WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.099 Well, last week, we were talking about our relationship as Christians with our community, 00:00:11.759 --> 00:00:14.259 with our province, with our country. 00:00:14.980 --> 00:00:20.059 We looked together at what God had to say to the Israelites who were living in captivity 00:00:20.059 --> 00:00:21.559 as exiles in Babylon. 00:00:22.800 --> 00:00:29.879 God told them that they were to seek the welfare and the prosperity of the people in the cities 00:00:29.879 --> 00:00:31.500 which they were living. 00:00:32.179 --> 00:00:34.000 He told them to pray for them. 00:00:35.019 --> 00:00:41.460 I ended last Sunday with a plea that we not think of our community like the Titanic, 00:00:42.280 --> 00:00:48.399 like a sinking ship, but that we think of it as a foreign city in which we are exiles. 00:00:49.219 --> 00:00:55.579 I urged us to seek the good of our community and to start doing that simply by regularly 00:00:55.579 --> 00:00:57.560 praying for the people in our community. 00:00:57.560 --> 00:01:06.560 We don't know when Jesus will return, but it may be that God means to do some wonderful things 00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:12.820 yet in our community through us and in answer to our prayers. 00:01:13.760 --> 00:01:20.599 One of the things I said at the end of my message last week was that there are social evils going on 00:01:20.599 --> 00:01:25.679 in our country and in our province that God can do something about. 00:01:26.939 --> 00:01:33.640 This morning we're going to be talking about what I think is the greatest of evils going on in our country today. 00:01:34.299 --> 00:01:36.419 I'm talking about abortion. 00:01:36.420 --> 00:01:45.740 If you've been watching the news at all south of the border, you may have noticed that this has been in the headlines. 00:01:46.299 --> 00:01:51.340 There's a firestorm of debate going on down there right now. 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:57.680 Some of the comments which have been made, I find myself to be shocking. 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:04.080 It sparked all kinds of debate, all kinds of expression. 00:02:04.980 --> 00:02:11.300 Some states have been working to remove restrictions and requirements for late-term abortions. 00:02:11.680 --> 00:02:16.719 Well, some other states are almost doing the exact opposite, 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:23.920 and they're seeking to define fetal viability as early as six weeks by introducing heartbeat bills. 00:02:23.919 --> 00:02:28.539 I'm not going to weigh in on that debate during my message this morning. 00:02:28.719 --> 00:02:33.139 If you are interested in what's going on down there, I encourage you to go online. 00:02:33.279 --> 00:02:34.799 You can find primary sources. 00:02:35.519 --> 00:02:42.219 You can find copies of those legislation pieces and video clips of what people have said. 00:02:44.239 --> 00:02:46.939 Kind of come to your own opinion on what's going on down there. 00:02:47.060 --> 00:02:52.019 But all of this got me thinking again about our own country and province. 00:02:52.020 --> 00:02:57.320 What's going on in Canada when it comes to the issue of abortion? 00:02:59.160 --> 00:03:04.620 As far as the news goes here in Canada, things seem to be very quiet on this issue. 00:03:05.820 --> 00:03:11.740 We hear about it here and there as part of the platform of political parties and political candidates. 00:03:12.120 --> 00:03:17.460 But on the whole, it seems, at least to me, that things have just been really quiet on this issue. 00:03:17.460 --> 00:03:27.100 And it got me thinking again, what's the state of affairs in our own country and here in our province, Saskatchewan, when it comes to abortion? 00:03:29.159 --> 00:03:33.200 A bit of the legal landscape to refresh your memories. 00:03:33.840 --> 00:03:38.640 Up until 1969, abortion was illegal in Canada. 00:03:38.639 --> 00:03:42.979 A woman could be imprisoned for up to two years. 00:03:43.599 --> 00:03:48.899 And a doctor could get a life sentence in prison for aborting a baby. 00:03:49.619 --> 00:03:55.919 In 1969, under the government of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, the criminal code was amended 00:03:55.919 --> 00:04:08.259 so that women could get an abortion or have an abortion done in cases where the health or life of the mother was threatened. 00:04:10.339 --> 00:04:14.259 In 1988, everything changed. 00:04:14.259 --> 00:04:27.079 The Supreme Court of Canada decided that prohibiting abortion under the criminal code violates a woman's charter right to life, liberty, and the security of the person. 00:04:27.759 --> 00:04:30.480 Chief Justice Brian Dixon said this, 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:59.780 Since 1988 and that ruling, we have been one of only a few countries in the whole world with no laws. 00:04:59.779 --> 00:05:01.679 governing abortion. 00:05:03.319 --> 00:05:16.979 One of the abortion rights groups here in Canada actually has right on their website that we're the only democratic country in the world with no laws governing abortion. 00:05:18.419 --> 00:05:29.479 Since 1988, abortion has become a routine, publicly funded procedure that takes place in hospitals and clinics across our country. 00:05:29.779 --> 00:05:36.739 According to the Canadian Encyclopedia Online, there was a Globe and Mail survey that was done in 2010. 00:05:37.739 --> 00:05:49.239 And the results of that survey suggested that 52% of Canadians were pro-choice, while 27% were pro-life, and 21% would not affiliate with either. 00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:55.360 On the whole, political parties have generally avoided this issue in Parliament. 00:05:55.560 --> 00:05:57.220 It's a very hotly debated issue. 00:05:59.060 --> 00:06:08.439 The most recent stats that we have on the number of abortions here in Canada come from 2017. 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:22.819 The Canadian Institute for Health Information collects data that's reported by provincial health ministries about abortions done in hospitals and clinics across the country. 00:06:22.819 --> 00:06:29.899 But before I give you these numbers, you should know that there's a bit of an unknown factor in them. 00:06:30.899 --> 00:06:38.699 It says right on the data sheets, reporting for clinics is voluntary. 00:06:39.579 --> 00:06:40.579 It's not a requirement. 00:06:40.579 --> 00:06:47.560 And so we can't be sure how accurately these numbers reflect what's going on here in Canada. 00:06:48.500 --> 00:06:50.899 But what we do know is what has been reported. 00:06:51.819 --> 00:06:56.159 According to the data gathered by the Canadian Institute for Health Information, 00:06:56.979 --> 00:07:06.399 in Canada, over the past six years, there have been an average each year of 100,000 babies aborted. 00:07:06.399 --> 00:07:14.120 In our own province here in Saskatchewan, in both 2016 and 2017, 00:07:14.739 --> 00:07:23.799 just over 2,000 abortions happened here in Saskatchewan. 00:07:25.479 --> 00:07:28.079 Those numbers may seem small to some, 00:07:28.939 --> 00:07:33.659 especially compared to the 56 million estimated abortions 00:07:33.660 --> 00:07:37.400 that happen each year globally, according to the Guttmacher Institute. 00:07:38.680 --> 00:07:42.220 But every single human life is precious to God. 00:07:44.260 --> 00:07:47.240 There are many in our world today who support abortion. 00:07:48.520 --> 00:07:51.300 Their line of thinking goes like this. 00:07:52.180 --> 00:08:00.580 What business do legislators and government have over what goes on inside my body? 00:08:00.579 --> 00:08:07.259 They will tell you that an unwanted pregnancy can be devastating to women. 00:08:08.459 --> 00:08:12.579 That there are many good reasons for a woman to want to end her pregnancy. 00:08:13.579 --> 00:08:15.319 It could be a teenage pregnancy. 00:08:15.560 --> 00:08:17.120 She could be a busy career woman. 00:08:17.620 --> 00:08:19.699 A mother who already has children. 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:22.279 A person in an abusive relationship. 00:08:23.099 --> 00:08:24.299 She could be a drug addict. 00:08:25.259 --> 00:08:27.360 She could have financial difficulties. 00:08:28.039 --> 00:08:29.259 Babies are expensive. 00:08:29.259 --> 00:08:33.379 Pregnancy is not easy on the body. 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:37.980 And so, as the Morgenthaler Clinic here in Canada, 00:08:38.340 --> 00:08:39.439 their website says, 00:08:39.580 --> 00:08:44.899 we have been providing safe and compassionate abortion services in Canada 00:08:44.899 --> 00:08:46.299 for over 40 years. 00:08:47.559 --> 00:08:51.120 It's a simple procedure which only takes about 5 to 10 minutes 00:08:51.120 --> 00:08:55.500 during which pregnancy tissue is removed from the uterus. 00:08:55.500 --> 00:09:03.259 They will tell you that it's not a child or a person or a human being. 00:09:03.340 --> 00:09:04.519 Yet, it's just a fetus. 00:09:05.379 --> 00:09:06.919 It's just a ball of cells. 00:09:07.379 --> 00:09:08.399 A blob of tissue. 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:13.860 So, of course, we're not going to force women to continue their own pregnancies 00:09:13.860 --> 00:09:15.840 under the threat of criminal prosecution. 00:09:15.840 --> 00:09:18.399 How absurd is that? 00:09:19.519 --> 00:09:24.139 Why should we give preference to the rights and freedoms of a blob of tissue 00:09:24.139 --> 00:09:28.820 over the rights of an actual person, the pregnant woman? 00:09:28.820 --> 00:09:34.360 At the heart of all this is a very simple issue, a very simple question. 00:09:35.500 --> 00:09:37.700 What is the unborn? 00:09:37.700 --> 00:09:42.360 Because if it really is just a blob of tissue, 00:09:42.600 --> 00:09:44.780 then they're right. 00:09:45.700 --> 00:09:47.720 Everything they say is right. 00:09:47.980 --> 00:09:53.600 If the unborn is just a blob of tissue and not a human being. 00:09:55.640 --> 00:10:01.200 But the truth is that the unborn are not just a blob of tissue. 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:06.960 This is something that God tells us, and we're going to look at that in a moment. 00:10:07.060 --> 00:10:12.840 But even before we get to that, this is something that's obvious from good observational science 00:10:12.840 --> 00:10:17.160 and from just good logic and reasoning. 00:10:19.060 --> 00:10:24.460 Modern science, you can look this up on any baby website online. 00:10:24.700 --> 00:10:26.460 You could find it in a biology textbook. 00:10:26.460 --> 00:10:31.639 Modern science will tell you that as early as 21 days after conception, 00:10:32.100 --> 00:10:34.100 a baby's heart begins to beat. 00:10:35.080 --> 00:10:38.840 That's five weeks pregnant by gestational weeks. 00:10:39.379 --> 00:10:45.440 Only two weeks later, the baby's head and hands and eyes can be seen. 00:10:46.600 --> 00:10:51.360 Only three weeks after that, the baby has all of his or her body parts in place. 00:10:51.360 --> 00:10:57.220 Arms, legs, fingers, toes, eyes, ears, mouth, and nose. 00:10:59.019 --> 00:11:02.460 Each of these parts still needs to grow and develop, 00:11:02.919 --> 00:11:04.480 but they're all there. 00:11:05.240 --> 00:11:08.259 Only eight weeks from the moment of conception. 00:11:08.940 --> 00:11:12.060 Or ten weeks pregnant, according to gestational weeks. 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:19.159 The American College of Pediatricians said this in a paper on when human life begins. 00:11:19.159 --> 00:11:25.279 The American College of Pediatricians concurs with the body of scientific evidence 00:11:25.279 --> 00:11:29.120 that human life begins at conception, fertilization. 00:11:30.120 --> 00:11:34.740 Scientific and medical discoveries over the past three decades have only verified this. 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:38.219 At the completion of the process of fertilization, 00:11:38.379 --> 00:11:43.120 the human creature emerges as a whole, genetically distinct, 00:11:43.659 --> 00:11:47.159 individuated, zygotic living human organism, 00:11:47.159 --> 00:11:50.100 a member of the species Homo sapiens, 00:11:50.500 --> 00:11:55.519 needing only the proper environment in order to grow and develop. 00:11:56.719 --> 00:11:59.919 In other words, when you put the observations of science 00:11:59.919 --> 00:12:03.199 together with good logic and reasoning, 00:12:04.159 --> 00:12:08.600 you began at conception. 00:12:08.600 --> 00:12:12.440 At the earliest moments of your existence, 00:12:12.440 --> 00:12:15.700 you may not have looked anything like you do today. 00:12:17.320 --> 00:12:21.940 You're more like something in a box, 00:12:22.300 --> 00:12:25.220 just waiting to be unpacked and assembled. 00:12:25.940 --> 00:12:29.440 The blueprints and the instructions were all there, though. 00:12:30.060 --> 00:12:33.720 The living micro-building blocks were all there. 00:12:33.720 --> 00:12:36.000 And even from the moment of conception, 00:12:36.000 --> 00:12:42.420 you were already in the process of being put together and assembled. 