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 All right, guys, we're going to be on outline two there.

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 If you're tracking along in the handouts,

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 going to war with conflict,

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 I promised you in the last session we'd do a closer look at James 1-10,

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 that section of James where he's really dealing with this.

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 And so I'm going to make good on that promise in this session.

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 I referenced in the interview before the seminar started

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 that I worked for Family Life Ministries.

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 It was part of Campus Crusade.

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 It was at the time the most theologically conservative arm of Campus Crusade.

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 And I left almost 20 years ago, so I can't speak to it knowledgeably now.

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 But then it was very solidly reformed in its approach to the scriptures and to life.

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 One of their flagship events that they do all around the world,

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 about 300 times a year when I was there,

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 is a conference called A Weekend to Remember.

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 It's a marriage conference that's really designed to help cast a vision

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 for what biblical marriage is,

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 the purpose, the plan, and the power for marriage are three of the sessions there.

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 But in the first session of the conference,

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 somewhere in there,

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 they start drawing attention to how we should view our spouse.

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 This is not going to be a marriage session.

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 It's just an opening illustration.

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 And they're well known for this phrase,

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 my spouse is not my enemy.

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 And then they typically get the audience to repeat after them.

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 My spouse is not my enemy.

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 Turn to your spouse now and say that.

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 You are not my...

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 Like, they do this over and over again.

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 And they're...

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 Don't turn to one another.

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 I don't want to make this weird.

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 But they do that because they are trying to underscore

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 what many people came in believing wrongly.

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 Many people who come to this marriage conference

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 are coming with their marriage on the rocks.

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 They know their spouse is their enemy.

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 That's why they brought them, to get fixed.

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 Okay?

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 And that's why a lot of people come to marriage counseling.

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 They're convinced they're right.

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 Let me just go and be a cheerleader

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 as God works on my spouse.

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 Like, over and over again, this is this thought.

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 The person I'm in conflict with is my enemy.

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 Is the assumption we can bring.

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 And so Family Life, in their marriage conferences,

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 Rob, in this seminar, is here to say

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 the person that comes to mind when you're in conflict

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 is not your enemy.

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 Now, I don't know what kind of shape you showed up in here.

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 If there's...

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 I don't know any of you personally, really, at all.

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 So if you have a lot of conflict in your life,

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 if there's just one relationship,

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 maybe you're just, you know, conflict-free,

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 praise the Lord.

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 Regardless,

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 the person we're in conflict with is not our enemy.

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 Now, that is not to say you don't have an enemy.

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 The enemy that you do have

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 likes to stay as invisible as possible.

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 And he likes to whisper in your ear

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 so that you fight against someone who's not your enemy

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 so you do not fight properly the one who is.

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 Part of relational counseling

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 is taking people who are on opposite sides of a table

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 looking at one another in fighting

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 and figuratively, sometimes literally,

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 putting them on the same side of the table

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 fighting the enemy together.

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 Okay?

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 This is largely what's in view

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 when we get to James 4.

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 That we...

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 James 4 is trying to address

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 a people who have identified the wrong enemy.

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 And James tries to get you to identify

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 the right enemy.

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 When there's conflict,

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 we're supposed to, as Christians,

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 go to war.

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 But we're not supposed to go to war with each other.

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 We're supposed to go to a war against the devil.

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 It's just an error we so often make

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 that we fight against the wrong thing.

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 And what does that result in?

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 It results in chronic fighting.

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 Or,

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 eventually, cold apathy.

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 We can't fight anymore.

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 We just can't.

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 Neither of us has it in us.

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 We clearly can't be at peace

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 because you won't change.

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 So we have to get to a place

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 where we just don't act in love

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 toward one another anymore.

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 Married couples coexist.

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 Friends drift off.

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 Family members develop blacklists.

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 You don't get invited to Thanksgiving

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 or to this party or to that.

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 You know, Christmas is just really awkward.

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 Because of all of this apathy

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 and unresolved conflict.

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 Because we have fought the wrong enemy.

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 What does the Bible say

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 we're supposed to do

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 when we go to war against the right enemy?

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 Take a look at Ephesians 6.

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 Put on the whole armor of God

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 that you may be able to stand

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 against the schemes of the devil.

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 So right there,

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 Paul acknowledges who the right enemy is.

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 James gets to it eventually

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 in James 4 when we look at that.

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 For we do not wrestle

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 against flesh and blood,

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 but against rulers,

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 against the authorities,

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 against the cosmic powers

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 over this present darkness,

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 against the spiritual forces of evil

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 in the heavenly places.

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 Let me encourage you.

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 Whatever relationship seems broken

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 or in conflict,

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 remind yourself of this.

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 You do not wrestle

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 against flesh and blood.

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 Now in some places,

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 that's the platform it plays out in.

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 But that's not what's really happening.

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 What's really happening

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 is that we wrestle

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 against rulers,

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 authorities,

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 cosmic powers,

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 against spiritual forces of evil.

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 One of the main devices

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 Satan uses

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 to diminish

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 the Christian witness

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 is to get Christians

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 fighting with one another.

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 If he can't get you

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 to ruin your own life

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 with personal sin,

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 secret sin,

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 those kinds of things,

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 he tries to get you

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 to turn on one another

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 with sinful judgments,

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 rash judgments,

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 self-righteousness

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 that causes you

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 to think you're better

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 than other people,

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 to view people

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 according to their worst attributes

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 while you prefer

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 to be graded

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 by your best attributes.

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 This imbalance,

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 it allows us

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 to turn against

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 one another as enemies

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 and then

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 he can kind of stop.

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 He just kind of steps back

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 because our sinful nature

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 will continue doing the job

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 once he gets us

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 fighting in the wrong direction.

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 Now,

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 before I get into

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 some of these comments

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 that James hits

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 in chapter four,

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 I want to give

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 an important qualifier.

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 I always hope

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 this doesn't apply

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 to people

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 when I'm speaking to them,

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 but I never assume,

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 so I want to make sure

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 I say it.

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 There are sometimes

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 those situations

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 that happen to you

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 where someone is

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 really your enemy.

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 Like,

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 they are out

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 to destroy you.

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 That happens.

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 There are also scenarios

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 where

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 a path forward

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 really is trying

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 to figure out

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 how can I be safe?

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 It's not just

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 kind of the common

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 relational conflict

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 that we've had in view,

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 but there really is

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 an issue of safety

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 at work.

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 I don't want you

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 to take away

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 from this seminar.

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 Let me go back

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 to that unsafe scenario

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 and apply these principles

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 of grace and forgiveness.

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 They apply,

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 but I want to really

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 plead with you

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 to get counsel,

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 get help,

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 if needed,

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 call the authorities.

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 Let's get you safe

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 before we start

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 working on your heart.

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 Does that make sense?

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 Everybody with me

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 on that?

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 Okay.

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 What I have in view

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 with these,

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 now again,

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 I think even in the

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 most extreme cases,

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 these things apply,

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 but what I have in view

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 with more immediate

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 application

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 is that broad set

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 of conflicts

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 that happen

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 in most people's lives,

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 not more of these

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 extreme examples.

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 Okay, now,

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 let's take a look

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 at James 4.

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 I want to read

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 verses 1 through 10.

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 Of course,

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 I'm preaching off

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 of a manuscript here

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 and I've left

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 my Bible in my bag.

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 Can I have,

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 can I?

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 I'll find it.

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 I kind of know

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 where it is.

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 Thank you.

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 Never go into the pulpit

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 without your Bible friends.

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 It's a job hazard.

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 All right.

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 James 4.

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 Here we go,

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 1 through 10.

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 I'm just going to read it,

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 follow along.

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 What causes quarrels

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 and what causes fights

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 among you?

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 Is it not this,

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 that your passions

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 are at war within you?

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 You desire

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 and do not have,

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 so you murder.

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 You covet

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 and cannot obtain,

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 so you fight

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 and quarrel.

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 You do not have

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 because you do not ask.

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 You ask

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 and do not receive

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 because you ask wrongly

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 to spend it

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 on your passions.

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 You adulterous people,

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 do you not know

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 that friendship

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 with the world

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 is enmity

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 with God?

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 Therefore,

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 whoever wishes

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 to be a friend

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 of the world

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 makes himself

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 an enemy of God.

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 Or do you suppose

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 it is to no purpose

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 that the scripture says

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 he yearns jealously

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 over the spirit

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 that he has made

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 to dwell in us,

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 but he gives

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 more grace.

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 Therefore,

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 it says,

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 God opposes

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 the proud

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 and gives grace

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 to the humble.

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 Submit yourselves,

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 therefore,

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 to God.

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 Resist the devil

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 and he will flee

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 from you.

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 Draw near to God

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 and he will draw

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 near to you.

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 Cleanse your hands,

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 you sinners,

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 and purify your hearts,

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 you double-minded.

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 Be wretched

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 and mourn

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 and weep.

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 Let your laughter

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 be turned

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 to mourning

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 and your joy

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 to gloom.

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 Humble yourselves

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 before the Lord

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 and he will

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 exalt you.

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 So what James does,

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 thank you.

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 What James does here

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 is he's highlighting

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 three enemies

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 that we're going to face

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 in the course

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 of these ten verses

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 and I want to take a look

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 at each one.

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 I want to pause.

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 Look at the verses

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 he's using to address

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 that enemy

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 and how can we make sure

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 that when we go to war

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 in conflict,

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 we're actually going

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 to war with conflict

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 and with the person

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 who benefits most

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 from conflict,

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 which is the devil himself.

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 He's the one

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 who sets goals

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 for division

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 and disagreement

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 in the body of Christ.

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 The first enemy

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 I want to look at here

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 is ourselves.

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 I won't read it again

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 but it's verses

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 one through three

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 where he's talking

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 about those desires.

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 We covered it

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 in the first session.

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 I just read it

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 when I read through

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 that passage

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 and this can be

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 the hardest thing

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 to recognize

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 in conflict

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 and I love

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 that it's where

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 James starts.

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 It's hard

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 because it's not

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 comfortable.

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 It's necessary

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 though

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 and therefore

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 it's good for us

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 to start

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 with us.

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 Going into conflict

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 if you knew

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 like in your

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 front of mind

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 knower

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 you like actively

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 knew

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 you were

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 the first enemy

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 in conflict

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 you probably

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 would behave

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 differently.

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 You wouldn't

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 raise your voice

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 you wouldn't

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 name call

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 you wouldn't

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 hold offense

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 you'd probably

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 begin with

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 confession.

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 Listen I'm

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 really upset

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 with what you

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 just did

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 and I know

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 that's because

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 of my

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 wicked heart.

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 I'm going

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 to try

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 to communicate

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 through this

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 wicked heart

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 as best I

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 can.

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 I'm aware

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 I'm the biggest

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 problem in this

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 right now.

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 Like that just

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 changes conflict.

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 You can actually

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 have a conversation

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 unless that person

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 really quickly

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 agrees with you

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 and says oh

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 you are the

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 biggest problem.

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 Yes thank

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 we finally

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 agree.

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 James highlights

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 what we're

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 loving what

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 our passions

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 are so I

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 asked before I

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 want to ask

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 again what

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 is it that you

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 are desiring

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 so much

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 even if it's

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 good or

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 wrong that

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 you should or

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 shouldn't desire

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 it that you're

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 willing to fight

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 for it.

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 Now guys

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 listen sometimes

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 the things that

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 come to mind

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 are really

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 obvious and

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 clear.

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 That we should

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 not desire it.

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 We're desiring

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 something that's

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 not good for us.

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 Maybe it's an

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 unhealthy or an

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 unbiblical

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 relationship in

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 our lives.

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 Maybe we're

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 striving for

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 control over a

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 situation because

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 we don't like how

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 God is handling

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 it.

