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 Now here are assurance of the gospel taken from 1 Peter 1, verses 3-5.

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 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

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 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil, or fade.

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 This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God's power

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 until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Lord God, we thank you that we have an everlasting inheritance in you.

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 Lord, we thank you that you are faithful to your people.

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 And God, we recognize that we are undeserving of your favor.

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 There's nothing good in us apart from you.

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 But Lord, we thank you that you have come to us in our filthiness, in our wretchedness,

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 and you have lifted us up to a holy place through the blood of Jesus.

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 And so God, as you are faithful to us, we pray tonight that we may be faithful to you,

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 that you may grow our faith and our desire to follow after you.

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 Lord, thank you for our study in Hebrews that we've been looking at the last few weeks

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 to see how you have shown your faithfulness from generation to generation,

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 how you are a covenant-keeping God, who you desire good for your people.

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 And so God, may we walk closely with you.

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 May we cling to our faith, knowing that you are our only hope.

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 Lord, we pray tonight for the good of our city.

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 We know there are many in our city who are hurting, who are lost, who don't know you,

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 who outright reject you.

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 And so God, we ask that you will soften the hearts of those in our city,

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 that you will reveal the reality of your gospel,

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 that people may experience the love of Christ in ways that they never have.

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 May we see people turn from their wickedness,

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 turn from the idols that they have set up in their lives,

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 and turn and follow you.

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 God, we pray that you will convict each one of us of the idols that we have in our lives,

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 things that we have elevated to a status that only you should be placed at, Lord.

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 We pray that you convict us,

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 that you search our hearts and know us,

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 and that you may draw us close to you.

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 God, we pray that you will use us for the good of this city.

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 Provide us with opportunities to reach the lost in our city.

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 Give us a heart to see your kingdom advanced in Edinburgh and throughout this country.

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 Lord, we thank you for the many ministries in our city

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 that seek to minister to those who are without physical resources,

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 who are lonely, who are shut in, who don't know you, Lord.

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 And so as physical needs are met, Lord,

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 we pray that spiritual needs may also be met.

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 We think of the many immigrants coming to our city,

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 many especially from Hong Kong,

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 who are brought here by a new immigration path, Lord.

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 We pray, Lord, that you will bring many to this city,

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 that you may provide opportunities for our church and other churches,

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 Chinese churches, Lord,

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 to minister well to these new families and individuals,

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 that they may experience the hope of the gospel in ways they never have before.

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 Lord, we pray for the leadership of our country,

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 that you may bless them,

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 that you may be their guide,

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 that you may give them your wisdom.

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 Lord, we pray for each one of the leaders in our parliament,

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 that they may seek after you,

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 that they may know that you are sovereign over all and authority over them.

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 Lord, we pray for the many decisions still to be made about this pandemic and lifting restrictions.

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 God, we are eager for things to return to normal,

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 for restrictions to be lifted.

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 So, Lord, we pray that those will be done with all wisdom,

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 all proper planning.

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 We pray that we may not grumble and complain,

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 but be appreciative of the blessings of the vaccine that you have provided for us.

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 Lord, we do pray when we can come together as a church

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 to fill these pews, to be in fellowship with one another.

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 We look forward to that day.

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 We recognize the blessing of fellowship and the faith that we share with one another.

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 And we pray that day will come soon.

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 Lord, we pray for other churches in our city.

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 We think of St. Columbus and Cornerstone.

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 Think of Leith Free Church.

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 Think of Crubber's Church and Chalmers Church and Charlotte Chapel,

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 many other Bible-believing churches where the gospel is proclaimed on a weekly basis.

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 We pray, Lord, for the leadership at these churches,

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 that you may give them your wisdom,

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 that you may draw them close to you.

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 We pray for the preaching of these churches,

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 that it may be effective,

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 that it may follow closely to your message in the gospel.

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 And we pray for those within these churches,

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 that you may draw them close to you,

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 that they may experience great fellowship and great unity,

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 that they may be about your work in this city as well.

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 Lord, as we prepare to hear your word tonight,

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 to think about how you are faithful to us,

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 we pray that you will put away all distraction from us.

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 May our ears be open, may our hearts be softened,

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 that we may experience the truth of the gospel,

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 that we may desire deep, honest relationship with you,

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 and that you may be glorified through this process.

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 And we pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Now tonight we are continuing our short sprint through Hebrews 11,

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 and we are going to be looking at the life of Moses tonight.

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 But as we get started,

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 I want us to consider something that is all around us,

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 that we see on a daily basis,

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 that influences our lives,

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 but we probably give little thought to.

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 And that is marketing.

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 You know, our lives are really inundated with advertising,

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 whether it's the internet or TV or signs or things that we get in the mail.

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 There's always companies trying to convince us to buy their products.

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 They're vying for our loyalty and our money.

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 And so really, we don't think about it much,

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 but there's really a whole psychology about marketing.

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 There's companies that spend millions and millions of dollars every year

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 in marketing research and try to figure out

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 how to get us, the consumer, to buy their product.

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 I was reading some literature on marketing,

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 and it was saying that most big companies spend about 10%

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 of their revenue each year on advertising.

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 So if you think of a large international company,

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 a company like Microsoft,

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 that would mean that they're spending about $9 billion a year on marketing.

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 I read something recently that says that

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 Google generates between $15 and $20 billion every quarter

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 just on advertising spending alone.

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 And so while advertising can be of a great benefit to the company,

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 we always hear stories of how advertising sometimes goes wrong, right?

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 There's one of the biggest marketing blunders,

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 maybe, back in 1985 involving Coca-Cola.

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 You may remember when they rolled out this new formula for a new Coke,

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 and they called it New Coke.

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 And they thought they did all this marketing research.

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 They had people taste test this new product,

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 and majority of people liked this new product better than the old Coke,

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 so they went with it.

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 They put it out there, and it was just a huge disaster

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 because part of the problem was they hadn't asked people

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 what they thought about this new Coke,

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 not only how it tastes,

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 but this emotional significance that this old Coke might have with them,

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 how they may be drawn to this tradition of Coke

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 which had been around for so long.

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 And so as a result of this poor research and this poor marketing,

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 within 10 weeks' time of rolling out this new Coke,

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 they had to pull it back

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 and return to this new, their classic Coca-Cola.

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 That's when they started calling it Coca-Cola Classic

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 because they had to differentiate it

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 from this new Coke product that they had.

