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 Amen, folks. Well, with that passage open in front of you, here's a job that is available up and down the UK. It does wonders for your step count. And depending on where you are in the UK, it could earn you between 12 and 18 pounds an hour. You ready for this? Who fancies a new challenge in life being a walking billboard?

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 I mean, who wouldn't want to walk around the streets of Yorkshire advertising Cherry Bakewell Brew? Just thought I'd put that there to intrigue you. But you'll know the kind of thing, I'm sure, if you think about it. Walking adverts, walking billboards. If you're a Christian here today, that's exactly what we're going to see Jesus say that we are. Walking adverts for the kingdom of God.

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 Now, if you've got Matthew chapter 5 there, we're in this series in Matthew's Gospel. We're at the portion called the Sermon on the Mount. We began it last week with Wayne. And I hope you had your dose of American enthusiasm. You're getting some Scottish accent today. But Wayne kicked us off in this portion of Matthew's Gospel, the Sermon on the Mount.

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 Really, it's a speech that is widely accepted to have fundamentally shaped Western morality for generations.

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 And don't just take my word for it. Here is former US Congressman Daniel Webster.

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 He said this, he said,

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 The Sermon on the Mount cannot be a merely human production.

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 This belief enters into the very depth of my conscience.

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 The whole history of man proves it.

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 From what I can tell, the guy wasn't a believer.

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 But it's really interesting what he made of this sermon.

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 And I think whoever you are here today, whatever you've brought in here,

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 whatever you think about the God of the Bible,

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 can I suggest that what he's saying there

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 gives you a reason to listen to this.

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 Because really, this has impacted our society, what Jesus is saying here.

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 And it touches on so many of the live issues in our culture right now.

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 And so that's why this is worth a listen.

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 Let Jesus intrigue you with what he says here.

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 But what we need to appreciate as we step into this,

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 is that this isn't Jesus giving the world some ethical top tips.

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 Like some kind of first century Stacey Dooley on an episode of Sort Your Life Out.

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 This is not what this is.

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 Have a look at verse 1. Come with me and see it.

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 Others may be in earshot.

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 But Jesus has his disciples in his sights.

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 Do you see that?

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 Verse 1, chapter 5.

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 And in this sermon, he's teaching them

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 what life inside the kingdom of God looks like.

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 So this is what happens in a human heart

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 when the king moves in.

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 You want to think about it like that.

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 This is what happens in a human heart when the king moves in.

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 And who are Jesus' disciples at this point in time in Matthew's gospel?

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 They are a small, ragtag, unimpressive-looking bunch of newbies.

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 And if we're to get the power of this today,

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 we need to enter their world.

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 A religious world that's dominated by the Pharisees and the teachers of the law.

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 Who both look the part and sound the part when it comes to godliness.

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 This is their world, okay?

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 Because what the Pharisees and the teachers of the law have done

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 is that they've taken the Ten Commandments

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 that God gave to Moses to give to the people

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 and the surrounding legislation that God had given his people in the Old Testament.

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 And what they've done is produced their own commentary on it.

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 And they've created this whole spider web worth of rules and regulations

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 that you need to keep to show that you're in the club.

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 I love how Sinclair Ferguson sums this up.

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 A little bit Scottish humour, but I think this makes the point.

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 With some 248 regulations and 365 prohibitions to deal with,

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 salvation was certainly for the professionals.

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 Do you like that?

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 So if you're a country bumpkin disciple at this point in time,

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 and this is what you're looking at religiously, so to speak,

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 what do you think you are thinking?

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 You're probably feeling intimidated, aren't you?

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 Add to that the fact that you've just heard Jesus.

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 Do you just see in the immediate verses from verse 11?

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 You've just heard Jesus tell you to expect persecution as you follow him.

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 And with that backdrop of intimidation and questions,

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 have a look at the phrase that Jesus uses in this chapter at verse 13 and verse 15.

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 You've got to see this.

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 This isn't a beat-up sermon from Jesus.

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 Like some kind of boardroom encounter with Alan Sugar.

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 What were you thinking?

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 Who's responsible for the failure of this task?

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 Why are you not better?

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 Why did you do it like that?

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 What a mess that you've made of things.

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 This isn't a beat-up sermon from Jesus.

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 This is a chin-up sermon from Jesus.

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 He doesn't say, you've got to see this,

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 He doesn't say,

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 go and be the salt of the earth.

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 Or, one day, one day, you'll be the light of the world.

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 What does He say?

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 See it there.

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 He says,

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 you are.

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 You see it?

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 So this is something that's already true of the disciples

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 because of their faith in Him.

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 The logic of everything that follows is,

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 be what I've made you to be.

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 Be who you are.

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 That's a game changer for how you hear this sermon.

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 And so with that backdrop,

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 can I just say that there's two things that Jesus says to them

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 in these verses that we need to hear.

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 And then I want to give us one challenge and one encouragement.

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 That sound okay?

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 Two things Jesus says,

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 one challenge, one encouragement.

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 Here's the first thing,

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 and this is verses 13 to 15.

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 Remember, Jesus speaking to the disciples,

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 speaking to them.

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 He's saying,

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 firstly, you are a blessed people,

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 don't doubt it.

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 And that's the heart behind the two images

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 that Jesus uses here.

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 Do you see them?

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 Salt and light.

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 Light.

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 Now you might hear those words

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 and immediately your mind is off

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 in a million different directions.

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 You're kind of a greyhound

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 that's been released from the tracks

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 and you're hunting that rabbit.

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 Your mind is going in all sorts of places

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 and you're playing this mental game of articulate,

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 thinking salt, preserving, purifying,

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 flavoursome, light, illuminating, attractive, healing.

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 And those things may well be there,

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 but the question to ask with this stuff is always,

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 what would the original readers have understood?

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 Try the first one at verse 13, okay?

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 Salt.

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 They hear that word,

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 and I'll put it to you likely,

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 that they would have clicked

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 that salt throughout the Old Testament

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 was a symbol of the covenant relationship

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 that existed between God and his people.

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 Yeah?

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 And if that's the case,

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 what is Jesus saying here?

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 He's saying,

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 even if the world hates you,

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 even if the Pharisees

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 and the teachers of the law persecute you,

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 I want you to know

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 that you are my called out people.

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 Right?

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 I've got my heart on you.

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 I've saved you out of the world.

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 You are mine.

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 Now, what an encouragement

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 that must have been for the disciples

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 if you're looking at this world

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 and you're feeling intimidated.

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 You are the salt of the earth.

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 And what is it about salt?

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 Do you see that he draws attention to?

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 He draws attention to its taste,

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 which I think

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 is a direct shot

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 at the Pharisees,

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 the religious pretenders of the day.

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 Jesus is saying of them,

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 I know that they look like salt.

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 I know that they sound like salt.

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 But would you believe me

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 that their inner lives

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 tell a different story?

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 And carry that logic

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 on to the second image

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 at verse 13.

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 What is it?

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 It's light.

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 You see it?

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 Now, it's a kind of double whammy here.

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 It's light,

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 but he combines it

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 with another image.

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 I love how Jesus uses images

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 and metaphors.

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 It's great, isn't it?

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 To help us picture it.

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 What's the second one?

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 It's a city on a hill.

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 Now, again,

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 what would they have first thought of?

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 Combining light

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 and a city on a hill.

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 More likely they would have thought

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 of the city of Jerusalem.

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 And what was God's heart

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 for the city?

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 That the godliness

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 of the people

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 who live in the city,

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 because they're infatuated

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 with Yahweh,

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 with the Lord,

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 would act like a blazing beacon

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 to the world,

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 compelling the world

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 to come in and see

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 how good the Lord is.

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 And we're going to show you

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 by the devotion of our lives

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 how great and good

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 this God is.

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 How marvelous is the God

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 who dwells in the city

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 and the God who has called

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 us his people.

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 Come in and see.

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 Isaiah 60, verse 3.

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 Nations will come to your light

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 and kings

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 to the brightness

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 of your dawn.

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 And so Jesus is saying

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 to his disciples,

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 as you live

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 kingdom lives,

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 as you embrace

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 salt and light living,

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 you are everything

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 that Jerusalem

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 was supposed to be

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 but wasn't.

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 the church,

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 through its good deeds,

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 through its love

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 for the Lord

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 that just expresses

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 itself publicly,

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 is a light to the world.

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 And the question then

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 that follows, I guess,

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 is what are the good deeds

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 that Jesus has in mind?

