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 Father, we ask that you would continue to gently but deeply pour out your Holy Spirit upon us.

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 Father, we confess before you that what we most need is not more rules to remember with our mind

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 or more rules to embrace with our will or more rules that we would long that we could follow.

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 But what we need most of all, Father, is for you to write your words of instruction and your words of love

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 and your words of everlasting kindness upon our hearts.

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 And we confess before you that it is only you who can do this by your Holy Spirit.

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 So we ask, Father, that you would gently but deeply pour out your Holy Spirit into our hearts

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 and write your very words in the center of who we are.

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 And this we ask in Jesus' name, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 I know this isn't a very good beginning.

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 Is my mic, I'm fine?

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 It feels like my, okay, it's drooping.

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 So if for some reason something's doing, just wave at, if it's going really wonky, just wave at me and we'll switch it.

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 But I'm going to do something which might be a little bit foolish this morning.

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 It won't be the first time and it won't be the last.

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 And one of the things which I'm, what might be a little bit foolish is that John, when he was reading 2 Corinthians,

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 he said something, or he read something, I should say, that might to some of you sound like it's a really, really, really lovely image.

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 In fact, it's an image that you think, that's a really lovely image.

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 It's just exactly what I needed to hear this morning.

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 Maybe none of you heard that.

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 But it's very easy if you were going to look at it and even read at it.

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 He might say, that's a really, really lovely image.

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 And here's where I might be being a little bit foolish.

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 Probably every single one of you or most of you misheard it.

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 And in fact, it's not a lovely image.

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 It's an insulting image.

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 And so why am I going to tell you that and try to have you look at it and see why it's insulting?

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 One of the reasons I'm doing it is that when I was in first year university 100 million years ago,

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 my first year philosophy professor, he knew the Bible better than I did.

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 And he was also an atheist.

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 And I think probably his personal mission statement was to make sure that people who followed any religion

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 would follow no religion by the end of his philosophy classes.

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 And he was always bringing up things in the Bible.

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 And here I'd been going to church all my life.

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 And I'd been a Christian for a few years.

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 And I'd go, wow, I didn't know that was there.

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 And I would be gobsmacked.

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 And it's an Irish expression.

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 And I wouldn't know what to say.

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 So I want to have that happen to you folks.

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 So there's an image that is in the text that John just read

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 that many of us might think that sounds like a really, really wonderful image.

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 Maybe I'm going to quote that.

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 I'm going to write it on a mug.

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 So every day when I drink coffee, I can be reminded of I'm going to put it on the mirror.

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 The problem is you still might want to do it after I've explained to you.

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 But it's actually an insulting image.

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 And probably when Paul's first hearers were hearing the Bible, they went,

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 it's not what they were hoping that he was going to say.

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 So it would be a great help to me if you'd open your Bibles and turn to 2 Corinthians 2.

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 2 Corinthians 2.

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 And it's going to be, I'm going to start reading at verse 14.

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 2 Corinthians 2, verse 14.

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 And just while you're turning to that, you know, there's a couple of,

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 there's many cool things.

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 I haven't talked much to you about the book of 2 Corinthians.

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 It looks fancy, like it's, you know, it's in a Bible.

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 And this used to have sort of like a gold stuff at the end.

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 And it's nice thin paper.

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 It looks very fancy.

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 But this, you know, part of the thing which is so cool about this letter is,

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 you know, we think of, you know, in part of the way that the culture understands

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 how the Christianity expanded,

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 that the image that goes to a lot of our minds in Canadian culture

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 is the Crusades or the conquistadors coming to South America.

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 And they come with armies and they sort of bind people.

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 And that's when people think of Christianity jumping continents

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 or coming to a new people group.

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 That's what a lot of people in our culture tend to think of.

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 It's violent and it's exploitative.

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 And there's no question that some things like that happen.

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 You can't deny it.

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 But in fact, it's not actually the way that Christianity

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 has generally grown across the world.

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 One of the things which is so interesting about this letter

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 is it was written about seven years after Christianity jumped continents.

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 It jumped from the Middle East, or really what you'd almost call Africa.

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 It jumped to Europe.

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 And if you go back and read Acts 16,

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 you get an historical account of the first Christians coming to Europe.

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 And they don't come with a big army.

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 It's four blokes stepping off a gangplank of a ship.

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 And in Acts 16, when you read about Paul putting his foot down in Philippi,

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 you are reading of the account of the first Christian setting foot in Europe.

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 And then a little bit later on,

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 when you hear him talking to Lydia,

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 and then Lydia becomes a Christian,

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 you are reading the story of the first European Christian.

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 Lydia.

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 Either a single woman, because she's widowed,

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 or a woman with a husband who remains pagan.

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 But it's probably in terms of the context,

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 a single woman in Philippi becomes the first European Christian.

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 And shortly after that,

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 because there ends up being great persecution,

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 the violence in Christianity jumping from Africa to Europe,

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 the violence comes not from Christians, but from pagans.

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 And so they violently attack the Christians.

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 Paul's put in jail.

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 Acts 16 tells you the story.

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 And then he leaves,

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 and he goes down the coast of what is now Greece.

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 And he goes to Thessalonica,

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 and then he goes to Berea,

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 and then he comes to Corinth,

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 probably just a couple of months after Christianity has jumped to Europe.

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 And when Paul comes to Corinth,

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 there are no Christians.

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 It's a culture and a society completely organized around paganism.

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 In fact, one of the things,

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 Paul doesn't talk about this very much in this book,

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 but it's something which is really interesting,

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 important in 1 Corinthians.

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 Just get your mind around this.

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 For the average person in Corinth,

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 just put your mind back in this.

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 If I was in Corinth in the year 50,

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 and I said to Louise,

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 I had to go to the temple to worship,

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 what it would mean in many cases

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 was I was going to the temple to have sex with a priestess,

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 because that's how you worshiped.

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 Or you'd go to have an animal killed,

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 or do some other type of act,

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 or to do some type of magical incantational act.

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 And in a culture which was completely and utterly unified around paganism,

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 Paul comes with no power,

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 and a small group of people,

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 and he starts to proclaim Jesus,

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 and people come to faith.

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 And so this letter here of 2 Corinthians,

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 this is written just a few years

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 after Christianity has first come to Europe,

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 and it's come to a center that Paul had been at for 18 months.

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 He's come and gone a few times,

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 and that's the context of this letter.

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 So for many of the people who are hearing this letter,

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 they probably were Roman soldiers.

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 Many of them might have been Roman soldiers,

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 or at least they're very familiar with how Rome does things,

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 and how this mighty empire does things.

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 And they're listening to it as Romans,

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 from a pagan perspective.

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 They've now become Christians.

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 Maybe there's seekers in the congregation.

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 When we listen to the text,

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 we tend to think of Europe as Christian.

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 We have all these false conceptions

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 about how Christianity has entered into other places,

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 and we also listen to it with a Hollywood perspective.

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 So 2 Corinthians 2, 14-17,

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 let's read it,

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 and then I'll explain how we must hear it.

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 But thanks be to God,

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 who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession,

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 and through us spreads the fragrance

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 of the knowledge of him everywhere.

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 For we are the aroma of Christ to God,

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 among those who are being saved

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 and among those who are perishing,

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 to one, a fragrance from death to death,

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 to the other, a fragrance from life to life.

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 Who is sufficient for these things?

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 For we are not like so many peddlers of God's word,

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 but as men of sincerity,

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 as commissioned by God,

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 in the sight of God,

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 we speak in Christ.

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 Now we'll just sort of pause.

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 Here's the problem with this image.

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 I just watched a Hollywood movie last night on Netflix.

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 What is one of the ways

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 that Hollywood likes to end its movies?

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 Think of a lot of the Star Wars movies.

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 Think of,

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 how does Hollywood like to end a lot of its movies?

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 The hero comes back,

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 and there's a big gathering,

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 and everybody's applauding.

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 Or if not like that,

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 then shortly afterwards,

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 there's some ceremony to just sort of reward

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 the great hero.

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 And Hollywood loves to end movies

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 with the hero or the heroine returning,

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 and people applauding and celebrating.

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 And so for many of us,

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 when we hear about this triumphal procession,

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 we think of it in terms of Hollywood terms.

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 But thanks be to God,

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 who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession,

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 because that's how we would like to be welcomed,

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 wouldn't we?

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 Show up to work,

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 everybody stands and applauds.

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 It might get embarrassing

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 after it happened the 15th time,

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 but the first couple of times would be good,

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 and it would be nice

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 if they surprised us that way occasionally,

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 just with applause.

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 You know,

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 we come home from work,

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 or we come back to see our wife and our kid,

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 and they applaud, you know?

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 Way to go.

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 So glad you're home.

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 I mean,

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 if Hollywood does it all the time,

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 it's speaking to something deep within us.

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 Now,

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 I was going to do a visual thing

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 to try to communicate this,

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 but the reason I didn't

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 was I was worried

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 I would fall off the stage

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 and break my neck,

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 and that would really ruin the image,

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 and it would ruin the sermon,

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 and it would ruin my life.

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 But the way you have to understand this text

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 is not from Hollywood.

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 Paul is at the end of a Roman procession.

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 He's been defeated,

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 and he's the captive,

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 and he's in shackles.

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 So if I was not worried

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 about falling off this stage,

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 I would have had somebody

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 put something on my hands like this,

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 and I would have had somebody

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 put something on my feet,

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 and I would have tied one end

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 of the thing between

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 to the chain or the cord

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 between my hands,

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 and I would have walked like this

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 with my Bible.

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 You can see why I didn't want to do it.

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 I might forget that I'm wearing it,

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 and next thing I know I trip,

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 and I'm down on the ground.

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 That's the image.

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 Paul is at the end of the procession,

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 and he's been defeated.

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 In a sense, the image is the Roman army is gone.

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 It's conquered.

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 It's captured people,

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 and people are all cheering,

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 and they're all having a variety of responses,

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 usually mocking at the people

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 at the end of the parade

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 who've been captive.

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 One of our deepest fears is failure,

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 and one of our deepest fears of all,

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 in fact, if Hollywood wants to try to really

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 try to tug on our heartstrings,

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 it will show lots of Americans.

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 I mean, it's American movies.

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 That's fine.

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 Canadians would do the same thing

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 if it was a Canadian thing,

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 and they would show them defeated

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 at the end of some alien procession

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 walking along in chains,

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 and it would be like a dagger to our heart,

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 and that's the image that Paul has shared,

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 and he says,

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 thanks be to God.

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 In fact,

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 this, once you understand

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 that that's the image that he's using,

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 but thanks be to God,

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 who in Christ always leads us

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 in triumphal procession.

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 You know, some of you have gone to university

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 or are going to university.

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 What is one of the claims

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 that Nietzsche makes about Christianity

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 is that it's a slave religion,

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 that it teaches us to be servile?

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 What does Ayn Rand say about Christianity?

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 That it's a slave religion,

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 that it teaches us to be servile,

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 that it teaches us to be doormats.

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 What is it that many people

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 in the business community

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 and just in the world in general,

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 what is one of the things

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 that they say about Christians

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 is that it teaches to be servile,

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 that teaches to be slave?

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 What is the fear of many people in Quebec,

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 many francophones,

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 about becoming a Christian?

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 And while they think back

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 to how for many, many years

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 the Roman Catholic Church,

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 whether they're remembering it correctly or not,

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 had taught the people

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 to be completely and utterly servile.

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 It's a deep fear of many people

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 that that's what the Christian faith does.

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 It's a deep fear

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 and it's a deep human fear.

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 And here it is that Paul seems to celebrate it

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 because he says,

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 thanks be to God,

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 who in Christ always leads us

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 in triumphal procession.

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 Now, how is it

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 that Paul would use such an image?

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 See, one of the things

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 that the Bible is going to tell us

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 is that we are in far deeper trouble

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 apart from Christ

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 than we ever possibly imagined

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 and that God had really originally made us

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 for far greater glory

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 than we could ever possibly imagine

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 that can only come through being in Christ.

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 So how is it

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 that an image like this

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 could be something that looks

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 that we would actually want to embrace?

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 Let's go back to another Hollywood image.

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 We're zombies.

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 We have the zombie virus.

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 And maybe it's like,

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 you know,

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 one of the hard parts

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 for people who have dementia

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 or people who have Alzheimer's

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 is in the early stages

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 when they realize

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 they have enough of self-possession

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 of their mind

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 to realize that their mind is going.

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 But let's say

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 in the beginning of a zombie virus,

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 we start to realize

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 that we're becoming zombies

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 and we don't have the courage

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 to cut our head off

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 or impale our face on a pole

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 because that would be really hard.

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 But we know we're becoming zombies.

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 And then somebody

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 wrestles us down

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 and defeats us

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 and plunges within us

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 a needle

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 and squirts something

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 that not only will it stop

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 the zombie virus

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 but reverse it

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 and start to have us process

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 not towards becoming

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 more and more a zombie

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 from death to death.

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 But we'll reverse the process

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 that now

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 it is going from

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 life to life.

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 We were a zombie

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 on the way

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 to becoming a zombie

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 and someone

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 defeats us

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 wrestles us

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 to the ground

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 because there's enough

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 of a zombie-ish

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 in them

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 that when we see them

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 we start to think

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 of how tasty

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 their brains are

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 and their blood.

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 I'm saying this in church

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 that's fine.

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 You guys all watch

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 or know of zombie movies.

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 But somebody

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 defeats

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 our attempt

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 at aggression

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 wrestles us down

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 and because they love us

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 their defeat

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 is because they love us

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 the injection

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 is because they love us

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 and as the zombie

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 fighting vaccine

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 enters our body

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 we start to realize

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 that the process

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 is reversed

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 and maybe

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 we still have to

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 have our hands

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 shackled

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 and maybe

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 they want to

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 keep us

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 right with them

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 all the time

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 so we don't get

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 reinfected.

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 But as we walk along

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 we start to be

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 so thankful

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 that we are

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 no longer

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 going from

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 zombie-hood

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 to zombie-hood

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 from death

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 to death

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 but that our

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 destiny

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 is from life

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 to life

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 and only

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 an image

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 like that

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 makes sense

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 of what Paul

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 is saying

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 and that is

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 exactly

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 what Paul

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 is saying.

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 That is

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 exactly

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 what Paul

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 is saying.

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 He's going

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 to unpack

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 the gospel

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 as the letter

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 goes on.

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 It's his second

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 letter to Corinth.

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 He's already

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 told them

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 many many things

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 about the gospel.

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 It's only that

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 that makes sense

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 to this particular

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 text.

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 And you see

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 in other words

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 if you code up

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 the first thing

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 that would be

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 great.

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 Christ defeated

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 sin.

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 Christ defeated

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 death.

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 Christ defeated

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 hell.

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 Christ defeated

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 me

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 to save

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 and deliver

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 me.

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 Christ defeated

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 sin.

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 Christ defeated

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 death.

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 Christ defeated

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 hell.