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 Maybe we're in a

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 relationship that's

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 making demands on

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 our selfish heart

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 and we just don't

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 want to let go.

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 of the things that

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 we're selfish over.

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 Or maybe it's

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 something even more

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 obvious from

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 scripture so

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 clearly wrong.

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 We're trying to

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 protect an

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 extramarital affair

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 or we're giving

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 in to drug use

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 or other sinful

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 indulgences.

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 We fight to keep

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 them in obvious

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 opposition to the

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 will of God.

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 It's no wonder

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 we're in conflict.

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 The people that

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 you're in conflict

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 with may be the

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 ones most trying

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 to save you,

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 to rescue you.

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 You know,

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 Galatians 6,

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 they're coming

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 after the person

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 trapped in sin.

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 There's conflict

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 there.

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 There you're

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 obviously enemy,

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 number one.

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 You're the one

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 creating the

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 problems.

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 Okay?

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 Very few people I

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 think would argue

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 with that so I'm not

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 going to spend much

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 more time on that.

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 Let me move on.

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 I want to focus on

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 what happens when

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 we're in conflict

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 because we're loving

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 good things.

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 We're pursuing

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 good things.

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 Calvin summed it

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 up when he said

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 that the problem

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 is not so much

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 in that we desire

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 the wrong things

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 but that we desire

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 the right things

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 too much.

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 This is that

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 illustration of

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 peace in my home

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 with my kids

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 that I was telling

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 you about.

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 It's totally

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 appropriate for a

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 parent to desire

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 peace.

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 But when you

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 desire something

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 good and you're

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 willing to sin

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 to get it,

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 that's a problem.

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 That's enemy

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 number one

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 showing up.

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 Okay?

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 I've highlighted

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 two here.

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 I could have

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 picked any of

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 a thousand,

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 two thousand,

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 or more good

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 things we could

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 desire.

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 Let's use

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 respect as an

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 example.

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 And this could

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 be respect from

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 a professor,

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 from a friend,

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 from a parent,

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 from a sibling,

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 from a child,

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 a boss,

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 or a co-worker.

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 You desire to

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 be respected.

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 And that's good.

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 Like, don't give

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 that up.

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 Being born again

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 doesn't mean you

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 become a doormat.

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 It's right to

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 desire and even

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 work toward being

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 respected.

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 We don't want to

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 belittle it.

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 We don't want to

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 dismiss it.

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 But we don't want

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 to worship being

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 respected.

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 respected.

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 We don't want to

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 make respect our

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 first love.

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 We don't want to

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 have a pursuit of

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 respect that causes

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 us to forget we're

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 disciples.

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 Whatever scenario,

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 and I just laid out

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 about ten of them,

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 whatever scenario it

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 is, you're striving

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 to be respected,

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 or you're actively

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 being disrespected.

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 Let me say,

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 as an image bearer,

00:16:48.500 --> 00:16:49.360
 a child of God,

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 that God calls

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 those who bear

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 his image to be

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 respected.

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 That's a good thing

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 you're desiring.

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 But are you loving

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 it more than

00:16:59.820 --> 00:17:01.139
 your Christian

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 example in that

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 context?

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 I'm not telling

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 you you do.

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 I'm not making

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 judgments.

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 I'm just asking

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 questions.

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 Okay?

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 We want to track

00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:13.120
 the good thing of

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 respect, our desire

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 for it, such that

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 we don't fight and

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 quarrel over it.

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 We don't allow it

00:17:20.939 --> 00:17:22.179
 to wage war

00:17:22.179 --> 00:17:23.219
 within us.

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 Can you think of

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 a time when you

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 were sinned against

00:17:28.839 --> 00:17:30.339
 by being disrespected,

00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:31.599
 but your response

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 was just as sinful?

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 That's just a sign

00:17:37.419 --> 00:17:38.599
 that enemy number one

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 is on the scene.

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 It doesn't condemn

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 you to help.

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 We're just holding

00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:44.259
 a mirror up right

00:17:44.259 --> 00:17:44.500
 here.

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 It's important

00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:50.140
 when we want

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 something good

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 that we don't

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 allow the goodness

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 of that

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 to be some type

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 of excuse

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 for the sin

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 we commit

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 in wanting it.

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 You with me on that?

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 Let's look at

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 another thing.

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 Comfort.

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 In an ultimate

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 sense,

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 God loves comfort.

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 He's built us

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 for it.

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 He created

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 a sinless context

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 in Eden

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 and then

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 before He

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 set mankind

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 to work,

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 which He does

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 eventually,

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 He gives everybody

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 a day of rest.

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 That's how it started.

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 They were made

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 on day six.

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 They weren't

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 immediately put

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 into work.

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 They were put

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 into rest.

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 They were put

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 into comfort

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 and then commanded

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 by God

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 later as a result

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 of that being

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 the example

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 to build comfort

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 and rest

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 into the rhythm

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 of their lives.

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 And at the end

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 when we come

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 face to face

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 with Christ

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 and we hopefully

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 all hear the well done

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 good and faithful servant,

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 what does He say?

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 Come into my factory?

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 Come into my work?

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 No,

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 enter into my rest.

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 We're designed

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 for it.

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 But there are times

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 we're called to work.

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 We're not called

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 to worship comfort.

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 There are

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 in God's rhythm

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 of life

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 six days for work,

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 not six days

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 for comfort

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 and one day

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 for work.

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 There is a time

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 ultimately

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 when we enter

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 into an eternal rest,

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 but that time

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 is not now.

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 So we have to realize

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 if God,

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 even in a sinless context,

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 it's six days

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 of labor

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 and one day

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 of comfort,

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 we have to realize

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 that our desire

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 for comfort

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 each day

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 is probably

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 a bit out of proportion

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 with what God

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 has for us.

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 Maybe comfort

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 here is talking

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 about relational comfort,

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 freedom from work

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 or physical comfort.

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 You know,

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 is there going to be

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 air conditioning

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 in heaven

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 or is it even

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 going to be necessary?

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 Right?

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 We love having

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 air conditioning

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 in where we live

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 or heat.

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 Maybe that'd be

00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:59.019
 more appropriate

00:19:59.019 --> 00:20:00.059
 looking outside right now.

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 Heat.

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 Heat is needed

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 for comfort.

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 That's a good thing

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 to desire.

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 But we can't desire

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 relational,

00:20:10.040 --> 00:20:10.680
 situational,

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 or temporal

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 comfort

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 more than we desire

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 the pleasure

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 of the Lord,

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 the fear

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 of the Lord.

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 Okay,

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 this enemy number one,

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 even when we ask,

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 he says,

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 he says,

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 you don't have

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 because you don't ask.

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 Why would we not ask

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 the God of the universe

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 for help?

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 Because in that situation

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 we're living as though

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 we're the God of the universe

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 or we're living as though

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 the God of the universe

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 doesn't exist.

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 We're functionally atheists

00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:38.319
 in that relationship

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 or functionally atheistic

00:20:39.980 --> 00:20:41.319
 in that situation.

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 But then he goes on

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 to say

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 that if

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 you ask

00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:46.779
 and do not

00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:47.460
 get

00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:48.980
 because you ask

00:20:48.980 --> 00:20:50.140
 for the wrong reasons.

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 Have you ever

00:20:53.220 --> 00:20:54.380
 asked God

00:20:54.380 --> 00:20:55.460
 to do something

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 you know

00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:56.680
 he can't do

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 because you're asking

00:20:57.440 --> 00:20:57.920
 him to sin.

00:20:58.220 --> 00:20:58.340
 Lord,

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 will you just

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 just smite

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 that kid

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 just a little bit

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 just smite him.

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 Not too much

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 but you know

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 and the Lord said

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 well

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 I'm not answering

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 that one.

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:12.680
 Right?

00:21:12.840 --> 00:21:13.340
 You ask

00:21:13.340 --> 00:21:14.240
 with the wrong motives.

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 Maybe you're asking

00:21:15.120 --> 00:21:16.080
 so that you can have

00:21:16.080 --> 00:21:17.140
 your idol of comfort

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 or your idol of respect

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 or your idol of money

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 or your idol of prestige.

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 And he's like

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 no, no, no, no, no.

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 If I wanted you

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 to have that stuff

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 I already would have

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 given it to you.

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 I've kept it from you

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 because it's not good

00:21:30.819 --> 00:21:31.519
 for you now

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 or you're not ready

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 to bear up

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 under the weight

00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:34.519
 of that blessing.

00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.460
 Okay?

00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:38.119
 We ask

00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:39.480
 with the wrong motives.

00:21:41.539 --> 00:21:41.939
 So

00:21:41.939 --> 00:21:43.299
 I've bumped

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 all the way down here.

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 What he's saying here

00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:49.500
 is that

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.699
 the enemy of self

00:21:50.699 --> 00:21:51.439
 shows up

00:21:51.439 --> 00:21:52.659
 with what we bring

00:21:52.659 --> 00:21:53.359
 to the table.

00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:55.240
 we bring

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:56.039
 these desires

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 these passions

00:21:56.879 --> 00:21:57.779
 these sins

00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:59.240
 and if we don't

00:21:59.240 --> 00:21:59.759
 recognize

00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:01.119
 that's the first enemy

00:22:01.119 --> 00:22:02.139
 Paul calls himself

00:22:02.139 --> 00:22:03.579
 the chief of sinners.

00:22:03.979 --> 00:22:04.779
 If we don't recognize

00:22:04.779 --> 00:22:06.059
 that about ourselves

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:07.539
 by the time

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:08.319
 we get there

00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:09.059
 we prioritize

00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:09.859
 that other person

00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:10.659
 as the first enemy

00:22:10.659 --> 00:22:11.659
 or that scenario

00:22:11.659 --> 00:22:12.599
 as the first enemy

00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:13.939
 and we have failed

00:22:13.939 --> 00:22:14.579
 to address

00:22:14.579 --> 00:22:15.159
 what we have

00:22:15.159 --> 00:22:16.439
 the most control over

00:22:16.439 --> 00:22:18.359
 which is our own thoughts

00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:19.199
 and our own heart

00:22:19.199 --> 00:22:20.119
 and taking it

00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:21.199
 before our own Savior

00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:22.140
 and letting him

00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:22.700
 change us

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:23.799
 from the inside out.

00:22:24.080 --> 00:22:24.759
 We've got the most

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:26.039
 influence in conflict

00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:26.960
 over ourselves.

00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:29.120
 So we start there

00:22:29.120 --> 00:22:30.600
 James starts there

00:22:30.600 --> 00:22:31.500
 with enemy number one.

00:22:31.600 --> 00:22:32.480
 So let me ask you

00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:33.519
 I've got a few questions

00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:34.299
 down there for you.

00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:35.440
 What do you desire

00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:35.960
 so much

00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:36.360
 you're willing

00:22:36.360 --> 00:22:37.220
 to sin

00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:38.039
 to get it?

00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.880
 Be specific here

00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:41.660
 on the second one.

00:22:42.140 --> 00:22:43.160
 What good thing

00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:44.200
 most threatens

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:45.120
 your peace

00:22:45.120 --> 00:22:46.059
 and your faith?

00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:50.019
 Are you actively

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:51.440
 keeping someone else

00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:52.539
 on the witness stand

00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:54.500
 when your own heart

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:55.679
 deserves to be there?

00:22:57.679 --> 00:22:58.399
 I don't know

00:22:58.399 --> 00:22:58.759
 the answers

00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:59.480
 to those questions.

00:22:59.579 --> 00:23:00.440
 I hope they serve you

00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:01.919
 in sifting through this.

00:23:02.399 --> 00:23:02.839
 Let's look at

00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:03.700
 enemy number two.

