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 Okay, Psalm 1.

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 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

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 Thanks very much, Ralph. Well, let's pray together and ask for God's help as we listen to his words. Let's pray.

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 Father, we thank you for your word. We thank you in particular this morning for the Psalms.

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 We recognize that we need your help in understanding it, so we ask for your Holy Spirit, that your Spirit would give us understanding, opening up our minds to comprehend.

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 But also taking what we hear to apply it to our lives, that it would change us and transform us, helping us to be the kind of people you created us to be.

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 Help us to see the power of your word, the difference that it makes to our life. In Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, Psalm 1.

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 I don't know if you know that the present population of our world stands at approximately 6.6 billion.

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 And of these 6.6 billion people, we live in 245 different countries.

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 And on top of that, we are further divided into the 16,912 known people groups that there are.

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 And we are further subdivided into one of the 22 major religions of the world.

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 Each one has their own culture, their unique customs and sacred traditions.

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 Each one of us have our own way of deciding right from wrong.

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 Each one has their own system of how we should live in this world.

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 But of all the religions and races and cultures that there are, the Bible makes this extraordinary claim.

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 There are actually only two kinds of people.

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 And consequently, there are only two ways to live.

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 Psalm 1 introduces us to the choice that we all have to make.

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 It's easily divided up.

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 In this psalm, there is the way of the righteous in verses 1 to 3.

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 Then there is the way of the wicked in verses 4 to 5.

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 And then these two ways are contrasted in verse 6.

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 If you look at verse 6, it says,

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 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

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 Many cultures, many religions, but only two ways to live.

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 There's a right way and a wrong way.

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 There's a way that prospers, and there's a way that perishes.

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 And what we need to figure out is, what way are we going to live?

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 So let's have a look at these two ways together.

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 First, the way of the righteous, which is marked by listening to the word of God.

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 Look at verse 1.

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 It says, Blessed is the man.

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 Blessed simply means a person who is satisfied, somebody who's content and fulfilled.

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 They're not looking for anything extra.

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 They have everything.

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 So this blessed person, this satisfied and fulfilled person, verse 1,

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 does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,

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 does not stand in the way of sinners,

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 and does not sit in the seat of mockers.

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 They simply don't need to,

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 because they have everything they need in God's word.

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 Look at verse 2.

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 His delight is in the law of the Lord.

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 The law refers to the scriptures.

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 It's another way of talking about the Bible, God's word to us.

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 So rather than listening to the world,

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 the righteous listens to the word.

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 And this exercise of listening is not just a one-off event

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 or something we do on a Sunday morning together.

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 It is a continuous, lifelong discipline.

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 Look at the rest of verse 2.

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 On his law, he meditates day and night.

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 Now meditation for us is, often we think of,

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 as emptying our minds and maybe sitting cross-legged with your fingers together

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 and meditation of some sort.

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 But that's not what meditation is in the Bible.

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 It's not emptying our minds.

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 It's actually filling our minds with God's word.

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 We're to read it.

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 We're to take it in.

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 We're to think about it.

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 We're to reflect on it.

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 We're to talk about it to one another

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 and to apply it in our lives.

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 And there's good reason for doing this.

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 Because the person who takes God's word seriously,

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 look at verse 3,

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 We're told they are like a tree planted by streams of water

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 which yields its fruit in season

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 whose leaf does not wither.

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 Whatever they do, prosper.

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 I'm not much of a horticulturalist.

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 You'll have to talk to Alex about all that sort of thing.

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 But we do have two apple trees in our garden.

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 And at this time of year, you see the changes from what were just sticks.

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 There are now leaves.

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 And the leaves, well the leaves don't change to blossom,

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 but blossom comes along in the plant.

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 And after that, you've got these tiny little apples.

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 But the point is very simple.

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 It can't produce fruit unless it's cared for,

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 unless it's watered and fed with nutrients.

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 And so it gives us a wonderful picture

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 of how God's word, when it's listened to,

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 when we take it on board,

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 when we meditate upon it,

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 it actually brings fruitfulness to our life.

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 Taking in God's word is like this tree

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 planted by a stream of water

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 which yields fruit in season.

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 There is something healthy and vibrant about this life

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 that is engaged with God's word.

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 It is attractive and beautiful.

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 It is a good way.

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 It is the righteous way.

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 So in verses 1 to 3,

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 we have the way of the righteous.

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 Which is marked by listening to the word.

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 And then we have the way of the wicked.

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 In verses 4 to 5,

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 which is marked by listening to the world.

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 Go back to verse 1.

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 It tells us there that the righteous person

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 does not walk in the counsel of the wicked

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 or stand in the way of sinners

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 or sit in the seat of mockers.

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 Well, the wicked person does walk in the counsel of the wicked.

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 They do stand in the way of sinners

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 and they do sit in the seat of mockers.

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 So rather than listening to the word,

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 they're spending their time listening to the world.

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 And look at the contrast of this life.

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 Verse 4.

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 Verse 4 breaks in with this.

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 It says,

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 Not so the wicked.

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 It's making a comparison

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 with what it says in verse 3.

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 The wicked are not like

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 the person in verse 3

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 who is a tree planted by streams of water

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 which yield as fruit in season.

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 Instead,

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 verse 4,

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 the wicked are like chaff.

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 Not like a tree,

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 but like chaff.

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 Now, chaff is that waste

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 which you get around the corn

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 or the grain.

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 It's of no value whatsoever.

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 The husk, we might call it.

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 It's useless.

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 If you were to go shopping in Tesco's tomorrow morning

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 for your favourite cereal,

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 you're not going to find anything

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 called chaffabix

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 or chafflakes

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 or chaffos.

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 Why?

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 Because chaff is a waste.

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 It produces nothing

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 of any value whatsoever.

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 It's to be thrown out.

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 In fact, I'm told

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 that it's so useless

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 you can't even start a fire with it.

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 And so it gives us a terrible picture

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 or image

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 of someone who listens to the world

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 rather than the word.

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 It's a life

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 that is fruitless

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 and all that they produce in the end

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 is worthless.

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 It's of no value whatsoever.

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 Verse 5,

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 Therefore,

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 the wicked

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 will not stand

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 in the judgment

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 and sinners

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 in the assembly

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 of the righteous.

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 the way of the wicked

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 is ultimately

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 destined

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 to fail.

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 It offers nothing

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 in the end.

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 So this psalm

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 makes this contrast

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 between,

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 on the one hand,

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 we've got the way of the righteous

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 listening to the word

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 and the way of the wicked

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 who listen to the world.

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 It's very important

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 what we listen to.

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 I'm sure

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 you've all heard

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 the health

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 gurus say

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 we are

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 what we eat.