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 Christ defeated

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 me

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 to save

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 and deliver

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 me.

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 that's the gospel.

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 That's the gospel.

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 And Paul, the image,

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 it's a bit of a complicated image,

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 but let's go back to the text,

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 but thanks be to God,

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 who in Christ always leads us

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 in triumphal procession

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 and through us,

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 spreads the fragrance

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 of the knowledge of him everywhere,

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 for we are the aroma of Christ to God.

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 And pause.

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 All of this language of fragrance and aroma,

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 Greek people who are getting this letter,

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 when they read the Tanakh,

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 what we call the Old Testament,

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 they would have read it in Greek.

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 And if they,

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 and maybe this is one of those things

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 that Paul would have preached,

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 and in all the way through the book of Leviticus,

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 when it's describing the different sacrifices

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 in the Old Testament

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 that have us make,

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 that whereby we have peace with God,

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 and there's,

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 and part of it is,

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 as it's burned,

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 as it's a sacrifice,

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 and it's burned,

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 and there's a,

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 there's an ode,

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 all of this is the language

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 of a successful sacrifice

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 that reconciles us to God.

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 So it's a very,

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 very interesting image,

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 because Paul is,

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 is playing with images

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 that would have been something

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 that was meant to be read slowly.

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 Paul is picturing himself

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 as being so glad

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 that he's in change,

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 and he's being led in triumph

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 by Jesus.

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 And as he's being led in triumph

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 by Jesus,

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 he's using this imagery

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 that he's,

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 that what matters about Jesus

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 isn't that Jesus can have big biceps,

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 or that he's really good,

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 like in zombie imagery,

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 he's really good at banging zombies

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 on the head,

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 and killing them,

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 or anything like that.

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 It's the image that,

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 that what brings about,

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 that his triumph,

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 is his successful act

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 as a sacrifice.

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 A sacrifice that comes from God,

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 that reconciles us to God.

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 And,

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 and then the image is that

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 it's as if this odor,

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 it's,

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 it's this aroma

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 of the successful sacrifice

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 that's,

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 it's going up to God,

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 and he can smell,

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 he knows that his son

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 has triumphed

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 by the death of himself,

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 the complete opposite

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 of what we think is triumph,

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 that,

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 that my,

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 that Jesus' defeat of death

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 comes from his death,

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 that Jesus' defeat of sin

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 comes as his death

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 bearing my sin,

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 that his defeat of hell

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 is that it's because

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 he has died

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 bearing my sin,

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 defeating death,

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 that hell is conquered,

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 that hell is conquered,

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 that when Jesus

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 entered into what is death,

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 he tasted everything

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 there is to taste of death,

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 with nothing left over,

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 including whatever it is

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 that we might imagine

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 that hell is,

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 and there's nothing

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 that Jesus did not experience

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 in terms of sin

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 or in death

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 that he has not triumphed over.

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 When I put my faith

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 and trust in him,

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 it is my defeat

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 of my desire

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 to be like God.

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 It is my defeat

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 of my desire

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 to be completely

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 and utterly

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 sufficient

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 in and of myself.

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 It is my defeat

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 from all of those desires

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 that take me from God,

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 and not only

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 is it my defeat

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 of these desires,

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 it is my sharing

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 in his victory.

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 And the image here

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 is of this successful sacrifice.

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 There's an aroma

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 of this successful sacrifice

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 and the same aroma

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 and fragrance

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 is what comes into me,

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 into my lungs

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 and comes out of my mouth

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 as bearing witness

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 to Jesus

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 as the one

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 who has defeated sin,

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 who has defeated death,

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 who has defeated hell,

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 and who has defeated me,

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 and he can do it for you.

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 No one is too bad.

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 No one is too broken.

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 No one is too unimportant.

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 No one is too important

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 or too good.

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 And then it has this

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:31.039
 ongoing image.

00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:32.420
 Go back to verse 15.

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 For we are the aroma

00:22:33.320 --> 00:22:34.360
 of Christ to God

00:22:34.360 --> 00:22:35.900
 among those who are being saved

00:22:35.900 --> 00:22:36.600
 and among those

00:22:36.600 --> 00:22:37.420
 who are perishing.

00:22:37.580 --> 00:22:38.600
 To one a fragrance

00:22:38.600 --> 00:22:39.880
 from death to death,

00:22:40.360 --> 00:22:41.480
 to the other a fragrance

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:42.519
 from life to life.

00:22:42.600 --> 00:22:43.519
 Who is sufficient

00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:44.500
 for these things?

00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:46.180
 For we are not like

00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:47.100
 so many peddlers

00:22:47.100 --> 00:22:48.019
 of God's word,

00:22:48.120 --> 00:22:49.320
 but as men of sincerity

00:22:49.320 --> 00:22:50.600
 and as commissioned by God,

00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:52.620
 in the sight of God,

00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:53.759
 we speak in Christ.

00:22:55.080 --> 00:22:55.320
 See,

00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:56.140
 one of the reasons

00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:57.140
 I let you know

00:22:57.140 --> 00:22:57.700
 that you probably

00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:58.940
 were mishearing the image

00:22:58.940 --> 00:23:00.539
 is because I don't want

00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:01.220
 to be a peddler

00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:03.539
 of God's word.

00:23:05.860 --> 00:23:07.200
 Peddlers of God's word

00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:08.400
 would make you think

00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:09.580
 that your Hollywood image

00:23:09.580 --> 00:23:10.259
 was correct.

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:13.039
 And I don't want to be

00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:14.600
 a peddler of God's word.

00:23:15.320 --> 00:23:15.799
 One of the things

00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:16.380
 you should pray

00:23:16.380 --> 00:23:17.620
 for your Bible study leaders,

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:19.080
 for your Sunday school teachers,

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:21.140
 for the professors at Ryle,

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.759
 for me,

00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.480
 for Daniel,

00:23:22.620 --> 00:23:23.240
 for anyone who has

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:24.039
 any type of,

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:25.580
 for the youth group ministry,

00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:27.420
 for young adult ministry,

00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:28.560
 for any type of ministry,

00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:29.480
 is that we not be

00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:30.940
 peddlers of God's word,

00:23:31.100 --> 00:23:32.320
 but we try to honestly

00:23:32.320 --> 00:23:33.960
 bring out God's word

00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:34.920
 as the gospel

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 that it really is.

00:23:37.320 --> 00:23:38.400
 Please pray that

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 for us.

00:23:41.320 --> 00:23:42.519
 But just think it

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 for a second.

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 What this is saying,

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:45.700
 well, okay,

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.759
 let's a bit of a test.

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 How many people,

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:48.200
 I don't want to

00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:49.140
 shout out the answer.

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:50.000
 One of those things

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:50.539
 you can talk about

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.560
 at coffee afterwards.

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:53.360
 What percentage of Ottawa

00:23:53.360 --> 00:23:53.840
 do you think

00:23:53.840 --> 00:23:55.120
 went to church this morning?

00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:57.759
 Like, you know,

00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:58.979
 let's say all of a sudden

00:23:58.979 --> 00:24:01.439
 we ask the National Security Agency

00:24:01.439 --> 00:24:02.539
 or Russia

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:03.639
 or China

00:24:03.639 --> 00:24:05.019
 or any of the other people

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.899
 who are monitoring

00:24:05.899 --> 00:24:07.019
 the tracking devices

00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:08.299
 that we all carry with us

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:09.219
 and keep charged,

00:24:09.679 --> 00:24:10.759
 knowing as our phones

00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:12.479
 and our iPads

00:24:12.479 --> 00:24:13.099
 and all those other

00:24:13.099 --> 00:24:14.039
 electronic things.

00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:14.199
 You know,

00:24:14.219 --> 00:24:14.919
 we carry them around.

00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:15.819
 We very conveniently,

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.979
 just to help the NSA

00:24:16.979 --> 00:24:18.399
 and Apple and Google

00:24:18.399 --> 00:24:21.159
 to be able to market things to us

00:24:21.159 --> 00:24:22.019
 and know where we are,

00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:23.579
 we keep our tracking devices

00:24:23.579 --> 00:24:24.559
 nicely charged.

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:25.519
 So,

00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:27.139
 tomorrow morning,

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:27.740
 you know,

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.919
 somebody hacks

00:24:28.919 --> 00:24:29.700
 and they,

00:24:29.859 --> 00:24:30.659
 it was revealed

00:24:30.659 --> 00:24:32.240
 where everybody actually was

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:33.259
 on Sunday morning

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:35.339
 and it,

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:35.679
 you know,

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.139
 I don't know what,

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:36.839
 I don't know,

00:24:36.879 --> 00:24:37.379
 4%,

00:24:37.379 --> 00:24:37.740
 I don't know,

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.059
 what do you think,

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:39.099
 5% of Ottawa,

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:40.220
 the next 100 people

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:41.500
 you meet tomorrow at work

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.679
 who are over the,

00:24:43.179 --> 00:24:43.379
 you know,

00:24:43.419 --> 00:24:44.740
 do you think 4 of them

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.599
 went to church somewhere?

00:24:45.659 --> 00:24:47.159
 Not all good churches necessarily.

00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:50.619
 I don't know what the percentage,

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:51.740
 it would be a very small percentage.

00:24:51.919 --> 00:24:52.799
 I don't think any of us

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:53.519
 disagree about

00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.500
 that would be small,

00:24:54.639 --> 00:24:55.660
 definitely the minority,

00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:56.579
 a huge minority.

00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:58.500
 So,

00:24:58.759 --> 00:25:00.500
 do you think

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:02.440
 from the perspective of Ottawa

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:03.680
 and Apple and Google

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.359
 and the government

00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:05.180
 and NSA,

00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:05.759
 et cetera,

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:06.200
 et cetera,

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:06.859
 do you think,

00:25:07.379 --> 00:25:07.879
 what do you think

00:25:07.879 --> 00:25:08.420
 they would think

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:09.240
 about the claim

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:11.279
 that what I just said

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:12.740
 to you a few moments ago

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:14.539
 about Christ defeated death

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:16.359
 and Christ defeated sin,

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.420
 Christ defeated death,

00:25:18.140 --> 00:25:18.920
 Christ defeated hell,

00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:19.940
 Christ defeated me

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:21.579
 to save me

00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:23.620
 and deliver me.

00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:27.039
 If I was to tell them

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:28.700
 that all of the things

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.180
 that are going on

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:30.019
 in the city of Ottawa,

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:32.759
 that what I just said

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:34.079
 was more important

00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:37.859
 because only what I said

00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:40.839
 has eternal consequences.

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:44.839
 And all of the other things

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:45.879
 that are being said

00:25:45.879 --> 00:25:47.240
 on YouTube

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:48.799
 and Twitter

00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:51.099
 is just chaff.

00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:55.099
 They'd think I was insane.

00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:59.599
 And I'll be honest,

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:01.879
 it really sounds

00:26:01.879 --> 00:26:02.719
 pretty insane,

00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:03.299
 doesn't it?

00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:04.859
 But that's what

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:05.699
 the Bible's saying.

00:26:07.939 --> 00:26:09.299
 The Bible is saying,

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.699
 verse 15,

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.539
 for we are the aroma

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.480
 of Christ to God

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.019
 among those

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:13.859
 who are being saved

00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:14.559
 and among those

00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:15.299
 who are perishing

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:16.240
 to one a fragrance

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:17.199
 from death to death

00:26:17.199 --> 00:26:17.679
 to the other

00:26:17.679 --> 00:26:18.199
 a fragrance

00:26:18.199 --> 00:26:19.199
 from life to life.

00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:20.339
 Who is sufficient

00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:21.099
 for these things?

00:26:21.219 --> 00:26:22.079
 For we are not like

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.980
 so many peddlers

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.799
 of God's word,

00:26:24.179 --> 00:26:24.679
 but as men

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:25.299
 of sincerity

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:25.820
 is commissioned

00:26:25.820 --> 00:26:26.360
 by God

00:26:26.360 --> 00:26:27.120
 in the sight of God

00:26:27.120 --> 00:26:28.220
 we speak in Christ.

00:26:29.660 --> 00:26:30.779
 But notice here

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:32.700
 that Paul himself

00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:34.500
 realizes that it sounds crazy

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.460
 because, you know,

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:36.539
 however low

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:37.320
 the church attendance

00:26:37.320 --> 00:26:38.100
 is here today,

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:39.299
 however low it is

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.960
 that people might,

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:41.380
 and even many Christians

00:26:41.380 --> 00:26:42.240
 would sort of balk

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:42.720
 at thinking

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:43.539
 that whatever comes

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:45.019
 out of a Christian's lips,

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:47.340
 that if what comes

00:26:47.340 --> 00:26:48.039
 out of their lips

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.680
 is some type

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:49.340
 of bearing witness

00:26:49.340 --> 00:26:49.940
 to Jesus,

00:26:50.140 --> 00:26:50.660
 that that has

00:26:50.660 --> 00:26:51.840
 eternal consequences,

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:53.400
 it sounds a little bit crazy.

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:53.880
 It would have even

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:54.680
 sounded crazier

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.260
 in Corinth.

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.080
 I don't know

00:26:56.080 --> 00:26:56.940
 how big the church is.

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.220
 I don't know.

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:57.900
 The city was like

00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:58.900
 100,000 people.

00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.260
 I don't know.

00:26:59.340 --> 00:26:59.740
 Maybe there were

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.640
 1,000 Christians.

00:27:00.840 --> 00:27:01.320
 Maybe there were

00:27:01.320 --> 00:27:02.200
 400, 300.

00:27:02.360 --> 00:27:02.740
 We don't know.

00:27:02.800 --> 00:27:03.400
 It was a very small

00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:04.100
 number of people.

00:27:04.360 --> 00:27:04.660
 It would have

00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:05.700
 sounded even crazier.

00:27:06.100 --> 00:27:06.740
 Paul is aware

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.240
 of the fact

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:08.180
 that it sounds crazy.

00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:09.260
 It sounds crazy

00:27:09.260 --> 00:27:10.020
 not only because

00:27:10.020 --> 00:27:10.920
 he's just described

00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:11.640
 to these Romans

00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:12.160
 who are used

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:13.440
 to seeing victory parades,

00:27:13.800 --> 00:27:14.200
 that the way

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:15.260
 to understand him

00:27:15.260 --> 00:27:15.920
 is that he's

00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:16.580
 the captive

00:27:16.580 --> 00:27:17.500
 in shackles

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.020
 and chains

00:27:18.020 --> 00:27:18.540
 at the end

00:27:18.540 --> 00:27:19.060
 of the parade

00:27:19.060 --> 00:27:20.200
 because he's defeated.

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:21.660
 And that's probably

00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:22.700
 not how they woke up

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.200
 that morning

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:24.080
 wishing that Paul

00:27:24.080 --> 00:27:24.960
 would say something

00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:25.340
 to them

00:27:25.340 --> 00:27:26.700
 that would encourage them.

