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 Proverbs chapter 4.

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 Let your heart hold fast my words.

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 Keep my commandments and live.

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 Get wisdom.

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 Get insight.

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 Do not forget.

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 And do not turn away from the words of my mouth.

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 Do not forsake her and she will keep you.

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 Love her and she will guard you.

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 The beginning of wisdom is this.

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 Get wisdom.

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 Whatever you get, get insight.

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 Prize her highly and she will exalt you.

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 She will honor you if you embrace her.

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 She will place on your head a graceful garland.

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 She will bestow on you a beautiful crown.

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 Hear, my son, and accept my words.

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 That the years of your life may be many.

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 I have taught you the way of wisdom.

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 I have led you in the paths of uprightness.

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 When you walk, your step will not be hampered.

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 And if you run, you will not stumble.

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 Keep hold of instruction.

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 Do not let go.

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 Guard her.

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 For she is your life.

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 Do not enter the path of the wicked.

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 Do not walk in the way of the evil.

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 Avoid it.

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 Do not go on it.

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 Turn away from it and pass on.

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 For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong.

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 They are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.

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 For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

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 But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn.

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 Which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

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 The way of the wicked is like deep darkness.

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 They do not know over what they stumble.

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 My son, be attentive to my words.

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 Incline your ear to my sayings.

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 Let them not escape from your sight.

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 Keep them within your heart.

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 For they are life to those who find them and healing to all their flesh.

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 Keep your heart with all vigilance.

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 For from it flow the springs of life.

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 Put away from you crooked speech.

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 And put devious talk far from you.

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 Let your eyes look directly forward.

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 And your gaze be straight before you.

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 Ponder the path of your feet.

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 Then all your ways will be sure.

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 Do not swerve to the right or to the left.

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 Turn your foot away from evil.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 The metaphor of the journey is often used to describe our lives.

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 We talk about needing guidance or direction in our lives.

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 People speak of choosing a career path.

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 We all tend to think of life as getting somewhere.

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 That we're headed somewhere.

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 Although people disagree wildly on what that exact destination is.

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 And what the purpose of our life's journey actually is.

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 But the word of God doesn't leave us in the dark.

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 Concerning his people, God says in Isaiah 43 verse 7.

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 Everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.

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 God created us for his glory.

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 That's our ultimate purpose.

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 He created us for himself.

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 Romans 11 verse 36 says,

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 For from him and through him and to him are all things.

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 To him be glory forever.

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 Amen.

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 The reason for your existence,

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 the meaning of your life,

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 your journey,

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 your calling,

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 the purpose of your being,

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 the salvation of your soul.

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 It is all from him and through him and to him.

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 If you want to fulfill your purpose,

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 if you want to find true eternal satisfaction,

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 there's only one path laid off for you.

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 And that is the path that this passage speaks of.

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 It's the path of God.

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 This passage teaches us that we should keep the wisdom of God within our hearts

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 so that it keeps our feet on the path of God.

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 That's the main point.

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 And I will talk about it in three paths.

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 It tells us what the path of God is.

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 First, it tells us that it is a worn path,

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 a well-worn path.

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 In verses 1 to 9.

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 Then it tells us that it is a lit path,

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 a well-lit path,

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 10 to 19.

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 And then finally,

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 it tells us that this is a straight path.

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 Verses 20 to 27.

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 I'll unpack those in turn.

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 We know that these are the three sections in this passage

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 because each section begins with a fresh address to the Son.

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 Hear, O sons, verse 1.

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 Or hear, my son, verse 10.

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 Or my son, verse 20.

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 And let's talk about what it means to keep the wisdom of God in our hearts

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 so that we can keep our feet on the path of God.

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 It begins in verses 1 to 2 this way.

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 Hear, O sons, a father's instruction.

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 Be attentive that you may gain insight,

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 for I give you good precepts.

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 Do not forsake my teaching.

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 Once again, as we've been seeing throughout this book,

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 the author of Proverbs uses the trope,

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 a literary device of the father-son relationship,

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 in order to convey his teaching.

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 But this time, interestingly, the word son is plural.

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 It's been singular this whole time,

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 showing that there never was a particular son in mind.

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 It has all of God's people in view.

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 And this father exhorts the son to be attentive.

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 That you may gain insight,

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 for I give you good precepts.

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 Do not forsake my teaching, he says.

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 A loving father is not going to give his children bad precepts.

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 He's going to give good precepts that are intended to guide,

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 provide, and protect his children.

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 But it is, of course, characteristic of rebellious children

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 to want their own way.

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 Those of you who are parents can identify with this.

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 It can be exasperating at times for the parent

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 to have to plead and command and warn and even threaten

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 again and again and again and again

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 just to get your own children to do what's good for them.

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 It's like, do I really have to sell this to you?

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 This is for you.

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 And you have to repeat it again and again.

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 It's the...

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 But that's exactly what we do to our Heavenly Father.

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 We act like his precepts are bad.

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 Like they are arbitrary.

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 We act like God is a tyrant seeking to oppress us

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 or a boss on a power trip

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 when in reality the Bible describes God as a loving Father.

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 He offers us insight.

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 He gives us good precepts.

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 And that's why he wants us to be attentive

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 to not forsake his teaching.

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 And this teaching is not something that the Father invented.

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 He tells his sons that he himself received this teaching

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 from his Father.

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 He says in verses 3 to 4,

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 The Hebrew concept of sonship

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 is not merely a matter of biology,

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 biological lineage.

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 It's a relational and spiritual heritage.

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 This is why defiantly rebellious children in Israel

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 were disowned by their parents

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 and they were no longer considered their children.

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 That's because they understood sonship

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 in light of this filial loyalty.

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 And so the stubborn disobedience of children

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 itself constituted a denial of sonship.

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 Saying, you are ceasing to be my son.

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 You're ceasing to be my daughter.

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 So when the Father says,

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 when I was a son with my father,

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 this means more than when I was a child.

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 It means when I was under the authority of my father.

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 When I was under the tutelage of my parents.

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 He says he was tender.

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 The word refers to a softness,

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 a frailty,

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 or inexperience

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 that characterizes young age.

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 When he was a dependent.

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 When he was inexperienced.

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 When he was a compliant child.

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 His father taught him this.

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 And not only was he a son with his father.

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 He says he was the only one in the sight of my mother.

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 The phrase only one conveys

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 how precious this father was to his mother.

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 It doesn't necessarily mean that he was an only child.

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 Even though Abraham in the Bible,

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 in Genesis had other sons.

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 For example, Ishmael.

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 through Hagar, his concubine.

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 Only Isaac, the son through his wife Sarah,

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 is described as the only one.

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 The same phrase.

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 To designate his special status.

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 So like an only child,

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 the parents loved him and taught him.

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 And this is the special message

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 that they imparted to that special child.

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 The message that passed on to him with great care.

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 Let your heart hold fast to my words.

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 Keep my commandments and live.

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 That's the message they passed on to the next generation.

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 This passing of the torch from one generation to the next

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 speaks to this importance of tradition.

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 Ancient people viewed human history as primarily cyclical.

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 But modern people, in contrast,

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 largely actually due to Christian influence

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 of seeing all of history as coming to a climax

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 in God's sovereign guidance.

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 And modern people now see it not in a cyclical sense.

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 They see history more as something progressive,

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 like a line that progresses.

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 However, people nowadays have taken this idea of progress

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 and have removed God from the picture.

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 So that now, apart from God,

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 apart from God who is sovereignly guiding history,

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 we see history automatically as making progress at every age.

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 This is the worldview that produces

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 what C.S. Lewis famously described

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 as chronological snobbery.

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 Which is, as he defines it,

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 the assumption that whatever has gone out of date

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 is on that account discredited.

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 So nowadays, many politicians and pundits

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 just kind of cavalierly dismiss certain actions and positions

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 as having no business in the 21st century.

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 If you are susceptible to this idea,

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 you should know that this is a cultural presupposition

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 that needs to be examined and proven

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 rather than taken for granted.

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 Who says history is an ineluctable progress?

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 Theologian J.I. Packer describes this attitude

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 with some memorable rhymes.

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 He says,

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 The newer is the truer.

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 Only what is recent is decent.

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 Every shift of ground is a step forward,

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 and every latest word must be hailed

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 as the last word on its subject.

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 But the fact that people back in the day believed it

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 doesn't automatically make it wrong.

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 It is simply untrue that society is always progressing.

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 Perhaps in a technological sense, yes,

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 we are always progressing.

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 But in a moral sense?

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 In a spiritual sense?

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 In a human sense?

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 Far from it.

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 Scripture does view human history as having an end goal,

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 which is the glory of God through the redemptive work of Jesus Christ.

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 Human history is, in that sense, progressive.

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 But Scripture never says that society will, therefore,

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 improve with every successive generation.

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 No, rather, Scripture sees human history as a downward spiral of sin

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 and rebellion with periodic renewal and revival.

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 It teaches that everything will come to a climactic judgment

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 in which the heaven and earth, we know,

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 as we know it will pass away,

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 making way forward to the new heaven and new earth.

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 That's the climax.

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 So the way of God is not a newfangled fad.

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 It's not an innovation.

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 It is old.

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 It's time-tested.

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 Because it is the way of the ancient of days,

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 as Daniel describes God.

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 Jeremiah 6, chapter 16 says this,

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 Thus says the Lord,

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 Stand by the roads and look and ask for the ancient paths,

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 where the good way is,

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 and walk in it,

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 and find rest for your souls.

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 Finding rest for your souls is not found in new paths

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 that people invented,

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 new techniques,

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 new advice.

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 It is found in the ancient path that's laid out for us in Scripture.

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 That's the good way in which you find rest for your soul.

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 G.K. Chesterton, an English writer and philosopher and theologian,

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 captures this importance of tradition in a helpful and provocative way.

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 He says,

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 Tradition means giving a vote to most obscure of all classes,

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 our ancestors.

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 It is the democracy of the dead.

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 Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy

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 of those who merely happen to be walking about.

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 Democracy tells us not to neglect the good man's opinion,

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 even if he is our servant.

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 Tradition asks us not to neglect the good man's opinion,

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 even if he is our father.

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 Instead of discrediting God's word by saying,

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 times have changed.

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 Instead of dismissing Scripture as regressive,

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 I pray that we can have enough humility

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 to admit that we are not better than our fathers.

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 To allow that just maybe,

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 there is something right and good

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 in this ancient tradition

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 that has been preserved for us through millennia.

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 Everything that progresses is,

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 if you think about it by definition,

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 imperfect, isn't it?

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 If it's perfect, it doesn't need progress.

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 That's why humans need to change,

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 but God never changes.

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 God's truth, likewise, does not change.

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 Our scientific understanding of the universe,

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 yeah, that progresses

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 because we have an imperfect understanding.

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 We form truer understanding of it with each generation,

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 but the word of God cannot progress

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 because, cannot have any progress

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 because it is already true.

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 2 Samuel 22, 31 says,

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 This God, His way is perfect.

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 The word of the Lord proves true.

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 Psalm 19 says,

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 The law of the Lord is perfect,

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 reviving the soul.

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 The testimony of the Lord is sure,

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 making wise the simple.

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 The precepts of the Lord are right,

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 rejoicing the heart.

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 The commandment of the Lord is pure,

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 enlightening the eyes.

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 The fear of the Lord is clean,

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 enduring forever.

