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 Well, good morning.

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 Since it's July and we are having a family service, I want to make sure I point out if

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 you have children who are unused to being in the service, there's a table with some

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 goodies in the back, and as the temperature gets warmer, just to remind you that there's

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 water in the back, there's a water fountain in the back, and there is seating downstairs,

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 which is a little cooler if you're finding it uncomfortable enough that it's hard to

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 continue to be a part of the service.

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 So, all those resources are here, hopefully, to help you continue to be able to worship

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 the Lord together with us this morning.

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 In the movie, All the President's Men, the book about the Nixon-Watergate scandal, based

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 on a book by journalists Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, there is a famous scene where

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 these two journalists investigating the corruption in the White House meet with their informant

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 deep throat.

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 And the movie, he says, follow the money.

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 Follow the money because it would show where the power lay.

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 Follow the money because it would lead them to who was responsible.

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 Follow the money because it would reveal the depths of the heart of those in power.

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 For those of you who are under 35, you've got to go out and rent it.

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 It would probably need to go to the coffee shop in Hamden because they probably don't

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 have it on Netflix.

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 It's a great movie.

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 It's wonderful.

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 But follow the money because it reveals the heart of the leaders.

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 As we look at money this morning and how wealth is used, it occurs to me that in our culture,

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 money is a taboo subject almost like no other in our culture.

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 We don't like to talk about it, even more so than what happens in the bedroom.

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 Don't ask me about my budget is a typical thing that is true of us.

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 And even more so, don't you dare tell me what I should do with my money.

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 But oddly enough, when we look at the Bible, we recognize that it actually has a lot of

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 things to say about money.

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 One count had over 2,000 different verses in the Bible that dealt with money and wealth.

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 One other account figured that one-tenth of the Gospels Jesus teaching was about money

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 and the use of money in our lives.

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 Why does God care so much about it?

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 Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount says this,

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 For where your treasure is, there will be your heart also.

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 Follow the money because it reveals your heart's treasure.

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 And whether we have a little or whether we have a lot,

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 what we do with our money is a key area where we show

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 the degree to which we know and fear God or not.

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 And that's what our passage this morning leads us to.

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 We're looking in Nehemiah chapter 5 in your pew Bibles.

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 It's page 372.

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 So if you want to follow along in there, you can.

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 The book of Nehemiah chapter 5.

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 And just in case you're visiting or if you haven't been here for a couple weeks

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 because you've been on vacation,

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 remember we're looking at the story of Ezra and Nehemiah,

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 how God was bringing his people back from exile to the promised land to rebuild them.

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 To rebuild the temple where they could worship him as he described and prescribed.

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 To rebuild the people that they would know him and follow him

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 in the distinct ways that he has called them to follow him.

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 And to rebuild the city of Jerusalem.

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 This place where God in that season in redemptive history said,

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 this is a place where I will dwell on my people

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 and my light will shine to all the nations of the world from this place.

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 And what we've seen in the early part of Nehemiah,

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 it actually has this very cool structure in verses,

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 in chapters 3 through 7,

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 where chapters 1 and 2 set up the problem.

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 And then 3 through 7 you have this beginning of the work of building the wall in chapter 3.

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 Chapter 4 talks about opposition to the building of the wall and how they overcome it.

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 And then chapter 6 talks about opposition again to the building it.

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 And in the end of chapter 6 you see the finishing of the building of the wall.

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 And right in the middle is chapter 5.

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 Where as God is helping the people do these external things,

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 he also wants to continue to build their hearts.

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 Their hearts to love him and fear him above all things.

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 And it is in fact in the middle of the work of building the wall

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 that a crisis occurs that reveals these things and brings it to light.

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 And that leads us to our passage this morning.

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 Nehemiah chapter 5.

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 We're going to read this together.

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 So please read along with me.

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 Now there arose a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers.

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 For there were those who said,

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 With our sons and daughters we are many.

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 So let us get grain that we may eat and keep alive.

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 And there were those who said,

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 We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses to get grain because of the famine.

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 And there were those who said,

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 We have borrowed money for the king's tax on our fields and our vineyards.

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 Now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers.

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 Our children are as their children.

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 Yet we are forcing our sons and daughters to be slaves.

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 Some of our daughters have already been enslaved.

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 But it is not in our power to help it.

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 For other men have our fields and our vineyards.

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 I was very angry when I heard their outcry in these words.

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 I took counsel with myself.

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 And I brought charges against the nobles and the officials.

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 I said to them,

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 You are exacting interest, each from his brother.

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 And I held a great assembly against them and said to them,

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 We, as far as we are able, have brought back our Jewish brothers who have been sold to the nations.

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 But you even sell your brothers that they may be sold to us.

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 And they were silent and could not find a word to say.

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 And so I said,

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 The thing that you are doing is not good.

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 Ought you not to walk in the fear of our God to prevent the taunts of the nations, our enemies?

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 Moreover, I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain.

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 Let us abandon this exacting of interest.

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 Return to them this very day.

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 Their fields, their vineyards, and their olive orchards, and their houses,

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 and the percentage of money, grain, wine, and oil that you have been exacting from them.

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 Then they said,

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 We will restore these and require nothing from them.

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 We will do as you say.

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 And so I called the priests and I made them swear to do as they had promised.

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 I also shook out the fold of my garment and said,

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 So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not keep this promise.

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 So may he be shaken out and emptied.

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 And all the assembly said,

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 Amen!

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 And praised the Lord and the people did as they had promised.

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 Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah,

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 from the 20th year to the 32nd year of Artaxerxes the king, 12 years,

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 neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor.

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 The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people

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 and took from them for their daily ration 40 shekels of silver.

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 Even their servants lorded it over the people.

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 But I did not do so because of the fear of God.

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 I also persevered in the work on this wall.

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 And we acquired no land and all my servants were gathered there for the work.

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 Moreover, there were at my table 150 men, Jews and officials,

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 besides those who came to us from the nations that were around us.

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 Now what was prepared at my expense for each day

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 was one ox and six choice sheep and birds

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 and every 10 days all kinds of wine in abundance.

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 Yet for all this I did not demand a food allowance of the governor

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 because the service was too heavy on this people.

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 Remember for my good, oh my God, all that I have done for this people.

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 As we look at this, will you pray with me?

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 Lord, we thank you for this word.

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 We thank you for the way that it pierces to the depth of our heart,

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 the way that it confronts and challenges us,

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 the way that it shows us, Lord, what it means to be your people

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 and to follow you.

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 God, I pray this morning by your spirit that you would help us,

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 Lord, to see our own hearts more clearly.

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 Lord, that you would confront and change places

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 in our hearts that need to be changed.

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 And Lord, that we would be a people who fear you

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 and in fearing you live a life that brings glory and honor to you

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 in all that we do.

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 We pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So as we look at this passage this morning,

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 I think the central idea is this,

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 that God's people show that they fear God

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 by how they use their wealth.

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 God is building his people,

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 restoring them to the promised land,

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 having redeemed them from the slavery of exile

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 and restoring them to the land of promise.

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 And in the middle of this, he calls them to use their wealth

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 to help God's people because they fear God.

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 We see two things.

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 We see that God shows us how to fear him

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 by confronting our selfish use of wealth.

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 And God shows us how to fear him with an example

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 of sacrificial and costly use of wealth.

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 So this is what we're going to look at this morning,

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 a confrontation and an example to help us understand

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 what it means to fear God in the way that we use our wealth.

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 So first, God shows us how to fear him

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 by confronting our selfish use of wealth.

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 As we look at verses 1 through 13,

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 the core verses, the core confrontation happens

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 in verses 7 through 9.

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 Verse 6 says that he was angry when he heard this

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 and he comes to the people and he says,

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 how could you be doing this?

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 Specifically, how could you be doing this

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 to your fellow Jewish people?

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 How could you be exacting interest,

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 taking advantage of the poor among you

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 who don't have the resources to manage the famine

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 that seemed to be the context of this,

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 who don't have the resources to continue

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 to manage their own fields while they're working the fields?

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 How could you come and take advantage of them?

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 This is what verses 1 through 5 show.

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 The people cry out because they're being taken advantage of.

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 We have big families and we don't have enough food.

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 And because we don't have enough food,

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 we're having to mortgage our long-term resources.

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 And because we're mortgaging our long-term resources,

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 we're in a much more dire state of need

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 such that when we still need more,

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 we're having to give our children

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 as debt slaves to others

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 within the community of God's people

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 so that we have food to feed them.

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 It's not hard to see some cycles of oppression

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 and the ways that poverty can circle

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 and become a greater and greater burden

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 and how those with wealth can impose

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 greater and greater cost

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 in ways that crush people and destroy their lives.

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 Nehemiah comes and he says,

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 this is not good.

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 And in verse 9, the core of the confrontation,

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 ought you not rather to fear God?

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 Why does Nehemiah talk about fearing God here?

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 You might need to step back for a minute

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 and think about what does it mean to fear God?

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 Martin Luther famously made a distinction

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 between two different kinds of fearing God.

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 One is a servile fear of God.

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 That is, a cowering, scared response

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 to a cruel or an evil taskmaster.

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 He said that's one kind of fear that we might have

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 and we might think of as what it means to fear God.

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 But Martin Luther said rather biblically,

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 fearing God is more of what he called a filial fear.

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 It is the fear of a child

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 not wanting to displease or disappoint

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 or to cross their parents.

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 It is a recognition we are under an authority,

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 we are accountable for our lives to someone else,

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 but that someone else is benevolent and loving

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 and their instruction and even their correction

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 is good for us.

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 And we fear them not in a cowering sense,

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 but in a sense of recognizing with awe and reverence

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 the role that they're meant to have in our lives

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 and to respond to them by saying,

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 all of our lives is accountable to you

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 and I choose and desire to do everything to please you.

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 In the context of this love relationship,

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 we are to fear God.

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 This is what Nehemiah means by it.

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 Ought you not to fear God?

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 What you are doing with your stuff,

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 what you are doing with your wealth and power,

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 you who have the ability to take advantage of those,

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 you who are able to give out the loans,

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 you who are the ones who are able to give grain

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 in exchange for the deeds,

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 you who are able to give help

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 in exchange for the debt slavery

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 of the children of Israel.

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 Ought you not to fear God

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 in how you are managing your wealth?

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 And notice that Nehemiah,

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 he does not pull his punches.

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 He said, I was angry,

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 I thought about it for a little while

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 and then I let him have it

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 and I didn't do this in private.

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 Or maybe he did and they didn't respond.

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 It's not clear, that's a possibility.

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 But he went public with it.

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 He called an assembly of the people of God

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 and said, you rich people

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 are oppressing the poor among us.

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 This is not right.

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 And not only is it not right

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 because you are hurting your brothers,

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 but it is not right

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 because you are opening up God's people

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 to the taunts of the nations around.

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 Do you remember back in Ezra

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 where Ezra didn't want to ask the king for a guard

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 because he had said,

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 our God is able to protect us.

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 Here what we have is Nehemiah saying,

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 we have said our God is able to provide for us.

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 Our God is able to rebuild this nation

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 and to rebuild this people.

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 And now you are destroying that in selfishness.

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 And in doing that,

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 the name of God is being tarnished in the world.

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 You who are meant to display the glory of God,

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 the abundance of God's goodness

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 and his generosity and his favor and his grace

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 are showing instead selfishness

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 in a profound way.

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 And beautifully in the story,

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 the people respond.

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 Nehemiah says,

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 this is what you must do.

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 You must make this right.

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 Give them back their lands.

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 Give them back their things.

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 Give them back the interest you have charged.

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 One would assume,

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 although it's not in the text,

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 give them back their children.

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 Make it right.

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 Undo it all.

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 And the people do respond.

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 And maybe it's because

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 they were not principally committed

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 to this being the right way to do it.

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 Maybe because they weren't hard-heartedly saying,

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 let's wring every ounce of mammon

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 that we can out of our fellow Jews.

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 Maybe they were just going with the flow.

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 Maybe they were just living within the culture

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 and the society that they lived in.

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 This is what you do.

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 Someone comes and asks you for something.

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 You give them help,

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 but you make your peace out of it.

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 Maybe that's true.

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 That's a conjecture.

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 Maybe it's being too kind to them.

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 But maybe they were just swimming in the tide

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 of the culture that they knew.

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 And therefore,

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 when God's clear path of righteousness

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 was laid forth,

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 when God's clear path

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 of how to use wealth and power,

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 not selfishly,

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 but to bless God's people,

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 they responded and said,

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 yes, we will do that.

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 And they did.

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 Nehemiah held them to it,

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 made the priests take an oath,

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 to make sure that they would follow through.

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 He called down a curse on them.

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 He shook his garments and said,

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 may God shake you out.

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 May you end up with nothing

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 if you don't follow through.

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 But they did.

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 And it's a beautiful picture.

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 And again,

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 we noticed this earlier.

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 One of the interesting things

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 in Ezra and Nehemiah

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 is that compared to much

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 of the Old Testament,

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 when God's people are confronted,

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 they tend to be stiff-necked

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 and hard-hearted.

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 And yet,

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 in this story of Ezra and Nehemiah,

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 we see glimpses of God's grace

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 and his people responding

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 with a humble heart

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 and a teachable spirit.