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 Is he just throwing

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 the net really wide

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 and saying any good thing

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 that you do is a worship

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 to the Lord?

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 I think he's a lot more

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 specific than that

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 because of what follows.

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 What are the good deeds

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 that Jesus has in mind?

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 Here's the second thing

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 that Jesus says

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 and this is verses 17 to 20.

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 You see a phony righteousness,

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 don't buy it.

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 And without a shadow of a doubt,

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 we're back with our boys,

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 the Pharisees again,

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 who think that when it comes

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 to the law,

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 Jesus isn't taking it

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 seriously enough.

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 In fact, all he's doing

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 is lowering the bar

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 to which Jesus says,

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 I've not come to abolish the law,

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 but rather,

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 and see the word that he uses,

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 not explain,

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 not keep,

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 but fulfill it.

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 Now that word means

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 that we need to do

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 a lot more work

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 to try and understand

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 what he's saying,

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 right?

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 It's a lot more holistic.

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 Fulfill.

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 In what ways

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 has Jesus come

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 to fulfill the law?

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 You ready for this?

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 Can I give you

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 three quick ways?

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 Now we are skimming

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 the slither of the top

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 of the iceberg here,

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 but go with me

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 and we can run with this

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 in growth groups

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 during the week.

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 But it's really important

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 for understanding

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 the Old Testament.

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 We can't understand

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 the New without the Old.

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 We can't understand

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 the Old without the New.

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 Do you know why that is?

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 Because this is one story.

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 Three quick things

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 fulfill means.

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 Number one,

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 it means that Jesus

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 is the one

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 who it all points to.

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 Every person,

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 prophet,

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 priest,

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 king,

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 every system,

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 the sacrificial system

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 for sin,

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 every problem.

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 How can sinners stand

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 to be right

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 with a holy God?

00:13:01.960 --> 00:13:02.520
 How can God

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 be both loving

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 and just?

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 Every promise

00:13:05.780 --> 00:13:07.820
 of a future,

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 new heavens

00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:09.300
 and a new earth

00:13:09.300 --> 00:13:10.060
 where righteousness

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 reigns.

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 You've heard that phrase,

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 all roads lead to Rome.

00:13:17.940 --> 00:13:18.379
 Well,

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 can I just

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 kind of spin on it

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 a bit and say

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 that all the Old Testament

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 roads lead to

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 the personal work

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 of Jesus?

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 And see,

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 when you understand that,

00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:28.879
 you begin to read it

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 differently.

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 Right?

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 Love a murder mystery novel.

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 More watch them these days

00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:35.899
 than read them,

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 but the thing is

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 with a murder mystery,

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 you can only watch it twice,

00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:39.340
 right?

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 You watch it all the way

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 through first time,

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 not knowing how it's

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 going to end,

00:13:43.019 --> 00:13:43.659
 how are all these

00:13:43.659 --> 00:13:44.799
 tensions and puzzles

00:13:44.799 --> 00:13:45.460
 and threads

00:13:45.460 --> 00:13:46.600
 going to find their conclusion?

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 And once you find

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 the conclusion,

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 you go back

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 and you watch it again,

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 but the thing is,

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 because you know

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 where it's all going,

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 you begin to see,

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 oh,

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 that's what that was about.

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 And that's what that was about.

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 And that's how we understand

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 the Old Testament.

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 Jesus

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 fulfills it.

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 Right?

00:14:04.780 --> 00:14:05.400
 Number two,

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 Jesus is the one

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 who perfectly

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 keeps it.

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 So his life

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 was one of

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 perfect obedience

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 to the law.

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 And it wasn't

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 begrudging obedience.

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 It was a delight

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 for Jesus

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 to obey

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 the law

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 of his father.

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 The heart

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 of the gospel

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 is that Jesus

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 lived the life

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 we couldn't live.

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 And we need

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 in order to ascend

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 the hill

00:14:36.800 --> 00:14:37.399
 of the Lord.

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 But by coming

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 to him

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 at the moment

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 we believe in him,

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 we are united

00:14:43.180 --> 00:14:43.659
 to him

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 and Jesus

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 shares

00:14:44.820 --> 00:14:46.060
 his perfect

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 life with us.

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 he takes

00:14:48.759 --> 00:14:49.480
 our sin

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 and we are

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 caught up

00:14:50.940 --> 00:14:51.379
 in his

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 perfect righteousness

00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:53.480
 and obedience.

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 He's come

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 to fulfill it.

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 He's come

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 to live it out.

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 But number three,

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 and this is maybe

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 one you haven't

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 thought about before,

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 is that he

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 shows us

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 what

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 obedience

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 looks like.

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 So if you're

00:15:09.940 --> 00:15:10.680
 asking yourself,

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 what does it mean

00:15:11.540 --> 00:15:12.280
 for me to

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 obey?

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 If you're

00:15:15.580 --> 00:15:16.180
 asking yourself,

00:15:16.300 --> 00:15:16.860
 what is God

00:15:16.860 --> 00:15:17.340
 the Spirit

00:15:17.340 --> 00:15:18.560
 inside of me

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 like a master

00:15:20.180 --> 00:15:20.899
 sculptor?

00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:21.379
 What is he

00:15:21.379 --> 00:15:22.419
 chiseling away

00:15:22.419 --> 00:15:23.840
 from my

00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:24.340
 character?

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 And what is he

00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:27.240
 forming me

00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:27.820
 into?

00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:30.480
 Whose likeness

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 is he shaping

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 me into?

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 The answer

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 is

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 Jesus.

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 Friends,

00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:39.960
 the Pharisees

00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:40.800
 think that Jesus

00:15:40.800 --> 00:15:42.659
 is relaxing

00:15:42.659 --> 00:15:43.259
 the law

00:15:43.259 --> 00:15:43.779
 because he

00:15:43.779 --> 00:15:44.320
 won't do it

00:15:44.320 --> 00:15:45.000
 their way.

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 But have a

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 look at

00:15:48.139 --> 00:15:49.379
 verse 21.

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 You need to

00:15:49.840 --> 00:15:50.919
 jog on a

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 wee bit here,

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 right?

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 21,

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 27,

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 and 31.

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 And just

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 take in

00:15:55.700 --> 00:15:57.480
 the repeated

00:15:57.480 --> 00:15:58.320
 refrain at the

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 beginning of

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 each section.

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 All right,

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 give you a second.

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 21,

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 27,

00:16:02.379 --> 00:16:02.779
 31.

00:16:03.259 --> 00:16:03.799
 What's the

00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:04.159
 repeated

00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:04.639
 refrain?

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 you have

00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:08.559
 heard it

00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:10.279
 said.

00:16:12.100 --> 00:16:13.179
 Not you

00:16:13.179 --> 00:16:14.139
 have read

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 it written.

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 Do you see

00:16:15.899 --> 00:16:16.199
 that?

00:16:16.379 --> 00:16:17.179
 Really important.

00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:18.319
 So Jesus is

00:16:18.319 --> 00:16:18.860
 helping his

00:16:18.860 --> 00:16:19.779
 disciples see

00:16:19.779 --> 00:16:20.899
 the real

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 reason that

00:16:22.179 --> 00:16:22.919
 the Pharisees

00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:23.460
 have created

00:16:23.460 --> 00:16:24.059
 all these

00:16:24.059 --> 00:16:24.779
 rules and

00:16:24.779 --> 00:16:25.500
 regulations.

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 The real

00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:27.740
 thing is

00:16:27.740 --> 00:16:28.199
 going on

00:16:28.199 --> 00:16:28.740
 here is

00:16:28.740 --> 00:16:29.299
 that they

00:16:29.299 --> 00:16:30.500
 are lowering

00:16:30.500 --> 00:16:31.100
 the bar

00:16:31.100 --> 00:16:33.480
 so that

00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:33.879
 they can

00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:35.620
 say that

00:16:35.620 --> 00:16:36.040
 they've got

00:16:36.040 --> 00:16:36.500
 over the

00:16:36.500 --> 00:16:36.800
 bar.

00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:40.080
 Parents,

00:16:40.180 --> 00:16:40.500
 do you find

00:16:40.500 --> 00:16:40.700
 this?

00:16:40.820 --> 00:16:41.279
 If you want

00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:41.620
 to think

00:16:41.620 --> 00:16:41.820
 about it

00:16:41.820 --> 00:16:42.159
 like this,

00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:42.560
 I'm a

00:16:42.560 --> 00:16:43.159
 simple person,

00:16:43.259 --> 00:16:43.560
 my mind

00:16:43.560 --> 00:16:43.980
 works like

00:16:43.980 --> 00:16:44.220
 this.