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 And to some extent

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 that's true.

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 Our health

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 depends on what we take

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 into our bodies.

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 So if we were to eat

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 McDonald's

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 24-7

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 we're going to end up

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 in the operating theater

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 needing a new heart,

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 aren't we?

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 It's not good for you.

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 On the other hand,

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 if we eat

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 the right kind of food,

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 as much as we don't like

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 our greens,

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 we need to eat them

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 because

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 it will produce

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 a vibrant

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 long life.

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 Well,

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 Psalm 1

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 is saying to us

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 we are

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 what we listen to.

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 If we listen to the word,

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 well that's a healthy diet.

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 It's going to help us

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 live rightly

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 in God's world.

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 Have a look at Psalm 19.

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 We sang about this

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 a little bit earlier on.

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 Psalm 19.

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 This is a psalm

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 that speaks about

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 the greatness

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 of God's word.

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 Let's pick it up

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 in verse 7

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 of Psalm 19.

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 Psalm 19.

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 Psalm 19.

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 The law of the Lord

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 is perfect,

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 reviving the soul.

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 The statutes of the Lord

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 are trustworthy,

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 making wise the simple.

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 Verse 10.

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 They are more precious

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 than gold,

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 than much pure gold.

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 They are sweeter than honey,

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 than honey from the cone.

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 By them

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 is your servant warned.

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 In keeping them

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 there is great

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 reward.

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 So God's word

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 is good for us.

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 It's healthy.

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 On the other hand,

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 if we listen to the world,

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 it's going to be

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 an unhealthy diet.

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 It's going to pull us

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 away from God.

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 It's going to leave us

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 without meaning

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 and without purpose.

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 Look back at

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 Psalm chapter 1,

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 verse 1.

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 I wonder if you can

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 notice the progression

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 that there is

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 in verse 1.

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 The person who

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 spends their time

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 listening to the world

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 rather than the word.

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 They start off

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 by walking

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 in the counsel

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 of the wicked.

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 And then they stop,

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 don't they?

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 And they stand

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 in the way of sinners.

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 And then they

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 progress further.

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 They actually

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 sit down

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 in the seat

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 of mockers.

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 It's a very

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 dangerous progression,

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 isn't it?

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 When we listen

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 to the world,

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 we start off

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 by thinking

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 like them.

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 And then we

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 kind of make

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 a progression

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 from thinking

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 like them

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 to actually

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 behaving like them.

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 and then we

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 end up

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 belonging like them.

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 You see,

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 it's most important

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 to think through

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 what or who

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 we are listening

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 to.

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 And as we

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 live in this

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 world,

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 there are going

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 to be many

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 voices that are

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 competing for

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 our attention

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 all the time.

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 The atheists

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 will be saying

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 something like this.

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 There's probably

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 no God,

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 so go and

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 enjoy your life.

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 the pluralists

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 will say,

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 uh-uh,

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 they're wrong.

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 There are

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 actually many

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 gods,

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 so you choose

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 who you want

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 to listen to.

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 And then there's

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 the secularists,

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 and I think

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 that's more

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 what our society

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 is like,

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 and they will

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 say,

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 you're God.

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 You yourself

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 are God.

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 You listen

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 to yourself.

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 You know

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 better than

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 anybody else

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 what's good

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 for you.

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 And these

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 are the voices

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 that come

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 through the

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 media,

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 they come

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 through our

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 friends,

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 they come

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 through the

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 books we

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 read,

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 and the

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 underlying

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 theme is

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 this.

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 Whatever you

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 do,

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 don't listen

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 to God.

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 Listen to

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 anything else,

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 but don't

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 listen to

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 God.

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 And it

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 seems that

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 very little

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 has changed

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 from the

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 Garden of

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 Eden,

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 when the

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 devil came

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 along and

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 spoke to

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 Adam and

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 Eve,

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 and said

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 this,

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 did God

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 really say

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 the first

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 point of

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 attack was

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 to tackle

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 what God

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 said.

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 Don't

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 believe what

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 God said.

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 Yeah,

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 I know

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 he made

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 the world

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 and he

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 made you

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 and he's

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 in charge

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 and he's

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 the boss,

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 but did

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 he really

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 say that?

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 Through

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 Psalm 1,

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 God's

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 voice is

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 crystal

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 clear.

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 word.

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 It's

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 saying do

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 not listen

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 to the

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 world,

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 but listen

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 to the

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 word.

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 The word

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 that spoke

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 creation into

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 existence,

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 the word

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 that made

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 you and

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 sustains you,

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 the word

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 that became

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 flesh and

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 lived among

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 us in the

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 person of

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 Jesus Christ.

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 And remember

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 it is Jesus

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 who said,

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 I tell you

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 the truth,

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 whoever hears

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 my word

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 and believes

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 him who

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 sent me

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 has eternal

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 life and

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 will not

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 be condemned.

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 He is

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 crossed over

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 from death

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 to life.

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 So it's

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 an encouragement

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 for us to

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 listen to the

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 word that

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 can save

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 you, the

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 word that

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 can change

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 you and

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 transform you

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 into the

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 kind of

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 people that

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 God created

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 us to be.

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 we are

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 simply what

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 we listen

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 to.

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 We become

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 what words

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 we take

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 in.

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 Now this

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 all challenges

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 us to think

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 through which

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 way am I,

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 are we going

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 to live?

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 It presents

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 us with two

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 ways to live.

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 And the

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 question we

00:17:13.579 --> 00:17:14.220
 need to ask

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 individually is

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 which way am

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 I going to

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 live?

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 Now I'm

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 sure we all

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 know which

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 way we do

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 want to live.

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 And we all

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 want to say

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 yep, I want

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 to be the

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 person of

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 verses 1 to

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 3.

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 That's me.

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 Well the

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 reality is,

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 so often we

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 are not like

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 the person in

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 verse 1.

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 We do walk,

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 don't we,

00:17:38.299 --> 00:17:38.659
 in the

00:17:38.659 --> 00:17:39.179
 counsel of

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 the wicked.

00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:42.220
 We all

00:17:42.220 --> 00:17:43.019
 stop and

00:17:43.019 --> 00:17:44.639
 stand in

00:17:44.639 --> 00:17:45.119
 the way of

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 sinners.

00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:45.539
 sinners.

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 And we

00:17:47.860 --> 00:17:49.279
 all sit at

00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:49.860
 the seat of

00:17:49.860 --> 00:17:50.400
 mockers.

