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 We're in the middle of a series on the Beatitudes.

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 I'm looking really at what Jesus means by happiness.

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! His definition is pretty different from the worlds around us.

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! And tonight we come to number six in the Beatitudes.

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 We're really looking at the Beatitudes as a grid to view the Christian life.

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 And so tonight it is, blessed are they and only they, blessed are the pure in heart.

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 For they shall see God.

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 There's three boys talking together and arguing about their fathers.

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 First boy said, my dad is a teacher.

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 And so he makes me clever for nothing.

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 Second boy said, my dad is a doctor.

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 And so he makes me healthy for nothing.

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 Third boy said, my dad's a minister.

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 He makes me good for nothing.

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 Terrible joke. You're very kind to laugh.

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 Third boy got it right, didn't he?

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 We've seen that in Romans.

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 Those dark passages in Romans.

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 There's none righteous.

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 No, not one.

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 No one understands.

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 No one seeks for God.

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 All have turned aside.

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 Together they become worthless.

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 No one does good, not even for one.

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 Not even one.

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 That's God's view.

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 Jesus said, didn't he?

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 Out of the heart, out of your heart and out of my heart.

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 Out of the heart of man comes all the things that spoil our lives and ruin our relationships.

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 Evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander, blasphemy.

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 Where do those things come from?

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 Jesus says those things which we find so difficult, they don't come from our background or our upbringing.

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 They don't come from our environment, but from our hearts.

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 And so we know that a person's background or a person's environment or their circumstances,

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 it might act as a magnet to draw out those things.

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 But if they weren't in our hearts already, they wouldn't come out.

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 And of course, Jesus is the great example of that, isn't he?

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 He's the proof of that.

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 He came from a pretty bad background.

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 He came from a pretty tough environment.

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 Our people used to say, can anything good come out of Nazareth?

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 It wasn't a salubrious place to live.

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 Can anything good come out of Nazareth?

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 And so out of Nazareth comes the sinless, spotless son of God.

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 And so it's a Christian cliche, isn't it?

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 But the heart of your problem and my problem is the problem of our hearts.

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 The heart of our problem is the problem of our hearts.

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 And you and I, unlike Jesus, do not have a heart for God.

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 You and I naturally have hearts that are divided and defiled.

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 And that is why we don't know God and we don't see him.

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 And Jesus says, can you see it?

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 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they are the ones who see God.

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 They and they alone will see God, the pure in heart.

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 And so that's what I want to kind of think around tonight and kind of view the Christian life through.

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 Only two points.

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 First of all, this.

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 A pure heart is a clean heart.

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 A pure heart is a clean heart.

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 Let me illustrate what I mean.

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 If you go to Exodus 15, you'll see there's a little incident there in the history of God's people.

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 And it's an illustration, I think, of the state of your heart and my heart by nature.

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 So let me read to you Acts 15, verse 23.

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 They came to Marah and they couldn't drink the water because the waters were bitter.

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 It was bitter.

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 That's why it was called Marah.

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 And the people grumbled against Moses saying, what should we drink?

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 He cried to the Lord and the Lord showed him a log, a tree.

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 And Moses threw it into the water and the water became sweet.

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 It's a really strange incident.

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 I'm not completely sure what the significance of the incident is in the context of Exodus.

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 But I think it helps us as an illustration of what our hearts are like.

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 By nature, they are like Marah.

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 They are bitter.

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 They're like a stagnant pond.

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 That's the way our hearts are naturally.

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 Romans teaches us that, doesn't it?

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 Bitter, poisonous, polluted.

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 But in Exodus, there is a tree, isn't there?

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 There is a log that is thrown into the water and it is made sweet.

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 There's a certain tree that can sweeten the waters of Marah.

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 The great news of the Bible is that there is a certain tree that can purify your heart.

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 And my heart.

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 It's the tree upon which Jesus died.

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 It's the tree on which Jesus bore away the sins of the world.

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 It's the cross.

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 Of course, a pure heart is not a perfect heart.