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 And they actually do what is right

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 and turn away from their sin.

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 So what about us?

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 What does this first part

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 of the chapter 5 of Nehemiah teach us?

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 It seems at the heart of the matter

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 is how do we use our wealth

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 in ways that don't fear God.

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 And we just need to be honest.

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 It's very easy for us to be selfish.

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 It's very easy for us

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 to think,

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 I got to keep getting more

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 because you never know

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 what's coming around the corner.

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 It's up to me to take care of myself.

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 It's very easy for us to think,

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 I work hard.

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 I deserve this.

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 This is mine

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 to do what I want with.

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 Maybe we think

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 with a sense of hyper-responsibility,

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 I've got to take care of my own

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 before I can help anyone else.

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 But sometimes that's a mask

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 for just our selfishness.

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 I wonder too

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 if in our modern society,

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 in our culture today

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 here in New Haven,

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 that it's less

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 I won't help people in need

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 but more

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 I'm too busy

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 to even know

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 that you have a need.

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 I live such an isolated life

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 that I'm not engaged

00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:47.220
 in the people of God

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 and the community of God

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 enough to know

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 where the needs are.

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 I'm not coming alongside people

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 and loving them

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 and engaging

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 in a way that I could know

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 how I might be able to help.

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 Maybe we swim in the cultural tide

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 of I'd love to help

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 but it's all tied up

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 in investments.

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 I need my ING number,

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 my retirement number

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 of seven or eight digits

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 or whatever that silly ad

00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:16.199
 shows us on TV.

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 We don't think

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 about

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 how we might use it differently.

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 We find money

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 to be a place

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 of security

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 and safety for us.

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 And often we fall

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 into pride

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 about what we've earned,

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 what we've accomplished

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 and the life

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 that we've built.

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 And we don't want that

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 to be put into jeopardy

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 or at risk.

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 And in all of this,

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 what it shows

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 is a heart

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 that does not fear God.

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 We don't recognize

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 that everything we have

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 comes from God.

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 We don't recognize

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 and live

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 out of a heart of

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 God, everything I have

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 is yours.

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 How do I use it

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 to please you?

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 It's a pattern

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 that says

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 I've got to take care

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 of my own.

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 I can't think about others

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 and their needs.

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 Sometimes it's

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 I don't want to look

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 like a fool.

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 My friends

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 who invest wisely,

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 the parents

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 who I know

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 who spend the money

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 on their kids,

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 I don't want to look

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 like a fool

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 to feel like

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 I'm depriving

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 my kids

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 by being generous

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 even at a cost.

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 In all these ways,

00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:42.420
 we fear other things

00:23:42.420 --> 00:23:43.680
 more than we fear God.

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 But what would it look like

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 if we did fear God

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:50.319
 in the use of our money

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 and wealth?

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 Well, firstly,

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:53.700
 we cannot say to God,

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:56.140
 get your hands off my money.

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 Don't tell me

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 what to do with it.

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 First and foremost,

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 it's just saying

00:24:00.340 --> 00:24:02.180
 we cannot say those things

00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:03.200
 if we fear God.

00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:05.200
 Instead,

00:24:06.620 --> 00:24:07.440
 we begin to ask

00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:08.100
 our question,

00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:08.860
 God,

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:10.420
 from all that you have given me,

00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:11.680
 whether a little or a lot,

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.840
 how can I use that

00:24:12.840 --> 00:24:14.100
 to bless others

00:24:14.100 --> 00:24:16.600
 and to show others

00:24:16.600 --> 00:24:17.860
 the abundant grace

00:24:17.860 --> 00:24:18.860
 of God?

00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:20.620
 Not how much

00:24:20.620 --> 00:24:21.460
 can I spend

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:22.259
 or even how much

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:22.960
 can I save,

00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:23.440
 but how much

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:24.279
 can I give?

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:27.920
 How can I

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 be a place

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:31.059
 where the abundance

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:31.680
 of God

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:32.799
 that has come to me

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.779
 overflows

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:35.240
 to the abundance

00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:35.960
 of God

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:38.440
 being experienced

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:39.259
 by those

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:40.319
 around us?

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.599
 You know,

00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:43.119
 it's remarkable

00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:43.799
 in that passage

00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:44.599
 we read earlier

00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:45.419
 that Elizabeth read

00:24:45.419 --> 00:24:46.859
 from 2 Corinthians,

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:48.259
 the Macedonian church

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:50.099
 begged earnestly

00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:51.039
 for the favor

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:52.200
 of taking part

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:53.039
 in the relief

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:54.039
 of the saints,

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.919
 giving not only

00:24:55.919 --> 00:24:56.460
 what they could

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:57.099
 but beyond

00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:57.899
 what they could

00:24:57.900 --> 00:24:59.480
 because they so

00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:01.100
 wanted to be a part

00:25:01.100 --> 00:25:02.460
 of what God

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.060
 was doing

00:25:03.060 --> 00:25:03.660
 and they so

00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.960
 wanted to love

00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:05.759
 God's people

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.660
 and they so

00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:07.740
 wanted to fear

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.440
 God

00:25:08.440 --> 00:25:10.660
 and honor Him

00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:11.800
 with what they did

00:25:11.800 --> 00:25:14.560
 that they sought out

00:25:14.560 --> 00:25:15.380
 and begged

00:25:15.380 --> 00:25:16.400
 for the opportunity

00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:17.440
 to do this.

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 and they did this

00:25:20.860 --> 00:25:21.820
 because they had

00:25:21.820 --> 00:25:22.519
 experienced

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:23.700
 the abundance

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:24.680
 of God's goodness

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.299
 and provision

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:25.980
 to them

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:29.279
 because when we know

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.720
 that all that we have

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:31.700
 has come from God

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:34.820
 then it frees us

00:25:34.820 --> 00:25:36.380
 to count all things

00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:36.880
 as lost

00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:37.420
 for the sake

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:38.160
 of knowing Him

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:39.980
 and serving Him.

00:25:41.080 --> 00:25:41.940
 It means we don't

00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:42.840
 have to live our lives

00:25:42.840 --> 00:25:44.299
 grasping for those things

00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:46.139
 but we can freely trust

00:25:46.139 --> 00:25:47.039
 that He will give

00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:48.279
 and in response

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:49.759
 we can be generous

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.859
 people to others.

00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:56.019
 I'm not going to give you

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.599
 prescriptions

00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:57.899
 on what this looks like.

00:25:58.919 --> 00:26:00.440
 There aren't numbers

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:01.680
 amounts

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:03.859
 even contexts

00:26:03.859 --> 00:26:06.139
 because I think

00:26:06.139 --> 00:26:07.539
 that it's the heart

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:08.179
 of the matter.

00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:10.959
 And friends

00:26:10.959 --> 00:26:11.879
 if the church

00:26:11.879 --> 00:26:13.259
 really lived

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:13.979
 with this kind

00:26:13.979 --> 00:26:14.959
 of generous spirit

00:26:14.959 --> 00:26:16.939
 if we as individuals

00:26:16.939 --> 00:26:17.939
 and we as a body

00:26:17.939 --> 00:26:19.019
 lived with this kind

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 of overflowing

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:22.259
 giving heart

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:23.839
 would we not

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:24.699
 be distinct

00:26:24.699 --> 00:26:26.619
 and would the world

00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:27.399
 around us

00:26:27.399 --> 00:26:28.619
 not stop

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:29.219
 and wonder

00:26:29.219 --> 00:26:30.059
 how it is

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:30.679
 that that could

00:26:30.679 --> 00:26:32.019
 truly be what we do

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:33.719
 and how we do it.

00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:34.899
 with our wealth.

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:40.939
 God shows us

00:26:40.939 --> 00:26:42.039
 not only how to fear Him

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:42.839
 by confronting

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:44.039
 our selfish use

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:45.139
 but then

00:26:45.139 --> 00:26:46.119
 in verses 14

00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:46.699
 through 19

00:26:46.699 --> 00:26:47.479
 He shows us

00:26:47.479 --> 00:26:48.240
 how to fear Him

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:49.559
 with an example

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.719
 of selfless

00:26:50.719 --> 00:26:52.119
 sacrificial

00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:54.439
 giving of wealth

00:26:54.439 --> 00:26:55.039
 for the good

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:55.699
 of others.

00:26:57.199 --> 00:26:57.719
 Interestingly

00:26:57.719 --> 00:26:59.039
 in verse 14

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.779
 Nehemiah

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:01.199
 begins to talk

00:27:01.199 --> 00:27:02.379
 about his own experience

00:27:02.379 --> 00:27:03.559
 and his own role

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:05.339
 verse 14

00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:05.899
 it talks about

00:27:05.899 --> 00:27:06.500
 how he had been

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.059
 exalted

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:08.359
 to a position

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:09.419
 of governorship

00:27:09.419 --> 00:27:09.899
 under

00:27:09.899 --> 00:27:12.039
 under the law

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:13.419
 the larger

00:27:13.419 --> 00:27:14.200
 rulership

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:15.119
 of the Persian Empire

00:27:15.119 --> 00:27:15.919
 he had been given

00:27:15.919 --> 00:27:17.519
 control over this area

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:19.200
 and he shares

00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:20.399
 about his own experience

00:27:20.399 --> 00:27:21.899
 and it might be easy

00:27:21.899 --> 00:27:22.399
 to think

00:27:22.399 --> 00:27:23.460
 well he's kind of

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:24.299
 tooting his own horn

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:24.779
 isn't he?

00:27:25.639 --> 00:27:26.079
 He's

00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:27.500
 he's looking pretty good

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:27.919
 in this

00:27:27.919 --> 00:27:28.419
 isn't he?

00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:30.420
 and often

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:30.960
 when we read

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.400
 the Bible

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:31.940
 we look

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.980
 at examples

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:35.180
 the best way

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:35.660
 to read it

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.300
 is to think

00:27:36.300 --> 00:27:37.720
 how am I like them

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.620
 in their fallenness

00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:39.420
 and their sinfulness

00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:41.440
 sometimes we like

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:41.980
 to read the Bible

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.880
 looking for heroes

00:27:42.880 --> 00:27:44.019
 that we can emulate

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.980
 but I think it's often

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:45.960
 better to read the Bible

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.360
 thinking

00:27:46.360 --> 00:27:47.720
 how does this

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:50.519
 reveal my own sin

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:51.800
 and my own fallenness

00:27:51.800 --> 00:27:53.340
 but every once in a while

00:27:53.340 --> 00:27:54.380
 we actually do see

00:27:54.380 --> 00:27:55.500
 a very clear example

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:56.600
 of this is good

00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:57.719
 this is a pattern

00:27:57.719 --> 00:27:58.279
 to follow

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:59.480
 this is a life

00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:00.079
 to emulate

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:02.019
 and that's what we see here

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:04.219
 in God's wisdom

00:28:04.219 --> 00:28:06.240
 as he confronted

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:06.699
 the people

00:28:06.699 --> 00:28:07.519
 and as he recorded

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:08.319
 this for us

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:08.939
 he says

00:28:08.939 --> 00:28:09.919
 not only am I going

00:28:09.919 --> 00:28:10.619
 to rebuke

00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:11.279
 when you're not

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.019
 doing it right

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:14.339
 but I'm going to show you

00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:15.339
 what it could look like

00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:17.079
 and the pattern

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:18.139
 is basically this

00:28:18.139 --> 00:28:19.500
 Nehemiah was at the top

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.279
 of the food chain

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:22.799
 he had power

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.519
 and wealth

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:24.659
 unrivaled

00:28:24.659 --> 00:28:25.439
 in the area

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:27.380
 he had this position

00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:29.000
 and with that position

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:30.059
 came perks

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:31.420
 the governors

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:32.259
 what do they call it

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.820
 the allowance

00:28:32.820 --> 00:28:33.840
 of the governor

00:28:33.840 --> 00:28:37.660
 and yet

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:39.460
 Nehemiah chose

00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:40.120
 not

00:28:40.120 --> 00:28:41.660
 to take advantage

00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:42.600
 of this perk

00:28:42.600 --> 00:28:43.759
 why?