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 And so we see the importance of marketing is to the success of companies.

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 And so we have to consider,

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 what if Christianity was judged by those same marketing standards?

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 What if we brought in a marketing consultant for Christianity,

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 how that would go over?

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 I mean, can you imagine what they would try to convince us

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 in ways to market the church?

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 How we need to talk about believing in Jesus

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 as it being some sort of guarantee to life and to ease.

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 Otherwise, we're never going to get anybody to commit to this.

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 You know, we need to tell people

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 how loving Jesus can go hand in hand

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 with loving the things of the world

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 or how Christianity can be of a benefit

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 without causing any disruption in our life.

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 But we recognize that's not how Christianity operates.

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 That's not the message that we see told

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 over and over and over again in the Bible.

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 And that's what we're going to see tonight

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 in the life of Moses.

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 Because rather than promoting a life of success

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 and a life of comfort,

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 we see that we are purposefully,

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 we are purposefully called to forsake pleasure in this life

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 and the comfort of this life.

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 It's totally counterintuitive

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 to the way that the world thinks

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 that we need to strive after happiness

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 and pleasure in this world.

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 But we see through the faith of Moses tonight

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 that who rejects the pleasure of the world,

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 he chooses something better,

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 that everlasting joy in Christ.

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 And so this is going to be our passage tonight

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 looking at Hebrews chapter 11,

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 verses 24 through 26.

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 So let's read that together.

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 By faith,

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 Moses,

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 when he had grown up,

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 refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh's daughter.

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 He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God

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 rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.

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 He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ

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 as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt

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 because he was looking ahead to his reward.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Now, if you've been with us just the last couple of weeks

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 and you know we've been looking at Hebrews 11

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 and we've really been looking at some of these more minor characters

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 or things that we may see

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 maybe a little more insignificant areas of faith,

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 but we actually see how grand it really is,

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 what it really tells us about these saints of old

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 and their faithfulness.

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 Well, tonight we turn to this hero,

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 so to speak,

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 of the Old Testament,

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 someone who would have been known of

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 in the New Testament church,

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 especially among these of Jewish background,

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 Moses,

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 the Old Testament lawgiver,

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 the one who is a picture of servant faithfulness

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 to God and to his people.

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 And so while we don't have the whole evening

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 to talk about Moses' whole life,

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 we're going to focus on these few verses

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 that we just read

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 and I want us to focus again

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 on just a few more features of faith.

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 We've looked at several of them

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 over the last couple of weeks,

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 but these last three features

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 that we see in this passage,

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 how faith defines our identity,

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 how faith disregards worldly pleasure,

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 and how faith desires heavenly treasure.

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 And so let's consider that first feature of faith,

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 how faith defines our identity.

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 identity.

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 Now, if we think of the world today,

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 identity is one of these things

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 that really people struggle with now.

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 People are having these identity crises.

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 And why is this?

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 It's because they're trying to find a way to fit in.

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 They're trying to find a way

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 to characterize themselves

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 and what they believe and how they feel.

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 And so people turn to their jobs

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 as a means of identity.

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 They may turn to their relationships

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 or their family.

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 We see people turn to their race

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 as a possible identity.

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 Even sexual orientation

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 is becoming a bigger deal

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 in our society now.

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 And so we see that these labels

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 not only define people individually,

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 but they also have kind of created

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 these different groups of people as well.

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 It's created an easy way

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 to figure out who is your friend

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 and who is your enemy

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 based on our identities.

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 And so oftentimes,

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 even within these identities,

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 we also look toward

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 elevating ourselves

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 within our identity.

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 We think of the fact that,

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 you know, if you're a professor,

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 you may think about the fact that,

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 oh, no, I'm not just a professor,

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 but I'm a leading researcher

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 in my field.

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 Right?

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 You think, well,

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 I'm not just a businessman.

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 My company makes X amount of dollars a year.

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 And so are these things

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 that over and over again in our life,

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 they direct us to this inward

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 searching for meaning and for purpose

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 rather than looking to Christ.

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 And so I want us to consider tonight

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 the fact that Moses faced that same temptation.

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 Moses had that same temptation

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 to look at his life

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 and to find his identity

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 and his purpose

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 in his family in Egypt

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 rather than recognizing

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 his family of his chosen people of God.

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 And so if we look in verse 24 again,

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 it says this,

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 that by faith,

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 Moses, when he'd grown up,

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 refused to be known

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 as the son of Pharaoh's daughter.

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 And I think we need to consider

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 just how significant

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 that refusal is

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 because if we recognize

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 when Joseph,

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 who we talked about this morning,

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 after he passed away,

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 these Israelites,

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 his family,

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 began to grow

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 and they began to multiply

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 and they stayed in Egypt.

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 And Pharaoh began to fear

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 that they had become

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 too numerous

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 and too mighty.

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 And so we see that

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 he decided to enslave them.

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 We see that very beginning

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 of Exodus 1.

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 But the problem is

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 this didn't stop them

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 from growing

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 and developing as a people.

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 So he needed another means

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 of controlling the population

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 and he did that

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 by deciding that

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 all male Israelites

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 needed to be killed.

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 They needed to be taken

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 and drowned

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 in the Nile River.

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 And so we know

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 that Moses' parents

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 refused to do this.

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 Instead,

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 they placed him in a basket

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 and put him in the Nile

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 and we know

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 that he was then discovered

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 by Pharaoh's daughter

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 who would raise him

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 as his own son.

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 And now we know

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 that Pharaoh's daughter

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 was the only child

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 of Pharaoh.

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 She was likely

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 childless herself.

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 And so by adopting Moses,

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 she was placing him

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 in the direct royal line.

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 He was being raised

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 in order to be king,

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 in order to be Pharaoh himself.

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 So he would have

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 been groomed

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 for this position

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 and received

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 the best education.

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 He would have been

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 surrounded by wealth

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 and comfort

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 that these slaves

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 of Israel

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 would have never

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 experienced personally.

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 And so by refusing

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 this honor,

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 by refusing to be called

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 the son of Pharaoh's daughter,

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 he's literally

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 disowning his family.

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 He's declining

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 the position

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 and the opportunity

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 to serve

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 as ruler of Egypt.

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 And so if we think about it,

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 Moses really could have

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 reasoned,

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 well,

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 I really deserve

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 this position

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 or it's really

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 for my interest

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 and the interest

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 of my people

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 to stay in this position

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 and kind of consider

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 it part of God's providence.

