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 In this chapter, there's much mention of walk and our walk with God.

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 And in verse 8 it mentions this idea of walking in the light.

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 And it says, for one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the world.

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 Walk as children of light.

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 We all know, I'm sure, it's not an easy thing to live as a Christian in the world in which we are today.

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 If it was easy, I think we should be asking ourselves questions.

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 Why? Where are we going wrong?

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 Because the Bible makes it quite clear to us that it's not going to be easy.

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 Whether we're looking at it in the Old Testament or the New Testament,

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 we find right throughout all the generations of God's people,

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 that in Christian life, walking with God is not an easy thing.

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 But we also see too, as you think of our walk with God,

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 that there are so many blessings and privileges in it as well.

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 Seeing that, even in hearing the men praying,

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 we come with all that's sort of going wrong around us in our own lives as well.

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 But we also come giving thanks to God for all that we have through the creation,

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 the wonder of creation,

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 and the wonder of the fact that we have his word that still speaks to us.

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 So there's so much variety in our lives.

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 There's the challenges and there's the joys,

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 there's the highs and there's the lows.

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 And we see that even as we read in this chapter in Ephesians.

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 You see the similarities of the world in which we live today,

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 the challenges that they were facing are the same challenges that we face today as well.

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 So how do we cope with the challenges that we face on a daily basis?

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 How do we cope with people who spurn God,

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 reject God,

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 go so blatantly against the law of God?

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 How do we deal with people who make God just a joke,

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 make a laugh of God?

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 We look around as we see all that,

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 but as well as that,

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 how do we deal with ourselves?

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 How do we cope with ourselves?

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 And we think of our own hearts,

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 how they can be hard,

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 how they can be cold,

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 how we can be distant from God.

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 How do we cope with that?

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 How do we tell a generation coming after us how to live as Christians?

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 How do we tell our young people,

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 this is how you deal with the pressures to conform in this world?

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 When society says the norm is one thing,

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 but the Bible says something very different.

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 When we hear our young people saying that they're the ones who are odd

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 because they don't do these things,

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 how do we help them stand up and say,

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 no,

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 you are the ones who are in the wrong.

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 We have the word of God as the light to our feet,

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 and it helps us along the way.

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 So there's all of these challenges going on.

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 How do we encourage people to seek the Lord?

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 How do we show them the light of the gospel in a world that says the gospel is strange

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 or at odds with the world,

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 the day that we live in,

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 the age that we live in?

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 How do we show the reality of the gospel

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 and the power of the gospel

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 and the beauty of the gospel to our people who are blind?

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 We have all of these challenges to face.

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 To live as a Christian today isn't easy,

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 but we shouldn't be surprised.

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 And we can take heart because of the word of God

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 and that word that is even before us this evening,

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 the light of the gospel that we have.

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 And that's really the theme that Paul has in this section

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 as we think of the light and being imitators of God

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 as he starts at verse 1 in chapter 5.

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 Therefore, be imitators of God as beloved children and walk in love.

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 You have that theme of walking with God there from the outset of the chapter.

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 You have the theme of darkness and light throughout these verses as well.

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 And it is all about our walk with God.

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 How do we walk as Christians in this world?

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 Well, there's two things I just want us to take,

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 especially our two points are really from verse 8,

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 but it surrounds these verses as well.

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 And they are the change of life that we see here

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 and the call to live.

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 The change and the call.

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 Because Paul makes it very clear where the change comes in.

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 We see that with these words,

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 one time you were darkness,

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 but now you are light.

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 So there's the change that has come in.

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 But it doesn't end there.

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 Because then he goes on to say in the same verse

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 that you are to walk as children of light.

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 So it's to go on.

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 How are we to live?

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 We are to live walking as children of light.

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 So I just want to take these two things from this verse this evening.

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 The change and the call to live.

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 So the first thing we see here is the change.

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 Paul in these verses tells us that there is to be a difference in us

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 to those around us who are not believers.

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 But he does this in showing what we once were.

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 And notice what it says.

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 He shows us the difference by saying,

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 you were once darkness,

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 but now you are light.

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 The change is there for us.

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 And Paul in the letter to the Ephesians,

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 he quite often uses,

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 he uses this phrase often,

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 you were.

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 You see it a few times throughout the chapters here.

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 You were.

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 It says in chapter one,

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 you were sealed.

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 So it kind of begins with this idea of the Christian,

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 you are sealed in Christ.