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 Don't think of that.

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 You will never get a perfect heart, will you, until you get to heaven?

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 A pure heart is not a perfect heart.

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 But a pure heart is one that has the cross at the center of it.

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 A pure heart, to quote the hymn writer, is one that always feels the blood so freely shared for me.

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 It's a heart that's looking to Jesus for cleansing from sin and defilement.

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 Do you remember how the apostle John puts it in chapter 1, verse 7?

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 You know this verse.

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 The blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all unrighteousness.

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 The death of Jesus upon the cross.

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 The blood being shed by the Lord Jesus Christ as a sacrifice for sins.

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 That is what cleanses our heart.

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 And so John goes on and says,

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 If you will confess your sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins.

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 Notice that.

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 He's faithful and just.

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 We would automatically put, wouldn't we, he's loving and merciful.

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 That's what we naturally put.

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 He's loving and merciful to forgive our sins.

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 But that isn't what John puts there.

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 He says God is faithful and just.

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 Because of the cross, God cannot do anything other than forgive those who come to him, confessing their sins.

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 He's faithful and he's just.

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 And so tonight, if you will come and confess your sin to God, he will cleanse you from all unrighteousness.

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 He's faithful and just to what his son has done.

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 And so he is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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 And so let me ask you, is there a tree in your heart?

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 Do you know what it is to confess your sin?

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 To trust in a savior who has been slain for you?

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 It's a young lad who's brought up in a Christian home.

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 He'd known the truths of Christianity ever since he could remember.

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 He understood the gospel, but he had real difficulty in making it his own.

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 He'd been brought up since his early day, earliest days.

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 He believed every bit of it.

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 But he couldn't believe that it was true for him.

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 Maybe that's where some of you are tonight.

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 You've been brought up in this church.

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 You've been baptized.

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 You know the gospel.

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 You can recite it.

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 You can even maybe explain it to someone else.

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 But you don't know, is it for me?

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 Has it got anything much to do with me?

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 Well, that's to say it this young man is in.

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 And this is what he did about it.

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 One day he wrote down on a piece of paper all the sins that he was conscious of.

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 He wrote them all down.

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 Every sin that he was aware of.

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 He wrote it all down on a piece of paper.

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 And as he wrote those sins down on a piece of paper, he confessed them to God.

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 And he confessed them all to the Lord.

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 And then he took out a box of matches.

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 Never play with matches.

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 But he took out a box of matches.

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 And he set fire to the paper.

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 And as the paper burned in front of him, he said, Christ died for my sins.

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 And as the breeze blew the ashes into the air, he added, and he's carried my sins far away.

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 You see, that lad had understood the significance of the tree.

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 He'd understood the significance of Calvary.

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 He'd understood why Jesus had died upon the cross.

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 He could say, Jesus was slain for me at Calvary.

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 Pardoned is all my sin.

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 At Calvary.

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 Cleansed is my heart within at Calvary.

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 You see, a pure heart is a clean heart.

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 What can clean your heart?

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 What can cleanse me of my sin?

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 And so if I was to say to you, what can wash away my sin?

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 You would say to me, nothing but the blood of Jesus.

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 The second thing I want to say to you is that purity of heart is not only a matter of cleanliness, but a matter of commitment.

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 A matter of commitment.

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 A pure heart is an undivided heart.

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 Let's change the picture for a moment.

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 Instead of thinking of that stagnant pool in the waters of Mara.

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 Instead of thinking like that, it's defiled.

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 Let's think of a lump of metal.

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 A lump of metal.

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 So what makes metal impure?

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 What makes metal impure?

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 Well, it's when other things are mixed into it.

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 And that's what our hearts are like.

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 Our hearts are not only defiled.

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 They're not only like those bitter waters.

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 Our hearts are divided.

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 And so Psalm 86 has a great prayer in it, doesn't it?

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 Doesn't it?

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 It says this.

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 Give me an undivided heart to fear your name.

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 It's a great prayer for us this week as a church family.

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 Give me an undivided heart to fear your name.