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 He's brought me here,

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 I just need to stay

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 in this spot.

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 He could have reasoned

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 in such a way

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 that, well,

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 if you look back

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 at the life of Joseph,

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 Joseph was second

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 in command to Pharaoh,

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 so I need to stay

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 in this position as well.

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 But we recognize

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 that through faith

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 he understood

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 that rather than

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 being a prince in Egypt,

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 he was called

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 to be a pilgrim.

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 Rather than being

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 a leader of Egypt,

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 he was called

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 to take the Israelites

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 and lead them

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 out of Egypt.

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 And so there's really

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 no sitting on the fence here.

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 Moses couldn't

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 both be leader in Egypt

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 and also be leader

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 of God's people.

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 If he was called

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 to be God's people,

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 this is automatically

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 going to change

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 how he is received

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 by the world

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 because we know

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 that God's people

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 are rejected by the world.

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 We are seen as enemies

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 of the world

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 because of our

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 association with God.

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 And so then

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 we need to ask ourselves,

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 where do we find

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 our identity?

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 Is our identity

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 wrapped up in

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 our work,

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 our success,

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 our family,

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 our friends?

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 Is it our social

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 significance

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 that we desire?

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 Maybe it can be

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 wrapped up in good things,

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 but we make them

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 the ultimate things

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 like our relationships

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 or our families.

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 Or maybe we find

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 our identity

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 in our sin.

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 we wallow in guilt

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 and self-pity

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 and we think

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 that we're not

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 a person

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 who could possibly

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 be accepted by God.

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 And so the problem is

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 whatever it may be

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 that we use

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 to identify ourselves,

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 we are identifying

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 ourselves

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 by some horizontal level

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 based on the opinions

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 of others

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 or based on our own opinions

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 rather than recognizing

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 we have been created

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 to be identified

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 vertically.

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 Our identity

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 is found in Christ

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 because we must remember

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 that we,

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 if we are believers,

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 we are in Christ

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 and as in Christ,

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 we are called

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 to be a new creation.

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 Those old labels

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 no longer define us.

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 We look at 1 Peter 2,

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 this is what it says

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 about believers.

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 It says that

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 we are a chosen race,

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 a royal priesthood,

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 a holy nation,

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 a people

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 for his own possession

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 that you may proclaim

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 the excellencies

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 of him

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 who called you

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 out of darkness

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 into his marvelous light.

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 Once you were not a people

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 but now you are God's people.

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 Once you had not received mercy

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 but now you have received mercy.

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 And so,

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 from a worldly perspective,

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 if they were to look at Moses

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 and see his decision

00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:07.819
 to choose to be a part

00:19:07.819 --> 00:19:08.459
 of God's people,

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 they'd see this

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 as a demotion, right?

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 This falling from grace.

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 But in these verses

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 we see how Moses

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 was elevated actually

00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:18.660
 by choosing to be associated

00:19:18.660 --> 00:19:19.319
 with God's people.

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 This is the same for us.

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 Although we may fear

00:19:22.059 --> 00:19:22.879
 the consequences

00:19:22.879 --> 00:19:24.799
 of losing our worldly status,

00:19:25.180 --> 00:19:26.160
 the opinions of others,

00:19:26.220 --> 00:19:27.500
 when we are found in Christ,

00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:29.599
 we are called a holy nation,

00:19:29.720 --> 00:19:30.960
 a royal priesthood.

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 We receive an eternal heritage

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 that is unmatched

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 by what can be offered

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 by this world.

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 And so that leads us

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 to our second point.

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 Not only is our identity

00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:43.140
 going to,

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 not only does faith

00:19:44.420 --> 00:19:45.540
 reveal our identity,

00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:47.540
 but our faith is going

00:19:47.540 --> 00:19:49.080
 to impact our actions

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 because who we are

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 dictates what we do.

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 And so that second point

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 is then that faith disregards

00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:57.100
 the pleasures of the world.

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 If we look back

00:19:58.440 --> 00:19:59.200
 at verse 25,

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 it says this,

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 he chose to be ill-treated

00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:02.840
 along with the people of God

00:20:02.840 --> 00:20:04.180
 rather than to enjoy

00:20:04.180 --> 00:20:05.279
 the pleasures of sin

00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:06.220
 for a short time.

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 And so if you remember last week,

00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:10.840
 I talked about briefly

00:20:10.840 --> 00:20:12.940
 how the author of Hebrews

00:20:12.940 --> 00:20:13.960
 wrote this book

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 to a primarily Jewish Christian audience

00:20:17.900 --> 00:20:19.500
 who is struggling

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 with their own identity,

00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:22.360
 who had this longing

00:20:22.360 --> 00:20:23.460
 to return to Judaism

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 because of the suffering

00:20:25.060 --> 00:20:26.560
 they were experiencing now

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 as Christians.

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 And so here,

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 the author of Hebrews

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 is encouraging them,

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 just as Moses did,

00:20:33.540 --> 00:20:35.279
 to persevere under hardship,

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 to recognize

00:20:35.980 --> 00:20:37.599
 that these worldly pleasures

00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:38.319
 are fleeting,

00:20:38.420 --> 00:20:40.059
 to follow in the faith of Moses

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 and stay strong in the faith.

00:20:45.980 --> 00:20:47.380
 And so we need to recognize

00:20:47.380 --> 00:20:47.860
 that Moses,

00:20:47.860 --> 00:20:50.380
 he didn't choose this life

00:20:50.380 --> 00:20:54.900
 with his Israel family,

00:20:55.099 --> 00:20:57.519
 not understanding the consequences.

00:20:57.860 --> 00:20:58.759
 He recognized that

00:20:58.759 --> 00:21:01.480
 if he left the palace of Egypt,

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 he was going to face suffering.

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 He was raised in such a way

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 that he would have seen

00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:06.119
 his own people

00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:07.759
 suffering on a daily basis.

00:21:07.939 --> 00:21:08.559
 And so he was,

00:21:08.879 --> 00:21:09.879
 this was the life

00:21:09.879 --> 00:21:10.819
 that he chose.

00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:13.799
 He willingly disregarded

00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:14.740
 the pleasures of the world.

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 He welcomed abuse

00:21:16.139 --> 00:21:17.159
 and hardship

00:21:17.159 --> 00:21:18.359
 and suffering.

