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

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 That song and some others that we've sung already this morning are laying out for us the essence of this morning's sermon.

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 There's a distinct choice there, right?

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 All this world or Jesus?

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 I'd rather have Jesus than silver or gold or houses or lands or fame or applause.

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 Jesus himself was faced with a pretty dramatic choice like this, wasn't he?

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 There he was in the garden.

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 Was it going to be his own path?

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 Or was it going to be God's path?

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 He's in agony.

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 The sufferings of the cross are looming before him.

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 The abandonment of his friends is a present reality.

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 The anxiety of his spirit is so intense.

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 He's sweating drops of blood.

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 Father, he prays.

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 If there's another way that avoids this terrible suffering ahead of me, I would like that.

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 I don't relish the thought of drinking the cup of your wrath.

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 That's a lot of physical and emotional energy arguing for going his own way.

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 And yet his spirit trusts his father.

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 He decides suffering is better than sin.

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 Submitting to God's will better than serving his own.

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 Not my will, but yours be done.

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 It's not an easy choice, right?

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 But Jesus chooses to stand in our place as Peter has told us,

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 once for all, for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.

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 Now, this morning, Peter says,

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 that choice is to shape your lives too.

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 Not just his, our lives.

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 As those united to Jesus, following Jesus, living as his people in this world,

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 this choice is to shape our lives.

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 1 Peter chapter 4.

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 Let's see what this means for us in these first six verses.

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 God's holy word, always and unfailingly the best thing to shape our lives.

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 Since, therefore, Christ suffered in the flesh,

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 arm yourselves with the same way of thinking.

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 For whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin.

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 So as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh,

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 no longer for human passions, but for the will of God.

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 The time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do,

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 living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties,

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 and lawless idolatry.

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 With respect to this, they are surprised when you do not join them

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 in the same flood of debauchery, and they malign you.

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 But they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

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 For this is why the gospel was preached even to those who are dead,

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 that though judged in the flesh the way people are,

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 they might live in the spirit the way God does.

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 Father, we give you thanks for your word,

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 and we ask for that spirit

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 to teach us this morning,

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 and more than that, to give us Jesus,

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 to show us him,

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 to so work in our hearts

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 that we would want more and more and more of Jesus.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Peter has given us

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 some hard passages to understand recently, hasn't he?

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 This passage is easier to understand.

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 Good news.

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 It's just harder to live.

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 You know, I think those may be the worst

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 kind of passages in some ways.

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 I can't plead ignorance,

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 and neither can you.

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 I've decided to approach this text a little differently today.

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 First, I'm just going to walk through it

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 briefly,

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 so that we're on the same page about what it means.

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 And then,

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 talk for a little bit about what it means in our lives,

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 for us specifically.

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 So, first, what's the message

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 of these verses?

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 Again, it's in the context of suffering, right?

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 Specifically, suffering as God's people.

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 Peter's already pointed out

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 that suffering brings opportunity

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 to share our hope, right?

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 That suffering with Jesus means we will also celebrate

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 Jesus' victory with him.

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 And now, this passage

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 highlights the choice

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 that we've been talking about.

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 The threat of suffering

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 presents

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 a life-shaping choice

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 between your sin

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 and your Savior.

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 Listen, verse 1.

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 Since, therefore,

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 Christ suffered in the flesh,

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 heading to and on the cross, right?

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 Arm yourselves

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 with the same way of thinking.

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 Jesus evaluated,

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 was it going to be his way

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 or God's way?

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 Disobedience

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 with comfort

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 or obedience

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 with suffering?

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 And he chose obedience to God

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 with suffering.

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 He chose that to be the best way.

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 So now,

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 you have real spiritual warfare

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 that you are engaged in

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 every day,

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 so you need to take up

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 that same mindset

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 with you.

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 When I must choose

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 sin or suffering,

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 I suffer.

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 When I must choose

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 myself

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 or my Savior,

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 Jesus.

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 Every time,

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 Jesus.

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 Now, that may sound simple, right?

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 Hey, you're in church, you know?

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 Sin or Jesus?

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 Which one's right?

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 But we need to acknowledge

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 our default mindset

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 is avoid suffering, right?

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 Anybody else?

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 I don't like it at all.

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 My comfort,

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 my ease,

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 my success,

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 my pleasure,

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 whatever it is,

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 that needs to be pursued

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 at all costs.

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 That's the way

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 I'm used to thinking.

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 So this life-shaping choice

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 is no simple matter.

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 When was the last time

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 you chose

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 to suffer?

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 That happens to you.

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 You don't pick that, right?

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 But choose suffering

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 over sin,

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 Peter says,

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 for whoever

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 has suffered

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 in the flesh

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 has ceased

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 from sin,

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 so as to live

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 for the rest of the time

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 in the flesh,

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 no longer for human passions,

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 but for the will

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 of God.

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 Do you hear the choice

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 between self

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 and Savior,

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 sin and suffering?

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 This verse is not saying

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 that if you have ever suffered,

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 then you will never sin again.

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 That's not what it's saying.

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 Rather,

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 if you are willing,

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 like Jesus,

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 to choose painful suffering

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 in order to follow God's will,

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 you're making a break

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 with sin.

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 You're turning your back

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 on sin and saying,

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 I'm going this way

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 and you're breaking

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 from sin.

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 You're setting your life

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 on a course

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 to pursue God's priorities

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 and His plan for you

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 over your own

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 selfish passions.

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 Now,

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 we all know suffering

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 can drive us

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 to turn in rebellion

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 from God,

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 to turn our back on Him

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 and to turn to self.

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 It's,

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 I don't want anything

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 to do with Him anymore.

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 This hurts too much.

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 But the one choosing

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 to suffer for Jesus

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 has determined

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 the path of Jesus

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 is more worthwhile

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 than the path

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 of sin.

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 And listen,

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 Peter says,

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 whether you've been

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 living for yourself

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 nine years

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 or 39 years

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 or 99 years

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 walking in this direction,

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 that's quite enough.

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 the self-indulgence,

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 the unbridled pursuit

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 of pleasure,

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 food,

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 drink,

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 sex,

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 material possessions,

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 being your own authority,

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 whatever it is,

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 enough of that!

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 You've got something

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 so much better!

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 Of course,

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 others around you

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 won't understand

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 that you do.

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 They'll be surprised,

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 right?

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 That you're not just

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 carried along

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 this overwhelming

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 current

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 of me-ism,

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 of self-indulgent living

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 because

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 what they will say

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 could possibly

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 be better for you

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 than whatever

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 you want

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 or whoever

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 you want to be.

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 Right?

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 I mean,

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 this just makes sense.

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 How could anything else

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 be better for you

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 than you?

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 We buy that lie

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 every day,

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 don't we?

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 You're weird,

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 Christian.

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 don't be surprised

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 when you don't fit in.

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 In fact,

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 they will

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 malign you.

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 At least mocking

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 with their words,

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 if not attacking you

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 with their actions.

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 You should expect

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 to be strange

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 because you are

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 a stranger

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 in this world.

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 It's not your home.

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 If you're following

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 Jesus' path,

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 the world

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 in which you live

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 is not your home.

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 So when people

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 malign you,

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 verse 5,

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 remember,

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 they will be called

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 to account.

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 There is a judge

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 for all of us.

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 No one maligns

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 anyone made

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 in God's image

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 without God

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 noticing.

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 sin.

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 So,

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 the good news

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 of Jesus

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 has been

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 preached to everyone.

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 Even those

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 who are now

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 dead,

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 it was preached

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 to them

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 in their lifetimes

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 because God's judgment

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 is real

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 and we need

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 to be saved

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 from it.

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 So that even

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 though we will

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 still die

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 in this mortal

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 life,

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 we might have

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 the hope

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 of living

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 forever

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 because of

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 Jesus'

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 death

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 and resurrection.

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 You see the choice

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 set before us

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 though

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 in this passage?

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 Follow

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 the path

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 of Jesus

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 and suffer

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 or

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 go with

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 the flow

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 of everyone

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 else around you

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 and avoid

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 some of that

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 suffering,

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 maybe a lot

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 of it,

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 and just

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 go along.

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 Live for yourself.

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 The choice

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 is described

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 well in

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 Moses'

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 life

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 in Hebrews

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 chapter 11.

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 By faith,

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 Moses,

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 when he was

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 grown up,

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 refused to be

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 called the son

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 of Pharaoh's

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 daughter,

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 choosing rather

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 to be mistreated

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 with the people

00:12:39.700 --> 00:12:40.340
 of God

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 than to enjoy

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 the fleeting

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 pleasures of sin.

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 He considered

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 the reproach

00:12:46.500 --> 00:12:47.400
 of Christ

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 greater wealth

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 than the treasures

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 of Egypt

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 for he was

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 looking to

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 the reward.

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 You see

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 the choice

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 that he had?

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 Choose

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 suffering

00:12:57.439 --> 00:12:58.339
 with God

00:12:58.339 --> 00:12:59.539
 over pleasure

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 with sin.

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 Reproach,

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 that means

00:13:02.659 --> 00:13:03.719
 shame

00:13:03.719 --> 00:13:04.759
 and people

00:13:04.759 --> 00:13:05.759
 maligning you.

00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:06.599
 Reproach

00:13:06.599 --> 00:13:07.419
 with Jesus

00:13:07.419 --> 00:13:09.419
 over treasures

00:13:09.419 --> 00:13:10.979
 in this world.

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 The threat

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 of suffering

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 for following

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 Jesus gives

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 you that choice.

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 Do you see that?

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 Will I

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 shape my life

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 along my

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 Savior's path

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 or down

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 my own path?

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 Peter is

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 calling us

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 to prepare

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 to suffer

00:13:31.539 --> 00:13:32.559
 for following

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 Jesus.

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 But I think

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 if I'm honest

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 and for many

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 of us

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 in our world

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 we're still

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 thinking something

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 a little bit

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 less dramatic

00:13:42.079 --> 00:13:42.879
 of a choice.

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 Maybe I can

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 have my cake

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 and eat it

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 too.

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 I don't

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 really have

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 to choose

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 do I?

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 I mean I've

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 been able

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 to claim

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 Jesus

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 and live

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 pretty comfortably

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 for myself.

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 I've been doing

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 that a long

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 time pastor.

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 It's not that hard.

