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 Father, this is your word. This is not our word or my word. This is your word.

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 And we are your people. Jesus is our Savior.

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 And we are gathered here, Father, in the presence of Jesus this morning.

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 And we confess before you, Father, that unless your Holy Spirit moves and works in our hearts and minds and wills,

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 we cannot hear or understand your word right.

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 So, Father, in your mercy and in your kindness, may you continue to pour out your Holy Spirit upon us

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 as we hear your word and think upon your word.

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 And we ask, Father, that you would bring upon us the renewing of our minds, the renewing of ourselves,

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 that we might in our daily lives bring you glory, prove how excellent and how wonderful you are.

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 And all this we ask in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So I'm going through the book of Revelation.

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 Some of you who have been here before know that this is part of a several-year project of me confronting some of my fears in preaching.

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 I've done 1 Timothy, which meant I had to talk about the ordination of women.

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 I've done Ecclesiastes, Revelations on the list.

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 I still have to do the book of Job, which we'll do sometime in the future.

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 And I'll probably also do Genesis 1 to 11 sometime in the future.

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 You know, given that evolution is so commonly believed and has so bent Christians out of shape when they read Genesis 1 to 11,

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 of course, it's a very easy part of the Bible to preach on and teach on.

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 But in one of my daughters over Christmas, she was asking me about the book of Revelation.

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 She'd been reading it.

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 And she said, you know, Dad, there's all these weird things in the book of Revelation.

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 You know, like there's the dragon that wants to eat the baby and the whore of Babylon and all this death and all this destruction.

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 What do you think about it?

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 I said to her, you really need to pray for me.

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 I don't know what I think about it yet.

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 I haven't started studying it yet, so I don't know what I think about it yet.

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 And hopefully, week by week, when I come to the text, I'll be able to prayerfully discern what the Bible is teaching and how it applies to us.

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 And I'll be able to communicate it well to us.

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 I mention that because this is the last, I don't know if you thought the text, the Revelation text, which I read just a few moments ago,

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 if you thought that was pretty odd.

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 I mean, I suppose a lamb with seven eyes and seven horns is sort of an odd type of phenomenon.

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 But this is actually the last normal chapter in the book of Revelation.

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 From now on, it gets really crazy and psychedelic.

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 So I really need your prayers over these next few weeks.

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 This is sort of my last easy week.

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 And then after that, I mean, you know, just next week we'll have death, famine, a quarter of the earth destroyed,

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 stars falling from heaven, just real, real easy stuff.

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 So please, please pray for me in the weeks ahead.

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 And we'll be doing approximately a chapter a week, taking a break over Easter,

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 but approximately a chapter a week until we finish the book.

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 But it'd be a great help.

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 Now, if we look at this last easy chapter, so to speak,

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 but it actually has something, has a lot of very, very challenging and un-Canadian things to say.

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 And so it'd be a great help to me if you open your Bibles and turn in them to Revelation 5.

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 Revelation chapter 5.

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 And you can follow along with me as we open God's Word and read it and think about it

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 and try to have it apply to our lives.

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 And I'm just going to start reading it again, verses 1 to 7.

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 I want to draw out a couple of your attention to a couple of things

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 and then sort of give us sort of our opening point to launch us into the rest of the text.

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 So Revelation chapter 5, verse 1.

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 And here's how it goes.

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 Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne

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 a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals.

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 And just sort of pause before we read any further.

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 Because these are all powerful images.

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 So what's the image that God desires us to have as we read this opening verse?

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 Is God, I mean the one on the throne, which is God the Father,

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 is he grasping the scroll in his right hand?

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 Is he holding on to it really, really tight?

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 Will he grudgingly give it away?

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 No.

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 In the original language, it is that his hand is open

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 and that the scroll is lying across it.

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 So his right hand, of course,

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 right-handed prejudice against left-handed people,

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 is his arm of power and strength.

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 And he has his arm out like this and his hand is open

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 and the scroll is there.

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 And the scroll is basically the outworking

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 and the plan that God has from the moment of the crucifixion

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 to the end of all things.

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 And it's all outlined and talked about

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 and sort of revealed there.

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 And his hand is open, the scroll is lying across it.

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 And verse 2.

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 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice,

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 who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?

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 And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth

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 was able to open the scroll or look into it.

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 And just sort of pause here.

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 The way we hear this part of the Bible

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 shows how we're deeply formed by our culture.

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 And here's this offensive thing,

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 in the quotation marks,

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 here's this offensive thing that it's saying.

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 No one in heaven and on earth is worthy to open the scroll.

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 That means Muhammad's not worthy.

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 It means Krishna.

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 It means Buddha.

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 It means Oprah.

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 It means Dr. Phil.

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 It means the President of Russia

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 and the President of the United States.

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 It means Marx.

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 It means Adam Smith.

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 It means Mitch Albom.

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 It means Billy Graham.

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 It means the Pope.

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 It means you.

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 It means me.

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 You see,

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 we have often cultural filters on our ears

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 so that when we hear the Scripture,

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 the pointiness and the sharpness of it doesn't hit us.

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 But that's what this text is saying.

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 In a sense,

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 the angel is scanning all the past

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 and all the present and all the future.

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 And he's scanning,

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 that's what it means,

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 under the earth,

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 over the earth,

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 those who are dead,

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 those still become,

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 every single person

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 and no one is worthy.

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 No one.

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 No one.

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 No one.

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 In fact,

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 what's going to characterize

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 a person like the Pope

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 or Billy Graham

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 or your favorite Christian leader

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 is that they have to understand

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 they're never the one worthy

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 to open such a scroll.

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 that in fact,

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 this text is a leveling text

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 of human humility,

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 calling human beings to humility.

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 And the Christian world

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 is filled with arrogant Christians

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 and every one of us here

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 struggles with pride and arrogance.

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 But this is a text

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 which levels us all

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 and says not a single one of us

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 is worthy to have taken that scroll

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 from God's hand.

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 So even if we have to,

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 in a sense,

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 when we're listening

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 to our friends

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 and our neighbors

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 who are Muslims

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 or Buddhists

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 or Hindus

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 or seculars

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 or have their own spirituality

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 that they're putting together

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 and have them speak,

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 on one hand,

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 inside in our head,

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 we are to understand

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 none of those religious teachers

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 or guides,

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 none of those books

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 are worthy to understand

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 and to open the scroll

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 that talks about the future

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 from the crucifixion

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 to the second coming of Jesus.

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 None.

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 Not one.

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 But I also am not worthy.

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 I also am not worthy.

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 Neither is Billy Graham

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 or the Pope

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 or John Stott

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 or take your pick.

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 None are worthy.

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 Continue reading at verse 4.

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 What was his response?

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 And I began to weep loudly.

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 And in the original language,

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 it's not only loud grief,

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 but deep grief.

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 Deep,

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 heart-wrenching,

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 almost wanting to vomit grief.

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 And I began to weep loudly

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 because,

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 and then to make sure

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 we catch it,

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 it says again,

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 no one was found worthy

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 to open the scroll

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 or to look into it.

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 Not even to look into it.

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 And one of the elders said to me,

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 weep no more.

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 Behold.

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 Behold,

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 remember,

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 is always in the,

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 in the Greek means look.

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 Look.

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 Look over there.

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 Look.

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 Look.

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 The lion of the tribe of Judah,

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 the root of David,

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 has conquered

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 so that he can open the scroll

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 and its seven seals.

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 And here,

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 once again,

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 our cultural prejudices

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 play an error.

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 All of us,

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 most of us in the room,

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 if we're at all familiar

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 with the book of Revelation,

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 know what's going to happen next.

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 And of course,

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 I just read it a few moments ago.

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 But,

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 you know,

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 hearing this for the first time,

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 and if it was,

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 be read very well to Christians,

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 to non-Christians

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 or to new Christians,

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 there's a shock

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 because,

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 you see,

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 at first,

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 the text seems to be playing

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 into our normal

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 human cultural prejudices.

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 You see,

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 since we as human beings

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 are fallen,

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 since we are bent,

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 and what characterizes

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 our bentness

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 is that we desire to be

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 a God

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 or the God,

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 it means that our heart,

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 we always desire power,

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 whether it's the power of money

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 or the power of military might

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 or the power of wisdom,

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 of poetry,

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 of art,

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 or whatever it is,

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 but we desire some type of power.

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 And so,

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 on one level,

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 this is fitting right into

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 our cultural prejudices.

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 Ah,

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 the king of the beasts,

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 the powerful lion

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 who has conquered,

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 and he's the one

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 who's going to be able

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 to open this.

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 And,

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 you know,

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 at the heart of all different

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 spiritualities

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 and all different religions

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 other than the Christian faith,

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 and I'm not saying

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 that people outside

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 of the Christian faith

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 are more proud than Christians.

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 That's definitely not the case.

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 Pride is a human problem,

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 not a problem

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 of any particular religion

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 or spirituality.

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 It's a human problem.

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 But,

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 the idea that

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 I,

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 as a teacher,

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 have discerned

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 the way to God,

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 discerned the way to heaven,

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 discerned the way to perfection,

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 is always,

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 whether it's realized

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 or recognized or not,

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 a proud thought,

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 a powerful thought,

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 a thought of power,

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 that I,

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 I can hitch my,

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 I can hitch,

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 in a sense,

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 my wagon

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 to this powerful thing

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 and become powerful myself.

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 And so,

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 at first,

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 this text plays

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 right to our cultural

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 and our human

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 expectations

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 of a lion

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 and of conquering.

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 But then,

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 look at the surprise.

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 One of the many things

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 in the book of Revelation,

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 I haven't talked about it

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 much most weeks,

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 but the book of Revelation

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 is filled with irony

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 and filled with inversion.

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 With,

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 you know,

00:11:21.320 --> 00:11:22.820
 G.K. Chesterton's famous

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 for saying that Christians

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 sort of are the people

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 who should understand

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 that the best way

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 to see the world

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 is to stand upside down

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 and look at everything

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 upside down

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 and it's the better way

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 it could,

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 it's a topsy-turvy way

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 of looking at the world.

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 And,

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 and the book of Revelation

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 is constantly surprising

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 our expectations.

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 And here's what happens

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 in verse 6.

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 And between the throne

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 and the four living creatures

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 among the elders

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 I saw a strong lion conquering.

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 No,

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 I saw a lamb standing

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 as though it had been slain.

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 In the original language,

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 the word for that

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 is really slaughtered.

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 Not a lion conquering.

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 I saw a lamb standing

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 as though it had been slaughtered.

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 with seven horns

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 and with seven eyes

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 which are the seven spirits

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 of God sent out

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 into all the earth.

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 I have a little vlog

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 about this

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 on the webpage

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 but basically

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 my understanding

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 of the book of Revelation

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 is we should always interpret

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 the numbers symbolically.

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 And so seven

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 is the number of perfection.

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 It's perfect.

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 So this lamb,

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 little tiny,

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 blah,

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 blah,

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 little tiny lamb,

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 blah,

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 you know,

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 huge throne,

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 huge creatures,

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 huge elders,

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 blah,

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 blah,

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 little tiny lamb

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 all gashed

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 because it's been slaughtered.

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 But even though

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 it's a little tiny lamb

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 gashed as though

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 it's been slaughtered,

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 it has seven horns.

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 Horn is the image

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 of strength

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 in the ancient world

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 and it means

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 it's perfect in power.

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 And seven eyes

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 means it's perfect

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 in vision,

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 it's perfect in knowledge.

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 and it connects

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 this perfect knowledge

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 with the Holy Spirit

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 sent out

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 into all the world.

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 And that's

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 who's standing

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 in the center there

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 in verse six.

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 And he went

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 and took the scroll,

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 verse seven,

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 from the right hand

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 of him

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 who is seated

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 on the throne.

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 And that's the image.

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 Baha,

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 baha,

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 goes up,

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 takes the throne.

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 Here's the first point.

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 The only one

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 who saves

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 is also

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 the only one

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 who is in control

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 of God's unfolding

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 plan for the future.

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 If you get nothing else

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 out of the sermon,

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 if that's all

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 that you take away from it,

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 this is in a sense

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 the overarching message

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 of the text,

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 that the only one

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 who saves

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 is also

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 the only one

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 who is in control

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 of God's

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 unfolding plan

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 for the future.

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 This

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 is a life-changing

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 teaching.

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 I mean,

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 one of the things

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 that we can do,

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 maybe some of us

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 need to do it right now,

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 is just pray

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 that this truth,

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 the truth of

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 Revelation 5,

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 grips us.

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 You see,

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 it's,

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 what do many people

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 think

00:14:22.920 --> 00:14:23.880
 is going to be

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 happening in the future?

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 Many people,

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 as they look

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 at their lives today

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 and they understand

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 themselves,

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 we see ourselves

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 as cogs in a wheel.

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 We say,

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 like,

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 well,

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 why does it matter?

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 How can we make

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 any change?

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 How can we make

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 any difference?

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 Look at the power

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 of the United States.

00:14:40.160 --> 00:14:40.759
 Look at the power

00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:41.240
 of Russia.

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 Look at the power

00:14:42.019 --> 00:14:42.580
 of Iran.

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 Look at the power

00:14:43.980 --> 00:14:45.019
 of the arms industry.

00:14:45.160 --> 00:14:45.759
 Look at the power

00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:46.440
 of capitalism.

00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:47.400
 Look at the power

00:14:47.400 --> 00:14:48.540
 of the global

00:14:48.540 --> 00:14:49.879
 change movement.

00:14:50.040 --> 00:14:50.780
 Look at the power

00:14:50.780 --> 00:14:52.139
 of queer theory

00:14:52.139 --> 00:14:52.960
 and gay rights.

00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:53.639
 Look at the power

00:14:53.639 --> 00:14:54.259
 of feminism.

00:14:54.259 --> 00:14:55.139
 Look at the power

00:14:55.139 --> 00:14:56.039
 of traditionalism.

00:14:56.159 --> 00:14:56.840
 Look at the power

00:14:56.840 --> 00:14:58.340
 of Hindu nationalism.

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 Look at the power

00:14:59.299 --> 00:15:00.360
 of radical Islam.

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 Look at the power.

00:15:01.779 --> 00:15:03.360
 Look at the power.

