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 A new moon celebration or a Sabbath day.

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 These are a shadow of the things that were to come.

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 The reality, however, is found in Christ.

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 Do not let anyone who delights in false humility

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 and the worship of angels disqualify you.

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 Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen.

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 They are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind.

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 They have lost connection with the head

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 from whom the whole body,

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 supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews,

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 grows as God causes it to grow.

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 Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world,

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 why, as though you still belong to the world,

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 do you submit to its rules?

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 Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch.

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 These rules, which have to do with things

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 that are all destined to perish with use,

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 are based on merely human commands and teachings.

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 such regulations, indeed, have an appearance of wisdom

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 with their self-imposed worship,

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 their false humility,

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 and their harsh treatment of the body.

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 But they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.

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 Well, let's ask for God's help.

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 Let's pray.

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 And we need his help in all that we look at together.

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 So let's do that.

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 Father, again, we thank you so much

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 for your many good gifts to us.

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 You've blessed us this morning

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 by giving to us musicians

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 and those who are leading us

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 and helping us to sing.

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 You've blessed us by giving us people

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 to be here with us to support and encourage.

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 And you've given us your word, your truth,

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 written down and preserved for us today

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 so that we can hear what you are saying

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 to the church.

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 So, Lord, give us minds that are open to you.

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 Give us hearts that are tuned to you.

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 And may we learn more of Christ.

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 And may we learn to understand more

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 what it is to be your people,

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 encouraging one another on

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 to follow Christ.

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 So help us now, we pray.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 For we all like to be in.

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 We don't like to be out.

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 We want to be people who are included,

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 not excluded.

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 So you know what it's like

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 if there's a party on

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 or a social gathering

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 and you don't get that invite,

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 you feel hurt.

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 You feel left out.

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 What's wrong with me?

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 We all like to be in the in club.

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 Well, if you're a Christian,

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 you're in like you never could imagine.

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 But it wasn't always like that.

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 Have a look back at chapter 1 and verse 21.

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 Chapter 1, verse 21.

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 Once you were alienated from God,

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 that is, you were outside God,

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 God.

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 You were enemies in your minds

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 because of your evil behaviour,

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 but now he has reconciled you

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 by Christ's physical body

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 through death.

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 We were separated, excluded.

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 We were on the outside.

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 But now through Christ,

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 by his death,

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 we've been brought into a relationship

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 with God.

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 We are now accepted.

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 We're included.

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 We are inside.

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 And of course,

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 the good news is,

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 everyone,

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 no matter who we are,

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 whoever trusts in Jesus

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 can come in.

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 Because God is a welcoming God.

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 And no one is beyond God's

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 forgiving embrace.

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 However,

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 it seems that in the church

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 at Colossae,

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 there was a question mark

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 over who was actually in

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 and who was out.

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 And people,

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 it seems,

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 were judging one another

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 and disqualifying one another

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 by certain traditions

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 and by certain experiences.

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 Now,

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 maybe you have felt that.

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 You've trusted in Jesus.

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 You've experienced God's welcome

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 and forgiveness.

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 But you feel judged

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 and you feel disqualified

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 by other people.

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 You feel as if you don't quite

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 measure up

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 to other people's standards.

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 Well,

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 not only is that hurtful,

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 it can actually push us away

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 from Christ

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 altogether.

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 Something,

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 I think,

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 was happening

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 in the church

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 at Colossae.

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 So,

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 if these sorts of things

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 were happening then,

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 well,

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 it can happen today.

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 So,

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 three big things

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 we're going to look at

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 as we look at this text

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 this morning.

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 Don't let religious tradition

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 judge you.

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 Don't let spiritual experience

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 disqualify you.

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 And don't let the world's views

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 tempt you.

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 So,

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 we're going to look at

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 religious tradition,

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 spiritual experiences,

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 and the world's views.

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 So,

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 here's the first one.

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 Don't let religious tradition

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 judge you.

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 Look at verse 16.

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 Therefore,

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 because you have been

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 welcomed in by God,

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 because you are in Christ

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 and you have a relationship

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 with God,

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 therefore,

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 do not let anyone

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 judge you

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 by what you eat

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 or drink

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 or in regard

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 to religious festivals

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 or a new moon celebration

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 or a Sabbath day.

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 Well,

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 tell me,

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 what on earth

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 has the food you eat

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 and the religious festivals

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 you attend

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 got to do

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 with anything?

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 Well,

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 keeping

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 or not keeping

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 these particular traditions

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 was a sign

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 of whether you were in

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 or whether you were out.

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 And to help us

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 understand this better,

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 we need to go back

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 to the Old Testament.

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 So,

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 keep a finger in Colossians

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 and go back with me

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 to Leviticus

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 chapter 11.

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 So,

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 the first book in the Bible

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 is Genesis,

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 then it's Exodus,

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 and then it's Leviticus.

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 Leviticus chapter 11,

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 verse 45.

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 I'll just give you

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 a moment

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 to find it there.

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 Leviticus chapter 11,

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 verse 45.

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 And here God

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 is speaking

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 to his people

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 about particular

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 food laws.

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 What you can eat

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 and what you can't eat.

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 We'll pick it up

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 in verse 45.

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 God says,

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 I am the Lord

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 who brought you up

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 out of Egypt

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 to be your God.

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 I'm the God

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 who rescued you,

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 who saved you

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 out of Egypt

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 when you were there

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 under the tyranny

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 of Pharaoh.

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 I brought you out

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 to be your God.

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 Therefore,

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 be holy

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 because

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 I am holy.

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 You belong to me,

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 says God.

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 I'm your God

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 and I want you

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 to be set apart

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 for me.

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 Well,

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 how would they show

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 that they belong

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 to God

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 and that they were

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 set apart

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 to God?

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 Well,

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 it was all to do

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 with the food

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 they ate.

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 Look at verse 46.

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 These are the regulations

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 concerning animals,

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 birds,

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 every living thing

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 that moves

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 in the water

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 so the fish

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 as well

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 and the creatures

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 that move

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 along the ground.

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 You must distinguish

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 between the unclean

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 and the clean,

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 between living creatures

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 that may be eaten

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 and those that may

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 not be eaten.

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 And if you go

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 through Leviticus,

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 you'll get

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 a whole long

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 kind of list

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 of certain foods

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 you could eat

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 and certain foods

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 you couldn't eat.

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 Let's go back

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 to Colossians.

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 Now,

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 all of that

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 may seem

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 very strange

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 and odd

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 and foreign

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 to us,

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 but under

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 the old covenant,

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 the food you ate

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 marked you out

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 as belonging

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 to God.

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 It was almost

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 a mark of identity.

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 Just as today,

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 if we talk about

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 people who love

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 pasta,

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 they're from

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 Italy,

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 yes?

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 Or people who love

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 rice,

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 they're from China,

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 or, well,

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 those who love

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 their spuds,

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 well,

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 they're the Irish.

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 That's it.

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 So,

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 it may seem

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 strange to us,

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 but this was

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 a mark of identity

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 that you belonged

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 to God.

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 And it was the same

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 when it came to,

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 as we look at

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 verse 16 again,

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 not just food,

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 but what you drank

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 and the religious

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 festivals.

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 There were certain

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 things you could

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 not drink out of

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 and there were

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 certain festivals

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 you had to

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 participate in.

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 So,

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 the food you ate,

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 the drink you had,

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 the festivals

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 that you attended

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 was a sign to

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 all the other

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 nations around you

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 that we're different.

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 We belong

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 to God.

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 And if you kept

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 these laws,

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 you were in.

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 But if you broke

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 these rules,

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 you were most

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 definitely out.

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 Now,

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 the thing about

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 these laws,

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 they were all

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 outward,

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 weren't they?

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 And they were

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 meant to reflect

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 an inward change.

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 However,

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 over time,

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 the outward

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 became more

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 important than

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 the inward.

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 The physical

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 became more

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 important than

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 the spiritual.

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 And so,

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 people began

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 to use these

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 laws as a

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 means of

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 judging

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 one another

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 to see who

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 was in

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 and who

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 was out.

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 Well,

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 there was a

00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:15.860
 word for

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 that kind

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 of attitude

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 and we

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 know it

00:11:18.840 --> 00:11:19.840
 today as

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 legalism.

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 In other

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 words,

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 what counts

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 is your

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 outward

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 performance.

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 And it

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 seems that

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 in the church

00:11:29.639 --> 00:11:30.419
 at Colossae,

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 people were

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 importing,

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 were bringing

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 in these

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 old laws

00:11:35.139 --> 00:11:35.939
 into the

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 life of the

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 church.

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 And they

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 were saying,

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 look,

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 if you don't

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 follow them,

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 you're out.

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 your

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 performance

00:11:43.899 --> 00:11:44.740
 isn't up

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 to scratch.

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 Now,

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 we today

00:11:48.079 --> 00:11:48.740
 mightn't have

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 any worries

00:11:49.319 --> 00:11:49.819
 about the

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 kind of

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 food we

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 eat or

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 have any

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 troubles about

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 new moon

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 celebrations,

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 whatever they

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 were,

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 but we do

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 have a way

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 of judging

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 people,

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 don't we?

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 We have

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 our own

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 little

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 traditions

00:12:02.939 --> 00:12:03.980
 that we

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 expect other

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 people to

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 meet.

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 It's called

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 the standard

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 of me.

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 So as long

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 as people

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 meet my

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 standard,

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 well then

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 you're in.

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 But if you

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 don't meet

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 my standard,

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 you're out.

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 So as long

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 as you have

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 the same

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 level of

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 commitment

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 as me,

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 you're in.

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 But if you

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 don't get

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 involved like

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 I do,

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 if you don't

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 attend meetings,

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 if you're not

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 here at

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 ten o'clock

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 in the morning

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 on Sunday

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 helping set up

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 and talk

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 to people,

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 if you don't

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 pray the

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 way I

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 pray,

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 if you

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 don't serve

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 the way

00:12:44.179 --> 00:12:44.939
 I serve,

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 then you're

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 no longer

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 in.

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 You're out.