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 You can get

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 away with it.

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 Can't I just

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 manage this

00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:05.080
 dynamic?

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 You know

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 keep them

00:14:07.019 --> 00:14:07.580
 both happy.

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 I'll even

00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:10.540
 lead my kids

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 to believe

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 that they can

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 have and do

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 whatever they want

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 so that they

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 don't view

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 Jesus as costly

00:14:16.079 --> 00:14:17.019
 and reject him.

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 I don't want

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 that to happen.

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 I bet that was

00:14:19.959 --> 00:14:20.740
 only a tough

00:14:20.740 --> 00:14:21.919
 choice in Peter's

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 day.

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 Not

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 anymore.

00:14:28.219 --> 00:14:29.339
 The problem

00:14:29.339 --> 00:14:29.959
 is it's

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 not

00:14:31.899 --> 00:14:33.039
 just

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 back then

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 is it?

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 This is actually

00:14:36.459 --> 00:14:37.179
 the normal

00:14:37.179 --> 00:14:37.919
 way

00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:38.959
 for

00:14:38.959 --> 00:14:39.600
 Jesus'

00:14:39.980 --> 00:14:40.720
 followers.

00:14:40.959 --> 00:14:41.740
 God's people

00:14:41.740 --> 00:14:42.899
 through history

00:14:42.899 --> 00:14:43.720
 have been

00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:44.480
 living this

00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:45.980
 difficult choice

00:14:45.980 --> 00:14:47.419
 life or death

00:14:47.419 --> 00:14:47.879
 even

00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:49.419
 at the highest

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 level

00:14:49.840 --> 00:14:51.680
 as they

00:14:51.680 --> 00:14:52.720
 follow in the

00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:53.519
 footsteps of

00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:54.340
 their suffering

00:14:54.340 --> 00:14:55.279
 Savior.

00:14:55.460 --> 00:14:55.820
 This is

00:14:55.820 --> 00:14:56.779
 what it means

00:14:56.779 --> 00:14:57.940
 to follow

00:14:57.940 --> 00:14:58.340
 Jesus.

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 Just think

00:14:59.419 --> 00:14:59.940
 with me for

00:14:59.940 --> 00:15:00.720
 a few minutes

00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:01.259
 this morning.

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 It wasn't

00:15:02.100 --> 00:15:02.820
 just Moses

00:15:02.820 --> 00:15:04.360
 and then

00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:05.039
 Jesus of

00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:05.440
 course

00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:07.320
 facing this

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 choice.

00:15:08.560 --> 00:15:09.100
 Many of

00:15:09.100 --> 00:15:09.419
 Jesus'

00:15:09.740 --> 00:15:10.560
 own 12

00:15:10.559 --> 00:15:11.219
 disciples

00:15:11.219 --> 00:15:12.739
 were

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 imprisoned

00:15:13.379 --> 00:15:14.419
 for speaking

00:15:14.419 --> 00:15:14.899
 of his

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 name

00:15:15.219 --> 00:15:15.839
 and told

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 to stop.

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 Many of

00:15:17.379 --> 00:15:17.699
 them are

00:15:17.699 --> 00:15:18.359
 killed

00:15:18.359 --> 00:15:19.159
 for their

00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:19.739
 commitment

00:15:19.739 --> 00:15:20.319
 to him

00:15:20.319 --> 00:15:20.859
 but they

00:15:20.859 --> 00:15:21.379
 choose to

00:15:21.379 --> 00:15:21.799
 cling to

00:15:21.799 --> 00:15:22.199
 Jesus

00:15:22.199 --> 00:15:22.699
 rather than

00:15:22.699 --> 00:15:23.000
 their own

00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:23.479
 lives,

00:15:23.539 --> 00:15:23.779
 right?

00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:26.919
 Many of

00:15:26.919 --> 00:15:27.319
 the Christians

00:15:27.319 --> 00:15:27.879
 receiving

00:15:27.879 --> 00:15:29.059
 this letter

00:15:29.059 --> 00:15:31.419
 as you know

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 will soon

00:15:32.039 --> 00:15:32.519
 face

00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:33.359
 martyrdom

00:15:33.359 --> 00:15:34.019
 at the

00:15:34.019 --> 00:15:34.500
 hands of

00:15:34.500 --> 00:15:34.759
 Nero.

00:15:35.959 --> 00:15:36.259
 They're

00:15:36.259 --> 00:15:36.439
 going to

00:15:36.439 --> 00:15:36.719
 face

00:15:36.719 --> 00:15:37.599
 lions

00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:38.879
 in the

00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:39.600
 Colosseum.

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 They're

00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:41.519
 going to

00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:41.879
 be

00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:43.500
 burned

00:15:43.500 --> 00:15:43.840
 as

00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:44.779
 torches

00:15:44.779 --> 00:15:46.300
 for

00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.860
 Nero's

00:15:46.860 --> 00:15:47.320
 parties.

00:15:48.100 --> 00:15:48.700
 They don't

00:15:48.700 --> 00:15:49.220
 know that

00:15:49.220 --> 00:15:49.600
 yet.

00:15:51.980 --> 00:15:52.620
 Or

00:15:52.620 --> 00:15:53.639
 there is

00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:54.180
 another way.

00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:55.379
 They could

00:15:55.379 --> 00:15:56.220
 renounce

00:15:56.220 --> 00:15:56.960
 Jesus

00:15:56.960 --> 00:15:59.080
 publicly,

00:15:59.980 --> 00:16:01.080
 quit

00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:01.680
 following

00:16:01.680 --> 00:16:02.779
 his way

00:16:02.779 --> 00:16:03.259
 and they

00:16:03.259 --> 00:16:03.720
 could enjoy

00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:04.560
 their lives.

00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:06.000
 they could

00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:06.479
 live

00:16:06.479 --> 00:16:07.359
 several more

00:16:07.359 --> 00:16:07.659
 years

00:16:07.659 --> 00:16:08.299
 perhaps.

00:16:11.739 --> 00:16:12.419
 Tempting

00:16:12.419 --> 00:16:13.559
 you got to

00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:13.799
 say.

00:16:15.379 --> 00:16:15.559
 I mean

00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:15.939
 think about

00:16:15.939 --> 00:16:16.319
 the people

00:16:16.319 --> 00:16:16.899
 they loved.

00:16:18.919 --> 00:16:19.239
 Fast

00:16:19.239 --> 00:16:19.619
 forwarding

00:16:19.619 --> 00:16:20.879
 to 1527

00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:21.379
 George

00:16:21.379 --> 00:16:21.919
 Carpenter

00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:22.599
 was facing

00:16:22.599 --> 00:16:23.219
 execution

00:16:23.219 --> 00:16:23.839
 in Munich

00:16:23.839 --> 00:16:24.579
 Germany

00:16:24.579 --> 00:16:25.339
 because he

00:16:25.339 --> 00:16:26.019
 refused

00:16:26.019 --> 00:16:26.799
 to deny

00:16:26.799 --> 00:16:27.419
 Christ.

00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:28.959
 As they

00:16:28.959 --> 00:16:29.259
 took him

00:16:29.259 --> 00:16:29.739
 away on

00:16:29.739 --> 00:16:30.479
 his final

00:16:30.479 --> 00:16:30.939
 day a

00:16:30.939 --> 00:16:31.819
 friend came

00:16:31.819 --> 00:16:32.239
 up to him

00:16:32.239 --> 00:16:32.539
 and thought

00:16:32.539 --> 00:16:32.779
 he could

00:16:32.779 --> 00:16:33.359
 appeal to

00:16:33.359 --> 00:16:33.719
 him with

00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:34.820
 one final

00:16:34.820 --> 00:16:35.779
 request to

00:16:35.779 --> 00:16:36.240
 save his

00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:36.560
 life.

00:16:36.899 --> 00:16:37.300
 Think of

00:16:37.300 --> 00:16:37.820
 your wife

00:16:37.820 --> 00:16:38.540
 and children

00:16:38.540 --> 00:16:39.480
 he said.

00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:40.560
 Give up

00:16:40.560 --> 00:16:41.080
 Jesus

00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:42.040
 to keep

00:16:42.040 --> 00:16:42.620
 them.

00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:45.820
 It's a

00:16:45.820 --> 00:16:46.300
 powerful

00:16:46.300 --> 00:16:46.779
 appeal

00:16:46.779 --> 00:16:48.120
 and a

00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:48.779
 crucial

00:16:48.779 --> 00:16:49.660
 choice.

00:16:51.920 --> 00:16:52.259
 Carpenter

00:16:52.259 --> 00:16:52.899
 responded

00:16:52.899 --> 00:16:54.000
 my wife

00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:54.639
 and my

00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:55.399
 children are

00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:56.340
 so dearly

00:16:56.340 --> 00:16:57.019
 beloved unto

00:16:57.019 --> 00:16:57.860
 me that

00:16:57.860 --> 00:16:58.379
 they cannot

00:16:58.379 --> 00:16:59.139
 be bought

00:16:59.139 --> 00:16:59.700
 from me

00:16:59.700 --> 00:17:00.460
 for all

00:17:00.460 --> 00:17:01.040
 the riches

00:17:01.040 --> 00:17:01.879
 and possessions

00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:02.460
 of the

00:17:02.460 --> 00:17:02.860
 Duke of

00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:03.399
 Bavaria.

00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:06.339
 but for

00:17:06.339 --> 00:17:06.819
 the love

00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:07.880
 of my

00:17:07.880 --> 00:17:08.460
 Lord God

00:17:08.460 --> 00:17:08.819
 I will

00:17:08.819 --> 00:17:09.279
 willingly

00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:10.380
 forsake

00:17:10.380 --> 00:17:10.620
 them.

00:17:13.100 --> 00:17:13.819
 We read

00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:14.100
 a heart

00:17:14.100 --> 00:17:14.440
 wrenching

00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:14.819
 account

00:17:14.819 --> 00:17:16.539
 150 years

00:17:16.539 --> 00:17:17.120
 later in

00:17:17.120 --> 00:17:17.559
 Scotland

00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:18.660
 of the

00:17:18.660 --> 00:17:18.839
 two

00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:19.579
 Margaret's

00:17:19.579 --> 00:17:21.660
 two of

00:17:21.660 --> 00:17:22.160
 many women

00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:22.980
 who faced

00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:23.940
 death as

00:17:23.940 --> 00:17:24.839
 covenanters

00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:26.079
 in Scotland

00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:27.360
 for refusing

00:17:27.360 --> 00:17:28.100
 to acknowledge

00:17:28.100 --> 00:17:28.819
 the king

00:17:28.819 --> 00:17:29.720
 as head

00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:30.259
 of the

00:17:30.259 --> 00:17:30.819
 church over

00:17:30.819 --> 00:17:31.460
 Christ.

