen.

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 One verse.

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 Brief.

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 But ever so glorious.

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 Proverbs 11.30.

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 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life.

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 And whoever captures souls is wise.

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 As I'm about to open this,

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 I want you to know that this is a passage that's addressed to followers of the living God already.

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 And if that's not you,

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 I hope you'll begin to understand who he wants us to be to you.

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 This may make far more clear how far we've got to improve in following him to serve you correctly.

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 And if you're going to be to you.

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 And if you're going to be to you.

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 And if you're going to be to you.

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 And if you are his,

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 I hope you'll begin to remember who you really are.

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 One of the greatest privileges of my entire ministry,

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 maybe my life,

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 I'd say my life,

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 it is,

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 was to be the pastor of a man named Albert McMenkin.

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 We had a class in the church where I was serving,

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 where new attendees who were interested in the church would come.

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 And I would always ask them to introduce themselves briefly by something unique about themselves,

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 whether it was their favorite football team or pizza topping or anything they chose.

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 And I came to this older gentleman.

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 It was Albert.

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 And he said,

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 I'm the man who took Billy Graham to the Mordecai Ham Crusade where he became a Christian.

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 And I have to confess,

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 when he said that inside myself,

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 I was thinking,

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 no, you're not.

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 So when the class was over,

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 I made a beeline for his daughter and granddaughter

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 and said,

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 is your father and grandfather

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 the fuller brush salesman

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 that I've read about in church history all these years

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 with Billy Graham?

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 He's the guy.

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 I had the privilege

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 of spending time with a man

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 who mentored and discipled the man

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 who has arguably spoken to more human beings about Jesus

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 than anyone in history.

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 The things I saw in him and learned from him

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 were absolutely priceless.

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 And then there came a day

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 when he got dementia.

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 And if any of you are facing this right now,

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 I just do not want in any way to appear to be minimizing.

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 But it was so difficult

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 when he forgot who I was

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 when I would visit him.

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 It was even harder

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 when he didn't know who his own family was.

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 It just broke my heart.

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 But in all honesty,

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 my heart was most broken

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 when he forgot who he was.

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 Because now he was in the room,

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 but he was gone.

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 Arguably one of the most influential men

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 in the history of our planet

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 was gone.

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 But he was right there.

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 I begin with that Christian

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 follower of the Most High God

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 because that could be you.

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 I'm going to argue it's likely it's you

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 when you see the content of this text.

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 I fear we've forgotten who we are,

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 who we're supposed to be

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 to one another

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 and to those who just

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 aren't sure God's there.

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 That's what this passage talks about.

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 I want you to see your stunning identity.

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 I want you to see

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 what causes that identity

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 and I want you to see

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 the kind of behavior

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 that should emanate from us.

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 So,

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 let's dig in.

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 The fruit

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 of the righteous

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 is a tree of life.

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 There's the identity.

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 Tree of life.

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 Solomon,

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 the author of the majority,

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 not all,

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 the Proverbs,

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 is apparently playing with words.

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 The fruit

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 is the tree.

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 He wants you to see something

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 when he goes even further

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 and says,

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 the tree

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 of life.

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 Okay,

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 now he's not just playing with words.

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 He's blowing them up.

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 Because this is the tree

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 to end all trees.

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 This is the ultimate tree.

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 This is the tree

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 in downtown Eden.

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 This is the tree

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 that arguably,

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 though no one had,

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 if eaten,

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 you would eternally

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 have been

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 who we would have been

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 before sin

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 ever hit.

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 Always alive.

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 No more death.

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 Perfectly loving.

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 Well, what's that like?

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 Absolutely noble.

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 Full of service.

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 Joy

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 that was not

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 assailable.

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 it would always

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 be present.

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 A desire

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 for the good

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 of everyone

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 and everything

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 that was around you.

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 The tree

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 of life.

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 And we say,

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 well, you know,

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 we know what this means,

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 Joe,

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 we think.

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 And I gotta just say,

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 we don't.

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 Because you can only

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 know something

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 to which you can

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 compare it

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 that you already know.

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 It's called

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 analogic thinking

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 and it's a big idea

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 in epistemology

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 and I'm not gonna

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 try and unpack it.

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 But you don't know

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 anything that's

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 perfectly good.

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 We would have been

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 what God called

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 good.

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 Not relatively good,

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 better than you.

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 Good.

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 Through and through.

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 When the Bible

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 tries to get us

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 to understand this

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 and I say try

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 because the authors

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 who write about

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 this goodness

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 when it's brought back

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 because it's coming back.

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 God's going to make

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 a new heaven

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 and a new earth.

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 It's coming

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 for all who trust him.

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 When it comes,

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 they break into poetry

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 because

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 to what do we compare it?

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 So they say things

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 like in Isaiah,

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 the trees

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 will clap

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 and the mountains

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 will sing.

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 Isaiah 55, 12.

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 Now look,

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 I don't know

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 what that exactly means

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 but it at least

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 means this.

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 Outside of these windows,

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 what you see

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 is nothing compared

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 to what's going

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 to be here.

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 It will reanimate

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 in ways

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 that if you were

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 to take the most

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 beautiful sunrise,

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 improve it by glory,

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 stretch it out

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 over eternity,

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 you're starting

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 to get in the ballpark.

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 That's the kind

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 of good

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 that was there.

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 The most beautiful

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 Appalachian spring,

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 the most vital life,

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 the most robust joy,

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 the most melt-in-the-mouth

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 goodness,

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 refreshing,

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 renewing reality

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 would have been there.

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 Full stop.

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 God is saying

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 through Solomon

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 to meet a true follower

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 of the living God.

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 One drawn by Jesus

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 is to step back

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 into Eden.

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 Just let it settle.

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 I mean,

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 that's just stunning.

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 But it gets

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 even more stunning.

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 Do you remember

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 what happened

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 after sin hit

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 with the tree?