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 And so we need to recognize

00:21:20.359 --> 00:21:21.139
 that this suffering

00:21:21.139 --> 00:21:22.919
 wasn't a surprise to God.

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 We talked about the promise

00:21:24.439 --> 00:21:25.759
 that God gave to Abraham

00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:26.179
 that he said,

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 I'm going to give you this land,

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 but first,

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 you and your people

00:21:29.819 --> 00:21:31.980
 will suffer for 400 years.

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 And so we recognize

00:21:35.879 --> 00:21:37.059
 that this was a part

00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:37.980
 of God's plan.

00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:39.559
 And so likewise,

00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:40.720
 we need to recognize

00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.319
 as believers

00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:42.639
 that we are also called

00:21:42.639 --> 00:21:43.459
 to suffer.

00:21:44.659 --> 00:21:45.480
 Just like it said

00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:45.959
 in that passage

00:21:45.959 --> 00:21:47.119
 we read in 1 Peter 2

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 that we are called

00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:49.500
 out of darkness,

00:21:49.939 --> 00:21:51.599
 later in that same chapter,

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:52.919
 it uses that same language

00:21:52.919 --> 00:21:54.299
 to say we are called

00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:55.000
 to suffer.

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 So we shouldn't be surprised

00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:57.119
 by suffering.

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 Like Moses,

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 we should anticipate it,

00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:01.700
 that we should welcome it

00:22:01.700 --> 00:22:02.839
 in a way because we know

00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:04.420
 this is for God's glory.

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:08.079
 And we recognize, too,

00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:08.980
 that when we suffer,

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 we don't suffer alone.

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 When I was at university,

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 I had a group of friends.

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 We'd go to this ministry

00:22:17.380 --> 00:22:18.099
 every week

00:22:18.099 --> 00:22:19.980
 that was off campus,

00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:21.599
 and we'd always go

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 to get dinner together beforehand.

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 And we'd go to this place

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:25.460
 called Firehouse Subs.

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 It's kind of like a subway,

00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:28.220
 but a lot better.

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 And you'd go in,

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 and when you'd order,

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:33.620
 on the counter display

00:22:33.620 --> 00:22:34.900
 was just this row

00:22:34.900 --> 00:22:35.740
 of hot sauces.

00:22:36.099 --> 00:22:37.759
 And they'd all be rated

00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:38.819
 from most mild

00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:41.019
 to just like insanely hot.

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 And of course,

00:22:43.099 --> 00:22:44.240
 we took this up

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:44.880
 as a challenge

00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:45.900
 to be able to sample

00:22:45.900 --> 00:22:46.759
 these hot sauces.

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 And so we do this

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.920
 on a weekly basis.

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 The hottest sauce

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:51.339
 was called Da Bomb sauce.

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:52.539
 It was just this little bottle.

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 And what we do

00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:55.619
 is merely take a toothpick

00:22:55.619 --> 00:22:57.059
 and stick it in the bottle

00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:57.759
 and then touch it

00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:58.339
 to our tongue,

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.420
 and that was it.

00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:00.119
 Like, your meal

00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:01.099
 was just destroyed

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:01.639
 at that point.

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:03.180
 And so oftentimes,

00:23:03.579 --> 00:23:04.420
 especially when we brought

00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:05.480
 new guys in,

00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:06.039
 we wanted them

00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:07.500
 to suffer

00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:09.559
 by experiencing Da Bomb.

00:23:09.659 --> 00:23:11.000
 So we tried to convince them

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:12.180
 to take this sauce.

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:13.119
 Some would be

00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:14.200
 very willing in doing,

00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:15.619
 and others not at all.

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:17.319
 But the best way

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:18.920
 to convince those people

00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:20.359
 who were not willing

00:23:20.359 --> 00:23:21.259
 to try this sauce

00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:21.719
 is to say,

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.899
 well, I will do it with you.

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:24.299
 We can do it together.

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 And so why is that?

00:23:26.959 --> 00:23:27.479
 It's because

00:23:27.479 --> 00:23:28.559
 we don't like

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:29.839
 to suffer alone.

00:23:30.439 --> 00:23:31.839
 Suffering is much more tolerable

00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:33.079
 when it's a shared experience.

00:23:33.179 --> 00:23:33.740
 And so that's why

00:23:33.740 --> 00:23:34.439
 we see here,

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:36.619
 it says that Moses

00:23:36.619 --> 00:23:38.839
 suffered with God's people.

00:23:38.959 --> 00:23:40.339
 He suffered in solidarity,

00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:41.559
 recognizing that they were

00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:43.199
 sojourners together

00:23:43.199 --> 00:23:45.199
 embarked on God's mission.

00:23:46.679 --> 00:23:48.039
 And so we see this too,

00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:49.740
 that when we're called to suffer,

00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:50.859
 we don't suffer alone.

00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:52.180
 If we look down further

00:23:52.180 --> 00:23:53.079
 in Hebrews 11,

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:54.940
 it lists all these other

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:56.799
 Old Testament icons

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:58.519
 and how they suffered

00:23:58.519 --> 00:23:59.240
 for the gospel.

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 It says in verse 36

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:01.680
 that some faced jeers

00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:02.920
 and flogging

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:04.440
 and even chains

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:05.279
 and imprisonment.

00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:06.740
 They were put to death

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.480
 by stoning.

00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:08.440
 They were sawn in two.

00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:09.659
 They were killed by the sword.

00:24:10.379 --> 00:24:10.960
 They went about

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:12.519
 in sheepskins and goatskins,

00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:13.839
 destitute, persecuted,

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:14.519
 and ill-treated.

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:17.099
 The world was not worthy of them.

00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:18.379
 They wandered in deserts

00:24:18.379 --> 00:24:18.939
 and mountains,

00:24:19.139 --> 00:24:19.980
 living in caves

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:21.259
 and in holes in the ground.

00:24:23.219 --> 00:24:23.939
 And so we see

00:24:23.939 --> 00:24:24.939
 that when we suffer,

00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:27.000
 we suffer with the saints

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:29.059
 of old and present.

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.759
 But more importantly,

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:34.339
 we suffer with Christ.

00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:36.919
 Christ has not called us

00:24:36.919 --> 00:24:37.659
 to do anything

00:24:37.659 --> 00:24:39.099
 that he did not

00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:40.859
 willingly endure himself.