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 If your

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 performance

00:12:51.819 --> 00:12:53.500
 doesn't match

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 my performance,

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 well then

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 you're kind

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 of on a

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 lower level

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 to where

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 I'm at.

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 You see,

00:13:04.259 --> 00:13:05.059
 this outward

00:13:05.059 --> 00:13:06.699
 show can

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 become more

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 important than

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 an inward

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 change.

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 It's called

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 legalism.

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 You see,

00:13:15.559 --> 00:13:16.939
 these legalists

00:13:16.939 --> 00:13:17.379
 that were

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 active in the

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 church with

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 their religious

00:13:19.460 --> 00:13:20.159
 traditions

00:13:20.159 --> 00:13:21.519
 were really

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 missing the

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 point.

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 Look at

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 verse 17.

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 These laws

00:13:28.679 --> 00:13:29.919
 are a

00:13:29.919 --> 00:13:30.340
 shadow

00:13:30.340 --> 00:13:31.600
 of the

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 things that

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 were to

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 come.

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 The reality,

00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:34.360
 however,

00:13:34.480 --> 00:13:35.000
 is found

00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:35.740
 in Christ.

00:13:36.460 --> 00:13:36.799
 You see,

00:13:36.879 --> 00:13:37.580
 the law that

00:13:37.580 --> 00:13:38.040
 God had

00:13:38.040 --> 00:13:38.460
 given to

00:13:38.460 --> 00:13:39.020
 his people

00:13:39.020 --> 00:13:39.980
 way back

00:13:39.980 --> 00:13:40.360
 in the

00:13:40.360 --> 00:13:41.020
 Old Testament,

00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:42.200
 they were

00:13:42.200 --> 00:13:42.700
 good.

00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:43.920
 They were

00:13:43.920 --> 00:13:44.440
 given by

00:13:44.440 --> 00:13:44.720
 God.

00:13:44.800 --> 00:13:45.060
 They were

00:13:45.060 --> 00:13:45.600
 right.

00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:46.660
 And they

00:13:46.660 --> 00:13:47.160
 were there

00:13:47.160 --> 00:13:48.060
 to help

00:13:48.060 --> 00:13:49.180
 people express

00:13:49.180 --> 00:13:50.420
 their loyalty

00:13:50.420 --> 00:13:51.180
 and devotion

00:13:51.180 --> 00:13:51.720
 to God

00:13:51.720 --> 00:13:52.940
 as reminders

00:13:52.940 --> 00:13:53.800
 every single

00:13:53.800 --> 00:13:54.420
 day when you

00:13:54.420 --> 00:13:54.980
 sat down

00:13:54.980 --> 00:13:55.420
 to have your

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 breakfast,

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 or as you

00:13:56.660 --> 00:13:57.100
 picked up

00:13:57.100 --> 00:13:57.500
 your cup

00:13:57.500 --> 00:13:58.120
 to drink,

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 or the

00:13:59.360 --> 00:14:00.100
 festival that

00:14:00.100 --> 00:14:00.500
 you went

00:14:00.500 --> 00:14:00.840
 to,

00:14:01.500 --> 00:14:02.060
 it was a

00:14:02.060 --> 00:14:02.800
 reminder to

00:14:02.800 --> 00:14:03.060
 say,

00:14:03.259 --> 00:14:03.940
 I belong

00:14:03.940 --> 00:14:04.620
 to God,

00:14:05.180 --> 00:14:05.879
 and I need

00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:06.299
 to live

00:14:06.299 --> 00:14:07.139
 a holy

00:14:07.139 --> 00:14:07.559
 life,

00:14:07.620 --> 00:14:08.200
 a different

00:14:08.200 --> 00:14:08.740
 life.

00:14:10.200 --> 00:14:10.620
 However,

00:14:10.700 --> 00:14:11.179
 all these

00:14:11.179 --> 00:14:11.840
 laws that

00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:12.340
 they had

00:14:12.340 --> 00:14:13.340
 could never

00:14:13.340 --> 00:14:14.259
 actually change

00:14:14.259 --> 00:14:15.059
 the inward

00:14:15.059 --> 00:14:15.779
 heart.

00:14:17.399 --> 00:14:17.820
 And no

00:14:17.820 --> 00:14:18.379
 amount of

00:14:18.379 --> 00:14:18.980
 laws or

00:14:18.980 --> 00:14:19.740
 traditions that

00:14:19.740 --> 00:14:20.580
 we apply to

00:14:20.580 --> 00:14:21.740
 ourselves can

00:14:21.740 --> 00:14:22.460
 change our

00:14:22.460 --> 00:14:22.919
 hearts.

00:14:24.179 --> 00:14:24.879
 We need

00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:25.340
 something

00:14:25.340 --> 00:14:25.860
 better.

00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:26.820
 We need

00:14:26.820 --> 00:14:28.399
 someone who

00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:29.200
 is greater.

00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:30.799
 Do you see it

00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:31.179
 there in

00:14:31.179 --> 00:14:31.940
 verse 17?

00:14:32.559 --> 00:14:33.360
 The laws,

00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:34.759
 they were

00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:35.519
 shadows.

00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:38.000
 They were

00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:38.759
 shadows of

00:14:38.759 --> 00:14:39.519
 the reality,

00:14:39.860 --> 00:14:40.440
 or they

00:14:40.440 --> 00:14:41.080
 were shadows

00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:41.620
 of the

00:14:41.620 --> 00:14:42.360
 substance

00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:43.639
 that was

00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:44.159
 to come.

00:14:45.539 --> 00:14:46.300
 So picture

00:14:46.300 --> 00:14:47.700
 with me a

00:14:47.700 --> 00:14:48.680
 dad on a

00:14:48.680 --> 00:14:49.419
 sunny day,

00:14:50.460 --> 00:14:51.580
 outside with

00:14:51.580 --> 00:14:52.220
 his toddler

00:14:52.220 --> 00:14:52.800
 daughter.

00:14:53.259 --> 00:14:53.720
 There they

00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:54.360
 are playing,

00:14:54.460 --> 00:14:54.639
 and the

00:14:54.639 --> 00:14:55.200
 daughters are

00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:55.620
 way off

00:14:55.620 --> 00:14:56.100
 there in

00:14:56.100 --> 00:14:56.779
 the distance,

00:14:57.480 --> 00:14:58.279
 and behind

00:14:58.279 --> 00:15:00.100
 the dad is

00:15:00.100 --> 00:15:00.600
 the sun

00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:01.139
 shining,

00:15:01.139 --> 00:15:01.240
 shining,

00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:02.740
 and it

00:15:02.740 --> 00:15:03.480
 casts a

00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:04.179
 great big

00:15:04.179 --> 00:15:04.840
 shadow of

00:15:04.840 --> 00:15:05.960
 the dad all

00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:07.039
 the way in

00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:07.779
 front of him.

00:15:08.860 --> 00:15:09.319
 And he

00:15:09.319 --> 00:15:10.580
 calls for

00:15:10.580 --> 00:15:11.100
 his young

00:15:11.100 --> 00:15:11.879
 daughter to

00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:12.240
 come.

00:15:12.860 --> 00:15:13.379
 She looks

00:15:13.379 --> 00:15:13.740
 up, she

00:15:13.740 --> 00:15:14.319
 can't see

00:15:14.319 --> 00:15:14.899
 because the

00:15:14.899 --> 00:15:15.519
 sun is so

00:15:15.519 --> 00:15:16.679
 bright, but

00:15:16.679 --> 00:15:17.120
 she keeps

00:15:17.120 --> 00:15:17.519
 her head

00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:18.699
 down, she

00:15:18.699 --> 00:15:19.299
 sees the

00:15:19.299 --> 00:15:20.860
 shadow, and

00:15:20.860 --> 00:15:21.360
 she keeps

00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:22.159
 following the

00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:22.919
 shadow until

00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:24.679
 she reaches

00:15:24.679 --> 00:15:26.759
 her dad and

00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:27.639
 embraces him.

00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:29.939
 well, that's

00:15:29.939 --> 00:15:31.120
 exactly the

00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:32.139
 purpose of

00:15:32.139 --> 00:15:32.639
 the law.

00:15:33.699 --> 00:15:34.340
 It's to

00:15:34.340 --> 00:15:36.039
 lead us to

00:15:36.039 --> 00:15:36.480
 Christ.

00:15:36.620 --> 00:15:37.819
 The law is a

00:15:37.819 --> 00:15:39.500
 shadow, not

00:15:39.500 --> 00:15:40.220
 the reality.

00:15:40.759 --> 00:15:41.399
 The shadow

00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:42.299
 is to lead

00:15:42.299 --> 00:15:43.299
 us to a

00:15:43.299 --> 00:15:44.899
 greater substance,

00:15:45.819 --> 00:15:46.559
 which is

00:15:46.559 --> 00:15:47.699
 Christ himself.

00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:49.399
 You see,

00:15:49.580 --> 00:15:50.500
 legalism is

00:15:50.500 --> 00:15:51.759
 just playing

00:15:51.759 --> 00:15:52.539
 with religious

00:15:52.539 --> 00:15:53.080
 tradition.

00:15:53.519 --> 00:15:54.139
 It's just

00:15:54.139 --> 00:15:55.519
 grasping at

00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:56.340
 shadows, and

00:15:56.340 --> 00:15:56.960
 well, have

00:15:56.960 --> 00:15:57.280
 you ever

00:15:57.280 --> 00:15:57.879
 tried to

00:15:57.879 --> 00:15:58.639
 grasp a

00:15:58.639 --> 00:15:58.960
 shadow?

00:16:00.259 --> 00:16:00.899
 It's

00:16:00.899 --> 00:16:01.820
 nothing, isn't

00:16:01.820 --> 00:16:02.120
 it?

00:16:02.780 --> 00:16:03.540
 It can't do

00:16:03.540 --> 00:16:04.320
 anything for

00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:04.639
 you.

00:16:05.139 --> 00:16:05.639
 What we

00:16:05.639 --> 00:16:07.139
 need is to

00:16:07.139 --> 00:16:07.980
 embrace

00:16:07.980 --> 00:16:09.240
 Christ.