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 You are brought in to Christ.

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 But he also makes it clear that you were dead.

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 You were dead in your sin.

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 So he's clear that what we were as well.

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 You were dead in your sins.

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 You were separated from Christ,

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 he says as well.

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 You were separated from Christ.

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 So once we were not with Christ,

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 we were separated from him.

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 He says you were far off.

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 Again,

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 it's that kind of distance.

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 It's this,

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 you were far off.

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 But then he says,

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 you were called.

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 So as you read through the letters of the Ephesians,

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 all these words,

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 you were,

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 it shows the whole change that comes into the Christian life.

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 How we are sealed,

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 is that we are brought from death to life in Christ.

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 We were separated and far off,

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 but we were called.

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 And so Paul is using all of these descriptions to remind us of the change that came about in our lives.

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 But the two of them,

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 the two that stand out for me in terms of these where,

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 is when you look at the fact of dead in your sins and the darkness that we see here.

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 Because what does he say?

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 Well, first,

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 what doesn't he say?

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 When you go back to that text in chapter 3,

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 when you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

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 he doesn't say you were dying in your sins.

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 He doesn't say you were falling away in your sins.

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 He says you were dead.

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 You were,

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 there was nothing.

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 You were dead in your sins.

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 There was no life at all.

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 You were dead.

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 But you were made alive in Christ.

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 So it's dramatic.

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 You were dead.

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 And it just shows us that's what we were.

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 And it changes,

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 the remarkable changes that we are brought to life through faith in Christ.

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 And you see,

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 it's quite similar here in verse 8 and chapter 5 as well.

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 It's a missing word,

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 if you like,

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 that changes.

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 At one time,

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 you were darkness.

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 You would expect in.

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 You were in darkness.

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 But it's not there.

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 It says you were darkness.

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 And that's the reality as well.

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 It's not just that we could say,

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 well,

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 I didn't know where I was.

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 I was.

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 I was lost.

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 It was not me.

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 He says,

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 no,

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 you were darkness.

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 Not just you were in darkness,

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 but you were darkness.

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 And that just adds to what he's saying here.

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 It's not just the reality of you were dying in sin or you were in darkness.

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 It's more than that.

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 You were dead in your sin.

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 And you were darkness.

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 You were the darkness in this world.

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 And then he changes that by saying,

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 you are light.

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 So again,

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 you might expect to say,

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 and maybe even more so expect to say,

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 you are now in light.

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 But he says,

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 you are light.

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 And then we see the burden of responsibility in this change.

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 You were darkness.

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 Everything that you showed to the world was darkness.

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 But now,

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 you are light.

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 Not just in the light,

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 but you are light.

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 You are what the world sees now.

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 A change has taken place.

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 And so,

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 it's dramatic.

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 And that's what being brought to life in Christ is.

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 It's dramatic.

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 For everyone who is brought,

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 not just from darkness,

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 but in the sense of being in it,

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 but being the darkness,

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 to being made light.

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 And being brought from death to life.

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 It's dramatic.

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 So you are light.

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 Light.

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 And when you think of Jesus himself,

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 and when you think here of verse 1,

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 be imitators of God as beloved children.

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 When you think of being light,

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 we have to think of Jesus.

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 And we have to go back to the Gospel of John,

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 especially chapter 8.

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 And there in the Gospel of John,

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 chapter 8,

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 towards the beginning of the chapter,

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 Jesus is talking to a crowd then.

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 And it's at the end of a festival.

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 The festival of booths,

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 or the festival of tabernacles,

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 it was called.

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 And as this festival came to a close,

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 on the last night of the festival,

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 four great pillars of light were lit.

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 Enormous pillars.

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 It was said there was about 65 litres of oil

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 in each pillar burning.

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 And this light shone over Jerusalem as a whole,

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 and shone almost outwith Jerusalem.

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 There was so much light.

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 But then as the festival closed,

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 and there was much dancing and celebrating

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 at this festival,

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 as the festival closed,

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 the light would go out.

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 And it was at that point

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 that Jesus said to them in verse 11,

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 and Jesus spoke again to them saying,

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 I am the light of the world.

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 So he is the light of the world.

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 That's what he was making so clear there.

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 And he says,

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 whoever follows me

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 will not walk in darkness,

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 but will have the light of life.

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 The Christian will have the light of life.

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 And that's what we see Paul making so clear here.

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 Being imitators of God

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 as dearly beloved children.

