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 I would like you to turn in your Bibles this morning to Psalm 139 and follow with me as I begin reading

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! Psalm 139, verse 13-17.

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 For you form me, my inward parts. You knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you,

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 for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works, my soul knows it very well.

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 My frame was not hidden from you when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of

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 the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance. In your book were written every one of them, the days

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 that were formed for me. When as yet there were, there was none of them. How precious to me are

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 your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more than the sand.

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 I awake, and I'm still with you. Let us pray.

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 Father, for us,

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 prayer is not a habit, but a glad expression of our complete confidence in you,

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 for an admission of our frailty and our necessity for your enabling, both in my preaching of the

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 Word of God and your dear people hearing it and applying it accurately and faithfully.

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 And so we ask that this morning, as we take your Word and we make it front and center in our thinking,

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 that would also govern the way in which we live and act in the world in which you've placed us.

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 We pray that we would be a people that do more than give lip service to the value of human life

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 on this single Sunday, that our concern for the well-being of others,

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 for the frail and the unborn,

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 and those who are alive and occupy the time that you have planned for them during their life,

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 would be marked by our sincere interest in seeing that not only do they enjoy the blessing of life,

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 but also that they come to know Christ as their Savior.

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 We pray, Lord, this morning that the Lord Jesus

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 is seen as the one and only hope that we have

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 and the delight of our souls.

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 We ask in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 This is the Sunday that we as a fellowship have laid aside, set aside,

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 to think about the pro-life movement, in particular,

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 in the light of the decision that was made by the Supreme Court of the United States

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 back in 1973-74 to legalize abortion.

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 And in those years that have transpired from that time,

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 it is estimated, and it depends on whose statistics you're relying on,

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 that over 60 million babies have been murdered in their mother's wombs.

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 And in the days that have passed,

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 it's become not that uncommon for that murder to take place

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 not only in a mother's womb in the early stages of that child's development,

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 but even outside the womb, if necessary,

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 for the sake and preference of the woman who can claim that that is her decision,

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 and our government supports that.

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 The truth of the matter is,

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 is that our day and age is not the only age in which the small infant,

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 the frail, the innocent,

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 has been abused and misused.

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 I was doing some reading last week about the subject of the way in which unwanted children,

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 isn't that a horrible word to use, unwanted children?

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 But in the ancient world,

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 one of the very, very common ways of managing child size

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 prior to having the modern technology that we have in medicine,

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 to care for a child that was born that the family decided

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 was not going to be appropriate for them to raise,

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 one of the things that was common, very common,

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 was for the child to be exposed.

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 And the child was left,

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 in some cases,

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 in Roman culture,

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 left in the marketplace,

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 and it was picked up there,

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 or left to die.

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 It was picked up,

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 and that child was introduced to slavery or to prostitution

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 as a very common means.

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 In Roman law,

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 actually,

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 when a child was born,

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 it was not a person in one sense

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 until the father of the home

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 actually reached down

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 and picked the child up.

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 Do you understand that?

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 Had no name.

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 It was not viewed as a citizen

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 or a subject of the Roman government

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 until the father actually did that.

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 And if the father did not reach down

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 and pick up that child,

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 it was then abandoned

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 and left to die.

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 If you read the Scriptures,

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 you will find that child sacrifice

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 was not uncommon in the pagan world,

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 particularly in the Philistine culture.

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 And one of the things,

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 if you're reading your way through the Scriptures,

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 1 and 2 Kings,

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 1 and 2 Chronicles,

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 it talks about kings

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 who allowed their children

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 to be sacrificed to Molech.

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 I was curious as to

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 how else children were disposed of,

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 and I found out that

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 there were a number of natural herbs

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 and various toxic substance

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 that a woman could take

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 that could conceivably produce an abortion,

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 or it could also cause her life to be at risk.

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 The modern medical procedure

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 did not really come into popular use

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 until actually surgical instruments were designed.

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 You all wanted to know this, didn't you?

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 I'm trying to help you here.

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 Until modern surgical instruments

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 came into being

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 that allowed for a relatively safe

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 medical procedure

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 for destroying the unborn.

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 And we may not think of it

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 as often as we should

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 of how violent

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 and how wicked and cruel

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 the culture that we live in is.

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 The fact of the matter is

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 is that

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 the pro-life movement

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 went to great lengths

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 to secure some videos

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 that were played

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 throughout this last summer,

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 and it caused quite a dust-up,

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 didn't it?

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 I mean, Planned Parenthood

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 was exposed

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 as a murderous

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 group of people.

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 And yet,

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 do you realize

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 realize that most of the noise

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 of that event

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 has passed into the rearview mirror

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 and people don't even

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 think about it today?

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 I mean,

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 thankfully,

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 Powerball is over as well,

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 and so that's gone too.

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 But, you know,

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 given all the different things

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 that occupy

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 the buzz

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 in our culture,

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 what happened this summer

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 with those Planned Parenthood

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 videos

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 and the exposure,

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 it's gone.

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 It's gone.

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 A great deal of

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 insensitivity

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 has taken its place.

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 I read something

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 interesting about

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 World War II

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 when President,

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 when General Eisenhower

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 heard about Auschwitz

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 and Treblinka

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 and the other death camps

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 that put to death

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 some three million

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 or so Jews.

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 He insisted

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 that, number one,

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 that the army sent in

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 videographers,

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 cinematographers

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 that would take pictures

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 of all the detail

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 of what was happening

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 in the camps.

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 Here's why he said

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 they should do that.

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 He said,

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 within a generation,

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 many will deny

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 that it ever happened.

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 He made the citizens

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 of the German towns

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 and cities

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 close to those places

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 of murder,

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 he made them walk

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 through the camp

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 and he made them

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 bury the bodies.

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 And he said,

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 I want this generation

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 to remember

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 just how cruel

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 and indifferent

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 it has been

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 to the value of life.

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 And I will tell you

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 this morning

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 as I began studying

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 several weeks ago

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 regarding this matter,

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 I talked to Pastor Saul

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 earlier today.

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 I said,

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 you know what?

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 I think this is the first time

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 I've preached on the pro-life movement

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 for several years

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 because Pastor Saul,

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 somehow or another,

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 well, the truth is

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 I went deer hunting

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 during this time.

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 And so Pastor Saul

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 would preach.

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 And I have to tell you

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 that as I began studying

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 and praying about this,

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 I found my heart

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 convicted

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 convicted

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 for allowing this subject

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 to become less important

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 in my prayer

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 and my thinking

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 than it deserves to be.