00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:45.799
 well verse 15

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:46.700
 says that

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:47.559
 former governors

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:48.220
 and notice

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:49.279
 that this could have been

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:50.440
 some of the Jewish governors

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:51.700
 it's not clear

00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:52.180
 which ones

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:53.000
 he's talking about

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:54.200
 but clearly

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:56.579
 others in this position

00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:57.579
 had used it

00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:58.839
 and abused it

00:28:58.839 --> 00:29:00.660
 they laid a heavy burden

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:01.400
 on the people

00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:02.680
 and their servants

00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:03.900
 acted arrogantly

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:06.819
 it's so easy

00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:07.359
 isn't it

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:08.759
 when we have those positions

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:10.259
 for these perks

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:11.019
 and these

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.619
 you know

00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:12.900
 this is the diva culture

00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:13.779
 in Hollywood right

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:15.119
 I want my Perrier

00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:17.480
 to be 37 and a half degrees

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:19.259
 and if it's not that

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.700
 then

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.619
 you know

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:22.099
 it's so easy

00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:22.559
 for us

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.279
 in places

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:23.839
 of position

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:24.419
 and power

00:29:24.419 --> 00:29:25.599
 to abuse it

00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:26.000
 and become

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.859
 very accustomed

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:28.399
 to incredible perks

00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:29.359
 in ways

00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:30.419
 that are very selfish

00:29:30.419 --> 00:29:33.779
 Nehemiah looked at that

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.259
 and he said

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:35.679
 no I can't do that

00:29:35.679 --> 00:29:37.559
 because not only

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.000
 was it

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:39.419
 abused in the past

00:29:39.419 --> 00:29:40.500
 but you see it

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.439
 both in verse 16

00:29:41.439 --> 00:29:42.079
 and in 18

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:43.839
 that it was costly

00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:44.679
 for the people

00:29:44.679 --> 00:29:46.239
 that those perks

00:29:46.239 --> 00:29:46.979
 didn't come

00:29:46.979 --> 00:29:47.679
 from nowhere

00:29:47.679 --> 00:29:48.500
 they didn't come

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.319
 from the treasury

00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:50.659
 of Persia

00:29:50.659 --> 00:29:51.579
 they came

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:52.759
 from the taxes

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:53.619
 that were levied

00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:54.359
 on the people

00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:55.559
 in Jerusalem

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:57.279
 and in Judea

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:59.659
 his people

00:29:59.659 --> 00:30:00.839
 God's people

00:30:00.839 --> 00:30:03.299
 and he said

00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:03.740
 I'm not going

00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:04.319
 to do that

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:07.460
 and interestingly

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:08.259
 verse 16

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:08.980
 it talks about

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:09.819
 how he didn't

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.859
 even take land

00:30:10.859 --> 00:30:11.859
 and I think

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:12.539
 if you piece this

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:12.899
 together

00:30:12.899 --> 00:30:13.519
 part of what he's

00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:13.859
 saying is

00:30:13.859 --> 00:30:15.139
 I had the ability

00:30:15.139 --> 00:30:15.799
 because of my

00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:16.559
 place of power

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:18.240
 to really build

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:18.859
 my empire

00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.839
 even personally

00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:21.019
 to gain more wealth

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.960
 by having land

00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:23.139
 right

00:30:23.139 --> 00:30:24.220
 I could build

00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:25.279
 my real estate empire