00:12:43.560 --> 00:12:46.379 And only eight weeks after that moment of conception, 00:12:46.379 --> 00:12:48.800 you were unmistakably human 00:12:48.800 --> 00:12:53.040 by outward appearances to anyone who could have seen you. 00:12:53.240 --> 00:12:55.139 You had all the major parts that you do now. 00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:59.000 You had a heart that was pumping blood throughout your little body. 00:12:59.000 --> 00:13:04.820 This is at 10 weeks pregnant by gestational weeks. 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:10.139 And abortions are being done as late as 20 weeks pregnant here in Canada. 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:17.080 In fact, there are fully functioning toddlers alive today 00:13:17.080 --> 00:13:20.840 who were born premature at 21 to 23 weeks. 00:13:22.580 --> 00:13:24.120 And they survived. 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:29.080 The humanity of the unborn is not determined 00:13:29.080 --> 00:13:31.620 by their size, 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:34.220 by their level of development, 00:13:34.600 --> 00:13:36.060 by their environment, 00:13:36.440 --> 00:13:39.080 or by their degree of dependency. 00:13:39.779 --> 00:13:42.039 Just because you, when you began, 00:13:42.500 --> 00:13:43.639 were very small 00:13:43.639 --> 00:13:47.159 and were far less developed than you are today 00:13:47.159 --> 00:13:50.340 and were tucked away in the darkness of your mother's womb 00:13:50.340 --> 00:13:52.720 and were dependent on your mother's body 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:55.420 does not make you any less human. 00:13:57.320 --> 00:13:59.980 An adult isn't any more human than the toddler 00:13:59.980 --> 00:14:01.820 just because they're bigger 00:14:01.820 --> 00:14:03.360 and more developed 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:05.160 or more intelligent. 00:14:06.220 --> 00:14:07.420 A man in a coma 00:14:07.420 --> 00:14:08.500 or on life support 00:14:08.500 --> 00:14:09.740 isn't any less human 00:14:09.740 --> 00:14:11.460 because he's dependent on others 00:14:11.460 --> 00:14:13.279 for his survival 00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:15.340 or on technology. 00:14:15.340 --> 00:14:20.780 The only remaining factor is the location 00:14:20.780 --> 00:14:23.360 or the environment of the unborn. 00:14:24.560 --> 00:14:26.200 Does being inside the womb 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:27.840 or outside the womb 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:30.340 change whether or not you're a human being? 00:14:31.620 --> 00:14:34.200 Because it's a difference of about seven inches 00:14:34.200 --> 00:14:35.800 through the birth canal. 00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:38.460 Does that make you more or less human? 00:14:38.460 --> 00:14:41.580 Good observational science 00:14:41.580 --> 00:14:43.639 and good logical thinking 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:44.680 is enough 00:14:44.680 --> 00:14:46.060 to know 00:14:46.060 --> 00:14:47.300 that the unborn baby 00:14:47.300 --> 00:14:48.420 in the womb 00:14:48.420 --> 00:14:49.620 is a human being 00:14:49.620 --> 00:14:51.500 is one of us. 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:54.100 But this wouldn't be a sermon 00:14:54.100 --> 00:14:54.720 without hearing 00:14:54.720 --> 00:14:55.980 what God has to say 00:14:55.980 --> 00:14:57.519 about this matter. 00:14:57.680 --> 00:14:59.019 So let's go to the word. 00:14:59.160 --> 00:15:00.379 If you have your Bibles with you 00:15:00.379 --> 00:15:01.600 please open them up 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:03.980 to Psalm 139. 00:15:03.980 --> 00:15:04.040 Psalm 139. 00:15:04.040 --> 00:15:04.480 Psalm 139. 00:15:08.460 --> 00:15:15.960 Psalm 139. 00:15:27.700 --> 00:15:29.060 Verse 13. 00:15:29.879 --> 00:15:31.280 This is David 00:15:31.280 --> 00:15:33.100 under the inspiration 00:15:33.100 --> 00:15:34.060 of the Holy Spirit 00:15:34.060 --> 00:15:35.379 praying to the Lord. 00:15:36.340 --> 00:15:37.360 He said this 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:38.320 for you Lord 00:15:38.320 --> 00:15:40.379 created my inmost being. 00:15:40.980 --> 00:15:42.600 You knit me together 00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:43.800 in my mother's womb. 00:15:44.760 --> 00:15:46.140 I praise you 00:15:46.140 --> 00:15:47.640 because I am fearfully 00:15:47.640 --> 00:15:48.780 and wonderfully made. 00:15:49.740 --> 00:15:50.740 Your works 00:15:50.740 --> 00:15:51.980 are wonderful. 00:15:53.100 --> 00:15:54.640 I know that full well. 00:15:55.840 --> 00:15:56.879 My frame 00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:58.480 was not hidden from you 00:15:58.480 --> 00:15:59.640 when I was made 00:15:59.640 --> 00:16:00.780 in the secret place. 00:16:01.460 --> 00:16:03.360 When I was woven together 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:04.520 in the depths of the earth. 00:16:05.740 --> 00:16:06.860 Your eyes 00:16:06.860 --> 00:16:07.659 saw 00:16:07.659 --> 00:16:07.680 saw 00:16:07.680 --> 00:16:09.519 my unformed body. 00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:11.700 All the days 00:16:11.700 --> 00:16:12.560 ordained for me 00:16:12.560 --> 00:16:13.680 were written 00:16:13.680 --> 00:16:14.600 in your book 00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:16.159 before one of them 00:16:16.159 --> 00:16:16.840 came to be. 00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:20.120 Even David 00:16:20.120 --> 00:16:21.960 3,000 years ago 00:16:21.960 --> 00:16:24.480 knew that he was 00:16:24.480 --> 00:16:25.399 a special creation 00:16:25.399 --> 00:16:25.940 of God. 00:16:27.080 --> 00:16:28.080 That as he grew 00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:28.980 in his mother's womb 00:16:28.980 --> 00:16:30.300 he wasn't just developing 00:16:30.299 --> 00:16:31.899 he was actually 00:16:31.899 --> 00:16:33.279 being made 00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:34.759 woven 00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:36.079 formed 00:16:36.079 --> 00:16:38.279 by God. 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:40.879 Even today 00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:42.120 with all our technology 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:44.059 it's difficult 00:16:44.059 --> 00:16:45.240 to see a clear picture 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:46.219 of what a baby 00:16:46.219 --> 00:16:46.759 looks like 00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:48.039 at the earliest stages 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:49.419 in the first 00:16:49.419 --> 00:16:50.439 weeks 00:16:50.439 --> 00:16:52.219 of pregnancy. 00:16:52.620 --> 00:16:53.019 We have 00:16:53.019 --> 00:16:53.620 artists 00:16:53.620 --> 00:16:54.779 renderings. 00:16:54.899 --> 00:16:55.439 We have various 00:16:55.439 --> 00:16:56.159 kinds of imaging. 00:16:56.319 --> 00:16:56.959 We have 3D 00:16:56.959 --> 00:16:57.899 ultrasound now 00:16:57.899 --> 00:16:59.000 and all of these 00:16:59.000 --> 00:16:59.399 give us 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:00.419 a better picture. 00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:03.399 But even 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:04.019 with our tech 00:17:04.019 --> 00:17:04.619 it's difficult 00:17:04.619 --> 00:17:05.079 to see 00:17:05.079 --> 00:17:05.599 exactly 00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:06.299 what's going 00:17:06.299 --> 00:17:06.740 on 00:17:06.740 --> 00:17:09.019 at those 00:17:09.019 --> 00:17:10.039 earliest stages. 00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:11.059 Yet 00:17:11.059 --> 00:17:12.099 David says 00:17:12.099 --> 00:17:12.940 that God 00:17:12.940 --> 00:17:13.759 sees us 00:17:13.759 --> 00:17:15.980 your eyes 00:17:15.980 --> 00:17:16.460 saw 00:17:16.460 --> 00:17:17.819 my 00:17:17.819 --> 00:17:18.339 unformed 00:17:18.339 --> 00:17:18.799 body. 00:17:21.900 --> 00:17:22.460 Even 00:17:22.460 --> 00:17:23.000 before our 00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:23.379 bodies 00:17:23.379 --> 00:17:24.420 take 00:17:24.420 --> 00:17:25.599 shape 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:27.819 and are 00:17:27.819 --> 00:17:28.220 formed 00:17:28.220 --> 00:17:28.599 we are 00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:29.099 alive 00:17:29.099 --> 00:17:30.099 in his 00:17:30.099 --> 00:17:30.400 sight. 00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:33.039 Not only 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:33.700 that but he 00:17:33.700 --> 00:17:34.339 knows the 00:17:34.339 --> 00:17:35.059 exact number 00:17:35.059 --> 00:17:35.559 of days 00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:35.920 that are 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:36.299 ordained 00:17:36.299 --> 00:17:36.759 for us 00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:37.200 to live. 00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:40.759 Some 00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:41.460 will say 00:17:41.460 --> 00:17:42.019 well this 00:17:42.019 --> 00:17:42.740 is poetry 00:17:42.740 --> 00:17:44.220 David's 00:17:44.220 --> 00:17:44.720 not writing 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:45.160 a science 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:45.759 textbook. 00:17:46.339 --> 00:17:47.140 I agree. 00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:49.259 But 00:17:49.259 --> 00:17:49.880 often times 00:17:49.880 --> 00:17:50.480 we reach 00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:51.259 for 00:17:51.259 --> 00:17:52.319 metaphor 00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:52.940 and 00:17:52.940 --> 00:17:53.839 poetic 00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:54.539 words 00:17:54.539 --> 00:17:55.599 because 00:17:55.599 --> 00:17:56.440 to just 00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:56.900 say it 00:17:56.900 --> 00:17:57.200 in the 00:17:57.200 --> 00:17:57.579 ordinary 00:17:57.579 --> 00:17:58.059 way 00:17:58.059 --> 00:17:58.599 doesn't 00:17:58.599 --> 00:17:59.160 communicate 00:17:59.160 --> 00:17:59.799 enough 00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:00.640 of 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:01.420 what we 00:18:01.420 --> 00:18:01.720 really 00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:02.099 mean. 00:18:03.779 --> 00:18:04.880 Often times 00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:05.779 in 00:18:05.779 --> 00:18:06.420 poetic 00:18:06.420 --> 00:18:07.079 expression 00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:09.160 it doesn't 00:18:09.160 --> 00:18:09.940 really lessen 00:18:09.940 --> 00:18:10.599 the point 00:18:10.599 --> 00:18:10.920 that the 00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:11.380 person's 00:18:11.380 --> 00:18:11.700 making. 00:18:11.700 --> 00:18:11.880 It 00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:12.240 actually 00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:12.920 intensifies 00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:13.299 it and 00:18:13.299 --> 00:18:13.580 I think 00:18:13.580 --> 00:18:13.840 that's 00:18:13.840 --> 00:18:14.279 the case 00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:14.620 here. 00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:15.700 What David 00:18:15.700 --> 00:18:16.240 is saying 00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:16.559 is that 00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:17.059 we are a 00:18:17.059 --> 00:18:17.900 special work 00:18:17.900 --> 00:18:18.980 and creation 00:18:18.980 --> 00:18:19.559 of God 00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:21.660 from start 00:18:21.660 --> 00:18:22.259 to finish. 00:18:23.580 --> 00:18:24.120 His 00:18:24.120 --> 00:18:24.880 overall 00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:25.840 point, 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:26.279 one of the 00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:26.660 things that 00:18:26.660 --> 00:18:27.000 he's been 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:27.720 marveling at 00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:28.039 in this 00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:28.680 passage is 00:18:28.680 --> 00:18:29.900 that there's 00:18:29.900 --> 00:18:30.420 nowhere 00:18:30.420 --> 00:18:31.600 that he 00:18:31.600 --> 00:18:32.100 can hide 00:18:32.100 --> 00:18:32.720 from God. 00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:34.559 Not even 00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:35.680 in the 00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:35.980 womb. 00:18:37.259 --> 00:18:37.840 That secret 00:18:37.840 --> 00:18:38.640 place where 00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:40.120 nobody can 00:18:40.120 --> 00:18:40.480 get in 00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:40.820 there and 00:18:40.820 --> 00:18:41.080 see. 00:18:41.500 --> 00:18:41.980 Not even 00:18:41.980 --> 00:18:42.480 back to 00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:43.040 the moment 00:18:43.040 --> 00:18:43.420 that we 00:18:43.420 --> 00:18:43.880 came to 00:18:43.880 --> 00:18:44.200 be. 00:18:44.420 --> 00:18:44.780 David's 00:18:44.780 --> 00:18:45.280 point is 00:18:45.280 --> 00:18:45.700 that he 00:18:45.700 --> 00:18:46.200 was there. 