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 Walk in love.

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 That's where he begins in this chapter.

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 And then in verse 8 he says,

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 you were darkness,

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 but now you are light.

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 When you become a Christian,

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 when you're born again,

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 it's not just the surroundings that change.

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 It's you.

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 You are changed.

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 Not just taken out of darkness

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 and put somewhere new.

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 You were part of darkness,

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 and now you're light.

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 A change takes place.

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 The Spirit of God awakens us

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 to see the sin in our heart

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 and to seek the Lord.

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 But we're not just in light.

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 We are light.

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 And so there needs

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 to be a difference.

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 There needs to be a difference in us.

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 If we are to be light in this world,

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 we have to reflect

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 the glory of Christ

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 in our lives.

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 And many people have approached this

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 in different ways.

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 How then are we to live

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 in this world?

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 What are we to be?

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 How is the change

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 to be seen by others?

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 We kind of find

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 we go from extremes,

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 one extreme to another,

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 where some people say,

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 well, we can be in this world.

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 We can become all things

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 to all men.

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 And they go on in this life

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 just seeking to live

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 almost just like they were

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 in some ways.

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 Doing the things they once did.

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 But saying,

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 maybe I'm a Christian now.

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 I'm trying to compartmentalise life

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 as a Christian

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 and saying,

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 oh, I can still do these things.

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 I'm not that different.

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 And to go to that extreme

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 is dangerous

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 because we often err

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 on falling back

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 into our old ways.

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 And it happens.

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 Or we downplay truth.

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 We don't hold on to the truth

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 as we should

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 because we don't offend people.

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 So we can be like those

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 who are blowing in the wind.

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 You think of the decision

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 of the Supreme Court just now

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 and how you see people

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 all of a sudden

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 speaking very differently.

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 When that wasn't the case,

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 when it hadn't been made

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 that clear in law,

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 so many were just going along

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 with what they thought

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 people wanted to hear.

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 Now it's made law,

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 they've got a different opinion.

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 So it's like blowing in the wind.

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 It's our truth,

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 whatever we want to believe.

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 And that's the danger

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 with a Christian as well.

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 We can be blown around

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 by the wind of change as well

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 if we're erring

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 in that side of things.

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 But the other danger is

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 that we go to the other extreme

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 where we separate ourselves

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 completely.

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 And Paul again

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 makes clear that

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 we are to be

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 in the world

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 but not of the world.

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 So it's finding that place

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 where we don't just

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 bring ourselves

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 out of the world

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 and completely

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 a bit like the Amish people

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 who

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 not wanting to be influenced

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 by a godless culture

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 just take themselves

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 right out of things

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 and live just by themselves

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 in their own ways

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 and over time

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 they've just become

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 so odd

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 to the world.

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 Same as being a monk.

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 You can think

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 we should just take ourselves

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 right out of things.

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 Sometimes we feel

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 like we just want to get away

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 from the world

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 but we still have to be

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 in the world

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 because that's what

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 this is saying to us.

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 You were darkness

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 but now

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 you are light.

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 And if we are to be light

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 well that light

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 has to shine.

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 It has to shine

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 into this world.

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 We are to be light.

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 We know we can't be

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 the perfect light

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 but we are still

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 to be the light

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 that shows the glory

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 of God.

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 Someone once

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 put it like this.

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 He said

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 when the sun sets

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 and the moon rises

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 we see the moon

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 because the sun

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 reflects

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 its light

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 off it.

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 We sometimes

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 see the moon

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 full

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 and on a bright

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 full moon night

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 it can be

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 so bright at times.

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 Other times

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 it might be a half moon

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 or a quarter moon

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 and it's dimmer.

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 And he said

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 likewise

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 it is with the church.

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 When Christ

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 has

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 departed

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 this world

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 the church

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 is to be his witness

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 but it's reflecting

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 that light

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 and there's times

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 he said

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 when the church

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 reflects

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 like a full moon

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 brightly shining

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 into this world.

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 There's been glorious

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 times for the church

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 reformation times

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 revival times

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 times of great blessing

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 other times

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 when the light

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 has not been

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 so bright.

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 We could think

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 of our own day

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 is the light

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 shining as bright

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 it's been dark

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 but maybe we are

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 seeing glimpses

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 of more light

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 coming

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 but it's all

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 about reflecting

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 the glory

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 of God.