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 The rules of the Lord are true

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 and righteous altogether.

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 Yes, the way our spiritual problems

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 manifest themselves have changed.

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 But our underlying spiritual problem,

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 the root of it all,

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 is still the same.

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 And its solution is still found

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 in the ancient path

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 laid out for us by the ancient of days.

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 Our problems are not novel.

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 We can find God's wisdom

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 for navigating this ever-changing world

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 in God's unchanging word.

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 And that's why the author of Proverbs

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 invokes tradition,

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 saying,

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 This is what my Father,

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 the wisdom of God,

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 that my Father passed down to me,

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 that I passed down to you.

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 This is what His Father told Him.

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 It says in verses 5 to 8,

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 Get wisdom.

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 Get insight.

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 Do not forget.

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 And do not turn away

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 from the words of my mouth.

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 Do not forsake her,

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 and she will keep you.

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 Love her,

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 and she will guard you.

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 The beginning of wisdom is this.

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 Get wisdom,

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 and whatever you get,

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 get insight.

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 Prize her highly,

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 and she will exalt you.

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 She will honor you

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 if you embrace her.

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 Verses 5 to 6 and 7 to 8

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 are parallel.

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 Verses 5 and verse 7

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 both say get wisdom.

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 And then verse 6 and verse 8

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 and talk about what wisdom

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 will do for you

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 if you get it.

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 The word get,

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 that's repeated four times here

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 in verses 6 and 8,

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 usually refer to some kind

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 of financial acquisition.

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 It means to acquire or buy.

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 And what is the cost of wisdom?

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 How do you afford wisdom?

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 Verse 7 tells us,

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 The beginning of wisdom is this.

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 Get wisdom,

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 and whatever you get,

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 get insight.

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 The phrase,

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 whatever you get,

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 is literally,

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 with all your acquiring.

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 The New International Version

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 renders it this way.

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 It says,

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 Though it cost all you have,

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 get understanding.

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 With all you ever acquire,

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 get wisdom.

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 Count nothing too expensive

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 to pay for the price of wisdom.

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 No matter the cost,

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 give everything you have for it.

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 To use an English idiom,

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 it's an exhortation

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 to go all in.

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 To totally commit.

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 To bet all your chips

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 on this

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 wisdom of God.

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 That's the beginning of wisdom.

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 To recognize its surpassing worth

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 and seek it,

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 no matter the cost.

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 The fear of God,

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 as chapter 1 put it.

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 Not only are we to treat wisdom

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 like a priceless treasure,

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 we are to cherish wisdom

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 like a lover.

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 Verse 6 says,

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 Do not forsake her,

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 and she will keep you.

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 Love her,

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 and she will guard you.

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 Verse 8 similarly says,

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 Prize her highly,

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 and she will exalt you.

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 She will honor you

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 if you embrace her.

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 To love and embrace wisdom

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 is to set our loyal affections

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 on God and His commands.

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 And if we do this,

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 verse 9 says,

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 She will place on your head

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 a graceful garland.

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 She will bestow on you

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 a beautiful crown.

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 The graceful garland

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 and the beautiful crown

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 represent the exaltation

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 and honor

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 that wisdom bestows

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 on its bearers.

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 When we keep the wisdom of God

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 within our hearts,

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 it keeps our feet

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 on the well-worn path of God

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 which leads to glory.

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 The glory of God.

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 So God's way of wisdom

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 is a well-worn path.

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 It's also a well-lit path.

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 Verses 10 to 19 tell us.

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 I get that from verse 18.

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 And this section begins

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 with another address

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 to the Son in verse 10.

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 Hear, my Son,

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 and accept my words

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 that the years of your life

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 may be many.

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 After relaying

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 what his father

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 and his grandfather taught,

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 the Son's grandfather taught him,

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 he now addresses the Son

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 in his own voice.

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 He says in verses 11 to 12,

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 I have taught you

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 the way of wisdom.

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 I have led you

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 in the paths

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 of our brightness.

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 When you walk,

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 your step will not be hampered

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 and if you run,

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 you will not stumble.

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 The word translated path

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 in verse 11

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 and verse 26,

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 they refer to tracks

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 or paths

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 that are created

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 by repeated use,

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 by repeated walking.

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 So imagine

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 a smooth path

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 on a grassy hill

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 that's created

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 by people

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 who just walked

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 along that same path

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 over and over again.

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 Or think of maybe

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 if you're driving

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 under heavy snow,

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 imagine the tracks

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 that are formed

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 on the snowy highway

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 by cars repeatedly

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 going past on it.

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 That's the kind of image.

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 It's the tracks

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 that you're supposed

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 to walk on.

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 Now,

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 if you don't want

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 to trip over rocks

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 and dense weeds

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 when you are running

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 through the fields,

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 you want to go along

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 the smooth path

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 created by people

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 that have gone before you.

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 Likewise,

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 if you don't want

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 to skid in the snow

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 and get into an accident,

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 you need to stay

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 along the tracks

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 created by the other cars

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 that have gone ahead of you.

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 Similarly,

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 the paths

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 that the Father

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 has shown to the Son

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 are paths

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 of uprightness.

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 They are proven paths

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 that many wise

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 and righteous people

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 of God

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 have walked on.

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 It's the ancient paths

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 handed down

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 from our forefathers

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 of faith.

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 And if you walk on that,

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 you will not be hampered.

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 And if you run,

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 you will not stumble.

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 So the Father

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 enjoins in verse 13,

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 Keep hold of instruction.

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 Do not let go.

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 Guard her

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 for she is your life.

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 Keeping hold

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 of instruction

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 implies a humble submission

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 to the authority

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 of one's teacher.

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 Job chapter 5

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 verse 17

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 translates the same

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 Hebrew word

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 instruction

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 as discipline.

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 To keep hold

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 of instruction

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 is to yield

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 to discipline.

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 the correction

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 of wisdom.

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 It's only

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 the musician

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 that submits

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 herself

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 to the discipline

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 of tedious

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 finger strengthening

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 exercises

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 and scales

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 that will later

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 have the ability

00:22:24.639 --> 00:22:25.879
 to play

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 exquisite pieces

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 with freedom

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 and joy.

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 That's the reward

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 of discipline.

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 discipline.

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 It's only the athlete

00:22:35.119 --> 00:22:35.940
 that submits

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 himself to the

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 discipline of

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 repetitive drills

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 and arduous exercises

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:41.839
 that will have

00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:42.720
 the muscular

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:43.460
 and cardiovascular

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 endurance

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 to play the sport

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 that he loves

00:22:46.619 --> 00:22:47.240
 with freedom

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 and excellence.

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 that's the reward

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 of discipline.

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 Likewise,

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 it's the Christian

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 who submits

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 to the instruction

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 of God

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 the discipline

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 of God's wisdom

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 that can run

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 the course of life

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 without stumbling.

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 The flip side

00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:07.960
 of that instruction

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 is avoiding

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 the miseducation

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 of sin.

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 The Father warns

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 in verses 14 to 15

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 Do not enter

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 the path

00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:15.579
 of the wicked

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 and do not walk

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 in the way

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 of the evil.

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 Avoid it.

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 Do not go on it.

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 Turn away from it

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 and pass on.

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 This warning

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 is urgent

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 because if you

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 give sin an inch

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 it takes a mile.

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 So the Father

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 tells the Son

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 not even to go

00:23:36.379 --> 00:23:37.139
 near it.

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 Do not enter

00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:39.179
 the path

00:23:39.179 --> 00:23:39.659
 of the wicked.

00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:41.259
 Let alone persist

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:42.359
 walking down it.

00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:43.319
 Don't even get

00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:44.179
 started on the

00:23:44.179 --> 00:23:45.099
 path of the wicked.

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:47.939
 19th century

00:23:47.939 --> 00:23:49.179
 English minister

00:23:49.179 --> 00:23:50.399
 Pastor Charles Bridges

00:23:50.399 --> 00:23:51.139
 puts it this way

00:23:51.139 --> 00:23:53.439
 It is far more easy

00:23:53.439 --> 00:23:54.079
 to shun

00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:54.960
 the occasion

00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:55.480
 of sin

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:57.359
 than the sin

00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:58.279
 when the occasion

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:59.139
 presents it.

00:24:00.419 --> 00:24:01.339
 To resist

00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:01.980
 the beginnings

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:03.619
 than the progress

00:24:03.619 --> 00:24:04.559
 of sin.

00:24:05.879 --> 00:24:07.159
 There must therefore

00:24:07.159 --> 00:24:08.119
 be no tampering

00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:08.539
 with it

00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:10.500
 no trial of strength

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:11.740
 to see how far

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.480
 our resolutions

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:13.799
 will keep us.

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:18.259
 Sin is a contagion.

00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:20.420
 It is a virulent

00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:21.740
 and fatal

00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.860
 disease.

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:27.160
 It's a particularly

00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:28.079
 helpful way

00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:28.720
 to think about it

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:29.299
 in light of the

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:30.579
 coronavirus epidemic.

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:32.099
 Many people

00:24:32.099 --> 00:24:33.140
 are wearing masks

00:24:33.140 --> 00:24:35.019
 avoiding public spaces

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:36.259
 because they don't

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:37.059
 even want to come

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:37.940
 into contact

00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:39.299
 with the virus.

00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:40.640
 They don't even

00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:41.599
 want to come near it

00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:42.240
 because they know

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:43.379
 how deadly it is.

00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:47.139
 Sin

00:24:47.139 --> 00:24:48.199
 should be avoided

00:24:48.199 --> 00:24:49.119
 in the same way

00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:50.740
 even more seriously

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:52.000
 because sin

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:53.039
 is a fatal disease.

00:24:53.859 --> 00:24:54.259
 In fact,

00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:55.259
 it has a 100%

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:56.099
 fatality rate.

00:24:58.439 --> 00:24:59.539
 And it's not just

00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:00.500
 death in this life.

00:25:00.959 --> 00:25:01.719
 It's death

00:25:01.719 --> 00:25:03.139
 forever.

00:25:03.140 --> 00:25:08.100
 And yet we think

00:25:08.100 --> 00:25:08.500
 it's okay

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:09.160
 to temper

00:25:09.160 --> 00:25:09.700
 with sin

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:11.140
 to play with it

00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:12.680
 to test it

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.080
 to see if we're

00:25:13.080 --> 00:25:13.800
 strong enough.

00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:14.840
 Let's see how far

00:25:14.840 --> 00:25:15.460
 I can go

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:17.340
 without sinning.

00:25:19.340 --> 00:25:20.200
 We would not

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:21.060
 treat it that way

00:25:21.060 --> 00:25:21.660
 if we saw it

00:25:21.660 --> 00:25:22.420
 as the contagion

00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:23.000
 that it is.

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:26.980
 verses 16 to 17

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.720
 give us the reason

00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:28.200
 why we should

00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:28.799
 avoid the way

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:29.359
 of the evil.

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:30.500
 For they cannot

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.299
 sleep unless

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:32.099
 they have done wrong.

00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:32.700
 They are robbed

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.339
 of sleep unless

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:33.960
 they have made

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:35.039
 someone stumble.

00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:35.960
 For they eat

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.980
 the bread of wickedness

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.859
 and drink the wine

00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:38.480
 of violence.

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:40.500
 The Father promised

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.579
 earlier in verse 12

00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:42.160
 that if the Son

00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:42.859
 walks in the way

00:25:42.859 --> 00:25:43.319
 of wisdom

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:44.440
 that He will not stumble.