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 And so I think as we read this verse,

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 blessed are the pure in heart,

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 one of the problems that I have is my heart is divided.

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 And our hearts have divided loyalties.

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 A pure heart is not a sinless heart.

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 But it is a heart that is united,

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 that is undivided upon God.

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 James, in his letter, in James 4, verse 8,

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 we often quote this verse.

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 He says, draw near to God and he will draw near to you.

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 Cleanse your hands, you sinners,

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 and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

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 Do you notice that?

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 What does it mean to have a pure heart?

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 James says, purify your hearts.

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 What does he mean?

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 In what way am I to purify my heart?

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 What is an impure heart?

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 It is to be, double-minded is,

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 to be two-faced when it comes to God.

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 Purify your hearts, you double-minded,

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 says James.

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 Stop being two-faced with God.

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 It is as simple as that.

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 Stop being a person that faces both ways.

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 You know what happens when a person faces both ways.

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 He trips over himself.

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 And so James says,

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 the double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.

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 And so do we know what it is to have that integrity of heart?

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 To be single-minded in our Christianity,

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 to be devoted to God,

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 to have your heart set upon him.

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 Jesus said,

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 blessed are the pure in heart,

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 for they and they only will see God.

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 A woman was once exercised about this.

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 She was concerned about it.

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 Whether or not she had a pure heart or not.

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 She was concerned,

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 am I really a Christian or not?

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 She was concerned whether or not the Lord

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 was actually Lord of her life.

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 She wondered whether or not there were other Lords,

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 other loyalties.

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 And so she was concerned.

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 She went to see a minister.

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 And the minister took her to Acts 10.

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 Where Peter says,

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 there's extraordinary words in Acts 10.

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 He says,

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 no, Lord.

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 It's one of the stupidest things you can say, isn't it?

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 Say, no, Lord.

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 So this preacher says to this woman,

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 well, you can say no,

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 and you can say Lord,

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 but it's impossible to say no, Lord.

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 I'm going to leave you with your Bible

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 and I'm going to give you a pen.

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 And I want you to cross out

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 either no

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 or Lord.

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 Whichever you really mean.

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 Minister leaves the room,

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 gives her a few moments to think about it.

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 And when he comes back,

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 he finds out that she has crossed out the word no.

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 And weeping,

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 she was saying over and over and over again to herself,

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 Lord,

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 yes,

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 Lord,

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 yes,

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 Lord.

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 And it's very simple tonight.

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 Have you said that?

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 Is Jesus Lord of your life?

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 Because if he is not Lord of all,

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 he is not Lord at all.

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 And if he's not Lord of all your life,

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 he's not Lord at all in your life.

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 Because you cannot serve him with a divided heart.

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 Blessed are the pure in heart.

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 Blessed are those who are single-minded in their devotion.

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 They are the ones who will see God

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 and no one else will see God.

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 And so putting it all together,

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 what does it mean to be pure in heart?

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 It means to know,

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 isn't it,

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 Jesus of Nazareth,

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 Jesus Christ as your Lord

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 and as your Savior.

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 It means having a heart that has been made clean

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 and a heart that is committed to the Lord Jesus.

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 And Jesus says,

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 it is they and they alone

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 shall see God.

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 And of course,

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 that ultimately will be true

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 when Jesus comes again.

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 John tells us in his epistle,

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 we shall see him

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 as he is

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 and everyone that has that hope

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 of seeing Jesus as he is

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 purifies themselves.

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 even as he is purer.

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 It says to the Christian,

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 doesn't it,

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 we have got something wonderful

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 to look forward to,

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 that Jesus is coming back

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 and when he comes back

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 we will see him as he is.

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 Not as it were

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 through a glass darkly.

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 Not with sunglasses on.

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 We won't see him

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 through the means of grace.

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 We won't see him then

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 through the preaching of the word

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 or

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 not through the Lord's table,

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 not through the means of grace,

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 but we will see him

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 as he is

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 in his glory

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 when he returns.

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 That's something

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 to look forward to.