00:15:03.460 --> 00:15:04.259
 Look at the power

00:15:04.259 --> 00:15:05.100
 and we're surrounded

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 by powers

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 and we feel like

00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:07.480
 we are cogs

00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:08.139
 in the machine

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 and many people

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 feel that because

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 of that,

00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:12.279
 let's just eat and drink

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 because tomorrow

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 we die

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 or let's just

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 take our little

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 tiny place

00:15:15.860 --> 00:15:16.519
 in this cog

00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:17.460
 or let's not try

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 to right some evil

00:15:19.080 --> 00:15:20.139
 or let's not try

00:15:20.139 --> 00:15:21.659
 to plant some church

00:15:21.659 --> 00:15:22.960
 or let's not try

00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:24.900
 to do some big venture

00:15:24.900 --> 00:15:26.060
 because we are tiny

00:15:26.060 --> 00:15:26.700
 and there's all

00:15:26.700 --> 00:15:28.120
 these powerful things

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 and they are completely

00:15:29.540 --> 00:15:30.240
 and utterly

00:15:30.240 --> 00:15:31.200
 indifferent

00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:32.840
 to us.

00:15:33.280 --> 00:15:34.519
 They are indifferent

00:15:34.519 --> 00:15:35.340
 to me.

00:15:36.600 --> 00:15:37.460
 Hopefully they won't

00:15:37.460 --> 00:15:38.100
 notice me.

00:15:38.240 --> 00:15:38.860
 Hopefully I can get

00:15:38.860 --> 00:15:39.620
 some crumbs

00:15:39.620 --> 00:15:40.320
 from the march

00:15:40.320 --> 00:15:41.040
 of capitalism.

00:15:41.280 --> 00:15:41.800
 Hopefully I can get

00:15:41.800 --> 00:15:42.480
 some crumbs

00:15:42.480 --> 00:15:43.160
 from the march

00:15:43.160 --> 00:15:43.820
 of bureaucracy

00:15:43.820 --> 00:15:44.580
 or the march

00:15:44.580 --> 00:15:45.240
 of socialism

00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:45.940
 or the march

00:15:45.940 --> 00:15:46.820
 and I can get

00:15:46.820 --> 00:15:47.420
 some crumbs

00:15:47.420 --> 00:15:47.879
 and I can have

00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:48.360
 some peace

00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:48.800
 and I can have

00:15:48.800 --> 00:15:49.360
 some quiet

00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:50.159
 and I can have

00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:50.580
 the things

00:15:50.580 --> 00:15:51.220
 that I like

00:15:51.220 --> 00:15:52.259
 but these things

00:15:52.259 --> 00:15:53.220
 they are indifferent

00:15:53.220 --> 00:15:53.899
 to me

00:15:53.899 --> 00:15:54.820
 and some of them

00:15:54.820 --> 00:15:55.379
 are evil

00:15:55.379 --> 00:15:56.019
 and some of them

00:15:56.019 --> 00:15:56.700
 are scary

00:15:56.700 --> 00:15:57.360
 and some of them

00:15:57.360 --> 00:15:58.440
 I put my hope in

00:15:58.440 --> 00:15:59.039
 and some of them

00:15:59.039 --> 00:15:59.720
 I dread

00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:01.840
 and in such a world

00:16:01.840 --> 00:16:05.379
 Revelation 5 says

00:16:05.379 --> 00:16:06.220
 the only one

00:16:06.220 --> 00:16:07.279
 who saves

00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:09.659
 is also the only one

00:16:09.659 --> 00:16:10.860
 who is in control

00:16:10.860 --> 00:16:12.500
 of God's

00:16:12.500 --> 00:16:13.740
 unfolding plan

00:16:13.740 --> 00:16:14.480
 for the future.

00:16:15.779 --> 00:16:16.620
 President of Russia

00:16:16.620 --> 00:16:17.480
 he has his plans

00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:18.279
 President of the United States

00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:19.200
 they have their plans

00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:20.140
 global capitalism

00:16:20.140 --> 00:16:21.259
 they have their plans

00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:22.540
 Islamic Jihad

00:16:22.540 --> 00:16:23.900
 they have their plans

00:16:23.900 --> 00:16:25.540
 they all have their plans

00:16:25.540 --> 00:16:27.259
 the Bible doesn't say

00:16:27.259 --> 00:16:28.379
 they don't have plans

00:16:28.379 --> 00:16:30.540
 the Bible says

00:16:30.540 --> 00:16:31.259
 at the end of the day

00:16:31.259 --> 00:16:32.640
 what this is talking about

00:16:32.640 --> 00:16:34.320
 is that there is a scroll

00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:35.840
 that God has a plan

00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:37.500
 that brings us

00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:38.080
 from the moment

00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:39.480
 of the crucifixion of Jesus

00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:40.480
 to the moment

00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:41.620
 of Jesus' return

00:16:41.620 --> 00:16:42.800
 and the one

00:16:42.800 --> 00:16:43.800
 who is in control

00:16:43.800 --> 00:16:44.660
 of the unfolding

00:16:44.660 --> 00:16:45.400
 of this plan

00:16:45.400 --> 00:16:46.620
 is also the one

00:16:46.620 --> 00:16:47.960
 who saves me

00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:50.200
 who saves you

00:16:50.200 --> 00:16:52.580
 who saves

00:16:52.580 --> 00:16:53.660
 unreached people

00:16:53.660 --> 00:16:54.379
 in China

00:16:54.379 --> 00:16:56.320
 and unreached people

00:16:56.320 --> 00:16:57.139
 in North Korea

00:16:57.139 --> 00:17:03.180
 the only one

00:17:03.180 --> 00:17:04.480
 who saves

00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:05.740
 is also the only one

00:17:05.740 --> 00:17:06.420
 in control

00:17:06.420 --> 00:17:07.240
 of this outworking

00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:07.779
 of this plan

00:17:07.779 --> 00:17:09.180
 you see as people

00:17:09.180 --> 00:17:10.379
 throughout the ages

00:17:10.379 --> 00:17:11.180
 have been gripped

00:17:11.180 --> 00:17:11.920
 with this

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 it means

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 it doesn't

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 I mean

00:17:16.859 --> 00:17:17.759
 some Christians

00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:18.359
 have misunderstood

00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:19.259
 this text

00:17:19.259 --> 00:17:19.879
 and believe

00:17:19.879 --> 00:17:20.660
 that that therefore

00:17:20.660 --> 00:17:21.460
 means that we should

00:17:21.460 --> 00:17:22.839
 just withdraw from the world

00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:23.559
 that we should live

00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:26.220
 pietistic type of lives

00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:26.859
 in

00:17:26.859 --> 00:17:30.480
 insulated communities

00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:31.240
 or ghettos

00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:33.440
 but as this truth

00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:34.480
 has gripped people

00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:35.779
 we say

00:17:35.779 --> 00:17:37.440
 it says

00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:37.680
 well

00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:38.960
 how can we figure out

00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:39.960
 to get into North Korea

00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:41.039
 to share the gospel

00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:43.359
 how can we think

00:17:43.359 --> 00:17:44.299
 of bringing the gospel

00:17:44.299 --> 00:17:46.000
 to Iran

00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:47.880
 it gives

00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:49.160
 a hope

00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:50.440
 to attempt

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 things

00:17:51.740 --> 00:17:52.579
 now

00:17:52.579 --> 00:17:55.700
 this

00:17:55.700 --> 00:17:56.819
 truth

00:17:56.819 --> 00:17:58.299
 when it grips us

00:17:58.299 --> 00:18:00.059
 does not lead us

00:18:00.059 --> 00:18:00.659
 to feeling

00:18:00.659 --> 00:18:01.460
 powerful

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 or powerless

00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:04.539
 not powerful

00:18:04.539 --> 00:18:05.399
 in ourselves

00:18:05.399 --> 00:18:07.019
 but it creates

00:18:07.019 --> 00:18:08.099
 a sense of hope

00:18:08.099 --> 00:18:09.139
 that means

00:18:09.139 --> 00:18:09.659
 that we can

00:18:09.659 --> 00:18:10.559
 take risks

00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:13.519
 that we can

00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:14.139
 get married

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 we can have

00:18:14.779 --> 00:18:15.480
 those children

00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:16.220
 we can start

00:18:16.220 --> 00:18:16.919
 that business

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 we can write

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 that book

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 we can

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 we can write

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 that song

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 we can make

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 that statue

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 we can plant

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 that church

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 we can start

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 that young people's

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 ministry

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 we can do this

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 we can do that

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 why?

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 well because

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 global capitalism

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 all these types

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 of things

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 I know they're

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 going to make

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 a huge mess

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 of things

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 they're going

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 to kill people

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 and they're going

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 to do all sorts

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 of things

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 but at the end

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 of the day

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 none of those

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 things are in control

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 who's in control?

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 God's in control

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 well does God

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 just treat me

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 like I'm a cog

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 in a machine?

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 no

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 the one who's

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 in control

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 is the same one

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 who died on a cross

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 to save me

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 that's who's in control

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 that's who's in control

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 now the text

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 goes even deeper

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 and it goes deeper

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 and remember

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 earlier on

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 I said how

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 our cultural

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 blinders stop us

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 from hearing

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 the pointiness

00:19:07.959 --> 00:19:08.740
 of the text

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 who's worthy

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 to open the scroll

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 not Muhammad

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 not Buddha

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 I guess this is

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 going to be

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 put on Vimeo

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 I don't know

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 it'd be interesting

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 to see if people

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 find out that

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 it's such an

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 un-Canadian

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 un-North American

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 thing

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 but that's what

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 the text is saying

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 that's what the text

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 is inviting us

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 as Christians

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 to believe

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 to hope in

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 to trust in

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 it's a

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 leveling

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 humbling idea

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 but we also have

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 other cultural

00:19:34.600 --> 00:19:35.220
 blinders

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 that think

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 that means

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 that we can read

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 the text

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 without understanding

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 the text

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 or seeing

00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:39.839
 what it's saying

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 about 10 years ago

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 for the first time

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 I left North America

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 I was going to go

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 to Africa

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 and on the way

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 I spent some time

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 in Amsterdam

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 and I was a little bit

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 worried when I was

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 going to Amsterdam

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 you know

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 because I don't

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 travel much

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 I never travel

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 outside of North America

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 before

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 and I was worried

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 that when I got

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 to Amsterdam

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 that all the signs

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 would be in Dutch

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 and I was hoping

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 that I could figure out

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 where I had to go

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 I could eventually

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 figure out the Dutch words

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 and I got off the plane

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 I'm in the airport

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 in Amsterdam

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 I'm walking through it

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 and every sign

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 that's in Dutch

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 is also in English

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 and as I'm going around

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 and I start to go

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 to Amsterdam

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 everything is either

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 in Dutch

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 or in English

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 and I say to myself

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 I love this place

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 I can understand

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 the signs

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 I know

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 I can figure out

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 where to go

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 because it's in English

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 a few years after that

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 I went to England

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 for the first time

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 and I can't remember

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 who it is

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 it said that

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 North America

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 and England

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 are two countries

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 separated by the same language

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 and I discovered

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 that this was true

00:20:40.819 --> 00:20:41.539
 I had to go to

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 Nottingham

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 and I had a constant problem

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:46.279
 understanding

00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:47.259
 working class

00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:48.319
 Nottingham people

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 and some of you

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 have heard the story

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 the classic thing

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 is I went to order

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 a coffee

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 and I said

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 I'd like a coffee

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 and the woman

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 with a very nice smile

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 said something to me

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 and I know it was English

00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:58.299
 and I didn't understand

00:20:58.299 --> 00:20:59.620
 a single thing she said

00:20:59.620 --> 00:21:01.740
 so I said again

00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:02.860
 I'd like a coffee

00:21:02.860 --> 00:21:03.960
 you know

00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:04.620
 classic

00:21:04.619 --> 00:21:06.019
 dumb

00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:07.419
 North American view

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 I'll just say

00:21:08.459 --> 00:21:09.899
 the exact same thing again

00:21:09.899 --> 00:21:12.119
 and she once again

00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:13.000
 with a nice smile

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.619
 responded

00:21:13.619 --> 00:21:14.500
 in completely

00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:16.079
 incomprehensible words

00:21:16.079 --> 00:21:16.719
 that I knew

00:21:16.719 --> 00:21:18.079
 had to be English

00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:19.579
 because I'm in Nottingham

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 like if I had been

00:21:21.979 --> 00:21:22.919
 in Amsterdam

00:21:22.919 --> 00:21:23.879
 I might have thought

00:21:23.879 --> 00:21:25.079
 she was speaking Dutch

00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:26.619
 and gone for somebody

00:21:26.619 --> 00:21:27.819
 to help me speak Dutch

00:21:27.819 --> 00:21:29.079
 maybe when I was in Kenya

00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:30.039
 I thought they were speaking

00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:31.239
 a local language

00:21:31.239 --> 00:21:32.079
 I could find somebody

00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:32.419
 to help me

00:21:32.419 --> 00:21:32.899
 but I know

00:21:32.899 --> 00:21:33.819
 they're speaking English

00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:34.339
 to me

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 so

00:21:35.919 --> 00:21:37.059
 I

00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:37.839
 I

00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:39.679
 I ask again

00:21:39.679 --> 00:21:40.079
 in English

00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:41.200
 because I'm a slow learner

00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:42.599
 and she says

00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:44.240
 the same incomprehensible thing

00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:45.599
 so at this point in time

00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:46.519
 I say yes

00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:50.319
 and nod my head

00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:50.679
 yes

00:21:50.679 --> 00:21:52.019
 and then I turn

00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:52.819
 to the one other fellow

00:21:52.819 --> 00:21:53.359
 in the lineup

00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:54.539
 and say I feel so stupid

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:55.399
 I'm from Canada

00:21:55.399 --> 00:21:56.059
 you know

00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.859
 I can't understand

00:21:56.859 --> 00:21:57.720
 these English accents

00:21:57.720 --> 00:21:58.639
 and he said to me

00:21:58.639 --> 00:21:59.740
 well mate

00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:00.439
 I'm from London

00:22:00.439 --> 00:22:01.599
 and I didn't understand

00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:02.579
 a word she said either

00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:05.720
 so I said

00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:06.079
 you don't know

00:22:06.079 --> 00:22:06.859
 what she's bringing me

00:22:06.859 --> 00:22:07.379
 he said

00:22:07.379 --> 00:22:08.579
 I don't have the vaguest idea

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.599
 what she's bringing you

00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:12.599
 and eventually

00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:14.939
 it was an Americano

00:22:14.939 --> 00:22:16.000
 I think she was trying

00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:16.339
 to tell me

00:22:16.339 --> 00:22:17.159
 the coffee machine

00:22:17.159 --> 00:22:17.679
 was broken

00:22:17.679 --> 00:22:18.319
 and I needed to have

00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:19.240
 either an Americano