00:24:41.459 --> 00:24:42.759
 Because just like Moses,

00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:43.799
 if we think of Jesus

00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:44.639
 when he was tempted

00:24:44.639 --> 00:24:45.779
 in the wilderness by Satan,

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:47.240
 he was offered

00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:48.940
 temporal security

00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:49.799
 and blessing

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:51.319
 if he turned

00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:52.399
 from God's will

00:24:52.399 --> 00:24:53.819
 for his life

00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:54.539
 to suffer

00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:56.079
 and worship Satan.

00:24:57.399 --> 00:24:58.519
 But what did he do?

00:24:58.579 --> 00:24:59.299
 He refused

00:24:59.299 --> 00:25:00.139
 these worldly pleasures.

00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:00.639
 Instead,

00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:02.379
 he chose the cross.

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.519
 He willingly suffered

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:04.500
 to redeem his people.

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:06.779
 And so we are invited

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:07.539
 by Christ

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:08.240
 to do likewise.

00:25:08.399 --> 00:25:09.539
 He tells us

00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:10.940
 to take up our cross

00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:12.039
 daily and follow him.

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:14.779
 And so what does this

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:16.279
 mean for us nowadays?

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.379
 Most likely,

00:25:17.659 --> 00:25:18.279
 in our setting,

00:25:18.399 --> 00:25:19.539
 we are not going to

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:20.899
 be under threat

00:25:20.899 --> 00:25:21.440
 of death

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:22.359
 or imprisonment

00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:23.139
 for our faith.

00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:25.460
 But suffering for us

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:26.299
 may look a little different.

00:25:26.399 --> 00:25:27.960
 It may be being mocked

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:30.240
 by classmates,

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:31.559
 by coworkers.

00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:34.299
 It may mean losing friends.

00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:35.960
 It may be being demonized

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.899
 by our culture

00:25:36.899 --> 00:25:38.079
 that is turning

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:39.159
 increasingly secular.

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:42.240
 But we must remember

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:43.000
 when we suffer,

00:25:43.080 --> 00:25:44.120
 we suffer with others.

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:44.920
 But when we suffer,

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:46.040
 we also don't have to worry

00:25:46.040 --> 00:25:47.340
 about missing out

00:25:47.340 --> 00:25:48.019
 on the pleasures

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.880
 of the world.

00:25:49.100 --> 00:25:49.880
 This is something else

00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:50.980
 that the author talks about.

00:25:51.080 --> 00:25:51.400
 He says,

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.460
 we don't have to have

00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:53.700
 the fear of missing out.

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.960
 We hear that a lot today,

00:25:55.100 --> 00:25:56.000
 that FOMO,

00:25:56.120 --> 00:25:56.960
 F-O-M-O,

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:58.160
 the fear of missing out.

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:59.279
 We don't have to worry

00:25:59.279 --> 00:25:59.960
 about this

00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:02.040
 because he tells us

00:26:02.040 --> 00:26:02.800
 two things about

00:26:02.800 --> 00:26:03.800
 the pleasures of the world.

00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:04.240
 He says,

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:04.700
 one,

00:26:05.120 --> 00:26:06.040
 that they're fleeting

00:26:06.040 --> 00:26:07.320
 and two,

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:08.740
 that they amount to sin.

00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:11.420
 And certainly we know

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:12.460
 that not all pleasures

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:13.259
 in this world

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:13.980
 are evil.

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:16.279
 But the point is,

00:26:16.300 --> 00:26:17.259
 is when our pleasures

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:17.900
 of this world

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:18.880
 prevent us

00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:20.259
 from following God's will,

00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:21.759
 when we have elevated them

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.960
 to a point of importance

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:23.700
 in our lives

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.620
 that is above God,

00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:26.180
 that is when they are sin.

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.980
 And we can know

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:28.340
 when we experience

00:26:28.340 --> 00:26:29.940
 those pleasures of sin

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:31.420
 that they will quickly

00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:32.700
 lead to destruction

00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:33.440
 in our lives.

00:26:35.080 --> 00:26:36.800
 If we look at 1 John 2,

00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:37.560
 it says this,

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:38.779
 do not love the world

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.940
 or anything in the world.

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.759
 If anyone loves the world,

00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:42.799
 the love of the Father

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.720
 is not in them.

00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:44.879
 For everything in the world,

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:46.019
 the lust of the flesh,

00:26:46.359 --> 00:26:47.179
 the lust of the eyes,

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:48.139
 the pride of the life

00:26:48.139 --> 00:26:49.319
 comes not from the Father,

00:26:49.399 --> 00:26:50.099
 but from the world.

00:26:51.579 --> 00:26:52.259
 The world

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:54.099
 and its desires

00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:54.779
 pass away,

00:26:54.899 --> 00:26:55.700
 but whoever does

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:56.839
 the will of God

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:58.440
 lives forever.

00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:00.980
 And so how often

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:02.139
 do we see in our society

00:27:02.139 --> 00:27:04.179
 people that take good things

00:27:04.179 --> 00:27:05.000
 and elevate them

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:06.019
 to the best things,

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:07.579
 whether it's success

00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:09.240
 or money

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:10.180
 or sex

00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:11.400
 or whatever it may be,

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:12.359
 they continually

00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:13.740
 take these pleasures

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:15.539
 and it destroys them.

00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:19.039
 And so we can look

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.599
 at these pleasures

00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:21.240
 and divert our eyes

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:21.559
 from them

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.639
 because we recognize

00:27:22.639 --> 00:27:24.059
 that we have promises

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:25.700
 of heavenly treasure.

00:27:26.139 --> 00:27:27.099
 And so that's our third

00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:27.980
 and final point here,

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:29.279
 that faith desires

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:30.779
 heavenly treasures.

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:34.399
 One of my favorite

00:27:34.399 --> 00:27:35.759
 little religious writings,

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:38.059
 it's a short discourse

00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:39.319
 written by Thomas Chalmers

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:40.899
 called The Expulsive Power

00:27:40.899 --> 00:27:41.680
 of a New Affection.

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:43.700
 And I read this years ago,

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.220
 I think when I was

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.680
 in university

00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.480
 before I even knew

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:46.859
 really who Chalmers was

00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:48.079
 and that he was even Scottish.

00:27:48.899 --> 00:27:50.119
 But it's something

00:27:50.119 --> 00:27:51.039
 that stuck with me

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:52.480
 that I like to reread often.

00:27:52.619 --> 00:27:53.319
 And so if it's nothing

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:54.099
 that you've read yourself,

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:55.779
 I would highly encourage you

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.099
 to do so.