00:16:10.560 --> 00:16:11.440
 Look at the

00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:12.180
 end of verse

00:16:12.180 --> 00:16:13.360
 17.

00:16:14.180 --> 00:16:15.120
 It tells us

00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:15.620
 that the

00:16:15.620 --> 00:16:17.800
 reality is

00:16:17.800 --> 00:16:19.360
 found in

00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:19.879
 Christ.

00:16:20.980 --> 00:16:21.420
 You see,

00:16:21.500 --> 00:16:22.060
 we're never

00:16:22.060 --> 00:16:22.920
 accepted on

00:16:22.920 --> 00:16:23.759
 the basis of

00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:24.480
 our performance.

00:16:25.040 --> 00:16:25.320
 We are

00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:26.259
 welcomed in

00:16:26.259 --> 00:16:27.039
 and included

00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:28.279
 in by the

00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:30.000
 performance of

00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:30.539
 Christ.

00:16:31.319 --> 00:16:31.720
 You see,

00:16:31.819 --> 00:16:32.539
 Christ is

00:16:32.539 --> 00:16:33.740
 our reality.

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 He's the

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 one who we

00:16:35.620 --> 00:16:36.139
 look to.

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 He's the

00:16:36.939 --> 00:16:37.720
 one we

00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:38.580
 depend upon.

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 He's the

00:16:39.580 --> 00:16:40.399
 one who

00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:41.639
 obeyed the

00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:43.139
 law perfectly

00:16:43.139 --> 00:16:43.919
 for me.

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 But more

00:16:45.899 --> 00:16:46.319
 than that,

00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:47.200
 Christ dealt

00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:47.799
 with my

00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:48.879
 disobedience

00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:49.319
 for me.

00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:50.580
 He died in

00:16:50.580 --> 00:16:51.279
 my place

00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:51.700
 for me.

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 So as I

00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:53.419
 trust in

00:16:53.419 --> 00:16:53.899
 Christ,

00:16:54.319 --> 00:16:55.059
 he takes

00:16:55.059 --> 00:16:56.039
 on himself

00:16:56.039 --> 00:16:56.919
 my failed

00:16:56.919 --> 00:16:57.579
 performance

00:16:57.579 --> 00:16:58.699
 and gives

00:16:58.699 --> 00:16:59.339
 me his

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 perfect

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 performance.

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 Or in

00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:03.339
 the words

00:17:03.339 --> 00:17:03.879
 of chapter

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 1,

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 verse 22,

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 have a look

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 over there

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 with me,

00:17:08.899 --> 00:17:09.500
 chapter 1,

00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:10.240
 verse 22

00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:10.980
 at the end,

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 he presents

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 you now,

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 because we're

00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:15.799
 trusting in

00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:16.240
 Christ,

00:17:16.980 --> 00:17:18.039
 as holy

00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:18.900
 in his

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 sight,

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 without

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 blemish,

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 and free

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 from accusation.

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 The law,

00:17:26.539 --> 00:17:27.059
 tradition,

00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:28.620
 can never do

00:17:28.620 --> 00:17:29.400
 that for you.

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 Only Christ

00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:33.180
 can do that.

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 So look,

00:17:35.060 --> 00:17:35.720
 instead of

00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:36.360
 judging

00:17:36.360 --> 00:17:37.039
 others,

00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:38.320
 we need

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 to turn

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 all that

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 around and

00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:41.019
 look inward

00:17:41.019 --> 00:17:41.420
 at our

00:17:41.420 --> 00:17:42.279
 own hearts.

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 Because

00:17:44.620 --> 00:17:45.560
 Christ is

00:17:45.560 --> 00:17:46.200
 the standard

00:17:46.200 --> 00:17:47.180
 for my

00:17:47.180 --> 00:17:47.700
 life.

00:17:48.580 --> 00:17:49.320
 Not me,

00:17:50.060 --> 00:17:50.560
 and not

00:17:50.560 --> 00:17:50.900
 you.

00:17:51.920 --> 00:17:52.519
 And only

00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:53.420
 Christ can

00:17:53.420 --> 00:17:54.160
 achieve the

00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:55.320
 standard that

00:17:55.320 --> 00:17:56.140
 God has set

00:17:56.140 --> 00:17:56.920
 for us.

00:17:57.220 --> 00:17:57.980
 So as we

00:17:57.980 --> 00:17:58.720
 trust in

00:17:58.720 --> 00:17:59.160
 Christ,

00:17:59.160 --> 00:18:00.240
 we become

00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:01.420
 secure

00:18:01.420 --> 00:18:02.840
 in Christ.

00:18:03.180 --> 00:18:04.580
 we're trusting

00:18:04.580 --> 00:18:05.140
 in his

00:18:05.140 --> 00:18:06.160
 life for

00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:06.580
 me.

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 Which means

00:18:08.019 --> 00:18:08.600
 no one

00:18:08.600 --> 00:18:09.680
 can judge

00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:10.039
 you.

00:18:10.880 --> 00:18:11.380
 No one

00:18:11.380 --> 00:18:11.980
 can mark

00:18:11.980 --> 00:18:12.380
 you and

00:18:12.380 --> 00:18:12.660
 say,

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 you're now

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 out.

00:18:16.380 --> 00:18:17.640
 Once in,

00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:19.279
 always in.

00:18:20.080 --> 00:18:20.820
 You are

00:18:20.820 --> 00:18:21.799
 secure.

00:18:23.019 --> 00:18:23.759
 So first,

00:18:24.340 --> 00:18:25.259
 don't let

00:18:25.259 --> 00:18:25.900
 religious

00:18:25.900 --> 00:18:26.660
 tradition

00:18:26.660 --> 00:18:28.060
 judge you.

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 So the

00:18:30.820 --> 00:18:31.600
 second big

00:18:31.600 --> 00:18:32.160
 thing we're

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 going to

00:18:32.380 --> 00:18:32.860
 look at

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 is don't

00:18:34.359 --> 00:18:35.399
 let spiritual

00:18:35.399 --> 00:18:36.379
 experience

00:18:36.379 --> 00:18:37.399
 disqualify

00:18:37.399 --> 00:18:37.759
 you.

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 So verse

00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:40.279
 18,

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 do not

00:18:41.719 --> 00:18:42.319
 let anyone

00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:43.179
 who delights

00:18:43.179 --> 00:18:43.939
 in false

00:18:43.939 --> 00:18:44.539
 humility

00:18:44.539 --> 00:18:45.799
 and the

00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:46.399
 worship of

00:18:46.399 --> 00:18:47.059
 angels

00:18:47.059 --> 00:18:48.740
 disqualify

00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:49.139
 you.

00:18:49.979 --> 00:18:50.619
 Well,

00:18:51.219 --> 00:18:52.159
 I have to

00:18:52.159 --> 00:18:52.500
 tell you

00:18:52.500 --> 00:18:52.919
 this.

00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:54.139
 Last

00:18:54.139 --> 00:18:54.639
 night,

00:18:55.399 --> 00:18:56.399
 after fasting

00:18:56.399 --> 00:18:57.059
 and prayer,

00:18:58.059 --> 00:18:58.719
 my goodness

00:18:58.720 --> 00:18:58.839
 Jesus,

00:18:58.940 --> 00:18:59.180
 me,

00:18:59.180 --> 00:19:00.360
 I was

00:19:00.360 --> 00:19:00.600
 just

00:19:00.600 --> 00:19:01.000
 there,

00:19:01.539 --> 00:19:02.400
 and all

00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:02.759
 these

00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:03.360
 angels

00:19:03.360 --> 00:19:04.519
 came around

00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:04.839
 me.

00:19:05.579 --> 00:19:05.980
 It was

00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:06.680
 amazing,

00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:07.900
 and I

00:19:07.900 --> 00:19:08.559
 just got

00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:09.900
 caught up

00:19:09.900 --> 00:19:10.900
 worshipping

00:19:10.900 --> 00:19:12.180
 as I looked

00:19:12.180 --> 00:19:12.819
 around my

00:19:12.819 --> 00:19:13.100
 room.

00:19:13.460 --> 00:19:14.019
 All these

00:19:14.019 --> 00:19:14.579
 angels were

00:19:14.579 --> 00:19:14.740
 there.

00:19:14.819 --> 00:19:15.100
 It was

00:19:15.100 --> 00:19:15.559
 amazing.

00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:16.220
 It was

00:19:16.220 --> 00:19:16.720
 like I

00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:17.660
 was entering

00:19:17.660 --> 00:19:18.540
 into heaven

00:19:18.540 --> 00:19:19.160
 itself.

00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:21.600
 Cursed

00:19:21.600 --> 00:19:21.840
 you,

00:19:21.840 --> 00:19:22.220
 you should

00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:22.700
 really

00:19:22.700 --> 00:19:23.900
 experience

00:19:23.900 --> 00:19:24.400
 this.

00:19:27.100 --> 00:19:27.620
 Well,

00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:27.980
 you could

00:19:27.980 --> 00:19:28.420
 imagine,

00:19:28.560 --> 00:19:28.960
 couldn't you,

00:19:29.040 --> 00:19:29.620
 how people

00:19:29.620 --> 00:19:31.120
 felt if they

00:19:31.120 --> 00:19:31.900
 never had

00:19:31.900 --> 00:19:32.940
 that kind

00:19:32.940 --> 00:19:33.759
 of experience.

00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:34.000
 experience.

00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:35.859
 That's what

00:19:35.859 --> 00:19:36.339
 was going

00:19:36.339 --> 00:19:36.920
 on in the

00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:37.480
 church at

00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:38.059
 Colossae.

00:19:38.160 --> 00:19:39.299
 They were

00:19:39.299 --> 00:19:39.759
 made to

00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:40.279
 feel like

00:19:40.279 --> 00:19:40.579
 you were

00:19:40.579 --> 00:19:41.200
 some sort

00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:42.140
 of second

00:19:42.140 --> 00:19:42.539
 rate

00:19:42.539 --> 00:19:43.140
 Christian.

00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:44.480
 I mean,

00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:44.900
 you weren't

00:19:44.900 --> 00:19:45.440
 meant to

00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:46.259
 worship angels.