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 The psalmist says

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 in Psalm 17,

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 as for me,

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 I will see your face

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 in righteousness.

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 I will be satisfied

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 when I awake

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 in your likeness.

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 And he compares himself

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 to the men of the world

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 and in Psalm 17,

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 verse 14,

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 he says,

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 they are men of the world

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 whose portion

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 is in this life.

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 And so,

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 the person of this world,

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 they are satisfied

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 with the things of this world

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 in this life

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 with the things

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 that they can see

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 and touch around them.

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 But as for me,

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 he says,

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 I will be satisfied

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 when I awake

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 in your likeness

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 when I see your face.

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 and that's the Christian.

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 And so,

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 a Christian is a person

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 in whom there's been

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 awakened a desire

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 that nothing less

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 than a sight

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 of the glory of God

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 will satisfy.

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 That nothing less

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 than the sight of God

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 in glory

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 will satisfy

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 the longings of your heart.

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 The psalmist says,

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 as for me,

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 that is what is going

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 to satisfy me.

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 And nothing else

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 will satisfy me.

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 Robert Murray McShane

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 looks forward to that day

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 and he says,

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 when I see thee

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 as thou art,

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 love thee

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 with unsinning heart.

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 And that ultimately

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 is the Lord's fulfillment

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 of these words,

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 aren't they?

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 Isn't it?

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 One day,

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 the pure in heart

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 will see God.

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 But I also want to say to you,

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 it's true now.

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 Blessed are the pure in heart.

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 Blessed are those

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 whose hearts are cleansed

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 by the blood of Jesus.

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 And blessed are those

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 who are committed

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 to the lordship of Jesus,

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 that's the pure in heart,

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 for they shall see God.

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 Ultimately,

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 they'll see him face to face.

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 But it's also true now.

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 It's true now.

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 Let me try and show you that.

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 Moses saw God.

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 We're told in Hebrews chapter 11.

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 In fact,

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 the author of the Hebrews

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 says that's the only explanation

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 of how Moses lived.

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 Of his life and his career.

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 He endured

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 as seeing him

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 who is invisible.

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 Moses saw

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 the invisible God

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 in this life.

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 Now,

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 how is such a thing possible?

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 You can't see the wind,

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 can you?

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 We can't see the wind

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 because the wind is invisible.

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 But you can see

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 the effects of the wind,

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 can't you,

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 if you're standing

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 in the right place

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 and looking in the right direction.

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 You can feel its force.

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 You can see its effects.

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 And in the same way,

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 right here,

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 right now,

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 we cannot see God

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 with these eyes.

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 God is invisible to us.

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 But if our heart

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 is fixed in the right place

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 and set in the right direction,

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 you will see God.

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 Jesus saw God

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 when a sparrow

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 fell to the ground.

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 He saw the providence of God,

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 didn't he?

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 The person who's not a Christian

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 doesn't see that.

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 The person who's not a Christian

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 doesn't even notice

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 if a sparrow

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 falls to the ground.

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 So what?

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 But when Jesus saw

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 a tiny little bird

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 fall to the ground,

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 he saw in it

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 the providence of God

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 and the plan of God.

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 Jesus saw

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 the lily,

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 the flower,

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 the beauty of the lily

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 and in it,

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 he saw the generosity of God.

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 Jesus,

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 when he got up

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 first thing in the morning

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 before it was light

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 and he sees the sun

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 rising in the sky,

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 he saw the grace of God.

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 He saw the God

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 who causes

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 that sun

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 to shine upon

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 evil and good alike.

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 Jesus saw God everywhere.

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 Because his heart

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 was pure and clean

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 and undivided.

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 David in the Old Testament,

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 David didn't have

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 a sinless heart.

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 But he did have

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 a single heart.

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 He was a man

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 after God's own heart.

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 And there's a lovely

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 description

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 in Psalm 29.

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 Come with me to Psalm 29

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 if you're still awake.

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 Come with me to Psalm 29

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 and let me read to you

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 some verses.