00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:19.639
 or a latte

00:22:19.639 --> 00:22:20.419
 or a cappuccino

00:22:20.419 --> 00:22:20.759
 I think

00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.579
 but with a heavy

00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:22.099
 nodding them

00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:23.439
 working class accent

00:22:23.439 --> 00:22:24.579
 so in the same way

00:22:24.579 --> 00:22:25.359
 sometimes we can read

00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:25.839
 the Bible

00:22:25.839 --> 00:22:27.199
 and we don't actually see

00:22:27.199 --> 00:22:27.859
 we think

00:22:27.859 --> 00:22:29.339
 it's like we're nodding them

00:22:29.339 --> 00:22:31.019
 but we don't realize it

00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:32.139
 that we're not really

00:22:32.139 --> 00:22:33.220
 understanding what's being said

00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:33.939
 even though it's a language

00:22:33.939 --> 00:22:35.419
 and here

00:22:35.419 --> 00:22:37.019
 I'm going to tell you the point

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:38.199
 Andrew if you could put this up

00:22:38.199 --> 00:22:39.639
 and then we'll read through it

00:22:39.639 --> 00:22:40.439
 and I'll just sort of

00:22:40.439 --> 00:22:41.279
 gently point out

00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:41.980
 a couple of things

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:44.379
 but here's the big thing

00:22:44.379 --> 00:22:46.159
 about this text

00:22:46.159 --> 00:22:46.939
 and those of you

00:22:46.939 --> 00:22:48.179
 who know the Athanasian Creed

00:22:48.179 --> 00:22:49.319
 can see how I've

00:22:49.319 --> 00:22:51.079
 been influenced by it

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:53.099
 there is one lamb

00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:54.399
 not two lambs

00:22:54.399 --> 00:22:55.399
 one father

00:22:55.399 --> 00:22:56.399
 not two fathers

00:22:56.399 --> 00:22:57.339
 one god

00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:58.319
 not two gods

00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:59.259
 and the lamb

00:22:59.259 --> 00:23:00.119
 is not the father

00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:02.539
 this text is teaching us

00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:03.619
 that Jesus is God

00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:06.319
 this text in fact

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:06.959
 gives us

00:23:06.959 --> 00:23:08.259
 pictures

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:10.019
 to help to understand

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:10.659
 a little bit

00:23:10.659 --> 00:23:12.039
 the fact that there is

00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:12.679
 one

00:23:12.679 --> 00:23:15.220
 three persons

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:16.079
 but one God

00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:19.980
 and it does it

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:21.500
 in a type of picture language

00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:22.619
 which is hard for us

00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:23.339
 to understand

00:23:23.339 --> 00:23:24.879
 but for pagans

00:23:24.879 --> 00:23:26.240
 who are used to mythology

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:27.299
 and used to having

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:28.660
 language and stories

00:23:28.660 --> 00:23:29.500
 about the gods

00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:31.099
 they would have read

00:23:31.099 --> 00:23:31.759
 this text

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:32.960
 and been blown away

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:34.720
 on one level

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:36.440
 it's talking about

00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:37.420
 something completely

00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:38.220
 outside of their

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:39.620
 categories of thought

00:23:39.620 --> 00:23:41.319
 yet on the other hand

00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:42.359
 they know

00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:43.440
 that this isn't talking

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:43.779
 like

00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.700
 this isn't talking

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.620
 like Athena

00:23:45.620 --> 00:23:47.259
 and Apollo

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:48.120
 and

00:23:48.120 --> 00:23:48.660
 and

00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:49.019
 and

00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:50.180
 and Hercules

00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:50.960
 and it's not

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.900
 it's not

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.920
 it's not talking

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:53.500
 as if there's

00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:54.240
 three gods

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:54.940
 and it's

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.640
 it's not talking

00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:56.099
 as if there's

00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:57.019
 just this one God

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.900
 it's very clear

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.940
 that somehow

00:23:58.940 --> 00:24:00.019
 the lamb is God

00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:01.039
 and the one on the throne

00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:01.799
 who is the father

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.319
 is God

00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:02.880
 and it's somehow

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:03.440
 clear that

00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:04.500
 that they're not

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:05.660
 the same person

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.660
 but they're different

00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:08.680
 but at the same time

00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:09.500
 it's

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:09.700
 and

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:12.120
 this

00:24:12.120 --> 00:24:12.460
 this

00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:13.319
 this is the

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:14.240
 Athanasian creed

00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:15.319
 if you've never read it

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:16.059
 it's a very very

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.299
 helpful

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:16.859
 I call it the

00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:17.620
 creed for dummies

00:24:17.620 --> 00:24:18.880
 and it's a

00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:19.819
 very very helpful

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:20.339
 creed

00:24:20.339 --> 00:24:21.319
 but you see

00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:22.140
 in this language

00:24:22.140 --> 00:24:22.900
 of the text

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:23.220
 which

00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:24.220
 to the original

00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:24.800
 people

00:24:24.800 --> 00:24:25.540
 the first several

00:24:25.540 --> 00:24:26.000
 centuries

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.380
 of those

00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:27.000
 reading the text

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.460
 used to the

00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:28.440
 writings of paganism

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:29.240
 it would have been

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:30.500
 very constantly

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:31.120
 striking

00:24:31.120 --> 00:24:31.320
 it

00:24:31.320 --> 00:24:32.740
 very very clearly

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.520
 teaching that

00:24:33.520 --> 00:24:34.400
 Jesus is God

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:35.000
 yet it teaches

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.680
 that there's not

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.660
 two gods

00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:38.340
 but one God

00:24:38.340 --> 00:24:39.980
 like

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.780
 look at

00:24:40.780 --> 00:24:41.640
 look at verse 6

00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:41.980
 even

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:44.000
 and between the throne

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:45.020
 and the four living creatures

00:24:45.020 --> 00:24:45.820
 and among the elders

00:24:45.820 --> 00:24:46.660
 I saw a lamb

00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:47.300
 standing as though

00:24:47.300 --> 00:24:48.160
 it had been slain

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:48.800
 slaughtered

00:24:48.800 --> 00:24:49.540
 with seven horns

00:24:49.540 --> 00:24:50.300
 and seven eyes

00:24:50.300 --> 00:24:51.500
 which are the seven

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.319
 spirits of God

00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:53.000
 the seven spirits

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.380
 of God

00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:55.220
 is the perfect spirit

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:56.579
 is the Holy Spirit

00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:58.640
 sent out into all the earth

00:24:58.640 --> 00:24:59.839
 so somehow the lamb

00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:01.380
 sends out the Holy Spirit

00:25:01.380 --> 00:25:02.059
 and he went

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:02.720
 in verse 7

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.559
 and took the scroll

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:04.500
 from the right hand of him

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.359
 who was seated on the throne

00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:06.480
 who is also God

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:10.220
 and yet it doesn't talk

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:11.099
 like paganism

00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:12.079
 in multiple gods

00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:12.940
 it's very clear

00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:13.559
 as you read

00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:14.180
 all the way through

00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:14.960
 the book of Revelation

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:16.180
 that there's one God

00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:17.960
 and even if you just

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:18.880
 sort of jump down

00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:19.420
 a little bit

00:25:19.420 --> 00:25:21.580
 in verse 13

00:25:21.580 --> 00:25:22.600
 and I heard

00:25:22.600 --> 00:25:23.460
 every creature

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:24.039
 in heaven

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.720
 and on earth

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.500
 and under the earth

00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:26.120
 and in the sea

00:25:26.120 --> 00:25:27.300
 and all that is in them

00:25:27.300 --> 00:25:27.680
 saying

00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:29.100
 to him who sits

00:25:29.100 --> 00:25:29.740
 on the throne

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:31.300
 and to the lamb

00:25:31.300 --> 00:25:32.500
 be blessing

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.600
 and honor

00:25:33.600 --> 00:25:34.279
 and glory

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:34.720
 and might

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.560
 forever and ever

00:25:35.560 --> 00:25:37.160
 and the four living creatures

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 said amen

00:25:37.800 --> 00:25:38.580
 and the elders

00:25:38.580 --> 00:25:39.720
 fell down and worshipped

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.920
 I mean even in the same

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:41.960
 song of praise

00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:43.259
 it puts the one

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.900
 on the throne

00:25:43.900 --> 00:25:44.519
 the father

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:45.220
 and the lamb

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:46.539
 and it makes a distinction

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.100
 between them

00:25:47.100 --> 00:25:47.700
 and treats them

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:48.740
 as if they're both God

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.420
 yet nothing

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:50.140
 in the language

00:25:50.140 --> 00:25:51.380
 of the entire book

00:25:51.380 --> 00:25:52.960
 sounds like paganism

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.559
 and discussion

00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:54.519
 of multiple gods

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:55.839
 but always of one God

00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:59.680
 the highest possible claims

00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:00.500
 are being made

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:01.740
 about the one

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:04.220
 who is the lamb of God

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:04.980
 who takes away

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.859
 the sin of the world

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:08.480
 the one who is slaughtered

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.799
 to ransom us for God

00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:11.660
 there is one lamb

00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:12.620
 not two lambs

00:26:12.620 --> 00:26:13.400
 one father

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:14.380
 not two fathers

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:15.079
 one God

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:15.940
 not two God

00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:16.920
 and the lamb

00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:17.839
 is not the father

00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:20.599
 Jesus is God

00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:22.240
 the father is God

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:22.839
 but there are not

00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:23.500
 two gods

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:24.679
 there is but one God

00:26:24.679 --> 00:26:29.879
 I think it's C.S. Lewis

00:26:29.879 --> 00:26:31.079
 which uses an analogy

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:32.179
 imagine for a second

00:26:32.179 --> 00:26:32.559
 that

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:33.959
 he doesn't talk about

00:26:33.959 --> 00:26:34.959
 Star Trek and Q

00:26:34.959 --> 00:26:36.119
 but imagine that

00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:36.639
 all of a sudden

00:26:36.639 --> 00:26:37.419
 those of you who've watched

00:26:37.419 --> 00:26:38.359
 the Star Trek things

00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:39.419
 that we're Q

00:26:39.419 --> 00:26:41.299
 and so one of us

00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:41.879
 as Q

00:26:41.879 --> 00:26:42.659
 is able to take

00:26:42.659 --> 00:26:43.679
 a very very very very

00:26:43.679 --> 00:26:44.759
 large piece of paper

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.599
 and we're able to draw

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:50.119
 a figure on a piece of paper

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:50.619
 and then we're able

00:26:50.619 --> 00:26:51.480
 to make it alive

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:53.400
 and so now

00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:54.819
 this stick figure

00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:55.599
 this drawing

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:56.119
 is going to live

00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:57.240
 its entire life

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:58.960
 on this sheet of paper

00:26:58.960 --> 00:27:00.039
 in two dimensions

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:02.339
 and then you as Q

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:03.160
 decide that you want

00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:03.980
 to try to communicate

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:05.960
 to this stick figure

00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:07.700
 the fact that you exist

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:08.799
 and that you've created him

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:10.319
 but the problem

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:10.879
 is going to be

00:27:10.879 --> 00:27:11.879
 for the stick figure

00:27:11.879 --> 00:27:12.619
 the drawing

00:27:12.619 --> 00:27:13.819
 in this two dimensional world

00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:15.339
 is how will he or she

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:16.259
 ever possibly

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:17.039
 get their mind

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:17.599
 around the fact

00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:18.239
 that you exist

00:27:18.239 --> 00:27:19.459
 in more than two dimensions

00:27:19.459 --> 00:27:24.879
 you see in fact

00:27:24.879 --> 00:27:26.919
 if we think about it

00:27:26.919 --> 00:27:29.000
 that the stick figure

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:29.679
 in the drawing

00:27:29.679 --> 00:27:30.839
 will find it

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.739
 very very hard

00:27:31.739 --> 00:27:32.619
 to think of anything

00:27:32.619 --> 00:27:34.059
 other than two dimensions

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:36.659
 and it will get

00:27:36.659 --> 00:27:38.179
 all sorts of things wrong

00:27:38.179 --> 00:27:39.379
 at some point in time

00:27:39.379 --> 00:27:40.479
 it has to just trust

00:27:40.479 --> 00:27:41.779
 that if this creature

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.379
 you or me

00:27:42.379 --> 00:27:43.079
 are great enough

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.940
 to create this

00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:45.299
 two dimensional creature

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:46.420
 that it's very possible

00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:47.339
 in fact very likely

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:48.920
 that two dimensions

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:50.059
 won't describe

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:51.819
 or capture who you are

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:54.240
 and in a sense

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:55.000
 you can understand

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:56.559
 that like in other religions

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.399
 in Hinduism

00:27:57.399 --> 00:27:57.920
 and Buddhism

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:59.240
 and Islam

00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:00.220
 and Judaism

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:01.619
 that in fact

00:28:01.619 --> 00:28:02.200
 they're caught

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:03.200
 in a three dimensional

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:04.200
 type of model

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:05.960
 but that really

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:07.039
 if there is a creator

00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:07.819
 sustainer

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:08.720
 end of all things

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.720
 who really does exist

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.440
 who is in fact

00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:11.240
 the living God

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:13.420
 doesn't it make sense

00:28:13.420 --> 00:28:14.620
 that if there is in fact

00:28:14.620 --> 00:28:15.299
 such a God

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:16.779
 that he can't be characterized

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:18.100
 by our three dimensions

00:28:18.100 --> 00:28:18.620
 and that

00:28:18.620 --> 00:28:21.539
 the Bible has to use language

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:22.340
 picture language

00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:22.740
 like this

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.420
 to try to get us

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:24.200
 to understand

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:25.460
 that God is greater

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:26.660
 than the limits

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:27.460
 of our dimension

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:33.240
 speaking of C.S. Lewis

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:34.779
 it's a great irony

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:36.600
 that Aslan

00:28:36.600 --> 00:28:38.200
 disagrees with everything

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.860
 that I've said

00:28:38.860 --> 00:28:42.019
 and by that

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.580
 I don't mean

00:28:42.580 --> 00:28:43.240
 Aslan

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:44.340
 in the Narnia Conocles

00:28:44.340 --> 00:28:44.779
 I mean

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.720
 Riza Aslan

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:48.160
 who's written

00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:49.100
 within the last

00:28:49.100 --> 00:28:49.740
 couple of years

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:51.000
 a very very powerful

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:52.960
 very popular book

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:54.740
 on who Jesus is

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:56.480
 and basically

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:57.259
 describing him

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:58.059
 as a type

00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:59.059
 of political zealot