00:19:46.440 --> 00:19:47.000
 Worship was

00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:47.579
 for God

00:19:47.579 --> 00:19:48.379
 alone.

00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:50.640
 And those

00:19:50.640 --> 00:19:51.079
 who had

00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:51.400
 these

00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:52.119
 spectacular

00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:52.879
 visions

00:19:52.879 --> 00:19:54.200
 of angels,

00:19:54.700 --> 00:19:55.019
 well,

00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:55.940
 you were

00:19:55.940 --> 00:19:56.460
 in.

00:19:58.119 --> 00:19:58.539
 But if

00:19:58.539 --> 00:19:59.059
 you didn't

00:19:59.059 --> 00:19:59.599
 have one

00:19:59.599 --> 00:19:59.980
 of these

00:19:59.980 --> 00:20:00.400
 visions,

00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:00.920
 if you

00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:01.180
 weren't

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:01.700
 caught up

00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.000
 with the

00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:02.279
 others,

00:20:02.619 --> 00:20:03.000
 you were

00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:03.279
 most

00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:03.940
 definitely

00:20:03.940 --> 00:20:05.039
 out.

00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:06.420
 They were

00:20:06.420 --> 00:20:07.399
 disqualified.

00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:09.899
 Now,

00:20:09.940 --> 00:20:10.220
 there's a

00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:10.720
 name for

00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:11.079
 all of

00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:11.700
 this kind

00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:11.940
 of

00:20:11.940 --> 00:20:12.359
 visionary

00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:13.099
 stuff.

00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:14.920
 It's

00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:15.339
 called

00:20:15.339 --> 00:20:16.599
 mysticism.

00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:18.539
 In other

00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:18.859
 words,

00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:19.579
 it's all

00:20:19.579 --> 00:20:20.579
 about your

00:20:20.579 --> 00:20:21.619
 personal

00:20:21.619 --> 00:20:22.539
 spiritual

00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:24.000
 experiences

00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:24.700
 that you

00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:25.000
 have.

00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:25.779
 If you

00:20:25.779 --> 00:20:26.180
 have an

00:20:26.180 --> 00:20:26.759
 experience

00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:27.399
 and it

00:20:27.399 --> 00:20:28.240
 feels

00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:28.839
 right and

00:20:28.839 --> 00:20:29.339
 it's

00:20:29.339 --> 00:20:29.779
 good for

00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:29.960
 you,

00:20:30.099 --> 00:20:30.279
 well,

00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:31.079
 that's

00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:31.500
 okay.

00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:34.319
 Well,

00:20:34.359 --> 00:20:34.759
 don't be

00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:35.519
 fooled by

00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:35.980
 such

00:20:35.980 --> 00:20:36.539
 notions.

00:20:36.859 --> 00:20:37.079
 Look at

00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:37.440
 the end

00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:37.799
 of verse

00:20:37.799 --> 00:20:38.399
 18.

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.460
 Such a

00:20:40.460 --> 00:20:41.160
 person also

00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:41.720
 goes into

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:42.639
 great detail

00:20:42.639 --> 00:20:43.259
 about what

00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:43.639
 they have

00:20:43.639 --> 00:20:44.099
 seen.

00:20:44.940 --> 00:20:45.619
 And they're

00:20:45.619 --> 00:20:46.420
 puffed up.

00:20:47.539 --> 00:20:47.960
 They've got

00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:48.399
 a big

00:20:48.399 --> 00:20:49.960
 head with

00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:50.399
 idle

00:20:50.399 --> 00:20:52.019
 notions by

00:20:52.019 --> 00:20:52.319
 their

00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:53.259
 unspiritual

00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:53.819
 mind.

00:20:54.819 --> 00:20:55.319
 They just

00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:55.940
 go on and

00:20:55.940 --> 00:20:56.440
 on about

00:20:56.440 --> 00:20:57.619
 these divine

00:20:57.619 --> 00:20:58.700
 encounters that

00:20:58.700 --> 00:20:59.099
 they have,

00:20:59.480 --> 00:20:59.839
 which are

00:20:59.839 --> 00:21:00.539
 nothing more

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:01.379
 than wild

00:21:01.379 --> 00:21:02.159
 imagination

00:21:02.159 --> 00:21:03.279
 stirred up

00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:04.339
 by their

00:21:04.339 --> 00:21:05.259
 unspiritual

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:06.019
 minds.

00:21:09.659 --> 00:21:09.879
 Now,

00:21:09.920 --> 00:21:10.579
 people claim

00:21:10.579 --> 00:21:11.180
 to see

00:21:11.180 --> 00:21:11.879
 all kinds

00:21:11.879 --> 00:21:12.339
 of things

00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:12.740
 today,

00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:13.299
 don't they?

00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:14.500
 All sorts

00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:15.000
 of visions.

00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:17.420
 I know

00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:18.039
 someone who

00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:18.619
 told me

00:21:18.619 --> 00:21:19.440
 that in

00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:20.159
 their church,

00:21:20.399 --> 00:21:20.799
 in the

00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:21.180
 middle of

00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:21.740
 the sermon,

00:21:22.700 --> 00:21:23.599
 the pastor's

00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:24.859
 beard turned

00:21:24.859 --> 00:21:25.639
 into silver.

00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:27.319
 Maybe I

00:21:27.319 --> 00:21:27.980
 should grow

00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:28.440
 a beard.

00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:30.160
 And not

00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:30.720
 only that,

00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:31.059
 but in

00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:31.380
 the middle

00:21:31.380 --> 00:21:31.680
 of the

00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:32.039
 service,

00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:32.720
 they were

00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.480
 encouraged to

00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:34.400
 look around

00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:35.380
 and see all

00:21:35.380 --> 00:21:36.019
 the precious

00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:36.980
 jewels that

00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:37.920
 were all

00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:38.840
 scattered on

00:21:38.840 --> 00:21:39.320
 the floor

00:21:39.320 --> 00:21:39.920
 between the

00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:40.299
 people.

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.180
 Johnny,

00:21:43.380 --> 00:21:44.380
 you must

00:21:44.380 --> 00:21:45.240
 experience

00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:46.019
 this.

00:21:47.620 --> 00:21:48.080
 Well,

00:21:48.140 --> 00:21:48.480
 I asked

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:48.620
 him,

00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:48.940
 I said,

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.279
 can you

00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:49.720
 pick them

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.059
 up and

00:21:50.059 --> 00:21:50.380
 put them

00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:50.640
 in your

00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:50.960
 pocket?

00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:52.420
 No,

00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:52.720
 he said,

00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:53.140
 you couldn't

00:21:53.140 --> 00:21:53.680
 touch them

00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:53.940
 and,

00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:54.600
 well,

00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:55.340
 the pastor's

00:21:55.340 --> 00:21:56.039
 beard returned

00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:56.440
 to its

00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:57.279
 normal hair

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:58.299
 and its

00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:59.099
 normal colour.

00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:01.299
 You see,

00:22:01.379 --> 00:22:01.879
 people say,

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:02.139
 well,

00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:02.920
 if you've

00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:03.680
 experienced

00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.319
 it,

00:22:04.819 --> 00:22:05.039
 well,

00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:05.460
 it must

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:06.160
 be true.

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 How can

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:08.980
 you say

00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:09.519
 it's not

00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:09.859
 true?

00:22:11.399 --> 00:22:11.680
 Well,

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.480
 such talk

00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:12.899
 is just

00:22:12.899 --> 00:22:13.639
 another form

00:22:13.639 --> 00:22:15.000
 of mysticism,

00:22:15.180 --> 00:22:15.899
 a personal

00:22:15.899 --> 00:22:17.039
 puffed-up

00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:17.960
 idle

00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:18.879
 notion.

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:21.240
 And we

00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:21.639
 need to

00:22:21.639 --> 00:22:22.420
 be careful

00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:23.500
 of these

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:24.099
 kinds of

00:22:24.099 --> 00:22:24.579
 things.

00:22:24.579 --> 00:22:26.419
 this kind

00:22:26.419 --> 00:22:27.259
 of puffed-up

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:27.939
 talk is

00:22:27.939 --> 00:22:28.460
 dangerous

00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:29.199
 and damaging.

00:22:29.379 --> 00:22:29.599
 Look at

00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:30.399
 verse 19.

00:22:31.939 --> 00:22:32.359
 They have

00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:32.839
 lost

00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:33.559
 connection

00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:34.299
 with the

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:34.740
 head.

00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:36.740
 Now,

00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:37.259
 a body,

00:22:37.379 --> 00:22:38.019
 your physical

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.500
 body,

00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:38.919
 if you

00:22:38.919 --> 00:22:39.359
 don't have

00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:39.899
 a head,

00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:41.859
 you're

00:22:41.859 --> 00:22:42.139
 brown

00:22:42.139 --> 00:22:42.579
 bread,

00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:43.839
 you're

00:22:43.839 --> 00:22:44.240
 dead.

00:22:45.419 --> 00:22:45.699
 Well,

00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:46.299
 Christ

00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:47.339
 is the

00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:47.699
 head

00:22:47.699 --> 00:22:48.439
 and the

00:22:48.439 --> 00:22:48.879
 church

00:22:48.879 --> 00:22:49.559
 is the

00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:49.919
 body.

00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:50.259
 That's

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:50.539
 what we

00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:51.000
 have here

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.379
 in verse

00:22:51.379 --> 00:22:51.919
 19.

00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:52.800
 They have

00:22:52.800 --> 00:22:53.259
 lost

00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:53.920
 connection

00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:54.420
 with the

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:54.840
 head,

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:55.539
 who is

00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:56.120
 Christ,

00:22:56.600 --> 00:22:57.160
 from whom

00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:57.600
 the whole

00:22:57.600 --> 00:22:58.080
 body,

00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:59.519
 the church,

00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:01.380
 is supported

00:23:01.380 --> 00:23:02.140
 and held

00:23:02.140 --> 00:23:02.900
 together by

00:23:02.900 --> 00:23:03.560
 its ligaments

00:23:03.560 --> 00:23:04.200
 and sinews

00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:05.560
 and grows

00:23:05.560 --> 00:23:06.500
 as God

00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:07.300
 causes it

00:23:07.300 --> 00:23:07.820
 to grow.