00:17:52.140 --> 00:17:52.579
 Now this

00:17:52.579 --> 00:17:52.960
 doesn't mean

00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:53.319
 to say that

00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:53.680
 we have to

00:17:53.680 --> 00:17:53.980
 kind of

00:17:53.980 --> 00:17:55.839
 somehow become

00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:56.559
 like little

00:17:56.559 --> 00:17:57.360
 monks living

00:17:57.360 --> 00:17:57.980
 away off on

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 some little

00:17:58.460 --> 00:17:59.299
 island somewhere

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 and not

00:17:59.880 --> 00:18:00.640
 listen or hear

00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:01.200
 to anybody

00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:01.680
 else.

00:18:02.400 --> 00:18:03.000
 Now we are

00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:03.559
 in the world,

00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:04.380
 we are with

00:18:04.380 --> 00:18:05.019
 people all

00:18:05.019 --> 00:18:05.599
 the time,

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 but sometimes

00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:10.119
 we become

00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:10.779
 more a part

00:18:10.779 --> 00:18:11.459
 of the world

00:18:11.459 --> 00:18:12.480
 than we

00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:12.939
 ought to.

00:18:14.399 --> 00:18:15.279
 We join

00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:16.259
 in with

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 other people

00:18:16.859 --> 00:18:17.240
 where we

00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:17.639
 ought not

00:18:17.639 --> 00:18:18.079
 to join

00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:18.339
 in.

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 We agree

00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:20.679
 with what

00:18:20.679 --> 00:18:21.139
 they say

00:18:21.139 --> 00:18:21.699
 rather than

00:18:21.699 --> 00:18:23.259
 challenge what

00:18:23.259 --> 00:18:23.839
 they say.

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 And so

00:18:25.899 --> 00:18:27.719
 often we

00:18:27.719 --> 00:18:28.199
 are not

00:18:28.199 --> 00:18:28.679
 like the

00:18:28.679 --> 00:18:29.240
 person of

00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:29.859
 verse 2.

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 We don't

00:18:32.919 --> 00:18:33.579
 delight in

00:18:33.579 --> 00:18:34.019
 the law of

00:18:34.019 --> 00:18:34.279
 the Lord.

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 It's an

00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:35.539
 absolute drudgery

00:18:35.539 --> 00:18:36.319
 if we're honest

00:18:36.319 --> 00:18:37.039
 to sit down

00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:37.599
 and read our

00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:37.919
 Bible.

00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:40.000
 It comes to

00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:40.439
 reading our

00:18:40.439 --> 00:18:40.899
 Bible and

00:18:40.899 --> 00:18:41.199
 we're not

00:18:41.199 --> 00:18:41.799
 jumping up and

00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:42.139
 down all

00:18:42.139 --> 00:18:42.639
 excited and

00:18:42.639 --> 00:18:42.759
 saying,

00:18:42.839 --> 00:18:43.240
 oh I can't

00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:43.599
 wait to

00:18:43.599 --> 00:18:44.000
 read it.

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 It's like,

00:18:45.019 --> 00:18:45.619
 gosh do I

00:18:45.619 --> 00:18:46.000
 have to

00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:46.479
 read it?

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 And as

00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:49.119
 far as

00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:50.119
 meditating on

00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:50.779
 it day and

00:18:50.779 --> 00:18:51.299
 night,

00:18:52.139 --> 00:18:52.679
 my goodness

00:18:52.679 --> 00:18:53.179
 me it's

00:18:53.179 --> 00:18:53.599
 hard enough

00:18:53.599 --> 00:18:54.159
 to open my

00:18:54.159 --> 00:18:54.979
 Bible once a

00:18:54.979 --> 00:18:55.359
 week,

00:18:55.659 --> 00:18:56.479
 let alone try

00:18:56.479 --> 00:18:56.899
 and do it

00:18:56.899 --> 00:18:57.319
 day and

00:18:57.319 --> 00:18:57.719
 night.

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 And I'm

00:18:58.880 --> 00:18:59.400
 sure if we

00:18:59.400 --> 00:18:59.799
 were to do

00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:00.100
 a little

00:19:00.100 --> 00:19:00.640
 survey,

00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:02.019
 myself included,

00:19:02.460 --> 00:19:02.940
 we would be

00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:03.680
 all extremely

00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:04.640
 embarrassed to

00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:05.779
 say how many

00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:06.240
 times we

00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:06.839
 actually did

00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:07.480
 open up our

00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:08.140
 Bibles this

00:19:08.140 --> 00:19:08.420
 week.

00:19:13.460 --> 00:19:14.400
 So where

00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:15.220
 does it leave

00:19:15.220 --> 00:19:15.600
 us?

00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:16.860
 Although we

00:19:16.860 --> 00:19:17.860
 like the way

00:19:17.860 --> 00:19:18.160
 of the

00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:18.539
 righteous,

00:19:19.700 --> 00:19:20.839
 we like to

00:19:20.839 --> 00:19:21.559
 put ourselves

00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:22.120
 in verses

00:19:22.120 --> 00:19:22.960
 1 to 3,

00:19:23.360 --> 00:19:24.100
 the reality

00:19:24.100 --> 00:19:26.299
 is we

00:19:26.299 --> 00:19:26.720
 are very

00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:27.519
 often like

00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:28.579
 verses 4

00:19:28.579 --> 00:19:29.259
 and 5.

00:19:32.539 --> 00:19:33.319
 And the

00:19:33.319 --> 00:19:34.160
 consequences

00:19:34.160 --> 00:19:35.460
 are serious.

00:19:35.559 --> 00:19:35.839
 Look at

00:19:35.839 --> 00:19:36.559
 verse 6.

00:19:38.619 --> 00:19:39.200
 The Lord

00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:40.240
 watches over

00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:40.900
 the way

00:19:40.900 --> 00:19:41.379
 of the

00:19:41.379 --> 00:19:41.819
 righteous,

00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:44.099
 but the

00:19:44.099 --> 00:19:44.559
 way of the

00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:45.119
 wicked will

00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:45.819
 perish.

00:19:48.299 --> 00:19:48.740
 You see,

00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:49.619
 our problem

00:19:49.619 --> 00:19:50.039
 is,

00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:50.339
 and the

00:19:50.339 --> 00:19:50.980
 problem that

00:19:50.980 --> 00:19:51.639
 this psalm

00:19:51.639 --> 00:19:52.619
 confronts,

00:19:53.599 --> 00:19:54.279
 it's like

00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:54.660
 there's a

00:19:54.660 --> 00:19:55.319
 sting in the

00:19:55.319 --> 00:19:55.599
 tail.

00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:56.039
 it all

00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:56.719
 starts off

00:19:56.719 --> 00:19:57.859
 very exciting

00:19:57.859 --> 00:19:58.259
 and yes,

00:19:58.299 --> 00:19:58.899
 I like this,

00:19:58.980 --> 00:19:59.500
 but by the

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 time we get

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 to the end

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 of it,

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 it paints a

00:20:02.139 --> 00:20:02.659
 picture of

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 what we're

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 really like.