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 And our prayer

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 is that we would

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 be this light

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 in this world

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 that people would

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 see the change

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 and that people

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 would desire

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 that change

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 in their own lives

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 and their own hearts.

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 You were darkness

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 but now

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 you are

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 the light.

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 So

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 we see

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 this

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 change

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 but we also see

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 there's this call

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 to live.

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 It's not just

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 about coming

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 to Christ

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 in faith

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 and that's it.

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 You were darkness

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 but now

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 you are light

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 in the world.

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 Walk

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 as children

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 of the light

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 for the fruit

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 of light

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 is found

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 in all that is

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 good

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 and right

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 and true.

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 And so

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 he's going on here

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 there's this call

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 to live

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 to walk

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 as children

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 of light

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 you must be

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 children of light.

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 must be

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 the children

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 of God.

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 We were blind.

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 It wasn't just

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 that we didn't

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 see God's glory

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 we were incapable

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 of seeing it.

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 We couldn't

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 see it.

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 We had no ability

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 or desire

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 to see such a thing.

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 We didn't even sense

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 a need of the saviour.

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 We didn't understand

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 the justice

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 and holiness

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 of God.

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 They meant

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 nothing to us.

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 Issues of life

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 death

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 and eternity

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 these were just

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 words.

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 But the call

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 to live

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 is when God

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 comes

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 and opens our eyes

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 to the understanding

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 and seeing things

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 anew.

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 I think it was

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 Morda that quoted

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 the text from

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 2 Corinthians

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 the light

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 of the knowledge

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 of the glory

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 of God

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 in the face

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 We have seen that

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 and we are called

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 by God.

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 And we begin

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 then to see

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 our condition

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 as guilty sinners

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 but we also see

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 the wonder

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 of the grace

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 of our Lord

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 Jesus Christ.

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 We see his death

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 on the cross.

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 We see all

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 that it meant

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 and entailed

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 all it showed

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 us of our sin.

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 But then we see

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 the glory

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 of his resurrection.

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 We see the fact

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 that he is risen

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 and that he is

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 coming again

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 and all of these

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 things

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 they begin

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 to open our eyes

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 and to give us

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 understanding

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 and we begin

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 to live

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 in the light

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 of this truth

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 in the light

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 of the gospel

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 in the knowledge

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 of the glory

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 of God

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 in the face

00:19:02.600 --> 00:19:03.820
 of Jesus Christ.

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 So we come

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 to faith

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 and we go on

00:19:08.940 --> 00:19:09.680
 in faith

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 and we seek

00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:11.320
 to live

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 as children

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 of light

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 but how do we

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 do this?

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 Well

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 the fruit

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 of light

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 as it says

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 here is found

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 in all

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 that is good

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 and right

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 and true.

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 So you have

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 these three words

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 all that is

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 is good

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 the fruit

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 of light

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 consists

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 of these things.

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 Goodness

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 is one of the

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 attributes

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 of God

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 wisdom

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 power

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 holiness

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 justice

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 goodness

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 and truth

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 that is how

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 God

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 is described

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 and verse 1

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 says

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 be imitators

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 of God.

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 So this goodness

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 should be

00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:52.460
 in us.

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 Behind the word

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 goodness

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 here is

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 generosity

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 generosity

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 serving

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 the Lord

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 and that can

00:20:02.859 --> 00:20:03.279
 go back

00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:04.240
 to verse 2

00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:06.000
 walk in love

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 as Christ

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 loved us

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 and gave

00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:10.220
 himself up

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 for us

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 a fragrant

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 offering

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 and sacrifice

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 to God.

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 The goodness

00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:17.700
 of our Lord

00:20:17.700 --> 00:20:18.600
 the generosity

00:20:18.600 --> 00:20:19.980
 of our Lord

00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:20.440
 and that he

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 gave all

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 for us

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 and so in

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 walking in the

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 light

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 we should be

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 marked

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 in that way

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 as well

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 with the

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 goodness

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 of Christ

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 in us.

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 You are

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 light

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 therefore

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 this goodness

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 should be

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 part of our

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 lives

00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:36.460
 to walk

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 in dependence

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 of him.