00:28:59.059 --> 00:29:02.000
 and just

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:02.779
 you know

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:04.000
 basically all about politics

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.860
 and he's one of

00:29:04.860 --> 00:29:05.860
 a long line

00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:07.219
 of very popular writers

00:29:07.219 --> 00:29:08.619
 who are always trying

00:29:08.619 --> 00:29:09.619
 to cast Jesus

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:10.500
 in some other type

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:10.899
 of role

00:29:10.899 --> 00:29:12.179
 as a great mystic

00:29:12.179 --> 00:29:12.699
 as a great

00:29:12.699 --> 00:29:14.259
 political agitator

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:15.159
 as a great prophet

00:29:15.159 --> 00:29:16.339
 as a great moral teacher

00:29:16.339 --> 00:29:17.719
 and he is just yet

00:29:17.719 --> 00:29:18.659
 one more

00:29:18.659 --> 00:29:19.859
 in the long list

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:20.559
 of all of these

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:21.099
 who want to try

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:22.000
 to recast

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:23.740
 what the Christian faith is

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.759
 and try to make it look

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.119
 as if

00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:26.299
 somehow or another

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:27.000
 Christians have

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.699
 misunderstood

00:29:27.699 --> 00:29:29.799
 the records of Jesus

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:31.619
 but here we see

00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:32.219
 John

00:29:32.219 --> 00:29:33.259
 who has this vision

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:34.279
 of Jesus in heaven

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:35.379
 how is it

00:29:35.379 --> 00:29:35.899
 first of all

00:29:35.899 --> 00:29:36.599
 he describes

00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:37.440
 Jesus as

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:38.440
 God

00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:40.000
 but he sees

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:41.220
 the central aspect

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:42.039
 of what Jesus

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.660
 has done

00:29:42.660 --> 00:29:43.759
 as not as being

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.940
 a political agitator

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:46.000
 not as being

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.740
 a moral teacher

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.519
 not as being

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:48.059
 a mystic

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:48.700
 not as being

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.220
 a prophet

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:50.680
 not in any sense

00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:51.019
 like that

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.700
 but how is he

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.160
 described

00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:53.279
 his primary work

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:53.940
 is described

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:55.720
 in verses 9 and 10

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:57.599
 look at it with me

00:29:57.599 --> 00:29:58.160
 and he's saying

00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:58.899
 a new song

00:29:58.899 --> 00:29:59.240
 saying

00:29:59.240 --> 00:29:59.940
 worthy are you

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:00.879
 to take the scroll

00:30:00.879 --> 00:30:02.039
 and to open its seals

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:03.440
 for you were slain

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:04.500
 you were slaughtered

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.640
 and by your blood

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:06.900
 you ransomed

00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:08.039
 people for God

00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:09.240
 from every tribe

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:09.799
 and language

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.340
 and people

00:30:10.340 --> 00:30:10.840
 and nation

00:30:10.840 --> 00:30:12.240
 and you have made them

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:12.820
 a kingdom

00:30:12.820 --> 00:30:13.640
 and priest

00:30:13.640 --> 00:30:14.420
 to our God

00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:15.759
 and they shall reign

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.720
 on earth

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:18.440
 here's what the Bible

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:18.960
 teaches

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:20.360
 the lamb

00:30:20.360 --> 00:30:21.299
 who was slain

00:30:21.299 --> 00:30:22.600
 ransoms me

00:30:22.600 --> 00:30:23.080
 for God

00:30:23.080 --> 00:30:24.740
 the lamb

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:26.000
 who was slain

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:27.180
 ransoms

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:28.120
 me for God

00:30:28.120 --> 00:30:31.059
 it describes

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:31.660
 the fundamental

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.539
 work of Jesus

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.519
 not as a political

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:34.000
 zealot

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:34.799
 not as a moral

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:35.379
 teacher

00:30:35.379 --> 00:30:36.579
 not as a great

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:37.500
 religious teacher

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:38.279
 or prophet

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:39.159
 or mystic

00:30:39.159 --> 00:30:40.420
 but that the

00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:41.700
 fundamental aspect

00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:42.639
 of who he is

00:30:42.639 --> 00:30:43.680
 comes down to his

00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:44.240
 being willing

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:45.500
 to be slaughtered

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:46.659
 on my behalf

00:30:46.659 --> 00:30:47.680
 to ransom me

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.119
 for God

00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:48.960
 to ransom you

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.460
 for God

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:50.779
 and when the text

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:52.259
 says every tribe

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.759
 and people

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.159
 and nation

00:30:53.159 --> 00:30:53.559
 it means

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:54.960
 to ransom

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:58.119
 everybody

00:30:58.119 --> 00:30:59.019
 every color

00:30:59.019 --> 00:30:59.359
 every

00:30:59.359 --> 00:30:59.680
 every

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:03.599
 it's a

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:03.980
 it's a

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.019
 it's a

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:05.259
 it's a worldwide

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:06.839
 world

00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:08.039
 changing

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:09.359
 sacrifice

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:11.960
 which is to fuel

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.660
 our desire

00:31:12.660 --> 00:31:13.900
 to share the gospel

00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:14.839
 with unreached

00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:16.059
 corners of the earth

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:18.259
 and to pray for it

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:19.079
 to pray for our

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.819
 missionaries

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:21.779
 and to pray for the

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.819
 unreached corners

00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:24.180
 in our community

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:25.099
 the arts community

00:31:25.099 --> 00:31:26.160
 the gay community

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:28.060
 the goth community

00:31:28.060 --> 00:31:30.180
 whatever communities

00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:30.820
 that seem to be

00:31:30.820 --> 00:31:32.120
 unreached by the gospel

00:31:32.120 --> 00:31:32.840
 to pray

00:31:32.840 --> 00:31:33.900
 to pray

00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:35.279
 that they can be told

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.940
 that the lamb

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:37.140
 who was slain

00:31:37.140 --> 00:31:38.700
 who ransoms me

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:39.220
 for God

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:40.519
 and the purpose

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:41.040
 of the image

00:31:41.040 --> 00:31:41.880
 isn't to raise

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:42.400
 the question

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:43.160
 of who does

00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:44.259
 Jesus pay the ransom

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:44.500
 to

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:45.080
 that's not the

00:31:45.080 --> 00:31:45.900
 purpose of the image

00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:47.500
 the purpose of the image

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:48.080
 is

00:31:48.080 --> 00:31:48.800
 it's a

00:31:48.800 --> 00:31:49.460
 it's a

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:50.960
 a technical word

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:52.200
 in the original language

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:54.000
 which refers to a person

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.600
 who's

00:31:54.600 --> 00:31:55.880
 hopelessly

00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:56.480
 captured

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:57.500
 by

00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:59.080
 a foreign power

00:31:59.080 --> 00:31:59.740
 in war

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.880
 and now

00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:01.880
 is a slave

00:32:01.880 --> 00:32:03.120
 of war

00:32:03.120 --> 00:32:04.460
 and has no chance

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:05.040
 of rescue

00:32:05.040 --> 00:32:05.800
 no chance

00:32:05.800 --> 00:32:06.440
 of escape

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:07.900
 and a ransom

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:08.500
 is

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:09.800
 someone pays

00:32:09.800 --> 00:32:11.000
 to free them

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:12.260
 and so

00:32:12.260 --> 00:32:12.520
 it's

00:32:12.520 --> 00:32:13.700
 it's said in the text

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.720
 that the lamb

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.420
 who was slain

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:16.640
 ransoms me

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:17.720
 that I

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.720
 that the purpose

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:19.340
 of the image

00:32:19.340 --> 00:32:20.220
 of the ransomeness

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:21.080
 is to once again

00:32:21.080 --> 00:32:21.520
 it's a

00:32:21.520 --> 00:32:22.960
 it's a humbling image

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:24.480
 it is to humble me

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:25.420
 to understand

00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:26.740
 that it doesn't matter

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:27.800
 how much money

00:32:27.800 --> 00:32:28.259
 I make

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.880
 it doesn't matter

00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:29.820
 how artistic

00:32:29.820 --> 00:32:30.320
 I am

00:32:30.320 --> 00:32:30.900
 it doesn't matter

00:32:30.900 --> 00:32:31.920
 how high I reach

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:32.519
 in the bureaucracy

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:33.700
 it doesn't matter

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:34.539
 how much money

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:35.060
 I make

00:32:35.060 --> 00:32:35.860
 it doesn't matter

00:32:35.860 --> 00:32:36.560
 if I have

00:32:36.560 --> 00:32:37.940
 the perfect wife

00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:38.779
 or a succession

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:39.380
 of perfect

00:32:39.380 --> 00:32:40.420
 trophy wives

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:41.519
 it doesn't matter

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:42.380
 what any of my

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:43.320
 human accomplishments

00:32:43.320 --> 00:32:43.820
 are

00:32:43.820 --> 00:32:44.920
 that fundamentally

00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:45.779
 in terms of my

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:47.039
 relationship with God

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:48.279
 that I am

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:49.080
 helpless

00:32:49.080 --> 00:32:51.320
 that I am

00:32:51.320 --> 00:32:52.160
 helpless

00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:53.860
 and unless

00:32:53.860 --> 00:32:54.940
 God does

00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:55.900
 something to help