00:17:32.299 --> 00:17:32.579
 Jesus

00:17:32.579 --> 00:17:33.099
 alone

00:17:33.099 --> 00:17:33.879
 would direct

00:17:33.879 --> 00:17:34.500
 their worship

00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:35.240
 and their

00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:35.899
 lives.

00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:37.119
 Margaret

00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:37.980
 McLachlan

00:17:37.980 --> 00:17:38.700
 a widow

00:17:38.700 --> 00:17:40.079
 aged 70

00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:42.519
 and Margaret

00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:43.159
 Wilson

00:17:43.159 --> 00:17:44.759
 a farmer's

00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:45.179
 daughter

00:17:45.179 --> 00:17:46.519
 aged 18

00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:48.179
 were

00:17:48.179 --> 00:17:49.159
 condemned

00:17:49.159 --> 00:17:49.759
 together

00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:51.599
 to drown

00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:52.220
 in the sea

00:17:52.220 --> 00:17:52.939
 outside

00:17:52.939 --> 00:17:53.839
 Wigtown.

00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:56.939
 They tied

00:17:56.939 --> 00:17:57.379
 the elder

00:17:57.379 --> 00:17:58.240
 Margaret to

00:17:58.240 --> 00:17:58.959
 a stake

00:17:58.959 --> 00:18:00.199
 further out

00:18:00.199 --> 00:18:00.839
 at sea

00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:01.500
 thinking

00:18:01.500 --> 00:18:03.299
 that as

00:18:03.299 --> 00:18:04.139
 she died

00:18:04.139 --> 00:18:04.740
 first they

00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:05.299
 could still

00:18:05.299 --> 00:18:06.059
 spare the

00:18:06.059 --> 00:18:06.579
 younger one

00:18:06.579 --> 00:18:07.079
 and perhaps

00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:07.819
 not look

00:18:07.819 --> 00:18:08.480
 quite as

00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:09.059
 cruel as

00:18:09.059 --> 00:18:10.059
 she watched

00:18:10.059 --> 00:18:10.500
 the one

00:18:10.500 --> 00:18:11.199
 that she

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 looked up

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 to

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 and respected

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 struggle

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 and drown

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 they thought

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 she'll

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 back off.

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 As the

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 waves crashed

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 and the

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 elder Margaret

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 struggled

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 for air

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 they scornfully

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 asked the

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 younger one

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 what do you

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 think of her

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 now?

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 Think

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 said the

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 18 year

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 old

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 I see

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 Christ

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 wrestling

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 there

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 getting angry

00:18:40.379 --> 00:18:40.740
 at this

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 foolish young

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 girl they

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 decided to

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 make the

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 choice

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 easier

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 they would

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 put her

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 under the

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 waves to

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 stop her

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 reciting of

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 Romans 8

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 nothing can

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 separate me

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 from the

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 love of

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 God

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 and they

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 put her

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 under

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 and they

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 would pull

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 her up

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 gasping for

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 air to

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 give her

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 what seemed

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 at this

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 point an

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 easy choice

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 swear allegiance

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 to the

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 king and

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 breathe freely

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 or refuse

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 and go back

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 under

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 time and

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 time again

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 she chose

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 Jesus

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 until she

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 spoke her

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 final words

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 Christians

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 have

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 continued to

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 suffer in

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 our

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 country

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 in case

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 you didn't

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 think that

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 was a

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 reality

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 many many

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 we could

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 cite over

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 the years

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 producing

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 songs like

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 give me

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 Jesus

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 Martin

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 Luther King

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 Jr.