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 Listen to this.

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 Genesis 3,

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 23 to 24.

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 The Lord God

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 banished him,

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 that's Adam,

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 from the Garden of Eden.

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 Verse 24.

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 He drove him out,

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 the man and the woman,

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 to the east

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 of the Garden of Eden.

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 And he placed,

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 listen,

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 the cherubim

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 and a flaming sword

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 that turned

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 every way

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 to guard the way

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 to the tree of life.

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 Now,

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 some scholars think

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 there was one sword

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 and it took

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 multiple angels

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 because cherubim

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 is plural

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 for angels.

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 It doesn't mean

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 little flying babies.

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 Others think

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 every one of them

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 had a flaming sword.

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 In either case,

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 what is happening here

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 is God is preventing

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 access now

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 because of sin

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 to this tree

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 by virtue of

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 angel war.

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 You don't want to fight

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 with an angel.

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 So,

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 is Solomon saying

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 that if someone

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 can get near

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 to a real follower

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 of God,

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 one of these

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 righteous ones,

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 listen to me,

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 they reach

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 the otherwise

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 unreachable.

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 They find

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 the otherwise

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 unfindable.

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 unobtainable.

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 They can obtain

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 the otherwise

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 unobtainable.

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 If they sit

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 at your table,

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 if they shoot

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 around a golf

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 with you,

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 if they play

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 pickleball

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 with you,

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 this is,

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 this is stunning.

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 They can find

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 what they could find

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 nowhere else

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 because God

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 forbids

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 that it be found

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 anywhere else.

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 It reminds me

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 of the line

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 in the

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 Peter Jackson

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 take

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 on the Lord

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 of the Rings

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 when Gandalf

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 says

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 of the hobbits,

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 all our hopes

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 now lie

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 with two

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 little hobbits

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 somewhere

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 in the wilderness.

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 God

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 has rested

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 that hope

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 in measure

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 would be

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 with us.

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 I doubt

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 very much

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 you think

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 like this

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 about you.

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 I don't.

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 But it is

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 what he's saying.

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 But it gets

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 even more

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 stunning.

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 if you go

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 to the end

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 of the Bible

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 and look

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 at the tree

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 of life

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 and I grant

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 you Solomon

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 wouldn't have

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 known about

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 the end

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 of the Bible

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 but the God

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 who inspired

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 Solomon to

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 write this

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 verse knew

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 about the

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 end of the

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 Bible.

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 And this

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 is what the

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 end of the

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 Bible says.

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 Revelation

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 22 verses

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 2 to 3.

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 on each

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 side of the

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 river

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 of life

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 stood the

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 tree

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 of life

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 bearing

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 twelve

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 crops

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 of fruit

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 yielding

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 its fruit

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 every month

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 and the

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 leaves

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 of the

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 tree

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 are for

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 the healing

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 of the

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 nations.

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 No longer

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 will there

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 be any

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 curse.

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 is God

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 saying

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 that if

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 people can

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 get near

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 us

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 the curse

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 will begin

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 to reverse.

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 If they

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 can get

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 near us

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 just the

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 leaves of

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 our lives

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 a simple

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 conversation

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 a passing

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 they will

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 bump into

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 life.

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 I think

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 that's what

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 he's saying.

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 They will

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 meet a

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 fall

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 pusher

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 backer.

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 A person

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 who will

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 prop

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 themselves

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 up

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 against

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 the ruin

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 of the

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 fallen

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 world

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 and the

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 people we

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 meet

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 and say

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 in our

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 souls

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 we're not

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 going to

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 let you

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 go down

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 not on

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 my watch.

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 is that

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 what he's

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 saying?

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 Is that

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 who we

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 remember

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 that we

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 are?

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 You are

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 God's

00:16:13.160 --> 00:16:14.000
 life

00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:14.780
 bringers.

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 You don't

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 relate to

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 people as

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 either a

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 vehicle or

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 an obstacle

00:16:20.300 --> 00:16:20.940
 to your

00:16:20.940 --> 00:16:21.879
 agenda as

00:16:21.879 --> 00:16:22.420
 Paul Tripp

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 says.

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 They're not

00:16:24.180 --> 00:16:25.060
 vehicles or

00:16:25.060 --> 00:16:25.840
 obstacles to

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 you.

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 They're

00:16:28.300 --> 00:16:28.980
 miracles

00:16:28.980 --> 00:16:30.860
 of his

00:16:30.860 --> 00:16:31.500
 creation

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 in his

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 image

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 whether

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 they know

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 him

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 or not.

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 And

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 beyond this

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 what you

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 bring is

00:16:42.019 --> 00:16:43.080
 life in

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 every

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 direction.

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 The book

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 of Romans

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 chapter 8

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 at verse

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 20 and

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 21 and

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 22

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 describes

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 what happened

00:16:49.740 --> 00:16:50.539
 when the

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 fall hit

00:16:51.700 --> 00:16:53.279
 because of

00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:53.779
 the curse

00:16:53.779 --> 00:16:54.420
 it says

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 the created

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 order was

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 subjected to

00:16:56.779 --> 00:16:57.379
 futility.

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 the creation

00:16:58.779 --> 00:16:59.559
 waits to be

00:16:59.559 --> 00:17:00.059
 set free

00:17:00.059 --> 00:17:00.419
 from the

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 bondage to

00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:01.460
 decay.

00:17:01.919 --> 00:17:02.279
 The whole

00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:03.539
 creation is

00:17:03.539 --> 00:17:04.000
 groaning.

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 What that

00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:05.440
 means is

00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:06.000
 when sin

00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:06.359
 hit the

00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:07.099
 world it

00:17:07.099 --> 00:17:07.799
 didn't just

00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:08.319
 mean that we

00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:08.539
 were going

00:17:08.539 --> 00:17:08.859
 to die

00:17:08.859 --> 00:17:09.440
 physically.