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.720
 In contrast,

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:47.099
 the wicked cannot sleep

00:25:47.099 --> 00:25:48.000
 unless they have

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:49.240
 made someone stumble.

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:51.740
 Not only is sin

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:53.220
 a contagious virus,

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.519
 it is also

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:56.059
 an addictive narcotic.

00:25:58.519 --> 00:25:59.420
 A one-off sin

00:25:59.420 --> 00:26:00.500
 becomes occasional

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:01.799
 and then it becomes

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.259
 habitual

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:03.420
 and then it becomes

00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:04.480
 obsessive

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.380
 and compulsive

00:26:05.380 --> 00:26:07.019
 so that they commit

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.779
 wickedness

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.980
 and do violence

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:10.579
 like they eat bread

00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:11.519
 and drink wine.

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:14.220
 That's their daily portion.

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:16.380
 They can't sleep

00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:17.359
 unless they do it.

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.940
 Wickedness is their food,

00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:21.200
 violence is their drink,

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:22.259
 in the same way

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:23.720
 that our bodily appetites

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:25.460
 require constant feeding.

00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:27.120
 The craving for sin

00:26:27.120 --> 00:26:27.980
 must continually

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:29.519
 be indulged.

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:34.039
 If you give it an itch,

00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:35.180
 it takes a mile.

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.380
 And these wicked people

00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:39.140
 are so consumed

00:26:39.140 --> 00:26:39.799
 by their wickedness,

00:26:39.860 --> 00:26:40.840
 it says they can't sleep

00:26:40.840 --> 00:26:41.980
 unless they have done wrong.

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:44.580
 That's why we should avoid it,

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:45.940
 never go even near it.

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.900
 Verses 18 to 19

00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:50.120
 use yet another imagery

00:26:50.120 --> 00:26:51.220
 to contrast the path

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.620
 of the righteous

00:26:51.620 --> 00:26:53.140
 from the way of the wicked.

00:26:53.620 --> 00:26:54.019
 It says,

00:26:54.080 --> 00:26:55.519
 the path of the righteous

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:57.320
 is like the light of dawn

00:26:57.320 --> 00:26:59.440
 which shines brighter

00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:00.360
 and brighter

00:27:00.360 --> 00:27:01.820
 until full day.

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.800
 The way of the wicked

00:27:03.800 --> 00:27:05.120
 is like deep darkness.

00:27:05.840 --> 00:27:06.600
 They do not know

00:27:06.600 --> 00:27:07.820
 over what they stumble.

00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:09.500
 I mean,

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:10.559
 we instinctively

00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:12.980
 avoid dark alleys

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.519
 in the city,

00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:13.919
 don't we?

00:27:14.899 --> 00:27:15.980
 When we're walking around

00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:16.339
 at night.

00:27:19.179 --> 00:27:20.439
 Light brings safety.

00:27:21.159 --> 00:27:22.220
 It brings visibility.

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.679
 It brings accountability.

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:26.079
 At dawn,

00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:27.139
 as the sun peaks

00:27:27.139 --> 00:27:27.960
 over the horizon,

00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:29.000
 the light grows

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:29.960
 ever stronger

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.899
 throughout the morning.

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:32.439
 And that's what

00:27:32.439 --> 00:27:33.359
 the path of the righteous

00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:34.000
 is like.

00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:35.480
 As they walk on it,

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:36.519
 as they're following God,

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:38.000
 they find greater clarity.

00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:39.879
 They find greater illumination.

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:41.720
 They find greater holiness.

00:27:42.359 --> 00:27:43.839
 They become nearer to God

00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:46.059
 the farther they progress

00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:46.920
 on their path

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:49.359
 until the full day

00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:50.039
 when that light

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:50.839
 comes in fullness.

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:54.759
 This likely refers

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:56.559
 to the ultimate salvation

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:58.339
 that God has in store

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:58.799
 for us,

00:27:58.879 --> 00:28:00.059
 complete sanctification,

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:01.000
 the eternal destiny

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.980
 of all God's people.

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:05.160
 In contrast,

00:28:05.339 --> 00:28:06.140
 the way of the wicked

00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:08.319
 is like deep darkness.

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:10.160
 They do not know

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:11.380
 over what they stumble.

00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:12.279
 Again,

00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:13.240
 the play on the word

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:14.420
 stumble continues.

00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:15.599
 Those who walk

00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:16.039
 in the paths

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.559
 of righteousness

00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:17.480
 will not stumble,

00:28:17.620 --> 00:28:18.120
 but the wicked

00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:19.120
 can't sleep on,

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:19.599
 like say,

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.640
 make someone stumble.

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:22.360
 But now in the end,

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.819
 it's the wicked themselves

00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:24.559
 who stumble

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:26.160
 over what they don't

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:26.680
 even know.

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:28.319
 They don't know

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:29.620
 that their wrongdoing

00:28:29.619 --> 00:28:31.939
 that makes others stumble

00:28:31.939 --> 00:28:33.519
 is the very cause

00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:34.379
 of their own stumbling,

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.179
 but they are unaware

00:28:35.179 --> 00:28:35.759
 of that.

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:38.879
 It's an unlit path

00:28:38.879 --> 00:28:40.379
 where people grope about

00:28:40.379 --> 00:28:41.619
 trying to find their way

00:28:41.619 --> 00:28:42.099
 in the dark.

00:28:43.219 --> 00:28:43.919
 And the longer

00:28:43.919 --> 00:28:44.839
 you stay on it,

00:28:44.979 --> 00:28:46.019
 the more you lose

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:47.219
 your sense of direction

00:28:47.219 --> 00:28:48.500
 and orientation,

00:28:48.979 --> 00:28:50.119
 and the more lost

00:28:50.119 --> 00:28:50.619
 you get,

00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:54.599
 so you should avoid it.

00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:56.679
 Avoid the path

00:28:56.679 --> 00:28:57.019
 of the wicked.

00:28:57.099 --> 00:28:57.659
 We should keep

00:28:57.659 --> 00:28:58.759
 the wisdom of God

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.599
 within our hearts,

00:28:59.619 --> 00:29:00.639
 so that it keeps

00:29:00.639 --> 00:29:01.539
 our feet on the path

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:01.919
 of God.

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:04.559
 So the way of God

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:05.599
 is a worn path,

00:29:05.679 --> 00:29:06.959
 it's a lit path,

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:08.419
 it's also a straight path,

00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:09.919
 as verses 20 to 27

00:29:09.919 --> 00:29:10.539
 teach us.

00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:12.539
 Again,

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:13.159
 it begins with

00:29:13.159 --> 00:29:14.039
 an address to the Son.

00:29:14.479 --> 00:29:15.019
 My Son,

00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:15.639
 verse 20,

00:29:16.179 --> 00:29:16.819
 Be attentive

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.659
 to my words,

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:19.000
 incline your ear

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.799
 to my sayings,

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:21.099
 let them not escape

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:22.059
 from your sight,

00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:23.059
 keep them

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:24.079
 within your heart.

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:26.059
 And the reason

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:27.199
 is given in verse 22.

00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:29.099
 For they are life

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:30.119
 to those who find them

00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:31.039
 and healing to all

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:31.779
 their flesh.

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:34.359
 The way that God

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:35.399
 has created this world

00:29:35.399 --> 00:29:36.639
 and has placed

00:29:36.639 --> 00:29:38.339
 an order in this world,

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:39.980
 it is faithfulness

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.699
 and obedience

00:29:40.699 --> 00:29:41.419
 to God

00:29:41.419 --> 00:29:43.779
 that produces

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:45.059
 life and healing.

00:29:46.439 --> 00:29:47.419
 That's the way

00:29:47.419 --> 00:29:48.399
 God has generally

00:29:48.399 --> 00:29:49.719
 created this universe

00:29:49.719 --> 00:29:50.219
 to operate.

00:29:50.879 --> 00:29:52.459
 That's a general axiom

00:29:52.459 --> 00:29:53.480
 that admits exceptions,

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:54.839
 but it is nonetheless

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:55.940
 true.

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:59.599
 And it's ultimately

00:29:59.599 --> 00:30:00.680
 true in that

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.960
 there will be

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:02.620
 final judgment

00:30:02.620 --> 00:30:03.059
 in the end

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:03.880
 when God rewards

00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:04.500
 all the righteous.

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:06.360
 Then the Father

00:30:06.360 --> 00:30:06.980
 gives another

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.779
 well-known command,

00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:08.680
 Keep your heart

00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:09.599
 with all vigilance,

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:11.220
 for from it flows

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:12.180
 the springs of life.

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.640
 The command,

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:14.299
 Keep,

00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:15.819
 keep my words

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.620
 within your heart

00:30:16.620 --> 00:30:17.500
 in verse 21

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:18.259
 is now matched

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:19.380
 by keep your heart

00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:20.259
 with all vigilance.

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:21.299
 Those two things

00:30:21.299 --> 00:30:21.740
 are related.

00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:22.599
 You keep your heart

00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:23.259
 with all vigilance

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:24.680
 by keeping God's word,

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.680
 keeping the word

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:26.139
 of wisdom

00:30:26.139 --> 00:30:26.879
 in your heart.

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:29.339
 This is the third time

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:29.859
 that the author

00:30:29.859 --> 00:30:30.899
 has spoken of

00:30:30.899 --> 00:30:31.980
 the centrality

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:32.579
 of the heart

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:33.940
 in this chapter.

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:35.639
 You mentioned it

00:30:35.639 --> 00:30:36.319
 in verse 4

00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:37.460
 and here in verse 21

00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:38.200
 and 23.

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:40.879
 But why does our heart

00:30:40.879 --> 00:30:42.419
 deserve such attention?

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.419
 Because it says,

00:30:44.919 --> 00:30:46.200
 for from it flow

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:48.139
 the springs of life.

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:50.779
 Our actions in life

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:52.819
 have a source

00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:53.980
 from which they flow

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:55.319
 and it is our heart.

00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:57.619
 This is an extremely

00:30:57.619 --> 00:30:58.319
 important

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:59.539
 biblical principle

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:01.399
 because what we say

00:31:01.399 --> 00:31:02.440
 and what we do

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:03.859
 are not caused

00:31:03.859 --> 00:31:04.639
 ultimately

00:31:04.639 --> 00:31:06.279
 by our circumstances

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:07.259
 or environment

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:09.139
 but by our hearts.

00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:13.319
 If a building collapses

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:15.299
 people point their fingers

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:15.980
 at the architect

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:18.460
 or the construction workers.

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:20.180
 I don't think

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:20.819
 I've ever seen

00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:22.019
 people point their finger

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:22.559
 at the people

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.240
 that were in the building

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:23.500
 saying,

00:31:23.600 --> 00:31:23.700
 man,

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.480
 they were so heavy.

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.640
 Because a building

00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:30.680
 is supposed to be able

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:31.140
 to withstand

00:31:31.140 --> 00:31:31.660
 the weight

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:32.519
 of the people in it.

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:35.340
 The fact that it collapsed

00:31:35.340 --> 00:31:36.140
 points to

00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:37.079
 the lack of

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:38.440
 structural integrity.

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:40.660
 Something internally

00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:42.079
 wrong with the building.