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 Again

00:20:40.080 --> 00:20:40.519
 goodness

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 is seen

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 as one of

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 the fruits

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 of the spirit

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 in Galatians 5

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 and since

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 it's a fruit

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 it can take

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 time to

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 develop in

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 us as we

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 probably know

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 too well

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 change in

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 our hearts

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 is ongoing

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 that sanctification

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 so goodness

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 should always

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 be growing

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 in us

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 that generosity

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 of spirit

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 of God

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 then we see

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 too we are

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 to walk as

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 children of

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 light with

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 this righteousness

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 all that is

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 right

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 we should

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 walk as

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 children of

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 light

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 for the

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 fruit of

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 the light

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 is found

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 in all

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 that is

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 good

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 and right

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 so righteousness

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 is part

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 of it

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 seeking to

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 conform to

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 the righteous

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 standards

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 of God's

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 word

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 and in

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 every way

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 that we

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 live

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 upright

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 before God

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 and before

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 others

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 that's what's

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 behind

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 this word

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 how do we

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 treat all

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 people around

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 us

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 how do we

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 show the

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 justice of

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 God to

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 all around

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 us

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 so the

00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:44.900
 righteousness

00:21:44.900 --> 00:21:46.040
 of this

00:21:46.040 --> 00:21:46.620
 light should

00:21:46.620 --> 00:21:47.180
 be growing

00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:47.740
 in us

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 as well

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 and then the

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 third one

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 there we see

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 we are to

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 be a people

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 of truth

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 honesty

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 and again

00:21:55.300 --> 00:21:55.980
 integrity

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 comes into

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 this as well

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 the life of

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 the unbelievers

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 is those who

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 are deceived

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 those who have

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 believed a lie

00:22:05.100 --> 00:22:05.900
 who are being

00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:06.780
 led astray

00:22:06.780 --> 00:22:08.100
 but we are to

00:22:08.100 --> 00:22:08.940
 be marked out

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:10.180
 by truth

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 let no one

00:22:10.880 --> 00:22:11.320
 it says

00:22:11.320 --> 00:22:12.000
 in verse 6

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 deceive you

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 with empty

00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:14.160
 words

00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:16.680
 so we have

00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:17.160
 the word

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 of God

00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:19.380
 we have

00:22:19.380 --> 00:22:20.039
 truth

00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:20.740
 in the word

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 of God

00:22:21.420 --> 00:22:22.920
 and all of

00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:23.480
 these things

00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:23.799
 should be

00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:24.620
 working together

00:22:24.620 --> 00:22:25.100
 in us

00:22:25.100 --> 00:22:26.019
 so that as

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.460
 we see

00:22:26.460 --> 00:22:27.259
 these three

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:28.380
 then it

00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:28.900
 leads us

00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:29.360
 then into

00:22:29.360 --> 00:22:30.000
 verse 10

00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:30.600
 trying to

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 discern

00:22:31.140 --> 00:22:31.580
 what is

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 pleasing

00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:33.279
 to the

00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:33.680
 Lord

00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:34.980
 and where

00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:35.299
 do we

00:22:35.299 --> 00:22:35.759
 find

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.700
 where do

00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:37.340
 we discern

00:22:37.340 --> 00:22:37.740
 what is

00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:38.380
 pleasing

00:22:38.380 --> 00:22:39.019
 to our

00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:39.440
 Lord

00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:40.299
 what we

00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:40.920
 find it

00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:41.940