00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:45.000
 This is

00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:47.460
 what happens

00:16:47.460 --> 00:16:47.820
 as a

00:16:47.820 --> 00:16:48.080
 parent,

00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:48.600
 the battle

00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:48.980
 that you

00:16:48.980 --> 00:16:49.560
 face every

00:16:49.560 --> 00:16:50.139
 meal time.

00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:52.040
 Now,

00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:52.560
 you put

00:16:52.560 --> 00:16:53.399
 five bits

00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:53.920
 of broccoli

00:16:53.920 --> 00:16:54.480
 on the

00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:54.860
 plate,

00:16:55.660 --> 00:16:56.259
 and what

00:16:56.259 --> 00:16:56.540
 does it

00:16:56.540 --> 00:16:57.060
 turn into

00:16:57.060 --> 00:16:57.480
 with the

00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:57.779
 kids?

00:16:58.620 --> 00:16:59.100
 A

00:16:59.100 --> 00:16:59.660
 negotiation

00:16:59.660 --> 00:17:00.340
 game,

00:17:00.500 --> 00:17:00.899
 doesn't it?

00:17:01.659 --> 00:17:01.940
 Won't

00:17:01.940 --> 00:17:02.399
 negotiate

00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:02.600
 with

00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:03.040
 terrorists,

00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:03.379
 but I'm

00:17:03.379 --> 00:17:03.920
 being held

00:17:03.920 --> 00:17:04.420
 to ransom

00:17:04.420 --> 00:17:04.819
 around my

00:17:04.819 --> 00:17:05.299
 own table

00:17:05.299 --> 00:17:05.620
 by a

00:17:05.620 --> 00:17:06.319
 five-year-old.

00:17:07.640 --> 00:17:08.200
 And you

00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:08.579
 start,

00:17:08.660 --> 00:17:08.839
 you say,

00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:09.360
 if you eat

00:17:09.360 --> 00:17:10.019
 all five,

00:17:10.140 --> 00:17:10.620
 we're good,

00:17:10.819 --> 00:17:11.059
 right?

00:17:11.099 --> 00:17:11.420
 And they

00:17:11.420 --> 00:17:11.599
 say,

00:17:11.660 --> 00:17:12.000
 I'll eat

00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:12.380
 one.

00:17:12.660 --> 00:17:12.980
 And you're

00:17:12.980 --> 00:17:13.339
 in a good

00:17:13.339 --> 00:17:13.599
 mood,

00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:13.819
 and you

00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:14.000
 think,

00:17:14.059 --> 00:17:14.120
 well,

00:17:14.140 --> 00:17:14.579
 how about

00:17:14.579 --> 00:17:15.079
 four,

00:17:15.500 --> 00:17:15.779
 thinking

00:17:15.779 --> 00:17:16.000
 they'll

00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:16.299
 meet you

00:17:16.299 --> 00:17:16.519
 in the

00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:16.720
 middle,

00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:17.120
 but no,

00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:17.240
 no,

00:17:17.259 --> 00:17:17.360
 no,

00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:17.860
 they're

00:17:17.860 --> 00:17:18.240
 hanging

00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:18.839
 at one.

00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:19.799
 Yeah?

00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:22.120
 And eventually

00:17:22.120 --> 00:17:22.680
 this goes on

00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:23.160
 for 20

00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:23.500
 minutes,

00:17:23.700 --> 00:17:24.079
 and I'll

00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:24.319
 let you

00:17:24.319 --> 00:17:24.720
 figure out

00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:24.980
 how it

00:17:24.980 --> 00:17:25.279
 ends,

00:17:25.400 --> 00:17:28.420
 but what's

00:17:31.099 --> 00:17:32.359
 can we

00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:33.000
 just agree

00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:33.439
 what the

00:17:33.439 --> 00:17:33.980
 lowest

00:17:33.980 --> 00:17:34.819
 common

00:17:34.819 --> 00:17:35.359
 denominator

00:17:35.359 --> 00:17:35.819
 is?

00:17:35.879 --> 00:17:36.059
 Can we

00:17:36.059 --> 00:17:36.719
 just agree

00:17:36.719 --> 00:17:37.139
 what the

00:17:37.139 --> 00:17:37.439
 bare

00:17:37.439 --> 00:17:37.779
 minimum

00:17:37.779 --> 00:17:38.159
 is,

00:17:38.399 --> 00:17:38.799
 so that

00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:39.240
 I can

00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:39.480
 say,

00:17:39.539 --> 00:17:39.740
 and we

00:17:39.740 --> 00:17:40.179
 can all

00:17:40.179 --> 00:17:40.539
 say,

00:17:40.539 --> 00:17:42.079
 that I've

00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:42.639
 qualified?

00:17:44.439 --> 00:17:45.159
 And Jesus

00:17:45.159 --> 00:17:45.619
 is saying

00:17:45.619 --> 00:17:46.459
 that's exactly

00:17:46.459 --> 00:17:47.159
 what the

00:17:47.159 --> 00:17:47.839
 Pharisees are

00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:48.539
 doing with

00:17:48.539 --> 00:17:49.240
 God's law,

00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:50.859
 right?

00:17:51.219 --> 00:17:52.019
 And so

00:17:52.019 --> 00:17:52.779
 much of the

00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:53.559
 rest of the

00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:54.119
 Sermon on

00:17:54.119 --> 00:17:54.480
 the Mount

00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:55.279
 is Jesus

00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:56.519
 bringing out

00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:58.119
 the law's

00:17:58.119 --> 00:17:58.980
 true meaning,

00:17:58.980 --> 00:18:00.620
 in contrast

00:18:00.620 --> 00:18:02.059
 with the

00:18:02.059 --> 00:18:02.740
 Pharisees'

00:18:02.980 --> 00:18:03.299
 minimum

00:18:03.299 --> 00:18:03.900
 standard

00:18:03.900 --> 00:18:04.799
 interpretation

00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:06.000
 of it.

00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:08.660
 I love

00:18:08.660 --> 00:18:09.259
 Jen Wilkin,

00:18:09.620 --> 00:18:10.180
 she puts it

00:18:10.180 --> 00:18:10.740
 like this,

00:18:11.019 --> 00:18:11.279
 but this

00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:11.660
 helps.

00:18:13.140 --> 00:18:13.539
 When it

00:18:13.539 --> 00:18:14.099
 comes to

00:18:14.099 --> 00:18:14.579
 obedience,

00:18:14.880 --> 00:18:15.380
 Jesus is

00:18:15.380 --> 00:18:15.980
 changing the

00:18:15.980 --> 00:18:17.000
 question from

00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:18.660
 how much

00:18:18.660 --> 00:18:19.140
 can I get

00:18:19.140 --> 00:18:19.900
 away with

00:18:19.900 --> 00:18:22.220
 to how

00:18:22.220 --> 00:18:22.860
 much can I

00:18:22.860 --> 00:18:23.420
 get away

00:18:23.420 --> 00:18:24.620
 from?

00:18:26.120 --> 00:18:26.599
 And you've

00:18:26.599 --> 00:18:26.860
 got to come

00:18:26.860 --> 00:18:27.380
 back over the

00:18:27.380 --> 00:18:27.980
 next number of

00:18:27.980 --> 00:18:28.440
 weeks as we

00:18:28.440 --> 00:18:29.059
 just tease

00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:29.660
 this out as

00:18:29.660 --> 00:18:29.980
 we walk

00:18:29.980 --> 00:18:30.380
 with Jesus

00:18:30.380 --> 00:18:30.960
 through this

00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:31.279
 sermon,

00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:32.380
 which might

00:18:32.380 --> 00:18:32.799
 be the

00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:33.340
 clue to

00:18:33.340 --> 00:18:34.019
 explaining the

00:18:34.019 --> 00:18:34.539
 puzzle at

00:18:34.539 --> 00:18:35.200
 verse 20.

00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:35.920
 Were you

00:18:35.920 --> 00:18:36.519
 thinking this?

00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:36.940
 Because I was

00:18:36.940 --> 00:18:37.460
 thinking this

00:18:37.460 --> 00:18:37.940
 all week.

00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:39.960
 You there?

00:18:40.180 --> 00:18:40.700
 Verse 20?