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:47.240
 That sounds funny

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:48.179
 but that's in fact

00:31:48.179 --> 00:31:49.259
 the exact kind of

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:50.379
 excuse we use

00:31:50.379 --> 00:31:51.439
 when we blame shift

00:31:51.439 --> 00:31:53.159
 in our own

00:31:53.159 --> 00:31:53.960
 personal lives.

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:56.199
 When we get

00:31:56.199 --> 00:31:56.960
 into a conflict

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:58.119
 with our spouses,

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:58.779
 neighbors,

00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.419
 parents,

00:31:59.639 --> 00:32:00.119
 and roommates

00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:01.579
 we say,

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:02.299
 well it's because

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:03.559
 you said this.

00:32:05.659 --> 00:32:06.399
 It's because

00:32:06.399 --> 00:32:07.240
 you did this

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.599
 to me.

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.199
 Well you

00:32:10.199 --> 00:32:11.099
 started it.

00:32:11.099 --> 00:32:12.559
 I wouldn't be so angry

00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:13.379
 if you weren't

00:32:13.379 --> 00:32:13.899
 so lazy

00:32:13.899 --> 00:32:14.859
 and incompetent.

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.419
 Sure,

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:18.919
 there are

00:32:18.919 --> 00:32:20.139
 external stressors

00:32:20.139 --> 00:32:21.919
 but they are

00:32:21.919 --> 00:32:22.719
 not the source.

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.559
 Our circumstances

00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:26.819
 are the context

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:28.480
 not the cause

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:28.939
 of sin.

00:32:29.879 --> 00:32:30.659
 It reveals

00:32:30.659 --> 00:32:31.759
 something within

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:33.219
 every sin

00:32:33.219 --> 00:32:33.519
 does.

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:37.679
 For this reason

00:32:37.679 --> 00:32:38.279
 it's of utmost

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:38.679
 importance

00:32:38.679 --> 00:32:39.259
 that we guard

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:39.980
 our own hearts

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:41.519
 how do we do

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:41.740
 that?

00:32:41.819 --> 00:32:42.559
 Psalm 119

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:43.019
 verse 11

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:43.259
 says,

00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:43.860
 I have stored

00:32:43.860 --> 00:32:44.940
 up your word

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:45.680
 in my heart

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:46.620
 that I might

00:32:46.620 --> 00:32:47.440
 not sin

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:48.420
 against you.

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.880
 We keep

00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:50.620
 our hearts

00:32:50.620 --> 00:32:51.360
 by storing

00:32:51.360 --> 00:32:52.240
 up God's

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:52.680
 word

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:53.440
 in it.

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.839
 By knowing

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:55.500
 God's word

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:56.259
 and by believing

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:56.940
 God's word

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.700
 and by applying

00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:58.380
 God's word

00:32:58.380 --> 00:32:59.259
 to our hearts

00:32:59.259 --> 00:32:59.900
 we keep

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:00.259
 our hearts

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:01.039
 by obeying

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:02.079
 verses 20

00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:02.559
 and 21.

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.200
 My son

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:04.140
 be attentive

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:05.059
 to my words

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:06.339
 incline your ear

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:07.120
 to my sayings

00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:07.779
 let them not

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.480
 escape from

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:08.920
 your sight

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:09.840
 keep them

00:33:09.840 --> 00:33:10.700
 within your

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.120
 heart.

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.240
 That's how

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:12.720
 we keep

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.259
 our hearts

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:14.140
 by keeping

00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:14.960
 God's word

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:16.120
 in our hearts

00:33:16.120 --> 00:33:18.340
 and whether

00:33:18.340 --> 00:33:18.700
 or not

00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:19.400
 our hearts

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:19.960
 are in

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.980
 what kind

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.420
 of condition

00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:21.860
 that it's

00:33:21.860 --> 00:33:22.440
 in is

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:23.440
 often seen

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:24.480
 in what

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:24.940
 we say

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:25.779
 our speech.

00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:28.180
 That's the

00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:28.500
 connection

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:29.220
 that verse 24

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:29.700
 makes.

00:33:30.320 --> 00:33:30.759
 Put away

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:31.360
 from you

00:33:31.360 --> 00:33:32.460
 crooked speech

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:34.060
 put devious

00:33:34.060 --> 00:33:34.960
 talk far

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:35.920
 from you

00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:37.120
 if our

00:33:37.120 --> 00:33:37.740
 hearts

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.240
 are not

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.740
 upright

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.940
 if it's

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.160
 not

00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:40.600
 properly

00:33:40.600 --> 00:33:40.980
 ordered

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.400
 crooked

00:33:41.400 --> 00:33:41.920
 speech

00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:42.240
 and

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:42.640
 devious

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:42.980
 talk

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.200
 will

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:43.460
 flow

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:43.980
 from it.

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:47.779
 It's

00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:48.140
 literally

00:33:48.140 --> 00:33:49.039
 crooked mouth

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:49.779
 and devious

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:50.200
 lip

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:51.100
 using it

00:33:51.100 --> 00:33:51.539
 poetically

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:53.039
 to represent

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.680
 what we

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:54.039
 say.

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:55.720
 Jesus also

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.140
 made this

00:33:56.140 --> 00:33:56.460
 connection

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:56.880
 didn't he?

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:58.100
 Luke chapter

00:33:58.100 --> 00:33:59.120
 6 verse 45

00:33:59.119 --> 00:34:15.059
 Sometimes

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:15.839
 people

00:34:15.839 --> 00:34:16.819
 blurt out

00:34:16.819 --> 00:34:17.500
 inappropriate

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:18.079
 or offensive

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:18.599
 things

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.219
 and then

00:34:19.219 --> 00:34:19.699
 apologize

00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:20.839
 I'm sorry

00:34:20.839 --> 00:34:21.179
 I didn't

00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:21.819
 mean that.

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:24.859
 But the

00:34:24.859 --> 00:34:25.400
 truth is

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:26.059
 they meant

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.920
 more than

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.639
 they're willing

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:28.179
 to admit

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:29.239
 because it

00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:29.659
 comes from

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:29.799
 their

00:34:29.799 --> 00:34:30.179
 heart.

00:34:33.699 --> 00:34:34.859
 A lustful

00:34:34.859 --> 00:34:35.319
 heart

00:34:35.319 --> 00:34:36.299
 can't

00:34:36.299 --> 00:34:36.759
 help

00:34:36.759 --> 00:34:37.480
 but make

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:38.239
 suggestive

00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:38.679
 and lewd

00:34:38.679 --> 00:34:39.259
 comments.

00:34:41.219 --> 00:34:41.960
 A

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:42.779
 discontented

00:34:42.779 --> 00:34:43.039
 heart

00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:43.460
 can't

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:43.819
 help

00:34:43.819 --> 00:34:44.539
 but make

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:44.980
 bitter

00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:45.519
 biting

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:46.099
 remarks.

00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:48.299
 An

00:34:48.299 --> 00:34:48.899
 insecure

00:34:48.899 --> 00:34:49.500
 envious

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:49.799
 heart

00:34:49.799 --> 00:34:50.179
 can't

00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:50.500
 help

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.199
 but make

00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:51.659
 comments

00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:52.119
 that cut

00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:52.419
 down

00:34:52.419 --> 00:34:52.899
 others

00:34:52.899 --> 00:34:53.339
 in order

00:34:53.339 --> 00:34:53.619
 to lift

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:53.960
 itself

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.279
 up.

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.219
 An

00:34:56.219 --> 00:34:56.879
 unbelieving

00:34:56.879 --> 00:34:57.139
 heart

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:57.539
 can't

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:57.839
 help

00:34:57.840 --> 00:34:58.340
 but say

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:58.800
 cynical

00:34:58.800 --> 00:34:59.280
 things.

00:35:00.160 --> 00:35:00.420
 A

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:00.820
 foolish

00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:01.160
 heart

00:35:01.160 --> 00:35:01.519
 can't

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:01.800
 help

00:35:01.800 --> 00:35:02.240
 but say

00:35:02.240 --> 00:35:02.740
 crude

00:35:02.740 --> 00:35:03.760
 unseemly

00:35:03.760 --> 00:35:04.200
 things.

00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:06.460
 So what

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:06.920
 kind of

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.320
 words are

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:07.780
 coming out

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:08.019
 of your

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.280
 mouth?

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.280
 Does

00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:11.440
 your

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:11.660
 mouth

00:35:11.660 --> 00:35:12.019
 speak

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.380
 only

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:12.840
 what is

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:13.140
 good

00:35:13.140 --> 00:35:13.420
 for

00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:13.780
 building

00:35:13.780 --> 00:35:14.180
 up

00:35:14.180 --> 00:35:14.740
 as

00:35:14.740 --> 00:35:15.079
 fits

00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:15.260
 the

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:15.640
 occasion

00:35:15.640 --> 00:35:16.059
 that

00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:16.160
 it

00:35:16.160 --> 00:35:16.280
 may

00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:16.539
 give

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:17.200
 grace

00:35:17.200 --> 00:35:17.700
 to

00:35:17.700 --> 00:35:18.039
 those

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.220
 who

00:35:18.220 --> 00:35:18.579
 hear

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:19.940
 as

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.039
 it

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.360
 commands

00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:20.480
 in

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:20.900
 Ephesians

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:21.160
 chapter

00:35:21.160 --> 00:35:21.500
 4

00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:21.700
 verse

00:35:21.700 --> 00:35:22.100
 29.

00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:25.380
 The

00:35:25.380 --> 00:35:25.659
 father

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:26.259
 continues

00:35:26.259 --> 00:35:26.799
 his

00:35:26.799 --> 00:35:27.360
 exhortation

00:35:27.360 --> 00:35:27.619
 verses

00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:28.279
 25 to

00:35:28.279 --> 00:35:28.759
 27.

00:35:28.759 --> 00:35:29.000
 Let

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.219
 your

00:35:29.219 --> 00:35:29.779
 eyes

00:35:29.779 --> 00:35:30.440
 look

00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:31.079
 directly

00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:31.519
 forward

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:31.739
 and

00:35:31.739 --> 00:35:31.880
 your

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:32.339
 gaze

00:35:32.339 --> 00:35:32.559
 be

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.039
 straight

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:33.400
 before

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:33.699
 you.

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:34.440
 Ponder

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:34.639
 the

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:34.960
 path

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:35.099
 of

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:35.199
 your

00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:35.440
 feet

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:35.619
 then

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:35.799
 all

00:35:35.799 --> 00:35:35.980
 your

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:36.259
 ways

00:35:36.259 --> 00:35:36.420
 will

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:36.559
 be

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:36.960
 sure.

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:37.559
 Do

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:37.759
 not

00:35:37.759 --> 00:35:38.159
 swerve

00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:38.420
 to the

00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:38.699
 right

00:35:38.699 --> 00:35:38.900
 or

00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:39.059
 to

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.219
 the

00:35:39.219 --> 00:35:39.559
 left.

00:35:40.319 --> 00:35:40.519
 Turn

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:40.679
 your

00:35:40.679 --> 00:35:40.880
 foot

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.179
 away

00:35:41.179 --> 00:35:41.420
 from

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:41.759
 evil.

00:35:43.259 --> 00:35:43.480
 Now

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:44.019
 if you

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:44.299
 look at

00:35:44.299 --> 00:35:44.460
 this

00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:44.699
 section

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:44.920
 more

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:45.279
 closely

00:35:45.279 --> 00:35:45.679
 it's

00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:46.000
 full

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.179
 of

00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:46.500
 body

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:46.839
 imagery.