 in his

00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:42.460
 word

00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:43.920
 we don't

00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:44.539
 make up

00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:46.019
 our own

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:46.600
 truth

00:22:46.600 --> 00:22:47.920
 we have

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:48.560
 the truth

00:22:48.560 --> 00:22:50.039
 of God

00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:51.720
 and so

00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:52.320
 for this

00:22:52.320 --> 00:22:53.299
 to walk

00:22:53.299 --> 00:22:54.840
 as children

00:22:54.840 --> 00:22:55.620
 of the light

00:22:55.620 --> 00:22:56.519
 we need

00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:56.820
 to be

00:22:56.820 --> 00:22:57.279
 with

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:58.320
 God

00:22:58.320 --> 00:23:00.019
 corporately

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 together

00:23:01.100 --> 00:23:02.759
 informally

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.359
 together

00:23:03.359 --> 00:23:04.799
 and personally

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:06.220
 in all

00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:06.720
 of these

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.079
 ways

00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:07.440
 making

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.119
 Jesus

00:23:08.119 --> 00:23:08.879
 our

00:23:08.879 --> 00:23:09.559
 priority

00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:10.819
 every day

00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:12.400
 walking

00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:13.700
 in the

00:23:13.700 --> 00:23:14.140
 light

00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:16.079
 and when

00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:16.339
 you look

00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:16.859
 at the

00:23:16.859 --> 00:23:17.319
 light

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:17.879
 that there

00:23:17.879 --> 00:23:18.339
 is in

00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:18.799
 Christ

00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.379
 and coming

00:23:19.379 --> 00:23:19.940
 to him

00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:21.220
 there's

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:21.640
 this

00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:22.299
 progression

00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:23.539
 in our

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:24.019
 lives

00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:24.700
 as well

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.839
 there's a

00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:26.039
 few

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.440
 texts

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:26.720
 just

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.079
 four

00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:27.460
 texts

00:23:27.460 --> 00:23:27.740
 I want

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:27.859
 to

00:23:27.859 --> 00:23:28.140
 highlight

00:23:28.140 --> 00:23:28.480
 as we

00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:29.119
 conclude

00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:30.160
 one is

00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:30.579
 Exodus

00:23:30.579 --> 00:23:31.400
 34

00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:32.800
 and you

00:23:32.800 --> 00:23:33.180
 go back

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:33.480
 to the

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:33.800
 time

00:23:33.800 --> 00:23:34.460
 when

00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:34.840
 Moses

00:23:34.840 --> 00:23:35.380
 was up

00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:35.820
 Mount

00:23:35.820 --> 00:23:36.400
 Sinai

00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:38.019
 when he

00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:38.640
 came down

00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:39.440
 from Mount

00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:40.019
 Sinai

00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.440
 it says

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:40.920
 he didn't

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.480
 realize

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:42.300
 that the

00:23:42.300 --> 00:23:43.040
 skin of

00:23:43.040 --> 00:23:43.720
 his face

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.519
 shone

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:45.519
 because he

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:45.780
 had been

00:23:45.780 --> 00:23:46.460
 talking

00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:47.740
 with God

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:49.460
 so you

00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:49.900
 have there

00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:50.500
 the light

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:50.840
 of the

00:23:50.840 --> 00:23:51.280
 glory

00:23:51.280 --> 00:23:51.980
 of God

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:53.259
 shining

00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:54.060
 in the

00:23:54.060 --> 00:23:54.340
 face

00:23:54.340 --> 00:23:54.900
 of Moses

00:23:54.900 --> 00:23:55.360
 because he

00:23:55.360 --> 00:23:55.620
 had been

00:23:55.620 --> 00:23:56.220
 talking

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:57.780
 with God

00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:59.039
 so there's

00:23:59.039 --> 00:24:00.139
 the reality

00:24:00.139 --> 00:24:00.700
 for us

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.079
 to be

00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:01.660
 talking

00:24:01.660 --> 00:24:02.680
 with God

00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:02.879
 to be

00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:03.160
 in the

00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:03.680
 presence

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:05.180
 of God

00:24:05.180 --> 00:24:07.339
 and then

00:24:07.339 --> 00:24:08.079
 you come

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:08.480
 into the

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:09.279
 New Testament

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:10.279
 and you have

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:10.779
 Matthew

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:12.160
 chapter 5

00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:13.039
 verse 14

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:14.660
 so if we

00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:15.059
 have the

00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:15.839
 light in us

00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:16.139
 we are to

00:24:16.139 --> 00:24:16.619
 let that

00:24:16.619 --> 00:24:17.440
 light shine

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.859
 you are the

00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:19.539
 light of the

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:19.899
 world

00:24:19.899 --> 00:24:20.399
 a city

00:24:20.399 --> 00:24:21.079
 set in a

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:21.359
 hill

00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:22.319
 cannot be

00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:22.700
 hidden

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:23.579
 nor do

00:24:23.579 --> 00:24:24.399
 people light

00:24:24.399 --> 00:24:24.819
 a lamp

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.299
 and put it

00:24:25.299 --> 00:24:25.779
 under a

00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.200
 basket

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:26.759
 but on a

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.240
 stand

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:27.920
 and it

00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:28.559
 gives light

00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:29.339
 to all

00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:29.640
 in the

00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:29.980
 house

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.799
 in the

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.339
 same way

00:24:31.339 --> 00:24:31.799
 let your

00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:32.620
 light shine

00:24:32.620 --> 00:24:33.539
 before others

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:34.480
 so they may

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:35.079