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 could have

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 chosen a

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 safer path

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 and avoided

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 suffering to

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 enjoy fame

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 and family

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 that was

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 increasing

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 this is what

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 he said in

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 his Nobel

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 Prize acceptance

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 speech he

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 saw the

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 choice we're

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 talking about

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 and that he

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 chose to

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 suffer with

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 the oppressed

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 even if it

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 cost him his

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 life

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 and then he

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 concluded

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 most of these

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 people the ones

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 he's identifying

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 with will never

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 make the headline

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 and their names

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 will not appear

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 in who's who

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 yet when years

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 have rolled

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 past and when

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 the blazing

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 light of truth

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 is focused on

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 this marvelous

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 age in which

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 we live

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 men and women

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 will know

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 and children

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 will be taught

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 that we have

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 a finer land

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 a better people

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 a more noble

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 civilization

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 because these

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 humble children

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 of God

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 were willing

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 to suffer

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 for righteousness

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 sake

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 he chose

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 Jesus

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 and suffering

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 and he gave

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 up his life

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 Elizabeth Elliot

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 you thought I was

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 through with

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 stories didn't

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 you

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 Elizabeth Elliot

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 didn't give up

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 her life

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 she did lose

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 her husband

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 Jim who

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 famously died

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 in 1956

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 at the hands

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 of the

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 Aucca people

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 in Ecuador

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 she chose

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 to encourage

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 him to go

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 share Jesus

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 even in the

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 face of

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 suffering

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 in fact

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 he died

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 and a few

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 years later

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 she took

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 her young

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 daughter

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 Valerie

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 back to

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 the same

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 tribe

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 with the

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 same

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 potential

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:12.700
 risk

00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:12.920
 of

00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:13.720
 suffering

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 because she

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 wanted to

00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:16.300
 share the

00:21:16.300 --> 00:21:16.680
 hope of

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:16.940
 Jesus

00:21:16.940 --> 00:21:17.440
 with them

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 no matter

00:21:18.080 --> 00:21:18.780
 the cost

00:21:18.780 --> 00:21:21.880
 she later

00:21:21.880 --> 00:21:22.440
 wrote of

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 suffering

00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:25.280
 the deepest

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 things that I

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 have learned

00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:27.200
 in my own

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 life

00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:28.900
 have come

00:21:28.900 --> 00:21:29.400
 from the

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 deepest

00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.559
 suffering

00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:31.799
 and out

00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:32.019
 of the

00:21:32.019 --> 00:21:32.299
 deepest

00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:32.799
 waters

00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:33.139
 and the

00:21:33.139 --> 00:21:33.399
 hottest

00:21:33.399 --> 00:21:33.960
 fires

00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:34.500
 have come

00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:35.059
 the deepest

00:21:35.059 --> 00:21:35.759
 things

00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:36.779
 I know

00:21:36.779 --> 00:21:38.000
 about

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.440
 God

00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:42.279
 people

00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:42.799
 who say

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.160
 such

00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:43.639
 things

00:21:43.639 --> 00:21:44.460
 in the

00:21:44.460 --> 00:21:44.940
 words of

00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:46.200
 Hebrews 11

00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:48.299
 make it

00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:48.799
 clear they're

00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:49.319
 seeking a

00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:49.720
 homeland

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:51.720
 if they'd

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:52.180
 been thinking

00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:52.819
 of that land

00:21:52.819 --> 00:21:53.220
 from which

00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:53.619
 they had

00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:54.160
 gone out

00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:54.559
 they would

00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:55.019
 have had

00:21:55.019 --> 00:21:55.619
 opportunity

00:21:55.619 --> 00:21:56.500
 to return

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 but as

00:21:57.380 --> 00:21:57.779
 it is

00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:58.700
 they desire

00:21:58.700 --> 00:21:59.420
 a better

00:21:59.420 --> 00:21:59.900
 country

00:21:59.900 --> 00:22:00.359
 that is

00:22:00.359 --> 00:22:01.140
 a heavenly

00:22:01.140 --> 00:22:01.599
 one

00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:02.740
 therefore

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.539
 God is not

00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:04.019
 ashamed

00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:04.859
 to be called

00:22:04.859 --> 00:22:05.440
 their God

00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:06.200
 for he has

00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:06.759
 prepared

00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:07.859
 for them

00:22:07.859 --> 00:22:08.779
 a city

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:10.859
 they sought

00:22:10.859 --> 00:22:12.379
 and God

00:22:12.379 --> 00:22:13.240
 promises

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:13.859
 to those

00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:14.839
 who suffer

00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:15.619
 as they

00:22:15.619 --> 00:22:16.279
 follow

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:17.000
 Jesus

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:18.279
 in obedient

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:19.199
 suffering

00:22:19.199 --> 00:22:20.579
 a better

00:22:20.579 --> 00:22:21.039
 city

00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:22.299
 this is

00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:23.319
 the way

00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:24.139
 of God's

00:22:24.139 --> 00:22:24.599
 people

00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:25.199
 over here

00:22:25.199 --> 00:22:26.159
 person

00:22:26.159 --> 00:22:27.039
 after person

00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.879
 in country

00:22:27.879 --> 00:22:28.459
 after country

00:22:28.459 --> 00:22:28.859
 y'all there

00:22:28.859 --> 00:22:29.879
 are books

00:22:29.879 --> 00:22:31.039
 upon books

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:31.959
 you could read

00:22:31.959 --> 00:22:32.979
 of God's

00:22:32.979 --> 00:22:33.959
 people following

00:22:33.959 --> 00:22:34.699
 Jesus

00:22:34.699 --> 00:22:36.219
 and suffering

00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:37.480
 time fails

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:37.700
 me

00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:38.360
 to share

00:22:38.360 --> 00:22:38.960
 of those

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:39.480
 who for their

00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:39.960
 choice

00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:40.620
 to stand

00:22:40.620 --> 00:22:41.240
 with Jesus

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:41.980
 have been

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:42.460
 disowned

00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:42.920
 by their

00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:43.420
 family

00:22:43.420 --> 00:22:44.380
 so many

00:22:44.380 --> 00:22:44.700
 of my

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:45.000
 friends

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.539
 in India

00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:47.240
 rejected

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:48.240
 by friends

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:49.279
 passed over

00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:50.240
 for promotions

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:51.660
 left out

00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:52.259
 of the in

00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:52.819
 crowd

00:22:52.819 --> 00:22:53.779
 uninvited

00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.539
 to parties

00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:55.279
 mocked

00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:56.000
 on social

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.480
 media

00:22:56.480 --> 00:23:01.140
 see it

00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:01.660
 doesn't have

00:23:01.660 --> 00:23:02.259
 to be a

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:03.640
 life or

00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:03.980
 death

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:04.680
 choice

00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:05.120
 today

00:23:05.120 --> 00:23:05.700
 to be a

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.319
 significant

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:06.920
 one

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:11.860
 Peter says

00:23:11.860 --> 00:23:12.319
 to people

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:12.880
 not yet

00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:13.360
 facing

00:23:13.360 --> 00:23:14.080
 that life

00:23:14.080 --> 00:23:14.680
 or death

00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:15.400
 choice

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:17.080
 start

00:23:17.080 --> 00:23:17.980
 arming

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.759
 yourselves

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:19.880
 with this

00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:20.539
 way of

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:20.880
 thinking

00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:21.880
 start now

00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:22.519
 choosing

00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:23.240
 to live

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:23.940
 costly

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.480
 obedience

00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:25.539
 to Jesus

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:26.420
 and the

00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:27.400
 small choices

00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:27.720
 that will

00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:28.539
 shape your

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:28.940
 life

00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:29.539
 to be headed

00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:30.220
 this direction

00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:31.019
 to break

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:31.920
 from sin

00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:32.900
 to leave

00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:33.559
 it behind

00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:34.480
 to leave

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:35.299
 behind selfish

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:36.200
 indulgence

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:37.079
 living for

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:37.440
 me

00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:37.919
 and to

00:23:37.919 --> 00:23:38.200
 follow

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:38.839
 God's

00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:39.220
 will

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:39.859
 and what

00:23:39.859 --> 00:23:40.680
 he wants

00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:43.779
 think about

00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.220
 Jesus

00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:44.839
 Jesus

00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:45.960
 big choice

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:46.259
 in the

00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:46.619
 garden

00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:47.019
 that we

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.680
 talked about

00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:49.899
 was rooted

00:23:49.899 --> 00:23:50.460
 in a

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:52.259
 smaller choice

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:52.559
 in the

00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:52.919
 wilderness

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:54.940
 when Satan

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.560
 tempted him

00:23:55.560 --> 00:23:56.039
 to be king

00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:56.240
 of the

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:56.940
 whole world

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.940
 without the

00:23:57.940 --> 00:23:58.480
 suffering

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:59.120
 and Jesus

00:23:59.120 --> 00:23:59.759
 said

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.800
 no

00:24:00.800 --> 00:24:04.539
 it was rooted

00:24:04.539 --> 00:24:05.100
 in a smaller

00:24:05.100 --> 00:24:05.980
 choice on the

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.300
 road

00:24:06.300 --> 00:24:07.500
 when Peter

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:08.300
 pleaded with

00:24:08.300 --> 00:24:08.860
 Jesus to

00:24:08.860 --> 00:24:09.580
 take the

00:24:09.580 --> 00:24:10.460
 path of a

00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:11.539
 conquering king

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.800
 rather than a

00:24:12.800 --> 00:24:13.900
 suffering servant

00:24:13.900 --> 00:24:14.700
 and Jesus

00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:15.120
 said

00:24:15.120 --> 00:24:16.100
 no

00:24:16.100 --> 00:24:17.080
 such a

00:24:17.080 --> 00:24:17.539
 path

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:18.960
 is of

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.440
 Satan

00:24:19.440 --> 00:24:20.120
 he

00:24:20.120 --> 00:24:21.039
 recognized

00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:21.420
 it

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:21.620
 didn't

00:24:21.620 --> 00:24:21.860
 he

00:24:21.860 --> 00:24:25.559
 we have

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:26.320
 many

00:24:26.320 --> 00:24:26.759
 many

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.539
 small

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:28.180
 choices

00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:28.940
 already

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:31.240
 to choose

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.660
 the path

00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:31.980
 of our

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:32.420
 savior

00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:33.480
 over

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.259
 ourselves

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:35.840
 suffering

00:24:35.840 --> 00:24:36.960
 with God

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:37.740
 over

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.740
 pleasures

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:40.200
 with sin

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:42.180
 I want you

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:42.539
 to think

00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:43.120
 this morning

00:24:43.120 --> 00:24:43.779
 of small

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:44.259
 choices

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:45.100
 in your

00:24:45.100 --> 00:24:45.539
 life

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:46.759
 maybe even

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.259
 ones you'll

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:47.519
 make

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.859
 this afternoon

00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:50.319
 it may be

00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:50.740
 when you're

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:51.379
 tired

00:24:51.379 --> 00:24:52.079
 at the end

00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:52.519