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 They're amazing verses.

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 Psalm 29.

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 And so look at verse 3.

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 It's a description

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 of a storm.

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 And so David

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 is looking at a storm.

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 And he says this,

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 the voice of the Lord

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 is over the waters.

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 The God of glory

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 thunders.

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 The Lord

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 over many waters.

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 The voice of the Lord

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 is powerful.

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 The voice of the Lord

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 is full of majesty.

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 The voice of the Lord

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 breaks the cedars.

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 That's huge trees.

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 The Lord breaks

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 the cedars of Lebanon.

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 He makes Lebanon

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 to skip like a calf

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 and Syrian

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 like a wild ox.

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 The voice of the Lord

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 flashes forth

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 flames of fire.

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 Can't you see it?

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 The trees snapping

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 in the storm.

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 The bows breaking off.

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 The lightning flashing

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 in the sky.

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 The gigantic waves.

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 Can't you hear

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 the voice of God

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 in that?

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 That's how David

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 sees it.

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 The voice of the Lord

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 shakes the wilderness.

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 The Lord shakes

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 the wilderness

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 of Kadesh.

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 The voice of the Lord

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 makes the deer

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 give birth

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 and strips the forest

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 bare

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 and in his temple

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 all cry glory.

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 The Lord sits

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 enthroned over the flood

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 and the Lord sits

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 enthroned as king

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 forever.

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 May the Lord

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 give strength

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 to his people.

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 May the Lord

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 bless his people

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 with peace.

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 He's watching a storm

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 and as it swept

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 over the mountains

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 he didn't simply

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 see a storm

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 he saw God.

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 He saw the thunder

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 as the voice

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 of the Lord.

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 The rushing waters

00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:54.279
 were the throne

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:54.919
 of the Lord

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 and instead of

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 showing fear

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 as he saw

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 the trees

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 breaking in the wind

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 and the rivers rising

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 David shouts

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 with confidence

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 the Lord sits

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 upon the flood.

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 He is king

00:22:06.159 --> 00:22:06.679
 forever.

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 And blessed

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 are the poor

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 for they shall

00:22:11.379 --> 00:22:12.519
 see God.

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 And so you think

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 I think this

00:22:19.339 --> 00:22:20.299
 beatitude changes

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 life doesn't it?

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 Changes tomorrow.

00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:26.000
 Changes tonight.

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 It changes

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 how you view

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 the world.

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 Because moment

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 by moment

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 as we live

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 consciously

00:22:36.439 --> 00:22:37.799
 dependent upon

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 God

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 by his Holy Spirit

00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:42.899
 cleansed

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 by the blood

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 of the Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 committed

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 to his lordship

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 it's very exciting.

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 It's very very

00:22:51.439 --> 00:22:51.980
 exciting isn't it

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 when you see

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 God like that.

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 Something lives

00:22:57.699 --> 00:22:58.459
 in every hue

00:22:58.459 --> 00:22:59.319
 Christless eyes

00:22:59.319 --> 00:22:59.919
 have never seen

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 and so for the

00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:00.579
 Christian

00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:01.299
 our eyes are

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 open

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 so we see

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 this is God's

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 world.