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 And the

00:20:05.599 --> 00:20:06.579
 terrible conclusion

00:20:06.579 --> 00:20:07.339
 is we're not

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 like the way

00:20:07.899 --> 00:20:08.159
 of the

00:20:08.159 --> 00:20:08.419
 righteous,

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 we're like

00:20:08.959 --> 00:20:09.259
 the way

00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:09.519
 of the

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 wicked.

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 We slip up

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 far too

00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:13.379
 often,

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 and we

00:20:14.339 --> 00:20:15.139
 fail too

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 much.

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 So is

00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:19.320
 there any

00:20:19.320 --> 00:20:19.980
 of us

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 who can

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 actually live

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 the right

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 way?

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 Well,

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 the answer

00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:27.960
 is none

00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:28.440
 of us can

00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:28.800
 live the

00:20:28.800 --> 00:20:29.280
 right way.

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 But there

00:20:32.040 --> 00:20:32.580
 is another

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 way.

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 There is

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 one who

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 has lived

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 the right

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 way.

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 And more

00:20:38.780 --> 00:20:39.380
 importantly,

00:20:39.580 --> 00:20:39.820
 and the

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 exciting and

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 the good

00:20:41.180 --> 00:20:41.800
 news is,

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 he has

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 lived the

00:20:44.420 --> 00:20:45.339
 right way

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 for us.

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 He lived

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 a way that

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 we could

00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:50.980
 never live.

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 Do you

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 remember the

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 verse that we

00:20:54.220 --> 00:20:54.879
 started with

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 this morning?

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 It came in

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 2 Timothy 3

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 15.

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 I'll read it

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 to you.

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 It says,

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 the scriptures

00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:02.619
 are able to

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 make you

00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:04.259
 wise for

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:04.920
 salvation

00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:06.879
 through faith

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 in Jesus

00:21:08.339 --> 00:21:08.899
 Christ.

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 It's telling

00:21:10.599 --> 00:21:11.279
 us that the

00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:11.899
 scriptures,

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 the Bible,

00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:13.259
 the Psalms,

00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:13.839
 included,

00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:15.839
 tell us

00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:17.079
 about Jesus

00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:19.319
 and our

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 salvation

00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:22.079
 and all

00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:22.859
 about Jesus

00:21:22.859 --> 00:21:23.599
 who lived

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 the perfect

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 way for

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 us.

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 This is what

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 this psalm is

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 pointing us

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 to.

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 It's ultimately

00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:32.220
 pointing us

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 to Jesus

00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.440
 who lived

00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:33.759
 the way

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 that we

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 could never

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 live.

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 Where we

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 disobey,

00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:38.259
 he is

00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:38.720
 obeyed.

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 He not

00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:39.720
 only read

00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:40.359
 God's word,

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 he obeyed

00:21:41.420 --> 00:21:42.000
 God's word

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 in all its

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 fullness.

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 Where we

00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:44.200
 fail,

00:21:44.460 --> 00:21:44.820
 he was

00:21:44.820 --> 00:21:45.300
 faithful.

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 Where we

00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:46.700
 sin,

00:21:46.940 --> 00:21:47.380
 he was

00:21:47.380 --> 00:21:47.759
 without

00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:48.180
 sin.

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 So Jesus

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:50.519
 came,

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 the word

00:21:51.120 --> 00:21:52.140
 became flesh,

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 he lived

00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:53.480
 his life

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 on earth,

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 he lived

00:21:54.560 --> 00:21:55.340
 the perfect

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 life for

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 us.

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 But more

00:21:59.259 --> 00:21:59.660
 than that,

00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:00.220
 Jesus not

00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:00.780
 only lived

00:22:00.780 --> 00:22:01.400
 our life,

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 he died

00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:03.360
 our death.

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 He was

00:22:05.540 --> 00:22:06.900
 treated as

00:22:06.900 --> 00:22:07.759
 wicked for

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.320
 us,

00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:09.859
 so that

00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:10.259
 we might

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:10.919
 be treated

00:22:10.919 --> 00:22:11.619
 righteous

00:22:11.619 --> 00:22:13.279
 like him.

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 Let me

00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:16.039
 read that

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 again to

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 let it

00:22:16.879 --> 00:22:17.759
 sink down

00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.339
 as we

00:22:18.339 --> 00:22:19.500
 reflect on

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.079
 Psalm 1.

00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:20.740
 He was

00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:21.500
 treated as

00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:22.740
 wicked for

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 us so

00:22:24.419 --> 00:22:24.759
 that we

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 might be

00:22:25.179 --> 00:22:25.480
 treated

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:26.319
 righteous like

00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:26.519
 him.

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 He died

00:22:27.419 --> 00:22:28.059
 for us so

00:22:28.059 --> 00:22:28.379
 that we

00:22:28.379 --> 00:22:28.960
 might not

00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:29.679
 perish,

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 but that we

00:22:31.659 --> 00:22:32.579
 might prosper,

00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:34.099
 that we

00:22:34.099 --> 00:22:34.559
 might have

00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:35.759
 eternal life.

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:38.539
 so through

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.200
 our faith

00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:39.940
 in Jesus

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:40.759
 who lived

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.539
 the perfect

00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:42.059
 way,

00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:43.819
 we can

00:22:43.819 --> 00:22:44.779
 have salvation.

00:22:47.119 --> 00:22:47.859
 And then

00:22:47.859 --> 00:22:48.599
 we can read

00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:49.440
 verse 5,

00:22:49.879 --> 00:22:50.559
 in the light

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.099
 of all that

00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:51.680
 Christ has

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.180
 done and

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:52.779
 know that

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.839
 the wicked,

00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:54.660
 people like

00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:55.140
 me,

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:57.140
 will be able

00:22:57.140 --> 00:22:57.900
 to stand

00:22:57.900 --> 00:22:58.319
 in the

00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:58.619
 judgment

00:22:58.619 --> 00:22:59.640
 because Christ

00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:00.140
 has taken

00:23:00.140 --> 00:23:00.660
 the judgment

00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:01.299
 for me.

00:23:02.379 --> 00:23:03.000
 A sinner

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.879
 like me

00:23:03.879 --> 00:23:04.799
 will be

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.379
 in the

00:23:05.380 --> 00:23:05.860
 assembly

00:23:05.860 --> 00:23:06.240
 of the

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:06.600
 righteous

00:23:06.600 --> 00:23:08.720
 because I

00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:09.040
 am no

00:23:09.040 --> 00:23:09.340
 longer

00:23:09.340 --> 00:23:10.040
 seen with

00:23:10.040 --> 00:23:10.300
 sin,

00:23:10.360 --> 00:23:10.660
 but I

00:23:10.660 --> 00:23:11.320
 am seen

00:23:11.320 --> 00:23:12.220
 with the

00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:12.660
 righteousness

00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:13.440
 of Christ.