00:17:09.819 --> 00:17:10.200
 We died

00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:11.000
 familially,

00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:12.220
 relationally,

00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:13.259
 ecologically,

00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:14.839
 community-wise.

00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:15.859
 Death went in

00:17:15.859 --> 00:17:16.500
 every direction.

00:17:16.619 --> 00:17:17.180
 You can feel

00:17:17.180 --> 00:17:17.359
 it.

00:17:17.619 --> 00:17:18.160
 Life feels

00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:18.859
 like two

00:17:18.859 --> 00:17:19.539
 steps forward,

00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:20.400
 three steps

00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:20.740
 back,

00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:21.220
 everywhere.

00:17:23.380 --> 00:17:24.319
 But finally

00:17:24.319 --> 00:17:24.859
 there's supposed

00:17:24.859 --> 00:17:25.779
 to be someone

00:17:25.779 --> 00:17:27.319
 who says

00:17:27.319 --> 00:17:28.279
 okay,

00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:30.659
 four steps

00:17:30.659 --> 00:17:31.359
 forward

00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:33.679
 and three

00:17:33.679 --> 00:17:34.079
 back.

00:17:35.359 --> 00:17:36.099
 Take my

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 arm.

00:17:38.019 --> 00:17:38.659
 We're going

00:17:38.659 --> 00:17:38.960
 to push

00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:40.639
 back on

00:17:40.639 --> 00:17:41.179
 what's wrong

00:17:41.179 --> 00:17:41.519
 in this

00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:42.059
 business,

00:17:43.119 --> 00:17:43.539
 on what's

00:17:43.539 --> 00:17:43.879
 wrong in

00:17:43.879 --> 00:17:44.379
 our neighborhood.

00:17:44.639 --> 00:17:45.000
 We're going

00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:45.579
 to run to

00:17:45.579 --> 00:17:46.720
 the holes in

00:17:46.720 --> 00:17:47.220
 the heart

00:17:47.220 --> 00:17:47.819
 of our

00:17:47.819 --> 00:17:48.359
 community

00:17:48.359 --> 00:17:50.019
 and fill

00:17:50.019 --> 00:17:50.799
 them with

00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:51.099
 good.

00:17:52.579 --> 00:17:53.139
 Can I give

00:17:53.139 --> 00:17:53.319
 you an

00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:53.659
 example?

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 Because it

00:17:54.379 --> 00:17:54.859
 doesn't matter

00:17:54.859 --> 00:17:56.159
 your age.

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 There was

00:17:58.279 --> 00:17:58.579
 a dear

00:17:58.579 --> 00:18:00.039
 lady that

00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:02.079
 I deeply

00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:02.879
 respected who

00:18:02.879 --> 00:18:03.919
 was in a

00:18:03.919 --> 00:18:04.819
 nursing facility.

00:18:05.539 --> 00:18:05.980
 She had a

00:18:05.980 --> 00:18:06.579
 disease called

00:18:06.579 --> 00:18:07.980
 polymyositis.

00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:08.839
 If any of you

00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:09.259
 had it,

00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:10.679
 my profoundest

00:18:10.679 --> 00:18:11.039
 sympathy.

00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:11.799
 All the

00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:12.939
 collagen and

00:18:12.939 --> 00:18:14.379
 flexibility in

00:18:14.379 --> 00:18:15.339
 her body was

00:18:15.339 --> 00:18:16.059
 breaking down

00:18:16.059 --> 00:18:17.220
 and rigidifying.

00:18:19.220 --> 00:18:19.899
 A young man

00:18:19.899 --> 00:18:20.339
 had come to

00:18:20.339 --> 00:18:21.480
 the office to

00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:22.179
 see me as a

00:18:22.179 --> 00:18:22.759
 pastor and he

00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:23.579
 was suicidal

00:18:23.579 --> 00:18:25.259
 because he

00:18:25.259 --> 00:18:25.679
 had just

00:18:25.679 --> 00:18:26.460
 had the

00:18:26.460 --> 00:18:26.899
 woman he

00:18:26.899 --> 00:18:28.659
 loved and

00:18:28.659 --> 00:18:29.199
 hoped to

00:18:29.199 --> 00:18:30.039
 marry, leave

00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:31.559
 him and

00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:31.899
 say, I'm

00:18:31.899 --> 00:18:32.220
 not going to

00:18:32.220 --> 00:18:32.579
 marry you.

00:18:34.399 --> 00:18:35.339
 He wanted to

00:18:35.339 --> 00:18:35.899
 hurt himself.

00:18:37.980 --> 00:18:38.799
 I was not

00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:39.720
 any help to

00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:40.179
 him and when

00:18:40.179 --> 00:18:40.779
 we bowed our

00:18:40.779 --> 00:18:41.559
 heads to pray,

00:18:41.679 --> 00:18:42.179
 I'm just saying,

00:18:42.259 --> 00:18:43.359
 Jesus, please

00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:43.980
 help him.

00:18:44.039 --> 00:18:44.460
 And the thought

00:18:44.460 --> 00:18:44.980
 came to my

00:18:44.980 --> 00:18:47.240
 mind, the

00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:48.240
 greatest praying

00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:49.220
 Christian I know

00:18:49.220 --> 00:18:50.099
 is this dear

00:18:50.099 --> 00:18:51.339
 woman in the

00:18:51.339 --> 00:18:52.000
 nursing home

00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:53.699
 with polymyositis,

00:18:53.859 --> 00:18:54.159
 Marion.

00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:55.399
 So when we

00:18:55.399 --> 00:18:56.199
 said amen, I

00:18:56.199 --> 00:18:56.699
 looked up at

00:18:56.699 --> 00:18:57.099
 him and said,

00:18:57.139 --> 00:18:57.539
 you know what,

00:18:58.019 --> 00:18:58.679
 I want to

00:18:58.679 --> 00:18:59.379
 introduce you to

00:18:59.379 --> 00:18:59.759
 a woman.