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 And I would venture

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 to say that I am not

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 entirely atypical

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 in that

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 the sanctity of human life,

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 which is foundational,

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 can become something

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 of less significance

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 just because we allow

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 all other kinds of things

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 to occupy its space.

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 I remember a friend

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 from Emmanuel Baptist Church

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 calling me up

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 and saying,

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 we are having a great deal

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 of trouble

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 finding board members

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 for the pro-life movement.

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 So what I'd like us

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 to do this morning

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 is start at the beginning.

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 And I want you

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 to think with me

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 of some things

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 that I have no doubt

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 the vast majority

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 of you here

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 are in principle

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 fully persuaded of.

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 But here's the truth.

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 The things that we do not

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 consciously and deliberately

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 think about carefully

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 can become unimportant

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 and diminished

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 in their value

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 and less influential

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 in our behavior

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 than they should be.

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 And so when we start

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 thinking of our view of life

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 and framing it properly,

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 we have to begin with God.

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 And so allow me

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 to flesh this out for you

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 by saying,

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 first of all,

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 our view of God

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 governs our value of life.

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 Our view of God

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 governs our value of life.

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 What we sincerely believe

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 about God

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 ends up affecting

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 every part of our thinking

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 and ends up

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 determining the way

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 in which we behave.

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 Now, if you remember,

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 kind of don't go back

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 on the screen,

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 but there was a little phrase

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 I put as the title

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 of the sermon,

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 is there not a cause?

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 God's love.

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 That phrase actually

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 comes from a passage

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 in 1 Samuel 17,

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 verse 29,

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 in the King James Version,

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 in which David,

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 as a young boy,

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 comes into the camp

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 of Israel,

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 who is engaged

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 in battle

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 with the Philistines,

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 and every day

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 there is this gargantuan

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 tower of a man

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 that comes out

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 and kind of

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 mocks Israel.

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 Remember that?

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 He's kind of

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 putting a smackdown

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 on these poor Israelites

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 who are scared to death

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 to go to battle with him.

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 And David hears

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 this guy ranting

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 and he's a little irritated.

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 And he says,

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 well, say,

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 hey, what's going to happen

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 to the guy

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 that trashes him

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 and kills him?

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 Oh, well,

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 he's going to get

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 tax-free benefits,

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 blah, blah, blah.

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 And so, you know,

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 David says,

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 well, I'll do it.

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 Right?

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 And in the ESV,

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 it talks about

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 his brothers get on him.

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 Well, actually,

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 in all translations,

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 it talks about his brothers.

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 You just came down here

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 because you wanted to see

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 blah, blah, blah.

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 And David,

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 I like the King James,

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 David says this,

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 is there not a cause?

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 In other words,

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 you guys are sitting here

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 listening to Goliath

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 smack our God around

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 and some of you

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 don't seem to care about it.

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 I care.

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 I'm going to go

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 do something about it.

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 And so,

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 this morning,

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 I want you to understand

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 that the way we see God

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 ends up influencing

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 the way we behave.

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 So when we think

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 about the pro-life movement,

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 let's start by recognizing

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 all human life

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 from conception

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 to old age

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 and the grave

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 is precious

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 because mankind

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 was created

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 by God

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 and for His glory.

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 I want you to look

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 at a passage,

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 if you will,

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 in Colossians 1,

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 verse 16.

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 Go to Colossians 1,

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 verse 16.

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 Why is it that we,

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 as believers,

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 put the value

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 that we do

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 on life?

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 Here's why.

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 For one,

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 it says,

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 For by Him

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 all things

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 were created

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 in heaven

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 and on earth,

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 visible and invisible,

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 whether thrones

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 or dominions

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 or rulers

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 or authorities,

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 all things

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 were created

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 through Him

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 and for Him.

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 The one

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 who created us

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 is the one

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 that we belong to.

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 Over in Revelation

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 chapter 4,

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 it says something

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 very similar to that.

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 It says that

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 we,

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 you and I,

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 and all created beings

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 exist for His glory.

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 I was thinking

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 earlier this week

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 of the fact

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 that one of the things

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 that we find

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 in the book of Job

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 and connect it

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 with a passage

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 in Jeremiah,

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 in Job it refers

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 to the fact

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 that Job,

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 along with all

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 the others there,

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 were just a pinch

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 of clay

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 in the hand of God.

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 How many of you

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 ever did artwork

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 in school?

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 Remember?

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 the art,

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 I remember art,

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 and the art teacher

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 would say

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 he had mixed up

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 this mass of clay.

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 He'd say,

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 why don't you guys,

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 you go get a lump

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 of this

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 and make something

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 with it?

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 I've got to tell you,

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 when my lump

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 was finished,

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 it looked much like

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 what had come out

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 of the little pile there.

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 It really did,

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 it was still a lump.

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 But when God

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 takes the lump

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 or the pinch of clay,

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 as it says in Job,

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 it says,

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 He's the one

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 who frames it

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 and forms it.

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 He makes you

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 the way He made you

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 and He was the one

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 who created you.

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 I like what it says

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 in the passage

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 in Jeremiah

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 talking about

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 the potter's house

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 and then in the book

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 of Romans it says,

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 does not the potter

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 have authority

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 and power

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 over the clay?

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 He made me.

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 He has the right

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 to determine

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 the frame of my life,

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 the length of my days,

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 and the day

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 of my home going.

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 And so when we think

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 about how our view

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 of God influences

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 our value of life,

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 we start out

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 by recognizing,

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 hey, He's the one

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 who did it,

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 made me the way I am,

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 and I belong to Him.

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 Furthermore,

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 we understand

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 that all human life

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 from conception

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 to old age

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 in the grave

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 is precious

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 because God

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 made mankind

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 to be His image bearer

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 and the overseer

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 of His created world.

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 We are made

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 in the image of God

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 and as a result

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 of that,

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 we are here

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 to represent Him.

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 All human life

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 from old age,

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 conception,

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 the grave

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 is precious

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 and God reserves

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 the right of life

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 and death

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 to Himself alone.

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 He is the giver

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 and He's the taker

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 of life.

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 Over in Psalm 31,

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 verse 15,

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 it says,

00:17:17.740 --> 00:17:18.419
 My times

00:17:18.419 --> 00:17:20.179
 are in your hands.

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 My times

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 are in your hands.

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 Let's look at

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 another passage,

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 if you will.

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 You're in Colossians,

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 but turn back

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 and we're going to

00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:27.859
 skip around

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 a little bit today

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 as we kind of look

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 at the broad frame

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 in which the Scriptures

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 lay the sanctity

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 of human life.

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 Turn to Deuteronomy

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 chapter 32,

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 verse 39.

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 Deuteronomy

00:17:42.980 --> 00:17:43.819
 chapter 32,

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 verse 39.