00:35:46.840 --> 00:35:47.920
 It

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:48.120
 mentions

00:35:48.120 --> 00:35:48.320
 the

00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:48.760
 year

00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:49.140
 verse

00:35:49.140 --> 00:35:49.519
 20

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:50.160
 eyes

00:35:50.160 --> 00:35:50.320
 in

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:50.480
 verse

00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:50.900
 21

00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:51.300
 25

00:35:51.300 --> 00:35:51.620
 the

00:35:51.620 --> 00:35:52.059
 heart

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:52.640
 the

00:35:52.640 --> 00:35:53.200
 flesh

00:35:53.200 --> 00:35:53.440
 in

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:53.600
 verse

00:35:53.600 --> 00:35:54.059
 22

00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:54.320
 the

00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:54.820
 mouth

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:55.079
 and

00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:55.320
 lips

00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:55.500
 in

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:55.640
 verse

00:35:55.640 --> 00:35:56.079
 24

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.720
 and

00:35:56.720 --> 00:35:56.880
 the

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:57.300
 feet

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:57.579
 in

00:35:57.579 --> 00:35:57.760
 verse

00:35:57.760 --> 00:35:58.260
 26

00:35:58.260 --> 00:35:58.400
 and

00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:58.900
 27

00:35:58.900 --> 00:35:59.840
 It's

00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:00.140
 also

00:36:00.140 --> 00:36:00.460
 full

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:00.620
 of

00:36:00.620 --> 00:36:00.920
 words

00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:01.160
 that

00:36:01.160 --> 00:36:01.840
 describe

00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:02.640
 bodily

00:36:02.640 --> 00:36:03.440
 orientation

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:04.039
 physical

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:04.780
 orientation

00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:06.300
 inclined

00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:06.539
 it

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:06.780
 says

00:36:06.780 --> 00:36:07.260
 lean

00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:07.940
 verse

00:36:07.940 --> 00:36:08.360
 21

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:08.920
 mentions

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.600
 crooked

00:36:09.600 --> 00:36:10.680
 devious

00:36:10.680 --> 00:36:11.320
 verse

00:36:11.320 --> 00:36:11.700
 24

00:36:11.700 --> 00:36:12.260
 directly

00:36:12.260 --> 00:36:12.940
 forward

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.400
 verse

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:13.900
 25

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.460
 straight

00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:14.980
 verse

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:15.440
 25

00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:15.600
 do

00:36:15.600 --> 00:36:15.800
 not

00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:16.579
 swerve

00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:17.000
 to

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:17.139
 the

00:36:17.139 --> 00:36:17.400
 right

00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:17.519
 or

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:17.619
 to

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:17.759
 the

00:36:17.759 --> 00:36:18.099
 left

00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:18.940
 and

00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:19.179
 turn

00:36:19.179 --> 00:36:19.699
 away

00:36:19.699 --> 00:36:21.599
 from

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:22.000
 something

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:22.319
 in

00:36:22.319 --> 00:36:22.500
 verse

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:23.039
 27

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:23.799
 all

00:36:23.799 --> 00:36:23.960
 of

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:24.179
 this

00:36:24.179 --> 00:36:24.679
 combines

00:36:24.679 --> 00:36:24.900
 to

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:25.360
 emphasize

00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:25.679
 the

00:36:25.679 --> 00:36:25.920
 fact

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:26.360
 that

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:27.519
 our

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:28.039
 entire

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:28.679
 being

00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:29.759
 all

00:36:29.759 --> 00:36:29.960
 that

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:30.139
 we

00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:30.460
 think

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:30.799
 say

00:36:30.799 --> 00:36:31.000
 and

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.159
 do

00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:31.340
 it

00:36:31.340 --> 00:36:31.480
 should

00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:31.659
 be

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:32.319
 oriented

00:36:32.319 --> 00:36:33.159
 toward

00:36:33.159 --> 00:36:33.380
 the

00:36:33.380 --> 00:36:33.860
 straight

00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:34.440
 path

00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:34.920
 laid

00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:35.159
 out

00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:35.340
 for

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:35.559
 us

00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:35.840
 in

00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:36.019
 the

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.199
 word

00:36:36.199 --> 00:36:36.340
 of

00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:36.699
 God

00:36:36.699 --> 00:36:40.340
 according

00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:40.599
 to

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:40.819
 the

00:36:40.819 --> 00:36:41.179
 National

00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:41.900
 Safety

00:36:41.900 --> 00:36:42.659
 Council's

00:36:42.659 --> 00:36:43.219
 analysis

00:36:43.219 --> 00:36:43.639
 of the

00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:43.940
 National

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:44.279
 Highway

00:36:44.279 --> 00:36:44.659
 Traffic

00:36:44.659 --> 00:36:45.039
 Safety

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.480
 Administration

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:46.000
 data

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:47.599
 in

00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:48.099
 last

00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:48.460
 year

00:36:48.460 --> 00:36:48.820
 or I

00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:48.940
 guess

00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:49.159
 this is

00:36:49.159 --> 00:36:49.340
 two

00:36:49.340 --> 00:36:49.539
 years

00:36:49.539 --> 00:36:49.699
 ago

00:36:49.699 --> 00:36:49.800
 in

00:36:49.800 --> 00:36:50.400
 2020

00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:50.920
 there

00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:51.159
 were

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:53.019
 276,000

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:54.139
 distraction

00:36:54.139 --> 00:36:54.760
 affected

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:55.300
 injury

00:36:55.300 --> 00:36:55.800
 crashes

00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:59.260
 2,841

00:36:59.260 --> 00:36:59.620
 people

00:36:59.620 --> 00:37:00.019
 died

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.260
 from

00:37:00.260 --> 00:37:00.460
 these

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:01.019
 accidents

00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:01.880
 from

00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:02.300
 simple

00:37:02.300 --> 00:37:02.720
 things

00:37:02.720 --> 00:37:02.960
 that

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:03.400
 distract

00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:03.700
 us

00:37:03.700 --> 00:37:03.840
 from

00:37:03.840 --> 00:37:04.000
 the

00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:04.260
 road

00:37:04.260 --> 00:37:04.680
 from

00:37:04.680 --> 00:37:05.240
 focused

00:37:05.240 --> 00:37:05.620
 eye

00:37:05.620 --> 00:37:05.780
 on

00:37:05.780 --> 00:37:05.900
 the

00:37:05.900 --> 00:37:06.060
 road

00:37:06.060 --> 00:37:06.480
 driving

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:07.260
 like

00:37:07.260 --> 00:37:07.780
 talking

00:37:07.780 --> 00:37:07.920
 and

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:08.140
 texting

00:37:08.140 --> 00:37:08.380
 on the

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:08.620
 phone

00:37:08.620 --> 00:37:09.320
 applying

00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:09.800
 makeup

00:37:09.800 --> 00:37:10.900
 changing

00:37:10.900 --> 00:37:11.400
 the song

00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:13.820
 they say

00:37:13.820 --> 00:37:14.120
 that it

00:37:14.120 --> 00:37:14.380
 takes

00:37:14.380 --> 00:37:14.640
 three

00:37:14.640 --> 00:37:15.000
 seconds

00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:15.500
 or less

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:16.220
 of

00:37:16.220 --> 00:37:16.760
 distraction

00:37:16.760 --> 00:37:19.160
 on

00:37:19.160 --> 00:37:19.440
 average

00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:20.420
 for an

00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:20.660
 accident

00:37:20.660 --> 00:37:20.840
 to

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:21.140
 happen

00:37:21.139 --> 00:37:23.599
 the

00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:24.079
 importance

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:24.679
 of keeping

00:37:24.679 --> 00:37:25.199
 our eyes

00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:25.519
 on the

00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:25.799
 road

00:37:25.799 --> 00:37:26.179
 straight

00:37:26.179 --> 00:37:26.480
 ahead

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:26.779
 in the