00:18:47.860 --> 00:18:48.759 He saw 00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:49.180 us. 00:18:50.860 --> 00:18:51.600 He had 00:18:51.600 --> 00:18:52.040 his plan 00:18:52.040 --> 00:18:52.440 for our 00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:53.060 lives even 00:18:53.060 --> 00:18:53.400 then. 00:18:54.940 --> 00:18:55.700 Science and 00:18:55.700 --> 00:18:56.280 good reasoning 00:18:56.280 --> 00:18:58.100 and conscience 00:18:58.100 --> 00:18:58.860 have their 00:18:58.860 --> 00:18:59.500 place in this 00:18:59.500 --> 00:19:00.020 discussion, 00:19:00.360 --> 00:19:01.259 but at the 00:19:01.259 --> 00:19:01.600 end of the 00:19:01.600 --> 00:19:01.940 day they 00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:02.460 only serve 00:19:02.460 --> 00:19:03.040 to confirm 00:19:03.040 --> 00:19:03.540 what God 00:19:03.540 --> 00:19:04.500 has said 00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:05.520 long ago. 00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:06.759 God's 00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:07.359 word speaks 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:08.119 consistently 00:19:08.119 --> 00:19:08.779 of the 00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:09.259 unborn, 00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:10.660 not as a 00:19:10.660 --> 00:19:11.099 blob of 00:19:11.099 --> 00:19:11.460 tissue, 00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:13.460 but as a 00:19:13.460 --> 00:19:14.079 human being. 00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:17.539 As not 00:19:17.539 --> 00:19:18.299 just someone 00:19:18.299 --> 00:19:18.680 who is 00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:19.440 people who 00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:19.879 are like 00:19:19.879 --> 00:19:20.180 us, 00:19:20.299 --> 00:19:21.440 but people 00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:21.879 who are 00:19:21.879 --> 00:19:22.279 us, 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:24.700 made in 00:19:24.700 --> 00:19:25.039 the image 00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:25.519 of God. 00:19:26.900 --> 00:19:27.420 The 00:19:27.420 --> 00:19:27.700 clearest 00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:28.420 examples of 00:19:28.420 --> 00:19:28.720 this are 00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:29.139 found in 00:19:29.139 --> 00:19:29.440 Luke's 00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:29.799 gospel. 00:19:30.259 --> 00:19:31.299 Would you 00:19:31.299 --> 00:19:31.740 turn there 00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:32.720 if you're 00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:33.400 following along 00:19:33.400 --> 00:19:33.680 in your 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:34.039 Bibles? 00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:36.059 Luke 1. 00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:45.700 Luke 1. 00:19:48.639 --> 00:19:49.680 Verse 15. 00:19:50.099 --> 00:19:50.720 The angel 00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:51.180 of the Lord 00:19:51.180 --> 00:19:51.680 is talking 00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:52.480 to Zachariah 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:52.859 and telling 00:19:52.859 --> 00:19:53.420 him about 00:19:53.420 --> 00:19:55.619 who his 00:19:55.619 --> 00:19:56.079 son will 00:19:56.079 --> 00:19:56.379 be. 00:19:56.680 --> 00:19:56.899 And he 00:19:56.899 --> 00:19:57.399 says this 00:19:57.399 --> 00:19:57.779 in verse 00:19:57.779 --> 00:19:58.339 15. 00:19:58.799 --> 00:19:59.079 For he 00:19:59.079 --> 00:19:59.420 will be 00:19:59.420 --> 00:20:00.059 great in 00:20:00.059 --> 00:20:00.420 the sight 00:20:00.420 --> 00:20:00.680 of the 00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:00.980 Lord. 00:20:02.099 --> 00:20:02.500 He is 00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:03.059 never to 00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:03.339 take 00:20:03.339 --> 00:20:03.859 wine 00:20:03.859 --> 00:20:04.139 or 00:20:04.139 --> 00:20:04.479 other 00:20:04.479 --> 00:20:04.899 fermented 00:20:04.899 --> 00:20:05.319 drink 00:20:05.319 --> 00:20:05.979 and he 00:20:05.979 --> 00:20:06.419 will be 00:20:06.419 --> 00:20:06.779 filled 00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:07.159 with the 00:20:07.159 --> 00:20:07.379 Holy 00:20:07.379 --> 00:20:07.779 Spirit 00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:08.179 even 00:20:08.179 --> 00:20:08.779 before 00:20:08.779 --> 00:20:09.579 he 00:20:09.579 --> 00:20:09.740 is 00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:10.059 born. 00:20:13.059 --> 00:20:13.939 How can 00:20:13.939 --> 00:20:14.439 the Holy 00:20:14.439 --> 00:20:15.259 Spirit 00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:16.599 fill 00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:19.439 a person 00:20:19.439 --> 00:20:21.039 even before 00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:21.619 they're born 00:20:21.619 --> 00:20:22.599 if they're 00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:22.939 not a 00:20:22.939 --> 00:20:23.279 person? 00:20:24.179 --> 00:20:25.039 If they're 00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:25.859 just a 00:20:25.859 --> 00:20:26.279 blob of 00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:26.619 tissue? 00:20:27.199 --> 00:20:27.859 The Holy 00:20:27.859 --> 00:20:28.579 Spirit doesn't 00:20:28.579 --> 00:20:29.159 fill and 00:20:29.159 --> 00:20:29.679 indwell 00:20:29.679 --> 00:20:30.619 blobs of 00:20:30.619 --> 00:20:30.979 tissue. 00:20:31.459 --> 00:20:32.139 He fills 00:20:32.139 --> 00:20:32.879 and indwells 00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:33.460 people. 00:20:35.100 --> 00:20:36.020 Moving on 00:20:36.020 --> 00:20:36.360 to verse 00:20:36.360 --> 00:20:36.920 31. 00:20:38.120 --> 00:20:38.680 The angel 00:20:38.680 --> 00:20:40.660 is visiting 00:20:40.660 --> 00:20:42.820 Mary and 00:20:42.820 --> 00:20:43.200 the angel 00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:43.840 says this 00:20:43.840 --> 00:20:44.320 to her, 00:20:44.840 --> 00:20:45.220 you will 00:20:45.220 --> 00:20:47.260 conceive and 00:20:47.260 --> 00:20:48.240 give birth 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:49.140 to a 00:20:49.140 --> 00:20:50.660 son and 00:20:50.660 --> 00:20:51.120 you are to 00:20:51.120 --> 00:20:51.680 call him 00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:52.560 Jesus. 00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:54.460 Notice that 00:20:54.460 --> 00:20:54.940 there's two 00:20:54.940 --> 00:20:55.640 words used 00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:56.380 there to 00:20:56.380 --> 00:20:57.760 describe what 00:20:57.760 --> 00:20:58.320 will happen. 00:20:59.320 --> 00:20:59.780 You will 00:20:59.780 --> 00:21:01.120 conceive and 00:21:01.119 --> 00:21:01.539 you will 00:21:01.539 --> 00:21:02.939 bear a 00:21:02.939 --> 00:21:03.259 son. 00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:05.079 You will 00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:05.979 conceive a 00:21:05.979 --> 00:21:06.619 son and 00:21:06.619 --> 00:21:07.019 you will 00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:08.059 bear a 00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:08.799 son and 00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:09.239 you are to 00:21:09.239 --> 00:21:10.119 give him 00:21:10.119 --> 00:21:10.719 the name 00:21:10.719 --> 00:21:11.559 Jesus. 00:21:12.659 --> 00:21:13.519 In other 00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:13.839 words, 00:21:14.419 --> 00:21:15.139 the male 00:21:15.139 --> 00:21:16.799 child that 00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:17.139 you will 00:21:17.139 --> 00:21:17.799 name Jesus 00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:18.639 your son, 00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:19.399 you will 00:21:19.399 --> 00:21:19.859 conceive 00:21:19.859 --> 00:21:22.939 him and 00:21:22.939 --> 00:21:23.599 give birth 00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:24.359 to him. 00:21:25.359 --> 00:21:25.799 These two 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.239 are linked 00:21:26.239 --> 00:21:26.759 and in case 00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.399 there's any 00:21:27.399 --> 00:21:28.000 doubt about 00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:28.319 that, 00:21:28.459 --> 00:21:29.339 we can 00:21:29.339 --> 00:21:30.240 continue on. 00:21:30.419 --> 00:21:30.859 Mary says, 00:21:30.939 --> 00:21:31.279 how will 00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:31.699 this be? 00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:32.059 I'm a 00:21:32.059 --> 00:21:32.359 virgin. 00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:33.519 How's 00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:34.259 that even 00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:34.859 possible? 00:21:36.099 --> 00:21:36.579 And as 00:21:36.579 --> 00:21:38.679 evidence of 00:21:38.679 --> 00:21:39.720 how that's 00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:40.220 possible, 00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:41.199 the angel 00:21:41.199 --> 00:21:42.099 tells Mary 00:21:42.099 --> 00:21:43.419 about Elizabeth 00:21:43.419 --> 00:21:44.119 in verse 00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:44.859 36, 00:21:45.939 --> 00:21:46.359 which I'm 00:21:46.359 --> 00:21:46.559 going to 00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:46.919 read in 00:21:46.919 --> 00:21:47.199 the New 00:21:47.199 --> 00:21:47.539 American 00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:48.059 Standard. 00:21:49.679 --> 00:21:50.319 And 00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:50.799 behold, 00:21:50.939 --> 00:21:51.480 even your 00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:51.879 relative 00:21:51.879 --> 00:21:52.919 Elizabeth has 00:21:52.919 --> 00:21:54.419 also conceived 00:21:54.419 --> 00:21:55.480 a son. 00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:57.299 Same word, 00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:58.039 conceived, 00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:59.740 a son in 00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:00.159 her old 00:22:00.159 --> 00:22:00.539 age. 00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:01.759 And she 00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.180 who was 00:22:02.180 --> 00:22:02.440 called 00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:03.440 barren is 00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:04.399 now in 00:22:04.399 --> 00:22:04.859 her sixth 00:22:04.859 --> 00:22:05.180 month. 00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:05.799 The NIV, 00:22:06.139 --> 00:22:06.480 the reason 00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:06.799 why I 00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:07.279 switched is 00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:07.779 because it 00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:08.159 does a bit 00:22:08.159 --> 00:22:08.700 of a no-no 00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:09.039 here. 00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:11.879 The NIV 00:22:11.879 --> 00:22:12.359 says, 00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.319 Elizabeth, 00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.000 your relative 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.440 is going 00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:14.920 to have a 00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:15.339 child. 00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:19.220 First of 00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:19.379 all, 00:22:19.460 --> 00:22:19.819 child, 00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:20.539 in the 00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:20.960 original 00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:21.480 Greek, 00:22:21.639 --> 00:22:22.240 it's not 00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.619 the word 00:22:22.619 --> 00:22:22.980 child. 00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:23.839 There's two 00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:24.480 other words 00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:25.019 for child. 