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.620
 So he's given them

00:27:28.620 --> 00:27:30.200
 this counterintuitive image

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:31.220
 and then he's saying

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:32.500
 that what he says

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:33.420
 when he proclaims

00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:33.860
 the gospel

00:27:33.860 --> 00:27:35.140
 and what ordinary people

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:35.720
 when they proclaim

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.279
 the gospel,

00:27:36.860 --> 00:27:37.640
 that that actually

00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:40.080
 has eternal consequences

00:27:40.080 --> 00:27:41.500
 in people's lives.

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:43.180
 It sounds crazy.

00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:45.279
 And probably people

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:45.620
 are saying

00:27:45.620 --> 00:27:46.320
 who do you think

00:27:46.320 --> 00:27:46.740
 you are?

00:27:47.340 --> 00:27:48.180
 Like why is it

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:48.779
 do you think

00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.779
 that what you say

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.519
 is so important?

00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:51.560
 And Paul understands

00:27:51.560 --> 00:27:51.700
 that.

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.440
 That's why he says

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:53.420
 in verse 16

00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:54.680
 who is sufficient

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:55.580
 for these things?

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:59.779
 He knows it sounds crazy.

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:01.240
 Who is sufficient

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:02.220
 for these things?

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.980
 And then he begins

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:04.539
 to answer it.

00:28:04.620 --> 00:28:05.180
 Let's look and see

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:05.620
 what he says.

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.840
 Chapter 3 verse 1.

00:28:08.600 --> 00:28:09.740
 What's Paul's answer?

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.640
 Are we beginning

00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:13.300
 to commend ourselves again?

00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:15.020
 So he's going to say

00:28:15.020 --> 00:28:15.360
 no, no.

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.320
 This isn't just about

00:28:16.320 --> 00:28:17.500
 me commending myself.

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.680
 Or do we need

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.280
 as some do

00:28:20.280 --> 00:28:21.460
 letters of recommendation

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.840
 to you or from you

00:28:22.840 --> 00:28:23.720
 as if you can somehow

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:25.400
 go to a degree program

00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:26.880
 that once you finish

00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:27.640
 the course

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:28.740
 and get the tattoo

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:30.100
 or the ring

00:28:30.100 --> 00:28:33.060
 on your dominant hand

00:28:33.060 --> 00:28:33.660
 that somehow

00:28:33.660 --> 00:28:34.420
 you're not qualified

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:35.500
 and competent to do this

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:35.900
 because you have

00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:36.500
 somebody else

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:37.080
 who said you are.

00:28:38.120 --> 00:28:39.240
 You yourselves

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:40.040
 are a letter

00:28:40.040 --> 00:28:40.860
 of recommendation

00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:42.240
 written on our hearts

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:43.199
 to be known

00:28:43.199 --> 00:28:43.939
 and read by all.

00:28:44.679 --> 00:28:45.500
 And you show us

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.659
 and you show

00:28:46.659 --> 00:28:47.619
 that you are a letter

00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:48.379
 from Christ

00:28:48.379 --> 00:28:49.579
 delivered by us

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:51.199
 written not with ink

00:28:51.199 --> 00:28:51.939
 but with the spirit

00:28:51.939 --> 00:28:52.719
 of the living God.

00:28:53.459 --> 00:28:54.219
 Not on tablets

00:28:54.219 --> 00:28:54.919
 of stone

00:28:54.919 --> 00:28:56.419
 but on tablets

00:28:56.419 --> 00:28:57.719
 of human hearts.

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:59.039
 And I'm going to talk

00:28:59.039 --> 00:28:59.719
 about this more

00:28:59.719 --> 00:29:00.319
 next week

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:01.199
 because Paul's going

00:29:01.199 --> 00:29:01.799
 to sort of jump

00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:02.579
 to another image

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:03.459
 and then after that

00:29:03.459 --> 00:29:04.179
 which is the text

00:29:04.179 --> 00:29:04.740
 for next week

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:05.479
 he's going to

00:29:05.479 --> 00:29:06.659
 unpack that image

00:29:06.659 --> 00:29:08.299
 a little bit more.

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:10.639
 but what he's saying

00:29:10.639 --> 00:29:11.079
 here

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:12.579
 he's not commending

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.180
 himself

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:15.819
 and in fact

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.579
 he's even making

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:17.619
 the issue harder

00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:19.539
 because he's saying

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:21.839
 what I'm saying

00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:22.720
 is that there is

00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:23.180
 a way

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:25.200
 what has to happen

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:26.059
 is something

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:27.220
 has to be written

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:28.279
 on our hearts.

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:31.899
 Something

00:29:31.899 --> 00:29:33.500
 has to be written

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.680
 on our hearts

00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:36.940
 and that's something

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.799
 that has to be

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.980
 written in our hearts

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:40.700
 has to turn

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:41.440
 our hearts

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:42.160
 from going

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:42.820
 from death

00:29:42.820 --> 00:29:43.420
 to death

00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:45.460
 because every person

00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:46.240
 you meet today

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.900
 will die

00:29:46.900 --> 00:29:49.700
 with no exception.

00:29:51.620 --> 00:29:51.779
 I mean

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.320
 unless Jesus

00:29:52.320 --> 00:29:53.060
 comes back

00:29:53.060 --> 00:29:53.820
 and you know

00:29:53.820 --> 00:29:54.360
 the rapture

00:29:54.360 --> 00:29:54.980
 and all that stuff

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:56.940
 but you know

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:57.900
 in and of who we are

00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:58.440
 by ourselves

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:59.140
 every one of us

00:29:59.140 --> 00:29:59.660
 will die

00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:00.700
 from death

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:01.220
 to death.

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:02.740
 Aren't you glad

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.560
 you came to church today?

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:04.240
 I could give you

00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:05.460
 all these uplifting thoughts

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:06.859
 and

00:30:06.859 --> 00:30:09.659
 and Paul

00:30:09.659 --> 00:30:10.619
 is going to say

00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:11.899
 you know what

00:30:11.899 --> 00:30:12.639
 let's make this

00:30:12.639 --> 00:30:13.339
 even harder

00:30:13.339 --> 00:30:14.619
 it's not just a matter

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:15.220
 of writing

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:16.559
 you know

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.339
 being able to write out

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:18.500
 some rules to follow

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.200
 you know

00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:20.119
 listen if you just

00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:21.139
 if you do this

00:30:21.139 --> 00:30:22.159
 exercise program

00:30:22.159 --> 00:30:23.139
 you're going to live longer

00:30:23.139 --> 00:30:23.720
 if you eat this

00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:24.599
 oh come on

00:30:24.599 --> 00:30:25.440
 get some fiber

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:25.960
 and veggies

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.700
 in your diet

00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:27.339
 and cut out

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:28.500
 all that sugar

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:29.399
 you'll live longer

00:30:29.399 --> 00:30:29.819
 you know

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:30.659
 you'll live slimmer

00:30:30.659 --> 00:30:31.019
 and all that

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:32.619
 we don't mean

00:30:32.619 --> 00:30:33.979
 something has to be

00:30:33.979 --> 00:30:34.939
 written on our hearts

00:30:34.939 --> 00:30:37.399
 and Paul's going to

00:30:37.399 --> 00:30:38.099
 return to this

00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:39.239
 but I just want to see

00:30:39.239 --> 00:30:40.000
 he's in a sense

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.819
 doubling down

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.699
 could you put the next

00:30:41.699 --> 00:30:42.059
 part up

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.739
 I'd like you to read

00:30:42.739 --> 00:30:43.719
 verses 4 to 6

00:30:43.719 --> 00:30:44.279
 with me

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:47.399
 such is the confidence

00:30:47.399 --> 00:30:48.519
 that we have

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:49.359
 through Christ

00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:50.359
 toward God

00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:52.039
 not that we are

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:52.679
 sufficient

00:30:52.679 --> 00:30:53.619
 in ourselves

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:54.359
 to claim

00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:54.919
 anything

00:30:54.919 --> 00:30:55.799
 as coming

00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:56.639
 from us

00:30:56.639 --> 00:30:57.679
 but our

00:30:57.679 --> 00:30:58.439
 sufficiency

00:30:58.439 --> 00:30:59.739
 is from God

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:01.079
 who has made

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:01.880
 us sufficient

00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:03.019
 to be ministers

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:04.299
 of a new covenant

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:06.019
 not of the letter

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:07.339
 but of the spirit

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:08.599
 for the letter

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:09.319
 kills

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:10.359
 but the spirit

00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:11.539
 gives life

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:12.980
 could you just put up

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.599
 the next point

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:15.120
 and we're going to go back

00:31:15.120 --> 00:31:16.059
 to the scripture sentence

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:16.640
 in a moment

00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:18.079
 just notice that

00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:19.160
 the fundamental direction

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:19.839
 of the text

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:21.400
 at the end of the day

00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:22.059
 I hope you don't

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:22.279
 I mean

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:23.299
 this is a helpful thing

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:23.579
 to remember

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:24.160
 I've just taken

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:24.819
 two little bits

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:25.519
 out of the text

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:27.359
 to help you to understand

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:29.119
 the basic flow

00:31:29.119 --> 00:31:29.839
 of the argument

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:30.799
 but it's the text

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.679
 I hope you remember

00:31:31.679 --> 00:31:34.819
 as a follower

00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:35.419
 of Jesus

00:31:35.419 --> 00:31:36.279
 I mean

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:37.419
 I'm also dying

00:31:37.419 --> 00:31:39.419
 right

00:31:39.419 --> 00:31:40.740
 I'm also dying

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:41.939
 and

00:31:41.939 --> 00:31:42.659
 in fact

00:31:42.659 --> 00:31:43.159
 it's one of the

00:31:43.159 --> 00:31:44.359
 most powerful things

00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:45.219
 in 2 Corinthians

00:31:45.219 --> 00:31:45.859
 in a little bit

00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:46.659
 in a couple of weeks

00:31:46.659 --> 00:31:47.379
 he's going to talk

00:31:47.379 --> 00:31:47.839
 about our

00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:49.079
 you know

00:31:49.079 --> 00:31:49.639
 our body

00:31:49.639 --> 00:31:51.579
 getting older

00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:52.539
 and getting weaker

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:53.539
 and an eternal

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:54.500
 weight of glory

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:56.219
 that's inside

00:31:56.219 --> 00:31:56.479
 you know

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:57.180
 that we're like

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:58.259
 jars of clay

00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:59.380
 that are cracked

00:31:59.380 --> 00:32:01.039
 and easily broken

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:02.160
 and will break

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:02.920
 and that somehow

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.539
 within us

00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:04.339
 through the gospel

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:06.620
 we are being prepared

00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:08.039
 for an eternal

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:10.039
 weight of glory

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:11.799
 beyond imagination

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:15.539
 but for now

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:18.339
 I'm dying

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:21.620
 and you all know

00:32:21.620 --> 00:32:23.579
 that I'm not necessarily

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:24.599
 the best at doing

00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:25.500
 a whole pile of things

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:26.420
 part of getting older

00:32:26.420 --> 00:32:27.779
 if you mature

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:28.720
 a lot of people

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:30.200
 don't get any smarter

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:30.819
 as they get older

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:31.619
 they just get older

00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:32.799
 a lot of people

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:33.680
 don't get any wiser

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:34.380
 as they get older

00:32:34.380 --> 00:32:35.240
 they just get older

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:36.839
 you know

00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:37.359
 those of you

00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:37.920
 who are closer

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:38.460
 to my age

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:39.460
 stop just listening

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:40.740
 to music from the 70s

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:41.619
 like there's new music

00:32:41.619 --> 00:32:42.119
 out there

00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:42.460
 okay

00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:45.920
 like

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:48.359
 like try something new

00:32:48.359 --> 00:32:48.960
 you know

00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:49.779
 anyway

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.079
 but

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:51.099
 you know

00:32:51.099 --> 00:32:52.319
 I'm not

00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:53.480
 I'm not confident

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:54.119
 in a whole pile

00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:54.740
 of things

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:57.659
 and

00:32:57.659 --> 00:33:01.179
 what this text

00:33:01.179 --> 00:33:01.759
 is saying

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.439
 is that

00:33:02.439 --> 00:33:03.559
 I'm not

00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:05.019
 the things

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:06.059
 I'd have my confidence

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:06.459
 in

00:33:06.459 --> 00:33:07.079
 and the things

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.480
 that I think

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:08.099
 might make me

00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:08.559
 sufficient

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:09.079
 are enough

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:09.719
 for things

00:33:09.719 --> 00:33:11.519
 that most of the time

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.459
 I'm going to idols

00:33:12.459 --> 00:33:14.559
 and what it means

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:15.519
 to grow as a Christian

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:16.179
 is to be able

00:33:16.179 --> 00:33:16.859
 to understand

00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:17.719
 this phrase

00:33:17.719 --> 00:33:18.219
 which I think

00:33:18.219 --> 00:33:18.719
 is up there

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:19.480
 my confidence

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:20.779
 through Christ

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:22.839
 my sufficiency

00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:24.339
 from God

00:33:24.339 --> 00:33:27.860
 my confidence

00:33:27.860 --> 00:33:29.640
 through Christ

00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:32.259
 and my sufficiency

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:34.100
 from God

00:33:34.100 --> 00:33:35.440
 my confidence

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:36.120
 is not

00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:36.380
 that

00:33:36.380 --> 00:33:36.819
 I don't know

00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:37.559
 I can be

00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:38.100
 you know

00:33:38.100 --> 00:33:38.900
 I'm above average

00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:39.480
 intelligence

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:40.460
 I'm pretty good

00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:41.279
 you know

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:42.440
 relatively speaking

00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:43.259
 at organizing

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:44.039
 my thoughts

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.380
 you know

00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:44.819
 maybe I have

00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:45.360
 some natural

00:33:45.360 --> 00:33:46.440
 speaking abilities

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:47.640
 you know

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:48.019
 maybe I'm

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:49.079
 on the right side

00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:49.940
 of church history

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:50.940
 in terms of growth

00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:51.579
 and decline

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:52.759
 or maybe

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.160
 I don't know

00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:54.680
 I'm just me

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:57.759
 and those can be

00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.539
 my confidences

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:59.139
 they shouldn't be

00:33:59.139 --> 00:34:00.019
 my confidences

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.619
 and what's going

00:34:00.619 --> 00:34:01.400
 to make me sufficient

00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:02.039
 is that I get

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:02.740
 to wear a collar

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:03.180
 it looks like

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:04.200
 a Javex bottle

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:05.059
 it's been stuck

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:05.980
 on a black shirt

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:06.720
 you know

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.460
 that's not my

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:08.099
 sufficiency

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:09.500
 it's not any of those

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:10.099
 types of things

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:11.159
 it is my confidence

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:12.900
 to grow in

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.920
 in life

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.860
 is to understand

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.920
 that my confidence

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:17.740
 comes to me

00:34:17.740 --> 00:34:18.619
 through Christ

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:20.639
 and my sufficiency

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:22.420
 comes from God

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:23.380
 could you go back

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:24.180
 to the scripture text