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:27.099
 and not only that

00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:29.179
 but then I would

00:30:29.179 --> 00:30:30.019
 build my empire

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.839
 of having servants

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:31.379
 to take care

00:30:31.379 --> 00:30:31.980
 of all these lands

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:32.940
 but Nehemiah

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:34.299
 said we didn't

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:34.899
 take advantage

00:30:34.899 --> 00:30:36.039
 of those perks

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.539
 either

00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:38.039
 and one of the

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.759
 benefits of that

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:40.099
 was my servants

00:30:40.099 --> 00:30:40.740
 were free

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.879
 to build the wall

00:30:41.879 --> 00:30:42.559
 along with

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:43.379
 everyone else

00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:45.680
 I didn't allow

00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:47.320
 my investments

00:30:47.320 --> 00:30:48.660
 or my possible

00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:49.260
 investments

00:30:49.260 --> 00:30:50.020
 to distract

00:30:50.020 --> 00:30:51.380
 from God's plan

00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:52.520
 of rebuilding

00:30:52.520 --> 00:30:53.100
 this city

00:30:53.100 --> 00:30:53.880
 for his glory

00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:55.720
 that's what

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.460
 verse 16

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:57.220
 points to

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:59.800
 and instead

00:30:59.800 --> 00:31:00.280
 of taking

00:31:00.280 --> 00:31:01.020
 those perks

00:31:01.020 --> 00:31:02.500
 Nehemiah said

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:04.460
 I took the cost

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:05.300
 myself

00:31:05.300 --> 00:31:07.440
 verse 18

00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:07.920
 sounds like

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.740
 quite a feast

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:10.200
 and when you

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:11.080
 multiply that out

00:31:11.080 --> 00:31:11.760
 by days

00:31:11.760 --> 00:31:12.620
 and weeks

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:13.919
 and 12

00:31:13.919 --> 00:31:14.599
 years

00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:16.079
 you realize

00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:16.859
 Nehemiah was

00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:17.559
 a very wealthy

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:17.939
 man

00:31:17.939 --> 00:31:19.139
 it's a lot

00:31:19.139 --> 00:31:19.699
 of oxen

00:31:19.699 --> 00:31:23.059
 and yet

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:23.879
 he chose

00:31:23.879 --> 00:31:25.079
 to spend

00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:25.779
 his wealth

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:26.479
 to bless

00:31:26.479 --> 00:31:27.119
 his people

00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:29.179
 as the

00:31:29.179 --> 00:31:29.679
 governor

00:31:29.679 --> 00:31:30.259
 he had

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:31.299
 a responsibility

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:32.299
 for the

00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:32.839
 household

00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:34.479
 for the

00:31:34.479 --> 00:31:35.379
 government

00:31:35.379 --> 00:31:36.239
 for these

00:31:36.239 --> 00:31:36.899
 150

00:31:36.899 --> 00:31:37.539
 who were

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:38.839
 a part

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:39.059
 of the

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.379
 government

00:31:39.379 --> 00:31:39.859
 he had

00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:40.339
 a responsibility

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:40.879
 to provide

00:31:40.879 --> 00:31:41.259
 for them

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:41.819
 he did it

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.359
 himself

00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:43.599
 as he

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:44.399
 was welcoming

00:31:44.399 --> 00:31:45.500
 foreign dignitaries

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:45.859
 who came

00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:46.359
 and visited

00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:47.859
 he paid

00:31:47.859 --> 00:31:48.359
 for them

00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:48.859
 in the

00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:49.539
 hospitality

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:50.559
 himself

00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:52.939
 he said

00:31:52.939 --> 00:31:53.359
 I will

00:31:53.359 --> 00:31:53.879
 not do

00:31:53.879 --> 00:31:54.259
 this

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:54.679
 at the

00:31:54.679 --> 00:31:55.059
 cost

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.399
 of my

00:31:55.399 --> 00:31:55.659
 own

00:31:55.659 --> 00:31:56.039
 people

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:56.439
 who are

00:31:56.439 --> 00:31:56.859
 already

00:31:56.859 --> 00:31:57.399
 suffering

00:31:57.399 --> 00:31:59.839
 but I

00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:00.199
 will take

00:32:00.199 --> 00:32:00.679
 the cost

00:32:00.679 --> 00:32:01.419
 on myself

00:32:01.419 --> 00:32:02.319
 so that

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:02.679
 I might

00:32:02.679 --> 00:32:03.139
 please

00:32:03.139 --> 00:32:03.619
 God

00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:11.379
 interestingly

00:32:11.379 --> 00:32:12.339
 did you

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:12.759
 notice

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.639
 how he

00:32:13.639 --> 00:32:14.139
 said it

00:32:14.139 --> 00:32:14.739
 in

00:32:14.739 --> 00:32:15.339
 where is

00:32:15.339 --> 00:32:15.500
 it

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:16.379
 I forgot

00:32:16.379 --> 00:32:16.719
 to write

00:32:16.719 --> 00:32:17.059
 it down

00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:17.979
 I did

00:32:17.979 --> 00:32:18.359
 this

00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:18.859
 because

00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:20.119
 I feared

00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:20.799
 God

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:22.599
 such a

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:22.939
 strong

00:32:22.939 --> 00:32:23.419
 example

00:32:23.419 --> 00:32:24.259
 he confronted

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:25.279
 the leaders

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:25.659
 in the

00:32:25.659 --> 00:32:26.239
 first half

00:32:26.239 --> 00:32:26.819
 because they

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.299
 were not

00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:27.659
 fearing

00:32:27.659 --> 00:32:28.079
 God

00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:28.879
 here

00:32:28.879 --> 00:32:29.799
 he reveals

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.279
 his own

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:30.599
 heart

00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:31.379
 I did

00:32:31.379 --> 00:32:31.619
 this

00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:31.939
 because

00:32:31.939 --> 00:32:32.519
 I feared

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:32.919
 God

00:32:32.919 --> 00:32:33.859
 I knew

00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:34.259
 that my

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:34.719
 life was

00:32:34.719 --> 00:32:35.139
 accountable

00:32:35.139 --> 00:32:35.699
 to him

00:32:35.699 --> 00:32:36.419
 I knew

00:32:36.419 --> 00:32:36.819
 that this

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:37.359
 was his

00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:37.879
 people

00:32:37.879 --> 00:32:38.919
 and that

00:32:38.919 --> 00:32:39.339
 I had a

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:39.819
 position

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:40.579
 to love

00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:40.799
 them

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:41.099
 and to

00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:41.599
 bless

00:32:41.599 --> 00:32:41.939
 them

00:32:41.939 --> 00:32:42.359
 with what

00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:42.659
 he had

00:32:42.659 --> 00:32:42.879
 given

00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:43.240
 me

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:44.339
 and I

00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:44.819
 chose

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.399
 to use

00:32:45.399 --> 00:32:45.779
 it

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:52.500
 so what

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:52.759
 does this

00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:53.139
 mean for

00:32:53.139 --> 00:32:53.539
 us

00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:54.839
 how do

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:55.199
 we tie

00:32:55.199 --> 00:32:55.419
 this

00:32:55.419 --> 00:32:55.839
 in to

00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:56.119
 us

00:32:56.119 --> 00:32:56.639
 today

00:32:56.639 --> 00:32:58.699
 you know

00:32:58.699 --> 00:32:59.000
 one of the

00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.379
 things that's

00:32:59.379 --> 00:32:59.939
 important to

00:32:59.939 --> 00:33:00.439
 notice is

00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:00.980
 that it

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.400
 could be

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:02.039
 very easy

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.440
 to think

00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:03.180
 this passage

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.759
 is all

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.820
 for those

00:33:04.820 --> 00:33:05.299
 of us

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:05.680
 who may

00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:06.279
 have more

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:09.039
 and to

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.380
 give

00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:11.299
 but notice

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:11.779
 that at the

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.500
 very beginning

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.299
 the context

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:13.980
 of this

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:15.120
 was that

00:33:15.120 --> 00:33:15.759
 the poor

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.380
 Jews

00:33:16.380 --> 00:33:17.299
 had committed

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:18.380
 Nick preached

00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:18.799
 on this

00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:19.500
 last week

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:20.360
 had committed

00:33:20.360 --> 00:33:20.700
 and they

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.299
 left their

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.980
 fields to

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.519
 come into

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:23.100
 Jerusalem

00:33:23.100 --> 00:33:24.299
 to build

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:24.860
 the wall

00:33:24.860 --> 00:33:25.299
 and to

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:25.960
 do God's

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.340
 work

00:33:26.340 --> 00:33:28.080
 and though

00:33:28.080 --> 00:33:28.460
 they didn't

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:29.059
 have great

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.580
 wealth

00:33:29.579 --> 00:33:31.119
 at cost

00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:31.319
 to

00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:31.960
 themselves

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.980
 they gave

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.319
 what they

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:33.679
 could

00:33:33.679 --> 00:33:34.059
 which is

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:34.740
 their time

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.759
 and their

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.099
 labor

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:41.019
 and then

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:41.460
 most of

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:42.039
 this passage

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.480
 then

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:44.119
 confronts

00:33:44.119 --> 00:33:44.919
 others who

00:33:44.919 --> 00:33:45.599
 had more

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:46.279
 and how

00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:46.639
 they could

00:33:46.639 --> 00:33:47.139
 use it

00:33:47.139 --> 00:33:48.159
 to bless

00:33:48.159 --> 00:33:48.659
 God

00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:53.580
 to fear

00:33:53.580 --> 00:33:53.920
 God

00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:54.279
 is to

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:54.600
 use

00:33:54.600 --> 00:33:54.800
 our

00:33:54.800 --> 00:33:55.200
 wealth

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:56.060
 to be

00:33:56.060 --> 00:33:56.580
 a blessing

00:33:56.580 --> 00:33:57.380
 to God's

00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:57.779
 people

00:33:57.779 --> 00:33:59.300
 out of

00:33:59.300 --> 00:33:59.740
 reverence

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.320
 to God

00:34:00.320 --> 00:34:01.720
 you know

00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:02.220
 it's so

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:02.759
 striking

00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:03.600
 the book

00:34:03.600 --> 00:34:04.120
 of Acts

00:34:04.120 --> 00:34:06.320
 this is

00:34:06.320 --> 00:34:06.560
 one of

00:34:06.560 --> 00:34:07.180
 those passages

00:34:07.180 --> 00:34:08.320
 that we

00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:08.639
 in our

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:10.039
 capitalistic

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.380
 west

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:11.019
 don't always

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.380
 know what

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:11.780
 to do

00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:12.139
 with

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:14.079
 Acts

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:14.460
 chapter

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:14.920
 four

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:18.360
 the end

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:18.659
 of it

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:19.240
 I'm going

00:34:19.240 --> 00:34:19.539
 to read

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:19.860
 it just

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:20.159
 so you

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:20.700
 can hear

00:34:20.700 --> 00:34:21.480
 what the

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:22.260
 early church

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:23.300
 looked like

00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:25.440
 now the

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:25.900
 full number

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:26.300
 of those

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:26.860
 who believed

00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:27.440
 were of

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:27.860
 one heart

00:34:27.860 --> 00:34:28.280
 and one

00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:28.619
 soul

00:34:28.619 --> 00:34:29.559
 and no

00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:30.240
 one said

00:34:30.240 --> 00:34:31.159
 that any

00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:31.500
 of the

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:31.960
 things that

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:32.440
 belonged to

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:32.900
 him was

00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:33.360
 his own

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:33.680
 but they

00:34:33.680 --> 00:34:34.139
 had everything

00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:34.740
 in common

00:34:34.740 --> 00:34:35.480
 and with

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:36.260
 great power

00:34:36.260 --> 00:34:36.920
 the apostles

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:37.500
 were giving

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:38.220
 their testimony

00:34:38.220 --> 00:34:39.159
 to the

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:39.559
 resurrection

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:40.059
 of the

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:40.280
 Lord

00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:40.680
 Jesus

00:34:40.680 --> 00:34:41.119
 and the

00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:42.220
 great grace

00:34:42.220 --> 00:34:43.400
 was upon

00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:44.139
 them all

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:45.299
 there was

00:34:45.299 --> 00:34:45.679
 not a

00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:45.940
 needy

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:46.239
 person

00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:46.559
 among

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:46.900
 them

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.879
 for

00:34:47.879 --> 00:34:48.159
 as

00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:48.440
 many

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:48.639
 as

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:48.799
 were

00:34:48.799 --> 00:34:49.159
 owners

00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:49.379
 of

00:34:49.379 --> 00:34:49.779
 lands

00:34:49.779 --> 00:34:49.960
 and

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:50.299
 houses

00:34:50.299 --> 00:34:50.699
 sold

00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:50.980
 them

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.159
 and

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:51.659
 brought

00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:52.619
 the

00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:53.159
 proceeds

00:34:53.159 --> 00:34:53.539
 of what

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:54.099
 was sold

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:54.500
 and laid

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:54.739
 it at

00:34:54.739 --> 00:34:54.859
 the

00:34:54.859 --> 00:34:55.219
 apostles

00:34:55.219 --> 00:34:55.599
 feet

00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:55.859
 and it

00:34:55.859 --> 00:34:56.019
 was

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.460
 distributed

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:57.179
 to each

00:34:57.179 --> 00:34:58.159
 as

00:34:58.159 --> 00:34:58.480
 any

00:34:58.480 --> 00:34:58.779
 had

00:34:58.779 --> 00:34:59.259
 need

00:34:59.259 --> 00:34:59.759
 thus

00:34:59.759 --> 00:35:00.379
 Joseph

00:35:00.379 --> 00:35:01.179
 who is

00:35:01.179 --> 00:35:01.420
 also

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:01.779
 called

00:35:01.779 --> 00:35:02.299
 by the

00:35:02.299 --> 00:35:02.719
 apostles

00:35:02.719 --> 00:35:03.440
 Barnabas

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:04.239
 which means

00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:04.579
 son of

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:05.000
 encouragement

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:05.639
 a Levite

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:06.019
 a native

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.639
 of Cyprus

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:07.559
 sold a

00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:07.940
 field that

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.400
 belonged to

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:08.659
 him

00:35:08.659 --> 00:35:09.679
 and brought

00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:10.179
 the money

00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:11.000
 and laid

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:12.079
 it at

00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:12.259
 the

00:35:12.259 --> 00:35:12.659
 apostles

00:35:12.659 --> 00:35:13.219
 feet

00:35:13.219 --> 00:35:15.159
 because

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:15.899
 Jesus

00:35:15.899 --> 00:35:16.719
 was raised

00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:17.159
 from the

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:17.480
 dead

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:18.159
 because

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:18.779
 this

00:35:18.779 --> 00:35:19.359
 great

00:35:19.359 --> 00:35:19.959
 grace

00:35:19.959 --> 00:35:20.639
 of the

00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:21.019
 forgiveness

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:21.559
 of their

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:22.099
 sins

00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:22.779
 of the

00:35:22.779 --> 00:35:23.339
 possibility

00:35:23.339 --> 00:35:23.959
 of new

00:35:23.959 --> 00:35:24.299
 life

00:35:24.299 --> 00:35:24.639
 of a

00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:25.099
 restoration

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.659
 of a

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:26.239
 relationship

00:35:26.239 --> 00:35:26.959
 with God

00:35:26.959 --> 00:35:27.539
 of an

00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:28.059
 eternity

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.859
 as God's

00:35:28.859 --> 00:35:29.279
 people

00:35:29.279 --> 00:35:30.259
 because of

00:35:30.259 --> 00:35:30.539
 Jesus

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:30.959
 they had

00:35:30.959 --> 00:35:31.439
 all of

00:35:31.439 --> 00:35:31.980
 those riches

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.579
 and therefore

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:33.500
 what they

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:34.159
 had

00:35:34.159 --> 00:35:35.659
 they made

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:36.199
 available

00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:37.980
 to be used

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.619
 by God

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:39.119
 to bless

00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:39.659
 his people

00:35:39.659 --> 00:35:40.419
 so that no

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:41.320
 one was

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:41.980
 in need

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:45.440
 they flourished

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:46.159
 in serving

00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:47.019
 God as they

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:48.380
 sacrificially gave

00:35:48.380 --> 00:35:49.220
 to one another

00:35:49.220 --> 00:35:52.920
 and again

00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:54.240
 there's some nuance

00:35:54.240 --> 00:35:54.780
 to this

00:35:54.780 --> 00:35:55.559
 if you go back

00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:56.139
 and read that

00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:57.380
 2 Corinthians 8

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:57.980
 passage

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:59.559
 recognize that

00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:00.500
 that the call

00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:01.280
 is not to give

00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:01.900
 what you don't

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:02.820
 have but to give

00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:03.400
 what you do

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:04.559
 have and to

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:05.099
 have a ready

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.599
 heart

00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:06.720
 not a full

00:36:06.720 --> 00:36:07.519
 bank account

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:10.639
 God isn't

00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:11.199
 asking you

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:11.500
 to do

00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:11.820
 what you

00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:12.619
 can't do

00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:14.360
 but he's

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:15.039
 asking you

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.519
 are you

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:16.000
 willing to

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.380
 do what

00:36:16.380 --> 00:36:16.920
 you can

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.280
 do

00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:18.519
 to help

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:18.980
 others

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:22.460
 what might

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:23.579
 this look

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:24.000
 like

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:26.280
 let me end

00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:26.739
 by giving

00:36:26.739 --> 00:36:27.179
 you some

00:36:27.179 --> 00:36:27.759
 examples

00:36:27.759 --> 00:36:30.719
 first of all

00:36:30.719 --> 00:36:31.360
 I just want

00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:31.719
 to say

00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:32.199
 because

00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:33.840
 this passage

00:36:33.840 --> 00:36:34.360
 in Nehemiah

00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:34.940
 talks about

00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:35.380
 leadership

00:36:35.380 --> 00:36:36.599
 and because

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:37.300
 Billy Graham

00:36:37.300 --> 00:36:38.180
 in many ways

00:36:38.180 --> 00:36:38.860
 was such an

00:36:38.860 --> 00:36:39.300
 example

00:36:39.300 --> 00:36:40.780
 when Billy Graham

00:36:40.780 --> 00:36:41.539
 was starting out

00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:42.100
 his ministry

00:36:42.100 --> 00:36:42.780
 and he saw

00:36:42.780 --> 00:36:43.400
 the potential

00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:44.280
 for it to grow

00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:44.900
 and for it to be

00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:45.740
 a big organization