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:56.899
 You can find it free

00:27:56.899 --> 00:27:57.440
 on the internet.

00:27:57.440 --> 00:27:58.519
 It's not very long

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:59.960
 but just chock full

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:02.779
 of wisdom and insight.

00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:04.860
 And so in this little discourse,

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.900
 Chalmers is addressing

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:06.920
 how do we deal

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:07.980
 with the pleasures

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:09.240
 of the world,

00:28:09.320 --> 00:28:10.059
 of this love

00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:11.200
 that we have for the world.

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.720
 And he says

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.900
 there's really two ways

00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:13.680
 of attempting

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:15.019
 to rid ourselves from it.

00:28:15.580 --> 00:28:15.960
 He says,

00:28:16.080 --> 00:28:17.720
 one, we can renounce the world.

00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:19.220
 We can recognize

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:20.200
 that it's not worthy

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.840
 of our affection

00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:22.180
 since it always lets us down.

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.940
 Or two, he says,

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.920
 we can replace

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:27.039
 our love for the world

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.819
 with a new

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:29.599
 and stronger affection.

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.899
 And so he comments

00:28:31.899 --> 00:28:32.240
 on both.

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:33.299
 He says the first method

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:34.279
 of trying to just

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:35.000
 renounce the world

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:36.440
 really isn't an effective method

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:37.740
 because our hearts,

00:28:38.159 --> 00:28:39.059
 much like nature,

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:42.200
 operate like this repulsion

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:43.079
 to a vacuum.

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:44.700
 We hate a vacuum.

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.440
 And so if we attempt

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:48.059
 to remove a love

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:48.599
 for the world

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:49.619
 from our lives,

00:28:49.879 --> 00:28:50.619
 our heart will

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:51.680
 immediately follow up,

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.399
 fill it,

00:28:52.659 --> 00:28:53.339
 fill that void

00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:54.139
 with another

00:28:54.139 --> 00:28:55.279
 worldly affection.

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:57.019
 He says this,

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:57.319
 he says,

00:28:57.379 --> 00:28:58.000
 it's impossible

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.779
 for our hearts

00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.700
 to cast the world

00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:00.399
 away from it

00:29:00.399 --> 00:29:02.200
 and thus reduce itself

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:03.399
 into wilderness.

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:05.299
 The heart is not

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:06.319
 so constituted.

00:29:06.399 --> 00:29:06.960
 The only way

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:07.960
 to dispossess it

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:09.220
 of our old affections

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:10.899
 is by the expulsive

00:29:10.899 --> 00:29:12.680
 power of a new one.

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.519
 And so we don't

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.379
 simply address

00:29:16.379 --> 00:29:17.119
 the temptations

00:29:17.119 --> 00:29:17.599
 of the world

00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:19.000
 by renouncing

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:20.920
 these pleasures

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:21.559
 of the world.

00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:22.679
 We need to develop

00:29:22.679 --> 00:29:24.299
 this deep love

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:25.279
 for God

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:27.440
 that expulses

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:28.919
 all other affections.

00:29:29.119 --> 00:29:29.859
 Chalmers explains

00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:30.659
 that this can only

00:29:30.659 --> 00:29:32.399
 come through faith.

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:32.940
 He says that

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:33.940
 denial of the world

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:35.200
 is not possible

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:35.940
 to him

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:37.000
 that descents

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:37.799
 from the gospel

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.720
 testimony

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:40.399
 but is possible

00:29:40.399 --> 00:29:41.299
 even as all things

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.759
 are possible

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:43.500
 to him who believes.

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:45.299
 To try this

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:46.119
 without faith

00:29:46.119 --> 00:29:46.859
 is to work

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:47.960
 without the right tool

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:49.059
 or the right instrument.

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:50.879
 But faith works

00:29:50.879 --> 00:29:51.559
 by love

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.639
 and the way

00:29:52.639 --> 00:29:53.299
 of expelling

00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:53.980
 from the heart

00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:54.519
 the love

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:55.519
 which transgresses

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:55.960
 the law

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:57.179
 is to admit

00:29:57.179 --> 00:29:58.759
 into its receptacles

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.440
 the love

00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:00.579
 which fulfills

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:01.099
 the law.

00:30:02.179 --> 00:30:03.059
 And so he's saying

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:04.319
 here that faith

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:05.919
 is our tool.

00:30:06.159 --> 00:30:07.359
 It's the only way

00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:08.500
 that we can rid

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.019
 ourselves

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:09.599
 of the love

00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:10.179
 for the world

00:30:10.179 --> 00:30:12.339
 because this true faith

00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:13.000
 it generates

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.659
 a love

00:30:13.659 --> 00:30:14.579
 this powerful love

00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:15.179
 for Christ

00:30:15.179 --> 00:30:17.220
 in which nothing

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:18.619
 else measures up.

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:20.179
 There is no other

00:30:20.179 --> 00:30:20.919
 affection that's

00:30:20.919 --> 00:30:22.220
 going to steal us

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:23.039
 from the love

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.579
 of Christ.

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:25.919
 And so if we look

00:30:25.919 --> 00:30:26.639
 at this last verse

00:30:26.639 --> 00:30:27.440
 in our passage again

00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:28.899
 Hebrews 11 26

00:30:28.899 --> 00:30:29.399
 it says

00:30:29.399 --> 00:30:30.980
 Moses regarded

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.720
 disgrace

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.759
 for the sake

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:33.240
 of Christ

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:34.339
 as greater value

00:30:34.339 --> 00:30:35.039
 than the treasures

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.519
 of Egypt

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:36.839
 because he was

00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:37.960
 looking ahead

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:39.339
 to his reward.

00:30:41.179 --> 00:30:41.519
 Now there's

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:41.919
 something really

00:30:41.919 --> 00:30:42.839
 interesting about this

00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:43.879
 if you caught it.

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.359
 He says

00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:46.319
 disgrace for who?

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.599
 Disgrace for the

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:49.199
 sake of Christ.

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:49.799
 And you may ask

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.719
 well how in the world

00:30:50.719 --> 00:30:51.500
 did Moses

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:54.379
 suffer for Christ

00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:55.419
 if he didn't know

00:30:55.419 --> 00:30:55.699
 Christ?

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.459
 If Christ hasn't

00:30:56.459 --> 00:30:57.539
 come into the world

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.179
 at this point?