00:23:06.399 --> 00:23:07.460
 It's friendship

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:08.940
 with the world.

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:15.980
 It says

00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:16.920
 beginning in verse four

00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:17.160
 there

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:18.460
 do you not know

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:19.279
 that friendship

00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:19.960
 with the world

00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:20.759
 is enmity

00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:21.400
 with God?

00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:22.799
 Therefore

00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:23.440
 whoever wishes

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:24.120
 to be a friend

00:23:24.120 --> 00:23:24.580
 of the world

00:23:24.580 --> 00:23:25.259
 makes himself

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:26.320
 an enemy of God.

00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:27.700
 Or do you suppose

00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:28.799
 it's to no purpose

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.559
 that the scripture

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:30.779
 says he yearns

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.380
 jealously

00:23:31.380 --> 00:23:32.519
 over the spirit

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.180
 that he has made

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:34.059
 to dwell in us

00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:35.720
 but he gives

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.519
 more grace.

00:23:37.100 --> 00:23:37.320
 Therefore

00:23:37.320 --> 00:23:37.799
 it says

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:39.039
 God opposes the proud

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:40.500
 and gives grace

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.819
 to the humble.

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.799
 It's important here

00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:45.119
 to know

00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:46.579
 what's not being said

00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:46.839
 here

00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:47.879
 before we glean

00:23:47.879 --> 00:23:48.879
 what is being said.

00:23:49.159 --> 00:23:50.180
 It's not talking

00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:51.000
 primarily

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:52.259
 about loving

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:52.819
 the things

00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:53.460
 of the world.

00:23:54.919 --> 00:23:55.700
 Secular music

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.779
 secular television

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.579
 it's not talking

00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:58.200
 about those things.

00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:59.119
 There's probably

00:23:59.119 --> 00:24:00.200
 some implications

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:01.099
 of that

00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:01.759
 but that's not

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.259
 primarily

00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:02.919
 what he's talking

00:24:02.919 --> 00:24:03.119
 about.

00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:04.200
 What he's talking

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:04.759
 about here

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:06.079
 is

00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:08.039
 loving the way

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.500
 the world

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.279
 thinks

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:10.899
 approaching life

00:24:10.899 --> 00:24:11.740
 the way the world

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.699
 approaches life.

00:24:12.919 --> 00:24:13.500
 He's talking

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:14.220
 about friendship

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:15.019
 with the world

00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:16.099
 as an economy

00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:18.019
 not so much

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.519
 with all these

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:19.819
 individual examples.

00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:22.240
 That friendship

00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:23.399
 with the world

00:24:23.399 --> 00:24:24.259
 living according

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:25.119
 to the world's

00:24:25.119 --> 00:24:25.779
 economy

00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:27.019
 quid pro quo

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.879
 things like that

00:24:27.879 --> 00:24:29.220
 that kind of

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:29.819
 approach

00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.939
 to living

00:24:30.939 --> 00:24:32.119
 is actually

00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:33.419
 enmity

00:24:33.420 --> 00:24:34.500
 with God.

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:37.820
 God

00:24:37.820 --> 00:24:38.460
 sent

00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:39.120
 Jesus

00:24:39.120 --> 00:24:39.900
 to save

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:40.279
 people

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:41.220
 from that

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:41.720
 economy

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.300
 of thinking

00:24:42.300 --> 00:24:43.400
 from that

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:43.820
 problem

00:24:43.820 --> 00:24:44.460
 of sin

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 not to save

00:24:45.560 --> 00:24:45.800
 us

00:24:45.800 --> 00:24:46.460
 and then

00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:47.480
 send us

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:47.940
 into that

00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:48.320
 economy

00:24:48.320 --> 00:24:48.800
 of sin

00:24:48.800 --> 00:24:49.860
 to uphold

00:24:49.860 --> 00:24:50.180
 it.

00:24:51.580 --> 00:24:51.940
 Okay

00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:52.360
 so if you're

00:24:52.360 --> 00:24:52.840
 a friend

00:24:52.840 --> 00:24:53.600
 of the world

00:24:53.600 --> 00:24:54.740
 you're never

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.420
 really going

00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:56.000
 to identify

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:56.580
 enemy number

00:24:56.580 --> 00:24:56.880
 one.

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.840
 There's

00:24:58.840 --> 00:24:59.259
 absolutely

00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.980
 no cause.

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 There's

00:25:00.340 --> 00:25:00.759
 very little

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.160
 benefit

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.720
 in the world's

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.100
 economy

00:25:02.099 --> 00:25:02.480
 to call

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:02.839
 yourself

00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:03.179
 the biggest

00:25:03.179 --> 00:25:03.579
 problem.

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:05.099
 That's not

00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:05.279
 going to

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.539
 help you

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:05.899
 advance.

00:25:06.139 --> 00:25:06.500
 That's not

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:06.719
 going to

00:25:06.719 --> 00:25:07.079
 help you

00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:07.639
 prove yourself

00:25:07.639 --> 00:25:07.939
 right.

00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:08.519
 That's not

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:08.740
 going to

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.219
 clear your

00:25:09.219 --> 00:25:09.740
 reputation

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.079
 with the

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:10.359
 eyes of

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:10.779
 unbelievers.

00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:11.599
 None of

00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:12.219
 those things

00:25:12.219 --> 00:25:12.879
 work so

00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:13.679
 you're not

00:25:13.679 --> 00:25:14.199
 going to

00:25:14.199 --> 00:25:14.539
 pursue

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:15.079
 enemy number

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:15.399
 one.

00:25:15.659 --> 00:25:16.399
 Right here

00:25:16.399 --> 00:25:17.199
 at enemy

00:25:17.199 --> 00:25:17.919
 number two

00:25:17.919 --> 00:25:18.480
 if you're

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:19.039
 loving the

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.379
 world

00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:19.859
 you've

00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:20.099
 already

00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:20.480
 missed

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:20.819
 the biggest

00:25:20.819 --> 00:25:21.199
 problem

00:25:21.199 --> 00:25:21.799
 to address.

00:25:24.579 --> 00:25:24.740
 Okay

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.179
 blame

00:25:25.179 --> 00:25:26.039
 and responsibility

00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:26.859
 for hardship

00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:27.619
 and conflict

00:25:27.619 --> 00:25:28.259
 they're always

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:28.919
 ascribed to

00:25:28.919 --> 00:25:29.319
 others.

00:25:32.099 --> 00:25:32.500
 I don't

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:32.980
 presume any

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:33.199
 of you

00:25:33.199 --> 00:25:33.539
 are these

00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:33.959
 people but

00:25:33.959 --> 00:25:34.179
 do you

00:25:34.179 --> 00:25:34.819
 know people

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.399
 like that

00:25:35.399 --> 00:25:36.099
 that they

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:36.619
 seem to

00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:37.459
 constantly be

00:25:37.459 --> 00:25:37.959
 in crisis

00:25:37.959 --> 00:25:38.459
 but it's

00:25:38.459 --> 00:25:39.199
 never their

00:25:39.199 --> 00:25:39.559
 fault?

00:25:41.379 --> 00:25:42.119
 That's just

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:42.419
 the way the

00:25:42.419 --> 00:25:43.240
 world thinks.

00:25:46.139 --> 00:25:46.980
 One of the

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.679
 things Jesus

00:25:47.679 --> 00:25:48.459
 prayed for

00:25:48.459 --> 00:25:49.299
 his church

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:49.859
 in John

00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:51.359
 17 was

00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:51.819
 that we

00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:52.219
 would be

00:25:52.219 --> 00:25:52.779
 in the

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.219
 world

00:25:53.219 --> 00:25:54.279
 but

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:56.199
 not of

00:25:56.199 --> 00:25:56.500
 it.

00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:57.539
 Well that's

00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:57.919
 what James

00:25:57.919 --> 00:25:58.659
 is mirroring

00:25:58.659 --> 00:25:58.939
 here.

00:25:58.940 --> 00:26:01.500
 we're

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.000
 supposed to

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:03.799
 love the

00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:04.240
 world

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:05.059
 but not

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:06.160
 be friends

00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:06.960
 with the

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.320
 world.

00:26:07.840 --> 00:26:08.580
 And before

00:26:08.580 --> 00:26:09.440
 I hear the

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.519
 haunting voice

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.059
 of my friend

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:11.700
 Jim Donahue

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.000
 here,

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.420
 our church's

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:14.120
 evangelist,

00:26:14.620 --> 00:26:15.220
 that doesn't

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:15.580
 mean we're not

00:26:15.580 --> 00:26:16.019
 supposed to be

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.680
 friends with

00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:17.240
 people in the

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.400
 world.

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:17.900
 It's not that.

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:18.799
 We're not

00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:19.340
 supposed to be

00:26:19.340 --> 00:26:20.480
 friends with

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:21.400
 that way of

00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:21.720
 thinking,

00:26:21.860 --> 00:26:22.180
 with that

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:23.539
 approach to

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:23.920
 living.

00:26:24.360 --> 00:26:25.039
 So we ask

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.620
 ourselves,

00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:26.539
 realizing we're

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:26.980
 supposed to be

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.460
 in the world

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:27.960
 and not of

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:28.059
 it,

00:26:28.059 --> 00:26:28.480
 and that

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:28.799
 we're not

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.139
 supposed to

00:26:29.139 --> 00:26:30.359
 have friendship

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:30.960
 with the

00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:31.200
 world.

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:31.839
 Here's a

00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:32.179
 question.

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:33.279
 What shaping

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:34.899
 influences most

00:26:34.899 --> 00:26:35.879
 form your

00:26:35.879 --> 00:26:36.859
 perspective of

00:26:36.859 --> 00:26:37.299
 the world?

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.059
 And that

00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:41.819
 may be a

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:42.220
 question you

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:42.619
 have to ask

00:26:42.619 --> 00:26:43.359
 some friends

00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:44.759
 about yourself

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.279
 because it

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:45.759
 may be hard

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.279
 to see this

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:46.720
 in yourself.

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:48.039
 What forms

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:49.059
 my worldview?

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:50.019
 Let me give

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.419
 you a couple

00:26:50.419 --> 00:26:51.619
 common examples.

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:52.700
 Okay?

00:26:53.179 --> 00:26:54.019
 The home I

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.799
 grew up in.

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:58.079
 That's not a

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:58.519
 bad thing

00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:59.079
 necessarily.

00:26:59.619 --> 00:27:00.039
 It might

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.299
 be.

00:27:01.379 --> 00:27:01.859
 But the

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:02.220
 home you

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.639
 grew up

00:27:02.639 --> 00:27:03.399
 in surely

00:27:03.399 --> 00:27:04.980
 has had

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.639
 some shaping

00:27:05.639 --> 00:27:06.299
 influence on

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:06.599
 how you

00:27:06.599 --> 00:27:06.919
 view the

00:27:06.919 --> 00:27:07.159
 world.

00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:08.419
 Your parents'

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:08.940
 values,

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:09.279
 what was

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:09.779
 valued in

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.139
 your home,

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:10.460
 what was

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.000
 valued in

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.500
 if you're

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:11.899
 a Christian

00:27:11.899 --> 00:27:12.339
 when you

00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:12.559
 were a

00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:12.779
 kid,

00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:13.419
 what was

00:27:13.419 --> 00:27:13.839
 valued in

00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:14.319
 that church.

00:27:14.419 --> 00:27:14.680
 That has

00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:15.399
 shaped your

00:27:15.399 --> 00:27:15.980
 world either

00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:17.279
 by it's

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:17.740
 made its

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:18.399
 imprint upon

00:27:18.399 --> 00:27:18.720
 me,

00:27:18.859 --> 00:27:19.460
 or I'm

00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:19.919
 living my

00:27:19.919 --> 00:27:20.279
 life to

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.980
 never do

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.819
 those things.