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 See,

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 now that I,

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 even I,

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 am He,

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 and there is no

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 God beside me,

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 I kill

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 and I make alive,

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 I wound

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 and I heal,

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 and there is none

00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:01.459
 that can deliver

00:18:01.459 --> 00:18:03.459
 out of my hand.

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 God,

00:18:06.579 --> 00:18:07.859
 God alone,

00:18:07.859 --> 00:18:09.699
 is the giver

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 and taker

00:18:11.199 --> 00:18:12.500
 of life.

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 Ever since sin

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 entered the garden

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 and Satan

00:18:18.399 --> 00:18:19.599
 tempted Adam

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 and Eve

00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:20.559
 to think

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 that they could

00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:22.059
 usurp

00:18:22.059 --> 00:18:23.839
 God's rightful place,

00:18:24.539 --> 00:18:25.459
 men have committed

00:18:25.459 --> 00:18:26.459
 the most horrible

00:18:26.459 --> 00:18:27.079
 of crimes

00:18:27.079 --> 00:18:28.059
 against one another

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 and particularly

00:18:28.959 --> 00:18:29.859
 against the innocent

00:18:29.859 --> 00:18:30.599
 and the weak.

00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:33.240
 human history

00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:34.079
 is filled

00:18:34.079 --> 00:18:36.379
 with murder

00:18:36.379 --> 00:18:36.980
 and the horrible

00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:37.959
 abuse of power.

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 And I want to tell you

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 that in every case,

00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:41.939
 in any case,

00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:43.099
 when mankind

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 ultimately turns

00:18:44.059 --> 00:18:44.519
 its back

00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:45.759
 on God's moral law,

00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:46.919
 it invariably

00:18:46.919 --> 00:18:48.000
 begins the slow

00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:49.159
 descent into the pit

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 and suffers the

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 consequence

00:18:50.699 --> 00:18:51.879
 of its rebellion

00:18:51.879 --> 00:18:52.779
 against God's

00:18:52.779 --> 00:18:53.639
 value system

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 and structure.

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 I did not know

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 or I did not think

00:19:01.879 --> 00:19:02.779
 when I was younger

00:19:02.779 --> 00:19:05.779
 that I would live

00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:07.799
 long enough

00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:09.559
 to see

00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:11.199
 God's judgment

00:19:11.199 --> 00:19:12.559
 beginning to play out

00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:13.659
 on this nation.

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 But I think I am.

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 I think I am.

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 And I think

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 one of the principal

00:19:21.639 --> 00:19:22.659
 reasons why that

00:19:22.659 --> 00:19:23.539
 is playing out

00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:24.480
 has to do

00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:25.099
 with the value

00:19:25.099 --> 00:19:26.000
 that God places

00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:27.039
 on human life.

00:19:28.139 --> 00:19:28.980
 I remember

00:19:28.980 --> 00:19:30.180
 back in the 70s

00:19:30.180 --> 00:19:31.339
 when abortion

00:19:31.339 --> 00:19:32.240
 was legalized,

00:19:32.299 --> 00:19:32.940
 one of the statements

00:19:32.940 --> 00:19:33.819
 that was floating around

00:19:33.819 --> 00:19:34.980
 in the 70s and 80s

00:19:34.980 --> 00:19:36.119
 is that if God

00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:37.279
 did not judge America

00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:38.019
 for its attitude

00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:38.859
 towards abortion,

00:19:39.139 --> 00:19:39.839
 He would have to

00:19:39.839 --> 00:19:41.440
 apologize to Germany

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:42.440
 for what He did

00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:43.740
 for the mistreatment

00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:44.639
 and slaughter

00:19:44.639 --> 00:19:45.599
 of the millions

00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:46.299
 of Jews.

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 I am

00:19:48.779 --> 00:19:50.519
 not at all

00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:51.180
 surprised

00:19:51.180 --> 00:19:52.899
 by the

00:19:52.900 --> 00:19:53.640
 diminution

00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:54.840
 that I see

00:19:54.840 --> 00:19:56.500
 in American culture

00:19:56.500 --> 00:19:57.800
 and I got to tell you

00:19:57.800 --> 00:19:58.460
 that the answer

00:19:58.460 --> 00:19:59.480
 is not in,

00:19:59.880 --> 00:20:00.820
 can I say it slowly

00:20:00.820 --> 00:20:01.759
 so you don't miss it,

00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:03.259
 it's not in Washington.

00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:06.440
 And I would make

00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:07.480
 an appeal to you

00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:08.120
 who become

00:20:08.120 --> 00:20:09.519
 quite irritated

00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:10.440
 with what's going on

00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:11.100
 in Washington,

00:20:11.540 --> 00:20:12.940
 let me encourage you

00:20:12.940 --> 00:20:13.740
 to understand

00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:14.560
 that the solution

00:20:14.560 --> 00:20:16.180
 will not be political,

00:20:16.540 --> 00:20:17.920
 it will be spiritual.

00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:18.060
 spiritual.

00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:21.420
 And you would be

00:20:21.420 --> 00:20:22.160
 well served

00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:23.279
 to put more energy

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:24.720
 into the spiritual

00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:25.640
 well-being

00:20:25.640 --> 00:20:26.560
 of the people

00:20:26.560 --> 00:20:27.259
 around you

00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:27.759
 rather than

00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:28.720
 everything else.

00:20:34.660 --> 00:20:35.700
 Sixty million

00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:37.060
 plus

00:20:37.060 --> 00:20:38.060
 babies

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 slaughtered.

00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:43.160
 And the thing

00:20:43.160 --> 00:20:43.519
 that really

00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:44.180
 strikes me,

00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:47.000
 really strikes me

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 as I stop

00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:48.140
 and think

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 about how

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 quickly

00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:54.780
 the

00:20:54.780 --> 00:20:57.080
 Planned Parenthood

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 videos

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:59.640
 came

00:20:59.640 --> 00:21:00.620
 and went

00:21:00.620 --> 00:21:02.280
 and how

00:21:02.280 --> 00:21:02.740
 little

00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:03.980
 they really

00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:04.660
 stirred

00:21:04.660 --> 00:21:05.600
 this country.

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 Another thing

00:21:11.439 --> 00:21:11.859
 that I want

00:21:11.859 --> 00:21:12.500
 you to understand

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 is that our

00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:13.519
 view of God

00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:14.179
 controls our

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 actions.

00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:19.219
 As we take up

00:21:19.219 --> 00:21:20.219
 this second point,

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 let me be clear

00:21:21.159 --> 00:21:21.779
 that actions

00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:22.319
 flow from

00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:22.879
 thinking and

00:21:22.879 --> 00:21:23.279
 values.