00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:25.579 It's the 00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:26.279 word son. 00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:27.779 In the 00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:28.319 interest of 00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:28.660 trying to 00:22:28.660 --> 00:22:29.019 make the 00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:29.519 Bible more 00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:30.180 gender-neutral, 00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:30.660 they've 00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:31.740 taken away 00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:32.220 some of 00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:32.859 the 00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:33.660 specificity 00:22:33.660 --> 00:22:34.500 of what 00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:35.099 the angel 00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:35.639 actually 00:22:35.639 --> 00:22:36.099 said. 00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.639 And they 00:22:38.639 --> 00:22:39.000 also, 00:22:39.639 --> 00:22:40.059 in my 00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:40.440 opinion, 00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:41.799 messed up 00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.079 on the 00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:42.379 tense. 00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:42.799 It's not 00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:43.160 that she 00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:43.480 is going 00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:43.980 to have 00:22:43.980 --> 00:22:44.480 a child. 00:22:44.619 --> 00:22:45.000 It's the 00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.500 same word 00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.079 that they 00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:46.359 used 00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:46.759 earlier. 00:22:47.399 --> 00:22:47.639 She 00:22:47.639 --> 00:22:48.379 has 00:22:48.379 --> 00:22:49.119 conceived, 00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:51.099 past tense, 00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:51.759 a son. 00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:53.680 She's in 00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:54.119 her sixth 00:22:54.119 --> 00:22:54.440 month. 00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:55.180 The baby 00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:55.779 in her 00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:56.200 womb, 00:22:56.400 --> 00:22:57.580 right now, 00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.480 is her 00:22:58.480 --> 00:22:58.940 son, 00:23:00.080 --> 00:23:00.500 a male 00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:00.960 child. 00:23:04.820 --> 00:23:05.500 This is 00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:05.759 how the 00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.000 Bible 00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:06.680 consistently 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.420 talks about 00:23:07.420 --> 00:23:08.019 the unborn 00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.759 in the 00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.000 womb, 00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:09.400 as though 00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:09.700 they are 00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:10.100 people, 00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:11.600 sons, 00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:12.360 children. 00:23:13.080 --> 00:23:13.600 But it 00:23:13.600 --> 00:23:14.019 gets even 00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:14.500 clearer than 00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:14.799 this. 00:23:15.360 --> 00:23:15.700 Let's 00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.220 move down 00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:16.580 to verse 00:23:16.580 --> 00:23:17.100 39. 00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:20.240 At that 00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:20.720 time, 00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.340 Mary got 00:23:22.340 --> 00:23:22.980 ready and 00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.740 hurried to 00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.140 a town 00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:24.400 in the 00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:24.539 hill 00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:24.880 country 00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:25.559 of Judea 00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:26.299 where she 00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:26.640 entered 00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:27.420 Zachariah's 00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:28.279 home and 00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:28.640 greeted 00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:29.120 Elizabeth. 00:23:30.120 --> 00:23:30.620 When 00:23:30.620 --> 00:23:30.980 Elizabeth 00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:32.079 heard Mary's 00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:32.480 greeting, 00:23:33.120 --> 00:23:33.700 the baby 00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:35.200 leapt in 00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:35.819 her womb 00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:36.859 and Elizabeth 00:23:36.859 --> 00:23:37.579 was filled 00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:37.940 with the 00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:38.680 Holy Spirit. 00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:40.680 In a 00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:41.420 loud voice, 00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:42.539 Elizabeth 00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:43.339 exclaimed, 00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:44.660 blessed are 00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:45.599 you among 00:23:45.599 --> 00:23:47.200 women and 00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:47.859 blessed is 00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:48.519 the child 00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:48.900 you will 00:23:48.900 --> 00:23:49.200 bear. 00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:51.180 But why 00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:51.740 am I so 00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:52.500 favored that 00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:52.980 the mother 00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.599 of my 00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:54.279 Lord should 00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:54.799 come to 00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:55.140 me? 00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.740 As soon 00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:57.079 as the 00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:57.519 sound of 00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:58.079 your greeting 00:23:58.079 --> 00:23:58.839 reached my 00:23:58.839 --> 00:23:59.279 ears, 00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:00.200 the baby 00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:00.880 in my 00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:01.259 womb 00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:02.599 leapt for 00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:03.039 joy. 00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.559 How did 00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:06.960 Elizabeth 00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:08.500 know that 00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.059 Mary was 00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.599 pregnant? 00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:11.740 At this 00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:11.980 time, 00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.400 she wouldn't 00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:12.740 have even 00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.480 probably been 00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:13.920 showing. 00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:17.259 Mary had 00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.819 just walked 00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:18.119 in the 00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:18.319 door. 00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:18.759 How did 00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.099 Elizabeth 00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:20.160 know that 00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:20.640 Mary was 00:24:20.640 --> 00:24:21.160 pregnant? 00:24:22.380 --> 00:24:23.140 And beyond 00:24:23.140 --> 00:24:23.460 that, 00:24:23.580 --> 00:24:23.940 how did 00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:24.580 she know 00:24:24.580 --> 00:24:26.400 that she 00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:26.940 was right 00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:27.779 now the 00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:29.000 mother of 00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.840 her Lord? 00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.940 There's two 00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:34.200 things that 00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:34.900 she gives 00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:36.000 as reasons 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:37.019 that are 00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:37.480 given as 00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:37.880 reasons. 00:24:38.080 --> 00:24:38.519 First of 00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:38.740 all, 00:24:39.060 --> 00:24:39.460 she was 00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:39.960 filled with 00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.360 the Holy 00:24:40.360 --> 00:24:40.960 Spirit of 00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:41.279 God. 00:24:43.320 --> 00:24:44.040 As she 00:24:44.040 --> 00:24:44.560 expressed 00:24:44.560 --> 00:24:45.040 this so 00:24:45.040 --> 00:24:45.360 that she 00:24:45.360 --> 00:24:45.540 would 00:24:45.540 --> 00:24:46.300 understand 00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:47.460 what was 00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:48.240 happening, 00:24:48.639 --> 00:24:49.019 it was 00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:49.440 with the 00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:49.859 Spirit's 00:24:49.859 --> 00:24:50.359 help that 00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:51.819 she figured 00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:52.599 out what 00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:53.180 had happened 00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:53.579 in this 00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:53.859 moment. 00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:54.220 I mean, 00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:54.539 if we 00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:55.079 heard just 00:24:55.079 --> 00:24:56.019 any woman 00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:56.399 say, 00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:56.659 oh, 00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.039 I think 00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.680 that my 00:24:57.680 --> 00:24:58.119 baby's 00:24:58.119 --> 00:24:58.680 happy or 00:24:58.680 --> 00:24:59.039 sad, 00:24:59.079 --> 00:24:59.259 we'd 00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.440 probably 00:24:59.440 --> 00:24:59.799 be like, 00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.039 well, 00:25:00.899 --> 00:25:01.639 really? 00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:02.139 Like, 00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:02.619 we get 00:25:02.619 --> 00:25:03.180 feelings all 00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:03.599 the time 00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:04.819 about the 00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:05.139 baby, 00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:06.039 what sex 00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:06.419 it is, 00:25:06.419 --> 00:25:06.759 all these 00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.099 things. 