00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:15.700
 All of

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.340
 this comes

00:23:16.340 --> 00:23:16.760
 as we

00:23:16.760 --> 00:23:17.820
 think upon

00:23:17.820 --> 00:23:18.260
 God's

00:23:18.260 --> 00:23:18.600
 word and

00:23:18.600 --> 00:23:19.100
 understand

00:23:19.100 --> 00:23:19.940
 his amazing

00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:20.580
 salvation

00:23:20.580 --> 00:23:21.240
 for us.

00:23:22.600 --> 00:23:23.260
 The way

00:23:23.260 --> 00:23:23.940
 of Christ,

00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:25.900
 he lived

00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:26.560
 the life

00:23:26.560 --> 00:23:27.620
 that we

00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:28.040
 could never

00:23:28.040 --> 00:23:28.440
 live.

00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:31.460
 So where

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:31.900
 do we go

00:23:31.900 --> 00:23:32.440
 from here?

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:34.680
 Well,

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:36.080
 it might

00:23:36.080 --> 00:23:37.039
 be stating

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.640
 the obvious

00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:38.080
 to say

00:23:38.080 --> 00:23:38.620
 that Psalm

00:23:38.620 --> 00:23:39.320
 1 is

00:23:39.320 --> 00:23:39.960
 Psalm 1.

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:41.120
 That it's

00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:41.500
 the very

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:41.940
 first

00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:42.380
 psalm.

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:43.700
 Well,

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.000
 there's a

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:44.519
 reason I

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:44.980
 think that

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:45.539
 Psalm 1

00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:45.960
 is Psalm

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:46.360
 1 and

00:23:46.360 --> 00:23:46.960
 not Psalm

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:48.019
 15 or

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:49.039
 38 or

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.720
 something else.

00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:51.039
 Because Psalm

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:51.559
 1 is all

00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:51.980
 about the

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:52.799
 importance of

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.380
 listening to

00:23:53.380 --> 00:23:54.019
 God's word.

00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:55.100
 It's an

00:23:55.100 --> 00:23:55.740
 introduction.

00:23:56.059 --> 00:23:56.680
 Psalm 1 is

00:23:56.680 --> 00:23:57.420
 an introduction

00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:58.400
 to the

00:23:58.400 --> 00:23:59.060
 rest of

00:23:59.060 --> 00:23:59.240
 the

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.720
 psalms.

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.160
 In other

00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:01.400
 words,

00:24:01.460 --> 00:24:01.860
 it's telling

00:24:01.860 --> 00:24:02.120
 us,

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:03.140
 don't stop

00:24:03.140 --> 00:24:03.620
 at Psalm

00:24:03.620 --> 00:24:03.960
 1,

00:24:04.580 --> 00:24:05.100
 but now

00:24:05.100 --> 00:24:05.519
 go and

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:05.940
 read them

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:06.320
 all.

00:24:07.840 --> 00:24:08.460
 Get into

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:09.019
 God's

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.480
 words.

00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:10.920
 Because it

00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:11.420
 tells us

00:24:11.420 --> 00:24:12.279
 about salvation.

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:13.120
 It tells us

00:24:13.120 --> 00:24:13.779
 about Christ.

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.880
 It tells us

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:15.240
 about the

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:15.560
 way we

00:24:15.560 --> 00:24:16.080
 should live.

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:17.300
 In fact,

00:24:17.380 --> 00:24:17.960
 the application

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.620
 is wider.

00:24:18.820 --> 00:24:19.039
 It's saying,

00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:19.920
 read all

00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:20.560
 of Scripture.

00:24:21.140 --> 00:24:21.740
 Because if

00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.380
 we do,

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.140
 then we

00:24:23.140 --> 00:24:23.480
 will be

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:23.920
 like

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:25.759
 verse 3,

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.539
 that tree

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.339
 planted by

00:24:27.339 --> 00:24:28.059
 streams of

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:28.640
 water which

00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:29.240
 yields its

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:30.420
 fruit in

00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:30.839
 season.

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.599
 Now I

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:33.819
 know,

00:24:33.879 --> 00:24:34.079
 and I

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.400
 want us

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:34.700
 to be

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.299
 real about

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:35.619
 all of

00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:35.759
 this,

00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:36.099
 that we

00:24:36.099 --> 00:24:36.720
 do find

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.339
 reading the

00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:38.180
 Bible hard,

00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:38.779
 don't we?

00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:39.660
 We all

00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:40.119
 find it

00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:40.500
 difficult.

00:24:40.660 --> 00:24:40.960
 It doesn't

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:41.440
 come easy

00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:41.920
 to us.

00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:43.799
 So I

00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:44.119
 want to

00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:44.960
 encourage us

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.500
 in two

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:46.779
 ways how

00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:47.259
 we can

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:48.259
 read the

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:48.619
 Bible.

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:50.119
 Just two

00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:50.599
 ways in

00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:50.920
 which we

00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:51.299
 can read

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:51.779
 the Bible.

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.500
 The first

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:53.879
 is,

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:54.779
 read the

00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.740
 Bible on

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.200
 your own.

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:57.680
 Nothing

00:24:57.680 --> 00:24:58.120
 difficult,

00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:58.799
 read it

00:24:58.799 --> 00:24:59.180
 on your

00:24:59.180 --> 00:24:59.460
 own.

00:25:00.900 --> 00:25:01.140
 Well,

00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:01.480
 you say

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:01.819
 to me,

00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:02.259
 but I

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:02.700
 don't have

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.519
 time to

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:03.980
 read my

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:04.319
 Bible,

00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:04.740
 I'm just

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.319
 too busy.

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:05.940
 By the

00:25:05.940 --> 00:25:06.339
 time I

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:06.660
 get up

00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:06.900
 in the

00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:07.160
 morning,

00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:07.640
 I'm

00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:08.000
 having to

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.480
 leave the

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:08.880
 house at

00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:09.559
 seven o'clock

00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:10.039
 or half

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:10.380
 seven,

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:11.180
 I've got

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:11.500
 to be

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:11.900
 at work

00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:12.160
 at a

00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:12.339
 certain

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:12.759
 time,

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:13.440
 then I'm

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:13.920
 leaving home

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:14.319
 to rush

00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:14.700
 home for

00:25:14.700 --> 00:25:15.160
 dinner and

00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:15.579
 see the

00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:15.880
 kids,

00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:16.579
 and then I've

00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:16.920
 got to go

00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:17.400
 out somewhere

00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:17.599
 in the

00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:17.740
 evening.