00:36:45.740 --> 00:36:47.220
 and for there to be

00:36:47.220 --> 00:36:48.220
 a lot of money

00:36:48.220 --> 00:36:50.000
 flowing through it

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:51.780
 he set up a board

00:36:51.780 --> 00:36:52.340
 of directors

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:54.420
 he set himself

00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:55.100
 a salary

00:36:55.100 --> 00:36:56.200
 that he was not

00:36:56.200 --> 00:36:57.220
 in control of

00:36:57.220 --> 00:36:59.980
 and then

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:01.039
 everything else

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:02.900
 was not to him

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:04.000
 but was given

00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:04.780
 to the ministry

00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:05.640
 to be used

00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:06.839
 for the ongoing

00:37:06.839 --> 00:37:07.359
 work

00:37:07.359 --> 00:37:08.639
 of proclaiming

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:09.000
 Jesus

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:10.279
 in the 20th

00:37:10.279 --> 00:37:10.679
 century

00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:11.759
 around the

00:37:11.759 --> 00:37:12.119
 world

00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:15.759
 many many

00:37:15.759 --> 00:37:16.579
 counter examples

00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:17.379
 could be given

00:37:17.379 --> 00:37:18.639
 in the last

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:19.400
 50 years

00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:20.719
 of American

00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:21.739
 evangelicalism

00:37:21.739 --> 00:37:23.619
 but praise

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:24.059
 God

00:37:24.059 --> 00:37:25.199
 for this one

00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:26.659
 good example

00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:27.920
 and may we

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:30.500
 continue to seek

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:31.259
 leaders

00:37:31.259 --> 00:37:32.199
 who do such

00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:32.699
 things

00:37:32.699 --> 00:37:34.500
 may we

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:34.980
 who are

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:35.319
 leaders

00:37:35.319 --> 00:37:35.759
 in this

00:37:35.759 --> 00:37:36.059
 church

00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:36.519
 continue

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:37.059
 to follow

00:37:37.059 --> 00:37:38.019
 that

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:38.579
 example

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:42.399
 what about

00:37:42.399 --> 00:37:43.919
 those of us

00:37:43.919 --> 00:37:44.199
 who aren't

00:37:44.199 --> 00:37:45.039
 leading things

00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:45.859
 how about

00:37:45.859 --> 00:37:46.419
 our everyday

00:37:46.419 --> 00:37:47.000
 lives

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:47.500
 what does

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:47.859
 it look

00:37:47.859 --> 00:37:48.239
 like

00:37:48.239 --> 00:37:49.419
 friends

00:37:49.419 --> 00:37:49.719
 I just

00:37:49.719 --> 00:37:50.059
 want you

00:37:50.059 --> 00:37:50.460
 to think

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:50.919
 broadly

00:37:50.919 --> 00:37:51.259
 about

00:37:51.259 --> 00:37:51.739
 what kind

00:37:51.739 --> 00:37:52.199
 of wealth

00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:52.539
 do you

00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:52.960
 have

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:53.619
 it's

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:54.079
 very easy

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:54.460
 to think

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:54.919
 about that

00:37:54.919 --> 00:37:55.299
 in terms

00:37:55.299 --> 00:37:55.819
 of money

00:37:55.819 --> 00:37:56.819
 what's in

00:37:56.819 --> 00:37:57.319
 my pocket

00:37:57.319 --> 00:37:57.719
 what's in

00:37:57.719 --> 00:37:58.099
 my bank

00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:58.500
 account

00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:59.339
 but I want

00:37:59.339 --> 00:37:59.779
 you to think

00:37:59.779 --> 00:38:00.259
 of the wealth

00:38:00.260 --> 00:38:00.600
 of God

00:38:00.600 --> 00:38:01.000
 has given

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.340
 you

00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:02.800
 some of

00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:03.120
 the ways

00:38:03.120 --> 00:38:03.460
 that I

00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:03.960
 have seen

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:04.820
 this church

00:38:04.820 --> 00:38:05.500
 bless other

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:05.960
 people

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:07.120
 in the

00:38:07.120 --> 00:38:07.660
 family of

00:38:07.660 --> 00:38:08.060
 God

00:38:08.060 --> 00:38:09.680
 inviting

00:38:09.680 --> 00:38:11.240
 an individual

00:38:11.240 --> 00:38:12.360
 in need

00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:13.060
 to come

00:38:13.060 --> 00:38:13.560
 and live

00:38:13.560 --> 00:38:15.360
 for a day

00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:16.880
 for a week

00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:18.480
 for a month

00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:19.820
 for a year

00:38:19.820 --> 00:38:21.680
 sometimes not

00:38:21.680 --> 00:38:22.080
 just an

00:38:22.080 --> 00:38:22.460
 individual

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:23.100
 sometimes a

00:38:23.100 --> 00:38:23.700
 family with

00:38:23.700 --> 00:38:24.160
 kids

00:38:24.160 --> 00:38:25.740
 squeezing them

00:38:25.740 --> 00:38:26.060
 into the

00:38:26.060 --> 00:38:26.460
 basement

00:38:26.460 --> 00:38:27.520
 throwing them

00:38:27.520 --> 00:38:28.040
 up on the

00:38:28.040 --> 00:38:29.140
 in the extra

00:38:29.140 --> 00:38:29.700
 bedrooms

00:38:29.699 --> 00:38:31.199
 in your

00:38:31.199 --> 00:38:31.939
 empty nest

00:38:31.939 --> 00:38:34.579
 I've seen

00:38:34.579 --> 00:38:35.219
 this happen

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:35.899
 and it's

00:38:35.899 --> 00:38:36.179
 been an

00:38:36.179 --> 00:38:36.779
 incredible

00:38:36.779 --> 00:38:37.519
 testimony

00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:41.899
 I think

00:38:41.899 --> 00:38:42.399
 about those

00:38:42.399 --> 00:38:42.679
 of us

00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:43.019
 who have

00:38:43.019 --> 00:38:43.599
 cars

00:38:43.599 --> 00:38:44.519
 and vehicles

00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:47.019
 would you

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:47.460
 consider

00:38:47.460 --> 00:38:48.079
 thinking about

00:38:48.079 --> 00:38:48.439
 who you

00:38:48.439 --> 00:38:48.899
 can give

00:38:48.899 --> 00:38:49.339
 your car

00:38:49.339 --> 00:38:49.599
 to

00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:50.199
 rather than

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:50.480
 getting

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:50.799
 the

00:38:50.799 --> 00:38:51.480
 measly

00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:52.139
 $800

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:52.819
 the

00:38:52.819 --> 00:38:55.879
 dealership

00:38:55.879 --> 00:38:56.159
 will give

00:38:56.159 --> 00:38:56.439
 to you

00:38:56.439 --> 00:38:56.639
 in a

00:38:56.639 --> 00:38:57.039
 trade-in

00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:58.139
 would you

00:38:58.139 --> 00:38:58.480
 consider

00:38:58.480 --> 00:38:59.000
 giving it

00:38:59.000 --> 00:38:59.500
 to someone

00:38:59.500 --> 00:39:00.119
 who couldn't

00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:00.679
 afford it

00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:01.239
 otherwise

00:39:01.239 --> 00:39:03.280
 I know

00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:04.440
 I've seen

00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:04.980
 that happen

00:39:04.980 --> 00:39:05.480
 in this

00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:05.880
 church

00:39:05.880 --> 00:39:07.340
 I've seen

00:39:07.340 --> 00:39:07.880
 it happen

00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:08.980
 where you've

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:09.420
 given your

00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:10.039
 vans to

00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:10.940
 Eli and

00:39:10.940 --> 00:39:11.380
 to a bunch

00:39:11.380 --> 00:39:11.679
 of youth

00:39:11.679 --> 00:39:12.280
 group leaders

00:39:12.280 --> 00:39:12.920
 to drive

00:39:12.920 --> 00:39:14.420
 to New

00:39:14.420 --> 00:39:14.760
 Hampshire

00:39:14.760 --> 00:39:15.360
 in the

00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:15.659
 snow

00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:18.719
 and usually

00:39:18.719 --> 00:39:19.179
 they've come

00:39:19.179 --> 00:39:19.719
 back in one

00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:20.199
 piece and

00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:20.880
 sometimes they

00:39:20.880 --> 00:39:21.460
 haven't

00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:22.159
 right

00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:25.039
 and yet

00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:25.259
 you

00:39:25.259 --> 00:39:25.699
 welcomed

00:39:25.699 --> 00:39:26.460
 that cost

00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:27.019
 and said

00:39:27.019 --> 00:39:27.379
 yes

00:39:27.379 --> 00:39:27.779
 I can

00:39:27.779 --> 00:39:28.099
 share

00:39:28.099 --> 00:39:28.420
 what I

00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:28.779
 have

00:39:28.779 --> 00:39:29.299
 for the

00:39:29.299 --> 00:39:29.420
 good

00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:29.960
 of others

00:39:29.960 --> 00:39:32.379
 many of

00:39:32.379 --> 00:39:32.559
 you

00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:32.899
 open

00:39:32.899 --> 00:39:33.119
 your

00:39:33.119 --> 00:39:33.599
 homes

00:39:33.599 --> 00:39:34.739
 week

00:39:34.739 --> 00:39:34.980
 in

00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:35.259
 week

00:39:35.259 --> 00:39:35.579
 out

00:39:35.579 --> 00:39:36.460
 to

00:39:36.460 --> 00:39:36.960
 host

00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:37.559
 small

00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:37.980
 groups

00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:38.799
 to

00:39:38.799 --> 00:39:39.119
 invite

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:39.500
 God's

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:39.759
 people

00:39:39.759 --> 00:39:39.980
 in

00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:40.099
 to

00:39:40.099 --> 00:39:40.379
 study

00:39:40.379 --> 00:39:40.579
 his

00:39:40.579 --> 00:39:40.879
 word

00:39:40.879 --> 00:39:41.099
 and

00:39:41.099 --> 00:39:41.279
 to

00:39:41.279 --> 00:39:41.920
 have

00:39:41.920 --> 00:39:42.339
 fellowship

00:39:42.339 --> 00:39:43.119
 together

00:39:43.119 --> 00:39:45.480
 many of

00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:45.579
 you

00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:45.819
 set

00:39:45.819 --> 00:39:46.159
 aside

00:39:46.159 --> 00:39:46.319
 in

00:39:46.319 --> 00:39:46.480
 your

00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:46.960
 budget

00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:50.519
 extra

00:39:50.519 --> 00:39:52.179
 what can

00:39:52.179 --> 00:39:52.559
 I cut

00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:52.760
 out

00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:53.039
 this

00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:53.400
 month

00:39:53.400 --> 00:39:54.240
 so that

00:39:54.240 --> 00:39:54.559
 I just

00:39:54.559 --> 00:39:55.000