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:09.880
 So it

00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:10.400
 seems there

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:10.900
 were those

00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:11.160
 who were

00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:11.740
 going on

00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.060
 and on

00:23:12.060 --> 00:23:12.720
 about these

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.460
 wonderful

00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:14.120
 personal

00:23:14.120 --> 00:23:15.039
 experience

00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:15.500
 that they

00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:15.800
 have,

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:16.539
 but they've

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:16.880
 actually

00:23:16.880 --> 00:23:17.920
 decapitated

00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:18.539
 themselves.

00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:19.600
 They've

00:23:19.600 --> 00:23:19.920
 become

00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:20.660
 disconnected

00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:21.279
 with the

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.660
 head.

00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.360
 Rather

00:23:22.360 --> 00:23:22.660
 than

00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:23.240
 depending

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:23.539
 and

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:23.900
 growing

00:23:23.900 --> 00:23:24.220
 in

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:24.740
 Christ,

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:25.480
 they're

00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:25.740
 now

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.519
 delighting

00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:26.700
 in

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.060
 visions

00:23:27.060 --> 00:23:27.440
 and

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:28.000
 all

00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:28.340
 wrapped

00:23:28.340 --> 00:23:28.580
 up

00:23:28.580 --> 00:23:28.740
 in

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.180
 that.

00:23:32.060 --> 00:23:32.680
 Maybe

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.140
 you know

00:23:33.140 --> 00:23:33.759
 people who

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.340
 claim to

00:23:34.340 --> 00:23:34.700
 have had

00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:35.180
 divine

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:36.080
 experiences

00:23:36.080 --> 00:23:36.480
 through

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:36.880
 visions.

00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:38.519
 They tell

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:39.039
 you things

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.480
 that they've

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:39.960
 seen,

00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.160
 messages

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:41.860
 that they've

00:23:41.860 --> 00:23:42.500
 received.

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:44.320
 Well,

00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:46.160
 if it's

00:23:46.160 --> 00:23:47.039
 just about

00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:47.259
 the

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:48.380
 experience,

00:23:48.380 --> 00:23:51.500
 if that's

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:51.700
 the

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:52.420
 priority

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:52.880
 and the

00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:53.500
 focus,

00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:54.940
 they're

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.140
 not

00:23:55.140 --> 00:23:55.540
 actually

00:23:55.540 --> 00:23:56.100
 growing,

00:23:57.140 --> 00:23:57.760
 they're

00:23:57.760 --> 00:23:58.280
 dying.

00:23:59.400 --> 00:24:00.120
 Verse 19,

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:00.520
 they've

00:24:00.520 --> 00:24:00.940
 lost

00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:02.020
 connection

00:24:02.020 --> 00:24:02.660
 with the

00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:03.100
 head.

00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.740
 Rather than

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.420
 being drawn

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:06.240
 closer to

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:06.740
 Christ,

00:24:07.820 --> 00:24:08.240
 they are

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.800
 being led

00:24:08.800 --> 00:24:09.520
 away with

00:24:09.520 --> 00:24:10.220
 their idle

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.780
 notions.

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:13.500
 So it's

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:14.019
 not our

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:15.240
 experiences

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:16.160
 that count,

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:17.980
 but trusting

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.579
 and walking

00:24:18.579 --> 00:24:19.480
 with Christ

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:20.440
 who is

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:21.160
 the reality

00:24:21.160 --> 00:24:22.180
 that counts.

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.180
 You see,

00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:24.619
 true

00:24:24.619 --> 00:24:25.480
 spirituality

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:27.779
 is grounded

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.240
 on the

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:28.779
 fact of

00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:29.460
 what God

00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:30.119
 has done

00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:31.319
 for me.

00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.559
 Have a look

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:32.960
 back at

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.539
 chapter 1

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:34.319
 verse 12

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:35.660
 as we

00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:36.200
 think about

00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:37.180
 who is

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:37.859
 qualified,

00:24:38.639 --> 00:24:39.619
 what makes

00:24:39.619 --> 00:24:40.420
 us qualified,

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:42.019
 chapter 1

00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:42.700
 verse 12,

00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:44.500
 give joyful

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.299
 thanks to

00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:45.940
 the Father

00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:47.220
 who has

00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:48.720
 qualified you

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.399
 to share

00:24:49.399 --> 00:24:49.779
 in the

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.440
 inheritance

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:50.920
 of his

00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:51.759
 holy people

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.480
 in the

00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:53.000
 kingdom of

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.319
 light.

00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.099
 How did

00:24:54.099 --> 00:24:54.680
 he qualify

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:55.220
 us?

00:24:55.899 --> 00:24:56.700
 Verse 13,

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.579
 he rescued

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:58.799
 us from

00:24:58.799 --> 00:24:59.460
 the dominion

00:24:59.460 --> 00:25:00.039
 of darkness

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:00.639
 and brought

00:25:00.639 --> 00:25:01.059
 us into

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.579
 the kingdom

00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:02.000
 of the

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.399
 son he

00:25:02.399 --> 00:25:02.799
 loves,

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.720
 in whom

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.099
 we have

00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:04.759
 redemption,

00:25:05.619 --> 00:25:06.200
 the forgiveness

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:07.059
 of sins.

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.200
 You see,

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:09.119
 we're qualified,

00:25:09.379 --> 00:25:09.799
 aren't we,

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:10.559
 on the

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.839
 basis of

00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:12.599
 what God

00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:13.099
 has done

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:13.539
 for us

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:14.079
 in Christ,

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:15.079
 not on the

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:15.700
 basis of

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:16.779
 my experience

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:17.319
 or things

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:17.940
 that I may

00:25:17.940 --> 00:25:18.319
 or may

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:18.720
 not have

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.079
 seen.

00:25:19.419 --> 00:25:19.859
 And if

00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:20.440
 God has

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:21.619
 qualified you,

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:22.779
 you're in.

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:24.940
 Nobody can

00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:25.599
 ever say

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:26.799
 you're out.

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:30.159
 Now,

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.879
 please don't

00:25:30.879 --> 00:25:31.299
 misunderstand

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.980
 me.

00:25:32.659 --> 00:25:33.460
 I think

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:33.839
 we should

00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:34.460
 all seek

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:35.440
 to experience

00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:36.440
 God more

00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:37.120
 and more.

00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:38.980
 But the

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:39.420
 way we

00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:40.000
 do that

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.440
 is not

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:41.200
 by idle

00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:41.759
 notions

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.259
 that are

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:43.220
 unspiritual.

00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:44.440
 We grow,

00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:45.519
 verse 19,

00:25:46.080 --> 00:25:47.299
 by maintaining

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:48.240
 our connection

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:48.720
 to the

00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:49.120
 head.

00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:51.200
 We're in

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:51.740
 Christ.

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.059
 Our

00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:53.600
 confidence

00:25:53.600 --> 00:25:54.299
 is not

00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:55.059
 in wild

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:55.740
 notions,

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.320
 but in

00:25:57.320 --> 00:25:58.100
 the revealed

00:25:58.100 --> 00:25:58.779
 word of

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.320
 God that

00:25:59.320 --> 00:26:00.100
 tells us

00:26:00.100 --> 00:26:01.019
 who Christ

00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:01.900
 is and

00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:02.320
 what he

00:26:02.320 --> 00:26:02.799
 has done.

00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:03.740
 This is

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.240
 where our

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:05.380
 experience is

00:26:05.380 --> 00:26:06.140
 in meeting

00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:07.099
 Christ in

00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:07.799
 his word.

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:11.059
 So don't

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:11.960
 let people

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:13.180
 with their

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.819
 spiritual

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:15.019
 experiences

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:16.680
 disqualify

00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:17.019
 you.

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:18.220
 It is

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:19.400
 God who

00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:20.059
 qualifies

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:20.900
 you once

00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:21.900
 and for

00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:22.299
 all.

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.460
 The third

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:25.779
 thing,

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.099
 then,

00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:26.660
 is don't

00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:27.519
 let world

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:28.140
 views

00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:28.980
 tempt

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:29.299
 you.

00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:31.120
 Now,

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:31.359
 I want

00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:31.640
 you to

00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:32.059
 imagine

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.579
 with me

00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:32.960
 for a

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.299
 moment.

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:33.619
 We're

00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:33.980
 going to

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.559
 go back

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:35.279
 2,000

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:35.740
 years,

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:36.819
 and here

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:37.180
 we are.

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:37.559
 Let's

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:38.299
 pretend that

00:26:38.299 --> 00:26:38.519
 we're

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:39.119
 sitting in

00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:39.599
 the church

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:40.379
 at Colossae.

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:42.000
 And there's

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.680
 Alexander.

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.440
 He's a

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:45.000
 member of

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.919
 Colossae

00:26:45.919 --> 00:26:46.980
 Christ Church,

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.440
 but he's

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:48.899
 struggling.

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:50.759
 Sitting to

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.299
 his left

00:26:51.299 --> 00:26:52.399
 is Archippus,

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:53.859
 the legalist,

00:26:54.399 --> 00:26:54.980
 who is

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.759
 pestering him

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.180
 with all

00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:56.639
 kinds of

00:26:56.639 --> 00:26:57.079
 questions.

00:26:57.440 --> 00:26:57.720
 So,

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.279
 Alexander,

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:58.759
 what did

00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.139
 you have

00:26:59.139 --> 00:26:59.440
 for your

00:26:59.440 --> 00:26:59.819
 breakfast

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:00.579
 this morning?

00:27:01.639 --> 00:27:02.200
 Sausages?

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.380
 Pork?

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.039
 Oh,

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:04.420
 well,

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:04.940
 you can't

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.460
 eat pork,

00:27:05.580 --> 00:27:05.840
 can you?

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.299
 You're not

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:06.660
 meant to

00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:07.000
 do that.

00:27:07.080 --> 00:27:07.380
 Remember

00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:08.019
 the laws?

00:27:09.340 --> 00:27:09.539
 And,

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:10.779
 Alexander,

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:11.299
 are you

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:11.740
 going to

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:11.960
 the

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.240
 Sabbath

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:13.000
 celebration

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.400
 in the

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:13.920
 afternoon?