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.420
 me in my

00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:57.240
 helplessness

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:58.560
 then I am

00:32:58.560 --> 00:32:59.860
 eternally separated

00:32:59.860 --> 00:33:00.540
 from him

00:33:00.540 --> 00:33:02.759
 and only God

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.519
 can provide

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:04.680
 and only God

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.640
 does provide

00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:06.840
 and he provides

00:33:06.840 --> 00:33:08.380
 his own son

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:09.540
 who is slain

00:33:09.540 --> 00:33:11.480
 and his death

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:13.140
 comes to me

00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:13.500
 in my

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:14.420
 powerlessness

00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:16.620
 and its effect

00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:17.820
 when I put my

00:33:17.820 --> 00:33:18.600
 faith and trust

00:33:18.600 --> 00:33:19.120
 in him

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:21.899
 is that I am

00:33:21.899 --> 00:33:22.299
 now

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:23.599
 poor God

00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:25.099
 I belong

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:25.639
 to God

00:33:25.639 --> 00:33:30.839
 this is a very

00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:31.579
 very humbling

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:32.139
 thing if you're

00:33:32.139 --> 00:33:32.639
 a billionaire

00:33:32.639 --> 00:33:35.719
 but ultimately

00:33:35.719 --> 00:33:36.699
 it's a humility

00:33:36.699 --> 00:33:37.299
 that brings

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:38.019
 true hope

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:39.679
 because riches

00:33:39.679 --> 00:33:40.399
 are fleeting

00:33:40.399 --> 00:33:42.159
 and when the

00:33:42.159 --> 00:33:42.859
 richest man

00:33:42.859 --> 00:33:43.239
 or woman

00:33:43.239 --> 00:33:43.839
 on the planet

00:33:43.839 --> 00:33:44.519
 dies

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:46.159
 they are as

00:33:46.159 --> 00:33:46.979
 rich and as

00:33:46.979 --> 00:33:47.919
 poor as the

00:33:47.919 --> 00:33:48.759
 poorest beggar

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:50.099
 because you

00:33:50.099 --> 00:33:50.839
 cannot be any

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:51.480
 poorer than

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:51.779
 dead

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:54.539
 and it is a

00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:55.379
 profound word

00:33:55.379 --> 00:33:55.920
 of hope

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:56.539
 to the

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:57.339
 untouchable

00:33:57.339 --> 00:33:58.180
 to the

00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:58.799
 slave

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.980
 to the

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:00.680
 abused

00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:01.700
 to the

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.259
 oppressed

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:03.599
 to the

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:04.480
 handicapped

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:05.240
 to the

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:05.779
 forgotten

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:07.240
 that these

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:07.940
 words of the

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:08.440
 powerful

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:09.260
 to describe

00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:09.800
 them when

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.139
 they put

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:10.619
 their faith

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:11.059
 and trust

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.519
 in Jesus

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:12.260
 is not

00:34:12.260 --> 00:34:12.940
 the final

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.380
 and true

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:13.880
 word about

00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:14.280
 who they

00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:14.639
 are

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:15.840
 but when

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:16.239
 they put

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:16.820
 their faith

00:34:16.820 --> 00:34:17.380
 and trust

00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:18.139
 in the

00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:18.779
 one who

00:34:18.779 --> 00:34:19.299
 was slain

00:34:19.299 --> 00:34:19.920
 for them

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:20.940
 they now

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:21.819
 belong

00:34:21.819 --> 00:34:22.699
 to God

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:24.339
 I now

00:34:24.339 --> 00:34:25.500
 belong to

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:25.779
 God

00:34:25.779 --> 00:34:26.679
 unworthy

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:27.759
 as I

00:34:27.759 --> 00:34:28.179
 am

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:29.599
 not weighing

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.539
 my merits

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:31.440
 but pardoning

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:32.219
 my offenses

00:34:32.219 --> 00:34:32.879
 when I put

00:34:32.879 --> 00:34:33.379
 my faith

00:34:33.379 --> 00:34:33.819
 and trust

00:34:33.819 --> 00:34:34.259
 in Jesus

00:34:34.259 --> 00:34:36.319
 I belong

00:34:36.319 --> 00:34:37.359
 to God

00:34:37.359 --> 00:34:39.759
 he loves

00:34:39.759 --> 00:34:40.699
 me so much

00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:41.400
 that he sent

00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:41.960
 his son

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:42.559
 to die

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:43.619
 that I

00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:45.219
 might belong

00:34:45.219 --> 00:34:46.000
 to him

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:48.000
 the death

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:48.399
 knell

00:34:48.399 --> 00:34:49.500
 of pride

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:51.659
 humility

00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:52.959
 that gives

00:34:52.959 --> 00:34:53.399
 life

00:34:53.399 --> 00:34:54.539
 and confidence

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:55.219
 and strength

00:34:55.219 --> 00:34:58.439
 I don't

00:34:58.439 --> 00:34:58.779
 mean to

00:34:58.779 --> 00:34:59.480
 offend you

00:34:59.480 --> 00:35:01.399
 but the

00:35:01.399 --> 00:35:01.739
 fact of

00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:02.179
 matter is

00:35:02.179 --> 00:35:02.599
 is that

00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:03.099
 just as I

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:03.459
 said that

00:35:03.459 --> 00:35:04.099
 first point

00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:04.619
 the idea

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:05.480
 that the

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:05.899
 only one

00:35:05.899 --> 00:35:06.439
 who saves

00:35:06.439 --> 00:35:06.699
 is the

00:35:06.699 --> 00:35:07.159
 only one

00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:07.439
 who is

00:35:07.439 --> 00:35:07.939
 in control

00:35:07.939 --> 00:35:08.500
 of God's

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:08.919
 unfolding

00:35:08.919 --> 00:35:09.279
 planet

00:35:09.279 --> 00:35:09.639
 for the

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:09.939
 future

00:35:09.939 --> 00:35:10.439
 that that's

00:35:10.439 --> 00:35:11.039
 a truth

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:11.439
 that needs

00:35:11.439 --> 00:35:12.059
 to grip

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.440
 us

00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:14.119
 but this

00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:14.860
 is a

00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:15.460
 humbling

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:15.900
 thing

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:17.159
 if we're

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:17.519
 honest

00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:18.159
 with ourselves

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:18.719
 Andrew if you

00:35:18.719 --> 00:35:19.000
 could put

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:19.340
 the next

00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:19.920
 point up

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.960
 this is what

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.440
 many of us

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:22.059
 have to pray

00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:22.380
 into

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:22.840
 because we

00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:23.159
 have to

00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:23.619
 realize

00:35:23.619 --> 00:35:23.880
 that we

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:24.219
 struggle

00:35:24.219 --> 00:35:24.639
 with it

00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:25.579
 in a

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:25.840
 world

00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:26.119
 without

00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:26.539
 hope

00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:26.980
 for real

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:27.460
 redemption

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:28.119
 we

00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:28.619
 that means

00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:29.099
 Christians

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:29.559
 worry

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:30.599
 that God

00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:31.259
 has provided

00:35:31.259 --> 00:35:32.099
 only one

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:32.719
 means for

00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:33.239
 redemption

00:35:33.239 --> 00:35:34.460
 the lamb

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:34.799
 who was

00:35:34.799 --> 00:35:35.199
 slain

00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:37.880
 we feel

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:38.639
 tongue-tied

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:40.039
 and we

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:40.880
 feel embarrassed

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:46.740
 embarrassed

00:35:46.740 --> 00:35:48.400
 but we

00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:49.160
 don't

00:35:49.160 --> 00:35:52.280
 but he

00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:52.579
 has

00:35:52.579 --> 00:35:53.099
 provided

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:55.559
 he's

00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:55.920
 provided

00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.519
 a means

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:57.559
 and we're

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:58.260
 caught up

00:35:58.260 --> 00:35:58.480
 in the

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:58.840
 fact that

00:35:58.840 --> 00:35:59.000
 it's

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.300
 won

00:35:59.300 --> 00:36:00.360
 because

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:00.660
 it's

00:36:00.660 --> 00:36:01.500
 an unpopular

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:02.039
 idea

00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:02.480
 and an

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:03.240
 un-Canadian

00:36:03.240 --> 00:36:03.900
 idea

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:05.180
 and it

00:36:05.180 --> 00:36:05.619
 doesn't

00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:06.200
 appeal

00:36:06.200 --> 00:36:07.079
 to the

00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:07.380
 innate

00:36:07.380 --> 00:36:07.920
 pride

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.619
 in every

00:36:08.619 --> 00:36:08.980
 human

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:09.420
 being

00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:10.500
 that

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:10.679
 there

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:10.880
 can

00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:11.039
 be

00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:11.239
 their

00:36:11.239 --> 00:36:11.480
 own

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:11.800
 way

00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:15.840
 the

00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:16.219
 question

00:36:16.219 --> 00:36:16.659
 isn't

00:36:16.659 --> 00:36:17.039
 do all

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.460
 religions

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:17.940
 lead to

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.219
 God

00:36:18.219 --> 00:36:18.420
 the

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:18.719
 question

00:36:18.719 --> 00:36:18.940
 is

00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:19.400
 do all

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:19.900
 religions

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:20.380
 lead to

00:36:20.380 --> 00:36:20.519
 the

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:20.780
 lamb

00:36:20.780 --> 00:36:20.980
 who

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.139
 was

00:36:21.139 --> 00:36:21.599
 slain

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:24.360
 the

00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:24.659
 answer

00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:24.880
 is

00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:25.139
 no

00:36:25.139 --> 00:36:27.559
 but that

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:27.900
 is not

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.300
 something

00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:28.620
 that we

00:36:28.620 --> 00:36:28.980
 should be

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:29.500
 embarrassed

00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:29.860
 about

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:32.360
 it's

00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:35.160
 something

00:36:35.160 --> 00:36:36.560
 for those

00:36:36.560 --> 00:36:36.800
 who

00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:37.260
 wrestle

00:36:37.260 --> 00:36:37.560
 with

00:36:37.560 --> 00:36:38.160
 despair

00:36:38.160 --> 00:36:38.500
 and

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:39.580
 understand

00:36:39.580 --> 00:36:40.019
 the