00:18:59.859 --> 00:19:00.240
 He went, I

00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:00.659
 don't need

00:19:00.659 --> 00:19:01.379
 another woman.

00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:03.000
 And I said,

00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:03.779
 you need this

00:19:03.779 --> 00:19:04.099
 woman.

00:19:05.619 --> 00:19:06.179
 And I put

00:19:06.179 --> 00:19:06.480
 him in the

00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:07.000
 car and we

00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:09.119
 drove to the

00:19:09.119 --> 00:19:09.939
 nursing facility

00:19:09.939 --> 00:19:10.679
 and walked in

00:19:10.679 --> 00:19:11.339
 and I said to

00:19:11.339 --> 00:19:11.899
 him, now listen,

00:19:12.299 --> 00:19:12.839
 this is my

00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:13.480
 friend Marion.

00:19:13.659 --> 00:19:14.179
 She likes

00:19:14.179 --> 00:19:15.159
 cheeseburgers from

00:19:15.159 --> 00:19:15.959
 Armando's.

00:19:16.159 --> 00:19:17.259
 So every Friday

00:19:17.259 --> 00:19:17.939
 and night I want

00:19:17.939 --> 00:19:18.359
 you to bring

00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:19.079
 them because I

00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:19.619
 now know your

00:19:19.619 --> 00:19:20.319
 Friday and Saturday

00:19:20.319 --> 00:19:21.139
 nights are free.

00:19:21.339 --> 00:19:23.159
 And listen,

00:19:23.679 --> 00:19:24.980
 Marion, you

00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:25.480
 know Jesus

00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:26.019
 better than

00:19:26.019 --> 00:19:26.679
 anybody I

00:19:26.679 --> 00:19:26.959
 know.

00:19:28.119 --> 00:19:29.019
 Teach him

00:19:29.019 --> 00:19:29.919
 everything you

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 know.

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 Okay?

00:19:32.899 --> 00:19:34.159
 I came back a

00:19:34.159 --> 00:19:34.740
 month, and this

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 is not preacher

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 hyperbole, later.

00:19:37.699 --> 00:19:38.319
 Coming down the

00:19:38.319 --> 00:19:39.159
 hall, I could see

00:19:39.159 --> 00:19:40.639
 nurses standing

00:19:40.639 --> 00:19:41.859
 outside the room

00:19:41.859 --> 00:19:43.419
 looking in.

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 When I got to

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 the room, the

00:19:45.299 --> 00:19:46.279
 room was filled

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 with 80 and 90

00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:50.599
 year olds in

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 wheelchairs and

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 walkers and

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 20 and 18 and

00:19:56.599 --> 00:19:58.539
 19 year olds all

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 with their

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 Bibles open.

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 You know what I

00:20:01.859 --> 00:20:02.399
 saw in that

00:20:02.399 --> 00:20:02.719
 room?

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 Life.

00:20:06.679 --> 00:20:07.599
 They were all

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 vitally alive

00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:11.199
 before the word

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 of God.

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 And that dear

00:20:12.879 --> 00:20:14.399
 boy asked

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 Marion when he

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 met another

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 girl, would you

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 please be in the

00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:18.599
 wedding party in

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 your wheelchair?

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 And she

00:20:20.859 --> 00:20:21.399
 couldn't do it,

00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:21.980
 couldn't even

00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:22.500
 manage the

00:20:22.500 --> 00:20:23.220
 wheelchair by that

00:20:23.220 --> 00:20:23.539
 time.

00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:26.279
 I'm wanting you

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 to see what it

00:20:26.919 --> 00:20:27.799
 means in pushing

00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:29.599
 back against

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 every mark of

00:20:30.579 --> 00:20:31.079
 the fall.

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 So, let's go

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 to the next

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 point.

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 What's the

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 cause of this

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 identity?

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 the fruit of

00:20:42.860 --> 00:20:43.620
 the righteous,

00:20:44.080 --> 00:20:44.539
 well there it

00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:45.700
 is, is a tree

00:20:45.700 --> 00:20:46.180
 of life.

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 This thing

00:20:47.539 --> 00:20:48.799
 righteous is what

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 makes a human a

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 tree of life.

00:20:52.819 --> 00:20:53.420
 What is

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 righteousness?

00:20:54.600 --> 00:20:55.000
 Well, it's

00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:55.700
 important that we

00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:56.500
 ask that question,

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 what would Solomon

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 have known

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 righteousness to

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 be?

00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:00.539
 It's very

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 important we

00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:01.559
 don't take the

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 whole New

00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:03.180
 Testament here and

00:21:03.180 --> 00:21:05.019
 dump it in because

00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:06.259
 Solomon would not

00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:06.819
 have known of it.

00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:08.559
 we know

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 explicitly what

00:21:09.419 --> 00:21:09.759
 he would have

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 thought righteousness

00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:12.299
 was because as a

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 king in Israel,

00:21:14.019 --> 00:21:15.079
 Deuteronomy 17,

00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:16.720
 18 says that

00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:17.859
 every king had

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 to write a copy

00:21:18.939 --> 00:21:19.960
 of the first five

00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:20.599
 books of the

00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:22.240
 Bible by hand

00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:24.659
 and then read

00:21:24.659 --> 00:21:25.539
 it every day.

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 That's Deuteronomy

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 17, 18.

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 You can look at it

00:21:29.339 --> 00:21:29.599
 later.

00:21:30.619 --> 00:21:31.539
 So, he would have

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 written these words

00:21:32.339 --> 00:21:33.539
 in Deuteronomy 6.