00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:14.640
 It's

00:27:14.640 --> 00:27:15.200
 most

00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:15.860
 important

00:27:15.860 --> 00:27:16.380
 that you're

00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:16.940
 seen to

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:17.460
 be there.

00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:19.860
 Well,

00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:20.279
 he turned

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.900
 away and

00:27:20.900 --> 00:27:21.360
 looked to

00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:21.840
 his right,

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.240
 and there

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:22.600
 he was

00:27:22.600 --> 00:27:22.920
 sitting

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:23.420
 beside

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:23.900
 Nympha

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:24.140
 the

00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:24.740
 mystic,

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:26.080
 who just

00:27:26.080 --> 00:27:26.440
 couldn't

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:26.840
 help

00:27:26.840 --> 00:27:27.319
 herself.

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:28.000
 I mean,

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:28.480
 she told

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:28.980
 everybody

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:29.379
 she'd

00:27:29.379 --> 00:27:29.659
 seen

00:27:29.659 --> 00:27:30.059
 as she'd

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.500
 come in.

00:27:30.899 --> 00:27:31.399
 Let me

00:27:31.399 --> 00:27:32.000
 tell you

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.439
 what I

00:27:32.439 --> 00:27:33.299
 experienced

00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:33.779
 in my

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.439
 prayer time

00:27:34.439 --> 00:27:34.960
 last night.

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:35.919
 My goodness,

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:36.839
 all those

00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:37.319
 angels,

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.399
 would you,

00:27:38.639 --> 00:27:39.240
 Alexander,

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:40.279
 have you ever

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:40.899
 seen these

00:27:40.899 --> 00:27:41.200
 angels?

00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:41.679
 Would you

00:27:41.679 --> 00:27:42.179
 like to

00:27:42.179 --> 00:27:42.619
 see them?

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:44.819
 Well,

00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:45.079
 poor

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:45.619
 Alexander

00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:46.119
 was just

00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:46.399
 getting

00:27:46.399 --> 00:27:47.159
 confused.

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:48.619
 He felt

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:49.379
 judged by

00:27:49.379 --> 00:27:49.899
 the religious

00:27:49.899 --> 00:27:50.279
 group,

00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:50.700
 he didn't

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.200
 fit in

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:51.460
 there,

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:51.960
 he was

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.240
 being

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.759
 shunned

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.319
 by then.

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.619
 He felt

00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:55.299
 disqualified

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:56.039
 by those

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.299
 who had

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:56.700
 had all

00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:56.940
 these

00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:57.319
 visions

00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:57.680
 and,

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.339
 well,

00:27:58.399 --> 00:27:59.000
 he didn't

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.399
 get on

00:27:59.399 --> 00:27:59.919
 there either,

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.399
 he felt

00:28:00.399 --> 00:28:01.200
 pushed out.

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:03.000
 He was

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.639
 wondering if

00:28:03.639 --> 00:28:04.119
 he was a

00:28:04.119 --> 00:28:04.720
 Christian at

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.059
 all.

00:28:06.399 --> 00:28:07.059
 Maybe he

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:07.480
 thought,

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:08.639
 I'll just

00:28:08.639 --> 00:28:09.119
 give up

00:28:09.119 --> 00:28:09.440
 and do

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:10.000
 my own

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.379
 thing.

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.759
 So

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.339
 Alexander

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:12.940
 stopped

00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:13.480
 going to

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:13.980
 church and

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.480
 went back

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:14.859
 to his

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:15.519
 old life.

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:17.220
 Well,

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.559
 as he

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:17.940
 wandered

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:18.599
 the street,

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.419
 he met

00:28:20.419 --> 00:28:20.819
 a friend

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.659
 from church.

00:28:22.919 --> 00:28:23.299
 Look at

00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:24.019
 verse 20.

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:25.740
 Hey,

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.460
 Alexander,

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:28.759
 since you

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.480
 died with

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.159
 Christ to

00:28:30.159 --> 00:28:30.819
 the elemental

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:31.480
 spiritual

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.259
 forces of

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.720
 the world,

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:33.559
 why,

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:34.119
 as though you

00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:34.839
 still belong

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:35.159
 to the

00:28:35.159 --> 00:28:35.419
 world,

00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:36.099
 Alexander,

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:36.519
 do you

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.099
 submit to

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:37.799
 its rules?

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:38.960
 Do not

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.339
 handle,

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:39.879
 do not

00:28:39.879 --> 00:28:40.279
 taste,

00:28:40.399 --> 00:28:40.799
 do not

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:41.279
 touch?

00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:43.000
 Why are

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.399
 you going

00:28:43.399 --> 00:28:43.940
 back to

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.599
 the world's

00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:44.799
 way?

00:28:46.139 --> 00:28:46.819
 That's not

00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:47.419
 a solution

00:28:47.419 --> 00:28:47.899
 to the

00:28:47.899 --> 00:28:48.259
 problem

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.559
 you're

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:49.019
 facing.

00:28:52.419 --> 00:28:52.940
 Now,

00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:53.159
 do you

00:28:53.159 --> 00:28:54.019
 see in

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.879
 verse 20

00:28:54.880 --> 00:28:55.500
 that little

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:56.060
 phrase,

00:28:56.260 --> 00:28:57.260
 the elemental

00:28:57.260 --> 00:28:58.040
 spiritual

00:28:58.040 --> 00:28:58.920
 forces of

00:28:58.920 --> 00:28:59.500
 this world?

00:29:00.520 --> 00:29:01.220
 You might

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:01.860
 have a note

00:29:01.860 --> 00:29:02.640
 at the very

00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:03.300
 bottom of

00:29:03.300 --> 00:29:03.840
 your Bible

00:29:03.840 --> 00:29:05.060
 which says

00:29:05.060 --> 00:29:05.560
 it can be

00:29:05.560 --> 00:29:06.180
 referred to

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:06.900
 also as the

00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:07.620
 basic

00:29:07.620 --> 00:29:09.240
 principles of

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.860
 this world.

00:29:11.120 --> 00:29:11.540
 In other

00:29:11.540 --> 00:29:11.900
 words,

00:29:12.260 --> 00:29:13.020
 what it is,

00:29:13.060 --> 00:29:13.480
 it's the

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:14.180
 current

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:15.480
 wind of

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:16.140
 teaching

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:17.460
 that is

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:18.600
 most prevalent

00:29:18.600 --> 00:29:19.760
 in the

00:29:19.760 --> 00:29:20.220
 culture

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:21.400
 that people

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:22.220
 begin to

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:22.600
 follow,

00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:23.519
 and it

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.319
 blinds

00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:24.719
 people

00:29:24.719 --> 00:29:25.319
 from the

00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:25.879
 truth

00:29:25.879 --> 00:29:26.859
 of the

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:27.319
 gospel.

00:29:29.439 --> 00:29:30.240
 So it

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:30.939
 seems that

00:29:30.939 --> 00:29:31.679
 Alexander,

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.839
 our imaginary

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.419
 friend,

00:29:34.139 --> 00:29:34.759
 has been

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:36.019
 listening to

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.980
 the wind

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.559
 of teaching

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.039
 that was

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:38.599
 happening at

00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:39.059
 the time.

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:39.699
 And it

00:29:39.699 --> 00:29:40.259
 seems that

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:40.559
 in the

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:41.219
 first century

00:29:41.219 --> 00:29:41.819
 the current

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:42.480
 view was

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:43.500
 self-denial.

00:29:43.659 --> 00:29:44.399
 Verse 21,

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:45.719
 don't handle,

00:29:46.159 --> 00:29:46.919
 don't taste,

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:48.219
 don't touch,

00:29:48.699 --> 00:29:49.459
 don't do this,

00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:50.439
 don't do that.

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:51.620
 It was

00:29:51.620 --> 00:29:52.200
 just another

00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:52.680
 way for

00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:53.640
 people to

00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:54.420
 measure who

00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:55.120
 was in

00:29:55.120 --> 00:29:55.440
 and who

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:55.960
 was out

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.900
 as far as

00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:57.380
 the world

00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:58.180
 was concerned.

00:29:59.080 --> 00:29:59.880
 Just follow

00:29:59.880 --> 00:30:01.580
 the world's

00:30:01.580 --> 00:30:02.019
 view of

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.660
 your culture

00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:03.759
 and you'll

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.480
 be fine.

00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:07.480
 Well,

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:07.900
 there was a

00:30:07.900 --> 00:30:08.340
 word for

00:30:08.340 --> 00:30:08.720
 that,

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.440
 and we

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:10.900
 know it

00:30:10.900 --> 00:30:11.299
 as

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:12.920
 secularism.

00:30:13.860 --> 00:30:14.740
 You don't

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.620
 need God.

00:30:16.360 --> 00:30:16.779
 You don't

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.460
 need religious

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:18.019
 tradition.

00:30:18.580 --> 00:30:19.000
 You don't

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.920
 need spiritual

00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:20.800
 experiences.

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:22.380
 You just

00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:23.560
 follow your

00:30:23.560 --> 00:30:24.500
 own path.

00:30:25.820 --> 00:30:26.620
 Just do

00:30:26.620 --> 00:30:27.160
 your own

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:27.580
 thing.

00:30:29.820 --> 00:30:30.100
 Now,

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:30.740
 back then,

00:30:30.800 --> 00:30:31.279
 it may have

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:32.420
 been self-denial,

00:30:32.600 --> 00:30:33.259
 don't touch

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:33.779
 and don't

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.259
 taste,

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:35.460
 but for us

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:36.220
 in our age

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:36.759
 today,

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.600
 it's the

00:30:37.600 --> 00:30:38.460
 complete opposite,

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.200
 isn't it?

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.700
 It's touch

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.620
 what you like

00:30:41.620 --> 00:30:42.880
 and taste

00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:43.580
 what you like.

00:30:43.800 --> 00:30:44.200
 In other

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.440
 words,

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:45.120
 as long as

00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:45.820
 you enjoy

00:30:45.820 --> 00:30:46.640
 it and

00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:47.039
 it's good

00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:47.500
 for you,

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:48.940
 do whatever

00:30:48.940 --> 00:30:50.600
 you like.