00:37:26.779 --> 00:37:27.099
 physical

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:27.519
 world

00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:28.119
 translates

00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:28.879
 to the

00:37:28.879 --> 00:37:29.179
 spiritual

00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:29.480
 world

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:29.900
 as well

00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:31.259
 where the

00:37:31.259 --> 00:37:31.879
 consequences

00:37:31.879 --> 00:37:32.359
 are even

00:37:32.359 --> 00:37:33.019
 more dire

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:33.559
 because it

00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:34.019
 lasts

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:34.639
 on to

00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:35.319
 eternity

00:37:35.319 --> 00:37:37.960
 verse 27

00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:38.199
 says

00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:38.639
 do not

00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:39.219
 swerve to

00:37:39.219 --> 00:37:39.579
 the right

00:37:39.579 --> 00:37:40.019
 or to

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:40.500
 the left

00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:41.420
 that means

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:42.000
 do not

00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:42.519
 deviate

00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:43.179
 from God's

00:37:43.179 --> 00:37:43.599
 standard

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:44.739
 in any

00:37:44.739 --> 00:37:45.099
 way

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:47.000
 don't depart

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:47.500
 from the

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:48.279
 path that

00:37:48.279 --> 00:37:48.819
 God has

00:37:48.819 --> 00:37:49.420
 laid out for

00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:49.719
 you

00:37:49.719 --> 00:37:50.319
 in

00:37:50.319 --> 00:37:50.719
 scripture

00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:54.059
 and this

00:37:54.059 --> 00:37:54.699
 path that

00:37:54.699 --> 00:37:55.079
 God has

00:37:55.079 --> 00:37:55.439
 laid out

00:37:55.439 --> 00:37:55.859
 for us

00:37:55.859 --> 00:37:56.839
 is ultimately

00:37:56.839 --> 00:37:57.539
 displayed

00:37:57.539 --> 00:37:58.679
 and fulfilled

00:37:58.679 --> 00:37:59.419
 in the

00:37:59.419 --> 00:37:59.919
 person

00:37:59.919 --> 00:38:00.819
 and work

00:38:00.819 --> 00:38:01.599
 of Jesus

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:02.119
 Christ

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:03.839
 in John

00:38:03.839 --> 00:38:04.439
 14

00:38:04.439 --> 00:38:04.959
 Jesus

00:38:04.959 --> 00:38:05.559
 tells his

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:06.000
 disciples

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:06.759
 that he's

00:38:06.759 --> 00:38:07.419
 preparing for

00:38:07.419 --> 00:38:08.359
 them rooms

00:38:08.359 --> 00:38:08.819
 in heaven

00:38:08.819 --> 00:38:09.199
 at his

00:38:09.199 --> 00:38:09.599
 father's

00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:09.959
 house

00:38:09.959 --> 00:38:10.859
 and that he's

00:38:10.859 --> 00:38:11.359
 preparing a

00:38:11.359 --> 00:38:11.719
 place for

00:38:11.719 --> 00:38:11.939
 them and

00:38:11.939 --> 00:38:12.159
 he will

00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:12.480
 come to

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:12.919
 take them

00:38:12.919 --> 00:38:13.199
 there

00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:13.699
 and that

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:13.919
 they will

00:38:13.919 --> 00:38:14.759
 meet him

00:38:14.759 --> 00:38:14.980
 there

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:15.279
 and in

00:38:15.279 --> 00:38:15.919
 verse 5

00:38:15.919 --> 00:38:16.959
 Thomas

00:38:16.959 --> 00:38:17.519
 who is

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:18.399
 skeptical

00:38:18.399 --> 00:38:19.139
 and practical

00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:20.739
 asks Jesus

00:38:20.739 --> 00:38:21.199
 Lord

00:38:21.199 --> 00:38:22.719
 we do not

00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:23.159
 know where

00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:23.500
 you are

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:23.839
 going

00:38:23.839 --> 00:38:25.099
 how can

00:38:25.099 --> 00:38:25.319
 we know

00:38:25.319 --> 00:38:25.699
 the way

00:38:25.699 --> 00:38:27.119
 Jesus

00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:27.719
 replies

00:38:27.719 --> 00:38:29.460
 I am

00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:30.279
 the way

00:38:30.279 --> 00:38:36.940
 and the

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.319
 truth

00:38:37.319 --> 00:38:38.619
 and the

00:38:38.619 --> 00:38:38.940
 life

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.679
 no one

00:38:39.679 --> 00:38:40.079
 comes to

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:40.460
 the father

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:40.900
 except

00:38:40.900 --> 00:38:41.460
 through

00:38:41.460 --> 00:38:42.119
 me

00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:43.799
 Jesus

00:38:43.799 --> 00:38:44.420
 is the

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:44.859
 straight

00:38:44.859 --> 00:38:45.359
 path

00:38:45.359 --> 00:38:46.339
 laid out

00:38:46.339 --> 00:38:46.879
 for us

00:38:46.879 --> 00:38:47.599
 in which

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:48.059
 to follow

00:38:48.059 --> 00:38:48.500
 God

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:49.719
 Jesus

00:38:49.719 --> 00:38:50.179
 is the

00:38:50.179 --> 00:38:50.440
 well

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:50.799
 worn

00:38:50.799 --> 00:38:51.259
 path

00:38:51.259 --> 00:38:52.099
 because

00:38:52.099 --> 00:38:52.420
 even

00:38:52.420 --> 00:38:52.739
 as a

00:38:52.739 --> 00:38:52.980
 30

00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:53.299
 something

00:38:53.299 --> 00:38:53.779
 man

00:38:53.779 --> 00:38:55.360
 in

00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:55.639
 John

00:38:55.639 --> 00:38:56.000
 8

00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:56.639
 he said

00:38:56.639 --> 00:38:57.139
 before

00:38:57.139 --> 00:38:57.659
 Abraham

00:38:57.659 --> 00:38:58.079
 was

00:38:58.079 --> 00:38:58.360
 I

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:58.719
 am

00:38:58.719 --> 00:39:00.159
 he's

00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:00.420
 older

00:39:00.420 --> 00:39:00.619
 than

00:39:00.619 --> 00:39:00.920
 Abraham

00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:01.139
 why

00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:01.279
 because

00:39:01.279 --> 00:39:01.480
 he's

00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:01.599
 the

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:02.019
 eternal

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:02.420
 son

00:39:02.420 --> 00:39:02.559
 of

00:39:02.559 --> 00:39:02.900
 God

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:04.019
 he's

00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:04.159
 the

00:39:04.159 --> 00:39:04.860
 eternal

00:39:04.860 --> 00:39:05.299
 word

00:39:05.299 --> 00:39:05.500
 of

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:05.840
 God

00:39:05.840 --> 00:39:07.219
 he's

00:39:07.219 --> 00:39:07.360
 the

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:07.699
 one

00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:08.159
 he is

00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:08.480
 one

00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:08.820
 with

00:39:08.820 --> 00:39:09.019
 the

00:39:09.019 --> 00:39:09.360
 great

00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:09.539
 I

00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:09.719
 am

00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:09.860
 the

00:39:09.860 --> 00:39:10.119
 ancient

00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:10.239
 of

00:39:10.239 --> 00:39:10.539
 days

00:39:10.539 --> 00:39:11.599
 Jesus

00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:11.739
 is

00:39:11.739 --> 00:39:11.940
 also

00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:12.099
 the

00:39:12.099 --> 00:39:12.340
 well

00:39:12.340 --> 00:39:12.679
 lit

00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:13.079
 path

00:39:13.079 --> 00:39:13.340
 Jesus

00:39:13.340 --> 00:39:13.599
 said

00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:13.739
 in

00:39:13.739 --> 00:39:13.940
 John

00:39:13.940 --> 00:39:14.199
 8

00:39:14.199 --> 00:39:14.559
 12

00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:15.299
 I

00:39:15.299 --> 00:39:15.799
 am

00:39:15.799 --> 00:39:16.079
 the

00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:16.559
 light

00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:16.739
 of

00:39:16.739 --> 00:39:16.860
 the

00:39:16.860 --> 00:39:17.199
 world

00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:18.239
 whoever

00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:18.779
 follows

00:39:18.779 --> 00:39:19.239
 me

00:39:19.239 --> 00:39:19.519
 will

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:19.759
 not

00:39:19.759 --> 00:39:20.179
 walk

00:39:20.179 --> 00:39:20.360
 in

00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:20.779
 darkness

00:39:20.779 --> 00:39:21.380
 but

00:39:21.380 --> 00:39:21.539
 will

00:39:21.539 --> 00:39:21.940
 have

00:39:21.940 --> 00:39:22.159
 the

00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:22.480
 light

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:22.639
 of

00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:23.039
 life

00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:24.559
 and

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:25.039
 Jesus

00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:25.739
 shone

00:39:25.739 --> 00:39:26.019
 his

00:39:26.019 --> 00:39:26.279
 light

00:39:26.279 --> 00:39:26.519
 on

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:26.759
 all

00:39:26.759 --> 00:39:26.900
 of

00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:27.279
 us

00:39:27.280 --> 00:39:27.940
 by

00:39:27.940 --> 00:39:28.260
 living

00:39:28.260 --> 00:39:28.460
 a

00:39:28.460 --> 00:39:28.860
 perfect

00:39:28.860 --> 00:39:29.360
 life

00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:29.740
 of

00:39:29.740 --> 00:39:30.300
 obedience

00:39:30.300 --> 00:39:31.800
 not