00:27:22.899 --> 00:27:23.859
 Either has a

00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:24.599
 shaping influence.

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.699
 Another could

00:27:25.699 --> 00:27:27.279
 be aspirations,

00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:27.979
 whether they're

00:27:27.979 --> 00:27:28.740
 career or

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:30.679
 educational or

00:27:30.679 --> 00:27:31.619
 bucket list.

00:27:32.179 --> 00:27:32.339
 You know,

00:27:32.419 --> 00:27:33.559
 aspirations in

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:34.240
 life can

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.919
 often shape

00:27:34.919 --> 00:27:35.219
 what we

00:27:35.219 --> 00:27:35.659
 value.

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:39.719
 Prior hurts.

00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:43.099
 Whether it's

00:27:43.099 --> 00:27:44.219
 parental or

00:27:44.219 --> 00:27:45.000
 from some

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:45.899
 other authority

00:27:45.899 --> 00:27:46.859
 or peer

00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:47.500
 hurts.

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:49.299
 It may not

00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:49.839
 be anything

00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:50.399
 intensely

00:27:50.399 --> 00:27:51.519
 relational like

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:51.740
 that.

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.279
 It may be a

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:53.000
 number of

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:55.140
 career or

00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:55.599
 academic

00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:56.420
 failures.

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:59.180
 There's three

00:27:59.180 --> 00:28:00.059
 different jobs

00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:00.400
 here I've

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:01.180
 totally failed

00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:01.420
 at.

00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:02.000
 Now you've

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:02.240
 got a

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:02.700
 worldview

00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.460
 that's

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:04.519
 being shaped.

00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:05.259
 Of course,

00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:05.859
 scripture should

00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:06.299
 be in there

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:06.539
 too,

00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:06.839
 right?

00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:09.359
 Scripture

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:10.259
 should be

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.720
 the thing

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.259
 that most

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.940
 forms our

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:12.400
 worldview,

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.380
 our perspective

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:13.839
 of the world.

00:28:13.900 --> 00:28:14.160
 But let me

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:15.000
 just ask you,

00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:16.099
 not out loud,

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:16.680
 but in the

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.319
 reflections of

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:17.619
 your own

00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:17.859
 heart,

00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:18.720
 what have

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.059
 been the

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.559
 most shaping

00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:20.240
 influence in

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:20.700
 your life,

00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:21.680
 and have

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.340
 they helped

00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:23.120
 you shape

00:28:23.120 --> 00:28:24.259
 a biblical

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.860
 worldview?

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:31.120
 If you

00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:31.559
 surround

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:32.120
 yourselves

00:28:32.120 --> 00:28:33.120
 with people

00:28:33.120 --> 00:28:33.559
 who all

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:34.259
 have that

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.740
 worldview,

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:37.420
 you're going

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:38.180
 to think like

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.840
 the people that

00:28:38.840 --> 00:28:39.600
 surround you.

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:41.340
 So if you're

00:28:41.340 --> 00:28:42.120
 surrounded by

00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:42.680
 people who

00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:43.160
 all have

00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:44.600
 this dysfunctional

00:28:44.600 --> 00:28:45.039
 worldview,

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:47.140
 but everybody

00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:47.799
 kind of shares

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.660
 it in common,

00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:49.640
 you'll go

00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:50.200
 years and

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:50.620
 years and

00:28:50.620 --> 00:28:51.259
 years believing

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:51.759
 you're right,

00:28:52.360 --> 00:28:53.320
 all the time

00:28:53.320 --> 00:28:53.980
 being wrong.

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:55.440
 It's one of

00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:56.120
 the benefits

00:28:56.120 --> 00:28:57.240
 that's built

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:57.720
 into the

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.240
 command to

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:59.060
 not forsake

00:28:59.060 --> 00:28:59.600
 the assembling

00:28:59.600 --> 00:29:00.580
 of ourselves.

00:29:01.560 --> 00:29:02.259
 Built into

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:02.820
 that command

00:29:02.820 --> 00:29:03.180
 to have

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:03.640
 fellowship

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:04.279
 with one

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:04.700
 another,

00:29:05.380 --> 00:29:06.160
 to encourage,

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:07.279
 correct,

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.420
 edify,

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:09.680
 love one

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.060
 another,

00:29:10.340 --> 00:29:11.040
 is that we

00:29:11.040 --> 00:29:11.540
 are shaped

00:29:11.540 --> 00:29:12.560
 by a common

00:29:12.560 --> 00:29:13.820
 worldview that's

00:29:13.820 --> 00:29:14.320
 in keeping

00:29:14.320 --> 00:29:14.980
 with the will

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.500
 of God.

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:17.019
 So being

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:17.640
 shaped by our

00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:18.080
 community,

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:18.480
 again,

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:18.960
 is not a

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.379
 problem.

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:20.419
 The type

00:29:20.419 --> 00:29:20.919
 of community

00:29:20.919 --> 00:29:21.399
 you're shaped

00:29:21.399 --> 00:29:21.839
 by may be

00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:22.299
 the problem,

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.359
 but that's

00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:23.759
 part of our

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.299
 design.

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.059
 That's why

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:25.799
 God calls us

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:26.299
 to be part

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:26.879
 of a body

00:29:26.879 --> 00:29:27.399
 of Christ

00:29:27.399 --> 00:29:27.879
 locally,

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.419
 tangibly,

00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:29.099
 so we can

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:30.039
 build the

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.419
 biblical

00:29:30.419 --> 00:29:30.899
 worldview

00:29:30.899 --> 00:29:31.500
 together.

00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:34.019
 Christians,

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.679
 by the very

00:29:34.679 --> 00:29:35.519
 nature of

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:36.500
 being pilgrims,

00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:37.419
 citizens of

00:29:37.419 --> 00:29:38.099
 another kingdom,

00:29:38.419 --> 00:29:38.799
 we are

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.359
 strangers.

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.119
 We are

00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:40.759
 called to

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.539
 be different

00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:42.639
 from this

00:29:42.639 --> 00:29:42.939
 world.

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:43.839
 We've been

00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:44.779
 given something

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:45.319
 the world

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:46.199
 doesn't have.

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:47.440
 we have

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:48.200
 the spirit

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:48.980
 of the

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.819
 living God

00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.920
 living within

00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:51.380
 us.

00:29:53.080 --> 00:29:54.160
 So when

00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:54.700
 we're talking

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:56.000
 about conflict,

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:58.180
 back to the

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:58.779
 topic you came

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.279
 to hear about,

00:29:59.480 --> 00:29:59.920
 when we're

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:00.700
 talking about

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:01.279
 conflict,

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:02.100
 we've got to

00:30:02.100 --> 00:30:02.680
 realize what

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:03.819
 often informs

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.580
 our conflict

00:30:04.580 --> 00:30:05.220
 is our

00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:06.000
 friendship with

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.380
 the world.

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.819
 We think

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:09.340
 like the world

00:30:09.340 --> 00:30:09.720
 thinks,

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.539
 we do like

00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:10.940
 the world

00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:11.240
 does.

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:12.120
 We may do

00:30:12.120 --> 00:30:12.620
 it with fewer

00:30:12.620 --> 00:30:13.279
 curse words,

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:13.759
 so we feel

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.039
 like we're

00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.660
 doing well.

00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:18.240
 But sin

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:18.740
 that's more

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.440
 polished is

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:20.180
 just shinier,

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:20.579
 it's not

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:21.059
 holier.

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:24.200
 Sinning in

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:24.660
 a Christian

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:25.359
 way is an

00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:26.220
 oxymoron.

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:28.099
 Are you

00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:28.619
 with me on

00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:28.839
 that?

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.879
 We can't

00:30:30.879 --> 00:30:31.819
 engage like

00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:32.240
 the world

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:32.740
 engages.

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.599
 We're called

00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:33.940
 to be

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:34.200
 different.

00:30:34.420 --> 00:30:34.660
 We're

00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:35.359
 empowered

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:36.240
 to be

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.559
 different.

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:36.960
 We are

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.539
 designed

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:38.379
 to be

00:30:38.379 --> 00:30:38.899
 different.

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.700
 Malachi 4,

00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:42.579
 5-6

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:42.799
 says,

00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:43.259
 Behold,

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:43.960
 I will

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.639
 send you

00:30:44.639 --> 00:30:45.419
 Elijah the

00:30:45.419 --> 00:30:46.180
 prophet before

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.700
 the great

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:47.480
 and awesome

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:48.039
 day of the

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.759
 Lord comes.

00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:49.159
 And listen

00:30:49.159 --> 00:30:49.619
 to this.

00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:50.779
 And he

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.200
 will turn

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:51.599
 the hearts

00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:52.079
 of fathers

00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:52.440
 to their

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:53.480
 children and

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:53.859
 the hearts

00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:54.379
 of children

00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:54.839
 to their

00:30:54.839 --> 00:30:55.399
 fathers,

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.399
 lest I

00:30:56.399 --> 00:30:56.799
 come to

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.220
 strike the

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:57.740
 land with

00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.200
 a decree

00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:59.279
 of utter

00:30:59.279 --> 00:30:59.779
 destruction.

00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:00.079
 What's

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:00.399
 happening

00:31:00.399 --> 00:31:00.759
 with the

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.180
 coming of

00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:02.419
 Elijah is

00:31:02.419 --> 00:31:03.539
 that this

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.419
 place where

00:31:04.419 --> 00:31:05.039
 there's often

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:05.659
 enmity,

00:31:05.879 --> 00:31:06.659
 this father-son

00:31:06.659 --> 00:31:07.220
 relationship,

00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:07.960
 this parent-child

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:08.419
 relationship,

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:09.200
 there's going

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:09.919
 to be peace.

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:10.899
 Hearts get

00:31:10.899 --> 00:31:12.059
 turned toward

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:12.759
 one another.

00:31:13.379 --> 00:31:13.919
 We saw

00:31:13.919 --> 00:31:14.119
 it in

00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:15.019
 Ephesians 2.

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:16.220
 When Christ

00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:17.339
 is central,

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:17.960
 the wall

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.879
 gets divided.

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:20.460
 That is

00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:21.480
 otherworldly.

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:21.980
 That's not

00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:22.419
 friendship

00:31:22.419 --> 00:31:23.379
 with this

00:31:23.379 --> 00:31:23.759
 world.

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.399
 So let me

00:31:24.399 --> 00:31:24.779
 ask you

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.539
 these questions.

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.619
 How is

00:31:26.619 --> 00:31:27.279
 the world

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:28.539
 defining

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:28.859
 your

00:31:28.859 --> 00:31:29.619
 expectations

00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:31.779
 for your

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:32.440
 relationships?

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:32.660
 relationships?

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.799
 Let me

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.160
 ask that

00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:36.620
 differently.

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:39.320
 Are you

00:31:39.320 --> 00:31:40.120
 willing to

00:31:40.120 --> 00:31:41.160
 take people

00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:41.940
 as they

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:43.900
 are without

00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:44.820
 making

00:31:44.820 --> 00:31:46.080
 worldly

00:31:46.080 --> 00:31:46.960
 demands on

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:47.400
 what they

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:47.960
 should be

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.500
 for you?

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:53.440
 second,

00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:54.039
 do you

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:54.819
 speak poorly

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:56.720
 about those

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.359
 who disagree

00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:58.039
 with you?

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.140
 Like surely

00:32:01.140 --> 00:32:01.660
 there's a group

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:02.259
 of friends

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:02.940
 or family

00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:03.660
 that if you're

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:04.279
 in a conflict

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:04.980
 that this

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.579
 thing may

00:32:05.579 --> 00:32:06.160
 come up.