00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:40.320
 limits

00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:40.539
 of

00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:40.680
 their

00:36:40.680 --> 00:36:41.200
 religion

00:36:41.200 --> 00:36:43.120
 and are

00:36:43.120 --> 00:36:43.320
 weighed

00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:43.880
 down by

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:44.420
 religion

00:36:44.420 --> 00:36:44.900
 and weighed

00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:45.500
 down by

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:46.120
 spirituality

00:36:46.120 --> 00:36:46.960
 and weighed

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:47.539
 down by

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:48.080
 advice

00:36:48.080 --> 00:36:48.560
 and weighed

00:36:48.560 --> 00:36:49.140
 down by

00:36:49.140 --> 00:36:49.740
 failure

00:36:49.740 --> 00:36:51.460
 who understand

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:51.840
 at the

00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:52.180
 heart

00:36:52.180 --> 00:36:53.180
 the type

00:36:53.180 --> 00:36:54.100
 of despair

00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:54.519
 at the

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:54.719
 heart

00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:55.219
 of all

00:36:55.219 --> 00:36:55.900
 man-made

00:36:55.900 --> 00:36:56.380
 religion

00:36:56.380 --> 00:36:57.119
 and spirituality

00:36:57.119 --> 00:36:57.679
 no matter

00:36:57.679 --> 00:36:58.400
 how wise

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:58.779
 or dressed

00:36:58.779 --> 00:36:59.400
 up it is

00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:00.679
 it is a

00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:01.199
 powerful

00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:01.799
 news of

00:37:01.799 --> 00:37:02.059
 hope

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:02.739
 that God

00:37:02.739 --> 00:37:03.659
 only God

00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:04.259
 can provide

00:37:04.259 --> 00:37:04.639
 a means

00:37:04.639 --> 00:37:04.940
 and he

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:05.420
 has

00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:07.000
 and he

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:07.559
 has

00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:08.819
 and he

00:37:08.819 --> 00:37:09.099
 doesn't

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:09.440
 say

00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:10.039
 I won't

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:10.819
 make my

00:37:10.819 --> 00:37:11.139
 means

00:37:11.139 --> 00:37:11.539
 available

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:11.960
 to you

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.259
 because

00:37:12.259 --> 00:37:12.519
 you're

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:12.839
 gay

00:37:12.839 --> 00:37:13.319
 I won't

00:37:13.319 --> 00:37:13.739
 make my

00:37:13.739 --> 00:37:14.000
 means

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:14.360
 available

00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:14.759
 to you

00:37:14.759 --> 00:37:15.039
 because

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:15.319
 you're

00:37:15.319 --> 00:37:15.440
 an

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:16.019
 untouchable

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:16.420
 I won't

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:16.839
 make my

00:37:16.839 --> 00:37:17.119
 means

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:17.460
 available

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:17.880
 to you

00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:18.159
 because

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:18.400
 you're

00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:18.599
 too

00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:18.960
 rich

00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:19.539
 too

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:19.819
 good

00:37:19.819 --> 00:37:20.119
 looking

00:37:20.119 --> 00:37:20.380
 not

00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:20.639
 good

00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:20.940
 looking

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:21.239
 enough

00:37:21.239 --> 00:37:21.500
 too

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:21.819
 old

00:37:21.819 --> 00:37:22.259
 too

00:37:22.260 --> 00:37:22.580
 young

00:37:22.580 --> 00:37:22.820
 too

00:37:22.820 --> 00:37:23.180
 fat

00:37:23.180 --> 00:37:23.420
 too

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:23.780
 slim

00:37:23.780 --> 00:37:24.040
 too

00:37:24.040 --> 00:37:24.520
 muscular

00:37:24.520 --> 00:37:24.800
 too

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:25.180
 black

00:37:25.180 --> 00:37:25.420
 too

00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:25.720
 white

00:37:25.720 --> 00:37:26.140
 too

00:37:26.140 --> 00:37:26.480
 red

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:26.720
 too

00:37:26.720 --> 00:37:27.120
 yellow

00:37:27.120 --> 00:37:27.600
 too

00:37:27.600 --> 00:37:27.960
 polka

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:28.200
 dot

00:37:28.200 --> 00:37:28.800
 whatever

00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:31.580
 he

00:37:31.580 --> 00:37:31.940
 turns

00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:32.420
 no one

00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:32.720
 way

00:37:32.720 --> 00:37:35.800
 just

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:36.040
 very

00:37:36.040 --> 00:37:36.280
 very

00:37:36.280 --> 00:37:36.700
 briefly

00:37:36.700 --> 00:37:36.940
 in

00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:37.680
 closing

00:37:37.680 --> 00:37:39.900
 I

00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:40.080
 want

00:37:40.080 --> 00:37:40.280
 to

00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:41.160
 one

00:37:41.160 --> 00:37:41.360
 of the

00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:41.540
 big

00:37:41.540 --> 00:37:42.020
 mistakes

00:37:42.020 --> 00:37:42.480
 made

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:42.720
 in the

00:37:42.720 --> 00:37:43.200
 Anglican

00:37:43.200 --> 00:37:43.640
 tradition

00:37:43.640 --> 00:37:44.820
 was

00:37:44.820 --> 00:37:45.220
 during

00:37:45.220 --> 00:37:45.360
 the

00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:45.580
 English

00:37:45.580 --> 00:37:46.120
 Reformation

00:37:46.120 --> 00:37:46.540
 when

00:37:46.540 --> 00:37:46.720
 they

00:37:46.720 --> 00:37:47.100
 made

00:37:47.100 --> 00:37:47.320
 a

00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:47.720
 big

00:37:47.720 --> 00:37:48.320
 mistake

00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:49.480
 about

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:49.700
 what

00:37:49.700 --> 00:37:49.860
 to

00:37:49.860 --> 00:37:50.040
 call

00:37:50.040 --> 00:37:50.480
 ministers

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:52.240
 and

00:37:52.239 --> 00:37:53.319
 they

00:37:53.319 --> 00:37:53.799
 knew

00:37:53.799 --> 00:37:54.119
 that

00:37:54.119 --> 00:37:54.739
 they

00:37:54.739 --> 00:37:54.899
 would

00:37:54.899 --> 00:37:55.099
 use

00:37:55.099 --> 00:37:55.259
 the

00:37:55.259 --> 00:37:55.439
 word

00:37:55.439 --> 00:37:55.939
 priest

00:37:55.939 --> 00:37:56.359
 and

00:37:56.359 --> 00:37:56.679
 by

00:37:56.679 --> 00:37:56.859
 the

00:37:56.859 --> 00:37:57.059
 word

00:37:57.059 --> 00:37:57.379
 priest

00:37:57.379 --> 00:37:57.579
 they

00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:57.759
 meant

00:37:57.759 --> 00:37:58.399
 presbyter

00:37:58.399 --> 00:37:58.879
 elder

00:37:58.879 --> 00:38:00.099
 but

00:38:00.099 --> 00:38:00.359
 I

00:38:00.359 --> 00:38:00.899
 think

00:38:00.899 --> 00:38:01.079
 that

00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:01.699
 the

00:38:01.699 --> 00:38:02.219
 Anglican

00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:02.759
 Reformation

00:38:02.759 --> 00:38:03.500
 in the

00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:03.639
 mid

00:38:03.639 --> 00:38:04.319
 1500s

00:38:04.319 --> 00:38:04.459
 made

00:38:04.459 --> 00:38:04.719
 a big

00:38:04.719 --> 00:38:05.119
 mistake

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:05.439
 by not

00:38:05.439 --> 00:38:05.619
 getting

00:38:05.619 --> 00:38:05.799
 rid

00:38:05.799 --> 00:38:05.859
 of

00:38:05.859 --> 00:38:05.979
 the

00:38:05.979 --> 00:38:06.179
 word

00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:06.539
 priest

00:38:06.539 --> 00:38:07.639
 I

00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:07.819
 think

00:38:07.819 --> 00:38:08.639
 it's

00:38:08.639 --> 00:38:09.039
 led

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.639
 to

00:38:09.639 --> 00:38:11.719
 obscuring

00:38:11.719 --> 00:38:11.919
 the

00:38:11.919 --> 00:38:12.399
 gospel

00:38:12.399 --> 00:38:12.959
 many

00:38:12.959 --> 00:38:13.459
 times

00:38:13.459 --> 00:38:14.219
 I

00:38:14.219 --> 00:38:14.399
 think

00:38:14.399 --> 00:38:14.619
 it's

00:38:14.619 --> 00:38:14.859
 led

00:38:14.859 --> 00:38:15.059
 to

00:38:15.059 --> 00:38:15.939
 congregations

00:38:15.939 --> 00:38:16.219
 and

00:38:16.219 --> 00:38:17.000
 clergy

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:17.939
 thinking

00:38:17.939 --> 00:38:18.119
 that

00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:18.239
 it's

00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:18.419
 all

00:38:18.419 --> 00:38:18.679
 about

00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:19.579
 sacrifices

00:38:19.579 --> 00:38:19.919
 it's

00:38:19.919 --> 00:38:20.059
 all

00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:20.319
 about

00:38:20.319 --> 00:38:20.959
 rituals

00:38:20.959 --> 00:38:21.500
 it's

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:21.659
 all

00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:21.960
 about

00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:22.819
 following

00:38:22.819 --> 00:38:23.339
 rules

00:38:23.339 --> 00:38:23.579
 it's

00:38:23.579 --> 00:38:23.719
 all

00:38:23.719 --> 00:38:23.980
 about

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.480
 religion

00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:25.440
 and

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:25.879
 I

00:38:25.879 --> 00:38:26.299
 think

00:38:26.299 --> 00:38:26.579
 we

00:38:26.579 --> 00:38:26.759
 made

00:38:26.759 --> 00:38:26.879
 a

00:38:26.879 --> 00:38:27.039
 big

00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:27.420
 mistake

00:38:27.420 --> 00:38:27.579
 and

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:27.679
 you

00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:27.819
 can

00:38:27.819 --> 00:38:28.000
 see

00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:28.119
 in

00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:28.299
 this

00:38:28.299 --> 00:38:28.699
 text

00:38:28.699 --> 00:38:28.879
 that

00:38:28.879 --> 00:38:29.039
 it

00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:29.579
 says

00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:30.379
 it

00:38:30.379 --> 00:38:30.799
 teaches

00:38:30.799 --> 00:38:31.139
 very

00:38:31.139 --> 00:38:31.679
 clearly

00:38:31.679 --> 00:38:31.960
 that

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.279
 even

00:38:32.279 --> 00:38:32.579
 the

00:38:32.579 --> 00:38:33.099
 lowliest

00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:33.639
 person

00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:33.819
 who

00:38:33.819 --> 00:38:34.279
 becomes

00:38:34.279 --> 00:38:34.500
 a

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:34.799
 follower

00:38:34.799 --> 00:38:35.059
 of

00:38:35.059 --> 00:38:35.319
 Jesus

00:38:35.319 --> 00:38:35.819
 becomes

00:38:35.819 --> 00:38:36.059
 a

00:38:36.059 --> 00:38:36.399
 priest

00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:36.860
 priest

00:38:36.860 --> 00:38:37.820
 I

00:38:37.820 --> 00:38:37.840
 I

00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:37.860
 I

00:38:37.860 --> 00:38:37.940
 I'm

00:38:37.940 --> 00:38:38.099
 a

00:38:38.099 --> 00:38:38.780
 presbyter

00:38:38.780 --> 00:38:39.700
 in

00:38:39.700 --> 00:38:39.840
 a

00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:40.460
 congregation

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:41.160
 that

00:38:41.160 --> 00:38:41.360
 should

00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:41.980
 understand

00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:42.200
 that

00:38:42.200 --> 00:38:42.400
 it's

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:42.559
 the

00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:42.980
 priesthood

00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:43.119
 of

00:38:43.119 --> 00:38:43.300
 all

00:38:43.300 --> 00:38:43.920
 believers

00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:45.160
 let's

00:38:45.160 --> 00:38:45.300
 look

00:38:45.300 --> 00:38:45.539
 again

00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:45.700
 at

00:38:45.700 --> 00:38:45.940
 verses

00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:46.280
 9

00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:46.440
 and

00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:46.700
 10

00:38:46.700 --> 00:38:46.900
 and

00:38:46.900 --> 00:38:47.059
 they

00:38:47.059 --> 00:38:47.380
 sang

00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:47.500
 a

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:47.660
 new

00:38:47.660 --> 00:38:47.940
 song

00:38:47.940 --> 00:38:48.260
 saying

00:38:48.260 --> 00:38:48.639
 worthy

00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:48.960
 are you

00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:49.320
 to take

00:38:49.320 --> 00:38:49.500
 the

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:49.800
 scroll

00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:50.099
 and to

00:38:50.099 --> 00:38:50.360
 open

00:38:50.360 --> 00:38:50.539
 its

00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:50.940
 seals

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:51.579
 for

00:38:51.579 --> 00:38:51.740
 you

00:38:51.740 --> 00:38:51.900
 were

00:38:51.900 --> 00:38:52.400
 slain

00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:52.740
 and by

00:38:52.740 --> 00:38:52.940
 your

00:38:52.940 --> 00:38:53.240
 blood

00:38:53.240 --> 00:38:53.420
 you

00:38:53.420 --> 00:38:53.780
 ransomed

00:38:53.780 --> 00:38:54.139
 people

00:38:54.139 --> 00:38:54.380
 for

00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:54.740
 God

00:38:54.740 --> 00:38:55.240
 from

00:38:55.240 --> 00:38:55.619
 every

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:56.180
 tribe

00:38:56.180 --> 00:38:56.360
 and

00:38:56.360 --> 00:38:56.740
 language

00:38:56.740 --> 00:38:56.940
 and

00:38:56.940 --> 00:38:57.220
 people

00:38:57.220 --> 00:38:57.380
 and

00:38:57.380 --> 00:38:57.639
 nation

00:38:57.639 --> 00:38:57.820
 and

00:38:57.820 --> 00:38:57.940
 you

00:38:57.940 --> 00:38:58.099
 have

00:38:58.099 --> 00:38:58.360
 made

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:58.619
 them

00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:06.559
 point

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:07.579
 when

00:39:07.579 --> 00:39:07.820
 I

00:39:07.820 --> 00:39:08.240
 belong

00:39:08.240 --> 00:39:08.480
 to

00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:08.820
 God

00:39:08.820 --> 00:39:09.519