00:39:31.800 --> 00:39:32.040
 as

00:39:32.040 --> 00:39:32.180
 an

00:39:32.180 --> 00:39:32.940
 exemplar

00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:33.120
 but

00:39:33.120 --> 00:39:33.480
 more

00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:33.700
 than

00:39:33.700 --> 00:39:34.060
 that

00:39:34.060 --> 00:39:34.580
 by

00:39:34.580 --> 00:39:35.080
 doing

00:39:35.080 --> 00:39:35.460
 that

00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:35.640
 and

00:39:35.640 --> 00:39:36.019
 he

00:39:36.019 --> 00:39:36.580
 died

00:39:36.580 --> 00:39:36.780
 on

00:39:36.780 --> 00:39:36.980
 the

00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:37.480
 cross

00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:38.000
 as

00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:38.180
 a

00:39:38.180 --> 00:39:38.720
 substitute

00:39:38.720 --> 00:39:39.720
 for

00:39:39.720 --> 00:39:40.140
 our

00:39:40.140 --> 00:39:40.600
 sins

00:39:40.600 --> 00:39:42.000
 as

00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:42.200
 the

00:39:42.200 --> 00:39:42.760
 atoning

00:39:42.760 --> 00:39:43.860
 sacrifice

00:39:43.860 --> 00:39:44.560
 the

00:39:44.560 --> 00:39:45.200
 perfect

00:39:45.200 --> 00:39:45.940
 sacrifice

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:46.160
 that

00:39:46.160 --> 00:39:46.620
 alone

00:39:46.620 --> 00:39:47.180
 can

00:39:47.180 --> 00:39:47.480
 do

00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:47.840
 away

00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:48.180
 with

00:39:48.180 --> 00:39:48.400
 the

00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:48.860
 punishment

00:39:48.860 --> 00:39:49.420
 that

00:39:49.420 --> 00:39:49.640
 we

00:39:49.640 --> 00:39:50.160
 deserve

00:39:50.160 --> 00:39:50.600
 for

00:39:50.600 --> 00:39:50.940
 our

00:39:50.940 --> 00:39:51.620
 disobedience

00:39:51.620 --> 00:39:51.820
 for

00:39:51.820 --> 00:39:52.120
 our

00:39:52.120 --> 00:39:52.900
 straying

00:39:52.900 --> 00:39:53.480
 far

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:53.840
 away

00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:54.260
 from

00:39:54.260 --> 00:39:54.420
 the

00:39:54.420 --> 00:39:54.800
 path

00:39:54.800 --> 00:39:55.140
 that

00:39:55.140 --> 00:39:55.380
 God

00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:55.620
 laid

00:39:55.620 --> 00:39:55.800
 out

00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:55.980
 for

00:39:55.980 --> 00:39:56.280
 us

00:39:56.280 --> 00:40:01.300
 by

00:40:01.300 --> 00:40:01.620
 dying

00:40:01.620 --> 00:40:01.760
 on

00:40:01.760 --> 00:40:01.880
 the

00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:02.220
 cross

00:40:02.220 --> 00:40:02.640
 being

00:40:02.640 --> 00:40:03.100
 raised

00:40:03.100 --> 00:40:03.300
 from

00:40:03.300 --> 00:40:03.400
 the

00:40:03.400 --> 00:40:03.540
 dead

00:40:03.540 --> 00:40:03.880
 Jesus

00:40:03.880 --> 00:40:04.320
 shines

00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:04.620
 his

00:40:04.620 --> 00:40:05.000
 light

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:06.160
 says

00:40:06.160 --> 00:40:06.300
 if

00:40:06.300 --> 00:40:06.440
 you

00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:06.820
 repent

00:40:06.820 --> 00:40:07.000
 of

00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:07.120
 your

00:40:07.120 --> 00:40:07.360
 sins

00:40:07.360 --> 00:40:07.519
 and

00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:07.860
 believe

00:40:07.860 --> 00:40:08.120
 in

00:40:08.120 --> 00:40:08.620
 me

00:40:08.620 --> 00:40:09.840
 you

00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:10.060
 will

00:40:10.060 --> 00:40:10.260
 be

00:40:10.260 --> 00:40:10.620
 light

00:40:10.620 --> 00:40:10.760
 of

00:40:10.760 --> 00:40:10.860
 the

00:40:10.860 --> 00:40:11.200
 world

00:40:11.200 --> 00:40:18.620
 2nd

00:40:18.620 --> 00:40:18.960
 Corinthians

00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:19.300
 3

00:40:19.300 --> 00:40:19.720
 17

00:40:19.720 --> 00:40:19.920
 to

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:20.200
 18

00:40:20.200 --> 00:40:20.580
 says

00:40:20.580 --> 00:40:20.760
 that

00:40:20.760 --> 00:40:20.940
 it's

00:40:20.940 --> 00:40:21.200
 by

00:40:21.200 --> 00:40:22.200
 beholding

00:40:22.200 --> 00:40:22.840
 the

00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:23.380
 glory

00:40:23.380 --> 00:40:23.720
 of

00:40:23.720 --> 00:40:23.880
 the

00:40:23.880 --> 00:40:24.140
 Lord

00:40:24.140 --> 00:40:25.300
 by

00:40:25.300 --> 00:40:25.900
 seeing

00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:26.240
 the

00:40:26.240 --> 00:40:26.660
 light

00:40:26.660 --> 00:40:26.900
 of

00:40:26.900 --> 00:40:27.060
 the

00:40:27.060 --> 00:40:27.500
 gospel

00:40:27.500 --> 00:40:27.840
 of

00:40:27.840 --> 00:40:27.980
 the

00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:28.340
 glory

00:40:28.340 --> 00:40:28.560
 of

00:40:28.560 --> 00:40:28.980
 Christ

00:40:28.980 --> 00:40:29.420
 that

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:29.519
 we

00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:29.660
 are

00:40:29.660 --> 00:40:30.300
 transformed

00:40:30.300 --> 00:40:31.180
 into

00:40:31.180 --> 00:40:31.380
 the

00:40:31.380 --> 00:40:31.820
 same

00:40:31.820 --> 00:40:32.320
 image

00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:32.840
 from

00:40:32.840 --> 00:40:33.220
 one

00:40:33.220 --> 00:40:33.620
 degree

00:40:33.620 --> 00:40:33.860
 of

00:40:33.860 --> 00:40:34.240
 glory

00:40:34.240 --> 00:40:34.500
 to

00:40:34.500 --> 00:40:34.840
 another

00:40:34.840 --> 00:40:36.900
 we

00:40:36.900 --> 00:40:37.460
 become

00:40:37.460 --> 00:40:37.920
 like

00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:38.380
 Christ

00:40:38.380 --> 00:40:39.019
 by

00:40:39.019 --> 00:40:40.060
 beholding

00:40:40.060 --> 00:40:40.760
 Christ

00:40:40.760 --> 00:40:41.800
 that's

00:40:41.800 --> 00:40:41.960
 the

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:42.260
 secret

00:40:42.260 --> 00:40:42.480
 to

00:40:42.480 --> 00:40:42.780
 holiness

00:40:42.780 --> 00:40:44.460
 that's

00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:44.620
 the

00:40:44.620 --> 00:40:44.920
 secret

00:40:44.920 --> 00:40:45.120
 to

00:40:45.120 --> 00:40:45.720
 sanctification

00:40:45.720 --> 00:40:46.000
 there

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:46.180
 is

00:40:46.180 --> 00:40:46.400
 no

00:40:46.400 --> 00:40:46.860
 silver

00:40:46.860 --> 00:40:47.800
 bullet

00:40:47.800 --> 00:40:48.039
 there's

00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:48.200
 no

00:40:48.200 --> 00:40:48.780
 technique

00:40:48.780 --> 00:40:50.220
 only

00:40:50.220 --> 00:40:50.460
 way

00:40:50.460 --> 00:40:50.780
 become

00:40:50.780 --> 00:40:51.000
 more

00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:51.200
 like

00:40:51.200 --> 00:40:51.539
 Christ

00:40:51.539 --> 00:40:51.880
 is

00:40:51.880 --> 00:40:52.019
 by

00:40:52.019 --> 00:40:52.680
 beholding

00:40:52.680 --> 00:40:52.920
 him

00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:53.360
 in

00:40:53.360 --> 00:40:53.500
 his

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:53.740
 glory

00:40:53.739 --> 00:40:53.979
 it's

00:40:53.979 --> 00:40:54.219
 when

00:40:54.219 --> 00:40:54.399
 we

00:40:54.399 --> 00:40:54.899
 behold

00:40:54.899 --> 00:40:55.119
 the

00:40:55.119 --> 00:40:55.519
 glory

00:40:55.519 --> 00:40:56.059
 of

00:40:56.059 --> 00:40:56.479
 Christ

00:40:56.479 --> 00:40:56.859
 love

00:40:56.859 --> 00:40:57.079
 for

00:40:57.079 --> 00:40:57.419
 us

00:40:57.419 --> 00:40:57.939
 that

00:40:57.939 --> 00:40:58.079
 we

00:40:58.079 --> 00:40:58.259
 are

00:40:58.259 --> 00:40:59.159
 engulfed

00:40:59.159 --> 00:40:59.739
 by

00:40:59.739 --> 00:40:59.959
 his

00:40:59.959 --> 00:41:00.319
 light

00:41:00.319 --> 00:41:00.559
 and

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:00.719
 our

00:41:00.719 --> 00:41:01.459
 insecurities

00:41:01.459 --> 00:41:02.419
 vanish

00:41:02.419 --> 00:41:04.199
 it's

00:41:04.199 --> 00:41:04.519
 only

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:04.879
 when

00:41:04.879 --> 00:41:05.079
 we

00:41:05.079 --> 00:41:05.619
 behold

00:41:05.619 --> 00:41:05.939
 the

00:41:05.939 --> 00:41:06.279
 glory

00:41:06.279 --> 00:41:06.579
 of

00:41:06.579 --> 00:41:07.319
 Christ

00:41:07.319 --> 00:41:08.019
 sovereign

00:41:08.019 --> 00:41:08.979
 power

00:41:08.979 --> 00:41:10.159
 his

00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:10.979
 perfect

00:41:10.979 --> 00:41:11.779
 gracious

00:41:11.779 --> 00:41:12.319
 reign

00:41:12.319 --> 00:41:12.819
 in

00:41:12.819 --> 00:41:12.979
 our

00:41:12.979 --> 00:41:13.299
 lives

00:41:13.299 --> 00:41:13.559
 that

00:41:13.559 --> 00:41:14.000
 our

00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:14.419
 own

00:41:14.419 --> 00:41:15.039
 fears

00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:16.000
 are

00:41:16.000 --> 00:41:16.500
 engulfed

00:41:16.500 --> 00:41:16.659
 by

00:41:16.659 --> 00:41:16.859
 his

00:41:16.859 --> 00:41:17.179
 light

00:41:17.179 --> 00:41:19.479
 it's

00:41:19.479 --> 00:41:19.619
 when

00:41:19.619 --> 00:41:19.739
 we

00:41:19.739 --> 00:41:20.159
 behold

00:41:20.159 --> 00:41:20.379
 the

00:41:20.379 --> 00:41:20.839
 humility

00:41:20.839 --> 00:41:21.119
 of

00:41:21.119 --> 00:41:21.519
 Christ

00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:22.279
 displayed

00:41:22.279 --> 00:41:22.599
 on the

00:41:22.599 --> 00:41:23.019
 cross

00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:23.559
 that

00:41:23.559 --> 00:41:23.739
 our

00:41:23.739 --> 00:41:24.219
 pride

00:41:24.219 --> 00:41:24.460
 and

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:24.880
 vanity

00:41:24.880 --> 00:41:25.119
 are

00:41:25.119 --> 00:41:25.619
 crucified

00:41:25.619 --> 00:41:26.860
 and

00:41:26.860 --> 00:41:27.099
 the

00:41:27.099 --> 00:41:27.579
 light

00:41:27.579 --> 00:41:27.719
 of

00:41:27.719 --> 00:41:27.940
 Christ

00:41:27.940 --> 00:41:28.259
 floods

00:41:28.259 --> 00:41:28.440
 our

00:41:28.440 --> 00:41:28.679
 life

00:41:28.679 --> 00:41:28.980
 that

00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:29.259
 is

00:41:29.259 --> 00:41:29.440
 the

00:41:29.440 --> 00:41:29.920
 secret

00:41:29.920 --> 00:41:31.219
 there's

00:41:31.219 --> 00:41:31.360
 no

00:41:31.360 --> 00:41:31.980
 salvation

00:41:31.980 --> 00:41:32.759
 apart

00:41:32.759 --> 00:41:32.980
 from

00:41:32.980 --> 00:41:33.239
 Christ

00:41:33.239 --> 00:41:33.460
 there's

00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:33.599
 no

00:41:33.599 --> 00:41:34.480
 justification

00:41:34.480 --> 00:41:35.300
 apart

00:41:35.300 --> 00:41:35.579
 from