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:52.980
 That's the

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.640
 message of the

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:54.180
 world today.

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:54.700
 It's not

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:55.720
 self-denial,

00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:57.820
 but self-gratification.

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:58.840
 It's your

00:30:58.840 --> 00:30:59.259
 life,

00:30:59.340 --> 00:30:59.840
 it's your

00:30:59.840 --> 00:31:00.279
 body,

00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:01.080
 so you

00:31:01.080 --> 00:31:01.740
 just do

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.180
 it.

00:31:04.080 --> 00:31:04.680
 Sounds

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.640
 very appealing,

00:31:06.120 --> 00:31:06.600
 sounds

00:31:06.600 --> 00:31:08.000
 very tempting,

00:31:08.360 --> 00:31:09.019
 doesn't it?

00:31:10.600 --> 00:31:11.400
 But be

00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:11.960
 careful,

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:13.340
 verse 22.

00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:17.279
 these rules

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:17.819
 which have

00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:18.179
 to do

00:31:18.179 --> 00:31:18.799
 with things

00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:19.159
 that are

00:31:19.159 --> 00:31:19.720
 all destined

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.279
 to perish

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:20.959
 with use

00:31:20.959 --> 00:31:22.279
 are based

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:23.099
 on merely

00:31:23.099 --> 00:31:24.299
 human commands

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:25.119
 and teachings.

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:27.639
 You see,

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.419
 the source

00:31:28.419 --> 00:31:29.439
 of world

00:31:29.439 --> 00:31:29.859
 views,

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:30.639
 the current

00:31:30.639 --> 00:31:31.679
 wind of

00:31:31.679 --> 00:31:32.359
 teaching that

00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:33.159
 we hear being

00:31:33.159 --> 00:31:33.879
 pushed in

00:31:33.879 --> 00:31:34.799
 social media

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.679
 and everything

00:31:35.679 --> 00:31:36.039
 else,

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:36.740
 well,

00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:37.240
 where does it

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.740
 all come

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.099
 from?

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:39.779
 It comes

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:40.179
 from the

00:31:40.179 --> 00:31:40.799
 thoughts and

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.679
 ideas and

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:42.820
 speculations

00:31:42.820 --> 00:31:43.560
 of other

00:31:43.560 --> 00:31:44.279
 people just

00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:45.019
 like us.

00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:46.740
 And anything

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.500
 that has its

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:48.100
 source in

00:31:48.100 --> 00:31:48.640
 humanity

00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:49.840
 will inevitably

00:31:49.840 --> 00:31:51.259
 be selfish.

00:31:53.080 --> 00:31:53.720
 Live the

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.299
 life you

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.720
 want to

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.440
 live the

00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:55.960
 way you

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.299
 want,

00:31:56.420 --> 00:31:56.840
 because,

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:57.299
 well,

00:31:57.340 --> 00:31:57.900
 as long as

00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:58.519
 it pleases

00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:59.920
 you and

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:00.700
 you're happy,

00:32:01.080 --> 00:32:01.900
 that's okay.

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.440
 Well,

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:06.960
 we need to

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.580
 be careful,

00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:08.900
 because,

00:32:09.820 --> 00:32:10.279
 as they

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:10.860
 won't tell

00:32:10.860 --> 00:32:11.180
 you,

00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:13.180
 verse 22,

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:13.779
 they are

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.660
 all destined

00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:16.200
 to perish.

00:32:17.360 --> 00:32:17.980
 The things

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.380
 that we

00:32:18.380 --> 00:32:19.240
 invest in

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:20.259
 or encourage

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:21.160
 to invest

00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:21.519
 in,

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:22.539
 well,

00:32:22.560 --> 00:32:23.039
 they're all

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.580
 going to

00:32:23.580 --> 00:32:24.279
 pass away.

00:32:25.140 --> 00:32:25.700
 The things

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:26.080
 of this

00:32:26.080 --> 00:32:26.600
 world that

00:32:26.600 --> 00:32:26.980
 we look

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.440
 to for

00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:27.740
 our

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:29.120
 comforts,

00:32:29.600 --> 00:32:30.480
 the desires

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:30.940
 that we

00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:31.519
 chase,

00:32:31.840 --> 00:32:32.380
 it's like

00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:33.000
 the morning

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.420
 mist,

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:34.060
 it's suddenly

00:32:34.060 --> 00:32:34.380
 there,

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:34.900
 but one

00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:35.480
 minute it's

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:35.860
 gone.

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.200
 Well,

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:37.620
 one day

00:32:37.620 --> 00:32:38.320
 all these

00:32:38.320 --> 00:32:38.940
 things

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:40.019
 will be

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.380
 gone.

00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:43.260
 the problem

00:32:43.260 --> 00:32:43.760
 is,

00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:45.240
 these

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:46.040
 elemental

00:32:46.040 --> 00:32:46.760
 spiritual

00:32:46.760 --> 00:32:47.360
 forces,

00:32:47.580 --> 00:32:47.780
 this

00:32:47.780 --> 00:32:48.780
 teaching

00:32:48.780 --> 00:32:49.180
 that

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:50.660
 blows

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:50.980
 through

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.240
 our

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:51.680
 culture

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:51.920
 and

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.140
 through

00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:52.340
 our

00:32:52.340 --> 00:32:53.020
 society,

00:32:53.560 --> 00:32:54.120
 blinds

00:32:54.120 --> 00:32:54.480
 us from

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.120
 the truth.

00:32:56.560 --> 00:32:57.180
 The world

00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:57.780
 views of

00:32:57.780 --> 00:32:58.380
 today are

00:32:58.380 --> 00:32:59.240
 very tempting

00:32:59.240 --> 00:33:00.020
 because it's

00:33:00.020 --> 00:33:00.620
 all about

00:33:00.620 --> 00:33:01.160
 me,

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:02.200
 and if it's

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:02.720
 all about

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.140
 me,

00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:03.680
 well,

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:04.280
 I'm always

00:33:04.280 --> 00:33:04.660
 in,

00:33:05.040 --> 00:33:05.420
 and I'm

00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:06.160
 never out.

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:09.779
 so what

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.140
 would you

00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:10.720
 say to

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:10.900
 an

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:11.580
 Alexander

00:33:11.580 --> 00:33:13.580
 who was

00:33:13.580 --> 00:33:13.940
 drifting

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:14.340
 from

00:33:14.340 --> 00:33:14.880
 Christ?

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.880
 What do

00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:17.460
 you say to

00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:18.060
 your own

00:33:18.060 --> 00:33:18.519
 hearts

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:19.360
 today is,

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:20.060
 as we

00:33:20.060 --> 00:33:20.360
 all,

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:20.800
 myself

00:33:20.800 --> 00:33:21.480
 included,

00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:22.100
 we feel

00:33:22.100 --> 00:33:22.620
 the pull

00:33:22.620 --> 00:33:22.920
 of the

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:23.360
 world's

00:33:23.360 --> 00:33:24.300
 views to

00:33:24.300 --> 00:33:24.680
 do our

00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:25.240
 own thing

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.620
 and live

00:33:25.620 --> 00:33:26.019
 our own

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.460
 kind of

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:26.860
 life?

00:33:27.580 --> 00:33:28.160
 What do

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:28.540
 we say

00:33:28.540 --> 00:33:29.000
 to each

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.279
 other?

00:33:30.580 --> 00:33:31.400
 We need

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:31.740
 to go

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.259
 back to

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.720
 Christ,

00:33:32.860 --> 00:33:33.120
 don't

00:33:33.120 --> 00:33:33.360
 we?

00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:34.939
 verse 20,

00:33:35.859 --> 00:33:37.000
 since you

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:38.519
 died with

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:39.059
 Christ,

00:33:39.959 --> 00:33:40.879
 since you

00:33:40.879 --> 00:33:41.759
 trusted in

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.659
 him and

00:33:42.659 --> 00:33:43.119
 put the

00:33:43.119 --> 00:33:44.379
 past behind

00:33:44.379 --> 00:33:45.859
 and trusted

00:33:45.859 --> 00:33:46.619
 Christ to

00:33:46.619 --> 00:33:46.979
 live for

00:33:46.979 --> 00:33:47.259
 him,

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:48.419
 why would

00:33:48.419 --> 00:33:48.859
 we ever

00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:49.519
 go back

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:50.119
 to something

00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:50.799
 that never

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:51.539
 ultimately

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:52.299
 satisfies?

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:54.159
 The things

00:33:54.159 --> 00:33:54.559
 of this

00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:55.219
 world are

00:33:55.219 --> 00:33:56.019
 all temporary,

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.899
 they won't

00:33:56.899 --> 00:33:57.339
 last,

00:33:57.459 --> 00:33:57.659
 they'll

00:33:57.659 --> 00:33:58.279
 perish.

00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:00.099
 Pursue

00:34:00.099 --> 00:34:00.719
 this way

00:34:00.719 --> 00:34:01.299
 of life

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:02.059
 and we

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:02.779
 will remain

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:03.460
 on the

00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:04.240
 outside,

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:06.639
 not the

00:34:06.639 --> 00:34:07.339
 outside of

00:34:07.339 --> 00:34:07.899
 the world

00:34:07.899 --> 00:34:09.380
 but on

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:09.920
 the outside

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:11.099
 of God.

00:34:12.279 --> 00:34:13.159
 But pursue

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:13.940
 Christ

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:15.539
 and you

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:16.079
 will find

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.759
 all you

00:34:16.759 --> 00:34:17.400
 need in

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:18.739
 him because

00:34:18.739 --> 00:34:19.340
 his way

00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:19.900
 is always

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:20.779
 right and

00:34:20.779 --> 00:34:21.199
 best.

00:34:22.259 --> 00:34:22.960
 The message

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.300
 of the

00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:24.000
 gospel is

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:25.059
 Christ will

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:26.239
 satisfy you

00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:27.639
 and fulfil

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:28.199
 you.