 have money

00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:55.500
 to give

00:39:55.500 --> 00:39:55.960
 where there's

00:39:55.960 --> 00:39:56.280
 a need

00:39:56.280 --> 00:39:56.619
 that might

00:39:56.619 --> 00:39:57.079
 arise

00:39:57.079 --> 00:40:00.199
 it's a

00:40:00.199 --> 00:40:00.519
 beautiful

00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:01.000
 thing

00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:03.720
 I pray

00:40:03.720 --> 00:40:04.220
 and hope

00:40:04.220 --> 00:40:04.539
 that our

00:40:04.539 --> 00:40:04.800
 church

00:40:04.800 --> 00:40:05.519
 will continue

00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:07.460
 to excel

00:40:07.460 --> 00:40:08.139
 still more

00:40:08.139 --> 00:40:08.559
 in these

00:40:08.559 --> 00:40:09.000
 ways

00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:11.260
 and if

00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:11.440
 you're

00:40:11.440 --> 00:40:11.720
 someone

00:40:11.720 --> 00:40:12.079
 who

00:40:12.079 --> 00:40:13.079
 isn't

00:40:13.079 --> 00:40:13.340
 sure

00:40:13.340 --> 00:40:13.720
 what the

00:40:13.720 --> 00:40:13.980
 needs

00:40:13.980 --> 00:40:14.260
 are

00:40:14.260 --> 00:40:14.559
 maybe

00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:14.780
 you're

00:40:14.780 --> 00:40:15.019
 newer

00:40:15.019 --> 00:40:15.360
 to the

00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:15.699
 church

00:40:15.699 --> 00:40:16.220
 I want

00:40:16.220 --> 00:40:16.420
 to let

00:40:16.420 --> 00:40:16.659
 you know

00:40:16.659 --> 00:40:17.079
 we have

00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:17.360
 something

00:40:17.360 --> 00:40:17.619
 called

00:40:17.619 --> 00:40:17.740
 a

00:40:17.740 --> 00:40:18.000
 have

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:18.300
 need

00:40:18.300 --> 00:40:18.740
 list

00:40:18.740 --> 00:40:19.920
 Michelle

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:20.440
 in the

00:40:20.440 --> 00:40:20.900
 office

00:40:20.900 --> 00:40:22.139
 moderates

00:40:22.139 --> 00:40:22.360
 it

00:40:22.360 --> 00:40:22.900
 you can

00:40:22.900 --> 00:40:23.300
 let the

00:40:23.300 --> 00:40:23.519
 church

00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:23.860
 office

00:40:23.860 --> 00:40:24.220
 know

00:40:24.220 --> 00:40:24.940
 and they'd

00:40:24.940 --> 00:40:25.260
 be glad

00:40:25.260 --> 00:40:25.579
 to put

00:40:25.579 --> 00:40:26.900
 your email

00:40:26.900 --> 00:40:27.240
 address

00:40:27.240 --> 00:40:27.720
 onto it

00:40:27.720 --> 00:40:28.200
 and it

00:40:28.200 --> 00:40:28.619
 just means

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:29.099
 when someone

00:40:29.099 --> 00:40:29.639
 has something

00:40:29.639 --> 00:40:29.980
 they don't

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:30.240
 need

00:40:30.240 --> 00:40:30.680
 they can

00:40:30.680 --> 00:40:31.139
 put it

00:40:31.139 --> 00:40:31.380
 on the

00:40:31.380 --> 00:40:31.559
 have

00:40:31.559 --> 00:40:31.760
 need

00:40:31.760 --> 00:40:32.019
 list

00:40:32.019 --> 00:40:32.260
 say

00:40:32.260 --> 00:40:32.420
 hey

00:40:32.420 --> 00:40:32.840
 I have

00:40:32.840 --> 00:40:33.260
 a

00:40:33.260 --> 00:40:33.539
 washing

00:40:33.539 --> 00:40:33.900
 machine

00:40:33.900 --> 00:40:34.400
 does

00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:34.619
 anyone

00:40:34.619 --> 00:40:34.860
 need

00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:35.059
 it

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:36.320
 and

00:40:36.320 --> 00:40:37.180
 similarly

00:40:37.180 --> 00:40:37.740
 if there's

00:40:37.740 --> 00:40:38.099
 a need

00:40:38.099 --> 00:40:38.980
 I need

00:40:38.980 --> 00:40:39.240
 a ride

00:40:39.240 --> 00:40:39.480
 to the

00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:39.740
 airport

00:40:39.740 --> 00:40:40.500
 or I

00:40:40.500 --> 00:40:40.720
 need

00:40:40.720 --> 00:40:41.139
 a bed

00:40:41.139 --> 00:40:41.900
 or

00:40:41.900 --> 00:40:42.380
 whatever

00:40:42.380 --> 00:40:45.639
 and we've

00:40:45.639 --> 00:40:45.900
 seen

00:40:45.900 --> 00:40:46.619
 over and

00:40:46.619 --> 00:40:47.079
 over and

00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:47.800
 over again

00:40:47.800 --> 00:40:48.920
 God take

00:40:48.920 --> 00:40:49.720
 care of

00:40:49.720 --> 00:40:50.320
 one another

00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:51.619
 in this

00:40:51.619 --> 00:40:52.000
 church

00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:52.619
 through these

00:40:52.619 --> 00:40:53.059
 things

00:40:53.059 --> 00:40:56.619
 now what we've

00:40:56.619 --> 00:40:57.000
 talked about

00:40:57.000 --> 00:40:57.740
 so far

00:40:57.740 --> 00:40:58.420
 is all

00:40:58.420 --> 00:40:59.019
 material

00:40:59.019 --> 00:40:59.760
 things

00:40:59.760 --> 00:41:02.000
 but there are

00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:02.680
 other kinds

00:41:02.680 --> 00:41:03.160
 of wealth

00:41:03.160 --> 00:41:03.720
 as well

00:41:03.720 --> 00:41:05.180
 some of you

00:41:05.180 --> 00:41:05.579
 are great

00:41:05.579 --> 00:41:06.039
 cooks

00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:07.039
 and have

00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:07.660
 blessed one

00:41:07.660 --> 00:41:07.960
 another

00:41:07.960 --> 00:41:08.639
 with meals

00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:09.720
 when a new

00:41:09.720 --> 00:41:10.220
 baby has

00:41:10.220 --> 00:41:10.639
 come

00:41:10.639 --> 00:41:11.180
 when you've

00:41:11.180 --> 00:41:11.579
 come home

00:41:11.579 --> 00:41:11.900
 from a

00:41:11.900 --> 00:41:12.360
 hospital

00:41:12.360 --> 00:41:13.360
 even

00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:13.660
 just

00:41:13.660 --> 00:41:14.000
 in the

00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:14.220
 midst

00:41:14.220 --> 00:41:14.480
 of a

00:41:14.480 --> 00:41:14.840
 crisis

00:41:14.840 --> 00:41:16.620
 you have

00:41:16.620 --> 00:41:16.940
 blessed

00:41:16.940 --> 00:41:17.519
 one another

00:41:17.519 --> 00:41:18.280
 with meals

00:41:18.280 --> 00:41:20.539
 again

00:41:20.539 --> 00:41:20.880
 if you're

00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:21.300
 not in

00:41:21.300 --> 00:41:21.700
 on that

00:41:21.700 --> 00:41:21.980
 let

00:41:21.980 --> 00:41:22.340
 Michelle

00:41:22.340 --> 00:41:22.660
 know

00:41:22.660 --> 00:41:23.019
 we can

00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:23.360
 put you

00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:23.620
 on the

00:41:23.620 --> 00:41:23.980
 list

00:41:23.980 --> 00:41:25.460
 so that

00:41:25.460 --> 00:41:25.780
 you can

00:41:25.780 --> 00:41:26.760
 do that

00:41:26.760 --> 00:41:28.559
 some

00:41:28.559 --> 00:41:29.059
 of you

00:41:29.059 --> 00:41:29.880
 have a

00:41:29.880 --> 00:41:30.280
 great

00:41:30.280 --> 00:41:30.920
 knowledge

00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:31.740
 of the

00:41:31.740 --> 00:41:31.960
 city

00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:32.300
 of New

00:41:32.300 --> 00:41:32.599
 Haven

00:41:32.599 --> 00:41:35.340
 and our

00:41:35.340 --> 00:41:35.640
 church

00:41:35.640 --> 00:41:36.140
 is full

00:41:36.140 --> 00:41:36.539
 of people

00:41:36.539 --> 00:41:36.960
 who come

00:41:36.960 --> 00:41:37.260
 in

00:41:37.260 --> 00:41:37.980
 and don't

00:41:37.980 --> 00:41:38.420
 know much

00:41:38.420 --> 00:41:38.900
 about the

00:41:38.900 --> 00:41:39.200
 city

00:41:39.199 --> 00:41:40.539
 don't know

00:41:40.539 --> 00:41:40.879
 how it

00:41:40.879 --> 00:41:41.339
 works

00:41:41.339 --> 00:41:43.079
 some of

00:41:43.079 --> 00:41:43.379
 you have

00:41:43.379 --> 00:41:43.679
 great

00:41:43.679 --> 00:41:44.099
 knowledge

00:41:44.099 --> 00:41:44.779
 to share

00:41:44.779 --> 00:41:45.960
 about

00:41:45.960 --> 00:41:46.719
 how to

00:41:46.719 --> 00:41:47.259
 find social

00:41:47.259 --> 00:41:47.759
 services

00:41:47.759 --> 00:41:48.939
 about

00:41:48.939 --> 00:41:49.639
 how to

00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:49.960
 buy a

00:41:49.960 --> 00:41:50.419
 house

00:41:50.419 --> 00:41:51.480
 about

00:41:51.480 --> 00:41:53.000
 where there

00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:53.899
 might be

00:41:53.899 --> 00:41:55.079
 shelters

00:41:55.079 --> 00:41:55.779
 or need

00:41:55.779 --> 00:41:56.679
 places

00:41:56.679 --> 00:41:57.239
 for people

00:41:57.239 --> 00:41:57.759
 in need

00:41:57.759 --> 00:42:00.579
 you have

00:42:00.579 --> 00:42:01.159
 knowledge

00:42:01.159 --> 00:42:01.859
 to share

00:42:01.859 --> 00:42:02.859
 which is a

00:42:02.859 --> 00:42:03.599
 great wealth

00:42:03.599 --> 00:42:04.639
 seek to

00:42:04.639 --> 00:42:05.219
 use it

00:42:05.219 --> 00:42:06.559
 some of

00:42:06.559 --> 00:42:06.759
 you are

00:42:06.759 --> 00:42:07.239
 professionals

00:42:07.239 --> 00:42:09.559
 and when

00:42:09.559 --> 00:42:10.119
 appropriate

00:42:10.119 --> 00:42:10.759
 and legal

00:42:10.759 --> 00:42:11.239
 I'll put

00:42:11.239 --> 00:42:11.519
 those

00:42:11.519 --> 00:42:12.159
 little

00:42:12.159 --> 00:42:12.679
 caveats

00:42:12.679 --> 00:42:13.039
 on there

00:42:13.039 --> 00:42:13.539
 when

00:42:13.539 --> 00:42:14.000
 appropriate

00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:14.679
 and legal

00:42:14.679 --> 00:42:15.639
 consider

00:42:15.639 --> 00:42:16.099
 making

00:42:16.099 --> 00:42:17.259
 your

00:42:17.259 --> 00:42:17.859
 professional

00:42:17.859 --> 00:42:18.419
 help

00:42:18.419 --> 00:42:19.039
 available

00:42:19.039 --> 00:42:19.879
 and I

00:42:19.879 --> 00:42:20.019
 know

00:42:20.019 --> 00:42:20.419
 that gets

00:42:20.419 --> 00:42:20.719
 tricky

00:42:20.719 --> 00:42:21.339
 sometimes

00:42:21.339 --> 00:42:22.239
 but

00:42:22.239 --> 00:42:23.199
 press

00:42:23.199 --> 00:42:23.579
 on

00:42:23.579 --> 00:42:24.359
 find a

00:42:24.359 --> 00:42:24.500
 way

00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:24.879
 to do

00:42:24.879 --> 00:42:25.039
 it

00:42:25.039 --> 00:42:25.319
 in a

00:42:25.319 --> 00:42:25.459
 way

00:42:25.459 --> 00:42:25.699
 that's

00:42:25.699 --> 00:42:26.079
 okay

00:42:26.079 --> 00:42:28.179
 it doesn't

00:42:28.179 --> 00:42:28.459
 mean you

00:42:28.459 --> 00:42:28.759
 all get

00:42:28.759 --> 00:42:29.039
 free

00:42:29.039 --> 00:42:29.299
 health

00:42:29.299 --> 00:42:29.479
 care

00:42:29.479 --> 00:42:29.659
 by

00:42:29.659 --> 00:42:29.919
 finding

00:42:29.919 --> 00:42:30.099
 the

00:42:30.099 --> 00:42:30.459
 doctors

00:42:30.459 --> 00:42:30.639
 in

00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:30.759
 the

00:42:30.759 --> 00:42:31.059
 church

00:42:31.059 --> 00:42:31.579
 but

00:42:31.579 --> 00:42:32.079
 consider

00:42:32.079 --> 00:42:32.359
 that

00:42:32.359 --> 00:42:32.559
 these

00:42:32.559 --> 00:42:32.839
 people

00:42:32.839 --> 00:42:33.079
 might

00:42:33.079 --> 00:42:33.239
 be

00:42:33.239 --> 00:42:33.379
 able

00:42:33.379 --> 00:42:33.559
 to

00:42:33.559 --> 00:42:33.959
 consult

00:42:33.959 --> 00:42:34.219
 with

00:42:34.219 --> 00:42:34.359
 you

00:42:34.359 --> 00:42:34.579
 might

00:42:34.579 --> 00:42:34.739
 be

00:42:34.739 --> 00:42:34.919
 able

00:42:34.919 --> 00:42:35.019
 to

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:35.179
 help

00:42:35.179 --> 00:42:35.339
 you

00:42:35.339 --> 00:42:35.599
 think

00:42:35.599 --> 00:42:35.819
 through

00:42:35.819 --> 00:42:36.139
 hard

00:42:36.139 --> 00:42:36.779
 problems

00:42:36.780 --> 00:42:39.080
 whether

00:42:39.080 --> 00:42:39.300
 you're

00:42:39.300 --> 00:42:39.420
 a

00:42:39.420 --> 00:42:39.720
 doctor

00:42:39.720 --> 00:42:40.180
 a

00:42:40.180 --> 00:42:40.500
 lawyer

00:42:40.500 --> 00:42:40.800
 a

00:42:40.800 --> 00:42:41.080
 social

00:42:41.080 --> 00:42:41.400
 worker

00:42:41.400 --> 00:42:41.860
 whatever

00:42:41.860 --> 00:42:44.080
 and

00:42:44.080 --> 00:42:44.320
 you know

00:42:44.320 --> 00:42:44.740
 friends

00:42:44.740 --> 00:42:45.480
 in our

00:42:45.480 --> 00:42:45.780
 modern

00:42:45.780 --> 00:42:46.140
 world

00:42:46.140 --> 00:42:46.460
 one of

00:42:46.460 --> 00:42:46.600
 the

00:42:46.600 --> 00:42:46.920
 greatest

00:42:46.920 --> 00:42:47.300
 wealth

00:42:47.300 --> 00:42:47.600
 that we

00:42:47.600 --> 00:42:47.960
 have