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.799
 I just

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.200
 don't have

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:19.900
 time to

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:20.240
 sit it

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.420
 in.

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:23.960
 Well,

00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:24.220
 let me

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.579
 read a

00:25:24.579 --> 00:25:25.259
 quote from

00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:25.840
 a well-known

00:25:25.840 --> 00:25:26.360
 preacher,

00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:28.440
 Martin Lloyd

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:28.799
 Jones.

00:25:30.100 --> 00:25:31.100
 He was

00:25:31.100 --> 00:25:31.819
 actually a

00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:32.240
 physician,

00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:33.299
 a doctor as

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:33.539
 well.

00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:34.360
 And this is

00:25:34.360 --> 00:25:35.200
 what the

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:35.660
 quote says,

00:25:35.720 --> 00:25:36.360
 Martin Lloyd

00:25:36.360 --> 00:25:37.340
 Jones once

00:25:37.340 --> 00:25:39.180
 spoke with a

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:39.600
 group of

00:25:39.600 --> 00:25:40.740
 medical students

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.960
 who complained

00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:42.539
 that in the

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.079
 midst of their

00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:44.539
 training and

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:45.160
 the ferocious

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:46.000
 work hours,

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:46.980
 they really

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.600
 didn't have

00:25:47.600 --> 00:25:48.579
 time to read

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:49.299
 the Bible and

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:49.700
 have their

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.460
 devotions and

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:50.940
 so on.

00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:52.000
 He

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.720
 brittled and

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.039
 said,

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:54.100
 I am a

00:25:54.100 --> 00:25:54.440
 doctor.

00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:55.400
 I have been

00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:55.840
 where you

00:25:55.840 --> 00:25:56.080
 are.

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:58.519
 You have

00:25:58.519 --> 00:25:59.640
 time for

00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:00.080
 what you

00:26:00.080 --> 00:26:00.660
 want to

00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:00.820
 do.

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:02.900
 After a

00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:03.519
 long pause,

00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:04.059
 he said,

00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:05.140
 I make

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:05.620
 only one

00:26:05.620 --> 00:26:06.180
 exception.

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.140
 The mother

00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:09.400
 of preschool

00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:10.660
 age children

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:11.980
 does not

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.660
 have time

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:14.200
 and emotional

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:14.840
 resources.

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.519
 I think

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:17.140
 that's very

00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:17.840
 important for

00:26:17.840 --> 00:26:18.480
 us all to

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.019
 listen to.

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.340
 For all

00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:20.759
 the men,

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.459
 and for

00:26:21.459 --> 00:26:21.759
 all the

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.119
 rest of

00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:22.480
 us who

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:22.899
 don't have

00:26:22.899 --> 00:26:23.139
 kids,

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:23.480
 we can

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:24.220
 make all

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.980
 the excuses

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.379
 in the

00:26:25.379 --> 00:26:25.720
 world.

00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:27.220
 But at

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.599
 the end of

00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:27.899
 the day,

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.379
 that's what

00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:28.839
 they are.

00:26:28.959 --> 00:26:29.379
 They're just

00:26:29.379 --> 00:26:30.000
 excuses.

00:26:30.459 --> 00:26:30.959
 We all have

00:26:30.959 --> 00:26:31.619
 time to watch

00:26:31.619 --> 00:26:32.359
 the footy on

00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:32.720
 telly.

00:26:33.179 --> 00:26:33.699
 We all have

00:26:33.699 --> 00:26:34.319
 time to look

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:34.619
 at other

00:26:34.619 --> 00:26:35.359
 programs and

00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:36.220
 read magazines.

00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:37.000
 And I'm not

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.459
 saying don't

00:26:37.459 --> 00:26:37.720
 do it.

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.240
 It's good to

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:38.699
 do it.

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.299
 We've all

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:40.959
 got time.

00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:42.720
 We've just

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:43.240
 got to make

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:43.480
 it our

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.059
 priority.

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:46.299
 And the

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.759
 only ones

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.240
 who have a

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.579
 genuine

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.079
 reason,

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.879
 according to

00:26:48.879 --> 00:26:49.659
 Martin Lloyd

00:26:49.660 --> 00:26:49.960
 Jones,

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.240
 and I

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.560
 think it's

00:26:50.560 --> 00:26:50.820
 a good

00:26:50.820 --> 00:26:51.080
 one,

00:26:52.040 --> 00:26:52.560
 are mums.

00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:53.900
 Those with

00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:54.700
 little kids.

00:26:55.820 --> 00:26:56.240
 I know

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:57.360
 Kirsty had to

00:26:57.360 --> 00:26:57.840
 look after

00:26:57.840 --> 00:26:58.440
 two little

00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:58.840
 kids.

00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:00.019
 And you

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.440
 get to a

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:01.000
 certain point

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.540
 of the day

00:27:01.540 --> 00:27:02.700
 and it's

00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:03.279
 just whacked

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.540
 out,

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.200
 mentally,

00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:05.019
 emotionally

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:05.720
 exhausted.

00:27:06.560 --> 00:27:07.000
 Can't even

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.600
 sit and read

00:27:07.600 --> 00:27:08.019
 the Bible

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.600
 and take it

00:27:08.600 --> 00:27:08.740
 in.

00:27:09.860 --> 00:27:10.500
 So if you're

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.060
 a mum here

00:27:11.060 --> 00:27:11.660
 this morning

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.100
 and you're

00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:12.440
 in that

00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:13.019
 situation,

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:13.460
 you just

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:13.840
 find it

00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:14.639
 really hard

00:27:14.639 --> 00:27:15.059
 and really

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.480
 tough.

00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:17.839
 Don't beat

00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:18.519
 yourself up

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.019
 about it

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.339
 and get

00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:19.899
 all guilty

00:27:19.899 --> 00:27:20.579
 about it.

00:27:20.899 --> 00:27:21.259
 But if

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:21.519
 you're a

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.119
 husband of

00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:22.899
 that mum,

00:27:23.699 --> 00:27:24.279
 you've got a

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:24.939
 responsibility

00:27:24.939 --> 00:27:27.000
 to make sure

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:27.359
 that they

00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:28.039
 have time

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:29.759
 to encourage

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:29.899
 them,

00:27:29.939 --> 00:27:30.319
 maybe to

00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:30.639
 read it

00:27:30.639 --> 00:27:31.099
 with them,

00:27:31.459 --> 00:27:31.859
 to pray

00:27:31.859 --> 00:27:32.299
 for them,

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:33.339
 to be that

00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:34.579
 support that

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.159
 they need.