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 And life is

00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:07.539
 very exciting

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:07.959
 when you see

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 God like that

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 in creation

00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:09.879
 in your own

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 home

00:23:10.199 --> 00:23:11.579
 in your own

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 family

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 and wherever

00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:15.220
 you look

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:16.079
 life is exciting

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 when you see

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 God

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 the invisible

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 God

00:23:20.159 --> 00:23:27.419
 I had a story

00:23:27.419 --> 00:23:27.740
 this week

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.359
 of a little

00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:28.599
 boy

00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:31.059
 said to his

00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:31.179
 mother

00:23:31.179 --> 00:23:31.659
 is

00:23:31.659 --> 00:23:34.240
 God everywhere

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:36.240
 I'm excited

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 that he'd

00:23:36.620 --> 00:23:36.900
 asked that

00:23:36.900 --> 00:23:37.099
 and said

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 yes of

00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:38.220
 course

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:40.480
 is God

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:40.700
 in this

00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:40.940
 home

00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:43.640
 I said

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:43.859
 well

00:23:43.859 --> 00:23:45.460
 yes God

00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:45.779
 is in this

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.019
 home

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:48.519
 God

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:48.759
 in this

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.079
 kitchen

00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:51.200
 I said

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:51.380
 well

00:23:51.380 --> 00:23:52.900
 God is

00:23:52.900 --> 00:23:53.140
 everywhere

00:23:53.140 --> 00:23:53.460
 he's only

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:53.920
 present

00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:54.859
 he's in

00:23:54.859 --> 00:23:54.960
 this

00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:55.200
 kitchen

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:57.799
 he's

00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:57.960
 God

00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.180
 in the

00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:58.500
 fridge

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 it's

00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:01.759
 difficult

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.640
 isn't it

00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:02.880
 well

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:03.840
 God

00:24:03.840 --> 00:24:04.260
 is everywhere

00:24:04.260 --> 00:24:04.660
 present

00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:05.380
 God

00:24:05.380 --> 00:24:05.560
 is in

00:24:05.560 --> 00:24:05.900
 the fridge

00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:06.600
 little boy

00:24:06.600 --> 00:24:06.840
 goes in

00:24:06.840 --> 00:24:07.080
 the fridge

00:24:07.080 --> 00:24:07.520
 gets the

00:24:07.520 --> 00:24:08.760
 marmalade

00:24:08.760 --> 00:24:09.180
 jar

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:10.540
 opens the

00:24:10.540 --> 00:24:10.840
 marmalade

00:24:10.840 --> 00:24:11.160
 jar

00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:12.540
 is God

00:24:12.540 --> 00:24:12.820
 in the

00:24:12.820 --> 00:24:13.180
 marmalade

00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:13.460
 jar

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:18.900
 yes

00:24:18.900 --> 00:24:19.980
 little boy

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.420
 puts the lid

00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:20.540
 on

00:24:20.540 --> 00:24:20.700
 says

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:21.060
 got him

00:24:21.060 --> 00:24:23.980
 it's a

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.280
 ridiculous

00:24:24.280 --> 00:24:24.580
 story

00:24:24.580 --> 00:24:25.500
 isn't it

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:26.940
 it's a

00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:27.300
 daft

00:24:27.300 --> 00:24:27.760
 story

00:24:27.760 --> 00:24:30.460
 there's

00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:30.720
 something

00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:31.200
 in that

00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:31.400
 isn't

00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:31.720
 there

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:34.240
 of

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:34.640
 actually

00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:35.140
 living

00:24:35.140 --> 00:24:35.960
 consciously

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:37.299
 knowing

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:37.620
 that

00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:39.440
 the

00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:39.980
 invisible

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.620
 God

00:24:40.620 --> 00:24:42.039
 this is

00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:42.220
 his

00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:42.600
 world

00:24:42.600 --> 00:24:47.579
 you can

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:48.039
 know him

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:52.019
 do you

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.460
 know God

00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:54.819
 have you

00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:55.620
 found God

00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:56.039
 side

00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:57.180
 where will

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:57.500
 you find

00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:57.839
 God

00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:59.860
 the only

00:24:59.860 --> 00:25:00.200
 place you

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:00.519
 can find

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:00.740
 God

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.079
 is Jesus

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:01.480
 Christ

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:04.740
 there's

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.059
 no other

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.420
 place

00:25:05.420 --> 00:25:07.099
 Jesus

00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:07.460
 said I

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:07.700
 am the

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:07.980
 true and

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.059
 the

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:08.240
 living

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:08.460
 way