00:34:24.180 --> 00:34:24.539
 please

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:26.019
 say the text

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:26.639
 with me again

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:27.180
 you'll see that

00:34:27.180 --> 00:34:28.099
 I'm not making this up

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:29.079
 it's not me being clever

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:29.900
 it's in the text

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:31.039
 read it out with me

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.400
 please

00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:33.220
 such is the confidence

00:34:33.220 --> 00:34:34.119
 that we have

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:34.960
 through Christ

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:36.059
 toward God

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:37.579
 not that we are

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:38.180
 sufficient

00:34:38.180 --> 00:34:39.200
 in ourselves

00:34:39.200 --> 00:34:39.920
 to claim

00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:40.480
 anything

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:41.220
 as coming

00:34:41.220 --> 00:34:42.039
 from us

00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:43.039
 but our

00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:43.619
 sufficiency

00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:44.940
 is from God

00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:46.480
 who has made us

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:47.059
 sufficient

00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:48.139
 to be ministers

00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:49.380
 of a new covenant

00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:51.039
 not of the letter

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:52.339
 but of the spirit

00:34:52.339 --> 00:34:53.480
 for the letter

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:54.159
 kills

00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:55.079
 but the spirit

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:56.159
 gives life

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:58.940
 it's a very

00:34:58.940 --> 00:34:59.619
 very very

00:34:59.619 --> 00:35:00.699
 very powerful

00:35:00.699 --> 00:35:01.420
 idea

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:02.299
 I mean one of the things

00:35:02.299 --> 00:35:03.299
 that just

00:35:03.299 --> 00:35:05.299
 not only is my confidence

00:35:05.299 --> 00:35:06.079
 to come more and more

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:06.839
 through Christ

00:35:06.839 --> 00:35:08.759
 but my sufficiency

00:35:08.759 --> 00:35:09.279
 you see

00:35:09.279 --> 00:35:09.799
 one of the things

00:35:09.799 --> 00:35:10.579
 that's so nice about this

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:11.219
 I don't know if Daniel

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:12.460
 DeGrossier is still here

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:13.679
 he's still here

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:14.360
 he gave a talk

00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:15.280
 on sharing the gospel

00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:16.079
 Daniel

00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:16.940
 you're completely

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:17.679
 incompetent

00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:18.300
 to do that

00:35:18.300 --> 00:35:21.539
 Daniel

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:22.240
 you're going to speak

00:35:22.240 --> 00:35:22.980
 at church on Wednesday

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:23.780
 you're completely

00:35:23.780 --> 00:35:24.340
 and utterly

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:25.199
 incompetent

00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:26.179
 you are not enough

00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:27.539
 we should bring

00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:28.119
 the Sunday school

00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:28.840
 teachers in here

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:29.360
 right now

00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:31.440
 you are incompetent