00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:07.859
 When you

00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:08.480
 speak about

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:09.099
 that person,

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:09.480
 are you

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:09.900
 carrying

00:32:09.900 --> 00:32:10.480
 Christian

00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:10.980
 ethics,

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.740
 which is that

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.460
 last call from

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:13.839
 the last

00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:14.220
 session,

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:15.360
 or are you

00:32:15.360 --> 00:32:16.059
 speaking about

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.960
 them the way

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.400
 the world

00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:18.039
 speaks about

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:18.539
 people they

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:19.339
 disagree with?

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:21.660
 Here's a more

00:32:21.660 --> 00:32:22.620
 passive one that

00:32:22.620 --> 00:32:23.079
 we've got to be

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:23.480
 careful of.

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.200
 Do you tolerate

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:25.380
 it when your

00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:26.480
 peers talk

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:27.259
 poorly about

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.700
 others?

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:30.079
 Are you a

00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:30.980
 listening ear for

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:32.019
 people sinning

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:33.180
 about the people

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:33.660
 they're in

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.440
 conflict with?

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:36.019
 Or do you

00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:37.240
 speak up for

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:38.259
 Christian ethics?

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:38.940
 Sorry, I keep

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.980
 air popping into

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.579
 that microphone.

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:41.680
 Or do you

00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:42.279
 speak up for

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:43.120
 Christian ethics?

00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:44.519
 These things are

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:45.379
 friendship with

00:32:45.379 --> 00:32:45.859
 the world.

00:32:46.219 --> 00:32:47.259
 And when we're

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:47.839
 there, we've

00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:48.519
 got to realize

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:49.339
 it's not just,

00:32:49.479 --> 00:32:50.319
 oh yeah, there's

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:50.979
 still worldliness

00:32:50.979 --> 00:32:51.519
 about me.

00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:52.319
 James puts it

00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:53.359
 in enmity

00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:54.959
 with God.

00:32:57.779 --> 00:32:58.779
 Now the

00:32:58.779 --> 00:32:59.839
 antidote, the

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:01.759
 opposite of

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.359
 friendship with

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:03.119
 the world is

00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:03.939
 humility.

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:04.699
 He said,

00:33:04.899 --> 00:33:05.459
 God opposes

00:33:05.459 --> 00:33:07.239
 the proud, but

00:33:07.239 --> 00:33:08.779
 gives grace to

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.500
 the humble.

00:33:10.159 --> 00:33:11.699
 And so in

00:33:11.699 --> 00:33:12.500
 response to

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.099
 our temptation

00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:14.119
 to be friends

00:33:14.119 --> 00:33:14.579
 with the world,

00:33:14.659 --> 00:33:15.019
 we need

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:16.659
 humility to

00:33:16.659 --> 00:33:17.439
 realize God

00:33:17.439 --> 00:33:17.939
 knows better

00:33:17.939 --> 00:33:18.579
 than we do.

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.719
 God's economy

00:33:19.719 --> 00:33:20.319
 is better than

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:20.779
 the world's

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:21.079
 economy.

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.799
 That's the one

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:22.519
 we're called to

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:23.099
 live according

00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:23.379
 to.

00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:24.240
 So it leads

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:24.579
 to this

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:25.500
 question, do

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:26.419
 we really

00:33:26.419 --> 00:33:27.319
 want the

00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:28.079
 power of the

00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:29.039
 gospel unleashed

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:29.980
 in our lives?

00:33:31.879 --> 00:33:33.099
 If we do,

00:33:33.639 --> 00:33:34.419
 we'll pursue a

00:33:34.419 --> 00:33:35.019
 path of

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.919
 humility.

00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.259
 We will

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:37.839
 pursue a

00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:38.399
 path of

00:33:38.399 --> 00:33:39.299
 faithfulness.

00:33:39.959 --> 00:33:40.419
 We will

00:33:40.419 --> 00:33:41.199
 pursue a path

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.840
 of friendship

00:33:41.840 --> 00:33:42.539
 with Christ,

00:33:42.680 --> 00:33:44.420
 abiding in

00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:45.360
 Christ, so

00:33:45.360 --> 00:33:46.440
 that the

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:47.059
 fruit that

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:47.700
 comes out of

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.400
 us can flow

00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:48.900
 from the

00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:50.059
 vine, from

00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:50.940
 Christ himself.

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:51.519
 The fruit of

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:52.160
 the spirit that

00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:52.600
 we see in

00:33:52.600 --> 00:33:53.480
 Galatians 5 can

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:54.759
 manifest in

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:55.660
 our lives.

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:56.980
 Friendship with

00:33:56.980 --> 00:33:57.640
 the world will

00:33:57.640 --> 00:33:59.140
 never manifest

00:33:59.140 --> 00:34:00.279
 love, joy,

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:01.200
 peace, patience,

00:34:01.360 --> 00:34:02.100
 kindness, goodness,

00:34:02.340 --> 00:34:02.799
 faithfulness,

00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:03.500
 gentleness, and

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:04.160
 self-control.

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:05.259
 They won't.

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:08.579
 Our abiding in

00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:09.780
 Christ generates

00:34:09.780 --> 00:34:10.119
 that.

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.239
 And James

00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:12.079
 highlights this

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:13.320
 for us when

00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:13.860
 he highlights

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:14.800
 the dangers of

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:16.059
 being a

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.880
 friendship with

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.400
 the world.

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:19.559
 And then

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:20.159
 enemy number

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:20.719
 three.

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:21.980
 You might

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.519
 think it's the

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:22.780
 devil.

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.159
 He gets

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:23.719
 mentioned in

00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:24.239
 this thing.

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:26.340
 But I think

00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:26.659
 it's actually

00:34:26.659 --> 00:34:27.380
 something broader

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:28.039
 than that.

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:30.260
 In number

00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:31.000
 three here,

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:31.739
 verses 7 to

00:34:31.739 --> 00:34:32.679
 10, James

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:33.400
 is highlighting

00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:34.380
 the danger of

00:34:34.380 --> 00:34:35.400
 distance from

00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:35.740
 God.

00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:38.340
 Take a look at

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:38.880
 what it says and

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:39.280
 then I'll break

00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:39.780
 it down a little

00:34:39.780 --> 00:34:40.000
 bit.

00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:41.160
 Submit yourselves

00:34:41.160 --> 00:34:41.760
 therefore to

00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:42.079
 God.

00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:44.340
 Resist the

00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:45.220
 devil and he

00:34:45.220 --> 00:34:46.019
 will flee from

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.260
 you.

00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:48.140
 Draw near to

00:34:48.140 --> 00:34:48.680
 God and he

00:34:48.680 --> 00:34:49.500
 will draw near

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:50.000
 to you.

00:34:50.700 --> 00:34:51.180
 Cleanse your

00:34:51.180 --> 00:34:51.640
 hands, you

00:34:51.640 --> 00:34:51.980
 sinners.

00:34:52.200 --> 00:34:52.740
 Purify your

00:34:52.740 --> 00:34:53.200
 hearts, you

00:34:53.200 --> 00:34:53.800
 double-minded.

00:34:54.240 --> 00:34:54.780
 Be wretched

00:34:54.780 --> 00:34:55.579
 and mourn and

00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:55.880
 weep.

00:34:56.200 --> 00:34:56.559
 Let your

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:57.619
 laughter be

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:58.119
 turned to

00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:58.599
 mourning and

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:59.200
 your joy to

00:34:59.200 --> 00:34:59.700
 gloom.

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:00.900
 Humble

00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:01.480
 yourselves

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:02.320
 before the

00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:03.059
 Lord and he

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.820
 will exalt

00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:04.140
 you.

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:06.220
 So just as we

00:35:06.220 --> 00:35:06.640
 look at that

00:35:06.640 --> 00:35:07.099
 verse, let me

00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:07.640
 make the case

00:35:07.640 --> 00:35:07.940
 that it's

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.440
 broader than

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:08.780
 just the

00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:08.960
 devil.

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.280
 The devil

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:09.800
 only gets

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:10.579
 one sentence

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:11.960
 in that, not

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.360
 even a whole

00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:12.700
 verse.

00:35:13.180 --> 00:35:13.840
 He shares

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:14.720
 verse 7 with

00:35:14.720 --> 00:35:15.300
 submit yourselves

00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:15.740
 therefore to

00:35:15.740 --> 00:35:15.920
 God.

00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:17.160
 So the devil's

00:35:17.160 --> 00:35:17.820
 a real enemy.

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.340
 We talked

00:35:18.340 --> 00:35:19.039
 about that in

00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:19.360
 the last

00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:19.840
 session, right?

00:35:20.200 --> 00:35:20.740
 He's a real

00:35:20.740 --> 00:35:21.079
 enemy.

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:22.559
 That was the

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:23.119
 intro to this

00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:23.340
 session.

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:23.700
 We talked

00:35:23.700 --> 00:35:24.119
 about it.

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.360
 But his

00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:26.240
 commands are

00:35:26.240 --> 00:35:27.119
 resist the

00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:27.519
 devil, but

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:28.019
 before that

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.860
 submit yourselves

00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:29.320
 to God.

00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:30.000
 And after

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.680
 that draw

00:35:30.680 --> 00:35:31.780
 near to God.

00:35:31.780 --> 00:35:34.100
 you know,

00:35:34.140 --> 00:35:34.740
 sometimes when

00:35:34.740 --> 00:35:35.260
 I'm talking

00:35:35.260 --> 00:35:35.980
 to my

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:39.400
 kids, they're

00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:39.760
 all very

00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:40.620
 respectful of

00:35:40.620 --> 00:35:40.940
 me, but

00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:41.500
 sometimes they

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:41.920
 can't help

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.320
 themselves.

00:35:43.260 --> 00:35:45.760
 And I'll

00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:46.620
 get a

00:35:46.620 --> 00:35:47.820
 random, not

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:48.260
 a frequent,

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:48.860
 Lord willing,

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:49.540
 but a random

00:35:49.540 --> 00:35:50.080
 eye roll.

00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:52.340
 And I'll

00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:52.840
 just pause.

00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:53.099
 I'll be

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:53.440
 like, please

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:53.900
 don't roll

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:54.360
 your eyes

00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:54.779
 at me.

00:35:56.159 --> 00:35:56.679
 And what

00:35:56.679 --> 00:35:57.259
 do I hear

00:35:57.259 --> 00:35:58.059
 every time?

00:35:58.440 --> 00:35:58.719
 What do I

00:35:58.719 --> 00:35:58.900
 hear?

00:36:00.299 --> 00:36:00.960
 I wasn't

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:01.380
 rolling my

00:36:01.380 --> 00:36:01.659
 eyes.

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:04.179
 All right.

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:05.119
 Then I

00:36:05.119 --> 00:36:05.579
 got to take

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:06.380
 an excursus.

00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:07.380
 And I've

00:36:07.380 --> 00:36:07.719
 got to say,

00:36:07.759 --> 00:36:08.259
 okay, if you

00:36:08.259 --> 00:36:08.599
 were not

00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:09.119
 rolling your

00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:10.579
 eyes, why

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:11.079
 would I tell

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:11.599
 you to stop

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:12.099
 rolling your

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.299
 eyes?

00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:13.559
 Like, that's

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:13.940
 what's happening

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.099
 here.

00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:14.739
 Why would

00:36:14.739 --> 00:36:15.099
 you tell

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:15.599
 people to

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:16.360
 draw near to

00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:17.840
 God if they

00:36:17.840 --> 00:36:18.420
 were already

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:19.199
 near to God?