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:36.099
 And mums,

00:27:36.639 --> 00:27:37.199
 it doesn't

00:27:37.199 --> 00:27:38.099
 last forever.

00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:39.419
 It is a

00:27:39.419 --> 00:27:39.839
 season,

00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:41.339
 but we

00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:41.779
 do need

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.220
 to gather

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:42.759
 around and

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:44.139
 support and

00:27:44.139 --> 00:27:44.839
 to encourage.

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.799
 So first

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:47.099
 of all,

00:27:47.179 --> 00:27:47.500
 read the

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:47.980
 Bible on

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.359
 your own.

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:49.819
 The second

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:50.980
 way to read

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.419
 the Bible

00:27:51.419 --> 00:27:52.059
 is to read

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:52.419
 it with

00:27:52.419 --> 00:27:53.240
 someone else

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:54.740
 because it

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.259
 provides

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:56.039
 accountability

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:57.559
 and support.

00:27:57.699 --> 00:27:58.079
 The Christian

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.699
 life is not

00:27:58.699 --> 00:27:59.240
 something we

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.699
 live on our

00:27:59.699 --> 00:27:59.919
 own.

00:28:00.659 --> 00:28:01.179
 It's not

00:28:01.179 --> 00:28:01.639
 to be done

00:28:01.639 --> 00:28:02.480
 in isolation.

00:28:02.679 --> 00:28:03.059
 We're to do

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.480
 it with the

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:04.519
 care and

00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:05.119
 the help

00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:06.279
 and support

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:06.720
 of one

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.039
 another.

00:28:07.439 --> 00:28:07.720
 And it's

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.099
 something that

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:08.679
 we encourage

00:28:08.679 --> 00:28:09.359
 very often

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:10.259
 from the

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.759
 frontier

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:12.159
 and informally

00:28:12.159 --> 00:28:12.639
 with each

00:28:12.639 --> 00:28:12.939
 other.

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:13.979
 To take

00:28:13.979 --> 00:28:14.539
 somebody

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.639
 who you

00:28:15.639 --> 00:28:16.159
 can sit

00:28:16.159 --> 00:28:16.699
 down with

00:28:16.699 --> 00:28:17.439
 and read

00:28:17.439 --> 00:28:17.919
 the Bible

00:28:17.919 --> 00:28:18.839
 with and

00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:19.799
 challenge them

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.759
 about what

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.079
 it says.

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:21.859
 I read the

00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:22.379
 Bible with

00:28:22.379 --> 00:28:23.519
 different people

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:24.119
 and if you're

00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:24.779
 stuck and you

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.179
 have nobody

00:28:25.179 --> 00:28:25.699
 to read it

00:28:25.699 --> 00:28:26.539
 with and you

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:27.039
 haven't got a

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.879
 friend, I'll

00:28:27.879 --> 00:28:28.539
 be a friend.

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.339
 I'll read the

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:30.039
 Bible with you.

00:28:30.419 --> 00:28:31.240
 Very happy to

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:31.740
 do that.

00:28:32.699 --> 00:28:33.599
 But one of

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:34.379
 the things I

00:28:34.379 --> 00:28:35.779
 read recently

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.419
 with someone,

00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:38.119
 this is what

00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:38.619
 it said.

00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:40.119
 And it's

00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:40.459
 why it's

00:28:40.459 --> 00:28:40.819
 good to

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:41.159
 read it

00:28:41.159 --> 00:28:41.740
 with somebody

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:43.379
 because they

00:28:43.379 --> 00:28:44.000
 ask you

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.699
 things that

00:28:44.699 --> 00:28:45.659
 you would

00:28:45.659 --> 00:28:46.299
 never ask

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:46.879
 for yourself.

00:28:47.159 --> 00:28:47.579
 We read

00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:48.219
 these verses.

00:28:48.939 --> 00:28:49.599
 People will

00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:50.279
 be lovers of

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:50.819
 themselves,

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:51.419
 lover of

00:28:51.419 --> 00:28:51.679
 money,

00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:52.179
 boastful,

00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:52.539
 proud,

00:28:52.659 --> 00:28:53.079
 abutiful,

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:53.979
 disobedient to

00:28:53.979 --> 00:28:54.579
 their parents,

00:28:54.719 --> 00:28:55.199
 ungrateful,

00:28:55.379 --> 00:28:55.719
 unholy,

00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:56.399
 without love,

00:28:56.479 --> 00:28:57.000
 unforgiving,

00:28:57.159 --> 00:28:57.679
 slanderous,

00:28:57.979 --> 00:28:58.939
 without self-control,

00:28:59.099 --> 00:28:59.379
 brutal,

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:00.159
 not lovers of

00:29:00.159 --> 00:29:00.500
 the good,

00:29:00.899 --> 00:29:01.339
 treacherous,

00:29:01.459 --> 00:29:01.639
 rash,

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.219
 conceited,

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:03.059
 lovers of pleasure

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.559
 rather than

00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:04.219
 lovers of God,

00:29:04.719 --> 00:29:05.579
 having a form of

00:29:05.579 --> 00:29:06.319
 godliness but

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:07.179
 denying its power,

00:29:07.399 --> 00:29:08.179
 have nothing to do

00:29:08.179 --> 00:29:08.519
 with them.

00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:09.899
 Now if I was

00:29:09.899 --> 00:29:10.379
 to read that

00:29:10.379 --> 00:29:10.740
 myself,

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:11.039
 I'd say,

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:11.399
 well that's

00:29:11.399 --> 00:29:11.819
 other people,

00:29:11.899 --> 00:29:12.419
 that's not me.

00:29:12.639 --> 00:29:13.459
 The person who I

00:29:13.459 --> 00:29:14.240
 was reading with

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:15.399
 perched up and

00:29:15.399 --> 00:29:15.639
 says,

00:29:15.899 --> 00:29:16.339
 well Johnny,

00:29:16.399 --> 00:29:16.899
 which one are

00:29:16.899 --> 00:29:17.139
 you?

00:29:18.899 --> 00:29:19.259
 You see,

00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:19.859
 I would never

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:20.839
 ask that question

00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:21.500
 of myself.

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:23.440
 but with somebody

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:23.740
 else,

00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:24.779
 we are challenging

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.740
 each other over

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.500
 God's word,

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:27.759
 hearing what it

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:28.500
 has to say,

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:29.980
 being accountable

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:31.039
 and being

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:31.539
 supportive.