00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:07.440 How do 00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:07.700 we know 00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.019 that's 00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.299 true? 00:25:08.440 --> 00:25:08.579 But 00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:10.139 Elizabeth 00:25:10.139 --> 00:25:12.220 exclaimed 00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:12.879 this as 00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:13.259 she was 00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:13.779 filled with 00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.159 the Holy 00:25:14.159 --> 00:25:14.759 Spirit of 00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.079 God. 00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:16.940 This is 00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:17.460 something the 00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:18.399 Spirit helped 00:25:18.399 --> 00:25:18.759 her to 00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.339 understand, 00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:19.779 because I 00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.119 don't think 00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:20.500 she would 00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:20.619 have 00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:21.119 otherwise. 00:25:22.399 --> 00:25:22.859 God's 00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:23.399 Spirit made 00:25:23.399 --> 00:25:23.740 it clear 00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.099 to her 00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:24.700 that even 00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:25.480 at six 00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:25.839 months 00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:26.359 pregnant, 00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.659 the baby 00:25:27.659 --> 00:25:28.119 in her 00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:29.099 womb was 00:25:29.099 --> 00:25:29.599 capable 00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:30.980 of joy. 00:25:33.119 --> 00:25:33.960 Think 00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.519 about that. 00:25:35.899 --> 00:25:37.059 The baby 00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:37.759 in her 00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.960 womb was 00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.899 aware, 00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:40.960 somehow, 00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:42.240 perhaps with 00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:43.460 the enabling 00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.259 of God's 00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.599 Spirit, 00:25:45.399 --> 00:25:46.099 that his 00:25:46.099 --> 00:25:46.859 Lord was 00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.859 present in 00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:48.519 the room, 00:25:48.659 --> 00:25:49.079 and not 00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:49.459 only did 00:25:49.459 --> 00:25:50.299 he respond, 00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:51.439 but it 00:25:51.439 --> 00:25:51.799 says he 00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.480 leapt for 00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:52.899 joy. 00:25:56.679 --> 00:25:57.779 An inhuman 00:25:57.779 --> 00:25:58.339 blob of 00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:59.819 cells doesn't 00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:00.899 have that 00:26:00.899 --> 00:26:01.559 capacity, 00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:03.599 that kind 00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:04.299 of awareness. 00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:06.519 How big 00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:07.099 was John at 00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:07.559 this time? 00:26:07.719 --> 00:26:08.219 Six months 00:26:08.219 --> 00:26:08.659 pregnant, 00:26:09.659 --> 00:26:10.799 maybe like 00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.139 that. 00:26:11.140 --> 00:26:11.180 God. 00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.660 But the 00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.240 question that 00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:15.820 really gets 00:26:15.820 --> 00:26:16.660 me is how 00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:17.200 big was 00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:19.320 Jesus at 00:26:19.320 --> 00:26:19.960 this moment 00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:21.940 in Mary's 00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:22.200 womb? 00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:24.940 Probably 00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:25.360 about the 00:26:25.360 --> 00:26:25.860 size of a 00:26:25.860 --> 00:26:26.460 poppy seed, 00:26:28.020 --> 00:26:29.860 perhaps as 00:26:29.860 --> 00:26:30.340 big as a 00:26:30.340 --> 00:26:30.920 peppercorn. 00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:32.920 God's 00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.560 God. 00:26:33.560 --> 00:26:33.740 And yet 00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.779 John felt 00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.539 the presence 00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:37.320 of his 00:26:37.320 --> 00:26:37.900 Lord, 00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:39.200 and Elizabeth 00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:41.240 recognized that 00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.960 her Lord 00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:43.220 was in the 00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:43.519 room. 00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.960 He wasn't 00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.600 just a speck 00:26:49.600 --> 00:26:50.320 of pregnancy 00:26:50.320 --> 00:26:51.340 tissue, 00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:53.140 even at the 00:26:53.140 --> 00:26:53.500 earliest 00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.100 moments. 00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.320 God's word 00:26:58.320 --> 00:26:59.039 speaks of the 00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.640 child in the 00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:00.140 womb as a 00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:00.779 human being. 00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:02.500 a person, 00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:04.039 a he, 00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.640 a him, 00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:05.900 a her, 00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.640 a special 00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.420 creation of 00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:08.759 God. 00:27:10.600 --> 00:27:11.420 God's word 00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:12.200 also very 00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:13.300 clearly forbids 00:27:13.300 --> 00:27:14.180 the killing 00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:15.800 of innocent 00:27:15.800 --> 00:27:16.700 human beings. 00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:20.140 That's what 00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:20.940 abortion is. 00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:23.840 It's not a 00:27:23.840 --> 00:27:24.820 service of 00:27:24.820 --> 00:27:25.360 compassion. 00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:27.180 It's an act 00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.900 of destruction 00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:28.740 which takes 00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:30.140 the life of 00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:30.560 an innocent 00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:31.279 human being. 00:27:32.879 --> 00:27:34.019 An estimated 00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:35.319 56 million 00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:36.919 people are 00:27:36.919 --> 00:27:37.500 snuffed out 00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.039 of existence 00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.980 every year 00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:40.179 around the 00:27:40.179 --> 00:27:41.500 world like 00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:41.940 this. 00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:47.160 almost 100,000 00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:48.120 children's lives 00:27:48.120 --> 00:27:48.660 in Canada 00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:49.340 were taken 00:27:49.340 --> 00:27:50.840 last year 00:27:50.840 --> 00:27:52.400 like this. 00:27:55.080 --> 00:27:55.880 And our 00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:56.580 government calls 00:27:56.580 --> 00:27:57.160 it a medical 00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:58.620 or a 00:27:58.620 --> 00:27:59.039 surgical 00:27:59.039 --> 00:28:00.120 procedure. 00:28:01.820 --> 00:28:02.860 2,000 00:28:02.860 --> 00:28:03.279 children 00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:04.640 each year 00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:05.759 right here 00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.320 in our own 00:28:06.320 --> 00:28:06.940 province of 00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:07.700 Saskatchewan 00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:09.360 are killed. 00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:11.179 and the 00:28:11.179 --> 00:28:11.839 vast majority 00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:12.439 of these 00:28:12.439 --> 00:28:13.659 are not 00:28:13.659 --> 00:28:14.359 to save 00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:14.839 the life 00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:15.119 of a 00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:15.359 mother. 00:28:16.679 --> 00:28:17.339 As in 00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:17.679 the case 00:28:17.679 --> 00:28:17.919 of an 00:28:17.919 --> 00:28:18.379 ectopic 00:28:18.379 --> 00:28:19.059 pregnancy 00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:21.639 or late 00:28:21.639 --> 00:28:21.939 term 00:28:21.939 --> 00:28:22.719 complications, 00:28:22.719 --> 00:28:23.479 those are 00:28:23.479 --> 00:28:24.879 very rare. 00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:26.359 The vast 00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:26.819 majority 00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:29.039 are simply 00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.559 unwanted 00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:30.119 babies. 00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:33.079 this is a 00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:33.439 terrible 00:28:33.439 --> 00:28:34.279 injustice 00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:35.959 and it 00:28:35.959 --> 00:28:36.279 grieves 00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:36.679 the heart 00:28:36.679 --> 00:28:37.139 of God. 00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.919 I don't 00:28:39.919 --> 00:28:40.359 say all 00:28:40.359 --> 00:28:40.759 this to 00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.059 further 00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:41.479 crush 00:28:41.479 --> 00:28:42.059 those who 00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.439 already 00:28:42.439 --> 00:28:42.779 feel 00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.899 burdened 00:28:43.899 --> 00:28:44.500 and guilty 00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:45.139 for having 00:28:45.139 --> 00:28:45.799 had an 00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:46.199 abortion. 