00:36:20.079 --> 00:36:20.840
 Why would

00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:21.159
 you tell

00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:21.719
 people to

00:36:21.719 --> 00:36:22.179
 submit

00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:22.980
 themselves to

00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:24.159
 God if

00:36:24.159 --> 00:36:24.440
 they were

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:25.259
 already submitting

00:36:25.259 --> 00:36:25.940
 themselves to

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:26.239
 God?

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:28.319
 The command

00:36:28.319 --> 00:36:29.519
 comes to

00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:30.099
 address a

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:30.679
 problem.

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:32.259
 The problem

00:36:32.259 --> 00:36:33.000
 is distance

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:33.799
 from God.

00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:34.599
 Now, I

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:34.880
 don't mean

00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:35.639
 like eternal

00:36:35.639 --> 00:36:36.539
 distance from

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:36.739
 God.

00:36:36.779 --> 00:36:37.019
 I'm not

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.659
 talking about

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:37.980
 that.

00:36:38.299 --> 00:36:38.900
 But if we

00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:39.319
 are not

00:36:39.319 --> 00:36:39.739
 walking

00:36:39.739 --> 00:36:40.799
 closely with

00:36:40.799 --> 00:36:41.299
 God,

00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:43.920
 that in

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:44.159
 and of

00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:45.039
 itself is

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.519
 an enemy

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:46.079
 to our

00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:46.539
 lives.

00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:48.779
 We're not

00:36:48.779 --> 00:36:49.440
 going to

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:49.920
 care as

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:50.360
 much about

00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:50.559
 the

00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:51.300
 affections

00:36:51.300 --> 00:36:51.659
 of the

00:36:51.659 --> 00:36:52.200
 Lord if

00:36:52.200 --> 00:36:52.519
 we are

00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:52.740
 not

00:36:52.740 --> 00:36:53.099
 stirring

00:36:53.099 --> 00:36:53.340
 our

00:36:53.340 --> 00:36:53.840
 affections

00:36:53.840 --> 00:36:54.300
 for the

00:36:54.300 --> 00:36:54.460
 Lord.

00:36:54.659 --> 00:36:55.119
 We're not

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:55.360
 going to

00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:55.840
 care about

00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:56.480
 what matters

00:36:56.480 --> 00:36:56.960
 to God

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:57.380
 if,

00:36:57.539 --> 00:36:58.099
 functionally

00:36:58.099 --> 00:36:58.559
 speaking,

00:36:58.720 --> 00:36:59.039
 he is

00:36:59.039 --> 00:36:59.260
 not

00:36:59.260 --> 00:36:59.740
 mattering

00:36:59.740 --> 00:37:00.400
 to us.

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:02.440
 And so

00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:03.280
 part of

00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:04.139
 this fight,

00:37:04.280 --> 00:37:04.760
 this war

00:37:04.760 --> 00:37:05.059
 against

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:05.579
 conflict,

00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:08.079
 is we've

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:08.400
 got to

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:08.840
 eliminate

00:37:08.840 --> 00:37:09.780
 the

00:37:09.780 --> 00:37:10.200
 functional

00:37:10.200 --> 00:37:11.019
 distance we've

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.400
 allowed to

00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:11.780
 creep into

00:37:11.780 --> 00:37:12.039
 our

00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:12.559
 relationship

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:12.980
 with the

00:37:12.980 --> 00:37:13.180
 Lord,

00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:13.840
 to whatever

00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:14.300
 degree it

00:37:14.300 --> 00:37:14.680
 exists.

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:15.760
 Again,

00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:16.539
 you may

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:17.099
 just be the

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:17.519
 most faithful

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:17.980
 person in

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:18.320
 the state of

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:18.800
 Massachusetts

00:37:18.800 --> 00:37:19.420
 walking with

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:19.640
 Jesus.

00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:20.300
 Praise God.

00:37:20.860 --> 00:37:21.300
 I'm not

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:21.539
 trying to

00:37:21.539 --> 00:37:21.800
 correct

00:37:21.800 --> 00:37:22.220
 everybody.

00:37:22.660 --> 00:37:23.039
 I'm just

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:23.640
 holding out

00:37:23.640 --> 00:37:24.080
 for us.

00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:26.080
 If you find

00:37:26.080 --> 00:37:26.980
 conflict or

00:37:26.980 --> 00:37:27.640
 enmity or

00:37:27.640 --> 00:37:28.440
 bitterness or

00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:29.960
 anger is

00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:30.780
 growing in

00:37:30.780 --> 00:37:31.500
 your life,

00:37:32.060 --> 00:37:33.340
 this is a

00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:33.880
 place to

00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:34.340
 look.

00:37:34.820 --> 00:37:35.340
 How is

00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:35.860
 your walk

00:37:35.860 --> 00:37:36.340
 with the

00:37:36.340 --> 00:37:37.160
 Lord going?

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:39.260
 Because he

00:37:39.260 --> 00:37:39.920
 gives us

00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:40.440
 power.

00:37:40.640 --> 00:37:41.240
 He gives

00:37:41.240 --> 00:37:42.960
 more grace.

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:44.340
 He says

00:37:44.340 --> 00:37:44.960
 if we

00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:45.380
 humble

00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:46.039
 ourselves,

00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:47.940
 he will

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:49.440
 exalt us.

00:37:49.740 --> 00:37:50.480
 He'll lift

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:50.860
 us up.

00:37:50.900 --> 00:37:51.119
 We don't

00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:51.519
 have to

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:51.860
 defend

00:37:51.860 --> 00:37:52.440
 ourselves.

00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:53.760
 He'll

00:37:53.760 --> 00:37:54.340
 lift us

00:37:54.340 --> 00:37:54.619
 up.

00:37:59.139 --> 00:37:59.960
 When our

00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:00.480
 rights are

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:01.019
 challenged,

00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:01.559
 when our

00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:02.240
 independence

00:38:02.240 --> 00:38:03.199
 is at

00:38:03.199 --> 00:38:03.539
 risk,

00:38:03.720 --> 00:38:04.159
 when our

00:38:04.159 --> 00:38:05.139
 comfort is

00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:05.659
 in danger,

00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:06.559
 when respect

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:07.619
 is lacking,

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:09.340
 we instinctively

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:09.880
 think the

00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:10.840
 answer is to

00:38:10.840 --> 00:38:11.320
 fight.

00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:14.780
 But when

00:38:14.780 --> 00:38:15.400
 our desires

00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:16.039
 are not

00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:16.960
 getting what

00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:17.600
 they want,

00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:18.480
 the Christian

00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:19.440
 doesn't murder.

00:38:20.080 --> 00:38:20.760
 The Christian

00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:22.420
 doesn't fight.

00:38:23.100 --> 00:38:23.940
 The Christian

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:25.720
 doesn't contend.

00:38:26.140 --> 00:38:26.980
 The Christian

00:38:26.980 --> 00:38:28.559
 humbles himself.

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:30.840
 And guys,

00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:31.740
 this is hard.

00:38:32.780 --> 00:38:33.519
 It's hard.

00:38:33.720 --> 00:38:34.120
 Like, you may

00:38:34.120 --> 00:38:34.700
 be thinking,

00:38:34.900 --> 00:38:35.380
 has this guy

00:38:35.380 --> 00:38:36.120
 ever been

00:38:36.120 --> 00:38:37.240
 wronged?

00:38:37.800 --> 00:38:38.080
 Has he ever?

00:38:38.080 --> 00:38:39.000
 I'm not telling

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:39.720
 you what Rob

00:38:39.720 --> 00:38:40.180
 would do.

00:38:40.180 --> 00:38:40.660
 I'm just holding

00:38:40.660 --> 00:38:41.240
 out the word of

00:38:41.239 --> 00:38:41.859
 God to you.

00:38:41.919 --> 00:38:42.379
 I'm just telling

00:38:42.379 --> 00:38:42.819
 you what it

00:38:42.819 --> 00:38:43.279
 says.

00:38:43.939 --> 00:38:44.539
 I mean, in the

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:45.179
 most respectful

00:38:45.179 --> 00:38:45.879
 way, you know,

00:38:45.919 --> 00:38:46.500
 deal with it.

00:38:46.679 --> 00:38:47.719
 It's what the

00:38:47.719 --> 00:38:48.539
 Bible says,

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:48.759
 right?

00:38:48.879 --> 00:38:49.859
 We've got to

00:38:49.859 --> 00:38:50.179
 say, okay,

00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:50.879
 if that's the

00:38:50.879 --> 00:38:51.639
 call on us,

00:38:51.719 --> 00:38:52.539
 and I'm saying

00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:53.379
 it's too hard,

00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:53.959
 never mind,

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:54.419
 I'm not going

00:38:54.419 --> 00:38:55.059
 to do it,

00:38:55.439 --> 00:38:55.859
 there's a

00:38:55.859 --> 00:38:56.659
 choice there

00:38:56.659 --> 00:38:57.079
 to say,

00:38:57.179 --> 00:38:57.679
 I see what

00:38:57.679 --> 00:38:58.000
 the Bible

00:38:58.000 --> 00:38:58.859
 clearly says,

00:38:59.099 --> 00:38:59.599
 I'm not going

00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:00.159
 to pursue it.

00:39:00.459 --> 00:39:01.159
 It's too hard.

00:39:01.379 --> 00:39:01.779
 We want to

00:39:01.779 --> 00:39:02.299
 go after

00:39:02.299 --> 00:39:03.000
 these enemies.

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:04.139
 We want to

00:39:04.139 --> 00:39:04.599
 go after

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:05.099
 the enemy

00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:05.679
 of self.

00:39:05.939 --> 00:39:06.359
 We want to

00:39:06.359 --> 00:39:06.799
 go after

00:39:06.799 --> 00:39:07.359
 the enemy

00:39:07.359 --> 00:39:07.879
 of friendship

00:39:07.879 --> 00:39:08.299
 with the

00:39:08.299 --> 00:39:08.519
 world.

00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:09.179
 We want to

00:39:09.179 --> 00:39:09.800
 go after

00:39:09.800 --> 00:39:10.800
 the enemy

00:39:10.800 --> 00:39:14.219
 of distance

00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:15.639
 from God.

00:39:16.179 --> 00:39:16.940
 Now, here's

00:39:16.940 --> 00:39:17.920
 the great

00:39:17.920 --> 00:39:18.420
 news.

00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:20.820
 This is not

00:39:20.820 --> 00:39:21.460
 all up to

00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:21.900
 us.

00:39:24.900 --> 00:39:25.719
 It says,

00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:26.539
 draw near

00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:27.239
 to God,

00:39:27.360 --> 00:39:27.759
 and what

00:39:27.759 --> 00:39:28.019
 does it

00:39:28.019 --> 00:39:28.599
 say next?

00:39:29.239 --> 00:39:30.840
 He will

00:39:30.840 --> 00:39:31.519
 draw near

00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:32.039
 to you.

00:39:33.380 --> 00:39:34.699
 Our grasp

00:39:34.699 --> 00:39:35.519
 on Christ

00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:37.460
 does not

00:39:37.460 --> 00:39:38.139
 determine

00:39:38.139 --> 00:39:38.500
 our

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:39.119
 stability

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:39.759
 and safety.

00:39:40.099 --> 00:39:40.300
 It's

00:39:40.300 --> 00:39:41.119
 his grasp

00:39:41.119 --> 00:39:42.179
 on us.

00:39:43.139 --> 00:39:43.380
 Yes,

00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:44.340
 we are

00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:44.840
 called

00:39:44.840 --> 00:39:45.500
 to press

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:45.780
 toward

00:39:45.780 --> 00:39:46.079
 Christ.

00:39:46.179 --> 00:39:46.400
 We are

00:39:46.400 --> 00:39:46.679
 called

00:39:46.679 --> 00:39:47.320
 to pray.