 I

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:09.860
 become

00:39:09.860 --> 00:39:10.260
 part

00:39:10.260 --> 00:39:10.380
 of

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:10.519
 the

00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:10.880
 kingdom

00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:11.160
 of

00:39:11.160 --> 00:39:11.639
 priests

00:39:11.639 --> 00:39:12.019
 who

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:12.160
 are

00:39:12.160 --> 00:39:12.579
 called

00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:12.900
 to

00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:13.280
 reign

00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:13.780
 over

00:39:13.780 --> 00:39:14.420
 creation

00:39:14.420 --> 00:39:15.099
 for

00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:15.240
 the

00:39:15.240 --> 00:39:15.539
 glory

00:39:15.539 --> 00:39:15.760
 of

00:39:15.760 --> 00:39:16.039
 God

00:39:16.039 --> 00:39:17.619
 what

00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:17.760
 does

00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:17.900
 a

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:18.119
 priest

00:39:18.119 --> 00:39:18.440
 do

00:39:18.440 --> 00:39:19.619
 priest

00:39:19.619 --> 00:39:19.840
 does

00:39:19.840 --> 00:39:20.059
 not

00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:20.300
 I

00:39:20.300 --> 00:39:20.680
 as a

00:39:20.680 --> 00:39:21.039
 Christian

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:21.400
 never

00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:21.800
 offer

00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:22.000
 a

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:22.519
 sacrifice

00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:22.860
 the

00:39:22.860 --> 00:39:23.099
 only

00:39:23.099 --> 00:39:23.639
 sacrifice

00:39:23.639 --> 00:39:23.940
 I

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:24.099
 can

00:39:24.099 --> 00:39:24.320
 ever

00:39:24.320 --> 00:39:24.639
 offer

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:24.780
 is

00:39:24.780 --> 00:39:25.300
 myself

00:39:25.300 --> 00:39:25.519
 as

00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:25.660
 a

00:39:25.660 --> 00:39:25.860
 living

00:39:25.860 --> 00:39:26.500
 sacrifice

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:26.820
 is

00:39:26.820 --> 00:39:27.220
 Romans

00:39:27.220 --> 00:39:27.660
 chapter

00:39:27.660 --> 00:39:28.139
 12

00:39:28.139 --> 00:39:28.599
 teaching

00:39:28.599 --> 00:39:30.240
 the

00:39:30.240 --> 00:39:30.519
 role

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:30.820
 of a

00:39:30.820 --> 00:39:31.180
 priest

00:39:31.180 --> 00:39:31.860
 is

00:39:31.860 --> 00:39:32.039
 to

00:39:32.039 --> 00:39:32.539
 stand

00:39:32.539 --> 00:39:32.700
 in

00:39:32.700 --> 00:39:32.820
 the

00:39:32.820 --> 00:39:33.200
 presence

00:39:33.200 --> 00:39:33.420
 of

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:33.660
 God

00:39:33.660 --> 00:39:33.920
 for

00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:34.139
 me

00:39:34.139 --> 00:39:34.339
 to

00:39:34.339 --> 00:39:34.759
 walk

00:39:34.759 --> 00:39:35.079
 my

00:39:35.079 --> 00:39:35.420
 day

00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:36.119
 understanding

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:36.299
 that

00:39:36.299 --> 00:39:36.440
 I

00:39:36.440 --> 00:39:36.900
 spend

00:39:36.900 --> 00:39:37.179
 my

00:39:37.179 --> 00:39:37.679
 24

00:39:37.679 --> 00:39:38.139
 7

00:39:38.139 --> 00:39:38.299
 in

00:39:38.299 --> 00:39:38.460
 the

00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:39.039
 presence

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:39.739
 of

00:39:39.739 --> 00:39:40.139
 God

00:39:40.139 --> 00:39:40.400
 in

00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:40.579
 the

00:39:40.579 --> 00:39:41.119
 presence

00:39:41.119 --> 00:39:41.659
 of

00:39:41.659 --> 00:39:41.799
 the

00:39:41.799 --> 00:39:42.079
 one

00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:42.279
 who

00:39:42.279 --> 00:39:42.719
 died

00:39:42.719 --> 00:39:43.019
 for

00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:43.179
 me

00:39:43.179 --> 00:39:43.359
 to

00:39:43.359 --> 00:39:43.739
 redeem

00:39:43.739 --> 00:39:43.940
 me

00:39:43.940 --> 00:39:44.079
 and

00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:44.359
 call

00:39:44.359 --> 00:39:44.519
 me

00:39:44.519 --> 00:39:44.679
 to

00:39:44.679 --> 00:39:45.139
 himself

00:39:45.139 --> 00:39:45.779
 and

00:39:45.779 --> 00:39:45.960
 I

00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:46.099
 am

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:46.279
 to

00:39:46.279 --> 00:39:46.779
 stand

00:39:46.779 --> 00:39:47.119
 before

00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:47.440
 God

00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:47.619
 I

00:39:47.619 --> 00:39:47.759
 am

00:39:47.759 --> 00:39:47.940
 to

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:48.379
 pray

00:39:48.379 --> 00:39:48.679
 for

00:39:48.679 --> 00:39:48.819
 the

00:39:48.819 --> 00:39:49.119
 world

00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:49.359
 I

00:39:49.359 --> 00:39:49.480
 am

00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:49.639
 to

00:39:49.639 --> 00:39:50.079
 serve

00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:50.420
 God

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:50.579
 I

00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:50.699
 am

00:39:50.699 --> 00:39:50.859
 to

00:39:50.859 --> 00:39:51.279
 teach

00:39:51.279 --> 00:39:51.739
 and

00:39:51.739 --> 00:39:51.879
 I

00:39:51.879 --> 00:39:52.000
 am

00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:52.159
 to

00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:52.739
 proclaim

00:39:52.739 --> 00:39:53.739
 and

00:39:53.739 --> 00:39:54.119
 that's

00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:54.379
 given

00:39:54.379 --> 00:39:54.839
 to

00:39:54.839 --> 00:39:55.219
 every

00:39:55.219 --> 00:39:55.619
 single

00:39:55.619 --> 00:39:56.000
 person

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:56.179
 who

00:39:56.179 --> 00:39:56.480
 comes

00:39:56.480 --> 00:39:56.659
 to

00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:56.980
 faith

00:39:56.980 --> 00:39:57.480
 in

00:39:57.480 --> 00:39:57.780
 Jesus

00:39:57.780 --> 00:39:58.280
 Christ

00:39:58.280 --> 00:39:59.159
 and

00:39:59.159 --> 00:39:59.300
 I

00:39:59.300 --> 00:39:59.420
 am

00:39:59.420 --> 00:39:59.579
 to

00:39:59.579 --> 00:40:00.139
 understand

00:40:00.139 --> 00:40:00.340
 that

00:40:00.340 --> 00:40:00.480
 I

00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:01.059
 belong

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:01.320
 to

00:40:01.320 --> 00:40:01.679
 God

00:40:01.679 --> 00:40:02.699
 I

00:40:02.699 --> 00:40:03.260
 belong

00:40:03.260 --> 00:40:03.519
 to

00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:03.740
 God

00:40:03.740 --> 00:40:03.900
 when

00:40:03.900 --> 00:40:04.019
 I

00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:04.440
 belong

00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:04.639
 to

00:40:04.639 --> 00:40:04.880
 God

00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:05.000
 I

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:05.240
 become

00:40:05.240 --> 00:40:05.500
 part

00:40:05.500 --> 00:40:05.599
 of

00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:05.760
 a

00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:06.119
 kingdom

00:40:06.119 --> 00:40:06.400
 of

00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:06.840
 priests

00:40:06.840 --> 00:40:07.300
 who

00:40:07.300 --> 00:40:07.440
 are

00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:07.760
 called

00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:07.980
 to

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:08.159
 reign

00:40:08.159 --> 00:40:08.400
 over

00:40:08.400 --> 00:40:08.800
 creation

00:40:08.800 --> 00:40:09.019
 for

00:40:09.019 --> 00:40:09.119
 the

00:40:09.119 --> 00:40:09.300
 glory

00:40:09.300 --> 00:40:09.460
 of

00:40:09.460 --> 00:40:09.639
 God

00:40:09.639 --> 00:40:10.119
 I

00:40:10.119 --> 00:40:10.699
 enter

00:40:10.699 --> 00:40:11.019
 into

00:40:11.019 --> 00:40:11.219
 the

00:40:11.219 --> 00:40:11.599
 Christian

00:40:11.599 --> 00:40:12.000
 way

00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:12.260
 into

00:40:12.260 --> 00:40:12.519
 this

00:40:12.519 --> 00:40:12.880
 kingdom

00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:13.500
 one

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:13.800
 by

00:40:13.800 --> 00:40:14.179
 one

00:40:14.179 --> 00:40:14.340
 I

00:40:14.340 --> 00:40:14.659
 don't

00:40:14.659 --> 00:40:14.960
 enter

00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:15.179
 by

00:40:15.179 --> 00:40:15.420
 my

00:40:15.420 --> 00:40:15.900
 parents

00:40:15.900 --> 00:40:16.079
 I

00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:16.280
 don't

00:40:16.280 --> 00:40:16.539
 enter

00:40:16.539 --> 00:40:16.719
 by

00:40:16.719 --> 00:40:16.960
 my

00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:17.440
 grandparents

00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:17.860
 I

00:40:17.860 --> 00:40:18.079
 don't

00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:18.380
 enter

00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:18.679
 because

00:40:18.679 --> 00:40:18.940
 I'm

00:40:18.940 --> 00:40:19.079
 a

00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:19.480
 Canadian

00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:20.059
 I

00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:20.319
 don't

00:40:20.319 --> 00:40:20.599
 enter

00:40:20.599 --> 00:40:20.819
 by

00:40:20.819 --> 00:40:21.139
 any

00:40:21.139 --> 00:40:21.500
 external

00:40:21.500 --> 00:40:21.860
 thing

00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:22.279
 I

00:40:22.279 --> 00:40:22.759
 enter

00:40:22.759 --> 00:40:23.319
 how

00:40:23.319 --> 00:40:23.500
 do

00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:23.639
 I

00:40:23.639 --> 00:40:23.880
 enter

00:40:23.880 --> 00:40:24.139
 I

00:40:24.139 --> 00:40:24.539
 enter

00:40:24.539 --> 00:40:24.759
 when

00:40:24.759 --> 00:40:24.920
 I

00:40:24.920 --> 00:40:25.219
 am

00:40:25.219 --> 00:40:25.440
 like

00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:25.619
 the

00:40:25.619 --> 00:40:25.960
 elders

00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:26.139
 and

00:40:26.139 --> 00:40:26.259
 the

00:40:26.259 --> 00:40:26.579
 angels

00:40:26.579 --> 00:40:26.759
 and

00:40:26.759 --> 00:40:26.980
 all

00:40:26.980 --> 00:40:27.159
 the

00:40:27.159 --> 00:40:27.519
 creation

00:40:27.519 --> 00:40:27.819
 I

00:40:27.819 --> 00:40:28.319
 enter

00:40:28.319 --> 00:40:28.679
 when

00:40:28.679 --> 00:40:28.980
 I

00:40:28.980 --> 00:40:29.279
 in

00:40:29.279 --> 00:40:29.960
 humility

00:40:29.960 --> 00:40:30.819
 and

00:40:30.819 --> 00:40:31.440
 submission

00:40:31.440 --> 00:40:32.000
 fall

00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:32.400
 down

00:40:32.400 --> 00:40:32.799
 before

00:40:32.799 --> 00:40:33.340
 almighty

00:40:33.340 --> 00:40:33.799
 God

00:40:33.799 --> 00:40:35.880
 and

00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:36.360
 proclaim

00:40:36.360 --> 00:40:36.860
 and

00:40:36.860 --> 00:40:37.340
 accept

00:40:37.340 --> 00:40:37.539
 and

00:40:37.539 --> 00:40:38.000
 acknowledge

00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:38.299
 what

00:40:38.299 --> 00:40:38.860
 the

00:40:38.860 --> 00:40:39.179
 lamb

00:40:39.179 --> 00:40:39.360
 who

00:40:39.360 --> 00:40:39.519
 was

00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:39.860
 slain

00:40:39.860 --> 00:40:40.079
 has

00:40:40.079 --> 00:40:40.319
 done

00:40:40.319 --> 00:40:40.559
 for

00:40:40.559 --> 00:40:40.699
 me

00:40:40.699 --> 00:40:40.840
 on

00:40:40.840 --> 00:40:41.000
 the

00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:41.420
 cross

00:40:41.420 --> 00:40:43.340
 that's

00:40:43.340 --> 00:40:43.460
 how

00:40:43.460 --> 00:40:43.619
 I

00:40:43.619 --> 00:40:43.880
 enter

00:40:43.880 --> 00:40:47.579
 and

00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:47.900
 now

00:40:47.900 --> 00:40:48.500
 I

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:48.940
 enter

00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:49.320
 but

00:40:49.320 --> 00:40:49.420
 I

00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:49.720
 become

00:40:49.720 --> 00:40:50.039
 part

00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:50.139
 of

00:40:50.139 --> 00:40:50.280
 a

00:40:50.280 --> 00:40:50.659
 people

00:40:50.659 --> 00:40:51.960
 with

00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:52.119
 a

00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:52.400
 royal

00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:52.800
 king

00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:54.720
 and

00:40:54.720 --> 00:40:54.840
 I

00:40:54.840 --> 00:40:54.940
 am

00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:55.200
 called

00:40:55.200 --> 00:40:55.460
 to

00:40:55.460 --> 00:40:55.740
 reign

00:40:55.740 --> 00:40:55.960
 over

00:40:55.960 --> 00:40:56.500
 creation

00:40:56.500 --> 00:40:56.740
 for

00:40:56.740 --> 00:40:56.860
 the

00:40:56.860 --> 00:40:57.119
 glory

00:40:57.119 --> 00:40:57.320
 of

00:40:57.320 --> 00:40:57.579
 God

00:40:57.579 --> 00:40:58.380
 and

00:40:58.380 --> 00:40:58.579
 this

00:40:58.579 --> 00:40:58.780
 is

00:40:58.780 --> 00:40:59.760
 not

00:40:59.760 --> 00:40:59.960
 in

00:40:59.960 --> 00:41:00.119
 a

00:41:00.119 --> 00:41:00.519
 political

00:41:00.519 --> 00:41:02.519
 or

00:41:02.519 --> 00:41:02.720
 a

00:41:02.720 --> 00:41:02.960
 sense

00:41:02.960 --> 00:41:03.159
 of

00:41:03.159 --> 00:41:03.519
 power

00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:03.940
 how

00:41:03.940 --> 00:41:04.179
 is

00:41:04.179 --> 00:41:04.300
 it

00:41:04.300 --> 00:41:04.440
 that

00:41:04.440 --> 00:41:04.619
 this

00:41:04.619 --> 00:41:04.780
 could

00:41:04.780 --> 00:41:04.940
 be

00:41:04.940 --> 00:41:05.420
 interpreted

00:41:05.420 --> 00:41:05.619
 in

00:41:05.619 --> 00:41:05.760
 a

00:41:05.760 --> 00:41:06.099
 powerful

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:06.440
 way

00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:06.659
 when

00:41:06.659 --> 00:41:07.139
 everything

00:41:07.139 --> 00:41:07.500
 about

00:41:07.500 --> 00:41:07.700
 the

00:41:07.700 --> 00:41:08.059
 Christian

00:41:08.059 --> 00:41:08.880
 faith

00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:09.400
 is

00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:09.860
 teaching

00:41:09.860 --> 00:41:10.139
 me

00:41:10.139 --> 00:41:10.700
 humility

00:41:10.700 --> 00:41:12.139
 and

00:41:12.139 --> 00:41:12.639
 dependence

00:41:12.639 --> 00:41:13.119
 upon

00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:13.539
 God

00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:14.440
 I'm

00:41:14.440 --> 00:41:14.599
 not

00:41:14.599 --> 00:41:14.860
 worthy

00:41:14.860 --> 00:41:15.039
 to

00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:15.280
 open

00:41:15.280 --> 00:41:15.480
 the

00:41:15.480 --> 00:41:15.780
 scroll

00:41:15.780 --> 00:41:16.559
 I

00:41:16.559 --> 00:41:16.720
 don't

00:41:16.720 --> 00:41:16.920
 have

00:41:16.920 --> 00:41:17.059
 the

00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:17.299
 power

00:41:17.299 --> 00:41:17.440
 to

00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:17.599
 make

00:41:17.599 --> 00:41:18.000