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 The way in

00:21:23.859 --> 00:21:24.259
 which you

00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:24.599
 act

00:21:24.599 --> 00:21:25.619
 ultimately

00:21:25.619 --> 00:21:26.619
 tells me

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 what you

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:27.379
 value

00:21:27.379 --> 00:21:27.740
 and what

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 you think.

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 You got

00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:29.519
 that?

00:21:30.439 --> 00:21:31.000
 What you

00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:31.319
 value

00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:31.679
 and what

00:21:31.679 --> 00:21:32.099
 you think.

00:21:32.099 --> 00:21:36.059
 I lost

00:21:36.059 --> 00:21:36.879
 track

00:21:36.879 --> 00:21:40.139
 of the

00:21:40.139 --> 00:21:40.480
 number of

00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:40.980
 times I've

00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:41.439
 heard people

00:21:41.439 --> 00:21:42.000
 tell me that

00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:42.319
 they were

00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:42.740
 saved.

00:21:44.579 --> 00:21:45.159
 In fact,

00:21:45.199 --> 00:21:46.059
 I had a

00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:46.839
 conversation on

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 Thursday and

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 another conversation

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 on Saturday

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 in that same

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 vein of,

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 oh,

00:21:51.339 --> 00:21:51.879
 absolutely,

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 I'm saved.

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.039
 In fact,

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 I believe the

00:21:54.379 --> 00:21:54.939
 teaching of the

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 Scripture is

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 this,

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 is that once

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 a person

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 comes to

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 faith,

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 they don't

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 lose their

00:21:59.039 --> 00:21:59.579
 salvation.

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 I agree.

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 But let me

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 tell you

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 something.

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 One of the

00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:08.799
 undeniable

00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:09.579
 blessings of

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 genuine

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.819
 conversion is

00:22:10.819 --> 00:22:11.159
 that it

00:22:11.159 --> 00:22:11.719
 changes the

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 way you

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 are and

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 it changes

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 the way

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 you think.

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 And we

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 who are

00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:15.779
 here bear

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.619
 testimony to

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 that.

00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:17.199
 Now,

00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:17.819
 we're not

00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:18.359
 where we

00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:18.879
 want to

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 be,

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.359
 but anyone

00:22:21.359 --> 00:22:21.919
 who is

00:22:21.919 --> 00:22:22.359
 genuinely

00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:23.240
 converted can

00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:23.719
 look in the

00:22:23.719 --> 00:22:24.379
 rearview mirror

00:22:24.379 --> 00:22:24.799
 and say,

00:22:24.939 --> 00:22:25.119
 and I'm

00:22:25.119 --> 00:22:25.819
 not who I

00:22:25.819 --> 00:22:26.259
 used to

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:26.500
 be.

00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.279
 And so

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:30.759
 when a person

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.359
 says to me,

00:22:31.419 --> 00:22:31.539
 oh,

00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:31.879
 I'm a

00:22:31.879 --> 00:22:32.299
 believer and

00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:32.839
 I'm saved

00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:34.099
 and I am

00:22:34.099 --> 00:22:34.539
 so very

00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:35.200
 thankful for

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.740
 what Jesus

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.299
 has done

00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:37.139
 in terms of

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 my eternal

00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:38.799
 destiny and

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.559
 the certainty

00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:40.159
 I have in

00:22:40.159 --> 00:22:40.339
 heaven,

00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:40.879
 my question

00:22:40.879 --> 00:22:41.579
 also follows,

00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:42.139
 and what

00:22:42.139 --> 00:22:42.659
 difference is

00:22:42.659 --> 00:22:43.019
 he making

00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:43.319
 in your

00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:43.980
 life today?

00:22:46.619 --> 00:22:47.259
 The way

00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:47.839
 we act

00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:49.940
 does not

00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:50.480
 earn us a

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.259
 right relationship

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:51.980
 with God.

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.639
 A right

00:22:53.639 --> 00:22:54.319
 relationship

00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:54.879
 with him

00:22:54.879 --> 00:22:55.559
 does drive

00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:56.279
 right actions.

00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:58.899
 in fact,

00:22:59.000 --> 00:22:59.839
 apart from

00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:02.160
 right actions,

00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:04.139
 there really

00:23:04.139 --> 00:23:05.420
 is good

00:23:05.420 --> 00:23:06.420
 reason to

00:23:06.420 --> 00:23:08.039
 question the

00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:09.500
 authenticity of

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:10.160
 a person's

00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:10.639
 profession.

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.019
 Does that

00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:11.519
 make sense?

00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:14.579
 If I don't

00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:14.759
 see,

00:23:14.839 --> 00:23:15.099
 hey,

00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:17.680
 if I don't

00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:18.619
 see in

00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:19.399
 my life

00:23:19.399 --> 00:23:20.899
 the evidence

00:23:20.899 --> 00:23:21.559
 of progressive

00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:22.660
 sanctification and

00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:23.399
 the power of the

00:23:23.399 --> 00:23:24.019
 Word of God

00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:25.339
 enabled by the

00:23:25.339 --> 00:23:26.359
 Spirit of God

00:23:26.359 --> 00:23:27.319
 bringing about

00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:28.180
 slow and

00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:29.079
 progressive change,

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 I'd like to

00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:30.460
 change quicker,

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:32.619
 but I can

00:23:32.619 --> 00:23:33.440
 look back

00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:33.960
 and see

00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:34.900
 I'm not who

00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:35.619
 I used to

00:23:35.619 --> 00:23:35.980
 be.

00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:38.059
 And so when

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.799
 we think about

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.559
 this business

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:40.660
 of the fact

00:23:40.660 --> 00:23:41.940
 that our

00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:42.539
 view of God

00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:43.039
 really does

00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.720
 control our

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.139
 actions,

00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:45.119
 recognize Jesus

00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:45.700
 put us on

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:46.319
 the spot with

00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:47.079
 something he

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:47.579
 said over in

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:48.539
 Matthew 7,

00:23:48.619 --> 00:23:49.200
 verse 21.

00:23:50.440 --> 00:23:51.099
 Not everyone

00:23:51.099 --> 00:23:51.700
 that says to

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:51.859
 me,

00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:52.160
 Lord,

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:52.519
 Lord,

00:23:52.619 --> 00:23:52.859
 what?

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:54.500
 It's going

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:54.720
 to enter

00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.160
 the kingdom.