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:33.300
 I am incompetent

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:36.320
 do you know

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:37.199
 how freeing

00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:37.780
 it can start

00:35:37.780 --> 00:35:38.099
 to be

00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:38.619
 to realize

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:39.340
 that you aren't

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:39.820
 sufficient

00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:43.320
 if I share

00:35:43.320 --> 00:35:44.039
 my faith

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:44.700
 and I almost

00:35:44.700 --> 00:35:45.220
 mentioned a couple

00:35:45.220 --> 00:35:46.080
 people's names

00:35:46.080 --> 00:35:47.539
 let me tell you

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:48.080
 there's all sorts

00:35:48.080 --> 00:35:48.760
 of times I think

00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:49.860
 ah

00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:51.940
 what a stupid

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.720
 thing to say

00:35:52.720 --> 00:35:53.120
 or

00:35:53.120 --> 00:35:53.880
 ah

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.920
 why didn't I say

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.260
 that

00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:56.300
 I have a bit of

00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:56.580
 dent

00:35:56.580 --> 00:35:57.660
 in my forehead

00:35:57.660 --> 00:35:59.519
 from doing things

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.140
 like that

00:36:00.140 --> 00:36:00.820
 you know

00:36:00.820 --> 00:36:03.180
 I'll never be

00:36:03.180 --> 00:36:03.740
 sufficient

00:36:03.740 --> 00:36:05.740
 in and of

00:36:05.740 --> 00:36:06.280
 myself

00:36:06.280 --> 00:36:08.300
 but God

00:36:08.300 --> 00:36:08.840
 takes

00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:10.880
 our

00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:11.660
 stumbling

00:36:11.660 --> 00:36:12.380
 attempts

00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:12.780
 to bear

00:36:12.780 --> 00:36:13.160
 witness

00:36:13.160 --> 00:36:13.800
 to Jesus

00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:16.200
 and the

00:36:16.200 --> 00:36:16.640
 sufficiency

00:36:16.640 --> 00:36:17.400
 comes from

00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:17.660
 him

00:36:17.660 --> 00:36:19.519
 only God

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:20.700
 can write

00:36:20.700 --> 00:36:21.660
 on your

00:36:21.660 --> 00:36:22.080
 heart

00:36:22.080 --> 00:36:25.720
 in a way

00:36:25.720 --> 00:36:27.380
 that turns

00:36:27.380 --> 00:36:28.000
 your heart

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.820
 from a zombie

00:36:28.820 --> 00:36:29.360
 heart

00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:30.140
 to a living

00:36:30.140 --> 00:36:30.660
 heart

00:36:30.660 --> 00:36:32.780
 from a bound

00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:33.280
 heart

00:36:33.280 --> 00:36:34.240
 to a free

00:36:34.240 --> 00:36:35.000
 heart

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:36.500
 heart

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:37.159
 that's going

00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:37.800
 from death

00:36:37.800 --> 00:36:38.360
 to death

00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:39.880
 to a heart

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:40.480
 that's going

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:41.099
 from life

00:36:41.099 --> 00:36:41.599
 to life

00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:42.480
 only God

00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:43.139
 can do that

00:36:43.139 --> 00:36:44.360
 you are

00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:45.000
 never

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.980
 ever

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:46.699
 ever

00:36:46.699 --> 00:36:47.320
 ever

00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:48.199
 in and of

00:36:48.199 --> 00:36:48.719
 yourself

00:36:48.719 --> 00:36:49.559
 able to

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:50.059
 do that

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:52.900
 that's what

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:53.300
 the Bible

00:36:53.300 --> 00:36:53.739
 is telling

00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:54.159
 us

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:57.800
 and when it

00:36:57.800 --> 00:36:58.280
 says the letter

00:36:58.280 --> 00:36:58.699
 kills

00:36:58.699 --> 00:36:59.059
 we're going to

00:36:59.059 --> 00:36:59.400
 talk about

00:36:59.400 --> 00:36:59.840
 that more

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:00.420
 later on

00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:01.039
 it's really

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:01.519
 just saying

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:01.860
 what we

00:37:01.860 --> 00:37:02.300
 don't need

00:37:02.300 --> 00:37:02.699
 is more

00:37:02.699 --> 00:37:03.199
 things that

00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:03.460
 we need

00:37:03.460 --> 00:37:03.860
 to do

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:04.579
 more ways

00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:05.039
 to lose

00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:05.380
 weight

00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:05.800
 more way

00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:06.099
 to put

00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:06.620
 on muscle

00:37:06.620 --> 00:37:07.200
 more ways

00:37:07.200 --> 00:37:07.579
 to make

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:08.140
 more money

00:37:08.140 --> 00:37:08.680
 more ways

00:37:08.680 --> 00:37:09.160
 to save

00:37:09.160 --> 00:37:09.480
 money

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:10.019
 more ways

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:10.340
 to be

00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:11.300
 better

00:37:11.300 --> 00:37:11.940
 consumers

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.740
 more ways

00:37:12.740 --> 00:37:14.200
 to have

00:37:14.200 --> 00:37:14.519
 everybody

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:14.880
 like

00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:16.180
 we don't

00:37:16.180 --> 00:37:16.840
 need a whole

00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:17.180
 pile of

00:37:17.180 --> 00:37:17.620
 things written

00:37:17.620 --> 00:37:18.099
 down like

00:37:18.099 --> 00:37:18.240
 that

00:37:18.240 --> 00:37:18.460
 we don't

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:18.800
 need more

00:37:18.800 --> 00:37:19.340
 tattoos

00:37:19.340 --> 00:37:21.500
 what we

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:21.880
 need is

00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:22.700
 only God

00:37:22.700 --> 00:37:23.039
 can write

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:23.260
 in our

00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:23.620
 hearts

00:37:23.620 --> 00:37:24.000
 can we

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:24.300
 say this

00:37:24.300 --> 00:37:24.940
 text again

00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:25.280
 together

00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:25.640
 out loud

00:37:25.640 --> 00:37:26.000
 please

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:27.099
 such as

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:27.780
 the confidence

00:37:27.780 --> 00:37:28.260
 that we

00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:28.940
 have through

00:37:28.940 --> 00:37:29.519
 Christ

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:30.500
 toward God

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:31.639
 not that

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:32.019
 we are

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:32.619
 sufficient

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:33.559
 in ourselves

00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:34.320
 to claim

00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:34.840
 anything

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:35.679
 as coming

00:37:35.679 --> 00:37:36.420
 from us

00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:37.420
 but our

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:38.000
 sufficiency

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:38.780
 is from

00:37:38.780 --> 00:37:39.280
 God

00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:40.079
 who has

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:40.659
 made us

00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:41.219
 sufficient

00:37:41.219 --> 00:37:41.820
 to be

00:37:41.820 --> 00:37:42.260
 ministers

00:37:42.260 --> 00:37:42.860
 of a

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:43.059
 new

00:37:43.059 --> 00:37:43.480
 covenant

00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:44.679
 not of

00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:45.199
 the letter

00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:45.739
 but of

00:37:45.739 --> 00:37:46.380
 the spirit

00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:47.239
 for the

00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:47.480
 letter

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:48.139
 kills

00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:48.760
 but the

00:37:48.760 --> 00:37:49.139
 spirit

00:37:49.139 --> 00:37:49.619
 gives

00:37:49.619 --> 00:37:50.079
 life

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:51.420
 just in

00:37:51.420 --> 00:37:51.719
 closing

00:37:51.719 --> 00:37:52.039
 is this

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:52.280
 only

00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:52.900
 spiritual

00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:55.300
 no

00:37:55.300 --> 00:37:57.820
 it's

00:37:57.820 --> 00:37:58.280
 not just

00:37:58.280 --> 00:37:58.539
 about

00:37:58.539 --> 00:37:59.019
 being able

00:37:59.019 --> 00:37:59.360
 to tell

00:37:59.360 --> 00:37:59.680
 people

00:37:59.680 --> 00:37:59.940
 about

00:37:59.940 --> 00:38:00.420
 Jesus

00:38:00.420 --> 00:38:03.380
 one of

00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:03.500
 the

00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:03.920
 problems

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:04.200
 with

00:38:04.200 --> 00:38:04.920
 pornography

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:07.060
 and

00:38:07.060 --> 00:38:07.820
 I

00:38:07.820 --> 00:38:08.019
 got

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.300
 really

00:38:08.300 --> 00:38:08.680
 helpful

00:38:08.680 --> 00:38:09.220
 correction

00:38:09.220 --> 00:38:09.620
 from a

00:38:09.620 --> 00:38:09.800
 couple

00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:09.920
 of

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:10.100
 weeks

00:38:10.100 --> 00:38:10.300
 ago

00:38:10.300 --> 00:38:10.519
 when I

00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:10.700
 happened

00:38:10.700 --> 00:38:10.840
 to

00:38:10.840 --> 00:38:11.120
 mention

00:38:11.120 --> 00:38:11.780
 pornography

00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:12.480
 this is

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:12.800
 relevant

00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:13.060
 by the

00:38:13.060 --> 00:38:13.140
 way

00:38:13.140 --> 00:38:13.220
 I

00:38:13.220 --> 00:38:13.300
 don't

00:38:13.300 --> 00:38:13.440
 have

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:13.560
 a

00:38:13.560 --> 00:38:13.820
 hobby

00:38:13.820 --> 00:38:14.100
 horse

00:38:14.100 --> 00:38:14.380
 around

00:38:14.380 --> 00:38:14.519
 it

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:14.680
 but

00:38:14.680 --> 00:38:14.800
 it's

00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:14.980
 very

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:15.180
 very

00:38:15.180 --> 00:38:15.519
 relevant

00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:16.539
 is

00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:16.720
 that

00:38:16.720 --> 00:38:16.900
 I

00:38:16.900 --> 00:38:17.360
 only

00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:18.200
 talked

00:38:18.200 --> 00:38:18.500
 as if

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:18.720
 only

00:38:18.720 --> 00:38:19.019
 men

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:19.260
 have

00:38:19.260 --> 00:38:19.640
 problems

00:38:19.640 --> 00:38:19.860
 with

00:38:19.860 --> 00:38:20.340
 pornography

00:38:20.340 --> 00:38:20.760
 and

00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:20.880
 I

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:21.360
 apologize

00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:22.600
 to

00:38:22.600 --> 00:38:23.000
 those

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:23.440
 women

00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:23.920
 present

00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:24.400
 who have

00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:24.840
 problems

00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:25.080
 with

00:38:25.079 --> 00:38:25.679
 pornography

00:38:25.679 --> 00:38:26.860
 and

00:38:26.860 --> 00:38:27.019
 one

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:27.099
 of

00:38:27.099 --> 00:38:27.219
 the

00:38:27.219 --> 00:38:27.579
 problems

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:27.819
 with

00:38:27.819 --> 00:38:28.340
 pornography

00:38:28.340 --> 00:38:29.380
 is

00:38:29.380 --> 00:38:29.500
 that

00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:29.619
 it

00:38:29.619 --> 00:38:29.880
 makes

00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:30.059
 us

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.299
 feel

00:38:30.299 --> 00:38:30.539
 not

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:30.920
 enough

00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:34.480
 one

00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:34.559
 of

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:34.679
 the

00:38:34.679 --> 00:38:35.099
 problems

00:38:35.099 --> 00:38:35.319
 for

00:38:35.319 --> 00:38:35.480
 a

00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:35.860
 wife

00:38:35.860 --> 00:38:36.599
 or

00:38:36.599 --> 00:38:36.779
 a

00:38:36.779 --> 00:38:37.139
 husband

00:38:37.139 --> 00:38:37.460
 to

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:37.679
 find

00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:37.860
 that

00:38:37.860 --> 00:38:38.039
 their

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:38.500
 spouse

00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:38.799
 is

00:38:38.799 --> 00:38:39.039
 looking

00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:39.239
 at

00:38:39.239 --> 00:38:39.860
 pornography

00:38:39.860 --> 00:38:41.420
 is

00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:41.639