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 Because in

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 the face of

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 it, Jesus

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 is saying

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 something like,

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 unless your

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 time for the

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 100-meter

00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:51.080
 sprint is

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 quicker than

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 you saying

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 boat,

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 back in

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 28,

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 or whenever

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 he was

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 quick,

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 you will

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 not enter

00:18:58.779 --> 00:18:59.139
 the kingdom

00:18:59.139 --> 00:18:59.559
 of heaven.

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 Does it not

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 read a bit

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 like that?

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 And you're

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 thinking,

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 what chance

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 do I have?

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 If the

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 Pharisees

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 can't make

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 it,

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 and these

00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:06.919
 guys on

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 the outside

00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:07.839
 are squeaky

00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:08.099
 clean,

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 if they

00:19:08.379 --> 00:19:08.879
 can't make

00:19:08.879 --> 00:19:09.019
 it,

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 what chance

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 do I have?

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 Here's what's

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 going on.

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 I think

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 according to

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 Jesus,

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 and just

00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:18.639
 remember this,

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 the Pharisees,

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 despite all

00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:20.599
 their,

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 if I could put

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 it like this,

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 all their

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 religious

00:19:22.639 --> 00:19:23.079
 virtue

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 signaling,

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 they aren't

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 lovers of

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 God.

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 Do you know

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 what they are

00:19:29.019 --> 00:19:29.539
 according to

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 Jesus?

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 When you

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 pull away

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 the thinnest

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 of veneers,

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 all they are

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 is lovers

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 of self.

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 God didn't

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 love their

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 actions,

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 God loathed

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 their actions,

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 because it

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 was all

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 external and

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 no internal.

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 And so

00:19:49.379 --> 00:19:49.699
 what is

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 Jesus saying

00:19:50.319 --> 00:19:51.000
 will happen

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 in the

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 lives of

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 his people

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 through the

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 power of

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 the Spirit?

00:19:56.500 --> 00:19:56.979
 Change.

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 Internal

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 leading to

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 external.

00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:04.019
 Does that

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 encourage you

00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:05.000
 this morning?

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 In my

00:20:06.459 --> 00:20:07.399
 ordinary

00:20:07.399 --> 00:20:08.259
 everyday life,

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 we'll come

00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:09.000
 back to this

00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:09.399
 in a minute,

00:20:09.959 --> 00:20:11.259
 that Jesus

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 is changing

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 me on the

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 inside,

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 the Spirit

00:20:13.239 --> 00:20:13.859
 living inside

00:20:13.859 --> 00:20:14.319
 of me is

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 turning this

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 heart of

00:20:15.719 --> 00:20:17.259
 stone into

00:20:17.259 --> 00:20:17.859
 a heart of

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 flesh that

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 actually longs

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 to obey

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 God and

00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:22.519
 wants to

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 obey God.

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 Why?

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 Because he's

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 changed us

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 internally.

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 He will

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 produce in

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 us the

00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:32.219
 Spirit through

00:20:32.219 --> 00:20:32.819
 transformed

00:20:32.819 --> 00:20:33.419
 hearts and

00:20:33.419 --> 00:20:34.219
 obedience that

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 truly pleases

00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:36.439
 the Lord.

00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:39.459
 And so

00:20:39.459 --> 00:20:40.579
 here, as we

00:20:40.579 --> 00:20:41.139
 begin to bring

00:20:41.139 --> 00:20:41.619
 the threads of

00:20:41.619 --> 00:20:42.059
 this together,

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 just think

00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:42.980
 back to our

00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:43.779
 walking billboards.

00:20:44.179 --> 00:20:44.519
 Ignore

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 Yorkshire

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 Brew for a

00:20:45.619 --> 00:20:45.779
 minute.

00:20:47.299 --> 00:20:48.019
 Here's the

00:20:48.019 --> 00:20:48.740
 challenge.

00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:49.859
 Ready for

00:20:49.859 --> 00:20:50.079
 this?

00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:50.480
 Here's the

00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:50.859
 challenge.

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 It's not to

00:20:52.139 --> 00:20:53.460
 underplay the

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:53.879
 call to

00:20:53.879 --> 00:20:54.299
 obedience.

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 It's striking

00:20:57.859 --> 00:20:58.740
 to see just

00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.519
 how seriously

00:20:59.519 --> 00:21:00.559
 Jesus takes

00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:01.259
 obedience to

00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:01.779
 his Father.

00:21:04.059 --> 00:21:04.299
 Now,

00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:05.000
 theologians will

00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:06.000
 often talk about

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:07.680
 the three

00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:08.519
 dimensions of

00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:08.980
 the law.

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 And I thought

00:21:10.579 --> 00:21:11.039
 about not doing

00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:11.339
 this, but I

00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:11.759
 think we need to

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:11.980
 do it.

00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:12.700
 The three

00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:13.339
 dimensions of

00:21:13.339 --> 00:21:13.680
 the law.

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 So if we're

00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:15.620
 to understand

00:21:15.620 --> 00:21:16.039
 as New

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 Testament

00:21:16.339 --> 00:21:16.680
 believers,

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 how do we

00:21:17.140 --> 00:21:17.660
 relate to

00:21:17.660 --> 00:21:18.019
 the Old

00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:18.380
 Testament

00:21:18.380 --> 00:21:18.799
 law?

00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:19.980
 I think

00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:20.259
 this might

00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:20.740
 be helpful.

00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:22.240
 So you

00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:22.460
 have the

00:21:22.460 --> 00:21:22.640
 three

00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:23.039
 dimensions

00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:23.440
 of it.

00:21:23.539 --> 00:21:23.740
 People

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 talk about

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 the

00:21:24.420 --> 00:21:25.259
 ceremonial

00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:26.120
 part of

00:21:26.120 --> 00:21:26.519
 the law,

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 so the

00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:27.640
 sacrifices,

00:21:28.120 --> 00:21:28.740
 the temple,

00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:29.319
 etc.

00:21:30.660 --> 00:21:31.319
 All those

00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:31.860
 things would

00:21:31.860 --> 00:21:32.579
 find a

00:21:32.579 --> 00:21:33.480
 fulfillment in

00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:33.960
 the person

00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:34.500
 and work of

00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:34.839
 Jesus.

00:21:35.660 --> 00:21:36.259
 So we

00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:36.920
 don't need

00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:37.500
 to go to

00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:38.200
 a temple

00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:38.880
 anymore to

00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:39.160
 worship.

00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:40.980
 So the

00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:41.279
 kind of

00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:42.360
 ceremonial

00:21:42.360 --> 00:21:42.900
 part of

00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:43.120
 it has

00:21:43.120 --> 00:21:43.279
 been

00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:43.680
 fulfilled

00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:43.920
 in

00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:44.320
 Christ.

00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:44.940
 We've

00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:45.220
 also got

00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:46.040
 the civil

00:21:46.040 --> 00:21:46.540
 law.

00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:48.540
 So laws

00:21:48.540 --> 00:21:48.940
 governing

00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:49.500
 Israel as

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:49.960
 a nation

00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:50.519
 under God,

00:21:50.600 --> 00:21:50.800
 so that's

00:21:50.800 --> 00:21:51.140
 how they

00:21:51.140 --> 00:21:51.560
 handle

00:21:51.560 --> 00:21:52.300
 disputes,

00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:52.860
 things like

00:21:52.860 --> 00:21:53.220
 that.

00:21:53.560 --> 00:21:53.779
 And so

00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:54.160
 we're living

00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:54.860
 at different

00:21:54.860 --> 00:21:55.360
 times,

00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:55.820
 we are not

00:21:55.820 --> 00:21:56.440
 Israel in

00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:57.019
 the land,

00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:58.040
 kind of

00:21:58.040 --> 00:21:58.580
 being fulfilled

00:21:58.580 --> 00:21:59.040
 in Christ.

00:21:59.120 --> 00:21:59.279
 And then

00:21:59.279 --> 00:21:59.480
 you've got

00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:00.100
 the moral,

00:22:01.100 --> 00:22:02.300
 which is

00:22:02.300 --> 00:22:03.160
 God's heart

00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:04.680
 and his

00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:05.200
 expressed

00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:05.759
 character

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.500
 through the

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:06.740
 law.

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:06.839
 people.

00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:09.779
 And it

00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:11.700
 reveals his

00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:13.480
 will for

00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:14.059
 his people.

00:22:14.120 --> 00:22:14.279
 We just

00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:14.579
 think about

00:22:14.579 --> 00:22:15.180
 the moon.

00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.579
 Why is the

00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:17.000
 moon bright?