 of the day

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.000
 and your

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.559
 kids are

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:54.139
 arguing

00:24:54.139 --> 00:24:55.359
 disrespectfully

00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:55.740
 and you

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.220
 came home

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:56.819
 just wanting

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:57.460
 a moment

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:58.660
 of peace

00:24:58.660 --> 00:24:59.519
 and you

00:24:59.519 --> 00:24:59.799
 could

00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.700
 explode

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:02.019
 they are

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.500
 they are

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.079
 attacking

00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:03.779
 the very

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.359
 thing you

00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:05.200
 long for

00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:06.420
 or

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:09.200
 you could

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.619
 choose to

00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:09.920
 suffer

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:11.119
 the pain

00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:11.900
 of swallowing

00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:12.319
 your own

00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:12.980
 plan

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:15.119
 to engage

00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:15.539
 with the

00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:16.000
 patience

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:17.240
 of Christ

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:19.819
 it may

00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:20.099
 be the

00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:20.420
 small

00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:20.900
 choice

00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:21.220
 of what

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:21.559
 to do

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:21.920
 with the

00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:22.500
 unexpected

00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:23.059
 bonus

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:23.519
 check

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:24.460
 when your

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:25.039
 eyes start

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:26.120
 getting big

00:25:26.120 --> 00:25:26.579
 and the list

00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:27.039
 of things

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:27.480
 you'd like

00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:28.220
 to indulge

00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:29.000
 in is long

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.680
 and think

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:30.039
 of what

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:30.440
 all this

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:30.960
 could do

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.880
 or

00:25:31.880 --> 00:25:33.279
 will you

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:33.519
 commit

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.319
 to seek

00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:35.099
 first his

00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:35.460
 kingdom

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:36.039
 now

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:37.220
 with some

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.620
 of this

00:25:37.620 --> 00:25:38.299
 income

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:38.980
 because he

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:39.259
 says

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:40.180
 eternal

00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:40.720
 investments

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.539
 are worth

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.220
 making

00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:42.880
 even when

00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:43.319
 we suffer

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:43.859
 the loss

00:25:43.859 --> 00:25:44.539
 of things

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:45.720
 we'd really

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.360
 like to

00:25:46.360 --> 00:25:46.920
 have

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.559
 here

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:50.380
 it may

00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:50.640
 be the

00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:50.900
 small

00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:51.440
 choice

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:52.519
 to

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.299
 overeat

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:54.319
 gluttonously

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:56.539
 because

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:56.799
 you're

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:57.200
 seeking

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:58.079
 comfort

00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:58.839
 and a

00:25:58.839 --> 00:25:59.059
 little bit

00:25:59.059 --> 00:25:59.740
 more food

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:01.140
 or alcohol

00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:02.519
 and this

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:02.839
 is what's

00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:03.019
 going to

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.319
 get me

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:03.640
 through

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:04.039
 I'll

00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:04.440
 find my

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:04.740
 comfort

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.079
 there

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:05.620
 rather

00:26:05.620 --> 00:26:06.180
 than

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:08.360
 in

00:26:08.360 --> 00:26:08.839
 Christ's

00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:09.100
 love

00:26:09.100 --> 00:26:10.900
 it may

00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:11.140
 be the

00:26:11.140 --> 00:26:11.380
 small

00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:11.779
 choice

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.360
 to choose

00:26:12.360 --> 00:26:12.620
 your

00:26:12.620 --> 00:26:13.339
 wife

00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:14.059
 over

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.679
 the

00:26:14.679 --> 00:26:14.859
 woman

00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:15.179
 on the

00:26:15.179 --> 00:26:15.619
 screen

00:26:15.619 --> 00:26:16.500
 night

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.339
 after

00:26:17.339 --> 00:26:17.759
 night

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.439
 after

00:26:18.439 --> 00:26:18.779
 night

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:19.159
 in

00:26:19.159 --> 00:26:19.839
 faithfulness

00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:20.019
 to

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.539
 God's

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:21.199
 direction

00:26:21.199 --> 00:26:21.779
 even

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.159
 when

00:26:22.159 --> 00:26:22.539
 she

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:23.019
 is

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.559
 really

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:24.279
 frustrating

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:24.779
 you

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:27.799
 this

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.099
 passage

00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:28.599
 warns us

00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:28.859
 bigger

00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:29.339
 choices

00:26:29.339 --> 00:26:29.919
 follow

00:26:29.919 --> 00:26:30.980
 those

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.579
 smaller

00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:32.019
 ones

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.559
 and they

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:32.740
 tend

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:32.919
 to

00:26:32.919 --> 00:26:33.159
 follow

00:26:33.159 --> 00:26:33.399
 the

00:26:33.399 --> 00:26:33.639
 same

00:26:33.639 --> 00:26:34.199
 path

00:26:34.199 --> 00:26:37.179
 maybe

00:26:37.179 --> 00:26:37.379
 the

00:26:37.379 --> 00:26:37.599
 small

00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:37.980
 choice

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.139
 to

00:26:38.139 --> 00:26:38.519
 refrain

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:38.799
 from

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.119
 a

00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:39.459
 gossip

00:26:39.459 --> 00:26:39.939
 fest

00:26:39.939 --> 00:26:40.139
 and

00:26:40.139 --> 00:26:40.919
 feel

00:26:40.919 --> 00:26:41.159
 and

00:26:41.159 --> 00:26:41.419
 seem

00:26:41.419 --> 00:26:41.779
 to your

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.179
 friends

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:42.500
 like

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:42.700
 the

00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:43.500
 outsider

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:44.500
 like

00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:44.660
 you

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:44.880
 don't

00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:45.080
 even

00:26:45.080 --> 00:26:45.740
 belong

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:46.799
 and

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.100
 say

00:26:47.100 --> 00:26:47.279
 I'm

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:47.360
 going

00:26:47.360 --> 00:26:47.519
 to

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:47.840
 suffer

00:26:47.840 --> 00:26:48.140
 that

00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:48.539
 hurt

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:48.880
 to

00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:49.160
 obey

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:49.680
 God's

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.039
 commands

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.320
 about

00:26:50.320 --> 00:26:50.519
 my

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:50.960
 words

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:52.220
 and

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.380
 maybe

00:26:52.380 --> 00:26:52.560
 the

00:26:52.560 --> 00:26:52.779
 small

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.120
 choice

00:26:53.120 --> 00:26:53.279
 of

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.519
 the

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:54.140
 Sabbath

00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:54.400
 that

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:55.000
 God

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.180
 has

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:55.460
 given

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:55.680
 you

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:55.840
 as

00:26:55.840 --> 00:26:56.200
 a

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:56.680
 gift

00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:56.860
 in

00:26:56.860 --> 00:26:57.000
 which

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.180
 to

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:57.700
 enjoy

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:58.000
 him

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.140
 and

00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:58.640
 rest

00:26:58.640 --> 00:26:58.840
 and

00:26:58.840 --> 00:26:59.759
 relish

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.100
 him

00:27:00.100 --> 00:27:00.279
 as

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:00.460
 your

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:01.140
 true

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:01.700
 treasure

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.740
 but

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.759
 man

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.000
 you've

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.400
 learned

00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:04.620
 that

00:27:04.620 --> 00:27:04.820
 your

00:27:04.820 --> 00:27:05.340
 business

00:27:05.340 --> 00:27:05.640
 can

00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:06.620
 really

00:27:06.620 --> 00:27:07.820
 benefit

00:27:07.820 --> 00:27:08.220
 can

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.500
 make

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:08.799
 a little

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.039
 bit

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:09.420
 more

00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:09.720
 if you

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:09.980
 work

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.160
 through

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:10.600
 Sunday

00:27:10.600 --> 00:27:11.980
 you've

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.279
 seen

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.480
 that

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:12.640
 your

00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:13.400
 kids

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:13.660
 can

00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:14.540
 really

00:27:14.540 --> 00:27:15.340
 excel

00:27:15.340 --> 00:27:15.680
 in their

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:16.180
 activities

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:16.540
 a little

00:27:16.540 --> 00:27:16.720
 bit

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:16.960
 more

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:17.200
 if they

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:17.460
 play

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:17.700
 through

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:18.200
 Sunday

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:20.259
 so many

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:20.800
 choices

00:27:20.800 --> 00:27:22.720
 that we

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.440
 face day

00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:24.120
 in and

00:27:24.120 --> 00:27:24.840
 day out

00:27:24.840 --> 00:27:25.700
 to train

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:25.920
 our

00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:26.720
 hearts

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:28.560
 to long

00:27:28.560 --> 00:27:29.860
 and live

00:27:29.860 --> 00:27:30.620
 not

00:27:30.620 --> 00:27:31.700
 for human

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.279
 passions

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:34.279
 but

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.420
 for

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:34.559
 the

00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:34.720
 will

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:34.879
 of

00:27:34.879 --> 00:27:35.259
 God

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:37.099
 he's

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:37.180
 the

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:37.299
 one

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:37.420
 who

00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:37.619
 made

00:27:37.619 --> 00:27:38.019
 us

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:39.519
 and

00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:39.759
 loves

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.259
 us

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:42.680
 young

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:42.899
 people

00:27:42.899 --> 00:27:43.079
 I'd

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.220
 like

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:43.359
 to

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:43.599
 try

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:43.759
 to

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:43.960
 have

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.099
 a

00:27:44.099 --> 00:27:44.319
 youth

00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:44.720
 moment

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:47.759
 but

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:47.940
 every

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.119
 time

00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:48.339
 I do

00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:48.440
 I

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:48.660
 start

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:49.220
 crying

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:49.480
 so

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:49.579
 it

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:49.740
 makes

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:49.839
 it

00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:50.059
 really

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:50.559
 tough

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:52.500
 this

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:52.639
 is

00:27:52.639 --> 00:27:52.779
 for

00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:53.000
 those

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.099
 of

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:53.160
 you

00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:53.299
 who

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:53.500
 used

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:53.639
 to

00:27:53.639 --> 00:27:53.819
 come

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.039
 sit

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:54.160
 on

00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:54.299
 the

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:54.619
 steps

00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:54.879
 up

00:27:54.879 --> 00:27:55.039
 here

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.200
 when

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:55.299
 we

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:55.440
 have

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:55.579
 a

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:56.200
 children's

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:56.539
 moment

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:57.819
 but

00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:57.920
 I

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:58.099
 want

00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:58.200
 you

00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:58.319
 to

00:27:58.319 --> 00:27:58.480
 know

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:58.680
 how

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:58.920
 much

00:27:58.920 --> 00:27:59.099
 I

00:27:59.099 --> 00:27:59.599
 love

00:27:59.599 --> 00:27:59.819
 you

00:27:59.819 --> 00:28:00.119
 is

00:28:00.119 --> 00:28:00.240
 that

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:00.359
 I'm

00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:00.579
 not

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:00.700
 going

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:00.799
 to

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.059
 ask

00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:01.200
 you

00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:01.379
 now

00:28:01.379 --> 00:28:01.539
 to

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:01.720
 come

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:01.960
 sit

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.079
 on

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:02.259
 the

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.700
 stairs

00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.059
 okay

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.519
 I

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:03.700
 just

00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:03.879
 want

00:28:03.879 --> 00:28:03.980
 you

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:04.159
 to

00:28:04.159 --> 00:28:04.599
 listen

00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:06.480
 you

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:06.619
 can

00:28:06.619 --> 00:28:06.759
 stay

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:06.960
 right

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:07.099
 where

00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:07.240
 you

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.399
 are

00:28:07.399 --> 00:28:07.519
 and

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:07.619
 I

00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:07.740
 know

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:07.960
 that's

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:08.339