00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:30.880
 He summarises

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:31.480
 his whole

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:31.940
 teaching,

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.440
 look in

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:33.320
 verse 23.

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:34.960
 Such

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:36.179
 regulations,

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:37.900
 all this

00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:38.880
 teaching that

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:39.240
 we've been

00:34:39.240 --> 00:34:39.760
 looking at,

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:40.780
 such regulations

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:42.039
 indeed have

00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:42.639
 an appearance

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:43.420
 of wisdom

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:45.380
 with their

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:46.420
 self-imposed

00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:46.820
 worship,

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.780
 their false

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:48.360
 humility,

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:49.559
 their harsh

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:50.260
 treatment of

00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:50.659
 the body,

00:34:50.780 --> 00:34:51.400
 don't taste

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:51.639
 this,

00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:52.179
 don't do

00:34:52.179 --> 00:34:52.599
 that,

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:53.900
 but they

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.440
 lack any

00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:55.139
 value in

00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:55.820
 restraining

00:34:55.820 --> 00:34:56.460
 sensual

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:57.139
 indulgence.

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:58.599
 It can't

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:59.420
 capture your

00:34:59.420 --> 00:35:00.500
 heart in

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:01.000
 the way of

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:01.579
 bringing you

00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:02.099
 to God.

00:35:02.319 --> 00:35:03.000
 It can't

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:03.639
 change you

00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:04.259
 or transform

00:35:04.259 --> 00:35:04.699
 you.

00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:05.460
 Religious

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:06.039
 tradition,

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:07.179
 spiritual

00:35:07.179 --> 00:35:08.099
 experiences,

00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:09.659
 worldviews,

00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:10.739
 they can't

00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:11.619
 change us.

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:14.759
 What we need

00:35:14.759 --> 00:35:15.619
 is Christ.

00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:17.639
 In Christ

00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:18.299
 we are no

00:35:18.299 --> 00:35:19.339
 longer judged,

00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:20.799
 but we're

00:35:20.799 --> 00:35:21.259
 forgiven.

00:35:21.260 --> 00:35:23.080
 In Christ

00:35:23.080 --> 00:35:23.560
 we're no

00:35:23.560 --> 00:35:23.900
 longer

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:24.680
 disqualified,

00:35:25.260 --> 00:35:25.780
 but we're

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:26.400
 welcomed.

00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:28.060
 In Christ

00:35:28.060 --> 00:35:28.540
 we're no

00:35:28.540 --> 00:35:28.860
 longer

00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:29.720
 disillusioned

00:35:29.720 --> 00:35:30.520
 or disappointed

00:35:30.520 --> 00:35:31.780
 because in

00:35:31.780 --> 00:35:32.460
 Christ we

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:32.960
 have all

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:33.300
 that we

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:33.700
 need.

00:35:34.100 --> 00:35:34.700
 He is in

00:35:34.700 --> 00:35:35.520
 us and

00:35:35.520 --> 00:35:35.920
 we are

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:36.460
 in him.

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:37.740
 He alone

00:35:37.740 --> 00:35:39.040
 will satisfy

00:35:39.040 --> 00:35:39.540
 you.

00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:41.600
 So we

00:35:41.600 --> 00:35:42.100
 don't need

00:35:42.100 --> 00:35:42.720
 to follow

00:35:42.720 --> 00:35:44.020
 the ideas

00:35:44.020 --> 00:35:44.820
 of man.

00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:47.280
 We need

00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:47.900
 to trust

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:48.280
 in the

00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:48.740
 revealed

00:35:48.740 --> 00:35:49.640
 word about

00:35:49.640 --> 00:35:50.320
 Christ.

00:35:51.260 --> 00:35:51.860
 He is

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.320
 sufficient

00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:52.920
 for you

00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:53.300
 and for

00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:53.600
 me.

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.820
 So let's

00:35:55.820 --> 00:35:56.300
 not be

00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:57.940
 judged by

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:58.620
 those who

00:35:58.620 --> 00:35:59.580
 are legalists

00:35:59.580 --> 00:36:00.140
 saying,

00:36:00.820 --> 00:36:01.440
 meet my

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:02.020
 standard.

00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:04.420
 Don't be

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:05.120
 disqualified

00:36:05.120 --> 00:36:06.760
 by mystics

00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:07.340
 who say,

00:36:07.740 --> 00:36:08.080
 oh you

00:36:08.080 --> 00:36:08.500
 have to

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:09.240
 have this

00:36:09.240 --> 00:36:10.440
 experience.

00:36:12.240 --> 00:36:12.820
 And don't

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:13.460
 be tempted

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:14.820
 away by

00:36:14.820 --> 00:36:15.660
 secularists

00:36:15.660 --> 00:36:16.120
 who say,

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:17.080
 it's your

00:36:17.080 --> 00:36:17.560
 life,

00:36:18.140 --> 00:36:18.600
 live as

00:36:18.600 --> 00:36:19.400
 you please.

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:21.500
 no,

00:36:21.619 --> 00:36:22.139
 we turn

00:36:22.139 --> 00:36:22.940
 to Christ

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:24.440
 where we

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:24.900
 have our

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:25.619
 security

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:26.780
 and our

00:36:26.780 --> 00:36:27.420
 sufficiency.

00:36:28.700 --> 00:36:29.119
 Follow

00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:30.240
 him.

00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:32.639
 Let's

00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:32.900
 pray.

00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:32.980
 Amen.

00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:45.019
 our

00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:45.639
 Father God,

00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:46.300
 we thank

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:48.659
 you for

00:36:48.659 --> 00:36:49.199
 the Lord

00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:49.579
 Jesus

00:36:49.579 --> 00:36:50.219
 Christ.

00:36:51.699 --> 00:36:52.639
 Thank you

00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:53.300
 that he

00:36:53.300 --> 00:36:54.659
 is enough

00:36:54.659 --> 00:36:56.400
 and his

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:57.340
 work is

00:36:57.340 --> 00:36:57.900
 sufficient

00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:59.099
 for us.

00:36:59.099 --> 00:37:01.099
 thank you

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:01.519
 that he

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:02.360
 has saved

00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:02.880
 us and

00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:03.839
 rescued us.

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:05.319
 Thank you

00:37:05.319 --> 00:37:05.659
 that we

00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:06.000
 have been

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:06.839
 qualified,

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:08.259
 that we

00:37:08.259 --> 00:37:08.619
 have been

00:37:08.619 --> 00:37:09.480
 welcomed in

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:10.119
 and forgiven.

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:12.279
 Thank you

00:37:12.279 --> 00:37:13.099
 that no one

00:37:13.099 --> 00:37:13.599
 and nothing

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:14.199
 can ever

00:37:14.199 --> 00:37:14.799
 push us

00:37:14.799 --> 00:37:15.139
 out.

00:37:16.219 --> 00:37:17.019
 So we

00:37:17.019 --> 00:37:17.319
 pray,

00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:17.759
 Father,

00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:18.559
 help us

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:19.619
 that we

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:20.059
 will get

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:20.679
 alongside

00:37:20.679 --> 00:37:21.639
 one another

00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:23.319
 and that we

00:37:23.319 --> 00:37:24.019
 would continue

00:37:24.019 --> 00:37:24.880
 to support

00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:25.519
 each other,

00:37:26.079 --> 00:37:26.779
 pointing each

00:37:26.779 --> 00:37:27.239
 other to

00:37:27.239 --> 00:37:27.799
 Christ.

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:30.080
 and not

00:37:30.080 --> 00:37:31.180
 to ourselves.

00:37:32.620 --> 00:37:33.260
 Father,

00:37:33.400 --> 00:37:34.120
 help us

00:37:34.120 --> 00:37:35.140
 that we

00:37:35.140 --> 00:37:35.760
 would never

00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:36.320
 lose

00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:37.280
 connection

00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:37.860
 with the

00:37:37.860 --> 00:37:38.280
 head,

00:37:39.220 --> 00:37:40.039
 but we

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:40.560
 would grow

00:37:40.560 --> 00:37:41.120
 in him

00:37:41.120 --> 00:37:42.400
 every single

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:42.760
 day.

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:44.900
 So thank you

00:37:44.900 --> 00:37:45.280
 that you

00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:45.980
 are sufficient

00:37:45.980 --> 00:37:47.880
 and that in

00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:49.039
 you we

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:49.840
 are secure.

00:37:50.900 --> 00:37:51.760
 In Jesus'

00:37:51.980 --> 00:37:52.340
 name we

00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:52.660
 pray.

00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:53.920
 Amen.

00:37:57.800 --> 00:37:58.720
 Well,

00:37:58.760 --> 00:37:59.000
 we're going

00:37:59.000 --> 00:37:59.400
 to sing

00:37:59.400 --> 00:37:59.960
 together.

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:02.220
 What is

00:38:02.220 --> 00:38:02.920
 our hope

00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:03.560
 in life

00:38:03.560 --> 00:38:04.019
 and death?

00:38:04.160 --> 00:38:04.420
 Where do

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:05.800
 we turn?

00:38:06.620 --> 00:38:07.200
 It's not

00:38:07.200 --> 00:38:07.860
 to tradition

00:38:07.860 --> 00:38:09.019
 or experiences

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:10.420
 or the

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:11.080
 world's

00:38:11.080 --> 00:38:12.200
 views,

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:13.620
 but we

00:38:13.620 --> 00:38:14.140
 turn to

00:38:14.140 --> 00:38:15.080
 Christ alone

00:38:15.080 --> 00:38:16.480
 who is

00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:17.060
 our hope

00:38:17.060 --> 00:38:17.720
 in life

00:38:17.720 --> 00:38:19.200
 and in

00:38:19.200 --> 00:38:19.539
 death.

00:38:19.680 --> 00:38:19.980
 Let's

00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.240
 stand

00:38:20.240 --> 00:38:20.700
 together

00:38:20.700 --> 00:38:21.600
 as we

00:38:21.600 --> 00:38:21.900
 sing.

00:38:21.900 --> 00:38:21.960
 Amen.

00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:22.019
 Amen.

00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:22.100
 Amen.

00:38:22.100 --> 00:38:22.120
 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:26.060
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 Amen.

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 Amen.