00:22:17.059 --> 00:22:17.539
 Because the

00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:18.279
 sun shines

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:18.980
 on it and

00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:19.680
 the moon

00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:20.680
 displays light

00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:20.960
 to the world.

00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:21.460
 It's kind of

00:22:21.460 --> 00:22:21.980
 like that with

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:22.420
 God and his

00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:22.700
 people.

00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:23.359
 He calls

00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:23.859
 us to

00:22:23.859 --> 00:22:25.000
 reflect his

00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:25.400
 holiness.

00:22:29.120 --> 00:22:29.759
 And so

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.279
 this is the

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:30.559
 thing, I

00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:31.140
 take it,

00:22:31.880 --> 00:22:32.519
 that God is

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:33.539
 writing on the

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:34.140
 hearts of his

00:22:34.140 --> 00:22:34.519
 people.

00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:36.079
 That longing

00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:37.079
 to display

00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:38.779
 his heart

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.299
 and his

00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:40.000
 character that

00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:40.500
 we see

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.299
 revealed here.

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.299
 You know,

00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:44.759
 when it comes

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.399
 to obedience,

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:46.019
 I take it

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:46.279
 that is

00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:46.740
 encouragement

00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:47.359
 for us.

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:49.179
 I wonder

00:22:49.179 --> 00:22:49.419
 if you've

00:22:49.419 --> 00:22:49.839
 ever thought

00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:50.500
 to yourself,

00:22:50.939 --> 00:22:51.699
 does an

00:22:51.699 --> 00:22:52.480
 act of

00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:52.839
 obedience

00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:53.379
 done in

00:22:53.379 --> 00:22:53.779
 secret,

00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:56.579
 does it

00:22:56.579 --> 00:22:57.199
 even matter?

00:22:59.019 --> 00:22:59.220
 Does

00:22:59.220 --> 00:22:59.699
 anybody see

00:22:59.699 --> 00:22:59.919
 it?

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:00.919
 That old

00:23:00.919 --> 00:23:01.379
 riddle of

00:23:01.379 --> 00:23:02.919
 a tree

00:23:02.919 --> 00:23:03.579
 falls in

00:23:03.579 --> 00:23:04.039
 the forest,

00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:04.359
 does it

00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:04.799
 make any

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.039
 sound?

00:23:05.099 --> 00:23:05.359
 It's kind

00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:05.759
 of like that,

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.059
 isn't it?

00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:06.419
 If I do

00:23:06.419 --> 00:23:06.839
 something in

00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:07.099
 secret,

00:23:07.179 --> 00:23:07.339
 if I'm

00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:07.819
 obedient in

00:23:07.819 --> 00:23:08.039
 secret,

00:23:08.179 --> 00:23:09.720
 but does

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.299
 anyone see?

00:23:10.399 --> 00:23:10.779
 Does anyone

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.179
 care?

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:11.500
 And I

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:11.819
 take it

00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:12.339
 that this

00:23:12.339 --> 00:23:13.599
 and what's

00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:13.799
 going to

00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:14.299
 come after

00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:15.960
 this is

00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:16.179
 going to

00:23:16.179 --> 00:23:16.500
 show us

00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:16.779
 that so

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.139
 much of

00:23:17.139 --> 00:23:17.619
 this sermon

00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:17.960
 is going

00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:18.159
 to be

00:23:18.159 --> 00:23:18.379
 about

00:23:18.379 --> 00:23:19.019
 motivations

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:21.240
 and why

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.579
 we do

00:23:21.579 --> 00:23:21.879
 what we

00:23:21.879 --> 00:23:22.399
 do and

00:23:22.399 --> 00:23:22.639
 whose

00:23:22.639 --> 00:23:23.319
 praise

00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:24.019
 are we

00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:25.179
 living

00:23:25.179 --> 00:23:25.539
 for.

00:23:25.619 --> 00:23:25.879
 And is

00:23:25.879 --> 00:23:26.139
 it not

00:23:26.139 --> 00:23:26.679
 a wonderful

00:23:26.679 --> 00:23:27.079
 thought,

00:23:27.139 --> 00:23:27.460
 before we

00:23:27.460 --> 00:23:27.779
 get really

00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:28.220
 specific,

00:23:30.139 --> 00:23:31.699
 that the

00:23:31.699 --> 00:23:33.179
 Spirit-inspired

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:34.039
 obedience

00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:36.580
 out of

00:23:36.580 --> 00:23:37.360
 overflowing

00:23:37.360 --> 00:23:37.840
 love for

00:23:37.840 --> 00:23:38.240
 Jesus

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:40.500
 is thrilling

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:40.880
 in the

00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:41.240
 sight of

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:41.580
 God the

00:23:41.580 --> 00:23:41.880
 Father.

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 And let's

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.019
 be encouraged

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.440
 by what

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:48.060
 Jesus says

00:23:48.060 --> 00:23:48.519
 we will be

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:49.039
 called when

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.539
 we practice

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:50.039
 and teach

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:50.660
 these commands.

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:51.039
 Do you see

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:51.440
 the end of

00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:52.160
 verse 19?

00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:54.640
 great in

00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:55.019
 the kingdom

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.540
 of heaven.

00:23:56.040 --> 00:23:56.460
 So the

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:56.920
 challenge

00:23:56.920 --> 00:23:57.220
 here,

00:23:57.360 --> 00:23:57.560
 friends,

00:23:57.640 --> 00:23:58.060
 is how

00:23:58.060 --> 00:23:58.700
 seriously

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.180
 do we

00:23:59.180 --> 00:23:59.500
 take

00:23:59.500 --> 00:23:59.960
 obedience?

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.019
 And let

00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:03.900
 that search

00:24:03.900 --> 00:24:04.060
 you,

00:24:04.100 --> 00:24:04.620
 that question,

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.140
 wherever God

00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:05.440
 might be

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:05.880
 putting his

00:24:05.880 --> 00:24:07.680
 finger on

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:07.940
 in your

00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:08.220
 life,

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:09.120
 how seriously

00:24:09.120 --> 00:24:09.500
 do we

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:09.980
 take this

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:11.240
 call to

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.660
 obedience?

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.660
 And here's

00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:14.300
 the encouragement,

00:24:14.540 --> 00:24:15.060
 and maybe just a

00:24:15.060 --> 00:24:15.519
 little bit longer

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:16.200
 here to leave

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:16.680
 us in this

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:17.100
 encouraging

00:24:17.100 --> 00:24:17.620
 place.

00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:19.660
 It's not

00:24:19.660 --> 00:24:20.480
 to underrate

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:21.120
 the power

00:24:21.120 --> 00:24:21.700
 of obedience.

00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:24.279
 Because if you

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.880
 think about it,

00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:25.320
 what Jesus

00:24:25.320 --> 00:24:26.100
 says here

00:24:26.100 --> 00:24:28.640
 is the

00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:29.420
 opposite of

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:29.720
 what the

00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:30.279
 world tells

00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:30.620
 us.

00:24:31.620 --> 00:24:32.300
 Think about

00:24:32.300 --> 00:24:32.500
 it.

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.800
 That faith

00:24:33.800 --> 00:24:34.460
 is a private

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:35.160
 thing, keep

00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:35.400
 it to

00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:35.880
 yourself.

00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:36.900
 You can

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:37.340
 believe what

00:24:37.340 --> 00:24:37.660
 you want,

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.080
 but you can

00:24:38.080 --> 00:24:38.480
 believe it

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:38.820
 over the

00:24:38.820 --> 00:24:39.000
 hair.

00:24:40.100 --> 00:24:40.440
 I'd say

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:40.759
 there's two

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.460
 reasons why

00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:42.300
 we shouldn't

00:24:42.300 --> 00:24:42.700
 be duped

00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:43.259
 into thinking

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:43.540
 that.

00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:44.019
 First of

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:44.220
 all,

00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:46.779
 it's the

00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:47.279
 belief that

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:47.820
 everyone has

00:24:47.820 --> 00:24:48.180
 a world

00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:48.460
 view,

00:24:49.300 --> 00:24:49.600
 right?

00:24:50.380 --> 00:24:51.500
 That mine

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:51.740
 is,

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.259
 it's

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.640
 happened to

00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:52.859
 be a

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:53.120
 Jesus

00:24:53.120 --> 00:24:53.799
 shaped one

00:24:53.799 --> 00:24:54.319
 and someone

00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:54.940
 else's is

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:55.359
 maybe an

00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:55.799
 agnostic

00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:57.099
 one or an

00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:57.740
 atheist

00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:58.539
 driven one,

00:24:58.680 --> 00:24:59.380
 but everybody's

00:24:59.380 --> 00:24:59.779
 got a view

00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.120
 on things.