00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:47.679
 We are

00:39:47.679 --> 00:39:47.960
 called

00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:48.440
 to obey.

00:39:48.579 --> 00:39:48.840
 We are

00:39:48.840 --> 00:39:49.139
 called

00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:49.719
 to be

00:39:49.719 --> 00:39:50.039
 faithful,

00:39:50.219 --> 00:39:50.280
 but

00:39:50.280 --> 00:39:50.940
 ultimately,

00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:51.980
 our

00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:52.440
 ultimate

00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:52.820
 hope

00:39:52.820 --> 00:39:53.659
 is not

00:39:53.659 --> 00:39:54.099
 that we

00:39:54.099 --> 00:39:54.599
 maintain

00:39:54.599 --> 00:39:54.840
 our

00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:55.460
 faithfulness,

00:39:55.539 --> 00:39:55.800
 but that

00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:56.000
 he

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:56.599
 maintains

00:39:56.599 --> 00:39:57.019
 his.

00:39:58.759 --> 00:39:59.219
 It's

00:39:59.219 --> 00:39:59.619
 important

00:39:59.619 --> 00:40:00.199
 as you

00:40:00.199 --> 00:40:00.679
 see these

00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:01.019
 enemies,

00:40:01.300 --> 00:40:01.619
 and as

00:40:01.619 --> 00:40:02.000
 you see

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:02.500
 James,

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:04.019
 who

00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:04.340
 has

00:40:04.340 --> 00:40:06.179
 just a

00:40:06.179 --> 00:40:06.639
 ton of

00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:07.360
 commands

00:40:07.360 --> 00:40:08.239
 in

00:40:08.239 --> 00:40:08.659
 James,

00:40:08.820 --> 00:40:09.340
 you could

00:40:09.340 --> 00:40:09.860
 be tempted

00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:10.340
 to read

00:40:10.340 --> 00:40:10.760
 that book

00:40:10.760 --> 00:40:11.219
 like just

00:40:11.219 --> 00:40:11.639
 a five

00:40:11.639 --> 00:40:12.000
 chapter

00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:12.400
 to-do

00:40:12.400 --> 00:40:12.840
 list.

00:40:14.519 --> 00:40:15.280
 In one

00:40:15.280 --> 00:40:15.559
 sense,

00:40:15.639 --> 00:40:15.860
 it is.

00:40:15.900 --> 00:40:16.119
 It does

00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:16.679
 call us

00:40:16.679 --> 00:40:16.920
 to the

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:17.280
 things we're

00:40:17.280 --> 00:40:17.699
 supposed to

00:40:17.699 --> 00:40:18.139
 be doing

00:40:18.139 --> 00:40:18.840
 as Christians,

00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:19.519
 but we've

00:40:19.519 --> 00:40:19.760
 got to

00:40:19.760 --> 00:40:20.079
 remember,

00:40:20.239 --> 00:40:20.679
 James is

00:40:20.679 --> 00:40:20.920
 in the

00:40:20.920 --> 00:40:21.519
 context of

00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:21.659
 the

00:40:21.659 --> 00:40:22.199
 redemptive

00:40:22.199 --> 00:40:22.639
 story,

00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:23.900
 that when

00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:24.380
 we could

00:40:24.380 --> 00:40:24.579
 do

00:40:24.579 --> 00:40:24.940
 nothing

00:40:24.940 --> 00:40:25.679
 to save,

00:40:25.780 --> 00:40:26.000
 God

00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:26.420
 saved.

00:40:27.579 --> 00:40:28.039
 And I

00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:28.360
 said in

00:40:28.360 --> 00:40:28.619
 the last

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:28.900
 session,

00:40:29.119 --> 00:40:29.480
 effort,

00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:30.840
 study,

00:40:31.800 --> 00:40:32.059
 those

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:32.340
 things

00:40:32.340 --> 00:40:32.779
 cannot

00:40:32.779 --> 00:40:33.239
 deliver

00:40:33.239 --> 00:40:33.480
 us

00:40:33.480 --> 00:40:33.599
 in

00:40:33.599 --> 00:40:33.699
 and

00:40:33.699 --> 00:40:33.840
 of

00:40:33.840 --> 00:40:34.219
 themselves,

00:40:34.340 --> 00:40:34.799
 but only

00:40:34.799 --> 00:40:35.139
 when they

00:40:35.139 --> 00:40:35.460
 are done

00:40:35.460 --> 00:40:35.779
 in

00:40:35.779 --> 00:40:36.179
 Christ,

00:40:36.420 --> 00:40:36.639
 with

00:40:36.639 --> 00:40:36.940
 Christ

00:40:36.940 --> 00:40:37.440
 central,

00:40:37.659 --> 00:40:37.960
 in the

00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:38.539
 power of

00:40:38.539 --> 00:40:38.880
 Christ,

00:40:39.159 --> 00:40:39.440
 and in

00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:39.559
 the

00:40:39.559 --> 00:40:40.299
 power of

00:40:40.299 --> 00:40:41.099
 his

00:40:41.099 --> 00:40:41.880
 example.

00:40:42.079 --> 00:40:42.299
 I'm

00:40:42.299 --> 00:40:42.619
 going to

00:40:42.619 --> 00:40:43.039
 take this

00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:43.639
 practical

00:40:43.639 --> 00:40:44.340
 example that

00:40:44.340 --> 00:40:44.699
 I have

00:40:44.699 --> 00:40:45.500
 here in

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:46.119
 Romans 9

00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:46.840
 to 21.

00:40:47.199 --> 00:40:47.860
 I painted

00:40:47.860 --> 00:40:48.360
 it, I

00:40:48.360 --> 00:40:48.519
 think,

00:40:48.579 --> 00:40:49.119
 sufficiently

00:40:49.119 --> 00:40:49.759
 earlier.

00:40:50.380 --> 00:40:50.699
 I'm

00:40:50.699 --> 00:40:50.940
 going to

00:40:50.940 --> 00:40:51.119
 just

00:40:51.119 --> 00:40:51.659
 respect our

00:40:51.659 --> 00:40:52.219
 time here.

00:40:53.699 --> 00:40:54.219
 Let me

00:40:54.219 --> 00:40:54.719
 just highlight

00:40:54.719 --> 00:40:55.279
 some things

00:40:55.279 --> 00:40:55.579
 from

00:40:55.579 --> 00:40:56.159
 Romans

00:40:56.159 --> 00:40:57.559
 12,

00:40:57.739 --> 00:40:58.019
 9 to

00:40:58.019 --> 00:40:58.420
 21,

00:40:58.579 --> 00:40:58.840
 that I

00:40:58.840 --> 00:40:59.659
 didn't say

00:40:59.659 --> 00:41:00.380
 last time.

00:41:00.380 --> 00:41:03.119
 Let me

00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:03.440
 say one

00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:03.880
 thing about

00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:04.380
 it first.

00:41:05.220 --> 00:41:05.559
 I may

00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:05.780
 end up

00:41:05.780 --> 00:41:06.079
 saying the

00:41:06.079 --> 00:41:06.360
 whole thing

00:41:06.360 --> 00:41:06.519
 I was

00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:06.920
 planning to

00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:07.300
 say anyway.

00:41:09.860 --> 00:41:10.500
 I really

00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:10.800
 want to

00:41:10.800 --> 00:41:11.500
 commend to

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:11.960
 you guys,

00:41:12.860 --> 00:41:13.200
 in the

00:41:13.200 --> 00:41:13.760
 next day,

00:41:13.860 --> 00:41:14.660
 maybe before

00:41:14.660 --> 00:41:15.059
 church,

00:41:15.119 --> 00:41:15.800
 even tomorrow,

00:41:16.579 --> 00:41:17.019
 just sit

00:41:17.019 --> 00:41:17.340
 down and

00:41:17.340 --> 00:41:17.940
 read Romans

00:41:17.940 --> 00:41:18.260
 12,

00:41:19.160 --> 00:41:19.900
 all the

00:41:19.900 --> 00:41:20.000
 way,

00:41:20.059 --> 00:41:20.340
 1 to

00:41:20.340 --> 00:41:20.760
 21,

00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:21.180
 read it

00:41:21.180 --> 00:41:21.360
 all.

00:41:22.740 --> 00:41:23.099
 And when

00:41:23.099 --> 00:41:23.360
 you get

00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:24.599
 to Romans

00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:25.140
 9,

00:41:25.440 --> 00:41:25.680
 sorry,

00:41:25.780 --> 00:41:26.000
 12,

00:41:26.099 --> 00:41:26.420
 9,

00:41:26.420 --> 00:41:27.680
 and it

00:41:27.680 --> 00:41:28.039
 has all

00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:28.320
 of its

00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:28.880
 directions

00:41:28.880 --> 00:41:29.220
 for

00:41:29.220 --> 00:41:30.079
 relationships,

00:41:31.039 --> 00:41:31.740
 slow down.

00:41:33.059 --> 00:41:33.880
 Let names

00:41:33.880 --> 00:41:34.440
 and faces

00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:35.139
 come into

00:41:35.139 --> 00:41:35.659
 mind with

00:41:35.659 --> 00:41:36.019
 each of

00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:36.260
 those

00:41:36.260 --> 00:41:36.800
 things.

00:41:38.400 --> 00:41:38.860
 Outdo

00:41:38.860 --> 00:41:39.460
 one another

00:41:39.460 --> 00:41:40.079
 in showing

00:41:40.079 --> 00:41:40.559
 honor.

00:41:42.720 --> 00:41:43.200
 Fear

00:41:43.200 --> 00:41:43.720
 the Lord.

00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:45.440
 So slow

00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:45.860
 down there

00:41:45.860 --> 00:41:46.079
 in the

00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:46.440
 beginning.

00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:47.900
 Am I

00:41:47.900 --> 00:41:48.180
 showing

00:41:48.180 --> 00:41:48.460
 honor?

00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:48.760
 What does

00:41:48.760 --> 00:41:49.119
 that even

00:41:49.119 --> 00:41:49.440
 mean?

00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:49.740
 What would

00:41:49.740 --> 00:41:50.079
 that look

00:41:50.079 --> 00:41:50.420
 like in

00:41:50.420 --> 00:41:50.579
 this

00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:51.139
 relationship,

00:41:51.260 --> 00:41:51.519
 in that

00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:52.079
 relationship?

00:41:52.680 --> 00:41:53.099
 And then

00:41:53.099 --> 00:41:53.280
 when you

00:41:53.280 --> 00:41:53.599
 get to the

00:41:53.599 --> 00:41:54.519
 reactive parts,

00:41:54.619 --> 00:41:55.079
 14 to

00:41:55.079 --> 00:41:55.740
 21 that we

00:41:55.739 --> 00:41:56.019
 covered

00:41:56.019 --> 00:41:56.539
 earlier,

00:41:57.579 --> 00:41:58.059
 what does

00:41:58.059 --> 00:41:58.579
 it mean

00:41:58.579 --> 00:42:00.559
 to overcome

00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:01.219
 evil with

00:42:01.219 --> 00:42:01.559
 good?

00:42:03.459 --> 00:42:03.819
 Okay,

00:42:04.059 --> 00:42:04.239
 see,

00:42:04.399 --> 00:42:05.079
 live peaceably

00:42:05.079 --> 00:42:05.539
 with all,

00:42:05.639 --> 00:42:06.239
 that's obvious.

00:42:07.119 --> 00:42:07.619
 What would

00:42:07.619 --> 00:42:08.159
 that look

00:42:08.159 --> 00:42:08.659
 like in

00:42:08.659 --> 00:42:09.239
 this really

00:42:09.239 --> 00:42:09.719
 difficult

00:42:09.719 --> 00:42:10.419
 situation?