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 The Lord commanded

00:21:35.299 --> 00:21:36.319
 us to obey all

00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:37.659
 these decrees so

00:21:37.659 --> 00:21:38.159
 that we might

00:21:38.159 --> 00:21:38.980
 always be kept

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 alive as is the

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 case today.

00:21:41.179 --> 00:21:41.839
 And if we are

00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:42.720
 careful to obey

00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:43.619
 all the law before

00:21:43.619 --> 00:21:44.559
 the Lord our God

00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:45.700
 that he has

00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:46.519
 commanded us,

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 that will be

00:21:49.139 --> 00:21:50.960
 our righteousness.

00:21:51.879 --> 00:21:52.319
 So, there it

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 is.

00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:54.659
 Okay, let's break

00:21:54.659 --> 00:21:55.019
 it down.

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 If we are careful,

00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:58.039
 the scripture says.

00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:58.679
 In other words,

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.480
 nobody does this

00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:00.159
 by mistake.

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:01.539
 You don't wake

00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:01.980
 up one morning

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.119
 and go,

00:22:02.179 --> 00:22:03.240
 look at that,

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:03.839
 I'm righteous.

00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:06.339
 to obey,

00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:07.379
 not talk about,

00:22:09.179 --> 00:22:10.659
 not speak sermons

00:22:10.659 --> 00:22:11.019
 about,

00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:13.000
 not discuss,

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:13.839
 not admire,

00:22:14.220 --> 00:22:14.439
 obey.

00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:16.599
 All the law.

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 Let me just tell you,

00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:20.740
 listen carefully.

00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:23.899
 Inside of this book,

00:22:24.679 --> 00:22:26.339
 there is social law,

00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.279
 military law,

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:28.139
 sexual law,

00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:29.039
 economic law,

00:22:29.379 --> 00:22:30.000
 medical law,

00:22:30.179 --> 00:22:30.699
 familial,

00:22:31.119 --> 00:22:32.019
 ecological law,

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.759
 penal law,

00:22:32.900 --> 00:22:33.579
 parental law,

00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:34.579
 architectural law,

00:22:34.879 --> 00:22:35.779
 horticultural law,

00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:36.819
 agricultural law,

00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:38.200
 hygienic law,

00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:39.420
 city planning law,

00:22:39.579 --> 00:22:40.359
 spiritual law,

00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:41.599
 educational law,

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.660
 geriatric law.

00:22:42.819 --> 00:22:44.519
 I am just warming up.

00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:47.480
 Are you kidding?

00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:50.579
 Before the Lord our God,

00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:51.180
 it says.

00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:51.879
 In other words,

00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:52.960
 not in front of each other

00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:54.079
 and at least I'm doing

00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:55.160
 better than you are.

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:55.819
 No.

00:22:56.599 --> 00:22:57.299
 It's before him.

00:22:58.619 --> 00:23:00.039
 As the Lord commanded.

00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:00.799
 So in other words,

00:23:00.859 --> 00:23:02.099
 it's not a box check.

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:03.659
 You keep it all the way

00:23:03.659 --> 00:23:04.619
 down to your heart.

00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:06.859
 Now,

00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:08.220
 if you're listening carefully,

00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:11.359
 who can do that?

00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:13.579
 In fact,

00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:15.079
 Solomon would even write

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:17.159
 in Ecclesiastes,

00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:19.240
 assuming he's its author,

00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:20.920
 at verse 20

00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:22.920
 of chapter 1,

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:23.799
 3,

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.359
 forgive me,

00:23:24.819 --> 00:23:25.980
 there is no one righteous.

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:31.319
 No one who does only good

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:32.740
 in all the earth.

00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:33.960
 And then his daddy,

00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:34.720
 David,

00:23:34.839 --> 00:23:35.880
 wrote in Psalm 14,

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:36.660
 Psalm 53,

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:38.240
 God looks down from heaven

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:39.460
 on the sons of men

00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:40.500
 to see if there's anyone

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.720
 who understands,

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:43.000
 anyone who seeks God.

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:44.400
 Everyone's turned aside.

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.319
 They together

00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:46.559
 have begun corrupt.

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.640
 So what is this,

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:49.299
 hyperbole?

00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:51.099
 I mean,

00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:52.240
 where is it possible

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:53.039
 to be righteous

00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.960
 if this is true?

00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:55.279
 And in fact,

00:23:55.380 --> 00:23:56.279
 Isaiah 64,

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:57.200
 6 says that

00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:58.640
 our most righteous deeds,

00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:01.019
 our most righteous deeds

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:02.779
 are a toilet rag.

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:03.819
 How's that for graphic?

00:24:05.860 --> 00:24:06.920
 I think they're starting

00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:08.140
 to have trouble financially,

00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:08.840
 but do you remember

00:24:08.840 --> 00:24:10.200
 Kirkland gift shops

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:11.539
 in the malls?

00:24:12.620 --> 00:24:13.720
 Remember you walk in there

00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.440
 and you get a headache

00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:15.220
 in two seconds

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:16.140
 from the potpourri

00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:16.779
 in the air?

00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:18.940
 I promise you,

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.759
 this actually happened.

00:24:20.140 --> 00:24:21.460
 I went into a Kirkland's

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:23.220
 and was just looking around

00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:25.019
 and on the wall

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:25.860
 there was a shelf

00:24:25.860 --> 00:24:26.880
 filled with what were

00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:28.019
 called poopettes.

00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:30.400
 I went,

00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:31.880
 no.

00:24:33.620 --> 00:24:34.740
 And I picked them up

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:36.059
 and they were little turtles

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:38.860
 and little rabbits.

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:41.740
 And I looked at the list

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.539
 of what was in them.

00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:44.059
 Manure,

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.339
 cow manure,

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:48.759
 $3.29.

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:51.799
 I pictured some guys

00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:52.680
 in Iowa going,

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:53.400
 hey Mort,

00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:54.240
 I got an idea.