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:08.860
 no one

00:25:08.860 --> 00:25:09.259
 comes to

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:09.360
 the

00:25:09.360 --> 00:25:09.579
 father

00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:09.860
 except

00:25:09.860 --> 00:25:10.039
 through

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:10.299
 me

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:12.759
 so if

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:12.980
 you want

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.220
 to know

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:13.460
 God

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:13.700
 Jesus

00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:14.079
 says you've

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:14.259
 got to

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.380
 come

00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:14.559
 through

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:14.880
 me

00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:17.779
 there is

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.039
 no other

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.339
 way

00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:21.819
 have you

00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.259
 found

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:22.960
 God in

00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:23.319
 Jesus

00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:23.559
 Christ

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:23.799
 that's

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:23.960
 where he

00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:24.079
 used to

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:24.180
 be

00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:24.339
 found

00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:24.700
 there's

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:24.920
 nowhere

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:25.160
 else

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:25.519
 you find

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:25.740
 him

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.359
 God

00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:28.019
 it's

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.120
 not

00:25:28.120 --> 00:25:28.579
 restricting

00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:29.000
 at all

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.420
 it's

00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:29.799
 absolutely

00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:30.259
 marvelous

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:30.579
 that there

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:30.900
 is one

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.299
 place

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.559
 and there

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:31.839
 is only

00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:32.079
 one

00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:32.400
 place

00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:32.620
 that you

00:25:32.620 --> 00:25:32.740
 can

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:32.980
 find

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:33.180
 God

00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:33.299
 it's

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:33.519
 like when

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:33.880
 you lose

00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:34.180
 something

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:34.319
 it's

00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:34.559
 now I'm

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:35.059
 forever losing

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:35.599
 my keys

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:37.440
 you lose

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:37.859
 your keys

00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:38.279
 and you think

00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:38.940
 where have I

00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:39.279
 left them

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:40.059
 and you trace

00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:40.740
 your steps

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:43.079
 and you go

00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:44.180
 back over

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:44.920
 things and I

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:45.380
 think oh

00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:46.339
 right I

00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:46.720
 know they're

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:46.900
 in my

00:25:46.900 --> 00:25:47.259
 study I

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.539
 know they

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.140
 were there

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:48.519
 in my

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:48.920
 pocket when

00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:49.140
 I went

00:25:49.140 --> 00:25:49.400
 to the

00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:49.920
 study and

00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:50.359
 they weren't

00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:50.620
 there when

00:25:50.620 --> 00:25:50.920
 I came

00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:51.319
 back in

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:53.539
 and what

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:53.859
 happens you

00:25:53.859 --> 00:25:54.220
 go into the

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:54.559
 study and

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:55.559
 you tear up

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:56.120
 the sofa you

00:25:56.120 --> 00:25:56.839
 look everywhere

00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:57.259
 and you

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:58.200
 don't leave

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:59.039
 the study

00:25:59.039 --> 00:25:59.359
 until you

00:25:59.359 --> 00:25:59.759
 found the

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.160
 keys

00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:01.640
 and you

00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:01.920
 don't give

00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.259
 up until

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:02.539
 you found

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:02.740
 them

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.460
 because you

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:03.799
 know that

00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:03.960
 they're

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.319
 there

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:07.819
 and you

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.299
 can know

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:09.099
 for certain

00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:09.819
 tonight that

00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:10.259
 God can

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:10.599
 be found

00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:10.980
 in Jesus

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.379
 Christ

00:26:11.379 --> 00:26:13.719
 and that's

00:26:13.719 --> 00:26:13.939
 where he

00:26:13.939 --> 00:26:14.319
 is for you

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:14.619