 important

00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:08.579
 to

00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:08.839
 you

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:12.359
 but

00:28:12.359 --> 00:28:12.559
 so

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:12.759
 many

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.339
 times

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:14.319
 you

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:14.799
 already

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.299
 face

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:15.599
 these

00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:16.139
 choices

00:28:16.139 --> 00:28:18.240
 and

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:18.319
 I

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:18.460
 want

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:18.559
 you

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:18.659
 to

00:28:18.659 --> 00:28:18.939
 know

00:28:18.939 --> 00:28:21.099
 that

00:28:21.099 --> 00:28:21.319
 the

00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:21.859
 suffering

00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:22.139
 you

00:28:22.139 --> 00:28:22.500
 face

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:22.700
 is

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.099
 real

00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:24.359
 even

00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:24.539
 the

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:24.799
 things

00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:24.980
 that

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.279
 seem

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:25.799
 small

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:28.679
 you're

00:28:28.679 --> 00:28:28.859
 in

00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:29.200
 friend

00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:29.679
 groups

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.060
 where

00:28:30.060 --> 00:28:31.779
 daily

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.660
 you have

00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:32.840
 the

00:28:32.840 --> 00:28:33.279
 choice

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:33.640
 to

00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:34.759
 make

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:34.980
 fun

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:35.120
 of

00:28:35.120 --> 00:28:35.460
 others

00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:37.539
 or

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:37.740
 be

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:37.980
 made

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:38.180
 fun

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.480
 of

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.480
 and

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:39.700
 it's

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:39.920
 one

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.000
 or

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.100
 the

00:28:40.100 --> 00:28:40.380
 other

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:42.580
 malign

00:28:42.580 --> 00:28:42.759
 or

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:42.940
 be

00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:43.460
 maligned

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:45.640
 watch

00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:45.840
 that

00:28:45.840 --> 00:28:46.180
 movie

00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:46.620
 or

00:28:46.620 --> 00:28:48.299
 stay

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:48.500
 home

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:48.840
 alone

00:28:48.840 --> 00:28:51.039
 go

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:51.580
 indulge

00:28:51.580 --> 00:28:51.740
 in

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.100
 something

00:28:52.100 --> 00:28:52.580
 illegal

00:28:52.580 --> 00:28:52.960
 or

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.440
 immoral

00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:53.880
 at

00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:54.140
 that

00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:54.740
 party

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:56.700
 or

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:56.920
 feel

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.200
 left

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.519
 out

00:28:57.519 --> 00:29:03.900
 FOMO

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:05.059
 that's

00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:05.420
 fear

00:29:05.420 --> 00:29:05.599
 of

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:05.879
 missing

00:29:05.879 --> 00:29:06.240
 out

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:07.740
 is

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:07.859
 a

00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:08.299
 real

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:08.740
 thing

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:10.420
 for

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:10.900
 adults

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:11.420
 and

00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:11.799
 for

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.539
 young

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:12.879
 people

00:29:12.879 --> 00:29:13.240
 I

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.440
 want

00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:13.539
 you

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:13.619
 all

00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:13.700
 to

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:13.799
 know

00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.319
 I've

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:14.700
 spent

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:14.980
 this

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.180
 won't

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:15.579
 surprise

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:15.740
 you

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.079
 perhaps

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:16.460
 but

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:16.819
 many

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.160
 nights

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:17.319
 in

00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:17.519
 my

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:17.740
 younger

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.079
 years

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:18.519
 alone

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:19.759
 yeah

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.180
 sure

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:20.579
 pastor

00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:20.779
 well

00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.059
 you're

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:21.759
 kind

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:21.859
 of

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:22.099
 nerdy

00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:22.339
 like

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:22.599
 that

00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:25.980
 doesn't

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.259
 make it

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:26.539
 easy

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:28.000
 I

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.240
 spent

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:29.159
 sometimes

00:29:29.159 --> 00:29:29.759
 feeling

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:30.500
 a sense

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:30.659
 of

00:29:30.659 --> 00:29:30.919
 self

00:29:30.919 --> 00:29:31.459
 righteousness

00:29:31.459 --> 00:29:32.839
 like

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:32.980
 I

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.139
 was

00:29:33.139 --> 00:29:33.719
 better

00:29:33.719 --> 00:29:34.519
 than

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:34.740
 those

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.000
 kids

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.179
 who

00:29:35.179 --> 00:29:35.480
 wouldn't

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:35.899
 invite

00:29:35.899 --> 00:29:36.259
 me

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:36.500
 to

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:36.740
 their

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.159
 party

00:29:37.159 --> 00:29:37.459
 because

00:29:37.459 --> 00:29:37.679
 they

00:29:37.679 --> 00:29:37.980
 didn't

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.339
 want

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:38.459
 me

00:29:38.459 --> 00:29:38.699
 making

00:29:38.699 --> 00:29:38.879
 them

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:39.059
 feel

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.419
 guilty

00:29:39.419 --> 00:29:39.679
 about

00:29:39.679 --> 00:29:39.859
 the

00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:40.079
 things

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:40.219
 they

00:29:40.219 --> 00:29:40.339
 were

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:40.719
 indulging

00:29:40.719 --> 00:29:40.980
 in

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:43.939
 sometimes

00:29:43.939 --> 00:29:44.240
 I

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:44.459
 remember

00:29:44.459 --> 00:29:44.980
 feeling

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:46.219
 left

00:29:46.219 --> 00:29:46.480
 out

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:48.679
 I

00:29:48.679 --> 00:29:48.879
 didn't

00:29:48.879 --> 00:29:49.219
 feel

00:29:49.219 --> 00:29:50.079
 anything

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.359
 good

00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:50.559
 about

00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:50.719
 me

00:29:50.719 --> 00:29:50.839
 I

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:51.019
 felt

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.679
 uncool

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.259
 I

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:52.440
 felt

00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:53.060
 foolish

00:29:53.060 --> 00:29:53.380
 for

00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:53.600
 not

00:29:53.600 --> 00:29:54.580
 recognizing

00:29:54.580 --> 00:29:54.980
 all

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.120
 of

00:29:55.120 --> 00:29:55.240
 the

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:55.740
 apparently

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:56.720
 wonderful

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.299
 things

00:29:57.299 --> 00:29:57.660
 that I

00:29:57.660 --> 00:29:58.019
 should

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.480
 be

00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:59.299
 enjoying

00:29:59.299 --> 00:29:59.920
 how

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:00.200
 much

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:00.680
 fun

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.000
 I

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.500
 could

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:01.740
 be

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.259
 having

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:03.360
 and

00:30:03.360 --> 00:30:03.519
 that

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:03.660
 is

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:03.799
 a

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.400
 tough

00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:05.200
 place

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:06.039
 to

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.259
 be

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:07.080
 you're

00:30:07.080 --> 00:30:07.180
 in

00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:07.400
 that

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:07.860
 spot

00:30:07.860 --> 00:30:08.680
 a

00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:09.140
 lot

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:10.660
 I

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:10.779
 want

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:10.900
 to

00:30:10.900 --> 00:30:11.080
 tell

00:30:11.080 --> 00:30:11.200
 you

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:11.340
 from

00:30:11.340 --> 00:30:11.480
 my

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:11.680
 own

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:12.180
 experience

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:12.539
 that

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:12.940
 following

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.440
 Jesus

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:14.039
 is

00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.600
 worth

00:30:14.600 --> 00:30:14.799
 it

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.180
 that

00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:15.360
 the

00:30:15.360 --> 00:30:15.740
 pleasures

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:15.980
 of

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.279
 sin

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:16.420
 are

00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:16.980
 not

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:17.759
 ultimately

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.519
 fulfilling

00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:19.400
 the way

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:19.580
 they

00:30:19.580 --> 00:30:20.120
 sometimes

00:30:20.120 --> 00:30:20.759
 sound

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.460
 but I

00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:21.579
 want

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:21.779
 you to

00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:21.940
 hear

00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:22.059
 it

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:22.200
 more

00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:22.700
 importantly

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.039
 from

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.460
 God's

00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:23.839
 word

00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:25.539
 listen

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:26.379
 the

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:27.039
 time

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:28.259
 past

00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:29.000
 is

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.759
 enough

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:31.299
 you

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:31.460
 may

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:31.700
 think

00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:31.799
 you

00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:32.019
 haven't

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:32.480
 passed

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:32.779
 a lot

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:32.920
 of

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:33.240
 time

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:33.579
 yet

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.160
 he

00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:34.480
 doesn't

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:34.680
 give

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:35.039
 a number

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.299
 of

00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:35.759
 years

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.599
 he

00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:37.000
 doesn't

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.359
 say

00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:38.019
 not

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.339
 well

00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:39.599
 let me

00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:40.160
 try a few

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:40.379
 more

00:30:40.379 --> 00:30:40.819
 things

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.160
 first

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.519
 and just

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:41.759
 see

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.619
 hey

00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:43.140
 Peter

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:43.519
 I

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:43.759
 haven't

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:43.980
 gotten

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.240
 to go

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:44.400
 to

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:44.920
 college

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.339
 yet

00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:46.339
 that's

00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:46.460
 the

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:46.799
 time

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:47.099
 when I

00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:47.259
 get

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.599
 to do

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:48.079
 all

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:48.200
 of

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:48.379
 these

00:30:48.379 --> 00:30:48.640
 things

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:49.299
 and live

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:49.879
 for myself

00:30:49.879 --> 00:30:50.299
 and then

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:50.859
 afterwards

00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:51.240
 I'll

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.619
 follow

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:52.159
 Jesus

00:30:52.159 --> 00:30:53.819
 no

00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:55.819
 that is

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:56.319
 the way

00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:56.519
 of

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.539
 comfort

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:59.139
 and self

00:30:59.139 --> 00:31:00.019
 it is

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.799
 not

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.799
 the way

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:02.399
 of

00:31:02.399 --> 00:31:02.940
 Jesus

00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:05.339
 listen

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:05.759
 to me

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.879
 it is

00:31:06.879 --> 00:31:07.680
 never

00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:08.599
 too

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:09.359
 early

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:10.460
 to agree

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:11.419
 with God

00:31:11.419 --> 00:31:11.960
 that the

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.339
 time

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:13.139
 past

00:31:13.139 --> 00:31:14.319
 is enough

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:15.099
 of living

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:15.859
 for self

00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:16.699
 it is

00:31:16.699 --> 00:31:16.979
 not

00:31:16.979 --> 00:31:17.240
 too

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.559
 early

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:21.500
 you

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:21.619
 don't

00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:21.759
 have

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:21.859
 to

00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:22.059
 try

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:22.259
 real

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.539
 hard

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:23.139
 to

00:31:23.139 --> 00:31:23.419
 find

00:31:23.419 --> 00:31:23.939
 yourself

00:31:23.939 --> 00:31:24.539
 on

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:24.740
 this

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:24.959
 path

00:31:24.959 --> 00:31:25.419
 swept

00:31:25.419 --> 00:31:25.799
 away

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:25.959
 in

00:31:25.959 --> 00:31:26.159
 this

00:31:26.159 --> 00:31:26.779
 flood

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.000
 of

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:27.799
 debauchery

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.579
 Peter

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:29.000
 says

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.719
 there is

00:31:29.719 --> 00:31:29.859
 an

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:30.339
 active

00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:30.819
 enemy

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:32.039
 there is

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:32.439
 plenty

00:31:32.439 --> 00:31:32.679
 of

00:31:32.679 --> 00:31:33.059
 people