00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:58.559
 It is an

00:23:58.559 --> 00:24:00.639
 interesting thing

00:24:00.639 --> 00:24:01.480
 to recognize

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:03.259
 how much

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:04.180
 of the pro-life

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:05.019
 movement is

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.639
 driven by

00:24:05.639 --> 00:24:06.400
 people of

00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:06.759
 faith

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:09.119
 across the

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:09.779
 broad spectrum.

00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:10.259
 I read a

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:11.299
 very interesting

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:13.000
 comment by

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:15.059
 Moore.

00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:16.139
 Pastor Andrew,

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:16.700
 where are you?

00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:17.200
 You're out there

00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:17.519
 somewhere.

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.319
 Raise your hand,

00:24:18.639 --> 00:24:19.220
 Pastor Andrew.

00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:20.519
 Russell Moore,

00:24:20.619 --> 00:24:21.200
 is that correct?

00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:22.319
 The Southern

00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:23.200
 Baptist theologian?

00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:24.539
 Thank you.

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.359
 I was right.

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:26.879
 Mark that down.

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:30.139
 Russell Moore

00:24:30.139 --> 00:24:31.019
 said this.

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:32.259
 He said,

00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:33.319
 I would like,

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:35.139
 he put it

00:24:35.139 --> 00:24:35.519
 this way,

00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:36.639
 I would not

00:24:36.639 --> 00:24:37.579
 like to see

00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:39.160
 any fewer

00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:40.259
 rosaries at a

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:41.299
 pro-life movement

00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:41.819
 rally,

00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:43.859
 but I would

00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:44.480
 like to see

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:45.839
 more evangelicals

00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:46.359
 at one of

00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:46.539
 them.

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:47.980
 Do you know

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.379
 what he meant?

00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:49.180
 How many of you

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:49.420
 understand?

00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:50.139
 Raise your hand

00:24:50.139 --> 00:24:50.639
 if you understand

00:24:50.639 --> 00:24:51.079
 what he said.

00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:53.439
 I'll say it

00:24:53.439 --> 00:24:53.899
 again slowly

00:24:53.899 --> 00:24:54.220
 so you

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:54.859
 understand it.

00:24:55.439 --> 00:24:55.899
 In other

00:24:55.899 --> 00:24:56.099
 words,

00:24:56.159 --> 00:24:56.699
 he was saying

00:24:56.699 --> 00:24:57.259
 if more

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:58.179
 evangelicals

00:24:58.179 --> 00:24:58.619
 took this

00:24:58.619 --> 00:24:59.059
 matter of

00:24:59.059 --> 00:24:59.579
 the pro-life

00:24:59.579 --> 00:24:59.899
 movement

00:24:59.899 --> 00:25:00.839
 more seriously,

00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:04.740
 it would

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.279
 put their

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:06.240
 profession of

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:07.019
 faith into

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.439
 evident

00:25:07.439 --> 00:25:08.240
 practice.

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:11.740
 I was

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.419
 convicted this

00:25:12.419 --> 00:25:12.679
 week.

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:15.060
 as I

00:25:15.060 --> 00:25:15.740
 thought back

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:19.340
 to how

00:25:19.340 --> 00:25:20.279
 my own

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:21.140
 affection and

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:21.880
 concern for

00:25:21.880 --> 00:25:22.400
 the pro-life

00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:22.920
 movement

00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:25.880
 has waned

00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:26.740
 to some

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.560
 degree because

00:25:27.560 --> 00:25:28.700
 of focus on

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.299
 other things.

00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:32.700
 It's a

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.180
 shameful thing

00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:33.539
 for me to

00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:34.000
 say that.

00:25:36.360 --> 00:25:37.220
 And it's a

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.779
 little frightening

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.380
 for me to

00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:38.900
 admit that

00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:39.640
 moving forward

00:25:39.640 --> 00:25:40.580
 Tim Knoyer is

00:25:40.580 --> 00:25:41.440
 convicted by the

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:42.060
 Spirit of God

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.619
 that he

00:25:42.619 --> 00:25:43.839
 needs to be

00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:45.200
 more active.

00:25:52.419 --> 00:25:53.179
 When we

00:25:53.179 --> 00:25:53.619
 think about

00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:54.179
 the pro-life

00:25:54.179 --> 00:25:54.539
 movement,

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.259
 we recognize

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:57.759
 that most

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.799
 of the

00:25:58.799 --> 00:26:01.039
 effect of

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.619
 a right view

00:26:01.619 --> 00:26:02.440
 of God has

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:03.480
 not been with

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:04.700
 letters and

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:05.519
 phone calls

00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:07.879
 and marches.

00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:10.540
 the greatest

00:26:10.540 --> 00:26:12.520
 effect has

00:26:12.520 --> 00:26:13.880
 been with

00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:16.000
 kindness and

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.740
 evidence of

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:18.180
 mercy and

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:19.020
 interest in the

00:26:19.020 --> 00:26:20.040
 lives of those

00:26:20.040 --> 00:26:20.920
 that are deeply

00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:22.560
 afflicted by

00:26:22.560 --> 00:26:23.240
 sin's

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:23.860
 unintended

00:26:23.860 --> 00:26:24.880
 consequences.

00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:27.820
 I was

00:26:27.820 --> 00:26:30.120
 humbled to

00:26:30.120 --> 00:26:30.480
 see the

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:31.340
 crowd that was

00:26:31.340 --> 00:26:32.320
 here Saturday

00:26:32.320 --> 00:26:33.340
 doing blankets.

00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:33.399
 blankets.

00:26:35.899 --> 00:26:36.759
 But I would

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.319
 appeal to you

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:37.899
 don't make it a

00:26:37.899 --> 00:26:38.480
 once and done

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:38.799
 deal.

00:26:41.699 --> 00:26:42.480
 How many of you

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:42.980
 understood what I

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:43.240
 said?

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:47.199
 Your heart,

00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:49.399
 if it is

00:26:49.399 --> 00:26:52.000
 touched by the

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:53.119
 value of human

00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:54.779
 life, engages

00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:55.939
 to do that.

00:26:55.940 --> 00:27:01.880
 it's not just a

00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:02.420
 matter of doing

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:02.940
 blankets.

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:05.539
 It's a matter of

00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:06.620
 volunteering at the

00:27:06.620 --> 00:27:07.980
 Maternity Resource

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.320
 Center.

00:27:09.360 --> 00:27:10.660
 It's a matter of

00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:12.279
 offering to help

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:13.100
 with prenatal

00:27:13.100 --> 00:27:14.180
 medical care.

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:17.180
 It's a matter of

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:18.100
 showing personal

00:27:18.100 --> 00:27:19.500
 interest in those

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:21.440
 that are caught

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:22.140
 in the snare.