00:41:35.579 --> 00:41:35.820
 Christ

00:41:35.820 --> 00:41:36.059
 there's

00:41:36.059 --> 00:41:36.300
 no

00:41:36.300 --> 00:41:37.460
 sanctification

00:41:37.460 --> 00:41:38.239
 apart

00:41:38.239 --> 00:41:38.619
 from

00:41:38.619 --> 00:41:39.139
 Christ

00:41:39.139 --> 00:41:40.980
 there

00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:41.159
 is

00:41:41.159 --> 00:41:41.679
 no

00:41:41.679 --> 00:41:42.539
 path

00:41:42.539 --> 00:41:43.579
 to

00:41:43.579 --> 00:41:44.059
 true

00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:44.559
 fulfillment

00:41:44.559 --> 00:41:45.440
 to

00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:45.860
 eternal

00:41:45.860 --> 00:41:46.400
 life

00:41:46.400 --> 00:41:47.019
 to

00:41:47.019 --> 00:41:47.440
 God

00:41:47.440 --> 00:41:47.679
 our

00:41:47.679 --> 00:41:48.099
 creator

00:41:48.099 --> 00:41:48.320
 and

00:41:48.320 --> 00:41:48.699
 father

00:41:48.699 --> 00:41:49.460
 apart

00:41:49.460 --> 00:41:50.259
 from

00:41:50.259 --> 00:41:50.900
 Jesus

00:41:50.900 --> 00:41:51.900
 Christ

00:41:51.900 --> 00:41:58.079
 some

00:41:58.079 --> 00:41:58.280
 of

00:41:58.280 --> 00:41:58.599
 you

00:41:58.599 --> 00:42:00.260
 are

00:42:00.260 --> 00:42:00.460
 not

00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:00.619
 yet

00:42:00.619 --> 00:42:00.780
 on

00:42:00.780 --> 00:42:00.940
 this

00:42:00.940 --> 00:42:01.320
 path

00:42:01.320 --> 00:42:08.619
 and

00:42:08.619 --> 00:42:08.720
 you

00:42:08.720 --> 00:42:08.980
 never

00:42:08.980 --> 00:42:09.260
 know

00:42:09.260 --> 00:42:09.480
 when

00:42:09.480 --> 00:42:09.639
 your

00:42:09.639 --> 00:42:09.880
 road

00:42:09.880 --> 00:42:10.059
 is

00:42:10.059 --> 00:42:10.280
 coming

00:42:10.280 --> 00:42:10.460
 to

00:42:10.460 --> 00:42:10.579
 a

00:42:10.579 --> 00:42:10.900
 close

00:42:10.900 --> 00:42:17.180
 so

00:42:17.180 --> 00:42:17.360
 let

00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:17.460
 me

00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:17.720
 urge

00:42:17.720 --> 00:42:17.980
 you

00:42:17.980 --> 00:42:18.400
 and

00:42:18.400 --> 00:42:18.800
 exhort

00:42:18.800 --> 00:42:19.079
 you

00:42:19.079 --> 00:42:20.019
 and

00:42:20.019 --> 00:42:20.300
 conclude

00:42:20.300 --> 00:42:20.500
 my

00:42:20.500 --> 00:42:20.780
 message

00:42:20.780 --> 00:42:21.000
 by

00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:21.340
 reading

00:42:21.340 --> 00:42:22.320
 the

00:42:22.320 --> 00:42:22.619
 passage

00:42:22.619 --> 00:42:22.820
 we

00:42:22.820 --> 00:42:22.980
 have

00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:23.139
 for

00:42:23.139 --> 00:42:23.440
 assurance

00:42:23.440 --> 00:42:23.619
 of

00:42:23.619 --> 00:42:23.840
 pardon

00:42:23.840 --> 00:42:24.220
 today

00:42:24.220 --> 00:42:24.639
 1

00:42:24.639 --> 00:42:25.000
 John

00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:25.740
 chapter

00:42:25.740 --> 00:42:26.160
 1

00:42:26.160 --> 00:42:26.840
 verses

00:42:26.840 --> 00:42:27.200
 5

00:42:27.200 --> 00:42:27.360
 to

00:42:27.360 --> 00:42:27.660
 7

00:42:27.659 --> 00:42:29.179
 this

00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:29.480
 is

00:42:29.480 --> 00:42:29.639
 the

00:42:29.639 --> 00:42:29.980
 message

00:42:29.980 --> 00:42:30.179
 we

00:42:30.179 --> 00:42:30.319
 have

00:42:30.319 --> 00:42:30.539
 heard

00:42:30.539 --> 00:42:30.759
 from

00:42:30.759 --> 00:42:31.079
 him

00:42:31.079 --> 00:42:31.699
 and

00:42:31.699 --> 00:42:32.099
 proclaim

00:42:32.099 --> 00:42:32.519
 to

00:42:32.519 --> 00:42:32.920
 you

00:42:32.920 --> 00:42:33.799
 that

00:42:33.799 --> 00:42:34.259
 God

00:42:34.259 --> 00:42:34.739
 is

00:42:34.739 --> 00:42:35.299
 light

00:42:35.299 --> 00:42:36.000
 and

00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:36.179
 in

00:42:36.179 --> 00:42:36.519
 him

00:42:36.519 --> 00:42:37.159
 is

00:42:37.159 --> 00:42:37.440
 no

00:42:37.440 --> 00:42:37.899
 darkness

00:42:37.899 --> 00:42:38.119
 at

00:42:38.119 --> 00:42:38.420
 all

00:42:38.420 --> 00:42:39.539
 if

00:42:39.539 --> 00:42:39.659
 we

00:42:39.659 --> 00:42:39.899
 say

00:42:39.899 --> 00:42:40.079
 we

00:42:40.079 --> 00:42:40.239
 have

00:42:40.239 --> 00:42:40.599
 fellowship

00:42:40.599 --> 00:42:40.899
 with

00:42:40.899 --> 00:42:41.139
 him

00:42:41.139 --> 00:42:41.359
 while

00:42:41.359 --> 00:42:41.539
 we

00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:41.879
 walk

00:42:41.879 --> 00:42:42.039
 in

00:42:42.039 --> 00:42:42.359
 darkness

00:42:42.359 --> 00:42:42.899
 we

00:42:42.899 --> 00:42:43.299
 lie

00:42:43.299 --> 00:42:43.480
 and

00:42:43.480 --> 00:42:43.599
 do

00:42:43.599 --> 00:42:43.859
 not

00:42:43.859 --> 00:42:44.299
 practice

00:42:44.299 --> 00:42:44.500
 the

00:42:44.500 --> 00:42:44.799
 truth

00:42:44.799 --> 00:42:45.599
 but

00:42:45.599 --> 00:42:46.059
 if

00:42:46.059 --> 00:42:46.480
 we

00:42:46.480 --> 00:42:47.019
 walk

00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:47.199
 in

00:42:47.199 --> 00:42:47.319
 the

00:42:47.319 --> 00:42:47.619
 light

00:42:47.619 --> 00:42:48.940
 as

00:42:48.940 --> 00:42:49.619
 he

00:42:49.619 --> 00:42:50.539
 is

00:42:50.539 --> 00:42:50.659
 in

00:42:50.659 --> 00:42:50.779
 the

00:42:50.779 --> 00:42:51.079
 light

00:42:51.079 --> 00:42:51.739
 we

00:42:51.739 --> 00:42:51.920
 have

00:42:51.920 --> 00:42:52.460
 fellowship

00:42:52.460 --> 00:42:52.960
 with

00:42:52.960 --> 00:42:53.199
 one

00:42:53.199 --> 00:42:53.559
 another

00:42:53.559 --> 00:42:54.079
 and

00:42:54.079 --> 00:42:54.259
 the

00:42:54.259 --> 00:42:54.699
 blood

00:42:54.699 --> 00:42:55.000
 of

00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:55.480
 Jesus

00:42:55.480 --> 00:42:55.839
 his

00:42:55.839 --> 00:42:56.279
 son

00:42:56.280 --> 00:42:57.400
 cleanses

00:42:57.400 --> 00:42:57.780
 us

00:42:57.780 --> 00:42:58.420
 from

00:42:58.420 --> 00:42:59.180
 all

00:42:59.180 --> 00:43:00.160
 sin

00:43:00.160 --> 00:43:04.180
 there

00:43:04.180 --> 00:43:04.320
 is

00:43:04.320 --> 00:43:04.480
 no

00:43:04.480 --> 00:43:05.000
 darkness

00:43:05.000 --> 00:43:05.280
 in

00:43:05.280 --> 00:43:05.480
 God

00:43:05.480 --> 00:43:05.780
 no

00:43:05.780 --> 00:43:06.380
 evil

00:43:06.380 --> 00:43:06.680
 in

00:43:06.680 --> 00:43:07.000
 God

00:43:07.000 --> 00:43:07.580
 and

00:43:07.580 --> 00:43:07.800
 that

00:43:07.800 --> 00:43:08.120
 light

00:43:08.120 --> 00:43:08.300
 of

00:43:08.300 --> 00:43:08.640
 dawn

00:43:08.640 --> 00:43:08.840
 that

00:43:08.840 --> 00:43:09.340
 shines

00:43:09.340 --> 00:43:09.500
 in

00:43:09.500 --> 00:43:09.600
 your

00:43:09.600 --> 00:43:09.820
 life

00:43:09.820 --> 00:43:09.960
 when

00:43:09.960 --> 00:43:10.100
 you

00:43:10.100 --> 00:43:10.700
 put

00:43:10.700 --> 00:43:10.880
 your

00:43:10.880 --> 00:43:11.200
 faith

00:43:11.200 --> 00:43:11.380
 in

00:43:11.380 --> 00:43:11.640
 Jesus

00:43:11.640 --> 00:43:12.060
 Christ

00:43:12.060 --> 00:43:12.540
 will

00:43:12.540 --> 00:43:12.720
 grow

00:43:12.720 --> 00:43:13.200
 brighter

00:43:13.200 --> 00:43:13.700
 and

00:43:13.700 --> 00:43:14.100
 brighter

00:43:14.100 --> 00:43:14.440
 and

00:43:14.440 --> 00:43:14.800
 brighter

00:43:14.800 --> 00:43:15.080
 and

00:43:15.080 --> 00:43:15.420
 brighter

00:43:15.420 --> 00:43:16.040
 until

00:43:16.040 --> 00:43:16.620
 you

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 reach

00:43:17.060 --> 00:43:17.380
 that

00:43:17.380 --> 00:43:18.060
 glorious

00:43:18.060 --> 00:43:18.780
 day

00:43:18.780 --> 00:43:19.040
 when

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 we'll

00:43:19.160 --> 00:43:19.320
 be

00:43:19.320 --> 00:43:20.000
 reunited

00:43:20.000 --> 00:43:20.680
 with

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 our

00:43:20.860 --> 00:43:21.260
 Savior

00:43:21.260 --> 00:43:21.580
 and

00:43:21.580 --> 00:43:21.860
 King

00:43:21.860 --> 00:43:22.400
 and

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 you'll

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 be

00:43:22.720 --> 00:43:23.100
 flooded

00:43:23.100 --> 00:43:23.320
 and

00:43:23.320 --> 00:43:23.460
 there

00:43:23.460 --> 00:43:23.600
 will

00:43:23.600 --> 00:43:23.760
 be

00:43:23.760 --> 00:43:24.200
 only

00:43:24.200 --> 00:43:24.660
 light

00:43:24.660 --> 00:43:25.220
 all

00:43:25.220 --> 00:43:25.380
 the

00:43:25.380 --> 00:43:25.880
 darkness

00:43:25.880 --> 00:43:26.160
 that

00:43:26.160 --> 00:43:26.380
 now

00:43:26.380 --> 00:43:26.900
 assails

00:43:26.900 --> 00:43:27.240
 you

00:43:27.240 --> 00:43:27.619
 all

00:43:27.619 --> 00:43:27.800
 the

00:43:27.800 --> 00:43:28.160
 evil

00:43:28.160 --> 00:43:28.400
 that

00:43:28.400 --> 00:43:28.680
 now

00:43:28.680 --> 00:43:29.140
 resides

00:43:29.140 --> 00:43:29.340
 in

00:43:29.340 --> 00:43:29.500
 your

00:43:29.500 --> 00:43:29.900
 heart

00:43:29.900 --> 00:43:30.300
 will

00:43:30.300 --> 00:43:30.440
 be

00:43:30.440 --> 00:43:30.820
 brought

00:43:30.820 --> 00:43:31.079
 to

00:43:31.079 --> 00:43:31.280
 its

00:43:31.280 --> 00:43:31.640
 end

00:43:31.640 --> 00:43:32.059
 and

00:43:32.059 --> 00:43:32.200
 there

00:43:32.200 --> 00:43:32.300
 will

00:43:32.300 --> 00:43:32.460
 be

00:43:32.460 --> 00:43:32.820
 only

00:43:32.820 --> 00:43:33.340
 light

00:43:33.340 --> 00:43:33.800
 and

00:43:33.800 --> 00:43:33.940
 will

00:43:33.940 --> 00:43:34.099
 be

00:43:34.099 --> 00:43:34.240
 in

00:43:34.240 --> 00:43:34.640
 perfect

00:43:34.640 --> 00:43:35.280
 submission

00:43:35.280 --> 00:43:36.539
 eternal

00:43:36.539 --> 00:43:37.119
 glory

00:43:37.119 --> 00:43:38.900
 perfect

00:43:38.900 --> 00:43:39.700
 worship

00:43:39.699 --> 00:43:41.719
 that

00:43:41.719 --> 00:43:41.919
 that's

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 that's

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 the

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 path

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 laid

00:43:43.299 --> 00:43:43.500
 out

00:43:43.500 --> 00:43:43.659
 for

00:43:43.659 --> 00:43:44.019
 us

00:43:44.019 --> 00:43:46.799
 I

00:43:46.799 --> 00:43:47.039
 pray

00:43:47.039 --> 00:43:47.319
 you'll

00:43:47.319 --> 00:43:47.599
 walk

00:43:47.599 --> 00:43:47.759
 in

00:43:47.759 --> 00:43:47.980
 it

00:43:47.980 --> 00:43:48.760
 of

00:43:49.360 --> 00:43:49.659
 know

00:43:49.699 --> 00:43:49.920
 I

00:44:02.340 --> 00:44:03.760
 can alarm

00:44:03.760 --> 00:44:04.460
 a

00:44:05.300 --> 00:44:05.639
 time

00:44:05.780 --> 00:44:06.360
 ABOUT

00:44:06.360 --> 00:44:06.820
 I

00:44:06.820 --> 00:44:07.000
 can

00:44:07.000 --> 00:44:07.460
 pas

00:44:07.980 --> 00:44:08.659
 której

00:44:08.980 --> 00:44:09.079
'll

00:44:09.139 --> 00:44:09.940
 even

00:44:10.119 --> 00:44:10.579
 six

00:44:10.599 --> 00:44:11.380
 tenth

00:44:11.599 --> 00:44:11.920
 which