00:24:56.379 --> 00:24:57.019
 I'll bet you

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:57.940
 if we mold this stuff,

00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:58.900
 send it back to the east,

00:24:59.160 --> 00:25:00.180
 those folks will buy it.

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:02.900
 You'd put them

00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:03.420
 in your garden,

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:04.379
 the rain would fall,

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:04.759
 you know,

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.700
 and they'd dissipate

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.539
 and fertilize.

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.960
 What Isaiah says

00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:10.619
 is the best sermon

00:25:10.619 --> 00:25:11.759
 I've ever preached

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:15.319
 is a pupette.

00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:19.859
 So how can you be righteous?

00:25:21.859 --> 00:25:22.899
 Because Solomon

00:25:22.899 --> 00:25:23.559
 would have also

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:24.439
 written this verse,

00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:25.960
 Genesis 15.6.

00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:29.220
 Abram believed God

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:32.859
 and it was credited

00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:33.599
 to him

00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:35.500
 as righteousness.

00:25:37.399 --> 00:25:37.740
 Listen,

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:39.399
 not cash.

00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:42.040
 He wasn't

00:25:42.040 --> 00:25:43.920
 humanly speaking

00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:45.180
 fully righteous,

00:25:45.800 --> 00:25:46.180
 but

00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:48.120
 when Abram

00:25:48.120 --> 00:25:49.240
 trusted God,

00:25:50.040 --> 00:25:50.640
 believed,

00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:52.720
 relied on him,

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.820
 God gave him

00:25:54.820 --> 00:25:55.340
 credit

00:25:55.340 --> 00:25:58.300
 of righteousness.

00:25:58.900 --> 00:25:59.820
 This is what it means

00:25:59.820 --> 00:26:01.620
 in 2 Corinthians 5.21

00:26:01.620 --> 00:26:02.540
 when it says

00:26:02.540 --> 00:26:03.640
 God made him,

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:04.340
 that's Jesus,

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:06.440
 who knew no sin

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:08.220
 to be sin

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:09.680
 for us

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:11.980
 that we might become

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:13.440
 the righteousness

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:14.440
 of Adam.

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:16.779
 No.

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:20.019
 The righteousness

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:21.340
 of God.

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:26.019
 No illustration

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:27.320
 is adequate for that.

00:26:28.360 --> 00:26:30.200
 It's not actually me,

00:26:30.380 --> 00:26:31.700
 but it's credited to me.

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:33.740
 I can only get

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:35.180
 in the suburbs of it,

00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:36.500
 but when I was much younger,

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:38.019
 I played football

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.740
 in school.

00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:39.680
 And when I was

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.519
 in middle school,

00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:42.380
 I was not very good,

00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:44.220
 but we had this guy

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:44.880
 on our team

00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:46.200
 named John Thomas.

00:26:46.380 --> 00:26:46.700
 Now remember,

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.600
 I'm in middle school.

00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:49.740
 John Thomas was 6'3

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:51.740
 and weighed 230 pounds

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:52.700
 in middle school.

00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:53.380
 You know,

00:26:53.420 --> 00:26:54.259
 we should have just said,

00:26:54.360 --> 00:26:55.279
 give the ball to John.

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.600
 And little kids

00:26:57.600 --> 00:26:58.039
 would be going

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:59.039
 all over the place.

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:01.960
 But in the 35 blast,

00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:03.240
 which was my play

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:04.039
 where they'd give me

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:04.639
 the ball,

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:06.920
 John Thomas would go

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.539
 through the hole

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.299
 before me.

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.559
 And I promise,

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.740
 if I just held

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:12.019
 the back of his pants

00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:13.420
 and he fell forward,

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:14.279
 I got almost

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.599
 three,

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:14.920
 four,

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.740
 five yards.

00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:18.139
 My stats were incredible.

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:19.099
 It had nothing

00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:20.139
 to do with me.

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:23.579
 It was John.

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:26.740
 I was in John.

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:29.500
 I was behind John.

00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:32.819
 You're in Jesus

00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:34.259
 and you're behind Jesus.

00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:35.859
 That's what he's saying.

00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:38.759
 When one human

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:40.460
 gets this gift

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:42.799
 of being accepted

00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:46.000
 as if they'd never sinned,

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:49.019
 by God,

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:51.720
 they start to become

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:53.480
 this bringer of life

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:55.839
 that they've received

00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:57.740
 to the other people

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.500
 around them.

00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:01.559
 Okay,

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:02.319
 we got to close.

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:04.500
 So let's look at the behavior

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.200
 that it produces.

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.640
 This identity

00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:08.220
 produces

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:09.220
 and motivates,

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.680
 jumpstarts,

00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:11.519
 propels

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:13.000
 stunning behavior.

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:15.079
 The fruit of the righteous

00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:16.200
 is a tree of life

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:17.940
 and he who captures

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:19.960
 souls

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:21.620
 is wise.

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 Some of you,

00:28:22.860 --> 00:28:23.400
 if you have a different

00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:23.940
 translation,

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 the King James,

00:28:25.600 --> 00:28:26.840
 I think the old NIV

00:28:26.840 --> 00:28:27.319
 says,

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.880
 wins souls.

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 Some translations

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:32.420
 say get.

00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:34.180
 What does it mean?

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.500
 Well,

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:36.059
 the word

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:36.700
 technically

00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:38.180
 is a word

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:39.180
 that is learned

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 or defined

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:41.819
 more by its context.

00:28:42.600 --> 00:28:42.900
 Literally,

00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:44.100
 the word means

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 to take

00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:46.779
 intentionally

00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:47.819
 to oneself.

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:49.339
 to take

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:49.980
 deliberately,

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.439
 to get

00:28:51.439 --> 00:28:52.019
 by effort.