00:42:47.960 --> 00:42:48.160
 is

00:42:48.160 --> 00:42:48.640
 time

00:42:48.640 --> 00:42:49.820
 it's

00:42:49.820 --> 00:42:50.040
 very

00:42:50.040 --> 00:42:50.420
 precious

00:42:50.420 --> 00:42:51.040
 to us

00:42:51.040 --> 00:42:51.600
 and we're

00:42:51.600 --> 00:42:52.120
 loath to

00:42:52.120 --> 00:42:52.540
 share it

00:42:52.540 --> 00:42:52.740
 with

00:42:52.740 --> 00:42:53.120
 others

00:42:53.120 --> 00:42:55.180
 maybe

00:42:55.180 --> 00:42:55.500
 you don't

00:42:55.500 --> 00:42:55.800
 have a

00:42:55.800 --> 00:42:56.040
 lot of

00:42:56.040 --> 00:42:56.360
 wealth

00:42:56.360 --> 00:42:56.640
 maybe

00:42:56.640 --> 00:42:56.880
 you don't

00:42:56.880 --> 00:42:57.180
 have a

00:42:57.180 --> 00:42:57.680
 lot of

00:42:57.680 --> 00:42:59.019
 professional

00:42:59.019 --> 00:42:59.519
 degrees

00:42:59.519 --> 00:43:00.019
 but maybe

00:43:00.019 --> 00:43:00.400
 you have

00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:00.860
 time

00:43:00.860 --> 00:43:02.180
 time

00:43:02.180 --> 00:43:02.720
 to share

00:43:02.720 --> 00:43:02.980
 with

00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:03.440
 others

00:43:03.440 --> 00:43:05.060
 time

00:43:05.060 --> 00:43:05.580
 to help

00:43:05.579 --> 00:43:06.819
 to visit

00:43:06.819 --> 00:43:07.519
 the

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:08.039
 homebound

00:43:08.039 --> 00:43:08.799
 time

00:43:08.799 --> 00:43:09.179
 to

00:43:09.179 --> 00:43:10.019
 come

00:43:10.019 --> 00:43:10.539
 alongside

00:43:10.539 --> 00:43:11.219
 those

00:43:11.219 --> 00:43:11.380
 who

00:43:11.380 --> 00:43:11.539
 may

00:43:11.539 --> 00:43:11.699
 be

00:43:11.699 --> 00:43:12.159
 struggling

00:43:12.159 --> 00:43:17.239
 one of

00:43:17.239 --> 00:43:17.400
 the things

00:43:17.400 --> 00:43:17.639
 that I

00:43:17.639 --> 00:43:17.920
 want to

00:43:17.920 --> 00:43:18.139
 say

00:43:18.139 --> 00:43:18.619
 is that

00:43:18.619 --> 00:43:19.519
 in all

00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:19.860
 of these

00:43:19.860 --> 00:43:20.360
 examples

00:43:20.360 --> 00:43:20.880
 and in

00:43:20.880 --> 00:43:21.319
 all of

00:43:21.319 --> 00:43:21.539
 these

00:43:21.539 --> 00:43:22.500
 opportunities

00:43:22.500 --> 00:43:23.659
 there's

00:43:23.659 --> 00:43:24.340
 cost

00:43:24.340 --> 00:43:25.319
 and we

00:43:25.319 --> 00:43:25.539
 need to

00:43:25.539 --> 00:43:26.079
 be prepared

00:43:26.079 --> 00:43:26.679
 for that

00:43:26.679 --> 00:43:27.920
 when we

00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:28.380
 give to

00:43:28.380 --> 00:43:28.619
 other

00:43:28.619 --> 00:43:28.920
 people

00:43:28.920 --> 00:43:29.279
 it will

00:43:29.279 --> 00:43:29.500
 be

00:43:29.500 --> 00:43:30.179
 inconvenient

00:43:30.179 --> 00:43:30.559
 and

00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:31.019
 sometimes

00:43:31.019 --> 00:43:31.519
 we will

00:43:31.519 --> 00:43:31.960
 really

00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:32.440
 lose

00:43:32.440 --> 00:43:33.039
 things

00:43:33.039 --> 00:43:36.779
 and we

00:43:36.779 --> 00:43:37.059
 need to

00:43:37.059 --> 00:43:37.219
 be

00:43:37.219 --> 00:43:37.759
 prepared

00:43:37.759 --> 00:43:39.159
 that this

00:43:39.159 --> 00:43:39.559
 isn't a

00:43:39.559 --> 00:43:40.219
 quid pro quo

00:43:40.219 --> 00:43:40.679
 kind of

00:43:40.679 --> 00:43:41.019
 world

00:43:41.019 --> 00:43:41.920
 it's an

00:43:41.920 --> 00:43:42.360
 abundance

00:43:42.360 --> 00:43:43.179
 that springs

00:43:43.179 --> 00:43:43.599
 up from

00:43:43.599 --> 00:43:44.019
 the goodness

00:43:44.019 --> 00:43:44.400
 and the

00:43:44.400 --> 00:43:44.840
 wellspring

00:43:44.840 --> 00:43:45.460
 of God's

00:43:45.460 --> 00:43:45.900
 love for

00:43:45.900 --> 00:43:46.159
 us

00:43:46.159 --> 00:43:46.759
 who then

00:43:46.759 --> 00:43:47.219
 provides

00:43:47.219 --> 00:43:47.619
 for us

00:43:47.619 --> 00:43:47.980
 who then

00:43:47.980 --> 00:43:48.599
 cascades

00:43:48.599 --> 00:43:49.099
 to those

00:43:49.099 --> 00:43:49.900
 around us

00:43:49.900 --> 00:43:51.320
 and we

00:43:51.320 --> 00:43:51.739
 don't look

00:43:51.739 --> 00:43:52.139
 for it

00:43:52.139 --> 00:43:52.460
 to be

00:43:52.460 --> 00:43:52.659
 given

00:43:52.659 --> 00:43:53.179
 back to

00:43:53.179 --> 00:43:53.440
 us

00:43:53.440 --> 00:43:53.920
 by those

00:43:53.920 --> 00:43:54.219
 that we

00:43:54.219 --> 00:43:54.739
 give to

00:43:54.739 --> 00:43:55.519
 but we

00:43:55.519 --> 00:43:55.880
 look to

00:43:55.880 --> 00:43:56.179
 God

00:43:56.179 --> 00:43:56.579
 to give

00:43:56.579 --> 00:43:57.039
 to us

00:43:57.039 --> 00:43:57.400
 so that

00:43:57.400 --> 00:43:57.739
 we might

00:43:57.739 --> 00:43:58.159
 give to

00:43:58.159 --> 00:43:58.619
 others

00:43:58.619 --> 00:44:03.819
 God

00:44:03.819 --> 00:44:04.279
 calls us

00:44:04.279 --> 00:44:04.440
 to

00:44:04.440 --> 00:44:04.739
 something

00:44:04.739 --> 00:44:05.159
 greater

00:44:05.159 --> 00:44:05.440
 than

00:44:05.440 --> 00:44:05.839
 simply

00:44:05.839 --> 00:44:06.380
 hoarding

00:44:06.380 --> 00:44:06.579
 what

00:44:06.579 --> 00:44:06.759
 we

00:44:06.759 --> 00:44:07.159
 have

00:44:07.159 --> 00:44:08.359
 he

00:44:08.359 --> 00:44:08.679
 calls

00:44:08.679 --> 00:44:08.859
 us

00:44:08.859 --> 00:44:09.079
 to

00:44:09.079 --> 00:44:09.299
 give

00:44:09.299 --> 00:44:09.500
 it

00:44:09.500 --> 00:44:11.659
 and

00:44:11.659 --> 00:44:11.900
 friends

00:44:11.900 --> 00:44:12.239
 as we

00:44:12.239 --> 00:44:12.599
 finish

00:44:12.599 --> 00:44:12.900
 and as

00:44:12.900 --> 00:44:13.059
 we

00:44:13.059 --> 00:44:13.380
 close

00:44:13.380 --> 00:44:13.799
 one of

00:44:13.799 --> 00:44:13.839
 the

00:44:13.839 --> 00:44:14.000
 things

00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:14.159
 I

00:44:14.159 --> 00:44:14.319
 want

00:44:14.319 --> 00:44:14.420
 to

00:44:14.420 --> 00:44:14.639
 point

00:44:14.639 --> 00:44:14.839
 out

00:44:14.839 --> 00:44:15.000
 is

00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:15.199
 that

00:44:15.199 --> 00:44:15.819
 these

00:44:15.819 --> 00:44:16.579
 problems

00:44:16.579 --> 00:44:17.299
 came

00:44:17.299 --> 00:44:17.920
 not

00:44:17.920 --> 00:44:18.900
 before

00:44:18.900 --> 00:44:20.400
 God's

00:44:20.400 --> 00:44:20.659
 kingdom

00:44:20.659 --> 00:44:21.239
 advanced

00:44:21.239 --> 00:44:21.799
 not

00:44:21.799 --> 00:44:22.339
 before

00:44:22.339 --> 00:44:22.599
 they

00:44:22.599 --> 00:44:22.960
 began

00:44:22.960 --> 00:44:23.179
 the

00:44:23.179 --> 00:44:23.420
 building

00:44:23.420 --> 00:44:23.579
 of

00:44:23.579 --> 00:44:23.719
 the

00:44:23.719 --> 00:44:24.039
 work

00:44:24.039 --> 00:44:24.699
 but

00:44:24.699 --> 00:44:24.859
 it

00:44:24.859 --> 00:44:25.239
 happened

00:44:25.239 --> 00:44:25.639
 in

00:44:25.639 --> 00:44:25.880
 the

00:44:25.880 --> 00:44:26.519
 context

00:44:26.519 --> 00:44:26.940
 of

00:44:26.940 --> 00:44:27.159
 it

00:44:27.159 --> 00:44:28.299
 and

00:44:28.299 --> 00:44:28.460
 as

00:44:28.460 --> 00:44:28.779
 we

00:44:28.779 --> 00:44:29.339
 continue

00:44:29.339 --> 00:44:29.920
 here

00:44:29.920 --> 00:44:30.099
 at

00:44:30.099 --> 00:44:30.399
 Trinity

00:44:30.399 --> 00:44:30.619
 to

00:44:30.619 --> 00:44:30.839
 want

00:44:30.839 --> 00:44:31.000
 to

00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:31.440
 build

00:44:31.440 --> 00:44:31.699
 our

00:44:31.699 --> 00:44:32.039
 church

00:44:32.039 --> 00:44:32.239
 to

00:44:32.239 --> 00:44:32.399
 the

00:44:32.399 --> 00:44:32.679
 glory

00:44:32.679 --> 00:44:32.899
 of

00:44:32.899 --> 00:44:33.339
 God

00:44:33.339 --> 00:44:34.559
 as

00:44:34.559 --> 00:44:34.920
 we

00:44:34.920 --> 00:44:35.239
 do

00:44:35.239 --> 00:44:35.519
 this

00:44:35.519 --> 00:44:35.879
 work

00:44:35.879 --> 00:44:36.059
 of

00:44:36.059 --> 00:44:36.339
 wanting

00:44:36.339 --> 00:44:36.579
 to

00:44:36.579 --> 00:44:36.960
 be

00:44:36.960 --> 00:44:37.539
 a

00:44:37.539 --> 00:44:37.879
 place

00:44:37.879 --> 00:44:38.079
 where

00:44:38.079 --> 00:44:38.440
 Jesus

00:44:38.440 --> 00:44:38.879
 Christ

00:44:38.879 --> 00:44:39.079
 is

00:44:39.079 --> 00:44:39.399
 lifted

00:44:39.399 --> 00:44:39.659
 up

00:44:39.659 --> 00:44:39.739
 and

00:44:39.739 --> 00:44:39.920
 his

00:44:39.920 --> 00:44:40.279
 grace

00:44:40.279 --> 00:44:41.339
 overflows

00:44:41.339 --> 00:44:42.239
 to

00:44:42.239 --> 00:44:42.420
 our

00:44:42.420 --> 00:44:42.759
 neighbors

00:44:42.759 --> 00:44:43.059
 to

00:44:43.059 --> 00:44:43.219
 our

00:44:43.219 --> 00:44:43.599
 friends

00:44:43.599 --> 00:44:43.819
 to

00:44:43.819 --> 00:44:43.960
 our

00:44:43.960 --> 00:44:44.460
 family

00:44:44.460 --> 00:44:44.699
 to

00:44:44.699 --> 00:44:44.879
 our

00:44:44.879 --> 00:44:45.339
 city

00:44:45.339 --> 00:44:45.960
 and

00:44:45.960 --> 00:44:46.139
 to

00:44:46.139 --> 00:44:46.359
 our

00:44:46.359 --> 00:44:46.779
 world

00:44:46.779 --> 00:44:47.819
 we

00:44:47.819 --> 00:44:48.079
 need

00:44:48.079 --> 00:44:48.179
 to

00:44:48.179 --> 00:44:48.359
 be

00:44:48.359 --> 00:44:48.899
 prepared

00:44:48.899 --> 00:44:49.239
 that

00:44:49.239 --> 00:44:49.460
 these

00:44:49.460 --> 00:44:49.980
 challenges

00:44:49.980 --> 00:44:50.279
 will

00:44:50.279 --> 00:44:50.699
 come

00:44:50.699 --> 00:44:52.960
 and

00:44:52.960 --> 00:44:53.099
 our

00:44:53.099 --> 00:44:53.399
 hearts

00:44:53.399 --> 00:44:53.699
 will

00:44:53.699 --> 00:44:53.920
 be

00:44:53.920 --> 00:44:54.339
 tested

00:44:54.339 --> 00:44:55.199
 are

00:44:55.199 --> 00:44:55.359
 you

00:44:55.360 --> 00:44:55.599
 willing

00:44:55.599 --> 00:44:55.860
 to

00:44:55.860 --> 00:44:56.260
 give

00:44:56.260 --> 00:44:56.500
 when

00:44:56.500 --> 00:44:56.660
 it

00:44:56.660 --> 00:44:57.079
 hurts

00:44:57.079 --> 00:44:58.820
 we

00:44:58.820 --> 00:44:59.019
 need

00:44:59.019 --> 00:44:59.099
 to

00:44:59.099 --> 00:44:59.280
 be

00:44:59.280 --> 00:44:59.539
 ready

00:44:59.539 --> 00:44:59.840
 for

00:44:59.840 --> 00:45:00.059
 our

00:45:00.059 --> 00:45:00.460
 sin

00:45:00.460 --> 00:45:00.660
 to

00:45:00.660 --> 00:45:00.860
 be

00:45:00.860 --> 00:45:01.440
 exposed

00:45:01.440 --> 00:45:02.640
 for

00:45:02.640 --> 00:45:02.800
 the

00:45:02.800 --> 00:45:03.140
 places

00:45:03.140 --> 00:45:03.500
 where

00:45:03.500 --> 00:45:03.760
 we

00:45:03.760 --> 00:45:03.940
 have

00:45:03.940 --> 00:45:04.240
 just

00:45:04.240 --> 00:45:04.920
 assumed

00:45:04.920 --> 00:45:05.120
 that

00:45:05.120 --> 00:45:05.260
 the

00:45:05.260 --> 00:45:05.519
 world

00:45:05.519 --> 00:45:05.960
 works

00:45:05.960 --> 00:45:06.180
 in

00:45:06.180 --> 00:45:06.320
 a

00:45:06.320 --> 00:45:06.539
 right

00:45:06.539 --> 00:45:06.960
 way

00:45:06.960 --> 00:45:08.480
 and

00:45:08.480 --> 00:45:08.680
 that

00:45:08.680 --> 00:45:09.000
 gets

00:45:09.000 --> 00:45:09.780
 exposed

00:45:09.780 --> 00:45:10.180
 and

00:45:10.180 --> 00:45:10.420
 we

00:45:10.420 --> 00:45:11.000
 see

00:45:11.000 --> 00:45:11.140
 it

00:45:11.140 --> 00:45:11.300
 for

00:45:11.300 --> 00:45:11.500
 what

00:45:11.500 --> 00:45:11.640
 it

00:45:11.640 --> 00:45:12.079
 is

00:45:12.079 --> 00:45:12.780
 a

00:45:12.780 --> 00:45:13.039
 heart

00:45:13.039 --> 00:45:13.240
 that

00:45:13.240 --> 00:45:13.559
 doesn't

00:45:13.559 --> 00:45:13.820
 fear

00:45:13.820 --> 00:45:14.380
 God

00:45:14.380 --> 00:45:16.079
 we

00:45:16.079 --> 00:45:16.280
 need

00:45:16.280 --> 00:45:16.340
 to

00:45:16.340 --> 00:45:16.500
 be

00:45:16.500 --> 00:45:16.900
 prepared

00:45:16.900 --> 00:45:17.160
 for

00:45:17.160 --> 00:45:17.400
 our

00:45:17.400 --> 00:45:18.220
 selfishness

00:45:18.220 --> 00:45:19.099
 to

00:45:19.099 --> 00:45:19.300
 be

00:45:19.300 --> 00:45:19.780
 tried

00:45:19.780 --> 00:45:22.039
 and

00:45:22.039 --> 00:45:22.200
 for

00:45:22.200 --> 00:45:22.559
 God's

00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:22.860
 call

00:45:22.860 --> 00:45:23.320
 on us

00:45:23.320 --> 00:45:23.960
 to

00:45:23.960 --> 00:45:24.140
 have

00:45:24.140 --> 00:45:24.300
 a

00:45:24.300 --> 00:45:24.700
 cost

00:45:24.700 --> 00:45:24.920
 in

00:45:24.920 --> 00:45:25.160
 new

00:45:25.160 --> 00:45:25.660
 ways

00:45:25.660 --> 00:45:26.880
 as

00:45:26.880 --> 00:45:27.059
 we

00:45:27.059 --> 00:45:27.480
 continue

00:45:27.480 --> 00:45:27.680
 to

00:45:27.680 --> 00:45:28.019
 pursue

00:45:28.019 --> 00:45:28.559