00:30:58.379 --> 00:30:59.379
 If Moses didn't know

00:30:59.379 --> 00:31:00.659
 God's full plan

00:31:00.659 --> 00:31:01.399
 of salvation?

00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:03.819
 The answer of course

00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:05.019
 is through faith.

00:31:05.099 --> 00:31:06.240
 A faith that produced

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:08.339
 an active love

00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:10.000
 for the coming Messiah.

00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:12.339
 And so because

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:13.039
 of this faith

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:13.980
 Moses willingly

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.859
 gave up

00:31:14.859 --> 00:31:15.599
 the riches

00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:16.599
 of Pharaoh's palace

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:17.119
 he chose

00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:17.740
 to suffer

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.539
 for his people

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:19.339
 in order to

00:31:19.339 --> 00:31:20.559
 lead God's people

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.659
 out of the house

00:31:21.659 --> 00:31:22.219
 of slavery

00:31:22.219 --> 00:31:23.159
 and into the

00:31:23.159 --> 00:31:23.839
 promised land.

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.579
 And so we can

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:26.339
 notice how this

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:27.039
 life and this

00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:27.879
 action of Moses

00:31:27.879 --> 00:31:28.959
 foreshadows

00:31:28.959 --> 00:31:29.719
 the work

00:31:29.719 --> 00:31:31.000
 of Jesus himself

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.619
 who left

00:31:31.619 --> 00:31:32.339
 his father's

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:33.039
 throne

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:34.740
 who endured

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:35.719
 suffering in this

00:31:35.719 --> 00:31:36.899
 life that culminated

00:31:36.899 --> 00:31:37.699
 in his death

00:31:37.699 --> 00:31:38.379
 in order that

00:31:38.379 --> 00:31:39.539
 he may redeem

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:40.639
 us and bring

00:31:40.639 --> 00:31:41.619
 us into relationship

00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:42.339
 with the father.

00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:44.919
 it's that

00:31:44.919 --> 00:31:46.000
 great reward

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:46.559
 that Moses

00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:47.220
 clung to.

00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:48.959
 And we need

00:31:48.959 --> 00:31:49.279
 to remember

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:50.480
 it's this

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:51.599
 reward that's

00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:52.220
 not just based

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:52.759
 on the promise

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.279
 of land

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.859
 but the promise

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:54.419
 of life

00:31:54.419 --> 00:31:54.899
 because we

00:31:54.899 --> 00:31:55.379
 remember that

00:31:55.379 --> 00:31:56.119
 Moses didn't

00:31:56.119 --> 00:31:56.679
 make it to

00:31:56.679 --> 00:31:57.179
 the promised

00:31:57.179 --> 00:31:57.599
 land

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:59.399
 but yet God

00:31:59.399 --> 00:31:59.879
 was still

00:31:59.879 --> 00:32:00.720
 faithful in

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.379
 fulfilling his

00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:02.259
 promise to

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:03.159
 Moses.

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.379
 And so we see

00:32:05.379 --> 00:32:06.039
 that by faith

00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:06.659
 Moses saw

00:32:06.659 --> 00:32:07.539
 an eternal

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:08.220
 kingdom

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:09.159
 an eternal

00:32:09.159 --> 00:32:10.019
 crown of glory

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.519
 that never

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:11.159
 fades away.

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:14.299
 And so this

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:15.019
 is the gospel

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:15.519
 that seems

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:17.500
 so counterintuitive

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:18.819
 so paradoxical

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.459
 to the world

00:32:19.459 --> 00:32:21.359
 that would

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:22.539
 just drive

00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:23.240
 these marketing

00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:24.459
 experts mad

00:32:24.459 --> 00:32:24.779
 right?

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:26.399
 That life

00:32:26.399 --> 00:32:27.619
 comes through

00:32:27.619 --> 00:32:27.939
 death

00:32:27.939 --> 00:32:28.759
 that peace

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.619
 comes through

00:32:29.619 --> 00:32:30.119
 suffering

00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:31.019
 that reward

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:32.740
 only comes

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.359
 through self

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:33.740
 denial.

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:36.019
 But this

00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:36.799
 is the message

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.519
 that's offered

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:38.839
 to all of us

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:39.959
 through the

00:32:39.959 --> 00:32:40.519
 blood of Jesus.

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:42.180
 this is the

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:42.539
 faith

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:43.379
 that we are

00:32:43.379 --> 00:32:43.799
 called to

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.379
 a faith

00:32:44.379 --> 00:32:45.379
 that delivers

00:32:45.379 --> 00:32:46.460
 us from the

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:47.359
 tyranny of this

00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:47.680
 world.

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.259
 A faith

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:49.700
 that calls

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:50.500
 the Holy Spirit

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:51.079
 to pour

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:51.599
 into our

00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:52.460
 lives a new

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:53.059
 affection

00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:54.180
 that far

00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:54.799
 surpasses

00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:55.339
 anything of

00:32:55.339 --> 00:32:55.819
 this world.

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:57.859
 It's a faith

00:32:57.859 --> 00:32:58.720
 that spurs

00:32:58.720 --> 00:32:59.440
 us on

00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:00.720
 to obedience

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:02.019
 toward an

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:03.099
 eternal reward

00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:05.200
 that's communion

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:06.740
 with God

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.720
 forever.

00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:07.799
 forever.

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.779
 And that's

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.299
 good news.

00:33:11.120 --> 00:33:11.839
 Let's pray

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:12.100
 together.

00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:16.620
 Oh God

00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:17.279
 we thank you

00:33:17.279 --> 00:33:17.779
 that you

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:18.380
 keep your

00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:19.079
 promises to

00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:19.579
 your people.

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:21.720
 That the

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:22.400
 treasures of

00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:23.000
 heaven so

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:24.440
 far outweigh

00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:25.019
 the pleasures

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.539
 of this

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:25.880
 world.

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:28.799
 And so

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.319
 may we

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:30.079
 turn from

00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:30.360
 them.

00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:30.680
 May we

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:31.460
 find our

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:32.259
 identity in

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.440
 you.

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:32.799
 May we

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:33.519
 treasure the

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:33.960
 things that

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.400
 you treasure

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:35.700
 recognizing the

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:36.759
 good things

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:37.099
 that you

00:33:37.099 --> 00:33:37.660
 have in

00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:38.059
 store for

00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:38.539
 your people.

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:42.059
 Lord may we

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:42.799
 be willing to

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.539
 suffer with the

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:44.099
 saints of old.