00:42:11.259 --> 00:42:11.619
 Slow

00:42:11.619 --> 00:42:12.139
 down when

00:42:12.139 --> 00:42:12.319
 you're

00:42:12.319 --> 00:42:12.899
 reading it.

00:42:13.739 --> 00:42:14.099
 Romans

00:42:14.099 --> 00:42:14.879
 12,

00:42:15.179 --> 00:42:15.739
 9 to

00:42:15.739 --> 00:42:16.679
 21 is

00:42:16.679 --> 00:42:17.039
 kind of

00:42:17.039 --> 00:42:17.779
 a lab

00:42:17.779 --> 00:42:18.579
 experiment

00:42:18.579 --> 00:42:19.359
 for

00:42:19.359 --> 00:42:19.799
 everything

00:42:19.799 --> 00:42:20.159
 that we're

00:42:20.159 --> 00:42:20.500
 learning

00:42:20.500 --> 00:42:20.919
 today.

00:42:24.619 --> 00:42:25.359
 And you'll

00:42:25.360 --> 00:42:25.740
 start to

00:42:25.740 --> 00:42:26.140
 see some

00:42:26.140 --> 00:42:27.059
 parallels in

00:42:27.059 --> 00:42:27.740
 the instructions

00:42:27.740 --> 00:42:28.420
 Paul gives

00:42:28.420 --> 00:42:28.860
 us after

00:42:28.860 --> 00:42:29.720
 11 chapters

00:42:29.720 --> 00:42:30.340
 of exalting

00:42:30.340 --> 00:42:30.780
 the gospel

00:42:30.780 --> 00:42:31.300
 of Christ.

00:42:31.840 --> 00:42:32.420
 You'll see

00:42:32.420 --> 00:42:33.039
 parallels between

00:42:33.039 --> 00:42:33.460
 that and

00:42:33.460 --> 00:42:34.000
 what James

00:42:34.000 --> 00:42:34.539
 gives us

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:34.980
 in chapter

00:42:34.980 --> 00:42:35.360
 4,

00:42:35.800 --> 00:42:36.140
 where he

00:42:36.140 --> 00:42:36.599
 doesn't spend

00:42:36.599 --> 00:42:36.960
 as much

00:42:36.960 --> 00:42:37.579
 time exalting

00:42:37.579 --> 00:42:38.019
 the gospel

00:42:38.019 --> 00:42:38.440
 of Christ.

00:42:38.500 --> 00:42:38.700
 You see

00:42:38.700 --> 00:42:39.420
 parallels there.

00:42:39.780 --> 00:42:40.700
 Allow the

00:42:40.700 --> 00:42:41.720
 glorious gospel

00:42:41.720 --> 00:42:43.039
 to inform how

00:42:43.039 --> 00:42:43.559
 you apply

00:42:43.559 --> 00:42:44.180
 these things.

00:42:45.800 --> 00:42:46.340
 And just

00:42:46.340 --> 00:42:46.920
 underscoring

00:42:46.920 --> 00:42:48.039
 chapter 12

00:42:48.039 --> 00:42:48.880
 verse 18,

00:42:49.079 --> 00:42:49.760
 a word on

00:42:49.760 --> 00:42:50.079
 this.

00:42:51.539 --> 00:42:52.360
 You can't

00:42:52.360 --> 00:42:57.660
 always live

00:42:57.660 --> 00:42:58.140
 at peace

00:42:58.140 --> 00:42:58.840
 with somebody

00:42:58.840 --> 00:43:01.480
 because that

00:43:01.480 --> 00:43:02.240
 requires two

00:43:02.240 --> 00:43:02.559
 people.

00:43:05.059 --> 00:43:06.180
 You can

00:43:06.180 --> 00:43:07.260
 live

00:43:07.260 --> 00:43:08.039
 peaceably

00:43:08.039 --> 00:43:09.280
 toward

00:43:09.280 --> 00:43:09.860
 somebody.

00:43:11.280 --> 00:43:11.740
 That just

00:43:11.740 --> 00:43:12.340
 requires one

00:43:12.340 --> 00:43:12.720
 person.

00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:14.740
 Such that

00:43:14.740 --> 00:43:15.380
 your chronic

00:43:15.380 --> 00:43:17.680
 posture is

00:43:17.680 --> 00:43:18.240
 to desire

00:43:18.240 --> 00:43:18.860
 peace with

00:43:18.860 --> 00:43:19.579
 this person

00:43:19.579 --> 00:43:20.880
 as soon as

00:43:20.880 --> 00:43:21.340
 they're ready

00:43:21.340 --> 00:43:21.780
 to move

00:43:21.780 --> 00:43:22.300
 toward it.

00:43:25.220 --> 00:43:27.140
 There may

00:43:27.140 --> 00:43:27.740
 be people,

00:43:27.840 --> 00:43:28.280
 and again,

00:43:28.500 --> 00:43:29.680
 let me share

00:43:29.680 --> 00:43:31.100
 this as a

00:43:31.100 --> 00:43:31.420
 caution.

00:43:31.559 --> 00:43:32.079
 There may be

00:43:32.079 --> 00:43:33.680
 people with

00:43:33.680 --> 00:43:35.260
 whom pursuing

00:43:35.260 --> 00:43:36.280
 peace requires

00:43:36.280 --> 00:43:37.280
 a lot of

00:43:37.280 --> 00:43:38.059
 counsel.

00:43:38.860 --> 00:43:39.360
 I don't mean

00:43:39.360 --> 00:43:39.820
 the two of you

00:43:39.820 --> 00:43:40.180
 going to

00:43:40.180 --> 00:43:40.600
 counseling.

00:43:41.980 --> 00:43:43.000
 If there's

00:43:43.000 --> 00:43:43.400
 been an

00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:43.840
 unsafe

00:43:43.840 --> 00:43:44.840
 situation you've

00:43:44.840 --> 00:43:45.440
 been in and

00:43:45.440 --> 00:43:45.880
 you're thinking

00:43:45.880 --> 00:43:46.400
 that's one of

00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:46.940
 the relationships

00:43:46.940 --> 00:43:47.720
 of applying

00:43:47.720 --> 00:43:49.019
 this teaching,

00:43:49.140 --> 00:43:49.579
 I think that's

00:43:49.579 --> 00:43:50.460
 right and good.

00:43:50.460 --> 00:43:51.360
 get counsel

00:43:51.360 --> 00:43:53.880
 because it's

00:43:53.880 --> 00:43:55.780
 different than

00:43:55.780 --> 00:43:56.800
 someone who

00:43:56.800 --> 00:43:57.199
 forgot to

00:43:57.199 --> 00:43:57.740
 bring a gift

00:43:57.740 --> 00:43:58.119
 to your

00:43:58.119 --> 00:43:58.760
 birthday party.

00:43:59.840 --> 00:44:00.659
 It's different

00:44:00.659 --> 00:44:01.400
 from someone

00:44:01.400 --> 00:44:03.420
 who gathered

00:44:03.420 --> 00:44:03.860
 a group of

00:44:03.860 --> 00:44:04.320
 friends to

00:44:04.320 --> 00:44:04.720
 go out to

00:44:04.720 --> 00:44:05.159
 dinner and

00:44:05.159 --> 00:44:05.699
 didn't invite

00:44:05.699 --> 00:44:06.000
 you.

00:44:07.880 --> 00:44:08.380
 Those are

00:44:08.380 --> 00:44:09.280
 major

00:44:09.280 --> 00:44:10.280
 substantial

00:44:10.280 --> 00:44:11.220
 injustices

00:44:11.220 --> 00:44:11.960
 that require

00:44:11.960 --> 00:44:12.679
 wisdom to

00:44:12.679 --> 00:44:13.400
 step into.

00:44:14.720 --> 00:44:15.300
 But let me

00:44:15.300 --> 00:44:16.019
 ask you these

00:44:16.019 --> 00:44:16.599
 questions to

00:44:16.599 --> 00:44:17.019
 close.

00:44:17.019 --> 00:44:20.460
 do you

00:44:20.460 --> 00:44:22.059
 believe that

00:44:22.059 --> 00:44:22.500
 the person

00:44:22.500 --> 00:44:22.840
 you're in

00:44:22.840 --> 00:44:23.559
 conflict with

00:44:23.559 --> 00:44:24.059
 is not

00:44:24.059 --> 00:44:24.739
 your enemy?

00:44:27.280 --> 00:44:28.059
 Are you

00:44:28.059 --> 00:44:28.639
 sufficiently

00:44:28.639 --> 00:44:30.579
 suspicious of

00:44:30.579 --> 00:44:31.980
 your contribution

00:44:31.980 --> 00:44:32.599
 to the

00:44:32.599 --> 00:44:33.039
 problem?

00:44:35.719 --> 00:44:36.599
 Are you

00:44:36.599 --> 00:44:36.980
 willing to

00:44:36.980 --> 00:44:37.739
 see yourself

00:44:37.739 --> 00:44:38.900
 as enemy

00:44:38.900 --> 00:44:39.519
 number one?

00:44:39.519 --> 00:44:42.639
 will you

00:44:42.639 --> 00:44:44.099
 consider how

00:44:44.099 --> 00:44:44.519
 much the

00:44:44.519 --> 00:44:45.619
 world shapes

00:44:45.619 --> 00:44:46.639
 your perspective

00:44:46.639 --> 00:44:47.300
 of conflict

00:44:47.300 --> 00:44:47.659
 and of

00:44:47.659 --> 00:44:48.259
 relationships?

00:44:51.699 --> 00:44:52.380
 Will you

00:44:52.380 --> 00:44:53.179
 take seriously

00:44:53.179 --> 00:44:54.039
 the call to

00:44:54.039 --> 00:44:55.340
 draw near

00:44:55.340 --> 00:44:56.340
 to God?

00:44:56.340 --> 00:45:00.140
 what we

00:45:00.140 --> 00:45:00.600
 learn by

00:45:00.600 --> 00:45:01.360
 studying these

00:45:01.360 --> 00:45:01.980
 three enemies

00:45:01.980 --> 00:45:03.180
 is that there

00:45:03.180 --> 00:45:03.840
 really is a

00:45:03.840 --> 00:45:04.620
 whole lot we

00:45:04.620 --> 00:45:05.260
 can do in

00:45:05.260 --> 00:45:05.860
 these conflict

00:45:05.860 --> 00:45:06.559
 situations

00:45:06.559 --> 00:45:08.700
 that can

00:45:08.700 --> 00:45:09.460
 avoid them,

00:45:10.140 --> 00:45:10.960
 resolve them,

00:45:11.140 --> 00:45:12.260
 or lessen

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 them.

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 So that

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 ultimate peace

00:45:15.220 --> 00:45:16.300
 between you,

00:45:16.600 --> 00:45:17.620
 you're living

00:45:17.620 --> 00:45:18.400
 ready for

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 peace,

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 which is all

00:45:20.860 --> 00:45:21.260
 you can be

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 responsible to

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 do.

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 And then you

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 trust God

00:45:23.760 --> 00:45:24.740
 for him

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 working on

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 the other

00:45:25.700 --> 00:45:26.260
 person.

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 Or people

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 being ready

00:45:28.039 --> 00:45:29.300
 for peace.

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 Alright,

00:45:30.820 --> 00:45:31.420
 James 4,

00:45:31.900 --> 00:45:32.700
 going to

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 war with

00:45:33.440 --> 00:45:33.920
 conflict,

00:45:34.100 --> 00:45:34.559
 fighting the

00:45:34.559 --> 00:45:35.400
 right enemies,

00:45:35.840 --> 00:45:36.400
 yourself,

00:45:36.740 --> 00:45:37.340
 friendship with

00:45:37.340 --> 00:45:37.760
 the world,

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 and distance

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 from God.