 God's

00:45:28.559 --> 00:45:30.460
 God

00:45:30.460 --> 00:45:32.920
 friends

00:45:32.920 --> 00:45:33.220
 this is

00:45:33.220 --> 00:45:33.480
 a big

00:45:33.480 --> 00:45:33.980
 task

00:45:33.980 --> 00:45:34.360
 and

00:45:34.360 --> 00:45:34.500
 of

00:45:34.500 --> 00:45:34.680
 course

00:45:34.680 --> 00:45:34.880
 we

00:45:34.880 --> 00:45:35.160
 cannot

00:45:35.160 --> 00:45:35.440
 do

00:45:35.440 --> 00:45:35.559
 it

00:45:35.559 --> 00:45:35.720
 on

00:45:35.720 --> 00:45:35.880
 our

00:45:35.880 --> 00:45:36.099
 own

00:45:36.099 --> 00:45:37.079
 if

00:45:37.079 --> 00:45:37.220
 we

00:45:37.220 --> 00:45:37.559
 sought

00:45:37.559 --> 00:45:37.800
 to

00:45:37.800 --> 00:45:37.980
 be

00:45:37.980 --> 00:45:38.220
 more

00:45:38.220 --> 00:45:38.539
 generous

00:45:38.539 --> 00:45:38.920
 people

00:45:38.920 --> 00:45:39.280
 simply

00:45:39.280 --> 00:45:39.500
 on

00:45:39.500 --> 00:45:39.660
 our

00:45:39.660 --> 00:45:39.900
 own

00:45:39.900 --> 00:45:40.260
 power

00:45:40.260 --> 00:45:41.019
 we

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 would

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 at

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 best

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 become

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 very

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 proud

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 about

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 how

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 wonderfully

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 gracious

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 and

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 giving

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 we

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 are

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 and

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 how

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 terrible

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 that

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 would

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 be

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 but

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 the

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 way

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 that

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 we

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 do

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 this

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 is

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 that

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 we

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 look

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 at

00:45:53.759 --> 00:45:53.939
 our

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 Savior

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 we

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 look

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 at

00:45:56.759 --> 00:45:57.279
 Jesus

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 that

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 though

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 he

00:45:59.239 --> 00:45:59.459
 was

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 rich

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 though

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 he

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 sat

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 at

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 the

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 right

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 hand

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 of

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 God

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 for

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 all

00:46:03.439 --> 00:46:03.959
 eternity

00:46:03.959 --> 00:46:04.239
 though

00:46:04.239 --> 00:46:04.399
 he

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 is

00:46:04.579 --> 00:46:04.779
 the

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 second

00:46:05.059 --> 00:46:05.559
 person

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 of

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 the

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 triune

00:46:07.659 --> 00:46:08.299
 eternal

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 God

00:46:08.939 --> 00:46:10.359
 by

00:46:10.359 --> 00:46:10.579
 whom

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 all

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 things

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 were

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 created

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 and

00:46:11.819 --> 00:46:12.079
 for

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 whom

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 all

00:46:12.739 --> 00:46:13.019
 things

00:46:13.019 --> 00:46:13.179
 were

00:46:13.179 --> 00:46:13.699
 created

00:46:13.699 --> 00:46:14.559
 though

00:46:14.559 --> 00:46:14.759
 he

00:46:14.759 --> 00:46:14.980
 was

00:46:14.980 --> 00:46:15.339
 rich

00:46:15.339 --> 00:46:15.500
 and

00:46:15.500 --> 00:46:15.980
 all

00:46:15.980 --> 00:46:16.159
 of

00:46:16.159 --> 00:46:16.359
 that

00:46:16.359 --> 00:46:16.739
 wealth

00:46:16.739 --> 00:46:16.919
 of

00:46:16.919 --> 00:46:17.339
 position

00:46:17.339 --> 00:46:17.619
 and

00:46:17.619 --> 00:46:18.099
 power

00:46:18.099 --> 00:46:18.559
 and

00:46:18.559 --> 00:46:18.699
 though

00:46:18.699 --> 00:46:19.139
 everything

00:46:19.139 --> 00:46:19.399
 he

00:46:19.399 --> 00:46:19.759
 has

00:46:19.759 --> 00:46:20.179
 belongs

00:46:20.179 --> 00:46:20.399
 to

00:46:20.399 --> 00:46:20.679
 him

00:46:20.679 --> 00:46:21.199
 he

00:46:21.199 --> 00:46:21.699
 became

00:46:21.699 --> 00:46:22.119
 poor

00:46:22.119 --> 00:46:22.419
 for

00:46:22.419 --> 00:46:22.879
 us

00:46:22.879 --> 00:46:24.019
 he

00:46:24.019 --> 00:46:24.419
 humbled

00:46:24.419 --> 00:46:24.960
 himself

00:46:24.960 --> 00:46:25.839
 and

00:46:25.839 --> 00:46:26.099
 took

00:46:26.099 --> 00:46:26.339
 on

00:46:26.339 --> 00:46:26.779
 flesh

00:46:26.779 --> 00:46:26.980
 and

00:46:26.980 --> 00:46:27.319
 blood

00:46:27.320 --> 00:46:27.760
 and

00:46:27.760 --> 00:46:27.880
 he

00:46:27.880 --> 00:46:28.059
 for

00:46:28.059 --> 00:46:28.080
 for

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 for

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 for

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 for

00:46:28.660 --> 00:46:28.860
 the

00:46:28.860 --> 00:46:29.740
 prerogatives

00:46:29.740 --> 00:46:30.240
 of

00:46:30.240 --> 00:46:30.480
 that

00:46:30.480 --> 00:46:31.019
 position

00:46:31.019 --> 00:46:31.400
 so

00:46:31.400 --> 00:46:31.559
 that

00:46:31.559 --> 00:46:31.680
 he

00:46:31.680 --> 00:46:31.900
 might

00:46:31.900 --> 00:46:32.200
 come

00:46:32.200 --> 00:46:32.340
 and

00:46:32.340 --> 00:46:32.480
 be

00:46:32.480 --> 00:46:32.680
 a

00:46:32.680 --> 00:46:33.019
 servant

00:46:33.019 --> 00:46:33.840
 and

00:46:33.840 --> 00:46:34.039
 not

00:46:34.039 --> 00:46:34.340
 only

00:46:34.340 --> 00:46:34.559
 a

00:46:34.559 --> 00:46:34.860
 servant

00:46:34.860 --> 00:46:35.180
 but

00:46:35.180 --> 00:46:35.320
 a

00:46:35.320 --> 00:46:35.760
 slave

00:46:35.760 --> 00:46:35.960
 and

00:46:35.960 --> 00:46:36.140
 not

00:46:36.140 --> 00:46:36.380
 only

00:46:36.380 --> 00:46:36.559
 a

00:46:36.559 --> 00:46:36.960
 slave

00:46:36.960 --> 00:46:37.180
 but

00:46:37.180 --> 00:46:37.340
 a

00:46:37.340 --> 00:46:37.860
 sacrifice

00:46:37.860 --> 00:46:40.380
 he

00:46:40.380 --> 00:46:40.640
 went

00:46:40.640 --> 00:46:40.800
 to

00:46:40.800 --> 00:46:40.980
 the

00:46:40.980 --> 00:46:41.400
 cross

00:46:41.400 --> 00:46:41.680
 to

00:46:41.680 --> 00:46:42.180
 die

00:46:42.180 --> 00:46:42.860
 for

00:46:42.860 --> 00:46:43.260
 us

00:46:43.260 --> 00:46:43.860
 to

00:46:43.860 --> 00:46:44.360
 redeem

00:46:44.360 --> 00:46:44.960
 us

00:46:44.960 --> 00:46:45.420
 from

00:46:45.420 --> 00:46:45.740
 our

00:46:45.740 --> 00:46:46.360
 selfish

00:46:46.360 --> 00:46:46.800
 hearts

00:46:46.800 --> 00:46:47.039
 and

00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:47.200
 our

00:46:47.200 --> 00:46:47.680
 love

00:46:47.680 --> 00:46:48.240
 of

00:46:48.240 --> 00:46:48.700
 everything

00:46:48.700 --> 00:46:49.000
 but

00:46:49.000 --> 00:46:49.280
 God

00:46:49.280 --> 00:46:49.440
 in

00:46:49.440 --> 00:46:49.600
 the

00:46:49.600 --> 00:46:49.960
 world

00:46:49.960 --> 00:46:53.500
 to

00:46:53.500 --> 00:46:53.900
 redeem

00:46:53.900 --> 00:46:54.199
 for

00:46:54.199 --> 00:46:54.760
 himself

00:46:54.760 --> 00:46:55.019
 a

00:46:55.019 --> 00:46:55.340
 people

00:46:55.340 --> 00:46:55.579
 who

00:46:55.579 --> 00:46:55.740
 would

00:46:55.740 --> 00:46:56.079
 fear

00:46:56.079 --> 00:46:56.440
 him

00:46:56.440 --> 00:46:57.460
 and

00:46:57.460 --> 00:46:57.820
 show

00:46:57.820 --> 00:46:57.960
 it

00:46:57.960 --> 00:46:58.099
 and

00:46:58.099 --> 00:46:58.320
 how

00:46:58.320 --> 00:46:58.559
 they

00:46:58.559 --> 00:46:59.059
 use

00:46:59.059 --> 00:46:59.800
 all

00:46:59.800 --> 00:47:00.019
 that

00:47:00.019 --> 00:47:00.199
 they

00:47:00.199 --> 00:47:00.659
 have

00:47:00.659 --> 00:47:03.139
 because

00:47:03.139 --> 00:47:03.360
 of

00:47:03.360 --> 00:47:03.480
 the

00:47:03.480 --> 00:47:03.679
 great

00:47:03.679 --> 00:47:04.099
 abundance

00:47:04.099 --> 00:47:04.440
 that

00:47:04.440 --> 00:47:04.639
 he

00:47:04.639 --> 00:47:04.880
 has

00:47:04.880 --> 00:47:05.119
 shown

00:47:05.119 --> 00:47:05.360
 us

00:47:05.360 --> 00:47:05.539
 in

00:47:05.539 --> 00:47:05.960
 Christ

00:47:05.960 --> 00:47:08.860
 and

00:47:08.860 --> 00:47:09.079
 this

00:47:09.079 --> 00:47:09.380
 leads

00:47:09.380 --> 00:47:09.579
 us

00:47:09.579 --> 00:47:09.880
 then

00:47:09.880 --> 00:47:11.019
 to

00:47:11.019 --> 00:47:11.179
 the

00:47:11.179 --> 00:47:11.519
 table

00:47:11.519 --> 00:47:12.840
 as

00:47:12.840 --> 00:47:12.980
 we

00:47:12.980 --> 00:47:13.320
 continue

00:47:13.320 --> 00:47:13.579
 our

00:47:13.579 --> 00:47:13.960
 service

00:47:13.960 --> 00:47:14.240
 we're

00:47:14.240 --> 00:47:14.440
 going

00:47:14.440 --> 00:47:14.860
 to

00:47:14.860 --> 00:47:15.340
 celebrate

00:47:15.340 --> 00:47:15.559
 the

00:47:15.559 --> 00:47:15.920
 Lord's

00:47:15.920 --> 00:47:16.159
 Supper

00:47:16.159 --> 00:47:18.360
 and

00:47:18.360 --> 00:47:18.539
 what

00:47:18.539 --> 00:47:18.900
 we do

00:47:18.900 --> 00:47:19.320
 here

00:47:19.320 --> 00:47:20.160
 this

00:47:20.160 --> 00:47:20.300
 is

00:47:20.300 --> 00:47:20.480
 the

00:47:20.480 --> 00:47:20.760
 table

00:47:20.760 --> 00:47:20.940
 of

00:47:20.940 --> 00:47:21.220
 God's

00:47:21.220 --> 00:47:21.660
 abundance

00:47:21.660 --> 00:47:22.700
 this

00:47:22.700 --> 00:47:22.860
 is

00:47:22.860 --> 00:47:23.059
 the

00:47:23.059 --> 00:47:23.440
 table

00:47:23.440 --> 00:47:23.680
 of

00:47:23.680 --> 00:47:24.160
 God's

00:47:24.160 --> 00:47:24.780
 great

00:47:24.780 --> 00:47:25.380
 provision

00:47:25.380 --> 00:47:25.940
 for

00:47:25.940 --> 00:47:26.340
 us

00:47:26.340 --> 00:47:27.019
 that

00:47:27.019 --> 00:47:27.220
 he

00:47:27.220 --> 00:47:27.460
 has

00:47:27.460 --> 00:47:27.840
 given

00:47:27.840 --> 00:47:28.300
 us

00:47:28.300 --> 00:47:29.820
 the

00:47:29.820 --> 00:47:30.160
 life

00:47:30.160 --> 00:47:30.300
 of

00:47:30.300 --> 00:47:30.480
 his

00:47:30.480 --> 00:47:30.840
 very

00:47:30.840 --> 00:47:31.280
 own

00:47:31.280 --> 00:47:31.800
 son

00:47:31.800 --> 00:47:33.780
 so

00:47:33.780 --> 00:47:34.039
 that

00:47:34.039 --> 00:47:34.240
 the

00:47:34.240 --> 00:47:34.680
 grace

00:47:34.680 --> 00:47:34.880
 that

00:47:34.880 --> 00:47:35.019
 we

00:47:35.019 --> 00:47:35.460
 receive

00:47:35.460 --> 00:47:35.660
 in

00:47:35.660 --> 00:47:36.039
 him

00:47:36.039 --> 00:47:36.780
 by

00:47:36.780 --> 00:47:37.500
 when

00:47:37.500 --> 00:47:37.800
 you

00:47:37.800 --> 00:47:37.820
 you

00:47:37.820 --> 00:47:50.180
 into

00:47:50.180 --> 00:47:54.440
 the