 that

00:38:41.639 --> 00:38:41.840
 it's

00:38:41.840 --> 00:38:41.980
 a

00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:42.139
 big

00:38:42.139 --> 00:38:42.599
 dagger

00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:42.819
 in

00:38:42.819 --> 00:38:42.980
 their

00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:43.380
 heart

00:38:43.380 --> 00:38:44.860
 they

00:38:44.860 --> 00:38:45.480
 worry

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:46.360
 and

00:38:46.360 --> 00:38:46.719
 wonder

00:38:46.719 --> 00:38:46.980
 why

00:38:46.980 --> 00:38:47.139
 they're

00:38:47.139 --> 00:38:47.340
 not

00:38:47.340 --> 00:38:47.739
 enough

00:38:47.739 --> 00:38:48.539
 why

00:38:48.539 --> 00:38:48.799
 aren't

00:38:48.799 --> 00:38:48.980
 they

00:38:48.980 --> 00:38:49.460
 sufficient

00:38:49.460 --> 00:38:49.719
 for

00:38:49.719 --> 00:38:49.920
 their

00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:50.380
 spouse

00:38:50.380 --> 00:38:53.579
 and

00:38:53.579 --> 00:38:54.279
 one

00:38:54.279 --> 00:38:54.380
 of

00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:54.500
 the

00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:54.860
 worries

00:38:54.860 --> 00:38:55.880
 that we

00:38:55.880 --> 00:38:56.320
 have

00:38:56.320 --> 00:38:57.220
 as we

00:38:57.220 --> 00:38:57.420
 get

00:38:57.420 --> 00:38:58.200
 immersed

00:38:58.200 --> 00:38:58.539
 in

00:38:58.539 --> 00:38:59.039
 pornography

00:38:59.039 --> 00:38:59.820
 or even

00:38:59.820 --> 00:39:00.140
 as we

00:39:00.140 --> 00:39:00.500
 become

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:00.740
 aware

00:39:00.740 --> 00:39:01.019
 of the

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:01.260
 fact

00:39:01.260 --> 00:39:01.559
 that

00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:02.620
 even

00:39:02.620 --> 00:39:02.940
 if we

00:39:02.940 --> 00:39:03.380
 ourselves

00:39:03.380 --> 00:39:03.740
 maybe

00:39:03.740 --> 00:39:04.019
 have

00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:04.260
 gotten

00:39:04.260 --> 00:39:04.480
 out

00:39:04.480 --> 00:39:04.640
 of

00:39:04.640 --> 00:39:05.000
 pornography

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:05.519
 and

00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:05.860
 it

00:39:05.860 --> 00:39:06.099
 isn't

00:39:06.099 --> 00:39:06.320
 doing

00:39:06.320 --> 00:39:06.660
 something

00:39:06.660 --> 00:39:07.140
 to us

00:39:07.140 --> 00:39:07.320
 that

00:39:07.320 --> 00:39:07.599
 maybe

00:39:07.599 --> 00:39:07.800
 the

00:39:07.800 --> 00:39:08.079
 people

00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:08.260
 that

00:39:08.260 --> 00:39:08.400
 we're

00:39:08.400 --> 00:39:08.720
 dating

00:39:08.720 --> 00:39:08.900
 and

00:39:08.900 --> 00:39:08.980
 that

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:09.079
 we

00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:09.260
 want

00:39:09.260 --> 00:39:09.380
 to

00:39:09.380 --> 00:39:09.680
 marry

00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:10.759
 and

00:39:10.759 --> 00:39:11.099
 we

00:39:11.099 --> 00:39:11.679
 worry

00:39:11.679 --> 00:39:11.980
 that

00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:12.159
 if

00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:12.500
 we

00:39:12.500 --> 00:39:12.659
 get

00:39:12.659 --> 00:39:12.819
 into

00:39:12.819 --> 00:39:12.980
 that

00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:13.339
 marital

00:39:13.339 --> 00:39:14.059
 relationship

00:39:14.059 --> 00:39:14.500
 that

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:14.919
 after

00:39:14.919 --> 00:39:15.239
 they've

00:39:15.239 --> 00:39:15.399
 been

00:39:15.399 --> 00:39:15.679
 filling

00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:15.960
 their

00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:16.619
 minds

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:17.059
 and their

00:39:17.059 --> 00:39:17.440
 hearts

00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:17.699
 with

00:39:17.699 --> 00:39:18.199
 pornography

00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:18.599
 that

00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:18.759
 we

00:39:18.759 --> 00:39:18.960
 won't

00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:19.139
 be

00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:19.559
 enough

00:39:19.559 --> 00:39:24.340
 and

00:39:24.340 --> 00:39:24.519
 it's

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:24.699
 not

00:39:24.699 --> 00:39:24.920
 just

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:25.119
 in

00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:25.719
 areas

00:39:25.719 --> 00:39:25.940
 of

00:39:25.940 --> 00:39:26.480
 pornography

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:26.739
 I'm

00:39:26.739 --> 00:39:26.940
 using

00:39:26.940 --> 00:39:27.400
 pornography

00:39:27.400 --> 00:39:27.900
 as an

00:39:27.900 --> 00:39:28.320
 example

00:39:28.320 --> 00:39:28.799
 because

00:39:28.799 --> 00:39:29.039
 it's

00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:29.159
 a

00:39:29.159 --> 00:39:29.699
 human

00:39:29.699 --> 00:39:30.259
 problem

00:39:30.259 --> 00:39:30.519
 that

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:30.679
 we

00:39:30.679 --> 00:39:30.940
 worry

00:39:30.940 --> 00:39:31.199
 about

00:39:31.199 --> 00:39:31.440
 being

00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:31.860
 enough

00:39:31.860 --> 00:39:34.400
 and

00:39:34.400 --> 00:39:34.599
 this

00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:35.140
 text

00:39:35.140 --> 00:39:36.539
 is

00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:36.900
 talking

00:39:36.900 --> 00:39:37.180
 about

00:39:37.180 --> 00:39:37.539
 something

00:39:37.539 --> 00:39:38.039
 eternal

00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:38.360
 but

00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:38.620
 it's

00:39:38.620 --> 00:39:38.880
 a

00:39:38.880 --> 00:39:39.059
 very

00:39:39.059 --> 00:39:39.720
 powerful

00:39:39.720 --> 00:39:40.320
 lesson

00:39:40.320 --> 00:39:40.559
 it's

00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:40.800
 not

00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:41.320
 limiting

00:39:41.320 --> 00:39:43.180
 our

00:39:43.180 --> 00:39:43.820
 confidence

00:39:43.820 --> 00:39:44.180
 in

00:39:44.180 --> 00:39:44.599
 Christ

00:39:44.599 --> 00:39:45.140
 through

00:39:45.140 --> 00:39:45.599
 Christ

00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:46.000
 and

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:46.180
 our

00:39:46.180 --> 00:39:46.720
 sufficiency

00:39:46.720 --> 00:39:47.160
 from

00:39:47.160 --> 00:39:47.620
 God

00:39:47.620 --> 00:39:48.480
 it's

00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:48.660
 not

00:39:48.660 --> 00:39:48.920
 just

00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:49.500
 limiting

00:39:49.500 --> 00:39:49.880
 it

00:39:49.880 --> 00:39:50.599
 these

00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:50.760
 are

00:39:50.760 --> 00:39:51.300
 huge

00:39:51.300 --> 00:39:51.780
 statements

00:39:51.780 --> 00:39:52.059
 it's

00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:52.280
 not

00:39:52.280 --> 00:39:52.559
 just

00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:53.019
 limiting

00:39:53.019 --> 00:39:53.400
 it

00:39:53.400 --> 00:39:54.780
 to

00:39:54.780 --> 00:39:55.380
 Christian

00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:56.000
 ministry

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:56.480
 types

00:39:56.480 --> 00:39:56.660
 of

00:39:56.660 --> 00:39:56.920
 things

00:39:56.920 --> 00:39:57.079
 and

00:39:57.079 --> 00:39:57.180
 then

00:39:57.180 --> 00:39:57.300
 the

00:39:57.300 --> 00:39:57.480
 rest

00:39:57.480 --> 00:39:57.620
 of

00:39:57.620 --> 00:39:57.760
 it

00:39:57.760 --> 00:39:58.559
 sucks

00:39:58.559 --> 00:39:58.780
 to

00:39:58.780 --> 00:39:58.940
 be

00:39:58.940 --> 00:39:59.220
 you

00:39:59.220 --> 00:39:59.880
 for

00:39:59.880 --> 00:40:00.000
 the

00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:00.200
 rest

00:40:00.200 --> 00:40:00.340
 of

00:40:00.340 --> 00:40:00.460
 your

00:40:00.460 --> 00:40:00.680
 life

00:40:00.680 --> 00:40:00.860
 it's

00:40:00.860 --> 00:40:01.059
 not

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:01.280
 that

00:40:01.280 --> 00:40:01.460
 way

00:40:01.460 --> 00:40:01.640
 it's

00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:01.759
 a

00:40:01.759 --> 00:40:01.940
 big

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:02.420
 statement

00:40:02.420 --> 00:40:04.639
 and

00:40:04.639 --> 00:40:05.759
 here's

00:40:05.759 --> 00:40:06.400
 the

00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:07.000
 problem

00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:09.420
 Genesis

00:40:09.420 --> 00:40:10.059
 3

00:40:10.059 --> 00:40:11.539
 human

00:40:11.539 --> 00:40:12.019
 beings

00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:12.279
 want

00:40:12.279 --> 00:40:12.379
 to

00:40:12.379 --> 00:40:12.519
 be

00:40:12.519 --> 00:40:12.779
 like

00:40:12.779 --> 00:40:13.199
 God

00:40:13.199 --> 00:40:15.319
 and

00:40:15.319 --> 00:40:15.639
 as

00:40:15.639 --> 00:40:15.779
 a

00:40:15.779 --> 00:40:16.059
 result

00:40:16.059 --> 00:40:16.239
 of

00:40:16.239 --> 00:40:16.379
 that

00:40:16.379 --> 00:40:16.759
 desire

00:40:16.759 --> 00:40:16.920
 to

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:17.039
 be

00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:17.279
 like

00:40:17.279 --> 00:40:17.679
 God

00:40:17.679 --> 00:40:18.420
 they

00:40:18.420 --> 00:40:18.739
 become

00:40:18.739 --> 00:40:19.179
 separate

00:40:19.179 --> 00:40:19.400
 from

00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:19.639
 God

00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:19.799
 it's

00:40:19.799 --> 00:40:19.960
 why

00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:20.099
 we

00:40:20.099 --> 00:40:20.239
 need

00:40:20.239 --> 00:40:20.400
 a

00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:20.699
 savior

00:40:20.699 --> 00:40:21.779
 and

00:40:21.779 --> 00:40:22.119
 ever

00:40:22.119 --> 00:40:22.639
 since

00:40:22.639 --> 00:40:23.019
 then

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:24.339
 we

00:40:24.339 --> 00:40:24.519
 have

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:24.659
 a

00:40:24.659 --> 00:40:24.900
 hard

00:40:24.900 --> 00:40:25.259
 time

00:40:25.259 --> 00:40:26.059
 understanding

00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:26.859
 where

00:40:26.859 --> 00:40:27.079
 we

00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:27.400
 are

00:40:27.400 --> 00:40:27.659
 on

00:40:27.659 --> 00:40:27.799
 the

00:40:27.799 --> 00:40:28.179
 enough

00:40:28.179 --> 00:40:28.420
 and

00:40:28.420 --> 00:40:28.940
 sufficiency

00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:29.539
 scale

00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:31.139
 because

00:40:31.139 --> 00:40:31.539
 here's

00:40:31.539 --> 00:40:31.699
 the

00:40:31.699 --> 00:40:31.960
 thing

00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:32.559
 many

00:40:32.559 --> 00:40:32.759
 of

00:40:32.759 --> 00:40:32.960
 us

00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:33.659
 and

00:40:33.659 --> 00:40:33.960
 this

00:40:33.960 --> 00:40:34.059
 is

00:40:34.059 --> 00:40:34.179
 one

00:40:34.179 --> 00:40:34.239
 of

00:40:34.239 --> 00:40:34.320
 the

00:40:34.320 --> 00:40:34.480
 things

00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:34.619
 that

00:40:34.619 --> 00:40:35.039
 happens

00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:35.340
 with

00:40:35.340 --> 00:40:36.039
 pornography

00:40:36.039 --> 00:40:37.739
 and

00:40:37.739 --> 00:40:39.460
 it's

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:39.759
 not only

00:40:39.759 --> 00:40:39.960
 that

00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:40.380
 but also

00:40:40.380 --> 00:40:40.619
 other

00:40:40.619 --> 00:40:40.920
 types

00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:41.079
 of

00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:41.420
 failure

00:40:41.420 --> 00:40:41.820
 is that

00:40:41.820 --> 00:40:41.960
 we

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:42.480
 demand

00:40:42.480 --> 00:40:42.679
 we

00:40:42.679 --> 00:40:42.900
 start

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:43.039
 to

00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:43.279
 almost

00:40:43.279 --> 00:40:43.559
 make

00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:43.739
 an

00:40:43.739 --> 00:40:43.879
 not

00:40:43.879 --> 00:40:44.879
 part

00:40:44.879 --> 00:40:44.959
 of

00:40:44.959 --> 00:40:45.019
 the

00:40:45.019 --> 00:40:45.119
 way

00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:45.239
 we

00:40:45.239 --> 00:40:45.399
 try

00:40:45.399 --> 00:40:45.539
 to

00:40:45.539 --> 00:40:45.799
 deal

00:40:45.799 --> 00:40:46.039
 with

00:40:46.039 --> 00:40:46.239
 it

00:40:46.239 --> 00:40:47.439
 is

00:40:47.439 --> 00:40:48.119
 by

00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:48.519
 trying

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:48.679
 to

00:40:48.679 --> 00:40:49.059
 almost

00:40:49.059 --> 00:40:49.399
 make

00:40:49.399 --> 00:40:49.579
 an

00:40:49.579 --> 00:40:50.000
 idol

00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:50.299
 out

00:40:50.299 --> 00:40:50.419
 of

00:40:50.419 --> 00:40:50.619
 us

00:40:50.619 --> 00:40:50.819
 being

00:40:50.819 --> 00:40:51.299
 enough

00:40:51.299 --> 00:40:51.599
 in

00:40:51.599 --> 00:40:51.699
 the

00:40:51.699 --> 00:40:51.859
 other

00:40:51.859 --> 00:40:52.399
 person's

00:40:52.399 --> 00:40:52.679
 life

00:40:52.679 --> 00:40:52.899
 or

00:40:52.899 --> 00:40:53.479
 sufficient

00:40:53.479 --> 00:40:53.859
 in

00:40:53.859 --> 00:40:53.959
 the

00:40:53.959 --> 00:40:54.139
 other

00:40:54.139 --> 00:40:54.679
 person's

00:40:54.679 --> 00:40:55.019
 life

00:40:55.019 --> 00:40:56.359
 but

00:40:56.359 --> 00:40:56.500
 you

00:40:56.500 --> 00:40:56.579
 know

00:40:56.579 --> 00:40:56.799
 what

00:40:56.799 --> 00:40:58.039
 we're

00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:58.399
 never

00:40:58.399 --> 00:40:59.559
 sufficient

00:40:59.559 --> 00:40:59.799
 and

00:40:59.799 --> 00:41:00.079
 enough

00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:00.199
 in

00:41:00.199 --> 00:41:00.399
 another

00:41:00.399 --> 00:41:00.959
 person's

00:41:00.959 --> 00:41:01.159
 life

00:41:01.159 --> 00:41:01.479
 because

00:41:01.479 --> 00:41:01.779
 we're

00:41:01.779 --> 00:41:02.359
 creatures

00:41:02.359 --> 00:41:02.699
 not

00:41:02.699 --> 00:41:02.959
 the

00:41:02.959 --> 00:41:03.439
 creator

00:41:03.439 --> 00:41:06.339
 like

00:41:06.339 --> 00:41:06.519
 if

00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:06.719
 I

00:41:06.719 --> 00:41:07.059
 try

00:41:07.059 --> 00:41:07.239
 to

00:41:07.239 --> 00:41:07.599
 become

00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:08.259
 everything

00:41:08.259 --> 00:41:08.659
 to

00:41:08.659 --> 00:41:09.079
 Louise

00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:10.939
 statistically

00:41:10.939 --> 00:41:11.459
 I

00:41:11.459 --> 00:41:11.879