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:33.539
 telling

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:33.839
 you

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:34.019
 to

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.399
 be

00:31:34.399 --> 00:31:34.599
 who

00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:34.799
 you

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.039
 want

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.159
 to

00:31:35.159 --> 00:31:35.419
 be

00:31:35.419 --> 00:31:35.619
 and

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:36.099
 find

00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:36.740
 yourself

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.079
 and

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:37.519
 do

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:37.759
 what

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:38.119
 feels

00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:38.439
 good

00:31:38.439 --> 00:31:38.659
 to

00:31:38.659 --> 00:31:39.059
 you

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:40.579
 and

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:40.759
 if

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:40.919
 you

00:31:40.919 --> 00:31:41.240
 just

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.859
 drift

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:42.359
 along

00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:42.579
 if

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:42.659
 you

00:31:42.659 --> 00:31:42.799
 just

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:42.919
 say

00:31:42.919 --> 00:31:43.240
 I

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.399
 don't

00:31:43.399 --> 00:31:43.500
 want

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:43.539
 to

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:43.679
 make

00:31:43.679 --> 00:31:43.859
 this

00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:44.339
 choice

00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:46.039
 you

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.279
 will

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:46.799
 drift

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.179
 along

00:31:47.179 --> 00:31:47.299
 in

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:47.459
 that

00:31:47.459 --> 00:31:47.740
 flood

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:47.939
 through

00:31:47.939 --> 00:31:48.139
 middle

00:31:48.139 --> 00:31:48.579
 school

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:48.919
 and

00:31:48.919 --> 00:31:49.240
 through

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.480
 high

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:49.839
 school

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:50.480
 and

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:50.720
 through

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:51.299
 college

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:51.740
 and

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:52.599
 that's

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:52.839
 the way

00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:53.019
 the

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.359
 current

00:31:53.359 --> 00:31:53.980
 goes

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:55.119
 if

00:31:55.119 --> 00:31:55.299
 you're

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:55.659
 just

00:31:55.659 --> 00:31:56.679
 floating

00:31:56.679 --> 00:31:57.019
 along

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.220
 you'll

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:57.339
 get

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:57.679
 washed

00:31:57.679 --> 00:31:58.019
 away

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.199
 in

00:31:58.199 --> 00:31:58.419
 that

00:31:58.419 --> 00:32:00.759
 that's

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:00.939
 why

00:32:00.939 --> 00:32:01.220
 I'm

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:01.980
 wanting

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.179
 to

00:32:02.179 --> 00:32:02.559
 talk

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:02.759
 to

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:02.980
 you

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.220
 this

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.539
 morning

00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:03.819
 and

00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:04.119
 say

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:04.759
 arm

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:05.459
 yourselves

00:32:05.459 --> 00:32:06.339
 today

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:07.399
 already

00:32:07.399 --> 00:32:08.379
 now

00:32:08.379 --> 00:32:08.919
 arm

00:32:08.919 --> 00:32:09.459
 yourselves

00:32:09.459 --> 00:32:09.959
 for

00:32:09.959 --> 00:32:10.240
 that

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.779
 war

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.019
 that

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.259
 you're

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.619
 finding

00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:12.119
 yourself

00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:12.439
 in

00:32:12.439 --> 00:32:12.879
 with

00:32:12.879 --> 00:32:13.139
 the

00:32:13.139 --> 00:32:13.480
 thinking

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:13.779
 of

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.159
 Jesus

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:15.440
 suffering

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:16.480
 painful

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:17.060
 obedience

00:32:17.060 --> 00:32:17.759
 even

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.360
 is

00:32:18.360 --> 00:32:19.120
 actually

00:32:19.120 --> 00:32:20.240
 better

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:21.640
 and that

00:32:21.640 --> 00:32:22.080
 may seem

00:32:22.080 --> 00:32:22.759
 really weird

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.840
 part of

00:32:23.840 --> 00:32:24.180
 why it

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:24.680
 seems weird

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:25.420
 is the

00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:25.940
 parties

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:26.340
 seem

00:32:26.340 --> 00:32:26.860
 so

00:32:26.860 --> 00:32:27.320
 important

00:32:27.320 --> 00:32:28.600
 and the

00:32:28.600 --> 00:32:29.080
 adults

00:32:29.080 --> 00:32:29.860
 sometimes

00:32:29.860 --> 00:32:30.460
 they're just

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:30.900
 telling you

00:32:30.900 --> 00:32:31.200
 that what

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.700
 Christianity

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.240
 means

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:33.100
 this path

00:32:33.100 --> 00:32:33.560
 of Jesus

00:32:33.560 --> 00:32:34.400
 is just

00:32:34.400 --> 00:32:35.440
 make sure

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:35.820
 you keep

00:32:35.820 --> 00:32:36.220
 quiet

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:36.640
 and don't

00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:37.080
 step out

00:32:37.080 --> 00:32:37.519
 of line

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:37.840
 that's

00:32:37.840 --> 00:32:38.060
 what it

00:32:38.060 --> 00:32:38.259
 means

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.519
 to be

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:38.980
 over here

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.600
 no parties

00:32:39.600 --> 00:32:40.220
 over here

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:42.740
 that's a

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.100
 lie

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:45.240
 being

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.679
 in

00:32:45.679 --> 00:32:46.419
 relationship

00:32:46.419 --> 00:32:47.099
 with

00:32:47.099 --> 00:32:47.619
 Jesus

00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:48.359
 walking

00:32:48.359 --> 00:32:48.839
 on this

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:49.139
 path

00:32:49.139 --> 00:32:49.459
 is

00:32:49.459 --> 00:32:49.779
 actually

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.019
 where

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.639
 true

00:32:50.639 --> 00:32:51.240
 life

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:51.719
 is

00:32:51.719 --> 00:32:52.399
 now

00:32:52.399 --> 00:32:52.839
 you can

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:53.339
 experience

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:53.519
 it

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:53.719
 now

00:32:53.719 --> 00:32:54.099
 knowing

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:54.599
 his

00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:54.980
 love

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.359
 for you

00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:55.699
 a life

00:32:55.699 --> 00:32:56.399
 free

00:32:56.399 --> 00:32:56.859
 from the

00:32:56.859 --> 00:32:57.219
 pressure

00:32:57.219 --> 00:32:57.439
 of

00:32:57.439 --> 00:32:58.559
 performance

00:32:58.559 --> 00:33:00.200
 and

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.799
 and

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.139
 listen

00:33:01.139 --> 00:33:02.740
 parties

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.960
 forever

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:05.179
 you

00:33:05.179 --> 00:33:05.500
 think

00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:05.679
 I'm

00:33:05.679 --> 00:33:05.940
 kidding

00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:06.419
 I'm

00:33:06.419 --> 00:33:06.619
 not

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:06.960
 kidding

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.299
 on the

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:07.679
 authority

00:33:07.679 --> 00:33:08.139
 of

00:33:08.139 --> 00:33:08.599
 God's

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:08.819
 word

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.259
 if

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:09.480
 you're

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:09.859
 afraid

00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:10.039
 of

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:10.440
 missing

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:10.740
 out

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:10.859
 on

00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:11.000
 any

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.139
 of

00:33:11.139 --> 00:33:11.259
 this

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.700
 you're

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:11.799
 going

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:11.879
 to

00:33:11.879 --> 00:33:12.079
 get

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:12.799
 unending

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:13.819
 parties

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.079
 you don't

00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:14.240
 have to

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.559
 go home

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:14.700
 at

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.119
 curfew

00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:16.899
 where

00:33:16.899 --> 00:33:17.079
 you're

00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:17.399
 dressed

00:33:17.399 --> 00:33:18.159
 perfectly

00:33:18.159 --> 00:33:18.740
 and so

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:19.039
 you never

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:19.339
 have to

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:19.539
 feel

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:19.919
 self

00:33:19.919 --> 00:33:20.480
 conscious

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:21.019
 where

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:21.179
 the

00:33:21.179 --> 00:33:21.839
 conversation

00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:22.299
 lifts

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:22.519
 your

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:22.740
 heart

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:22.960
 rather

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:23.139
 than

00:33:23.139 --> 00:33:23.819
 discourages

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:24.579
 you

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:25.200
 where

00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:25.399
 there's

00:33:25.399 --> 00:33:25.879
 food

00:33:25.879 --> 00:33:26.259
 and

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.700
 drink

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:26.940
 like

00:33:26.940 --> 00:33:27.200
 you've

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:27.539
 never

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:28.000
 tasted

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:28.299
 here

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:28.700
 there

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:28.920
 are

00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:29.580
 celebrations

00:33:29.580 --> 00:33:30.019
 that are

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:30.960
 unrivaled

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:31.380
 in joy

00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:31.559
 you're

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:31.779
 all

00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:32.440
 celebrating

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:32.980
 the same

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.259
 thing

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:33.759
 together

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.860
 God

00:33:34.860 --> 00:33:35.640
 promises

00:33:35.640 --> 00:33:36.700
 a better

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:37.100
 city

00:33:37.100 --> 00:33:37.559
 to you

00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:37.940
 an

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:38.500
 eternal

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:38.980
 home

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.720
 a life

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.720
 full

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.299
 and

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:41.980
 joyful

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.600
 you

00:33:42.600 --> 00:33:43.120
 can

00:33:43.120 --> 00:33:43.660
 trust

00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:44.059
 him

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:46.740
 listen

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:49.319
 struggling

00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:50.420
 for life

00:33:50.420 --> 00:33:51.160
 now

00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:54.680
 unending

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.279
 hurt

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:58.299
 hurt

00:33:58.299 --> 00:34:02.859
 hurt

00:34:02.859 --> 00:34:04.180
 for a

00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:04.299
 little

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:04.639
 while

00:34:04.639 --> 00:34:06.119
 now

00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:07.240
 in

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:07.440
 this

00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:07.839
 life

00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:08.719
 and

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:10.159
 unending

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:11.739
 love

00:34:11.739 --> 00:34:13.239
 and life

00:34:13.239 --> 00:34:14.119
 and

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:15.199
 it's not

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:15.539
 up to

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:15.880
 you to

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.199
 make it

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:16.639
 happen

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.219
 the

00:34:17.219 --> 00:34:17.739
 pressure's

00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:18.199
 not on

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:18.340
 you

00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:18.579
 it's

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.340
 given

00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:20.239
 to you

00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:21.519
 give

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:22.259
 me

00:34:22.259 --> 00:34:23.119
 Jesus

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:24.799
 every

00:34:24.799 --> 00:34:25.299
 time

00:34:25.299 --> 00:34:27.639
 it's

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:27.859
 not

00:34:27.859 --> 00:34:28.199
 easy

00:34:28.199 --> 00:34:29.900
 young

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.219
 people

00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:31.579
 you are

00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:32.039
 likely

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:34.019
 to face

00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:34.559
 more life

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:34.920
 or death

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:35.400
 choices

00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:36.239
 than your

00:34:36.239 --> 00:34:36.559
 parents

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:36.880
 or your

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.259
 grandparents

00:34:37.259 --> 00:34:41.699
 right now

00:34:41.699 --> 00:34:43.960
 God is

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.539
 calling you

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:45.579
 with every

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:46.279
 choice that

00:34:46.279 --> 00:34:46.779
 you make

00:34:46.779 --> 00:34:48.519
 for self

00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:50.019
 or savior

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:51.059
 to make a

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:51.900
 choice that

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:52.239
 is going to

00:34:52.239 --> 00:34:53.099
 shape the

00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:53.860
 course of

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:54.599
 your life

00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:55.960
 make choices

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:57.000
 now that

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.699
 shape your

00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:58.739
 life to

00:34:58.739 --> 00:34:59.139
 choose your

00:34:59.139 --> 00:35:00.199
 savior rather

00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:01.219
 than yourself

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:02.819
 he is so

00:35:02.819 --> 00:35:04.219
 worth it

00:35:04.219 --> 00:35:06.480
 end of youth

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:06.860
 moment

00:35:06.860 --> 00:35:08.759
 and time to

00:35:08.759 --> 00:35:09.219
 wrap up

00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:10.659
 maybe

00:35:10.659 --> 00:35:12.679
 maybe you're

00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:13.739
 thinking as

00:35:13.739 --> 00:35:14.099
 we read

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:14.440
 this

00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:17.259
 I've made

00:35:17.259 --> 00:35:17.980
 some bad

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.500
 choices

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:20.819
 maybe some

00:35:20.819 --> 00:35:21.400
 small ones

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:21.839
 maybe some

00:35:21.839 --> 00:35:22.440
 bigger ones

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:23.139
 whatever

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:24.840
 this passage

00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:25.659
 is honest

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:26.880
 and clear

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:27.940
 about the

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:28.880
 judgment coming

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:29.880
 for those

00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:30.679
 choosing their

00:35:30.679 --> 00:35:31.420
 own way

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:32.260
 over

00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:33.400
 Jesus'

00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:33.900
 way

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:36.380
 but way

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:36.760
 more than

00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:37.079
 that

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:38.559
 it highlights

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:39.119
 that there

00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:40.000
 is a savior

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.820
 who has

00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:41.720
 come to

00:35:41.720 --> 00:35:42.539
 bring hope

00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:43.500
 for all

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:44.059
 who trust

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.619
 in him

00:35:44.619 --> 00:35:45.240
 see

00:35:45.240 --> 00:35:46.480
 because of

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:47.099
 Jesus'