00:27:23.100 --> 00:27:24.120
 It is a

00:27:24.120 --> 00:27:24.980
 willingness to

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:26.599
 invite people

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:27.000
 into your

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:27.960
 home and invest

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:28.720
 in their lives.

00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:29.299
 And can I tell

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:29.720
 you something?

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.860
 Everybody listen

00:27:30.860 --> 00:27:31.339
 carefully.

00:27:31.880 --> 00:27:32.559
 There is no

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:33.480
 piece of ministry

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:34.160
 that isn't

00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:34.599
 messy.

00:27:37.380 --> 00:27:38.579
 Even if you

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:39.380
 limit your

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:40.180
 ministry to

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.980
 people in this

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.640
 congregation,

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.360
 the truth of

00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:42.980
 the matter is,

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:43.940
 is once you

00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:44.880
 step past the

00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:45.599
 hellos in the

00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:46.620
 lobby, every

00:27:46.620 --> 00:27:47.460
 one of us has

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:49.079
 baggage.

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:53.240
 Ministry

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:54.860
 means you're

00:27:54.859 --> 00:27:55.179
 going to be

00:27:55.179 --> 00:27:55.839
 involved in

00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:56.639
 carrying baggage.

00:27:58.479 --> 00:27:59.219
 And so I

00:27:59.219 --> 00:27:59.899
 would plead with

00:27:59.899 --> 00:28:01.519
 you that if

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:02.500
 you are convicted

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.459
 that your view

00:28:03.459 --> 00:28:04.639
 of God demands

00:28:04.639 --> 00:28:05.619
 action, that you

00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:06.459
 understand that

00:28:06.459 --> 00:28:07.159
 means that you

00:28:07.159 --> 00:28:08.379
 find ways to get

00:28:08.379 --> 00:28:09.679
 invested in what

00:28:09.679 --> 00:28:10.759
 is going on around

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.319
 you and in the

00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:11.959
 lives of people

00:28:11.959 --> 00:28:12.479
 that are hurting

00:28:12.479 --> 00:28:13.539
 and you spend

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:14.119
 some of your

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:14.719
 energy doing

00:28:14.719 --> 00:28:15.819
 things that count

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.259
 forever.

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:16.379
 together.

00:28:20.140 --> 00:28:22.539
 I love what

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:23.519
 James chapter 2

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:24.940
 verse 26 says.

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.500
 I'll just read it

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:25.779
 to you.

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:27.180
 It says,

00:28:27.339 --> 00:28:28.220
 for as the body

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.920
 apart from the

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:29.660
 spirit is dead,

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:31.039
 so also faith from

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.960
 works is dead.

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:34.680
 Hey, if you have

00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:35.579
 the faith, it ends

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:36.980
 up in a tangible

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:38.359
 evidence that you

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:39.059
 can kind of put your

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:39.660
 finger on and say,

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.220
 yeah, yeah, yeah,

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:40.799
 this is why I'm doing

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:41.500
 that, because of

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.259
 what I believe.

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:45.339
 It's our faith in

00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:47.379
 Christ that leads us

00:28:47.379 --> 00:28:48.079
 to care for the

00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:48.539
 unborn.

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.660
 It's our faith in

00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:50.980
 Christ that leads us

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.839
 to be invested in

00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:52.519
 the lives of other

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:52.839
 people.

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:54.579
 It's our faith in

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:55.599
 Christ, listen to me

00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:56.900
 carefully, that makes

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:58.279
 us willing to keep

00:28:58.279 --> 00:29:00.640
 on being spent in

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:01.740
 doing things that

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:02.799
 count forever.

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:09.319
 So let me conclude

00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:10.480
 with some practical

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:11.759
 ways to honor God

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:13.779
 in the pro-life

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.240
 picture.

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:17.119
 Make the pro-life

00:29:17.119 --> 00:29:18.579
 issues part of your

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:19.460
 personal prayer life.

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:19.940
 Can I tell you

00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:20.200
 something?

00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:20.660
 One of the things

00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:22.420
 that I've learned is

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:23.220
 that the things I pray

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:24.019
 about consistently

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:25.319
 invariably end up

00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:27.099
 kind of consuming

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:28.339
 oxygen in my life.

00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:30.799
 Do you understand

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.039
 that?

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:32.500
 Say it again slowly.

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:33.859
 The things I really

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:34.539
 pray about pretty

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.640
 consistently end up

00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:37.220
 consuming oxygen.

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:38.980
 I do them.

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.900
 All you have to do

00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:41.900
 is ask Tim Knoyer,

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:43.340
 hey, are you

00:29:43.340 --> 00:29:43.759
 praying for

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.480
 opportunities to

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:45.160
 share the gospel?

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:46.860
 And guess what?

00:29:48.120 --> 00:29:49.019
 When I'm doing it,

00:29:49.080 --> 00:29:49.860
 guess what happens?

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:52.040
 Bada, bada, bing.

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:53.700
 I have opportunities.

00:29:54.580 --> 00:29:55.660
 I don't go out

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:56.780
 trolling West Broad

00:29:56.780 --> 00:29:58.380
 Street, but it

00:29:58.380 --> 00:29:59.080
 happens.

00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:00.160
 Okay?

00:30:00.600 --> 00:30:01.540
 When you're praying

00:30:01.540 --> 00:30:02.360
 about something,

00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:03.280
 over time, God

00:30:03.280 --> 00:30:04.100
 brings those prayers

00:30:04.100 --> 00:30:04.860
 into fruition.

00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:06.220
 You pray according to

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:06.820
 the things that

00:30:06.820 --> 00:30:07.840
 Scripture instructs us

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:08.699
 in and he brings

00:30:08.699 --> 00:30:09.159
 them about.

00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:10.379
 Maybe not as fast

00:30:10.379 --> 00:30:10.839
 as you'd like,

00:30:10.899 --> 00:30:11.439
 but they're there.

00:30:14.699 --> 00:30:17.139
 Secondly, recognize

00:30:17.139 --> 00:30:18.099
 that your life and

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:18.859
 daily testimony

00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.799
 speak volumes.

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:23.000
 Do you realize

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.299
 that?

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:26.079
 Your testimony and

00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:26.879
 your life speak

00:30:26.879 --> 00:30:27.439
 volumes.

00:30:28.179 --> 00:30:28.559
 And if you're,

00:30:28.879 --> 00:30:29.599
 I'm going to go

00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:30.199
 slow here so you

00:30:30.199 --> 00:30:30.720
 don't miss me.