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:00.640
 The question

00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:01.480
 really is,

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:02.900
 will it

00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:03.319
 hold?

00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:04.559
 Why do we

00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:05.039
 believe what

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.420
 we believe?

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:06.000
 And ultimately,

00:25:06.120 --> 00:25:06.579
 where does it

00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:07.220
 get us if we

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:08.000
 keep on going?

00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:09.319
 So let that

00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:09.980
 encourage you

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.859
 when you live

00:25:10.859 --> 00:25:11.620
 your life as a

00:25:11.620 --> 00:25:12.099
 Christian in

00:25:12.099 --> 00:25:12.539
 public,

00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:13.579
 that you've

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:14.079
 got really good

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:14.880
 things to offer.

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.079
 Everybody's

00:25:16.079 --> 00:25:16.539
 coming at this

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.359
 with a view of

00:25:17.359 --> 00:25:17.640
 the world.

00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:17.859
 You know,

00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:18.099
 I've got a

00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:18.259
 friend,

00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:18.660
 Colin,

00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:19.880
 who is a

00:25:19.880 --> 00:25:20.600
 pastor in

00:25:20.600 --> 00:25:21.120
 Gilmerton.

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.700
 He does this

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.360
 thing once a

00:25:23.360 --> 00:25:23.560
 month.

00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:24.180
 He goes,

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.380
 it's called

00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:25.860
 Think and

00:25:25.860 --> 00:25:26.120
 Drink,

00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:26.700
 and he puts

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.420
 it out online

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:28.080
 and saying,

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:28.700
 I'm going to

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.840
 go to the

00:25:29.840 --> 00:25:30.560
 Robins Nest

00:25:30.560 --> 00:25:30.960
 pub.

00:25:31.560 --> 00:25:31.680
 Now,

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:31.900
 if you know

00:25:31.900 --> 00:25:32.320
 that pub

00:25:32.320 --> 00:25:32.600
 on the

00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:33.040
 south side,

00:25:33.120 --> 00:25:33.320
 you'll know

00:25:33.320 --> 00:25:34.640
 it's a tasty

00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:35.080
 place.

00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:35.540
 I'm not talking

00:25:35.540 --> 00:25:35.779
 about the

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.000
 food,

00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:36.300
 right?

00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:36.759
 Tasty

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.040
 place.

00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:37.600
 But here's

00:25:37.600 --> 00:25:37.779
 what he

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:37.960
 says,

00:25:38.040 --> 00:25:38.360
 this is

00:25:38.360 --> 00:25:38.620
 where the

00:25:38.620 --> 00:25:39.000
 people in

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.160
 this

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:39.540
 community

00:25:39.540 --> 00:25:39.860
 go.

00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.080
 So he

00:25:41.080 --> 00:25:41.279
 goes,

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:41.640
 I think

00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:41.779
 it's

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.680
 every once,

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:44.000
 it's on a

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.500
 Thursday night,

00:25:44.580 --> 00:25:45.060
 once a month,

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:45.460
 he goes and

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:45.879
 he sits in

00:25:45.879 --> 00:25:46.139
 the corner,

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:46.599
 gets a

00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:46.779
 drink,

00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.019
 and he

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:47.539
 just waits

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:47.879
 to see

00:25:47.879 --> 00:25:48.399
 who comes.

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:49.779
 And it's

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.200
 this kind

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:50.599
 of idea

00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:51.159
 that drives

00:25:51.159 --> 00:25:51.519
 him to

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:51.779
 do it.

00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:51.980
 He says,

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:52.299
 I've had

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:52.679
 some great

00:25:52.679 --> 00:25:53.240
 conversations

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.700
 with people

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:54.000
 in our

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.359
 community,

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:54.779
 but why

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.299
 we believe

00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:55.579
 what we

00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:56.099
 believe.

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:56.740
 So he

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.200
 picks one

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:57.799
 subject for

00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:58.200
 the evening,

00:25:58.659 --> 00:25:58.839
 says,

00:25:58.879 --> 00:25:59.139
 if you want

00:25:59.139 --> 00:25:59.339
 to come

00:25:59.339 --> 00:25:59.639
 and talk

00:25:59.639 --> 00:26:00.019
 about it,

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:00.440
 buy a

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:00.879
 pint and

00:26:00.879 --> 00:26:01.000
 we'll

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.259
 talk

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.579
 about it.

00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:01.679
 He

00:26:01.679 --> 00:26:01.960
 says he

00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:02.259
 loves

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:02.500
 it.

00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:03.259
 But it's

00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:03.599
 this kind

00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:03.839
 of thing

00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:04.319
 that drives

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:04.599
 him to

00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:04.980
 do it.

00:26:06.179 --> 00:26:06.559
 So that's

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:07.039
 one reason.

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:07.379
 But the

00:26:07.379 --> 00:26:08.119
 second one

00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:10.119
 that we

00:26:10.119 --> 00:26:10.460
 shouldn't be

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:10.839
 duped into

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.500
 thinking is

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.240
 because of

00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:12.799
 what Jesus

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:14.420
 says here.

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.519
 Our world

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:17.139
 says faith

00:26:17.139 --> 00:26:17.720
 is a private

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.019
 thing,

00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:18.539
 keep it to

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:19.000
 yourself.

00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:19.460
 Jesus

00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:20.500
 says be

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:20.700
 your

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:21.279
 ordinary

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:21.839
 salt and

00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:22.059
 light

00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:22.500
 selves

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:22.960
 out in

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:23.420
 the open.

00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:24.519
 It's the

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:25.200
 opposite to

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:25.440
 what the

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:25.659
 world

00:26:25.659 --> 00:26:26.139
 says.

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:29.159
 And I

00:26:29.159 --> 00:26:29.659
 think that

00:26:29.659 --> 00:26:30.659
 is Jesus'

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.819
 slightly

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:32.420
 comical

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:33.099
 logic at

00:26:33.099 --> 00:26:33.899
 verse 14.

00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:34.500
 Come and

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:34.839
 have a look

00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:35.139
 at it.

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:38.920
 I just

00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:39.379
 hadn't really

00:26:39.379 --> 00:26:39.740
 spent the

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.359
 time thinking

00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:41.039
 about this

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:43.059
 image here.

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:43.720
 This is how

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:44.079
 my brain

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:44.319
 works.

00:26:44.399 --> 00:26:44.799
 Think about

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:45.039
 it like

00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:45.259
 this.

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:45.700
 Imagine

00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:47.920
 you light

00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:48.339
 a birthday

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:50.599
 cake and

00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:51.559
 you walk

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:52.059
 into a

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:52.480
 room full

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:52.859
 of people

00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:53.420
 with that

00:26:53.420 --> 00:26:53.899
 cake and

00:26:53.899 --> 00:26:54.299
 you start

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:54.680
 singing

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.279
 happy

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:56.099
 birthday

00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:57.680
 to you

00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:59.220
 and no

00:26:59.220 --> 00:26:59.599
 one else

00:26:59.599 --> 00:27:00.259
 joins in.

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.059
 And you

00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:02.339
 think I'm

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:02.659
 in for a

00:27:02.659 --> 00:27:02.819
 penny,

00:27:02.899 --> 00:27:03.139
 in for a

00:27:03.139 --> 00:27:03.240
 pound,

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:03.460
 I'll go

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:03.659
 for it

00:27:03.659 --> 00:27:03.839
 again.

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:04.399
 Happy

00:27:04.399 --> 00:27:05.079
 birthday

00:27:05.079 --> 00:27:07.000
 to you

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.700
 and there's

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:08.400
 still puzzled

00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:09.519
 faces everywhere

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:09.940
 and you

00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:10.359
 stop and

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:10.579
 you say

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:10.920
 what's

00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:11.579
 going on?

00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:12.299
 Why

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:12.420
 are you

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:12.559
 not

00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:12.839
 joining

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.180
 in?

00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:14.299
 And

00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:14.579
 everybody

00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:14.880
 says,

00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:15.119
 well you've

00:27:15.119 --> 00:27:15.339
 got a

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:15.599
 massive

00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:16.680
 bowl over

00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:17.039
 the top

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:17.240
 of the

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:17.559
 cake and

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:17.799
 we don't

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.200
 know what's

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:18.579
 happening.

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:21.720
 And you

00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:21.859
 think,

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.279
 oh yeah.