00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:48.479 If you 00:28:48.479 --> 00:28:48.959 or someone 00:28:48.959 --> 00:28:49.539 that you 00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:50.179 know has 00:28:50.179 --> 00:28:51.019 had an 00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:51.399 abortion, 00:28:52.099 --> 00:28:53.219 let's 00:28:53.219 --> 00:28:53.519 proclaim 00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:53.979 again 00:28:53.979 --> 00:28:54.500 today 00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:56.000 that Jesus 00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:57.000 came into 00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.759 our world 00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.339 on a 00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:58.819 mission of 00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.119 love. 00:28:59.119 --> 00:29:00.579 to 00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:01.139 save, 00:29:01.419 --> 00:29:01.699 to 00:29:01.699 --> 00:29:02.179 broker 00:29:02.179 --> 00:29:02.979 forgiveness 00:29:02.979 --> 00:29:05.019 for sins 00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:06.059 like this 00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:06.319 one. 00:29:06.939 --> 00:29:07.799 And we 00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.239 have all 00:29:08.239 --> 00:29:08.659 sinned. 00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:10.379 As we 00:29:10.379 --> 00:29:10.879 talked about 00:29:10.879 --> 00:29:11.299 in Sunday 00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:11.959 school this 00:29:11.959 --> 00:29:12.679 morning again, 00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.479 every last 00:29:13.479 --> 00:29:14.179 one of us 00:29:14.179 --> 00:29:15.939 is guilty 00:29:15.939 --> 00:29:16.839 of sinning 00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:17.619 against God 00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:20.519 just as 00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:20.979 someone who 00:29:20.979 --> 00:29:21.519 has aborted 00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:22.659 their child 00:29:22.659 --> 00:29:23.079 has. 00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.379 But what 00:29:26.379 --> 00:29:26.839 Christ 00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:28.359 suffered on 00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:29.000 the cross 00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:30.319 was enough 00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:31.400 to see 00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:32.140 justice 00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:32.960 done 00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:34.079 for any 00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:35.059 who are 00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:35.599 guilty of 00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:36.160 taking the 00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:37.460 life of 00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:37.839 their own 00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:38.240 child. 00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:40.720 What he 00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:41.240 suffered on 00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.680 the cross 00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:42.279 was enough 00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:43.500 to bring 00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.039 forgiveness 00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:45.539 even for 00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:47.099 doctors who 00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:47.920 have done 00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:48.640 this thousands 00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:49.359 of times. 00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.440 Do you 00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:53.019 believe that? 00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:56.039 through 00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.460 Christ 00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:56.900 there is 00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:57.200 true 00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.680 forgiveness 00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.400 from God 00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:59.819 and there 00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:00.019 is 00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.599 cleansing 00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:01.859 of the 00:30:01.859 --> 00:30:02.539 conscience 00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:04.319 such as 00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:05.139 cannot be 00:30:05.139 --> 00:30:05.359 found 00:30:05.359 --> 00:30:05.680 anywhere 00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.099 else. 00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:09.819 Christ 00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.740 took the 00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.119 guilt 00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:12.179 and the 00:30:12.179 --> 00:30:12.539 shame 00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:14.119 for all 00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:15.599 of our 00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:16.039 sins 00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:17.199 for those 00:30:17.199 --> 00:30:17.639 of us 00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:18.539 who will 00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.019 repent 00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:20.139 and believe 00:30:20.139 --> 00:30:20.599 in him. 00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.619 This 00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:25.139 truth of 00:30:25.139 --> 00:30:25.480 God's 00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:25.740 grace 00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.000 should 00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.500 always 00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:26.939 go with 00:30:26.939 --> 00:30:27.359 the truth 00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:27.659 of what 00:30:27.659 --> 00:30:28.059 abortion 00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:28.779 really is. 00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:31.420 God did 00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:31.960 not send 00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.379 his son 00:30:32.379 --> 00:30:32.799 into the 00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.139 world 00:30:33.139 --> 00:30:34.139 to condemn 00:30:34.139 --> 00:30:34.819 the world 00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:36.660 but to 00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:37.119 save the 00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:37.339 world 00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:37.899 through him 00:30:37.899 --> 00:30:38.660 John 3 00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:39.139 17 00:30:39.139 --> 00:30:41.099 and so 00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:42.700 as we 00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.460 seek to 00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:44.700 do something 00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.420 about this 00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:48.819 we must 00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:49.299 do it in a 00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:50.039 way that 00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:51.160 shows clearly 00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:51.700 that we are 00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:52.160 not here 00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:52.720 to condemn 00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.220 the world. 00:30:54.619 --> 00:30:55.359 We're here 00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:55.839 to see 00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:56.539 the lives 00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:56.879 of any 00:30:56.879 --> 00:30:57.180 who will 00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:57.440 listen 00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:58.000 saved. 00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.259 forgiven 00:30:59.259 --> 00:31:01.059 cleansed 00:31:01.059 --> 00:31:02.240 and made 00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:02.799 whole again 00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.399 by God. 00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.920 So what 00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:07.279 do we do 00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.660 with all 00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:07.980 this? 00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:10.660 I want to 00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:11.160 stress this 00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.599 morning that 00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:12.019 this is a 00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:12.859 very complex 00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:14.079 issue in 00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:14.720 our society 00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.180 today. 00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:16.599 Do not 00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:17.339 think that 00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:17.859 by simply 00:31:17.859 --> 00:31:18.579 changing the 00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:19.000 laws of 00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.519 our nation 00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.500 that the 00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.019 problem will 00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.519 go away. 00:31:22.619 --> 00:31:23.259 Some of 00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:23.559 the most 00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:24.160 restrictive 00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:24.960 countries 00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:25.660 in our 00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:26.079 world when 00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:26.379 it comes 00:31:26.379 --> 00:31:26.899 to abortion 00:31:26.899 --> 00:31:27.299 law 00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:28.779 have just 00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.159 as many 00:31:29.159 --> 00:31:29.700 abortions 00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:30.079 happening 00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:30.680 in them 00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:31.680 today as 00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:32.139 those that 00:31:32.139 --> 00:31:32.500 are less 00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:33.059 restrictive. 00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:35.180 Better laws 00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:35.519 would be 00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:35.859 great. 00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.440 We want 00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:37.079 our justice 00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:37.859 system to 00:31:37.859 --> 00:31:38.539 reflect what 00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.319 is good 00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:39.779 and what 00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:40.319 is right 00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:41.319 to protect 00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:43.039 the lives 00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.579 of the 00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:43.899 innocent, 00:31:43.899 --> 00:31:45.740 but it's 00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.159 not that 00:31:46.159 --> 00:31:46.539 simple. 