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:33.460
 If you're kind of

00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:34.519
 a bristly, prickly,

00:30:34.620 --> 00:30:35.460
 easily offended

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:36.940
 person, people who

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:38.380
 have lots of baggage

00:30:38.380 --> 00:30:39.360
 in their life don't

00:30:39.360 --> 00:30:40.079
 want to get anywhere

00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:40.940
 near you anyway,

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.240
 right?

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:41.860
 Do you follow that?

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:44.259
 Do you know what I'm

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:45.019
 talking about by a

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.660
 person that's easily

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:46.059
 offended?

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:47.440
 The best place to

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:48.400
 find out if a person's

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:49.460
 easily offended is

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:51.819
 here, right?

00:30:53.100 --> 00:30:54.240
 You follow what I'm

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:54.519
 saying?

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:57.120
 How many of you

00:30:57.120 --> 00:30:57.319
 know?

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:58.259
 No, I won't go

00:30:58.259 --> 00:30:58.440
 there.

00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:58.759
 Okay.

00:30:58.759 --> 00:31:00.140
 You know, hey,

00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:01.619
 listen, if we can't

00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:02.400
 kind of suck it up

00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:03.400
 and be adults here,

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:04.799
 why would we go

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:07.740
 outside and decide

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:08.420
 we're really going to

00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:09.500
 be kind and generous

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.680
 and sympathetic and

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:12.339
 invest our lives in

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:13.140
 the well-being of

00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:14.579
 broken lives, right?

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:19.799
 I mean, some of us

00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:20.720
 are once and done.

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:23.559
 I did speak to them

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:26.180
 once, and they did

00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:27.259
 not return the favor.

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.539
 I guess I'm going

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:30.200
 somewhere else.

00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:30.660
 Okay.

00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:31.379
 Yeah.

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:32.500
 I wonder how that's

00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:33.019
 going to work with

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:33.619
 other people with

00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:34.299
 broken lives.

00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:36.819
 So, your life and

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.960
 daily testimony speak

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.379
 volumes.

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:39.299
 I'm reminded of what

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:40.079
 it says in Titus

00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:41.119
 chapter 2, verse 10,

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:42.640
 that our lives can

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.839
 adorn the doctrine of

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:44.059
 God.

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:46.220
 When we act like Jesus

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:48.319
 acts and like Jesus

00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:49.519
 treats us, do you

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.420
 know that other people

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:51.220
 figure it out?

00:31:51.879 --> 00:31:52.200
 Right?

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:52.960
 Right?

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:58.519
 If you're a grumpy,

00:31:58.680 --> 00:31:59.819
 frumpy person at work,

00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:00.880
 nobody's going to be

00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:01.660
 coming to you and

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:02.579
 dumping their garbage

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.500
 next to you and

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:04.240
 asking you to help

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.860
 clean it up.

00:32:08.120 --> 00:32:09.240
 On the other hand,

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:11.160
 when we are not

00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:12.200
 living our lives for

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:13.140
 the Lord Jesus Christ,

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:14.100
 here's what it says in

00:32:14.100 --> 00:32:14.900
 Romans chapter 2.

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.860
 It says, we cause the

00:32:15.860 --> 00:32:16.740
 name of Christ to be

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:17.420
 blasphemed.

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:18.019
 Huh?

00:32:23.080 --> 00:32:25.220
 So, your life is a

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.880
 daily testimony.

00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:26.940
 Another thing is let

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:27.759
 your good works and

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:28.779
 charitable spirit reflect

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.400
 the heart of your

00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:29.620
 Savior.

00:32:29.840 --> 00:32:30.700
 Why do you act the way

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:31.100
 you do?

00:32:33.060 --> 00:32:34.279
 Do you realize that

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:36.580
 when the waitress gets

00:32:36.580 --> 00:32:39.500
 the order wrong, you

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:40.440
 have an opportunity to

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:41.279
 act like Jesus?

00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:41.920
 Do you understand

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.320
 that?

00:32:43.600 --> 00:32:45.019
 I mean, do not have a

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:46.200
 little meltdown because

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:47.400
 they didn't get you

00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:48.580
 your hamburger done

00:32:48.580 --> 00:32:49.740
 just exactly the way

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.280
 you want.

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:52.340
 I'm not paid for it.

00:32:52.580 --> 00:32:53.080
 You know, it's like,

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:55.880
 thank you, Jesus.

00:32:56.600 --> 00:32:56.820
 Okay?

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:59.220
 Let your good works and

00:32:59.220 --> 00:33:00.340
 charitable spirit reflect

00:33:00.340 --> 00:33:01.680
 the heart of your

00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:02.019
 Savior.

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:03.240
 Matthew chapter 5,

00:33:03.280 --> 00:33:04.300
 verse 16, let your

00:33:04.300 --> 00:33:05.360
 good works so shine

00:33:05.360 --> 00:33:06.200
 before men.

00:33:06.340 --> 00:33:06.960
 Hey, you can all

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.860
 recite the verse, but

00:33:07.860 --> 00:33:09.080
 do it out there.

00:33:13.820 --> 00:33:14.840
 Be supportive.

00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:18.759
 engage in the pro-life

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.139
 movement.

00:33:19.939 --> 00:33:20.740
 Engage in the pro-life.

00:33:20.959 --> 00:33:22.439
 By the way, I don't

00:33:22.439 --> 00:33:23.279
 know the number over the

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:24.359
 manual, but I guess you

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:25.259
 could Google it or you

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:27.159
 could go to PDHC.

00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:28.480
 What does that stand for?

00:33:28.579 --> 00:33:28.879
 PD.

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.500
 Pregnancy distress.

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:35.439
 Stand up and say that,

00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:36.459
 please, Margie.

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:37.019
 Pregnancy

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.599
 decision

00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:38.000
 health.

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.640
 Thank you.

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.079
 Okay?

00:33:39.359 --> 00:33:40.180
 Or you can go to the

00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:41.440
 Maternity Resource Center.

00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:43.000
 I hope that, here's the

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.180
 deal.

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:44.579
 If I preach and it doesn't

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:45.460
 make a difference in your

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:46.480
 life, then part of my

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:47.259
 prayers have not been

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:47.559
 answered.

00:33:47.619 --> 00:33:48.400
 Does that make sense?

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:51.559
 Oh, really?

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:51.720
 Really?

00:33:58.359 --> 00:33:58.799
 Okay.

00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:01.319
 It's hard being me.

00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:02.839
 It's messy, too.

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:04.240
 Okay, here we go.

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:05.259
 I got more points.

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:07.539
 Be a supporter and

00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:08.659
 encourager of adoption.

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:10.219
 Huh?

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:16.480
 There are abandoned

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:17.739
 babies all over the

00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:17.920
 world.