 see your

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:35.640
 good works

00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:35.980
 and give

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:36.980
 glory to

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.180
 your

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:37.620
 father

00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:38.460
 who is

00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:38.960
 in heaven

00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:40.339
 let this

00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:40.759
 light

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.680
 shine

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:43.000
 before

00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.660
 others

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:44.480
 we have

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:45.319
 this light

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:45.859
 you were

00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:46.400
 darkness

00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:48.000
 and now

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:49.039
 you are

00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:49.599
 light

00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:51.839
 then we

00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:52.160
 have the

00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:52.960
 text here

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.740
 in Ephesians

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.779
 that comes

00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.160
 in verse

00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:55.779
 14

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:58.819
 it says

00:24:58.819 --> 00:24:59.079
 there

00:24:59.079 --> 00:24:59.460
 therefore

00:24:59.460 --> 00:25:00.039
 it says

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:00.759
 awake

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.899
 o sleeper

00:25:01.899 --> 00:25:02.700
 and arise

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.059
 from the

00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:03.339
 dead

00:25:03.339 --> 00:25:04.599
 and Christ

00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:05.579
 will shine

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:06.839
 in you

00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:08.259
 it's almost

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:08.720
 like there's a

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.399
 summary there

00:25:09.399 --> 00:25:10.240
 of Paul's

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:10.819
 letter to the

00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:11.359
 Ephesians

00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:12.480
 you were

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:13.339
 dead in your

00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:13.740
 sins

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:14.399
 awake

00:25:14.399 --> 00:25:15.819
 it is time

00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:17.200
 to awake

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:19.319
 and to

00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:20.059
 rise

00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:22.180
 and Christ

00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:23.200
 will shine

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:24.400
 in you

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 so here

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.299
 is the

00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:26.660
 hope

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 that we

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 have

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 as the

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 Christian

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 the Christian

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 life

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 is full

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 of

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 challenges

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 but we

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 must live

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 in the

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 darkness

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 of this

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 world

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 by being

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 lights

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 in this

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 world

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 by allowing

00:25:36.580 --> 00:25:37.080
 Christ

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 to shine

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 in us

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 and so

00:25:41.340 --> 00:25:41.779
 as we

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 go on

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:42.500
 in this

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 world

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 we also

00:25:43.140 --> 00:25:43.559
 have the

00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:44.000
 hope

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.759
 of

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 eternity

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:46.160
 as well

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:47.880
 the darkness

00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:48.259
 that we are

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.819
 taken out

00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:49.340
 of here

00:25:49.340 --> 00:25:50.360
 the light

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 that we

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.080
 are

00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:51.899
 is with

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 the hope

00:25:52.339 --> 00:25:52.639
 of the

00:25:52.639 --> 00:25:53.059
 fullness

00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:54.419
 of this

00:25:54.419 --> 00:25:54.899
 glory

00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:56.059
 and we

00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:56.599
 see that

00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:56.879
 in the

00:25:56.879 --> 00:25:57.480
 gospel of

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 Matthew

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 chapter 13

00:25:59.079 --> 00:26:00.079
 verse 43

00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:01.240
 where it

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.740
 says then

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.480
 the righteous

00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:03.480
 will shine

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:04.519
 like the

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:05.579
 sun in

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.199
 the kingdom

00:26:06.199 --> 00:26:07.480
 of their

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:08.019
 father

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:09.619
 so you

00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:10.299
 have this

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:12.179
 it's a

00:26:12.179 --> 00:26:13.019
 conclusion in

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:13.539
 some ways

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:13.919
 but it's just

00:26:13.919 --> 00:26:14.419
 a beginning

00:26:14.419 --> 00:26:14.899
 in another

00:26:14.899 --> 00:26:16.019
 where you

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.559
 will shine

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:16.960
 like the

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.319
 sun in

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:17.839
 the kingdom

00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:18.919
 of their

00:26:18.919 --> 00:26:19.439
 father

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:20.920
 with a

00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:21.340
 Christian

00:26:21.340 --> 00:26:22.160
 will shine

00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:23.500
 for all

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:24.500
 eternity

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.920
 that's the

00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:26.360
 wonder

00:26:26.360 --> 00:26:27.200
 that we

00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:27.559