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.599
 And that's

00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:24.920
 the kind of

00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:25.380
 logic of

00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:25.619
 Jesus.

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.079
 Here do you

00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:26.319
 see what

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:26.720
 he's saying?

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:26.960
 He's saying

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:27.400
 you wouldn't,

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:28.480
 it doesn't

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.019
 make any

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.539
 sense to

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:29.960
 do that,

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:31.079
 to hide

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:31.640
 your light.

00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:31.759
 you.

00:27:34.020 --> 00:27:34.800
 So why

00:27:34.800 --> 00:27:35.220
 would you?

00:27:35.340 --> 00:27:36.259
 It's the

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:37.140
 very thing

00:27:37.140 --> 00:27:37.920
 that works.

00:27:38.040 --> 00:27:38.180
 Do you

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:38.620
 see that?

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.440
 It's the

00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:40.980
 very thing

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.460
 that works.

00:27:41.540 --> 00:27:41.900
 When you

00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:43.280
 are salt

00:27:43.280 --> 00:27:43.700
 and light

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.720
 in the

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.040
 world,

00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:46.000
 in public,

00:27:46.140 --> 00:27:47.100
 evangelistically,

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:48.740
 it's the

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.259
 very thing

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:49.580
 that's going

00:27:49.580 --> 00:27:50.000
 to work.

00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:52.000
 The way

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.580
 that people

00:27:52.580 --> 00:27:53.100
 see you

00:27:53.100 --> 00:27:53.680
 love each

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:53.940
 other,

00:27:54.800 --> 00:27:55.080
 and I

00:27:55.080 --> 00:27:55.420
 can't quite

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:55.920
 figure it

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:56.140
 out.

00:27:58.020 --> 00:27:58.640
 The way

00:27:58.640 --> 00:27:59.000
 that people

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.560
 see that

00:27:59.560 --> 00:27:59.880
 you've got

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:00.880
 opinions on

00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:02.680
 human life

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.240
 and on

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:03.920
 end of

00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:04.620
 life matters

00:28:04.620 --> 00:28:05.240
 and beginning

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:05.740
 of life

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.200
 matters,

00:28:06.380 --> 00:28:07.240
 and you're

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.940
 willing to

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:09.020
 take a stand

00:28:09.020 --> 00:28:09.280
 on that

00:28:09.280 --> 00:28:09.580
 and talk

00:28:09.580 --> 00:28:10.080
 about that.

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.540
 When you

00:28:11.540 --> 00:28:12.540
 happily embrace

00:28:12.540 --> 00:28:13.100
 a Christian

00:28:13.100 --> 00:28:14.740
 sexual ethic,

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.540
 and the way

00:28:16.540 --> 00:28:17.180
 that we see

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:17.520
 that you're

00:28:17.520 --> 00:28:18.040
 different in

00:28:18.040 --> 00:28:18.480
 the workplace,

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.140
 that you seem

00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:19.680
 to tell the

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.020
 truth,

00:28:20.100 --> 00:28:20.400
 you seem

00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:20.720
 to just

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.280
 work when

00:28:21.280 --> 00:28:22.100
 no one

00:28:22.100 --> 00:28:22.460
 else is

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:22.820
 watching,

00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:23.160
 when everyone

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.400
 else,

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:23.720
 the boss

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:24.040
 goes out,

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:24.920
 you go on

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:25.560
 BBC Sport.

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.500
 The way

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:27.780
 that people

00:28:27.780 --> 00:28:28.280
 look at you

00:28:28.280 --> 00:28:28.720
 at work and

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.220
 perceive that

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:29.500
 you're a

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.500
 really dependable

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:31.200
 employee.

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:31.759
 Can I be

00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:32.160
 honest?

00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:34.119
 Sometimes,

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.500
 and I wonder

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:34.779
 if you're

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.119
 like me,

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:35.859
 I'm tempted

00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:36.500
 to think

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:38.000
 that those

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.579
 are exactly

00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:39.000
 the kind

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.380
 of things

00:28:39.380 --> 00:28:39.660
 that will

00:28:39.660 --> 00:28:40.220
 put people

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:40.680
 off.

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.380
 But Jesus

00:28:45.380 --> 00:28:45.980
 says they're

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:46.579
 exactly the

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:46.960
 kind of

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:48.519
 things that

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:48.920
 will draw

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.559
 people in.

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:52.519
 You know,

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:52.920
 we had a few

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.579
 school parents

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:53.980
 around for

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.559
 dinner last

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:54.880
 month,

00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:56.680
 and it

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:57.140
 came to

00:28:57.140 --> 00:28:57.599
 that moment

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:57.920
 in the

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:58.220
 meal.

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:58.279
 people,

00:28:59.620 --> 00:28:59.880
 they're

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:00.519
 non-believers,

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:00.960
 and I

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.460
 thought about

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:01.680
 it,

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:01.920
 and I

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.059
 thought,

00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:02.220
 well,

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:02.700
 this is

00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:03.180
 our house,

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:03.500
 we'll just

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:03.860
 do what

00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:04.339
 we normally

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:04.740
 do,

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:05.940
 and I

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.180
 said,

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.360
 do you

00:29:06.360 --> 00:29:06.839
 mind if

00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:07.259
 we just

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:08.059
 stop,

00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.339
 we always

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:08.579
 do this

00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:08.839
 as a

00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:09.160
 family's

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:09.279
 meal,

00:29:09.360 --> 00:29:09.579
 we just

00:29:09.579 --> 00:29:09.900
 stop at

00:29:09.900 --> 00:29:10.140
 the beginning

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:10.620
 and say

00:29:10.620 --> 00:29:11.160
 thank you

00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:11.519
 to God,

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:11.759
 is that

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.039
 okay?

00:29:13.360 --> 00:29:13.680
 And it

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:13.900
 was a bit

00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:14.240
 awkward,

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:14.600
 and we all

00:29:14.600 --> 00:29:15.000
 had a laugh

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.299
 about it

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:15.680
 afterwards,

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:15.980
 but it

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.279
 was this

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:16.960
 passage that

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:17.799
 made me

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.420
 just go

00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:18.819
 for it.

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:20.839
 Don't

00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:21.279
 hide your

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:21.620
 light,

00:29:22.860 --> 00:29:23.059
 right?

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:24.559
 don't

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:25.119
 hide,

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:25.519
 and is

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:25.879
 that not

00:29:25.879 --> 00:29:26.639
 incredibly

00:29:26.639 --> 00:29:27.659
 freeing in

00:29:27.659 --> 00:29:28.339
 our world

00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:29.799
 of silver

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:30.419
 bullets,

00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:31.579
 and hot

00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:32.039
 takes,

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.159
 and the

00:29:33.159 --> 00:29:34.059
 next new

00:29:34.059 --> 00:29:34.539
 thing,

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.639
 where newer

00:29:35.639 --> 00:29:36.200
 is better,

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:36.579
 and where

00:29:36.579 --> 00:29:37.039
 novelty

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:37.700
 attracts?

00:29:38.139 --> 00:29:38.779
 Is it not

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.259
 wonderfully

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:40.279
 liberating to

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:41.019
 hear Jesus

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.579
 tell his

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:42.379
 disciples that

00:29:42.379 --> 00:29:42.619
 when it

00:29:42.619 --> 00:29:43.000
 comes to

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.799
 evangelism,

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:44.919
 there ain't

00:29:44.919 --> 00:29:45.480
 no school

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:45.779
 like the

00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:46.279
 old school?

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.740
 You see

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:47.940
 it?

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:49.920
 what has

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.400
 been working

00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:51.340
 well for

00:29:51.340 --> 00:29:53.500
 2,000 odd

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:54.100
 years in

00:29:54.100 --> 00:29:54.480
 terms of

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:55.080
 drawing people

00:29:55.080 --> 00:29:55.400
 to the

00:29:55.400 --> 00:29:55.880
 beauty of

00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:56.180
 Jesus.

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:57.840
 It's

00:29:57.840 --> 00:29:58.320
 everyday

00:29:58.320 --> 00:29:58.900
 believers

00:29:58.900 --> 00:30:00.100
 doing

00:30:00.100 --> 00:30:00.620
 everyday

00:30:00.620 --> 00:30:02.200
 things in

00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:02.680
 everyday

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:03.660
 places in

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.059
 salt and

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.600
 light ways.

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.460
 Will I say

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:06.840
 that again?