00:28:52.139 --> 00:28:52.779
 When it's used

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 in marriage,

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:55.659
 the same Hebrew word

00:28:55.659 --> 00:28:56.200
 is used

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:57.359
 to take a mate

00:28:57.359 --> 00:28:58.539
 intentionally,

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.599
 deliberately.

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 But,

00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:02.319
 when it's used

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:03.740
 in a negative context

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:05.179
 like a battle

00:29:05.179 --> 00:29:07.179
 or conflict

00:29:07.179 --> 00:29:08.039
 or difficulty

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:09.099
 or opposition,

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:11.119
 it's used

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:11.799
 for rescue,

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.279
 deliver,

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:16.980
 like a Navy SEAL.

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:19.500
 or special forces.

00:29:21.179 --> 00:29:21.740
 And if you look

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.559
 at the context

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.939
 of 11, 30,

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:25.240
 29, and 31,

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.779
 it's difficulty.

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:29.399
 It's not a positive one.

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:29.740
 So,

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.720
 what it's saying here

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:33.720
 is that this person

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:35.179
 who is righteous

00:29:35.179 --> 00:29:37.399
 and now is a tree of life,

00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:39.439
 finally,

00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:42.180
 will be willing

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:44.080
 to fight

00:29:44.080 --> 00:29:46.259
 for the well-being

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:48.200
 of what's deeper

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:49.620
 than people's DNA,

00:29:51.620 --> 00:29:53.080
 their souls.

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 Someone who would care

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 enough about you

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.400
 for the things

00:29:59.400 --> 00:30:01.700
 that they can't even perceive

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:03.820
 matter to them.

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 and they'd be willing

00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:08.539
 to take enemy fire.

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:11.079
 They'd be willing

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 to take friendly fire.

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 They'd be willing

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 to lose.

00:30:17.439 --> 00:30:18.500
 In my neighborhood

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:20.579
 where I'm living now,

00:30:20.679 --> 00:30:22.299
 this man has become famous

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:23.799
 because he lived near us,

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 wasn't born there,

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 but his name

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 was Desmond Doss

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 and he became famous

00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:28.379
 in the movie

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 Hacksaw Ridge.

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 Everybody mocked Desmond

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 during his time of service,

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 getting ready

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 for going to battle

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 in World War II

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 because he was

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 a conscientious objector

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 to holding a gun

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 or killing

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:43.200
 because he felt

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:44.119
 that was right

00:30:44.119 --> 00:30:45.420
 as a follower of Jesus.

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 And they mocked him.

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 The movie shows

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:48.500
 some of what he went through,

00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:49.920
 but his own testimony was

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 the movie wasn't even

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 in the ballpark

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 for how badly

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 he was beaten

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 and treated

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 until.

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 May 6, 1945,

00:30:59.279 --> 00:31:02.599
 the United States Army

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 on Iwo Jima

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:04.680
 went after

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.339
 what was called

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:06.559
 the Medea Escarpment

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:07.660
 or Hacksaw Ridge.

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 The Americans called it

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:10.539
 a 400-foot-high cliff.

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:12.599
 They had to scale

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 by hanging cargo ropes

00:31:14.379 --> 00:31:15.779
 on the side of it.

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:16.680
 And when they got

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:17.299
 to the top,

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:19.019
 the network of caves

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:20.059
 which hid the enemy

00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:23.059
 were unknown to them

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:26.259
 and they were assailed

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:28.019
 in huge numbers.

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:30.980
 And a man without a gun

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:32.200
 named Desmond Doss

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:34.799
 ran right into enemy fire

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:36.779
 grabbing soldier

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.759
 after soldier.

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:40.379
 And before that first battle

00:31:40.379 --> 00:31:41.059
 was done,

00:31:41.879 --> 00:31:43.559
 he single-handedly

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:44.940
 dragged, carried,

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:46.379
 tied on ropes

00:31:46.379 --> 00:31:47.420
 and lowered

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:48.759
 400 feet

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:51.339
 75 men.

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:54.599
 they didn't beat him

00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:55.259
 up anymore

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:57.699
 because they finally

00:31:57.699 --> 00:31:58.539
 met somebody

00:31:58.539 --> 00:32:00.459
 who said,

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.359
 I'm willing to lose

00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:01.939
 for you

00:32:01.939 --> 00:32:05.000
 what we studied

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:05.639
 as officers.

00:32:05.879 --> 00:32:06.639
 I'm willing to be

00:32:06.639 --> 00:32:07.220
 disadvantaged

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:08.419
 for your advantage.

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:11.139
 That's what it produces.

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.740
 If you're not

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.519
 a follower of Jesus,

00:32:14.659 --> 00:32:15.399
 do you see how far

00:32:15.399 --> 00:32:16.059
 we gotta go

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:17.940
 to be a help

00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:18.279
 to you?

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.919
 And if you are,

00:32:22.659 --> 00:32:23.940
 you see who you should be.

00:32:25.139 --> 00:32:26.099
 I close.

00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:30.799
 One of my favorite books

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:32.259
 ever read

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:34.319
 is a little book

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:35.399
 called Small Miracles

00:32:35.399 --> 00:32:36.099
 that eventually

00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:37.019
 became a series.

00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:38.259
 Small Miracles 1,

00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:38.659
 2,

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.240
 3,

00:32:39.379 --> 00:32:39.519
 4,

00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:40.099
 they were started

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:41.039
 in 1997.

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:42.859
 These are books

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.879
 written by the

00:32:43.879 --> 00:32:44.539
 children of

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:45.940
 Holocaust victims

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:46.940
 and survivors

00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:48.980
 from World War II.

00:32:50.139 --> 00:32:51.599
 And they're little stories.

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:53.159
 They're one or two pages long.

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:54.720
 And in them

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:56.220
 are really celebrations

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:58.159
 of what they often

00:32:58.159 --> 00:32:59.700
 call coincidences.

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.319
 But they're not

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:02.019
 coincidences.