 myself

00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:18.239
 right

00:41:18.239 --> 00:41:18.420
 with

00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:18.699
 God

00:41:18.699 --> 00:41:19.059
 it's

00:41:19.059 --> 00:41:19.639
 humility

00:41:19.639 --> 00:41:20.420
 humility

00:41:20.420 --> 00:41:21.159
 humility

00:41:21.159 --> 00:41:21.900
 humility

00:41:21.900 --> 00:41:22.739
 humility

00:41:22.739 --> 00:41:25.460
 this

00:41:25.460 --> 00:41:25.860
 issue

00:41:25.860 --> 00:41:26.079
 of

00:41:26.079 --> 00:41:26.340
 this

00:41:26.340 --> 00:41:26.820
 picture

00:41:26.820 --> 00:41:27.099
 of being

00:41:27.099 --> 00:41:27.500
 priest

00:41:27.500 --> 00:41:28.000
 and reigning

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:28.219
 is

00:41:28.219 --> 00:41:28.619
 Genesis

00:41:28.619 --> 00:41:29.159
 chapter

00:41:29.159 --> 00:41:29.599
 2

00:41:29.599 --> 00:41:32.779
 to

00:41:32.779 --> 00:41:33.139
 walk

00:41:33.139 --> 00:41:33.360
 with

00:41:33.360 --> 00:41:33.779
 God

00:41:33.779 --> 00:41:35.000
 to

00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:35.380
 talk

00:41:35.380 --> 00:41:35.619
 with

00:41:35.619 --> 00:41:35.960
 God

00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:37.619
 to

00:41:37.619 --> 00:41:37.920
 pray

00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:38.099
 on

00:41:38.099 --> 00:41:38.539
 behalf

00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:38.679
 of

00:41:38.679 --> 00:41:38.799
 the

00:41:38.799 --> 00:41:39.199
 entire

00:41:39.199 --> 00:41:39.579
 created

00:41:39.579 --> 00:41:39.980
 order

00:41:39.980 --> 00:41:40.900
 to

00:41:40.900 --> 00:41:41.159
 bring

00:41:41.159 --> 00:41:41.279
 it

00:41:41.279 --> 00:41:41.420
 to

00:41:41.420 --> 00:41:41.759
 God

00:41:41.759 --> 00:41:42.739
 if

00:41:42.739 --> 00:41:43.019
 Adam

00:41:43.019 --> 00:41:43.159
 and

00:41:43.159 --> 00:41:43.360
 Eve

00:41:43.360 --> 00:41:43.539
 had

00:41:43.539 --> 00:41:43.759
 not

00:41:43.759 --> 00:41:44.119
 fallen

00:41:44.119 --> 00:41:44.299
 and

00:41:44.299 --> 00:41:44.420
 they

00:41:44.420 --> 00:41:44.659
 had

00:41:44.659 --> 00:41:45.099
 children

00:41:45.099 --> 00:41:45.320
 to

00:41:45.320 --> 00:41:45.579
 tell

00:41:45.579 --> 00:41:45.799
 their

00:41:45.799 --> 00:41:46.239
 children

00:41:46.239 --> 00:41:46.539
 about

00:41:46.539 --> 00:41:46.860
 God

00:41:46.860 --> 00:41:47.039
 and

00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:47.179
 to

00:41:47.179 --> 00:41:47.400
 tell

00:41:47.400 --> 00:41:47.639
 their

00:41:47.639 --> 00:41:48.079
 children

00:41:48.079 --> 00:41:48.639
 children

00:41:48.639 --> 00:41:50.039
 about

00:41:50.039 --> 00:41:50.320
 the

00:41:50.320 --> 00:41:50.659
 ways

00:41:50.659 --> 00:41:50.840
 of

00:41:50.840 --> 00:41:51.199
 God

00:41:51.199 --> 00:41:52.519
 and

00:41:52.519 --> 00:41:52.639
 to

00:41:52.639 --> 00:41:52.860
 lift

00:41:52.860 --> 00:41:53.079
 up

00:41:53.079 --> 00:41:53.440
 God

00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:53.920
 before

00:41:53.920 --> 00:41:54.219
 them

00:41:54.219 --> 00:41:55.460
 and

00:41:55.460 --> 00:41:55.619
 to

00:41:55.619 --> 00:41:55.980
 tend

00:41:55.980 --> 00:41:56.239
 the

00:41:56.239 --> 00:41:56.659
 garden

00:41:56.659 --> 00:41:57.599
 all

00:41:57.599 --> 00:41:57.800
 to

00:41:57.800 --> 00:41:57.940
 the

00:41:57.940 --> 00:41:58.239
 glory

00:41:58.239 --> 00:41:58.480
 of

00:41:58.480 --> 00:41:58.860
 God

00:41:58.860 --> 00:42:00.259
 how

00:42:00.259 --> 00:42:00.559
 is it

00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:00.679
 that

00:42:00.679 --> 00:42:00.840
 we

00:42:00.840 --> 00:42:00.940
 are

00:42:00.940 --> 00:42:01.059
 to

00:42:01.059 --> 00:42:01.320
 take

00:42:01.320 --> 00:42:01.440
 it

00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:01.579
 that

00:42:01.579 --> 00:42:01.719
 we

00:42:01.719 --> 00:42:01.840
 are

00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:02.000
 to

00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:02.219
 reign

00:42:02.219 --> 00:42:02.440
 on

00:42:02.440 --> 00:42:02.800
 earth

00:42:02.800 --> 00:42:03.820
 not

00:42:03.820 --> 00:42:04.059
 by

00:42:04.059 --> 00:42:04.619
 seizing

00:42:04.619 --> 00:42:05.360
 power

00:42:05.360 --> 00:42:05.599
 and

00:42:05.599 --> 00:42:05.920
 making

00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:06.480
 Christian

00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:06.739
 by

00:42:06.739 --> 00:42:07.300
 force

00:42:07.300 --> 00:42:07.980
 Canada

00:42:07.980 --> 00:42:08.219
 by

00:42:08.219 --> 00:42:08.619
 force

00:42:08.619 --> 00:42:08.800
 a

00:42:08.800 --> 00:42:09.179
 Christian

00:42:09.179 --> 00:42:09.619
 nation

00:42:09.619 --> 00:42:09.960
 whatever

00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:10.320
 that

00:42:10.320 --> 00:42:10.519
 would

00:42:10.519 --> 00:42:10.759
 mean

00:42:10.759 --> 00:42:10.920
 if

00:42:10.920 --> 00:42:11.059
 we

00:42:11.059 --> 00:42:11.420
 managed

00:42:11.420 --> 00:42:11.619
 to

00:42:11.619 --> 00:42:11.920
 somehow

00:42:11.920 --> 00:42:12.360
 take

00:42:12.360 --> 00:42:13.000
 Canada

00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:13.279
 by

00:42:13.279 --> 00:42:13.820
 force

00:42:13.820 --> 00:42:15.200
 it

00:42:15.200 --> 00:42:15.300
 would

00:42:15.300 --> 00:42:15.480
 be

00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:15.840
 something

00:42:15.840 --> 00:42:16.680
 abhorrent

00:42:16.680 --> 00:42:17.039
 if

00:42:17.039 --> 00:42:17.200
 we

00:42:17.200 --> 00:42:17.480
 tried

00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:17.640
 to

00:42:17.640 --> 00:42:17.800
 make

00:42:17.800 --> 00:42:18.200
 Canada

00:42:18.200 --> 00:42:18.460
 a

00:42:18.460 --> 00:42:18.780
 Christian

00:42:18.780 --> 00:42:19.280
 nation

00:42:19.280 --> 00:42:20.120
 by

00:42:20.120 --> 00:42:20.640
 force

00:42:20.640 --> 00:42:21.700
 how

00:42:21.700 --> 00:42:21.840
 do

00:42:21.840 --> 00:42:21.980
 we

00:42:21.980 --> 00:42:22.280
 reign

00:42:22.280 --> 00:42:25.340
 plant

00:42:25.340 --> 00:42:25.519
 a

00:42:25.519 --> 00:42:25.800
 garden

00:42:25.800 --> 00:42:27.300
 start

00:42:27.300 --> 00:42:27.440
 a

00:42:27.440 --> 00:42:27.880
 business

00:42:27.880 --> 00:42:28.900
 do

00:42:28.900 --> 00:42:29.100
 well

00:42:29.100 --> 00:42:29.220
 at

00:42:29.220 --> 00:42:29.340
 your

00:42:29.340 --> 00:42:29.740
 job

00:42:29.740 --> 00:42:30.760
 do

00:42:30.760 --> 00:42:30.920
 well

00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:31.059
 at

00:42:31.059 --> 00:42:31.180
 your

00:42:31.180 --> 00:42:31.700
 studies

00:42:31.700 --> 00:42:33.620
 care

00:42:33.620 --> 00:42:33.840
 for

00:42:33.840 --> 00:42:34.019
 that

00:42:34.019 --> 00:42:34.500
 part

00:42:34.500 --> 00:42:35.300
 of

00:42:35.300 --> 00:42:35.480
 this

00:42:35.480 --> 00:42:35.820
 created

00:42:35.820 --> 00:42:36.200
 order

00:42:36.200 --> 00:42:36.500
 that

00:42:36.500 --> 00:42:36.780
 God

00:42:36.780 --> 00:42:36.960
 has

00:42:36.960 --> 00:42:37.260
 put

00:42:37.260 --> 00:42:37.620
 within

00:42:37.620 --> 00:42:37.840
 your

00:42:37.840 --> 00:42:38.240
 circle

00:42:38.240 --> 00:42:38.420
 of

00:42:38.420 --> 00:42:39.000
 influence

00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:39.900
 take

00:42:39.900 --> 00:42:40.440
 risks

00:42:40.440 --> 00:42:41.620
 use

00:42:41.620 --> 00:42:41.800
 your

00:42:41.800 --> 00:42:42.140
 gifts

00:42:42.140 --> 00:42:42.360
 in

00:42:42.360 --> 00:42:42.760
 church

00:42:42.760 --> 00:42:44.140
 pray

00:42:44.140 --> 00:42:44.400
 for

00:42:44.400 --> 00:42:44.580
 the

00:42:44.580 --> 00:42:45.080
 salvation

00:42:45.080 --> 00:42:45.540
 of

00:42:45.540 --> 00:42:46.400
 unreached

00:42:46.400 --> 00:42:46.840
 people

00:42:46.840 --> 00:42:47.680
 give

00:42:47.680 --> 00:42:47.840
 of

00:42:47.840 --> 00:42:47.980
 your

00:42:47.980 --> 00:42:48.400
 time

00:42:48.400 --> 00:42:48.540
 and

00:42:48.540 --> 00:42:48.700
 your

00:42:48.700 --> 00:42:48.960
 money

00:42:48.960 --> 00:42:49.240
 for

00:42:49.240 --> 00:42:49.400
 the

00:42:49.400 --> 00:42:49.780
 supportive

00:42:49.780 --> 00:42:50.280
 missionary

00:42:50.280 --> 00:42:50.940
 endeavors

00:42:50.940 --> 00:42:51.180
 at

00:42:51.180 --> 00:42:51.480
 home

00:42:51.480 --> 00:42:51.600
 and

00:42:51.600 --> 00:42:51.980
 abroad

00:42:51.980 --> 00:42:53.080
 pray

00:42:53.080 --> 00:42:53.300
 for

00:42:53.300 --> 00:42:53.460
 your

00:42:53.460 --> 00:42:53.940
 church

00:42:53.940 --> 00:42:55.140
 tend

00:42:55.140 --> 00:42:55.380
 your

00:42:55.380 --> 00:42:55.860
 garden

00:42:55.860 --> 00:42:56.640
 your

00:42:56.640 --> 00:42:57.040
 circle

00:42:57.040 --> 00:42:57.220
 of

00:42:57.220 --> 00:42:57.700
 influence

00:42:57.700 --> 00:42:59.240
 all

00:42:59.240 --> 00:42:59.460
 for

00:42:59.460 --> 00:42:59.600
 the

00:42:59.600 --> 00:42:59.840
 glory

00:42:59.840 --> 00:43:00.060
 of

00:43:00.060 --> 00:43:00.400
 God

00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:01.380
 please

00:43:01.380 --> 00:43:01.800
 stand

00:43:01.800 --> 00:43:10.700
 just

00:43:10.700 --> 00:43:10.920
 bow

00:43:10.920 --> 00:43:11.260
 our heads

00:43:11.260 --> 00:43:11.440
 in

00:43:11.440 --> 00:43:11.740
 prayer

00:43:11.739 --> 00:43:19.879
 father

00:43:19.879 --> 00:43:21.259
 you

00:43:21.259 --> 00:43:21.399
 know

00:43:21.399 --> 00:43:21.559
 that

00:43:21.559 --> 00:43:21.739
 every

00:43:21.739 --> 00:43:22.039
 single

00:43:22.039 --> 00:43:22.219
 one

00:43:22.219 --> 00:43:22.339
 of

00:43:22.339 --> 00:43:22.559
 us

00:43:22.559 --> 00:43:23.079
 struggles

00:43:23.079 --> 00:43:23.399
 with

00:43:23.399 --> 00:43:23.859
 pride

00:43:23.859 --> 00:43:24.059
 in

00:43:24.059 --> 00:43:24.379
 different

00:43:24.379 --> 00:43:24.839
 ways

00:43:24.839 --> 00:43:26.179
 some

00:43:26.179 --> 00:43:26.319
 of

00:43:26.319 --> 00:43:26.479
 us

00:43:26.479 --> 00:43:27.459
 don't

00:43:27.459 --> 00:43:27.799
 struggle

00:43:27.799 --> 00:43:28.079
 like

00:43:28.079 --> 00:43:28.279
 we

00:43:28.279 --> 00:43:28.619
 should

00:43:28.619 --> 00:43:30.039
 you

00:43:30.039 --> 00:43:30.219
 know

00:43:30.219 --> 00:43:30.479
 us

00:43:30.479 --> 00:43:30.779
 too

00:43:30.779 --> 00:43:33.339
 and

00:43:33.339 --> 00:43:33.779
 father

00:43:33.779 --> 00:43:35.479
 we

00:43:35.479 --> 00:43:35.779
 ask

00:43:35.779 --> 00:43:36.079
 that

00:43:36.079 --> 00:43:36.599
 your

00:43:36.599 --> 00:43:37.159
 holy

00:43:37.159 --> 00:43:38.059
 spirit

00:43:38.059 --> 00:43:38.399
 would

00:43:38.399 --> 00:43:39.359
 teach

00:43:39.359 --> 00:43:39.539
 us

00:43:39.539 --> 00:43:39.699
 a

00:43:39.699 --> 00:43:40.079
 healing

00:43:40.079 --> 00:43:40.659
 humility

00:43:40.659 --> 00:43:42.480
 a

00:43:42.480 --> 00:43:42.920
 healing

00:43:42.920 --> 00:43:43.440
 submission

00:43:43.440 --> 00:43:43.739
 to

00:43:43.739 --> 00:43:44.039
 you

00:43:44.039 --> 00:43:45.000
 a

00:43:45.000 --> 00:43:45.379
 healing

00:43:45.379 --> 00:43:46.059
 seeking

00:43:46.059 --> 00:43:46.299
 of

00:43:46.299 --> 00:43:46.480
 your

00:43:46.480 --> 00:43:46.819
 glory

00:43:46.819 --> 00:43:47.059
 not

00:43:47.059 --> 00:43:47.219
 our

00:43:47.219 --> 00:43:47.480
 own

00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:49.000
 a

00:43:49.000 --> 00:43:49.379
 healing

00:43:49.379 --> 00:43:49.899
 desire

00:43:49.899 --> 00:43:50.319
 to be

00:43:50.319 --> 00:43:50.539
 your

00:43:50.539 --> 00:43:51.039
 doulos

00:43:51.039 --> 00:43:52.420
 a

00:43:52.420 --> 00:43:52.880
 healing

00:43:52.880 --> 00:43:53.519
 desire

00:43:53.519 --> 00:43:54.039
 to be

00:43:54.039 --> 00:43:54.259
 your

00:43:54.259 --> 00:43:54.759
 doulos

00:43:54.759 --> 00:43:55.360
 in our

00:43:55.360 --> 00:43:55.820
 circles

00:43:55.820 --> 00:43:56.019
 of

00:43:56.019 --> 00:43:56.500
 influence

00:43:56.500 --> 00:43:56.779
 in a

00:43:56.779 --> 00:43:56.940
 way

00:43:56.940 --> 00:43:57.119
 that

00:43:57.119 --> 00:43:57.440
 brings

00:43:57.440 --> 00:43:57.599
 you

00:43:57.599 --> 00:43:58.000
 glory

00:43:58.000 --> 00:43:59.860
 a

00:43:59.860 --> 00:44:00.300
 healing

00:44:00.300 --> 00:44:00.779
 humility

00:44:00.779 --> 00:44:01.239
 that

00:44:01.239 --> 00:44:01.759
 allows

00:44:01.759 --> 00:44:02.000
 us

00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:02.420
 to take

00:44:02.420 --> 00:44:02.900
 risks

00:44:02.900 --> 00:44:03.519
 confident

00:44:03.519 --> 00:44:03.820
 that

00:44:03.820 --> 00:44:04.019
 your

00:44:04.019 --> 00:44:04.460
 son

00:44:04.460 --> 00:44:04.800
 the

00:44:04.800 --> 00:44:05.000
 one

00:44:05.000 --> 00:44:05.179
 who

00:44:05.179 --> 00:44:05.519
 died

00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:06.000
 for us

00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:06.800
 is in

00:44:06.800 --> 00:44:07.259
 control

00:44:07.259 --> 00:44:07.599
 of the

00:44:07.599 --> 00:44:08.000
 future

00:44:08.000 --> 00:44:08.699
 and

00:44:08.699 --> 00:44:08.960
 he

00:44:08.960 --> 00:44:09.900
 calls

00:44:09.900 --> 00:44:10.239
 upon

00:44:10.239 --> 00:44:10.519
 us

00:44:10.519 --> 00:44:10.679
 to

00:44:10.679 --> 00:44:10.920
 take

00:44:10.920 --> 00:44:11.380
 risks

00:44:11.380 --> 00:44:11.760
 to

00:44:11.760 --> 00:44:12.000
 take

00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:12.420
 risks

00:44:12.420 --> 00:44:12.639
 for

00:44:12.639 --> 00:44:12.760
 the

00:44:12.760 --> 00:44:13.159
 lost

00:44:13.159 --> 00:44:13.360
 to

00:44:13.360 --> 00:44:13.559
 take

00:44:13.559 --> 00:44:13.980
 risks

00:44:13.980 --> 00:44:14.219
 for

00:44:14.219 --> 00:44:14.659
 Ottawa

00:44:14.659 --> 00:44:15.500
 to

00:44:15.500 --> 00:44:15.760
 take

00:44:15.760 --> 00:44:16.099
 risks

00:44:16.099 --> 00:44:16.320
 not

00:44:16.320 --> 00:44:16.519
 only

00:44:16.519 --> 00:44:17.099
 spiritual

00:44:17.099 --> 00:44:17.559
 risks

00:44:17.559 --> 00:44:17.800
 but

00:44:17.800 --> 00:44:18.360
 monetary

00:44:18.360 --> 00:44:18.800
 risks

00:44:18.800 --> 00:44:19.000
 and

00:44:19.000 --> 00:44:19.360
 physical

00:44:19.360 --> 00:44:19.840
 risks

00:44:19.840 --> 00:44:20.980
 and

00:44:20.980 --> 00:44:21.099
 we

00:44:21.099 --> 00:44:21.340
 ask

00:44:21.340 --> 00:44:21.699
 father

00:44:21.699 --> 00:44:21.920
 that

00:44:21.920 --> 00:44:22.099
 your

00:44:22.099 --> 00:44:22.380
 holy

00:44:22.380 --> 00:44:22.780
 spirit

00:44:22.780 --> 00:44:23.000
 would

00:44:23.000 --> 00:44:23.300
 grant

00:44:23.300 --> 00:44:23.500
 us

00:44:23.500 --> 00:44:23.699
 a

00:44:23.699 --> 00:44:24.019
 deep

00:44:24.019 --> 00:44:25.039
 christian

00:44:25.039 --> 00:44:26.059
 freeing

00:44:26.059 --> 00:44:26.800
 humility

00:44:26.800 --> 00:44:27.460
 as

00:44:27.460 --> 00:44:27.619
 we

00:44:27.619 --> 00:44:27.960
 come

00:44:27.960 --> 00:44:28.179
 to

00:44:28.179 --> 00:44:28.380
 know

00:44:28.380 --> 00:44:28.619
 your

00:44:28.619 --> 00:44:29.159
 saving

00:44:29.159 --> 00:44:29.679
 power

00:44:29.679 --> 00:44:29.920
 and

00:44:29.920 --> 00:44:30.239
 healing

00:44:30.239 --> 00:44:30.780
 authority

00:44:30.780 --> 00:44:31.159
 in

00:44:31.159 --> 00:44:31.380
 every

00:44:31.380 --> 00:44:31.679
 part

00:44:31.679 --> 00:44:31.800
 of

00:44:31.800 --> 00:44:31.920
 our

00:44:31.920 --> 00:44:32.360
 lives

00:44:32.360 --> 00:44:33.079
 and

00:44:33.079 --> 00:44:33.360
 all

00:44:33.360 --> 00:44:33.579
 this

00:44:33.579 --> 00:44:33.760
 we

00:44:33.760 --> 00:44:34.059
 ask

00:44:34.059 --> 00:44:34.239
 in

00:44:34.239 --> 00:44:34.380
 the

00:44:34.380 --> 00:44:34.579
 name

00:44:34.579 --> 00:44:34.779
 of

00:44:34.779 --> 00:44:35.139
 Jesus

00:44:35.139 --> 00:44:35.860
 your

00:44:35.860 --> 00:44:36.360
 son

00:44:36.360 --> 00:44:36.900
 and

00:44:36.900 --> 00:44:37.179
 our

00:44:37.179 --> 00:44:37.699
 savior

00:44:37.699 --> 00:44:38.860
 amen