00:30:08.320 --> 00:30:08.920
 It's

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:09.380
 everyday

00:30:09.380 --> 00:30:09.980
 believers

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:11.100
 doing

00:30:11.100 --> 00:30:11.500
 everyday

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.400
 things in

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:12.779
 everyday

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.740
 places in

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.140
 salt and

00:30:14.140 --> 00:30:14.660
 light ways,

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:17.340
 and saying

00:30:17.340 --> 00:30:17.519
 there's

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:17.759
 something

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.119
 different

00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:18.400
 about

00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:18.700
 you.

00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:20.420
 I can't

00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:20.799
 quite work

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.160
 it out,

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.480
 but there's

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:21.740
 something

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.119
 different

00:30:22.119 --> 00:30:22.420
 about

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:22.759
 you.

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:25.099
 How are

00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:25.240
 we going

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:25.440
 to make

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:25.859
 an impact

00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:26.240
 on this

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.539
 city,

00:30:26.639 --> 00:30:26.980
 on this

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.400
 area?

00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:30.359
 It's

00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:31.339
 by being

00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:32.599
 distinct

00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:33.839
 disciples who

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:35.139
 love the

00:30:35.139 --> 00:30:35.460
 Lord our

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:35.839
 God with

00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:36.079
 all our

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:36.480
 mind,

00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:37.339
 soul,

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:37.700
 heart,

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.359
 and strength,

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:40.200
 and being

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.660
 a people who

00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:41.180
 love our

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:41.779
 neighbour as

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.440
 ourselves.

00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:43.700
 That's the

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:44.160
 way that we're

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:44.539
 going to make

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:45.359
 an impact in

00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:45.980
 this city,

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.559
 in your

00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:47.200
 workplace,

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:47.860
 in the

00:30:47.860 --> 00:30:48.160
 student

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:48.660
 halls,

00:30:48.860 --> 00:30:49.120
 in your

00:30:49.120 --> 00:30:49.640
 digs,

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:51.640
 in the

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:51.900
 school

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.240
 playground,

00:30:52.340 --> 00:30:52.840
 whatever it

00:30:52.840 --> 00:30:53.100
 is,

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:53.700
 wherever God's

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:53.980
 got you,

00:30:54.080 --> 00:30:54.640
 that is how

00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:54.940
 you're going

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:55.340
 to make a

00:30:55.340 --> 00:30:55.819
 difference for

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:56.019
 him.

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:56.759
 Jesus says,

00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:57.299
 do you see

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:57.480
 it?

00:30:57.600 --> 00:30:58.299
 You are the

00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:58.700
 light of the

00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:58.940
 world,

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:01.019
 you are the

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:01.500
 salt of the

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:01.900
 earth,

00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:04.059
 and this is

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:04.480
 the way it's

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.160
 always worked.

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:07.200
 And just as we

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:07.640
 close, I was

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:08.180
 reminded of

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:10.160
 this recently,

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:11.140
 I spoke to

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:13.299
 my friend Amy.

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.299
 Amy came to

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:15.500
 stay with us a

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:16.360
 month or so ago.

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:17.039
 Amy used to

00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:17.419
 be part of

00:31:17.419 --> 00:31:17.740
 this church

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.279
 family, she

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:19.059
 graduated in

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:19.419
 the summer.

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.000
 Loved Amy,

00:31:20.159 --> 00:31:20.679
 currently here,

00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:21.459
 studied geography,

00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:21.959
 if you get her

00:31:21.959 --> 00:31:22.339
 in your mind.

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

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:24.139
 speaking to

00:31:24.139 --> 00:31:25.519
 Amy, she was

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:25.939
 telling me this

00:31:25.939 --> 00:31:26.479
 story about her

00:31:26.479 --> 00:31:28.519
 flat and about

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.619
 how towards the

00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:30.699
 end of her

00:31:30.699 --> 00:31:31.379
 tenancy she had

00:31:31.379 --> 00:31:32.099
 this conversation

00:31:32.099 --> 00:31:32.699
 with a letting

00:31:32.699 --> 00:31:33.119
 agent.

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.799
 And she said

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.299
 to the letting

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:37.519
 agent, I

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:38.179
 might know some

00:31:38.179 --> 00:31:38.639
 people who might

00:31:38.639 --> 00:31:39.519
 be interested in

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:41.059
 taking on the

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.500
 tenancy.

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:41.579
 party.

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.460
 And her

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:44.180
 words to me

00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:44.940
 were, when I

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:46.579
 told them that

00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:46.900
 they were

00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:48.180
 Christian students,

00:31:49.119 --> 00:31:49.519
 part of the

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.400
 CU, I didn't

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:50.980
 even get to

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.500
 finish the

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:53.440
 sentence before

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:54.559
 the estate

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:55.180
 agent said,

00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:55.839
 we'd love to

00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:56.259
 have them.

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:57.440
 Isn't that

00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:57.660
 cool?

00:31:58.940 --> 00:31:59.599
 Because the

00:31:59.599 --> 00:32:00.140
 letting agent

00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:00.819
 thought about

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:01.460
 how Amy and

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:02.019
 her flatmates

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:02.759
 had just looked

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.420
 after this

00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:04.500
 flat for two

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:05.000
 years.

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.420
 No world

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:08.079
 parties, no

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:09.440
 strangers sleeping

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:10.380
 over, no

00:32:10.380 --> 00:32:11.340
 late payments,

00:32:11.580 --> 00:32:12.420
 no hassle on

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:12.920
 the phone,

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.620
 all of this

00:32:13.620 --> 00:32:14.240
 stuff, cleaning

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:14.759
 it up and

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.400
 leaving it in a

00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:16.620
 better condition

00:32:16.620 --> 00:32:17.200
 than when they

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:17.720
 found it.

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.539
 And the fact

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:19.039
 that there might

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.660
 be another

00:32:19.660 --> 00:32:20.259
 round of these

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.799
 kind of students

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.279
 was the dream

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 ticket.

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 But as Amy

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 was telling me

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 this story, I

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 thought to

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 myself, what a

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 wonderful reputation

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 for Christian

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 students to have

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 in this city.

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 Yeah?

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 And what a

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 wonderful example

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 of everyday,

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 non-spectacular,

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 faithfully

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 obedient, salt

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 and light

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 living for

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 Jesus.

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 People notice.

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 And so

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 Jesus says,

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 salt and

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 light.

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 Walking

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 adverts for

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 the kingdom

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 of God.

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 So friends,

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 why don't we

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 pray and

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 let's just

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 be quiet

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 as we

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 respond in

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 our own

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 hearts to

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 what we've

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 heard from

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 God's

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 word this

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 morning.

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 And then

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 I'll pray

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 and we'll

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 finish our

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 time in

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 response of

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 singing together.

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 Father.

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 And so

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 heavenly

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 father, we

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 thank you so

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 much for

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 sending your

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 son.

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 thank you

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 and we'll

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 thank you

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 and we'll

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 thank you

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 and we'll

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 thank you

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 and we'll

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 thank you

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 and we'll

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 thank you for

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 the encouragement

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 that if our

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 faith is in

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 your son,

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 if we're

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 trusting him

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 for our

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 salvation,

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 if we're

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 looking to

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 him as our

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 pattern for

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 obedience,

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 Lord, thank you

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 that you

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 promise us

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 here that we

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 are the

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 salt of the

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 earth, we

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 are the light

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 of the world.

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 And so

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 Lord, I

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 pray that

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 that would

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 hugely

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 encourage us

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 this morning.

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 Father, I

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 pray as well

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 if there's

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 areas today

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 in our

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 individual

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 lives,

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 Lord, that

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 perhaps we

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 are out of

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 sync with

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 your will,

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 maybe in the

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 way that we're

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 living or the

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 things that we're

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 believing or the

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 circles that we're

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 dabbling in.

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 Lord, I pray

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 that you would

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 put people

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 around us

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 that can help

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 us bring us

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 back on track.

00:34:38.659 --> 00:34:39.360
 Thank you for

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 the call this

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:40.980
 morning to

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 holiness, to

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 obedience, to

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 that devotion to

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 you.

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 And so, Father, I

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 pray that you'd be

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 with us as we

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 finish our time

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 together this

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 morning.

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 Thank you for

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 your word.

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 Thank you that we

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 have it in our

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.820
 own language.

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 We can pick up,

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 we can read, we

00:34:56.820 --> 00:34:57.639
 can understand, and

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 we can respond.

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 So, Lord, help us

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 this morning, we

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 pray.

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 Thank you for our

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 time together.

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 Thank you for your

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 word.

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 Pray all of these

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 things in Jesus'

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 precious name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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