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:44.640
 May we be

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.480
 willing to

00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:46.299
 follow in the

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:46.940
 steps of

00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:47.420
 Christ.

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:51.000
 To partake in

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.819
 his suffering in

00:33:51.819 --> 00:33:52.200
 order to

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:53.200
 partake in

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:54.200
 his salvation.

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.579
 We thank you

00:33:57.579 --> 00:33:58.019
 for the love

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.519
 of Jesus.

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.440
 How his

00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:01.339
 blood covers

00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:01.940
 our sins.

00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:02.539
 And so may

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:04.019
 we continue in

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.720
 faith walking

00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:05.680
 with God each

00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:05.940
 day.

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.240
 In

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:07.839
 present Jesus

00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:08.260
 name.

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:08.659
 Amen.

00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:12.360
 Now we're

00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:13.019
 going to sing

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.519
 our last

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:14.599
 hymn or

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.239
 listen to our

00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:15.780
 last hymn being

00:34:15.780 --> 00:34:16.099
 sung,

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:16.780
 Great is thy

00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:17.380
 faithfulness.

00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:32.780
 Great is thy

00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:33.780
 faithfulness.

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:36.380
 O God my

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:36.780
 Father.

00:34:36.780 --> 00:34:40.040
 There is no

00:34:40.040 --> 00:34:41.940
 shadow of

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:43.800
 turning with

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:45.100
 thee.

00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:46.180
 Thou

00:34:46.180 --> 00:34:48.220
 changest not,

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:49.780
 thy compassions

00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:51.680
 they fail

00:34:51.680 --> 00:34:52.380
 not.

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:54.080
 As thou

00:34:54.080 --> 00:34:55.420
 hast been,

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:57.360
 thou forever

00:34:57.360 --> 00:34:58.500
 ever will

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.260
 be.

00:34:59.260 --> 00:35:02.260
 Great is thy

00:35:02.260 --> 00:35:03.840
 faithfulness,

00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:06.140
 great is thy

00:35:06.140 --> 00:35:07.579
 faithfulness,

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:09.900
 morning by

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:11.900
 morning through

00:35:11.900 --> 00:35:14.360
 mercies I see.

00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:17.559
 All I have

00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:19.940
 needed, thy hand

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:22.140
 hath provided.

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:25.219
 great is thy

00:35:25.219 --> 00:35:26.980
 faithfulness,

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:28.739
 Lord, unto

00:35:28.739 --> 00:35:29.859
 thee.

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:41.440
 Summer and winter

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:42.980
 and springtime

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:44.980
 and harvest,

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:47.840
 sun, moon, and

00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:49.740
 stars in their

00:35:49.740 --> 00:35:51.920
 courses above.

00:35:53.380 --> 00:35:55.340
 Join with all

00:35:55.340 --> 00:35:57.199
 nature in

00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:58.519
 manifold

00:35:58.519 --> 00:36:01.420
 witness to

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:02.139
 thy

00:36:02.139 --> 00:36:02.800
 great

00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:04.519
 faithfulness,

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:05.559
 mercy,

00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:07.579
 and love.

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:09.699
 Great is

00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:10.280
 thy

00:36:10.280 --> 00:36:11.840
 faithfulness,

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:13.460
 great is

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:14.079
 thy

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:15.539
 faithfulness,

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:16.079
 thy

00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:16.539
 faithfulness,

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:17.699
 morning by

00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:19.500
 morning new

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:22.679
 mercies I see.

00:36:23.260 --> 00:36:25.079
 All I have

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:26.920
 needed, thy

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:29.579
 hand hath provided.

00:36:30.720 --> 00:36:31.960
 Great is

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:32.619
 thy

00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:34.340
 faithfulness,

00:36:34.679 --> 00:36:36.000
 Lord, unto

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:37.139
 me.

00:36:37.139 --> 00:36:39.139
 Great is

00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:40.139
 thy

00:36:40.139 --> 00:36:41.139
 faithfulness,

00:36:41.139 --> 00:36:42.139
 Lord, unto

00:36:42.139 --> 00:36:43.139
 me.

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:45.460
 God,

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:47.440
 pardon for

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:48.960
 sin and

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:50.059
 a peace

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:50.800
 that

00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:52.880
 endureth,

00:36:53.220 --> 00:36:53.840
 thine

00:36:53.840 --> 00:36:54.900
 own deep

00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:56.079
 presence

00:36:56.079 --> 00:36:57.500
 to cheer

00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:58.519
 and to

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:59.860
 guide,

00:37:00.220 --> 00:37:01.059
 strength

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:01.659
 for

00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:03.619
 today and

00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:04.119
 pride,

00:37:04.280 --> 00:37:05.380
 hope for

00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:06.820
 tomorrow.

00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:09.159
 Blessings

00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:09.780
 are

00:37:09.780 --> 00:37:11.079
 mine with

00:37:11.079 --> 00:37:13.079
 and

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:14.079
 thousand beside.

00:37:14.079 --> 00:37:16.079
 Great is

00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:17.079
 thy

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:18.079
 faithfulness,

00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:20.079
 great is

00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:20.819
 thy

00:37:20.819 --> 00:37:22.340
 faithfulness,

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:24.480
 morning by

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:26.559
 morning new

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:28.299
 mercies I

00:37:28.299 --> 00:37:29.079
 see.

00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:32.079
 All I have

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:33.139
 needed,

00:37:33.139 --> 00:37:35.199
 thy hand hath

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 provided.

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 great is

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 thy

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 faithfulness,

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 Lord, unto

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 me.

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 Now will you

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 stand for our

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 benediction?

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 now to him

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 who is able to

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 keep you from

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 stumbling and

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 to present you

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 blameless before

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 the presence of

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 his glory with

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 great joy, to

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 the only God

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 our Savior,

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 through Jesus

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 Christ our

00:38:16.319 --> 00:38:16.759
 Lord, be

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 glory,

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 majesty,

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 dominion,

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 and authority

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 before all

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 time, now

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 and forever

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 more.

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 Amen.

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 Go in

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 peace.

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rijd

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 Hall

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 improving

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 the

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 worship

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 assembly in

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 God

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 history

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 together

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 of

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 glory 1

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 and

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 next

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 Hebrews

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iction

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 added

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 praise

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 dele

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 better

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 hearings

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 happiness

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 initiated

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 graduated

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 incredible

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 происходит