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:03.019
 Someone has said

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:04.019
 a coincidence

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:06.319
 is a miracle of God

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:07.519
 about which he chooses

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:08.700
 to remain anonymous.

00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:11.559
 Since God's

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:12.180
 over everything,

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:13.299
 what they're writing about

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:15.900
 is called providence

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:18.100
 when God works

00:33:18.100 --> 00:33:19.500
 through everyday life.

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:21.519
 Here's my favorite story

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.480
 and I close with this.

00:33:24.120 --> 00:33:25.940
 A man is in his 50s.

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:26.680
 He's coming home

00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:27.340
 from working

00:33:27.340 --> 00:33:29.039
 as he did for years

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:29.759
 in a factory

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.860
 carrying a lunch pail.

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:31.620
 Remember those?

00:33:32.140 --> 00:33:32.880
 It's at night.

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.640
 It's in the winter.

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.220
 He's walking

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:34.960
 through the park

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:35.799
 that he would cut through

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:36.580
 for shortcuts

00:33:36.580 --> 00:33:37.220
 in the winter

00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:38.680
 in order to get home.

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:39.480
 more quickly.

00:33:40.080 --> 00:33:41.060
 It's pitch black.

00:33:41.560 --> 00:33:42.480
 He's making his way

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:43.259
 through the park

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:43.820
 and the bushes

00:33:43.820 --> 00:33:45.680
 on either side of him

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:46.700
 all of a sudden

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:47.620
 catches attention

00:33:47.620 --> 00:33:48.539
 when he hears

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:50.080
 the sound of a woman

00:33:50.080 --> 00:33:51.560
 being accosted.

00:33:51.600 --> 00:33:52.279
 He can just hear

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:56.519
 and he stops

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:57.360
 and this all happened

00:33:57.360 --> 00:33:58.140
 in seconds.

00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:00.460
 But the story

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:01.160
 he writes

00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:02.000
 says,

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.940
 I thought,

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:03.700
 okay,

00:34:03.860 --> 00:34:04.980
 I got to help her.

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:07.000
 I'm out of shape.

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.719
 I could get killed.

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:10.880
 I can call the cops.

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:12.280
 I can get a cop.

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:13.119
 By the time I do,

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:14.139
 she could be dead.

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:17.039
 I got to help.

00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:19.579
 He parts the bushes

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:20.440
 in the dark

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:22.199
 and jumps on the back

00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:22.739
 of a man

00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:23.519
 who's obviously

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:24.619
 accosting a woman.

00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:25.960
 To the woman

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.579
 in the dark,

00:34:26.659 --> 00:34:27.460
 all she knows

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:28.440
 is that there are now

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:29.480
 two attackers.

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:31.659
 And the man

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:32.380
 who is doing

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:32.960
 the attacking

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:33.960
 is so terrified

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:35.260
 he throws

00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:37.340
 this factory worker

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:38.199
 off his back,

00:34:38.740 --> 00:34:39.639
 runs away,

00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:40.300
 and the woman

00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:41.579
 backs against the tree

00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:42.119
 screaming,

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:43.380
 get away from me!

00:34:43.659 --> 00:34:44.639
 Get away from me!

00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:46.539
 And he says,

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:47.460
 lady, lady, lady!

00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:48.420
 It's all right.

00:34:49.139 --> 00:34:49.860
 You're okay.

00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:51.860
 I'm here to help.

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:54.059
 And then he hears this.

00:34:54.059 --> 00:34:55.059
 Daddy?

00:34:58.739 --> 00:35:00.139
 Is that you?

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:02.519
 He rescued his daughter.

00:35:04.219 --> 00:35:05.599
 Here's why I tell you that.

00:35:07.799 --> 00:35:08.980
 What will it take

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.779
 to get you,

00:35:10.340 --> 00:35:11.099
 follower of Jesus,

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:12.460
 to jump in the bush?

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:16.259
 You're here to be

00:35:16.259 --> 00:35:17.340
 the tree of life

00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:18.500
 for everything

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.599
 outside this building,

00:35:19.779 --> 00:35:20.679
 the people sitting

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:21.340
 next to you.

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:24.640
 Remember who you are.

00:35:26.740 --> 00:35:28.079
 Remember who made you this

00:35:28.079 --> 00:35:29.019
 and what he was willing

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:29.640
 to lose

00:35:29.640 --> 00:35:31.760
 to make you like this.

00:35:33.820 --> 00:35:34.640
 And let's pray

00:35:34.640 --> 00:35:35.260
 for the grace

00:35:35.260 --> 00:35:36.260
 to jump in the bush.

00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:37.539
 Let's pray.

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:41.559
 Now, Holy Spirit,

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:44.820
 give us the grace

00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:45.280
 to jump

00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:47.920
 and run toward

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:48.920
 the hole in the heart

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.720
 of our community,

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.320
 our neighborhood,

00:35:51.340 --> 00:35:51.780
 our friend,

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.280
 our brother,

00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:52.920
 our sister,

00:35:54.200 --> 00:35:55.360
 our member of this church.

00:35:57.120 --> 00:35:58.480
 We can't do this

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:59.300
 unless you

00:35:59.300 --> 00:36:00.660
 who lost so much

00:36:00.660 --> 00:36:03.539
 to give us so much.

00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:06.220
 Help us by your grace

00:36:06.220 --> 00:36:06.900
 to remember

00:36:06.900 --> 00:36:07.940
 who we are,

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.539
 whose we are.

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:13.579
 Thank you, Holy Spirit,

00:36:13.680 --> 00:36:14.300
 for your word

00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:16.000
 and for the way you talk.

00:36:17.600 --> 00:36:19.340
 We pray in Jesus' name.

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:20.880
 Amen.

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:23.800
 For more information,

00:36:24.120 --> 00:36:25.019
 visit us online

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:26.100
 at southwood.org.

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