 will die

00:41:11.879 --> 00:41:12.299
 before

00:41:12.299 --> 00:41:12.819
 Louise

00:41:12.820 --> 00:41:13.800
 if

00:41:13.800 --> 00:41:13.940
 you

00:41:13.940 --> 00:41:14.160
 saw

00:41:14.160 --> 00:41:14.400
 how

00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:14.720
 I

00:41:14.720 --> 00:41:15.000
 ate

00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:15.160
 and

00:41:15.160 --> 00:41:15.400
 she

00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:15.640
 ate

00:41:15.640 --> 00:41:16.000
 I'm

00:41:16.000 --> 00:41:16.059
 going

00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:16.140
 to

00:41:16.140 --> 00:41:16.280
 die

00:41:16.280 --> 00:41:16.700
 long

00:41:16.700 --> 00:41:17.059
 before

00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:17.559
 Louise

00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:22.240
 and

00:41:22.240 --> 00:41:22.460
 I

00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:22.980
 am

00:41:22.980 --> 00:41:23.360
 never

00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:24.059
 sufficient

00:41:24.059 --> 00:41:24.660
 in

00:41:24.660 --> 00:41:24.880
 another

00:41:24.880 --> 00:41:25.500
 person's

00:41:25.500 --> 00:41:25.820
 life

00:41:25.820 --> 00:41:26.260
 in

00:41:26.260 --> 00:41:26.380
 the

00:41:26.380 --> 00:41:26.580
 way

00:41:26.580 --> 00:41:26.820
 that

00:41:26.820 --> 00:41:27.480
 part

00:41:27.480 --> 00:41:27.620
 of

00:41:27.620 --> 00:41:27.780
 that

00:41:27.780 --> 00:41:28.559
 idolatrous

00:41:28.559 --> 00:41:28.960
 part

00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:29.120
 of

00:41:29.120 --> 00:41:29.260
 me

00:41:29.260 --> 00:41:29.440
 that

00:41:29.440 --> 00:41:29.700
 wants

00:41:29.700 --> 00:41:29.820
 to

00:41:29.820 --> 00:41:29.940
 be

00:41:29.940 --> 00:41:30.140
 like

00:41:30.140 --> 00:41:30.480
 God

00:41:30.480 --> 00:41:30.640
 is

00:41:30.640 --> 00:41:30.960
 enough

00:41:30.960 --> 00:41:32.059
 and

00:41:32.059 --> 00:41:32.480
 often

00:41:32.480 --> 00:41:32.780
 when

00:41:32.780 --> 00:41:32.920
 we

00:41:32.920 --> 00:41:33.080
 get

00:41:33.080 --> 00:41:33.400
 wounded

00:41:33.400 --> 00:41:33.640
 by

00:41:33.640 --> 00:41:34.160
 betrayal

00:41:34.160 --> 00:41:34.400
 and

00:41:34.400 --> 00:41:34.539
 we

00:41:34.539 --> 00:41:34.700
 get

00:41:34.700 --> 00:41:34.980
 wounded

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:35.220
 by

00:41:35.220 --> 00:41:35.720
 pornography

00:41:35.720 --> 00:41:36.019
 and

00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:36.140
 we

00:41:36.140 --> 00:41:36.260
 get

00:41:36.260 --> 00:41:36.480
 just

00:41:36.480 --> 00:41:36.760
 wounded

00:41:36.760 --> 00:41:37.019
 by

00:41:37.019 --> 00:41:37.420
 life

00:41:37.420 --> 00:41:38.200
 part

00:41:38.200 --> 00:41:38.300
 of

00:41:38.300 --> 00:41:38.440
 our

00:41:38.440 --> 00:41:39.000
 desire

00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:39.440
 is

00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:39.660
 to

00:41:39.660 --> 00:41:40.260
 become

00:41:40.260 --> 00:41:40.980
 somehow

00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:41.340
 something

00:41:41.340 --> 00:41:41.640
 that we

00:41:41.640 --> 00:41:41.860
 can

00:41:41.860 --> 00:41:42.140
 never

00:41:42.140 --> 00:41:42.440
 be

00:41:42.440 --> 00:41:43.400
 you

00:41:43.400 --> 00:41:43.640
 see

00:41:43.640 --> 00:41:44.240
 what

00:41:44.240 --> 00:41:44.420
 the

00:41:44.420 --> 00:41:44.800
 gospel

00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:45.060
 is

00:41:45.060 --> 00:41:45.440
 doing

00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:46.040
 here

00:41:46.040 --> 00:41:46.460
 for

00:41:46.460 --> 00:41:46.840
 us

00:41:46.840 --> 00:41:47.260
 is

00:41:47.260 --> 00:41:47.500
 it's

00:41:47.500 --> 00:41:47.760
 starting

00:41:47.760 --> 00:41:48.020
 to

00:41:48.020 --> 00:41:48.280
 try

00:41:48.280 --> 00:41:48.440
 to

00:41:48.440 --> 00:41:48.640
 get

00:41:48.640 --> 00:41:48.820
 us

00:41:48.820 --> 00:41:49.020
 to

00:41:49.020 --> 00:41:50.160
 take

00:41:50.160 --> 00:41:50.420
 off

00:41:50.420 --> 00:41:50.660
 the

00:41:50.660 --> 00:41:51.120
 burden

00:41:51.120 --> 00:41:52.320
 of

00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:52.600
 trying

00:41:52.600 --> 00:41:52.840
 to be

00:41:52.840 --> 00:41:53.040
 like

00:41:53.040 --> 00:41:53.180
 a

00:41:53.180 --> 00:41:53.440
 God

00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:53.660
 to

00:41:53.660 --> 00:41:53.900
 another

00:41:53.900 --> 00:41:54.440
 person

00:41:54.440 --> 00:41:54.700
 or

00:41:54.700 --> 00:41:54.940
 even

00:41:54.940 --> 00:41:55.520
 desiring

00:41:55.520 --> 00:41:55.880
 it

00:41:55.880 --> 00:41:56.579
 and

00:41:56.579 --> 00:41:56.680
 at

00:41:56.680 --> 00:41:56.840
 the

00:41:56.840 --> 00:41:57.039
 same

00:41:57.039 --> 00:41:57.260
 time

00:41:57.260 --> 00:41:57.400
 it

00:41:57.400 --> 00:41:57.980
 comforts

00:41:57.980 --> 00:41:58.099
 us

00:41:58.099 --> 00:41:58.240
 on

00:41:58.240 --> 00:41:58.500
 another

00:41:58.500 --> 00:41:58.860
 level

00:41:58.860 --> 00:42:02.260
 because

00:42:02.260 --> 00:42:02.579
 we

00:42:02.579 --> 00:42:03.460
 it's

00:42:03.460 --> 00:42:03.700
 trying

00:42:03.700 --> 00:42:03.840
 to

00:42:03.840 --> 00:42:04.000
 help

00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:04.119
 us

00:42:04.119 --> 00:42:04.280
 to

00:42:04.280 --> 00:42:04.880
 understand

00:42:04.880 --> 00:42:05.480
 that

00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:06.480
 okay

00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:06.980
 George

00:42:06.980 --> 00:42:08.220
 just

00:42:08.220 --> 00:42:08.539
 saying

00:42:08.539 --> 00:42:08.740
 that

00:42:08.740 --> 00:42:08.960
 you're

00:42:08.960 --> 00:42:09.200
 not

00:42:09.200 --> 00:42:09.440
 enough

00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:09.700
 in that

00:42:09.700 --> 00:42:09.920
 sense

00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:10.160
 doesn't

00:42:10.160 --> 00:42:10.300
 mean

00:42:10.300 --> 00:42:10.480
 you're

00:42:10.480 --> 00:42:10.820
 nothing

00:42:10.820 --> 00:42:12.220
 like

00:42:12.220 --> 00:42:12.579
 the

00:42:12.579 --> 00:42:13.119
 choice

00:42:13.119 --> 00:42:13.900
 isn't

00:42:13.900 --> 00:42:14.559
 as a

00:42:14.559 --> 00:42:15.119
 creature

00:42:15.119 --> 00:42:16.400
 between

00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:16.720
 being

00:42:16.720 --> 00:42:17.000
 like

00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:17.579
 God

00:42:17.579 --> 00:42:18.059
 or

00:42:18.059 --> 00:42:18.280
 being

00:42:18.280 --> 00:42:18.559
 like

00:42:18.559 --> 00:42:19.240
 garbage

00:42:19.240 --> 00:42:21.099
 that's

00:42:21.099 --> 00:42:21.220
 your

00:42:21.220 --> 00:42:21.980
 rebellious

00:42:21.980 --> 00:42:22.860
 nature

00:42:22.860 --> 00:42:23.260
 against

00:42:23.260 --> 00:42:23.720
 God

00:42:23.720 --> 00:42:24.200
 speaking

00:42:24.200 --> 00:42:24.559
 that's

00:42:24.559 --> 00:42:24.740
 the

00:42:24.740 --> 00:42:25.019
 devil

00:42:25.019 --> 00:42:25.599
 speaking

00:42:25.599 --> 00:42:26.799
 that's

00:42:26.799 --> 00:42:27.000
 not

00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:27.360
 God

00:42:27.360 --> 00:42:27.799
 speaking

00:42:27.799 --> 00:42:28.059
 to

00:42:28.059 --> 00:42:28.319
 you

00:42:28.319 --> 00:42:31.519
 it

00:42:31.519 --> 00:42:31.819
 is

00:42:31.819 --> 00:42:32.139
 not

00:42:32.139 --> 00:42:32.339
 a

00:42:32.339 --> 00:42:32.920
 diminishment

00:42:32.920 --> 00:42:33.219
 of

00:42:33.219 --> 00:42:33.500
 me

00:42:33.500 --> 00:42:34.139
 for

00:42:34.139 --> 00:42:34.420
 God

00:42:34.420 --> 00:42:34.619
 to

00:42:34.619 --> 00:42:35.019
 remind

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:35.360
 me

00:42:35.360 --> 00:42:36.159
 that

00:42:36.159 --> 00:42:36.380
 I'm

00:42:36.380 --> 00:42:36.539
 a

00:42:36.539 --> 00:42:36.920
 creature

00:42:36.920 --> 00:42:41.059
 that's

00:42:41.059 --> 00:42:41.420
 God's

00:42:41.420 --> 00:42:41.659
 word

00:42:41.659 --> 00:42:42.139
 reminding

00:42:42.139 --> 00:42:42.339
 me

00:42:42.339 --> 00:42:42.480
 of

00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:42.799
 what's

00:42:42.799 --> 00:42:43.119
 true

00:42:43.119 --> 00:42:47.860
 and

00:42:47.860 --> 00:42:49.259
 so

00:42:49.259 --> 00:42:49.440
 on

00:42:49.440 --> 00:42:49.659
 one

00:42:49.659 --> 00:42:49.920
 hand

00:42:49.920 --> 00:42:50.159
 this

00:42:50.159 --> 00:42:50.480
 text

00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:50.679
 is

00:42:50.679 --> 00:42:51.039
 warning

00:42:51.039 --> 00:42:51.380
 us

00:42:51.380 --> 00:42:51.599
 in

00:42:51.599 --> 00:42:51.739
 our

00:42:51.739 --> 00:42:52.339
 response

00:42:52.339 --> 00:42:52.619
 to

00:42:52.619 --> 00:42:53.380
 heartbreak

00:42:53.380 --> 00:42:54.259
 to

00:42:54.259 --> 00:42:54.779
 desire

00:42:54.779 --> 00:42:55.059
 to

00:42:55.059 --> 00:42:55.559
 become

00:42:55.559 --> 00:42:55.799
 like

00:42:55.799 --> 00:42:56.039
 an

00:42:56.039 --> 00:42:56.460
 idol

00:42:56.460 --> 00:42:56.880
 to

00:42:56.880 --> 00:42:57.019
 the

00:42:57.019 --> 00:42:57.199
 other

00:42:57.199 --> 00:42:57.699
 person

00:42:57.699 --> 00:42:59.119
 and

00:42:59.119 --> 00:42:59.299
 as

00:42:59.299 --> 00:42:59.480
 the

00:42:59.480 --> 00:42:59.920
 gospel

00:42:59.920 --> 00:43:00.400
 grips

00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:00.779
 us

00:43:00.779 --> 00:43:01.400
 as

00:43:01.400 --> 00:43:01.559
 we

00:43:01.559 --> 00:43:02.039
 realize

00:43:02.039 --> 00:43:02.320
 that

00:43:02.320 --> 00:43:02.799
 Christ

00:43:02.799 --> 00:43:04.039
 has

00:43:04.039 --> 00:43:04.440
 defeated

00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:04.900
 sin

00:43:04.900 --> 00:43:06.059
 Christ

00:43:06.059 --> 00:43:06.980
 has

00:43:06.980 --> 00:43:07.420
 defeated

00:43:07.420 --> 00:43:07.900
 death

00:43:07.900 --> 00:43:09.000
 Christ

00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:09.659
 has

00:43:09.659 --> 00:43:10.059
 defeated

00:43:10.059 --> 00:43:10.500
 hell

00:43:10.500 --> 00:43:11.340
 and

00:43:11.340 --> 00:43:11.820
 Christ

00:43:11.820 --> 00:43:12.480
 has

00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:12.860
 defeated

00:43:12.860 --> 00:43:13.239
 me

00:43:13.239 --> 00:43:14.799
 to

00:43:14.799 --> 00:43:15.239
 save

00:43:15.239 --> 00:43:15.440
 me

00:43:15.440 --> 00:43:15.599
 and

00:43:15.599 --> 00:43:15.719
 to

00:43:15.719 --> 00:43:16.039
 deliver

00:43:16.039 --> 00:43:16.320
 me

00:43:16.320 --> 00:43:16.579
 and

00:43:16.579 --> 00:43:16.739
 as

00:43:16.739 --> 00:43:16.920
 that

00:43:16.920 --> 00:43:17.360
 grips

00:43:17.360 --> 00:43:17.759
 us

00:43:17.760 --> 00:43:20.340
 we

00:43:20.340 --> 00:43:20.860
 realize

00:43:20.860 --> 00:43:21.020
 we

00:43:21.020 --> 00:43:21.040
 realize

00:43:21.040 --> 00:43:21.360
 that

00:43:21.360 --> 00:43:21.960
 we

00:43:21.960 --> 00:43:22.180
 might

00:43:22.180 --> 00:43:22.460
 have

00:43:22.460 --> 00:43:22.660
 to

00:43:22.660 --> 00:43:22.940
 live

00:43:22.940 --> 00:43:23.160
 with

00:43:23.160 --> 00:43:23.440
 many

00:43:23.440 --> 00:43:24.320
 disappointments

00:43:24.320 --> 00:43:24.500
 in

00:43:24.500 --> 00:43:24.700
 life

00:43:24.700 --> 00:43:24.860
 but

00:43:24.860 --> 00:43:25.020
 we

00:43:25.020 --> 00:43:25.320
 have

00:43:25.320 --> 00:43:25.500
 a

00:43:25.500 --> 00:43:26.140
 sufficiency

00:43:26.140 --> 00:43:26.520
 that

00:43:26.520 --> 00:43:27.180
 God

00:43:27.180 --> 00:43:27.540
 is

00:43:27.540 --> 00:43:27.960
 enough

00:43:27.960 --> 00:43:30.080
 and

00:43:30.080 --> 00:43:30.280
 as

00:43:30.280 --> 00:43:30.480
 we're

00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:30.680
 gripped

00:43:30.680 --> 00:43:31.000
 by the

00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:31.360
 gospel

00:43:31.360 --> 00:43:31.520
 and

00:43:31.520 --> 00:43:31.880
 understand

00:43:31.880 --> 00:43:32.100
 that

00:43:32.100 --> 00:43:32.380
 God

00:43:32.380 --> 00:43:32.540
 is

00:43:32.540 --> 00:43:32.860
 enough

00:43:32.860 --> 00:43:33.080
 that

00:43:33.080 --> 00:43:33.460
 maybe

00:43:33.460 --> 00:43:33.700
 there

00:43:33.700 --> 00:43:34.060
 starts

00:43:34.060 --> 00:43:34.240
 to

00:43:34.240 --> 00:43:34.580
 become

00:43:34.580 --> 00:43:34.820
 to

00:43:34.820 --> 00:43:35.000
 us

00:43:35.000 --> 00:43:35.520
 enough

00:43:35.520 --> 00:43:36.060
 self

00:43:36.060 --> 00:43:36.680
 possession

00:43:36.680 --> 00:43:37.860
 to

00:43:37.860 --> 00:43:38.320
 confront

00:43:38.320 --> 00:43:38.580
 our

00:43:38.580 --> 00:43:38.900
 loved

00:43:38.900 --> 00:43:39.220
 one

00:43:39.219 --> 00:43:41.980
 not

00:43:41.980 --> 00:43:42.219
 out

00:43:42.219 --> 00:43:42.339
 of

00:43:42.339 --> 00:43:42.439
 an

00:43:42.439 --> 00:43:43.059
 idolatry

00:43:43.059 --> 00:43:43.219
 of

00:43:43.219 --> 00:43:43.339
 our

00:43:43.339 --> 00:43:43.859
 self

00:43:43.859 --> 00:43:45.679
 but

00:43:45.679 --> 00:43:45.939
 of

00:43:45.939 --> 00:43:46.159
 being

00:43:46.159 --> 00:43:46.599
 gripped

00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:46.839
 by

00:43:46.839 --> 00:43:47.079
 what

00:43:47.079 --> 00:43:47.519
 Christ

00:43:47.519 --> 00:43:47.759
 has

00:43:47.759 --> 00:43:48.019
 done

00:43:48.019 --> 00:43:48.279
 for

00:43:48.279 --> 00:43:48.539
 us

00:43:48.539 --> 00:43:48.899
 in

00:43:48.899 --> 00:43:49.039
 the

00:43:49.039 --> 00:43:49.539
 gospel

00:43:49.539 --> 00:43:51.319
 please

00:43:51.319 --> 00:43:51.759
 stand

00:43:51.759 --> 00:44:00.219
 some

00:44:00.219 --> 00:44:00.379
 of

00:44:00.379 --> 00:44:00.519
 us

00:44:00.519 --> 00:44:00.699
 have

00:44:00.699 --> 00:44:00.919
 work

00:44:00.919 --> 00:44:01.079
 to

00:44:01.079 --> 00:44:01.179
 do

00:44:01.179 --> 00:44:01.359
 with

00:44:01.359 --> 00:44:01.759
 God

00:44:01.759 --> 00:44:03.459
 because

00:44:03.459 --> 00:44:03.739
 maybe

00:44:03.739 --> 00:44:03.980
 we

00:44:03.980 --> 00:44:04.459
 realize

00:44:04.459 --> 00:44:04.819
 that

00:44:04.819 --> 00:44:07.079
 there's

00:44:07.079 --> 00:44:07.399
 ways

00:44:07.399 --> 00:44:07.679
 in our

00:44:07.679 --> 00:44:08.019
 lives

00:44:08.019 --> 00:44:08.159
 that

00:44:08.159 --> 00:44:08.279
 we're

00:44:08.279 --> 00:44:08.539
 living

00:44:08.539 --> 00:44:08.699
 that

00:44:08.699 --> 00:44:08.819
 are

00:44:08.819 --> 00:44:09.059
 really

00:44:09.059 --> 00:44:09.900
 unbalanced

00:44:09.900 --> 00:44:10.699
 because

00:44:10.699 --> 00:44:10.940
 we're

00:44:10.940 --> 00:44:11.460
 unbalanced

00:44:11.460 --> 00:44:11.739
 about

00:44:11.739 --> 00:44:11.980
 this

00:44:11.980 --> 00:44:12.259
 stuff

00:44:12.259 --> 00:44:12.400
 of

00:44:12.400 --> 00:44:12.559
 being

00:44:12.559 --> 00:44:12.840
 enough

00:44:12.840 --> 00:44:12.980
 or

00:44:12.980 --> 00:44:13.440
 sufficient

00:44:13.440 --> 00:44:14.279
 and

00:44:14.279 --> 00:44:14.480
 to

00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:14.659
 be

00:44:14.659 --> 00:44:15.099
 gripped

00:44:15.099 --> 00:44:16.039
 by

00:44:16.039 --> 00:44:16.299
 this

00:44:16.299 --> 00:44:16.739
 knowledge

00:44:16.739 --> 00:44:16.900
 of

00:44:16.900 --> 00:44:17.039
 what

00:44:17.039 --> 00:44:17.380
 Christ

00:44:17.380 --> 00:44:17.579
 has

00:44:17.579 --> 00:44:17.799
 done

00:44:17.799 --> 00:44:18.000
 for

00:44:18.000 --> 00:44:18.139
 us

00:44:18.139 --> 00:44:18.259
 on