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:48.000
 choice to

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:48.200
 suffer

00:35:48.200 --> 00:35:48.539
 that's where

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:49.159
 this whole

00:35:49.159 --> 00:35:49.559
 passage

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:49.880
 start

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:50.320
 since

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:50.639
 therefore

00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:51.179
 Christ

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:51.860
 suffered

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.400
 in the

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:52.639
 flesh

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:53.039
 because

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:53.799
 he made

00:35:53.799 --> 00:35:54.440
 that choice

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:55.159
 I was able

00:35:55.159 --> 00:35:55.440
 to say

00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:55.619
 to the

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:55.779
 young

00:35:55.779 --> 00:35:56.019
 people

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.639
 it's never

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:57.279
 too early

00:35:57.279 --> 00:35:57.980
 to say

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:58.679
 I'd rather

00:35:58.679 --> 00:35:59.320
 have

00:35:59.320 --> 00:35:59.980
 Jesus

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:01.039
 it's also

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.539
 I could

00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:02.159
 say to

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.460
 you

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:03.239
 never

00:36:03.239 --> 00:36:04.639
 too late

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:06.159
 whatever

00:36:06.159 --> 00:36:06.480
 that's it

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:06.719
 you say

00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:07.059
 I've lived

00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:08.179
 85 years

00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:08.619
 living for

00:36:08.619 --> 00:36:09.000
 myself

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:10.099
 that's okay

00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:11.000
 that's enough

00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:12.940
 it's never

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.440
 too late

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:13.860
 to say

00:36:13.860 --> 00:36:14.820
 I'd rather

00:36:14.820 --> 00:36:15.219
 have

00:36:15.219 --> 00:36:15.779
 Jesus

00:36:15.780 --> 00:36:16.280
 today

00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:16.320
 today

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:16.680
 you can

00:36:16.680 --> 00:36:16.960
 say

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.620
 the time

00:36:17.620 --> 00:36:18.100
 past

00:36:18.100 --> 00:36:18.860
 is enough

00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:19.540
 of living

00:36:19.540 --> 00:36:20.460
 for myself

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:21.019
 today

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.800
 is the

00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:22.140
 day

00:36:22.140 --> 00:36:23.060
 of salvation

00:36:23.060 --> 00:36:24.640
 the good

00:36:24.640 --> 00:36:24.960
 news of

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.220
 Jesus

00:36:25.220 --> 00:36:25.660
 has been

00:36:25.660 --> 00:36:26.019
 preached

00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:26.640
 to you

00:36:26.640 --> 00:36:27.260
 so that

00:36:27.260 --> 00:36:27.600
 you may

00:36:27.600 --> 00:36:27.880
 not

00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:28.400
 face

00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:29.120
 the judgment

00:36:29.120 --> 00:36:29.740
 of God

00:36:29.740 --> 00:36:30.640
 but rather

00:36:30.640 --> 00:36:31.660
 live with

00:36:31.660 --> 00:36:32.000
 him

00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:32.680
 the way

00:36:32.680 --> 00:36:33.340
 God

00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:34.019
 lives

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:35.060
 so you

00:36:35.060 --> 00:36:35.519
 also

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:36.640
 preach

00:36:36.640 --> 00:36:37.100
 that good

00:36:37.100 --> 00:36:37.440
 news

00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:39.000
 to others

00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:40.060
 that they

00:36:40.060 --> 00:36:40.460
 might know

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:41.220
 the life

00:36:41.220 --> 00:36:42.300
 that Jesus

00:36:42.300 --> 00:36:42.980
 offers to

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:43.240
 them

00:36:43.239 --> 00:36:45.679
 it may

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:46.299
 at times

00:36:46.299 --> 00:36:46.699
 be

00:36:46.699 --> 00:36:48.139
 silence

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:50.439
 that is

00:36:50.439 --> 00:36:50.899
 the safest

00:36:50.899 --> 00:36:51.459
 way to

00:36:51.459 --> 00:36:51.939
 avoid

00:36:51.939 --> 00:36:52.979
 suffering

00:36:52.979 --> 00:36:53.719
 right

00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:54.739
 you know

00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:54.939
 this

00:36:54.939 --> 00:36:55.519
 silence

00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:56.119
 about the

00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:56.519
 good news

00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:57.019
 of Jesus

00:36:57.019 --> 00:36:58.959
 silence

00:36:58.959 --> 00:36:59.759
 about the

00:36:59.759 --> 00:37:00.619
 hope that

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:01.239
 you have

00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:01.759
 in him

00:37:01.759 --> 00:37:04.139
 not you

00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:06.479
 not about

00:37:06.479 --> 00:37:06.899
 the hope

00:37:06.899 --> 00:37:07.419
 of Jesus

00:37:07.419 --> 00:37:08.479
 not anymore

00:37:08.479 --> 00:37:10.279
 choose

00:37:10.279 --> 00:37:10.959
 even to

00:37:10.959 --> 00:37:11.819
 suffer

00:37:11.819 --> 00:37:13.000
 rather than

00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:13.380
 to be

00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:14.119
 silent

00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:14.820
 about a

00:37:14.820 --> 00:37:15.079
 king

00:37:15.079 --> 00:37:15.539
 so

00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:16.400
 gracious

00:37:16.400 --> 00:37:16.760
 a

00:37:16.760 --> 00:37:17.739
 friend

00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:18.619
 so

00:37:18.619 --> 00:37:19.480
 faithful

00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:20.000
 a God

00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:20.280
 who is

00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:20.900
 so

00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:21.920
 glorious

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:25.099
 Jesus

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:25.639
 suffered

00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:28.619
 Jesus

00:37:28.619 --> 00:37:29.659
 was maligned

00:37:29.659 --> 00:37:31.500
 Jesus

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:32.239
 gave

00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:32.559
 his

00:37:32.559 --> 00:37:33.260
 life

00:37:33.260 --> 00:37:34.440
 not so

00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:34.780
 that you

00:37:34.780 --> 00:37:35.039
 might

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:35.559
 pursue

00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:36.099
 your own

00:37:36.099 --> 00:37:36.739
 passions

00:37:36.739 --> 00:37:37.119
 and

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:37.920
 pleasures

00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:38.280
 and

00:37:38.280 --> 00:37:39.320
 comforts

00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:40.159
 and avoid

00:37:40.159 --> 00:37:40.659
 all that

00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:41.199
 suffering

00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:43.559
 but so

00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:43.879
 that you

00:37:43.879 --> 00:37:44.759
 might live

00:37:44.759 --> 00:37:45.839
 with God

00:37:45.839 --> 00:37:47.079
 and find

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:47.559
 in him

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:48.599
 true life

00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:49.460
 unending

00:37:49.460 --> 00:37:49.899
 joy

00:37:49.899 --> 00:37:51.159
 purposeful

00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:52.039
 suffering

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:53.359
 life

00:37:53.359 --> 00:37:54.719
 that lasts

00:37:54.719 --> 00:37:55.839
 the fulfilling

00:37:55.839 --> 00:37:56.659
 life that

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:57.179
 you long

00:37:57.179 --> 00:37:57.679
 for

00:37:57.679 --> 00:38:03.079
 a choice

00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:04.739
 before us

00:38:04.739 --> 00:38:05.159
 this morning

00:38:05.159 --> 00:38:06.159
 my own

00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:06.579
 way

00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:08.000
 of endless

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:08.579
 seeking

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:10.779
 my

00:38:10.779 --> 00:38:11.519
 savior's

00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:11.860
 way

00:38:11.860 --> 00:38:13.019
 of

00:38:13.019 --> 00:38:13.819
 endless

00:38:13.819 --> 00:38:14.819
 celebrating

00:38:14.819 --> 00:38:18.259
 give

00:38:18.259 --> 00:38:18.900
 me

00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:20.400
 Jesus

00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:21.719
 let's pray

00:38:21.719 --> 00:38:26.099
 Jesus so

00:38:26.099 --> 00:38:27.019
 help us

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:30.440
 that you

00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:30.759
 would be

00:38:30.759 --> 00:38:31.500
 more precious

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:32.299
 to us

00:38:32.299 --> 00:38:33.420
 than all

00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:33.980
 the treasures

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:34.400
 of this

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:34.759
 world

00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:38.060
 help us

00:38:38.060 --> 00:38:38.440
 by your

00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:38.860
 spirit

00:38:38.860 --> 00:38:40.260
 to know

00:38:40.260 --> 00:38:40.600
 that's

00:38:40.600 --> 00:38:41.040
 where life

00:38:41.040 --> 00:38:41.600
 is found

00:38:41.600 --> 00:38:43.900
 help us

00:38:43.900 --> 00:38:44.240
 even in

00:38:44.240 --> 00:38:44.680
 our small

00:38:44.680 --> 00:38:45.180
 choices

00:38:45.180 --> 00:38:47.500
 to find

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:47.840
 you

00:38:47.840 --> 00:38:49.460
 as the

00:38:49.460 --> 00:38:49.660
 one

00:38:49.660 --> 00:38:50.440
 our soul

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:51.360
 longs

00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:51.700
 for

00:38:51.700 --> 00:38:55.560
 meet us

00:38:55.560 --> 00:38:56.360
 fulfill

00:38:56.360 --> 00:38:56.800
 us

00:38:56.800 --> 00:38:57.520
 comfort

00:38:57.520 --> 00:38:58.080
 us

00:38:58.080 --> 00:38:59.920
 we ask

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:00.180
 in your

00:39:00.180 --> 00:39:00.500
 name

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:01.500
 amen

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:05.340
 for

00:39:05.340 --> 00:39:05.539
 more

00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:06.059
 information

00:39:06.059 --> 00:39:06.840
 visit us

00:39:06.840 --> 00:39:07.340
 online

00:39:07.340 --> 00:39:07.739
 at

00:39:07.739 --> 00:39:08.659
 southwood.org

00:39:08.659 --> 00:39:11.399
 to

00:39:11.399 --> 00:39:13.299
 of

00:39:13.299 --> 00:39:14.399
 that

00:39:14.399 --> 00:39:15.000
 all

00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:15.440
 we

00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:16.079
 had

00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:17.119
 so