00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:18.719
 I don't care where you

00:34:18.719 --> 00:34:19.300
 get one from.

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:23.320
 I really don't.

00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:26.480
 But we as a

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:27.340
 congregation ought to be

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:28.119
 supportive of that.

00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:30.900
 A lot.

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:36.000
 Finally, look for gospel

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:37.059
 opportunities to every

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:37.340
 hand.

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:39.559
 What I mean by that is

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:41.440
 that, hey, listen, the

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:42.240
 best thing that ever

00:34:42.240 --> 00:34:42.880
 happened to Tim

00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:43.960
 Knoyer is Jesus saved

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.139
 me.

00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:47.460
 I haven't gotten over

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:47.920
 that yet.

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:52.880
 I wonder if you have.

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:55.539
 Here's the deal.

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:56.780
 The things that really

00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:57.760
 make a difference in our

00:34:57.760 --> 00:34:58.960
 life, we end up talking

00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.200
 about.

00:34:59.300 --> 00:34:59.980
 Do you realize that?

00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:00.619
 Isn't that true?

00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:01.059
 Huh?

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:07.519
 I was into Giant Eagle

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:12.139
 again and had to get a

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:13.660
 Home Depot credit card or

00:35:13.660 --> 00:35:15.840
 gift card so I could get

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:16.740
 gas in my truck.

00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:17.780
 You know how it goes.

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 And anyway, I go up and

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 without me participating,

00:35:22.019 --> 00:35:23.240
 the girl at the front desk

00:35:23.240 --> 00:35:24.420
 tells me about Powerball.

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:25.000
 It's gone.

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.559
 It's done.

00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:26.760
 Somebody else has got

00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:27.820
 their life trashed as a

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:28.380
 result of it.

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 But the world is kind of

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:31.640
 sucked up on this Powerball

00:35:31.640 --> 00:35:32.200
 thing, right?

00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:32.500
 You know?

00:35:33.640 --> 00:35:35.320
 Hey, listen, smile.

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:37.119
 We talk about what we

00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:38.180
 think is important, right?

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 And Powerball is not it.

00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:41.619
 It's Jesus.

00:35:42.760 --> 00:35:43.480
 It's Jesus.

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:54.599
 I had someone talk to me about

00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:55.300
 evangelism.

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 And I said, you know what?

00:35:57.699 --> 00:35:59.000
 One of the most encouraging

00:35:59.000 --> 00:36:00.219
 things about evangelism in

00:36:00.219 --> 00:36:01.240
 Maranatha is most of it

00:36:01.240 --> 00:36:01.940
 doesn't happen here.

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 I like that.

00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:06.240
 Most of it happens where

00:36:06.240 --> 00:36:07.240
 you're bumping into hurting

00:36:07.240 --> 00:36:08.619
 people, left and right.

00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:09.900
 They're all out there, right?

00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:12.260
 God hired you to go to

00:36:12.260 --> 00:36:14.160
 places to work where people

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 have broken hearts.

00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:17.440
 God put you in neighborhoods

00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:18.920
 where the wheels are coming

00:36:18.920 --> 00:36:19.240
 off.

00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:22.039
 God put you into environments

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:23.860
 where people's lives are not

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:25.099
 what they should be and they

00:36:25.099 --> 00:36:25.660
 know it.

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 And you have the privilege of

00:36:28.180 --> 00:36:29.800
 saying to them, guess what?

00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:31.559
 I want to introduce you to the

00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:33.360
 one who made all the difference

00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:34.680
 in the world for me.

00:36:37.780 --> 00:36:38.559
 That's Jesus.

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 I'm not in favor of evangelism

00:36:44.779 --> 00:36:46.239
 as a drive-by shooting event.

00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:48.119
 I am in favor of just living it.

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 And what I mean by that is not

00:36:50.299 --> 00:36:51.340
 kind of walking around with a

00:36:51.340 --> 00:36:52.759
 super silly grin on your face,

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:54.519
 but praying about opportunity

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:55.559
 to share the gospel and let

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:58.440
 people know that, man, you know

00:36:58.440 --> 00:36:59.719
 what it's like to be hurting.

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 And you know who the answer is.

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:04.539
 It's Jesus.

00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:07.759
 He came into the world to save

00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:08.080
 sinners.

00:37:09.720 --> 00:37:11.560
 He came into the world to satisfy

00:37:11.560 --> 00:37:13.420
 the debt that our sin

00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:17.620
 and the judgment that our sin

00:37:17.620 --> 00:37:18.140
 deserves.

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:20.840
 He died on the cross in my place

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:22.140
 and in your place and he offers

00:37:22.140 --> 00:37:24.640
 salvation to whosoever calls upon

00:37:24.640 --> 00:37:25.480
 the name of the Lord.

00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:30.699
 And so the pro-life issues,

00:37:30.900 --> 00:37:32.659
 abortion, broken homes,

00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:35.340
 abandonment, is just a window

00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:37.139
 through which we get to step

00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:40.280
 and say, come meet the one

00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:44.300
 who loves me and died for me

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:47.539
 and rose again and in whose name

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:51.139
 I have confidence forever.

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:53.699
 Let's close in prayer.

00:37:57.799 --> 00:37:58.699
 Our Father,

00:37:59.359 --> 00:38:02.779
 we are thankful that you

00:38:02.779 --> 00:38:05.119
 delivered us from bondage

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:08.480
 and darkness into light.

00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:11.199
 We're thankful that you have

00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:12.879
 called us to be your

00:38:12.879 --> 00:38:15.799
 on-site representatives

00:38:15.800 --> 00:38:17.960
 in a broken world.

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 And certainly, the area

00:38:21.280 --> 00:38:23.840
 of what is taking place

00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:25.840
 in the world today

00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:27.960
 in relationship to the unborn

00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:29.600
 deserves our conscious

00:38:30.120 --> 00:38:31.539
 and deliberate passion.

00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:35.719
 not as the single event of life

00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:39.099
 but as an evidence of the fact

00:38:39.099 --> 00:38:40.559
 that people need Jesus.

00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:43.519
 Let us be a people that are

00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:44.840
 marked by mercy

00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:47.119
 because we receive mercy.

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 Let us be a people that are

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:52.619
 engaged in that which lifts up

00:38:52.619 --> 00:38:54.480
 the value of human life

00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:56.340
 because it is precious to you.

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 And let our lives speak volumes

00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:03.460
 to a broken world

00:39:03.460 --> 00:39:04.440
 that needs Christ.

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 And we pray this

00:39:07.340 --> 00:39:09.880
 in the name of Jesus.

00:39:10.680 --> 00:39:10.920
 Amen.

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 Let's stand together as...