00:31:47.659 --> 00:31:48.519 What we 00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:49.619 need is 00:31:49.619 --> 00:31:50.079 changed 00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:50.539 hearts 00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:51.799 and changed 00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:52.279 minds, 00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:54.119 and there 00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:54.379 are so 00:31:54.379 --> 00:31:55.000 many factors 00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.619 that contribute 00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:56.019 here. 00:31:57.379 --> 00:31:58.079 Part of 00:31:58.079 --> 00:31:58.539 the push 00:31:58.539 --> 00:32:00.039 by people 00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.799 who align 00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:01.139 with the 00:32:01.139 --> 00:32:01.819 pro-choice 00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:03.319 side of 00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:03.779 things, 00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.500 part of 00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.000 the reason 00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.460 for why 00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:06.980 they want 00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.539 to have 00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:08.399 easy access 00:32:08.399 --> 00:32:09.139 and funding 00:32:09.139 --> 00:32:09.619 so that 00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:10.139 women can 00:32:10.139 --> 00:32:11.000 have abortions 00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.440 is because 00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:12.279 they recognize 00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:13.059 that women 00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.759 are going 00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.319 to have 00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:15.180 them anyway. 00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:16.899 That's what 00:32:16.899 --> 00:32:17.319 they have 00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:17.920 observed 00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:19.740 around the 00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.079 globe. 00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:22.079 And if 00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:22.359 they're going 00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:22.599 to do 00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:23.039 it anyway, 00:32:23.179 --> 00:32:23.460 do we 00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:23.859 want them 00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:24.240 risking 00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:25.000 their lives 00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.480 to do 00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:25.679 it? 00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:27.279 Or should 00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.619 we just 00:32:27.619 --> 00:32:27.980 give them 00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.279 what they 00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:28.779 want and 00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.319 provide them 00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:29.619 with a 00:32:29.619 --> 00:32:30.179 means that's 00:32:30.179 --> 00:32:30.919 relatively 00:32:30.919 --> 00:32:33.299 safe for 00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:33.679 the mother? 00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.179 I don't 00:32:36.179 --> 00:32:36.759 agree with 00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.559 that line 00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:38.059 of thinking. 00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:38.720 I think 00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:38.939 it's 00:32:38.939 --> 00:32:39.539 misguided. 00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:42.599 But my 00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:43.179 point here 00:32:43.179 --> 00:32:44.939 is that the 00:32:44.939 --> 00:32:45.519 change needs 00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:46.319 to happen at 00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:46.879 the level of 00:32:46.879 --> 00:32:47.339 the heart. 00:32:48.699 --> 00:32:49.579 Just changing 00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:50.159 the laws 00:32:50.159 --> 00:32:51.000 is not 00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:51.599 going to 00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:52.619 do it. 00:32:53.899 --> 00:32:54.460 And there 00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:54.759 are plenty 00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.119 of other 00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:55.879 social factors 00:32:55.879 --> 00:32:56.359 as well. 00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:56.779 We could 00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:57.079 look at 00:32:57.079 --> 00:32:57.480 all the 00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:57.799 different 00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:58.699 reasons why 00:32:58.699 --> 00:32:59.899 mothers don't 00:32:59.899 --> 00:33:00.359 want to 00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:01.599 keep their 00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:02.659 children and 00:33:02.659 --> 00:33:03.139 we could 00:33:03.139 --> 00:33:03.699 talk about 00:33:03.699 --> 00:33:04.359 how do we 00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:05.019 address those 00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.439 things. 00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:06.720 Abortion is 00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:07.419 very much a 00:33:07.419 --> 00:33:08.500 symptom kind 00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:08.980 of issue. 00:33:09.899 --> 00:33:10.799 It has all 00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:11.240 kinds of 00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:11.980 other factors 00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:13.419 and issues 00:33:13.419 --> 00:33:14.759 that are 00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.619 root problems 00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:16.220 which lead 00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.659 to it. 00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:17.619 It's not 00:33:17.619 --> 00:33:18.199 something that 00:33:18.199 --> 00:33:18.879 women like 00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:19.760 to do 00:33:19.760 --> 00:33:20.360 or to 00:33:20.360 --> 00:33:20.780 have. 00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:21.880 It's 00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:22.380 something that 00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:23.080 they choose 00:33:23.080 --> 00:33:24.020 because of 00:33:24.020 --> 00:33:24.540 all kinds 00:33:24.540 --> 00:33:24.880 of other 00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:26.180 factors in 00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:26.780 their lives. 00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:28.380 And so 00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:29.120 with the 00:33:29.120 --> 00:33:29.980 complexities of 00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:30.520 this issue 00:33:30.520 --> 00:33:31.240 what do we 00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:31.720 do about 00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:31.940 it? 00:33:33.140 --> 00:33:33.820 When it 00:33:33.820 --> 00:33:34.200 comes to 00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:35.300 the unborn 00:33:35.300 --> 00:33:36.340 how do we 00:33:36.340 --> 00:33:37.420 seek the 00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:38.860 welfare and 00:33:38.860 --> 00:33:39.760 prosperity of 00:33:39.760 --> 00:33:40.620 our country 00:33:40.620 --> 00:33:42.020 of our 00:33:42.020 --> 00:33:42.600 province? 00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:42.699 us? 00:33:44.699 --> 00:33:45.500 I think 00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:45.879 that the 00:33:45.879 --> 00:33:46.319 first thing 00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:46.619 we need 00:33:46.619 --> 00:33:46.939 to do 00:33:46.939 --> 00:33:47.459 is humbly 00:33:47.459 --> 00:33:49.139 admit that 00:33:49.139 --> 00:33:50.919 silence and 00:33:50.919 --> 00:33:52.139 doing absolutely 00:33:52.139 --> 00:33:53.099 nothing is not 00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:53.599 an option. 00:33:55.399 --> 00:33:56.240 Does God 00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:57.219 not expect 00:33:57.219 --> 00:33:58.179 each one of 00:33:58.179 --> 00:33:58.899 us to do 00:33:58.899 --> 00:34:00.119 something here 00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:01.579 when this is 00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:02.139 happening in 00:34:02.139 --> 00:34:02.480 our own 00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:02.959 backyard, 00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:04.919 in our own 00:34:04.919 --> 00:34:05.419 community? 00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:08.500 once we've 00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:09.159 finally settled 00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:09.720 that in our 00:34:09.720 --> 00:34:10.139 hearts and 00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:11.760 minds that 00:34:11.760 --> 00:34:12.200 we must 00:34:12.200 --> 00:34:12.700 act, 00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.360 the next 00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:13.860 question is 00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:14.200 well what 00:34:14.200 --> 00:34:14.780 do we do? 00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:17.579 And I 00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.039 think if we're 00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.619 honest many 00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:19.119 of us 00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:20.500 maybe have 00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:21.139 no idea 00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.599 where to 00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:21.960 start. 00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:23.519 Maybe we've 00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:23.980 done some 00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.380 things in 00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:24.940 the past, 00:34:25.300 --> 00:34:26.039 we've gone 00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.300 to a 00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:26.680 March for 00:34:26.680 --> 00:34:26.960 Life, 00:34:27.099 --> 00:34:28.599 we've had 00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:29.139 a membership 00:34:29.139 --> 00:34:29.659 to an 00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:30.019 advocacy 00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.539 group. 00:34:33.619 --> 00:34:34.519 But these 00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.420 are difficult 00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:36.159 questions. 00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:36.799 Should we 00:34:36.799 --> 00:34:37.420 partner with 00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:37.920 and become 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:38.900 members of 00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:39.379 advocacy 00:34:39.379 --> 00:34:39.839 groups? 00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:41.279 If so, 00:34:41.379 --> 00:34:42.000 which ones? 00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.859 What if 00:34:43.859 --> 00:34:44.480 those groups 00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:45.279 don't reflect 00:34:45.279 --> 00:34:45.859 the commitment 00:34:45.859 --> 00:34:46.420 that we 00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:47.199 have to 00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:47.579 Christ? 00:34:48.679 --> 00:34:49.440 What if 00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:50.039 they advocate 00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:50.599 in some 00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:50.920 ways that 00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:51.420 we feel 00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:52.299 are unhelpful 00:34:52.299 --> 00:34:52.819 or wrong? 00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:55.339 These are 00:34:55.339 --> 00:34:55.659 not the 00:34:55.659 --> 00:34:55.940 easiest 00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.619 questions to 00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.039 answer. 