 tonight

00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:15.659
 in Jesus

00:26:15.659 --> 00:26:16.079
 Christ

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:18.759
 and God

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.579
 says to you

00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:20.139
 through Jeremiah

00:26:20.139 --> 00:26:21.359
 you will seek

00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:21.859
 for me and

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:22.500
 you will find

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:24.379
 me when you

00:26:24.379 --> 00:26:24.799
 seek for me

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.159
 with all your

00:26:25.159 --> 00:26:25.459
 heart

00:26:25.459 --> 00:26:28.599
 and so let

00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:29.019
 me urge you

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.299
 tonight

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:31.699
 to come

00:26:31.699 --> 00:26:32.419
 looking for

00:26:32.419 --> 00:26:32.799
 God in

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.500
 Jesus Christ

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:35.319
 with an

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:35.799
 undivided

00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:36.079
 heart

00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:38.219
 with a heart

00:26:38.219 --> 00:26:38.679
 that trusts

00:26:38.679 --> 00:26:38.980
 in a

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.299
 saviour

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.779
 slain for

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:39.980
 you

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:42.559
 Bible

00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:42.980
 talks about

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:43.220
 the Lord

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:43.420
 Jesus

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:43.759
 Christ

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.519
 as an

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:45.220
 indescribable

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:45.640
 gift

00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:48.279
 Jesus

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:48.839
 is God's

00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:49.360
 unspeakable

00:26:49.360 --> 00:26:49.680
 gift

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:52.720
 and so if I

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:53.279
 come to you

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.759
 tonight and I

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.120
 offer you

00:26:54.120 --> 00:26:54.640
 something

00:26:54.640 --> 00:26:56.740
 indescribably

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.559
 valuable as a

00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:57.839
 gift

00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:59.039
 and I've got

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.480
 something in my

00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:00.360
 hand and

00:27:00.360 --> 00:27:02.319
 I want to

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:02.680
 give it to

00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:02.860
 you

00:27:02.860 --> 00:27:03.440
 what have you

00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:03.880
 got to do

00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:05.620
 well you've

00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:05.980
 got to put

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.500
 down what's

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:06.800
 in your

00:27:06.800 --> 00:27:07.780
 hands in

00:27:07.780 --> 00:27:08.100
 order to

00:27:08.100 --> 00:27:08.580
 receive that

00:27:08.580 --> 00:27:08.840
 gift

00:27:08.840 --> 00:27:10.980
 if you've

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.280
 got any

00:27:11.280 --> 00:27:12.160
 sense to

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:13.680
 receive this

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.460
 indescribable

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:15.220
 gift you'll

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.960
 put down what's

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.340
 in your

00:27:16.340 --> 00:27:18.380
 hands in

00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:18.680
 order to

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.140
 receive that

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:19.420
 gift

00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:21.740
 and if you

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.080
 had any

00:27:22.080 --> 00:27:22.420
 sense

00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:24.640
 you would

00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:25.260
 put down

00:27:25.260 --> 00:27:25.760
 what's in

00:27:25.760 --> 00:27:26.440
 your hands

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:28.779
 to receive

00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:29.160
 the free

00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:29.519
 gift of

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:30.120
 God in

00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:30.360
 Jesus

00:27:30.360 --> 00:27:30.680
 Christ

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:33.200
 and whatever

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:33.640
 is in your

00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:34.100
 hands you

00:27:34.100 --> 00:27:34.720
 let it go

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.360
 because what

00:27:35.360 --> 00:27:36.000
 God offers

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.220
 you in

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:36.700
 Jesus Christ

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:36.980
 is of

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:37.259
 infinite

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.600
 value

00:27:37.600 --> 00:27:39.980
 and so

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.220
 tonight

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:40.640
 whatever you

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:40.900
 know in

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:41.220
 your life

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:41.680
 is wrong

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:44.420
 whatever you

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:44.660
 know in

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:44.940
 your life

00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:45.220
 is not

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:45.460
 pure

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:48.000
 whatever it

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.360
 is that

00:27:48.360 --> 00:27:48.580
 is in

00:27:48.580 --> 00:27:48.960
 your life

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.360
 that's on

00:27:49.360 --> 00:27:49.920
 your conscience

00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.259
 put it

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:50.539
 down

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:51.380
 let it

00:27:51.380 --> 00:27:51.600
 go

00:27:51.600 --> 00:27:53.820
 and receive

00:27:53.820 --> 00:27:54.440
 Jesus Christ

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:54.740
 as your

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.019
 Lord and

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.180
 your

00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:55.420
 Savior

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:56.820
 let's

00:27:56.820 --> 00:27:57.019
 pray