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:32.559
 And if we do

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:33.460
 miss a day where

00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:34.160
 we don't read the

00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:34.339
 Bible,

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:35.099
 if we miss two

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:35.279
 days,

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:36.059
 if we miss a

00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:36.299
 week,

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:37.079
 if we miss a

00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:37.359
 month,

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:40.660
 we need people

00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:41.240
 who will gather

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:42.019
 around us and

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:43.039
 encourage us

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:44.880
 and support us

00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:45.820
 and say,

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.960
 I'll sit down

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 and I'll read it

00:29:48.280 --> 00:29:48.780
 with you

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 and I'll pray

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.760
 with you

00:29:50.760 --> 00:29:52.120
 and encourage

00:29:52.120 --> 00:29:52.520
 you.

00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:54.560
 Now these two

00:29:54.560 --> 00:29:54.880
 ways,

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.660
 reading the Bible

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:56.200
 on your own

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:56.740
 and reading it

00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:57.140
 with somebody

00:29:57.140 --> 00:29:57.400
 else,

00:29:57.760 --> 00:29:58.580
 I don't suggest

00:29:58.580 --> 00:29:59.280
 it's one or the

00:29:59.280 --> 00:29:59.540
 other.

00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:01.580
 I suggest you

00:30:01.580 --> 00:30:02.300
 do the two.

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:03.940
 You read it on

00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:04.400
 your own,

00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:05.840
 but you also

00:30:05.840 --> 00:30:07.560
 read it with

00:30:07.560 --> 00:30:08.340
 someone else.

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:11.419
 Verse 1 of

00:30:11.419 --> 00:30:13.480
 Psalm 1 says,

00:30:13.619 --> 00:30:14.379
 Bless us.

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:16.459
 The satisfied,

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.199
 content,

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:18.259
 happy,

00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:20.059
 fulfilled person

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:22.259
 will never be

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:23.099
 striving or

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:23.579
 looking for

00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:24.159
 anything more

00:30:24.159 --> 00:30:24.720
 because we

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:25.799
 have everything.

00:30:28.199 --> 00:30:29.299
 For the person

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:30.359
 who delights

00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:32.059
 in the laws

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:33.059
 of the Lord,

00:30:33.199 --> 00:30:34.159
 who meditates

00:30:34.159 --> 00:30:34.959
 on a day and

00:30:34.959 --> 00:30:35.379
 night,

00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:36.679
 who will be

00:30:36.679 --> 00:30:37.539
 like a tree

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:38.879
 plant by streams

00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:39.480
 of water,

00:30:40.159 --> 00:30:41.180
 which yields

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:41.899
 its fruit

00:30:41.899 --> 00:30:43.200
 in season.

00:30:45.139 --> 00:30:46.059
 Let's be

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:46.859
 encouraged

00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:48.599
 to be people

00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:49.359
 who listen

00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:50.420
 to the word

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:52.379
 rather than

00:30:52.379 --> 00:30:52.879
 listening

00:30:52.879 --> 00:30:54.500
 to the world.

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:56.500
 Let's pray

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.480
 together.

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:57.659
 Amen.

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:19.059
 Father God,

00:31:19.159 --> 00:31:19.680
 thank you

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.259
 that you

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.539
 are

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:22.639
 personal,

00:31:23.159 --> 00:31:25.200
 that you

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:26.039
 relate to

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.279
 us,

00:31:26.379 --> 00:31:26.700
 that you

00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:27.539
 speak to

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:27.799
 us.

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:31.700
 Change

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:33.279
 our priorities

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:34.180
 in our life,

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:36.180
 change our

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:36.920
 attitudes,

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:40.799
 so that we

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.740
 make listening

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.400
 to you

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:44.460
 the most

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:45.460
 important thing

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:46.680
 in our lives.

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.940
 Help us to

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:51.740
 listen to what

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:52.420
 you are saying

00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:53.160
 to us about

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:53.840
 yourself,

00:31:55.420 --> 00:31:56.259
 about what

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.900
 you're like,

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.500
 about what

00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:58.160
 we're like,

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:00.420
 and most of

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:00.740
 all,

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:02.500
 what Jesus

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:03.180
 is like,

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:05.519
 who lived

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:06.920
 the perfect

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:08.140
 way for us,

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.519
 who lived

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:10.039
 the life

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:10.400
 that we

00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:10.940
 could never

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:11.340
 live,

00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:13.620
 who died

00:32:13.620 --> 00:32:14.360
 the death

00:32:14.360 --> 00:32:17.940
 for us,

00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:18.980
 so that we

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.440
 would not

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:20.000
 perish,

00:32:21.060 --> 00:32:21.580
 but that we

00:32:21.580 --> 00:32:22.320
 would prosper

00:32:22.320 --> 00:32:23.840
 and have

00:32:23.840 --> 00:32:24.759
 eternal life.

00:32:25.860 --> 00:32:26.700
 Help us all

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.580
 to be practical

00:32:27.580 --> 00:32:28.299
 about this.

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:29.620
 Give us

00:32:29.620 --> 00:32:30.240
 good and

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:32.200
 inventive ways

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:32.700
 of reading

00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:33.360
 your words

00:32:33.360 --> 00:32:34.539
 with one

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:34.880
 another.

00:32:36.360 --> 00:32:37.240
 Help us to

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:38.059
 support each

00:32:38.059 --> 00:32:38.440
 other and

00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:39.160
 ask each

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:39.900
 other how

00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:40.340
 we're getting

00:32:40.340 --> 00:32:40.660
 on.

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:43.120
 And if

00:32:43.120 --> 00:32:44.160
 somebody's

00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:44.559
 struggling,

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:44.960
 Lord,

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:45.620
 give us the

00:32:45.620 --> 00:32:47.759
 courage to

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.400
 get alongside

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:48.960
 them and

00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:49.580
 read with

00:32:49.580 --> 00:32:50.940
 them and

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.440
 to help

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:51.640
 them.

00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:54.180
 We pray

00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:54.640
 this in

00:32:54.640 --> 00:32:54.980
 Jesus'

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.400
 name.

00:32:56.620 --> 00:32:56.960
 Amen.

00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:57.120
 Amen.

00:32:57.120 --> 00:32:57.160
 Amen.

00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:57.200
 Amen.

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:57.220
 Amen.

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.440
 Well,

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:03.920
 we've got

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.700
 a pal,

00:33:05.080 --> 00:33:05.500
 and I

00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:05.980
 think we've

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.340
 sung it

00:33:06.340 --> 00:33:06.819
 before,

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:09.799
 which reflects,

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.640
 helps us to

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:11.160
 think through

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:11.660
 a little bit

00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:12.180
 about what

00:33:12.180 --> 00:33:12.480
 we've been

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:13.160
 looking at,

00:33:13.580 --> 00:33:15.240
 speak on the

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:15.720
 word as we

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:17.500
ąż

00:33:19.120 --> 00:33:19.960
 how

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:21.440
 A