 have

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.660
 we're brought

00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:29.340
 from being

00:26:29.340 --> 00:26:30.000
 darkness

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.640
 in this

00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:31.000
 world

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.940
 to being

00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:32.480
 light

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:33.240
 letting our

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:34.019
 light shine

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:34.680
 before us

00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:35.120
 the light

00:26:35.120 --> 00:26:35.880
 of Christ

00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:37.100
 to being

00:26:37.100 --> 00:26:37.840
 eternally

00:26:37.840 --> 00:26:38.380
 shining

00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:39.420
 in the

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:39.759
 kingdom

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.220
 of the

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:40.620
 father

00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:42.500
 so that

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:42.720
 we have

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:43.279
 the wonder

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:44.180
 of the

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:44.759
 salvation

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.120
 that is

00:26:45.120 --> 00:26:45.440
 ours

00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:45.620
 in

00:26:45.620 --> 00:26:46.140
 Christ

00:26:46.140 --> 00:26:47.040
 the

00:26:47.040 --> 00:26:47.540
 light

00:26:47.540 --> 00:26:48.220
 that we

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:48.460
 have

00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:48.660
 in

00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:49.140
 Christ

00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:49.440
 in

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:49.860
 us

00:26:49.860 --> 00:26:51.100
 and the

00:26:51.100 --> 00:26:51.360
 light

00:26:51.360 --> 00:26:51.580
 that we

00:26:51.580 --> 00:26:51.960
 have

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.740
 for

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.340
 eternity

00:26:53.340 --> 00:26:53.720
 with

00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:54.040
 him

00:26:54.040 --> 00:26:55.540
 so let

00:26:55.540 --> 00:26:55.820
 us

00:26:55.820 --> 00:26:56.360
 seek

00:26:56.360 --> 00:26:57.400
 to be

00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:58.000
 those

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.740
 who

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.440
 discern

00:26:59.440 --> 00:26:59.840
 this

00:26:59.840 --> 00:27:00.340
 light

00:27:00.340 --> 00:27:01.240
 we

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.420
 were

00:27:01.420 --> 00:27:01.920
 darkness

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:02.520
 but now

00:27:02.520 --> 00:27:02.740
 your

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.080
 light

00:27:03.080 --> 00:27:03.680
 walk

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:04.540
 as

00:27:04.540 --> 00:27:05.000
 children

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:06.020
 of

00:27:06.020 --> 00:27:06.420
 light

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:07.660
 let us

00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:07.960
 pray

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:11.759
 our

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.160
 father

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:12.420
 in

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:12.700
 heaven

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.020
 we do

00:27:13.020 --> 00:27:13.560
 thank you

00:27:13.560 --> 00:27:13.920
 for the

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:14.180
 light

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:14.500
 of the

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:14.980
 gospel

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.700
 we thank

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:15.960
 you that

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.599
 it shines

00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:17.380
 in the

00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:17.720
 hearts

00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:17.900
 of

00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.640
 unbelievers

00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:19.140
 not just

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:19.519
 to bring

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:19.900
 us from

00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:20.360
 darkness

00:27:20.360 --> 00:27:21.000
 to light

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.900
 but to

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:22.240
 bring us

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:22.720
 from being

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.200
 darkness

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.880
 to being

00:27:23.880 --> 00:27:24.279
 light

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:25.240
 and we

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:25.759
 pray that

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.240
 each one

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:26.519
 of us

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.099
 will seek

00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:27.720
 to walk

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.400
 ever

00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:28.960
 closely

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.500
 with you

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:29.900
 being in

00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:30.059
 your

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.559
 presence

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:30.960
 that we

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.180
 might

00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:31.599
 shine

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:31.819
 the

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:32.200
 glory

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.900
 of

00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.200
 God

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:33.440
 even

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:33.599
 in

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:33.819
 our

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.259
 faces

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.680
 as we

00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:34.920
 think

00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.099
 of

00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:35.500
 Moses

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:36.059
 how he

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.400
 did

00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:37.299
 Lord

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:37.900
 draw us

00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:38.380
 ever

00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:38.920
 closer

00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:39.180
 to

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:39.660
 yourself

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:40.299
 and keep

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:40.680
 us

00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:41.599
 as the

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:41.960
 apple

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.420
 of your

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:42.700
 eye

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.620
 we ask

00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:44.099
 all these

00:27:44.099 --> 00:27:44.420
 things

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:44.640
 for the

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:45.000
 forgiveness

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:45.519
 of our

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:45.920
 sins

00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:46.200
 in

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.519
 Jesus

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:46.980
 name

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.900
 Amen

00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:50.740
 we're

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.040
 going to

00:27:51.040 --> 00:27:51.480
 conclude