00:44:18.259 --> 00:44:18.400
 the

00:44:18.400 --> 00:44:18.860
 cross

00:44:18.860 --> 00:44:19.279
 and

00:44:19.279 --> 00:44:19.420
 that

00:44:19.420 --> 00:44:19.619
 he

00:44:19.619 --> 00:44:20.000
 makes

00:44:20.000 --> 00:44:20.420
 he

00:44:20.420 --> 00:44:20.719
 that

00:44:20.719 --> 00:44:21.239
 God

00:44:21.239 --> 00:44:22.139
 is

00:44:22.139 --> 00:44:22.779
 sufficient

00:44:22.779 --> 00:44:24.059
 and

00:44:24.059 --> 00:44:24.400
 as

00:44:24.400 --> 00:44:24.619
 we

00:44:24.619 --> 00:44:24.980
 rest

00:44:24.980 --> 00:44:25.199
 in

00:44:25.199 --> 00:44:25.519
 him

00:44:25.519 --> 00:44:25.659
 and

00:44:25.659 --> 00:44:25.840
 as

00:44:25.840 --> 00:44:26.000
 we

00:44:26.000 --> 00:44:26.279
 rest

00:44:26.279 --> 00:44:26.480
 in

00:44:26.480 --> 00:44:26.860
 Christ

00:44:26.860 --> 00:44:28.199
 there

00:44:28.199 --> 00:44:28.380
 is

00:44:28.380 --> 00:44:28.519
 a

00:44:28.519 --> 00:44:29.039
 sufficiency

00:44:29.039 --> 00:44:29.519
 that

00:44:29.519 --> 00:44:29.900
 comes

00:44:29.900 --> 00:44:30.159
 into

00:44:30.159 --> 00:44:30.420
 our

00:44:30.420 --> 00:44:31.059
 lives

00:44:31.059 --> 00:44:31.960
 that

00:44:31.960 --> 00:44:32.420
 helps

00:44:32.420 --> 00:44:32.619
 us

00:44:32.619 --> 00:44:32.860
 to

00:44:32.860 --> 00:44:33.360
 live

00:44:33.360 --> 00:44:33.719
 as

00:44:33.719 --> 00:44:34.400
 creatures

00:44:34.400 --> 00:44:36.119
 and

00:44:36.119 --> 00:44:36.299
 to

00:44:36.299 --> 00:44:36.579
 share

00:44:36.579 --> 00:44:36.820
 about

00:44:36.820 --> 00:44:37.019
 what

00:44:37.019 --> 00:44:37.259
 God

00:44:37.260 --> 00:44:37.680
 does

00:44:37.680 --> 00:44:40.220
 and

00:44:40.220 --> 00:44:41.200
 some

00:44:41.200 --> 00:44:41.380
 of

00:44:41.380 --> 00:44:41.540
 us

00:44:41.540 --> 00:44:41.920
 here's

00:44:41.920 --> 00:44:42.020
 the

00:44:42.020 --> 00:44:42.180
 other

00:44:42.180 --> 00:44:42.540
 wonderful

00:44:42.540 --> 00:44:42.800
 thing

00:44:42.800 --> 00:44:43.060
 about

00:44:43.060 --> 00:44:43.440
 this

00:44:43.440 --> 00:44:44.200
 is

00:44:44.200 --> 00:44:44.400
 if

00:44:44.400 --> 00:44:44.580
 you're

00:44:44.580 --> 00:44:44.860
 here

00:44:44.860 --> 00:44:45.000
 and

00:44:45.000 --> 00:44:45.120
 you're

00:44:45.120 --> 00:44:45.320
 still

00:44:45.320 --> 00:44:45.540
 on

00:44:45.540 --> 00:44:45.680
 the

00:44:45.680 --> 00:44:45.960
 fence

00:44:45.960 --> 00:44:46.200
 about

00:44:46.200 --> 00:44:46.500
 trying

00:44:46.500 --> 00:44:46.660
 to

00:44:46.660 --> 00:44:46.820
 know

00:44:46.820 --> 00:44:47.020
 whether

00:44:47.020 --> 00:44:47.180
 to

00:44:47.180 --> 00:44:47.320
 give

00:44:47.320 --> 00:44:47.460
 your

00:44:47.460 --> 00:44:47.660
 life

00:44:47.660 --> 00:44:47.860
 to

00:44:47.860 --> 00:44:48.200
 Jesus

00:44:48.200 --> 00:44:49.440
 there

00:44:49.440 --> 00:44:49.680
 is

00:44:49.680 --> 00:44:50.040
 no

00:44:50.040 --> 00:44:50.320
 one

00:44:50.320 --> 00:44:50.640
 so

00:44:50.640 --> 00:44:51.200
 battered

00:44:51.200 --> 00:44:51.300
 or

00:44:51.300 --> 00:44:51.520
 so

00:44:51.520 --> 00:44:51.960
 broken

00:44:51.960 --> 00:44:52.460
 no

00:44:52.460 --> 00:44:52.820
 one

00:44:52.820 --> 00:44:53.220
 so

00:44:53.220 --> 00:44:53.540
 much

00:44:53.540 --> 00:44:53.660
 of

00:44:53.660 --> 00:44:53.800
 a

00:44:53.800 --> 00:44:54.080
 failure

00:44:54.080 --> 00:44:54.440
 and

00:44:54.440 --> 00:44:54.680
 no

00:44:54.680 --> 00:44:54.860
 one

00:44:54.860 --> 00:44:55.100
 so

00:44:55.100 --> 00:44:55.740
 successful

00:44:55.740 --> 00:44:55.960
 or

00:44:55.960 --> 00:44:56.200
 so

00:44:56.200 --> 00:44:56.720
 young

00:44:56.720 --> 00:44:56.880
 or

00:44:56.880 --> 00:44:57.100
 so

00:44:57.100 --> 00:44:57.380
 good

00:44:57.380 --> 00:44:57.620
 looking

00:44:57.620 --> 00:44:58.180
 there

00:44:58.180 --> 00:44:58.380
 is

00:44:58.380 --> 00:44:58.700
 no

00:44:58.700 --> 00:44:59.080
 one

00:44:59.080 --> 00:44:59.640
 who

00:44:59.640 --> 00:44:59.800
 is

00:44:59.800 --> 00:45:00.040
 not

00:45:00.040 --> 00:45:00.340
 going

00:45:00.340 --> 00:45:00.620
 from

00:45:00.620 --> 00:45:00.960
 death

00:45:00.960 --> 00:45:01.220
 to

00:45:01.219 --> 00:45:01.559
 death

00:45:01.559 --> 00:45:02.339
 and

00:45:02.339 --> 00:45:02.719
 Jesus

00:45:02.719 --> 00:45:03.279
 died

00:45:03.279 --> 00:45:03.739
 so

00:45:03.739 --> 00:45:03.919
 that

00:45:03.919 --> 00:45:04.179
 you

00:45:04.179 --> 00:45:04.739
 will

00:45:04.739 --> 00:45:04.919
 go

00:45:04.919 --> 00:45:05.239
 from

00:45:05.239 --> 00:45:05.519
 life

00:45:05.519 --> 00:45:05.719
 to

00:45:05.719 --> 00:45:06.059
 life

00:45:06.059 --> 00:45:07.099
 and

00:45:07.099 --> 00:45:07.239
 there

00:45:07.239 --> 00:45:07.399
 is

00:45:07.399 --> 00:45:07.619
 no

00:45:07.619 --> 00:45:07.839
 better

00:45:07.839 --> 00:45:08.299
 time

00:45:08.299 --> 00:45:08.500
 than

00:45:08.500 --> 00:45:08.879
 now

00:45:08.879 --> 00:45:09.500
 to

00:45:09.500 --> 00:45:09.859
 call

00:45:09.859 --> 00:45:10.059
 out

00:45:10.059 --> 00:45:10.219
 to

00:45:10.219 --> 00:45:10.739
 Jesus

00:45:10.739 --> 00:45:11.319
 to

00:45:11.319 --> 00:45:11.500
 say

00:45:11.500 --> 00:45:12.000
 Jesus

00:45:12.000 --> 00:45:15.339
 I lay

00:45:15.339 --> 00:45:15.559
 down

00:45:15.559 --> 00:45:15.839
 my

00:45:15.839 --> 00:45:16.179
 sword

00:45:16.179 --> 00:45:17.799
 and

00:45:17.799 --> 00:45:18.079
 I lay

00:45:18.079 --> 00:45:18.299
 down

00:45:18.299 --> 00:45:18.559
 my

00:45:18.559 --> 00:45:18.899
 shield

00:45:18.899 --> 00:45:20.759
 and

00:45:20.759 --> 00:45:20.879
 I

00:45:20.879 --> 00:45:21.139
 take

00:45:21.139 --> 00:45:21.439
 off

00:45:21.439 --> 00:45:21.659
 the

00:45:21.659 --> 00:45:21.959
 false

00:45:21.959 --> 00:45:22.279
 armor

00:45:22.279 --> 00:45:22.459
 that

00:45:22.459 --> 00:45:22.639
 I've

00:45:22.639 --> 00:45:23.019
 trusted

00:45:23.019 --> 00:45:24.699
 and

00:45:24.699 --> 00:45:24.779
 I

00:45:24.779 --> 00:45:24.959
 put

00:45:24.959 --> 00:45:25.039
 it

00:45:25.039 --> 00:45:25.159
 on

00:45:25.159 --> 00:45:25.259
 the

00:45:25.259 --> 00:45:25.599
 ground

00:45:25.599 --> 00:45:29.440
 and

00:45:29.440 --> 00:45:29.579
 I

00:45:29.579 --> 00:45:29.779
 bow

00:45:29.779 --> 00:45:29.960
 to

00:45:29.960 --> 00:45:30.199
 you

00:45:30.199 --> 00:45:32.279
 that

00:45:32.279 --> 00:45:32.679
 you

00:45:32.679 --> 00:45:33.259
 will

00:45:33.259 --> 00:45:33.819
 defeat

00:45:33.819 --> 00:45:34.219
 me

00:45:34.219 --> 00:45:34.960
 and

00:45:34.960 --> 00:45:35.119
 be

00:45:35.119 --> 00:45:35.380
 my

00:45:35.380 --> 00:45:35.739
 savior

00:45:35.739 --> 00:45:36.659
 and

00:45:36.659 --> 00:45:37.079
 he

00:45:37.079 --> 00:45:37.679
 will

00:45:37.679 --> 00:45:38.259
 cast

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 no

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 one

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 away

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 absolutely

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 no

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 one

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 let's

00:45:45.019 --> 00:45:45.179
 bow

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 our heads

00:45:45.500 --> 00:45:45.679
 in

00:45:45.679 --> 00:45:45.960
 prayer

00:45:45.960 --> 00:45:54.920
 father

00:45:54.920 --> 00:45:55.159
 you

00:45:55.159 --> 00:45:55.460
 know

00:45:55.460 --> 00:45:55.740
 how

00:45:55.740 --> 00:45:56.000
 many

00:45:56.000 --> 00:45:56.159
 of

00:45:56.159 --> 00:45:56.340
 us

00:45:56.340 --> 00:45:56.519
 are

00:45:56.519 --> 00:45:57.039
 wrestling

00:45:57.039 --> 00:45:57.360
 with

00:45:57.360 --> 00:45:57.960
 questions

00:45:57.960 --> 00:45:58.360
 as to

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 whether

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 we

00:45:58.840 --> 00:45:59.000
 are

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 enough

00:45:59.420 --> 00:46:00.780
 and

00:46:00.780 --> 00:46:01.019
 whether

00:46:01.019 --> 00:46:01.220
 we

00:46:01.220 --> 00:46:01.360
 are

00:46:01.360 --> 00:46:01.880
 sufficient

00:46:01.880 --> 00:46:02.579
 and

00:46:02.579 --> 00:46:02.740
 you

00:46:02.740 --> 00:46:02.960
 know

00:46:02.960 --> 00:46:03.440
 father

00:46:03.440 --> 00:46:03.840
 how

00:46:03.840 --> 00:46:04.179
 many

00:46:04.179 --> 00:46:04.360
 of

00:46:04.360 --> 00:46:04.599
 us

00:46:04.599 --> 00:46:04.780
 are

00:46:04.780 --> 00:46:05.519
 wishing

00:46:05.519 --> 00:46:05.720
 that

00:46:05.720 --> 00:46:05.840
 if

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 we

00:46:05.940 --> 00:46:06.159
 just

00:46:06.159 --> 00:46:06.400
 had

00:46:06.400 --> 00:46:06.619
 more

00:46:06.619 --> 00:46:06.960
 money

00:46:06.960 --> 00:46:07.220
 we'd

00:46:07.220 --> 00:46:07.380
 be

00:46:07.380 --> 00:46:07.840
 sufficient

00:46:07.840 --> 00:46:08.099
 that

00:46:08.099 --> 00:46:08.860
 money

00:46:08.860 --> 00:46:09.619
 will

00:46:09.619 --> 00:46:09.800
 be

00:46:09.800 --> 00:46:09.980
 our

00:46:09.980 --> 00:46:10.519
 sufficiency

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 or

00:46:10.900 --> 00:46:12.000
 being

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 slim

00:46:12.619 --> 00:46:12.840
 or

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 being

00:46:13.119 --> 00:46:13.559
 young

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 or

00:46:13.760 --> 00:46:13.960
 being

00:46:13.960 --> 00:46:14.579
 wise

00:46:14.579 --> 00:46:14.820
 or

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 being

00:46:15.380 --> 00:46:16.679
 whatever

00:46:16.679 --> 00:46:17.039
 father

00:46:17.039 --> 00:46:17.280
 you

00:46:17.280 --> 00:46:17.460
 know

00:46:17.460 --> 00:46:17.760
 all

00:46:17.760 --> 00:46:17.900
 of

00:46:17.900 --> 00:46:18.099
 those

00:46:18.099 --> 00:46:18.380
 things

00:46:18.380 --> 00:46:18.699
 even

00:46:18.699 --> 00:46:18.980
 those

00:46:18.980 --> 00:46:19.119
 of

00:46:19.119 --> 00:46:19.300
 us

00:46:19.300 --> 00:46:19.400
 who

00:46:19.400 --> 00:46:19.519
 have

00:46:19.519 --> 00:46:19.699
 put

00:46:19.699 --> 00:46:19.840
 our

00:46:19.840 --> 00:46:20.119
 faith

00:46:20.119 --> 00:46:20.280
 and

00:46:25.460 --> 00:46:25.980
 you

00:46:25.980 --> 00:46:26.300
 know

00:46:26.300 --> 00:46:26.559
 how

00:46:26.559 --> 00:46:26.760
 we

00:46:26.760 --> 00:46:27.019
 wrestle

00:46:27.019 --> 00:46:27.260
 with

00:46:27.260 --> 00:46:27.460
 these

00:46:27.460 --> 00:46:27.679
 things

00:46:27.679 --> 00:46:27.860
 and

00:46:27.860 --> 00:46:28.159
 still

00:46:28.159 --> 00:46:28.340
 you

00:46:28.340 --> 00:46:28.500
 love

00:46:28.500 --> 00:46:28.619
 us

00:46:28.619 --> 00:46:28.760
 we

00:46:28.760 --> 00:46:28.960
 give

00:46:28.960 --> 00:46:29.099
 you

00:46:29.099 --> 00:46:29.440
 thanks

00:46:29.440 --> 00:46:29.599
 and

00:46:29.599 --> 00:46:29.860
 praise

00:46:29.860 --> 00:46:29.980
 that

00:46:29.980 --> 00:46:30.139
 in

00:46:30.139 --> 00:46:30.420
 Jesus

00:46:30.420 --> 00:46:30.760
 we

00:46:30.760 --> 00:46:31.220
 have

00:46:31.220 --> 00:46:31.480
 been

00:46:31.480 --> 00:46:31.820
 saved

00:46:31.820 --> 00:46:32.039
 we

00:46:32.039 --> 00:46:32.579
 are

00:46:32.579 --> 00:46:32.980
 being

00:46:32.980 --> 00:46:33.380
 saved

00:46:33.380 --> 00:46:33.519
 and

00:46:33.519 --> 00:46:33.659
 we

00:46:33.659 --> 00:46:33.900
 will

00:46:33.900 --> 00:46:34.119
 be

00:46:34.119 --> 00:46:34.420
 saved

00:46:34.420 --> 00:46:34.559
 and

00:46:34.559 --> 00:46:34.679
 we

00:46:34.679 --> 00:46:34.920
 ask

00:46:34.920 --> 00:46:35.320
 father

00:46:35.320 --> 00:46:36.000
 that

00:46:36.000 --> 00:46:36.139
 you

00:46:36.139 --> 00:46:36.460
 grow

00:46:36.460 --> 00:46:36.880
 within

00:46:36.880 --> 00:46:37.300
 us

00:46:37.300 --> 00:46:37.960
 an

00:46:37.960 --> 00:46:38.380
 awareness

00:46:38.380 --> 00:46:38.699
 of

00:46:38.699 --> 00:46:38.840
 the

00:46:38.840 --> 00:46:39.280
 places

00:46:39.280 --> 00:46:39.559
 the

00:46:39.559 --> 00:46:39.920
 wrong

00:46:39.920 --> 00:46:40.099
 and

00:46:40.099 --> 00:46:40.440
 false

00:46:40.440 --> 00:46:40.860
 places

00:46:40.860 --> 00:46:41.059
 we

00:46:41.059 --> 00:46:41.240
 go

00:46:41.240 --> 00:46:41.440
 for

00:46:41.440 --> 00:46:41.940
 confidence

00:46:41.940 --> 00:46:42.260
 and

00:46:42.260 --> 00:46:42.780
 sufficiency

00:46:42.780 --> 00:46:43.099
 and

00:46:43.099 --> 00:46:43.240
 that

00:46:43.240 --> 00:46:43.320
 you

00:46:43.320 --> 00:46:43.440
 would

00:46:43.440 --> 00:46:43.679
 grip

00:46:43.679 --> 00:46:43.840
 us

00:46:43.840 --> 00:46:44.099
 again

00:46:44.099 --> 00:46:44.280
 with

00:46:44.280 --> 00:46:44.400
 the

00:46:44.400 --> 00:46:44.820
 gospel

00:46:44.820 --> 00:46:45.619
 that

00:46:45.619 --> 00:46:45.780
 your

00:46:45.780 --> 00:46:46.300
 word

00:46:46.300 --> 00:46:46.519
 would

00:46:46.519 --> 00:46:46.800
 come

00:46:46.800 --> 00:46:47.039
 that

00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:47.280
 was

00:46:47.280 --> 00:46:47.860
 read

00:46:47.860 --> 00:46:48.080
 this

00:46:48.080 --> 00:46:48.260
 morning

00:46:48.260 --> 00:46:48.400
 that

00:46:48.400 --> 00:46:48.560
 many

00:46:48.560 --> 00:46:48.680
 of

00:46:48.680 --> 00:46:48.800
 us

00:46:48.800 --> 00:46:48.960
 would

00:46:48.960 --> 00:46:49.380
 memorize

00:46:49.380 --> 00:46:49.760
 this

00:46:49.760 --> 00:46:50.180
 passage

00:46:50.180 --> 00:46:50.400
 of

00:46:50.400 --> 00:46:50.720
 scripture

00:46:50.720 --> 00:46:50.920
 that

00:46:50.920 --> 00:46:51.080
 would

00:46:51.080 --> 00:46:51.460
 enter

00:46:51.460 --> 00:46:51.680
 into

00:46:51.680 --> 00:46:51.900
 our

00:46:51.900 --> 00:46:52.400
 lives

00:46:52.400 --> 00:46:53.080
 and

00:46:53.080 --> 00:46:53.260
 as

00:46:53.260 --> 00:46:53.400
 it

00:46:53.400 --> 00:46:53.740
 enters

00:46:53.740 --> 00:46:54.120
 into

00:46:54.120 --> 00:46:54.340
 our

00:46:54.340 --> 00:46:54.800
 lives

00:46:54.800 --> 00:46:55.320
 and

00:46:55.320 --> 00:46:55.460
 is

00:46:55.460 --> 00:46:55.660
 written

00:46:55.660 --> 00:46:55.860
 on

00:46:55.860 --> 00:46:56.019
 our

00:46:56.019 --> 00:46:56.500
 hearts

00:46:56.500 --> 00:46:57.340
 that

00:46:57.340 --> 00:46:57.480
 in

00:46:57.480 --> 00:46:57.620
 our

00:46:57.620 --> 00:46:57.820
 day

00:46:57.820 --> 00:46:57.920
 to

00:46:57.920 --> 00:46:58.060
 day

00:46:58.060 --> 00:46:58.500
 lives

00:46:58.500 --> 00:46:58.740
 we

00:46:58.740 --> 00:46:58.960
 bear

00:46:58.960 --> 00:46:59.320
 fruit

00:46:59.320 --> 00:46:59.519
 that

00:46:59.519 --> 00:46:59.800
 brings

00:46:59.800 --> 00:46:59.940
 you

00:46:59.940 --> 00:47:00.180
 much

00:47:00.180 --> 00:47:00.560
 glory

00:47:00.560 --> 00:47:00.960
 father

00:47:00.960 --> 00:47:01.240
 do

00:47:01.240 --> 00:47:01.500
 this

00:47:01.500 --> 00:47:01.780
 work

00:47:01.780 --> 00:47:01.920
 in

00:47:01.920 --> 00:47:02.039
 our

00:47:02.039 --> 00:47:02.340
 heart

00:47:02.340 --> 00:47:03.620
 and

00:47:03.620 --> 00:47:03.780
 all

00:47:03.780 --> 00:47:03.980
 this

00:47:03.980 --> 00:47:04.120
 we

00:47:04.120 --> 00:47:04.400
 ask

00:47:04.400 --> 00:47:04.519
 in

00:47:04.519 --> 00:47:04.620
 the

00:47:04.620 --> 00:47:04.760
 name

00:47:04.760 --> 00:47:04.920
 of

00:47:04.920 --> 00:47:05.200
 Jesus

00:47:05.200 --> 00:47:05.519
 your

00:47:05.519 --> 00:47:05.920
 son

00:47:05.920 --> 00:47:06.160
 and

00:47:06.160 --> 00:47:06.320
 our

00:47:06.320 --> 00:47:06.680
 savior

00:47:06.680 --> 00:47:07.320
 amen