00:34:59.139 --> 00:34:59.839 As elders 00:34:59.839 --> 00:35:00.559 here in 00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:00.960 the church 00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.219 we're 00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:01.920 beginning to 00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:02.559 discuss 00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:03.019 some of 00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:03.279 this. 00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:03.920 We 00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:04.239 actually 00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:04.679 have 00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:06.299 someone 00:35:06.299 --> 00:35:06.719 coming 00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:07.179 from 00:35:07.179 --> 00:35:07.839 Midlakes 00:35:07.839 --> 00:35:08.879 Pro-Life 00:35:08.879 --> 00:35:11.039 to talk 00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:11.460 to us 00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:11.920 as elders 00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.519 on Tuesday 00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:12.879 night. 00:35:14.339 --> 00:35:15.179 I think 00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:15.519 it would be 00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:16.039 helpful for 00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:16.379 us to 00:35:16.379 --> 00:35:16.699 come up 00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:17.000 with our 00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:17.239 own 00:35:17.239 --> 00:35:17.559 clear 00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:18.179 convictions 00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:19.099 and 00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:19.639 strategy 00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:20.039 as a 00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.359 church 00:35:20.359 --> 00:35:21.159 as to 00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.539 how we 00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:21.759 will 00:35:21.759 --> 00:35:22.359 participate 00:35:22.359 --> 00:35:23.379 in the 00:35:23.379 --> 00:35:23.779 cause of 00:35:23.779 --> 00:35:23.879 the 00:35:23.879 --> 00:35:24.259 unborn. 00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:26.039 And I 00:35:26.039 --> 00:35:26.279 think it 00:35:26.279 --> 00:35:26.500 would be 00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:27.019 helpful for 00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:27.500 those of 00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:28.019 us who 00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.500 serve as 00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:28.799 elders 00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:30.100 to hear 00:35:30.100 --> 00:35:30.760 continually 00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:31.480 from each 00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:31.840 one of 00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:33.060 you how 00:35:33.060 --> 00:35:33.519 important 00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:34.180 this issue 00:35:34.180 --> 00:35:34.580 is to 00:35:34.580 --> 00:35:34.800 you. 00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:37.660 My hope 00:35:37.660 --> 00:35:38.120 is that we 00:35:38.120 --> 00:35:38.660 will continue 00:35:38.660 --> 00:35:39.080 to have 00:35:39.080 --> 00:35:39.720 conversations 00:35:39.720 --> 00:35:40.420 about this 00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:40.660 in the 00:35:40.660 --> 00:35:41.220 months and 00:35:41.220 --> 00:35:41.660 the years 00:35:41.660 --> 00:35:42.280 ahead and 00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:42.780 that those 00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:43.500 conversations 00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:44.440 will result 00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:45.519 in clear 00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:46.380 loving 00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:47.340 action. 00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:51.640 But in 00:35:51.640 --> 00:35:52.200 the meantime 00:35:52.200 --> 00:35:53.240 there is 00:35:53.240 --> 00:35:54.120 one clear 00:35:54.120 --> 00:35:55.000 and simple 00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:55.500 way that 00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:56.360 each one 00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:56.700 of us 00:35:56.700 --> 00:35:56.900 can 00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.619 participate. 00:35:58.300 --> 00:35:58.980 As God 00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.420 said in 00:35:59.420 --> 00:35:59.760 his letter 00:35:59.760 --> 00:36:00.059 to the 00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:00.519 exiles 00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:00.860 that we 00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.240 looked at 00:36:01.240 --> 00:36:01.800 last week 00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:02.260 seek the 00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:03.320 peace and 00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:04.059 the prosperity 00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:05.019 of the 00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:05.460 city to 00:36:05.460 --> 00:36:05.860 which I 00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:06.460 have carried 00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:06.920 you into 00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:07.440 exile. 00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:09.539 Pray for 00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:09.820 it. 00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:12.160 Pray to 00:36:12.160 --> 00:36:12.619 the Lord 00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:13.440 for it. 00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:16.139 Proverbs 00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:17.039 29 verse 00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:18.039 26. 00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:19.380 Many 00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:19.980 seek an 00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:20.700 audience with 00:36:20.700 --> 00:36:21.160 a ruler 00:36:21.160 --> 00:36:23.260 but it is 00:36:23.260 --> 00:36:23.740 from the 00:36:23.740 --> 00:36:24.960 Lord that 00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.460 one gets 00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:26.019 justice. 00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:28.559 God can 00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:29.559 do something 00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:30.579 about this 00:36:30.579 --> 00:36:31.900 and one of 00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:32.280 the things 00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:32.559 that he 00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:33.240 wants is 00:36:33.240 --> 00:36:33.800 for us to 00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:34.380 ask him 00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:35.500 to intervene 00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:36.579 and to 00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:38.320 work and 00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:38.659 to bring 00:36:38.659 --> 00:36:39.220 change. 00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:40.579 And so 00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:40.980 what I've 00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:41.980 done is 00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:42.360 I've put 00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:43.980 together a 00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:45.440 list of 00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:46.579 56 ways 00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:47.699 to pray 00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:49.019 about abortion 00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:50.880 from all 00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:51.639 different angles 00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:53.739 and I 00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:54.259 would encourage 00:36:54.259 --> 00:36:55.559 you please 00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:56.539 take a copy 00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:56.819 of it. 00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:57.259 It's at the 00:36:57.259 --> 00:36:57.920 back table 00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:59.199 here and 00:36:59.199 --> 00:36:59.500 in the 00:36:59.500 --> 00:36:59.799 foyer. 00:37:01.319 --> 00:37:02.119 Make it 00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:02.980 a part of 00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:03.599 your regular 00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:05.539 list to 00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:07.339 pray about 00:37:07.339 --> 00:37:08.039 this issue. 00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:10.279 Whether you 00:37:10.279 --> 00:37:10.879 put this into 00:37:10.879 --> 00:37:11.279 your prayer 00:37:11.279 --> 00:37:12.059 mate app or 00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:12.799 you just 00:37:12.799 --> 00:37:13.599 keep this in 00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:14.139 your Bible 00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:15.019 and work 00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:15.379 through a 00:37:15.379 --> 00:37:15.779 little bit 00:37:15.779 --> 00:37:17.619 of it one 00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:18.179 week at a 00:37:18.179 --> 00:37:18.739 time kind 00:37:18.739 --> 00:37:19.139 of thing. 00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:22.799 as we 00:37:22.799 --> 00:37:24.359 pray I 00:37:24.359 --> 00:37:24.900 believe the 00:37:24.900 --> 00:37:25.279 Lord will 00:37:25.279 --> 00:37:25.819 answer our 00:37:25.819 --> 00:37:26.940 prayers and 00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:28.579 save the 00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:29.759 lives of 00:37:29.759 --> 00:37:30.139 children. 00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:31.379 I believe 00:37:31.379 --> 00:37:31.799 that he will 00:37:31.799 --> 00:37:32.299 answer our 00:37:32.299 --> 00:37:32.759 questions. 00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:33.359 I think he 00:37:33.359 --> 00:37:33.960 will give us 00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:35.559 clarity for 00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:36.159 each one of 00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:36.599 us as to 00:37:36.599 --> 00:37:37.019 how we 00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:37.799 should participate 00:37:37.799 --> 00:37:38.759 in this. 00:37:38.859 --> 00:37:39.219 What our 00:37:39.219 --> 00:37:41.059 role is in 00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:41.579 the important 00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:42.679 work of 00:37:42.679 --> 00:37:43.440 saving lives 00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:44.739 in our own 00:37:44.739 --> 00:37:45.339 neighborhood, 00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:45.819 our own 00:37:45.819 --> 00:37:46.279 community. 00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.679 I want to 00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:49.119 conclude this 00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:49.779 morning with 00:37:49.779 --> 00:37:50.380 this reminder. 00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:52.779 First John 00:37:52.779 --> 00:37:55.420 5 verse 00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:56.019 14 and 00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:56.460 15. 00:37:57.380 --> 00:37:58.579 This is the 00:37:58.579 --> 00:37:59.500 confidence that 00:37:59.500 --> 00:38:00.199 we have in 00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:01.079 approaching God 00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:02.460 that if we 00:38:02.460 --> 00:38:03.539 ask anything 00:38:03.539 --> 00:38:04.279 according to 00:38:04.279 --> 00:38:05.699 his will he 00:38:05.699 --> 00:38:07.619 hears us and 00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:08.319 if we know 00:38:08.319 --> 00:38:08.980 that he hears 00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:10.400 us whatever we 00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:12.199 ask we know 00:38:12.199 --> 00:38:13.579 that we have 00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:14.920 what we asked 00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:15.279 of him. 00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:17.380 And so 00:38:17.380 --> 00:38:18.359 let's get 00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:19.019 asking. 00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:49.000 Thank you.