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 and 95.

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 How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord Almighty!

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 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord.

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 My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

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 Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself,

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 where she may have her young.

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 A place near your altar, O Lord Almighty, my King and my God.

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 Blessed are those who dwell in your house, they are ever praising you.

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 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.

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 As they pass through the valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs.

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 The autumn rains also cover it with pools.

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 They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God and Zion.

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 Hear my prayer, O Lord God Almighty.

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 Listen to me, O God of Jacob.

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 Look upon our shield, O God.

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 Look with favour on your anointed one.

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 Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere.

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 I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God

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 than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

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 For the Lord God is a sun and shield.

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 The Lord bestows favour and honour.

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 No good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.

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 O Lord Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 I think the last time I spoke I ended up adjusting the stand three times,

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 so you'll forgive me if I just make sure it's all okay this time.

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 well thank you Alex for leading this morning

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 and thank you David as well for reading

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 from that psalm for us

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 well we're reaching the home stretch

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 aren't we in our series on Philippians

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 we've been going through it over the summer

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 and we're now well into chapter 3

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 so as we're getting to the end

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 so is Paul

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 Paul is getting to the end of his letter

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 to the church in Philippi

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 and this morning

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 he wants to share with us

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 how we should continue

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 to press on towards Jesus

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 that's what he wants to share

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 how do we continue

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 Paul is in a Roman jail

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 facing death

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 and he wants to make sure

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 that all of us

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 all of us with heart

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 and body

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 and soul

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 are facing and pulling

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 in the right direction

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 on the road ahead of us

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 so let's look at chapter 3

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 and we're going to read from verse 12

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 to the end of the section

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 so it's page 1180

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 Philippians chapter 3

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 Paul writing

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 not that I have already obtained all this

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 or have already been made perfect

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 but I press on to take hold of that

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 for which Christ Jesus took hold of me

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 brothers

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 I do not consider myself yet

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 to have taken hold of it

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 but one thing I do

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 forgetting what is behind

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 and straining towards what is ahead

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 I press on towards the goal

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 to win the prize

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 for which God

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 has called me heavenwards

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 in Christ Jesus

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 all of us who are mature

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 should take such a view of things

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 and if on some point

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 you think differently

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 that too God will make clear to you

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 only let us live up

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 to what we have already attained

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 join with others

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 in following my example brothers

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 and take note of those

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 who live according to the pattern

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 we gave you

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 for as I have often told you before

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 and I will say again with tears

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 many live as enemies

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 of the cross of Christ

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 their destiny is destruction

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 their God is their stomach

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 and their glory is in their shame

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 their mind is on earthly things

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 but our citizenship is in heaven

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 and we eagerly await

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 the Savior from there

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 the Lord Jesus Christ

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 who by the power that enables him

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 to bring everything under his control

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 will transform our lowly bodies

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 so that they will be like

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 his glorious body

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 therefore my brothers

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 you whom I love and long for

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 my joy and crown

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 that is how you should stand firm

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 in the Lord

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 dear friends

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 and as we come to the second half

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 of chapter 3 this morning

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 I want to begin by giving us

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 the big picture

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 what is it that God

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 through the writings of Paul

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 wants us to really grip onto

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 and hold onto this morning

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 and in a way we can look at this

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 whole section here

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 in chapter 3

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 as falling between

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 two bookends on a shelf

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 you can picture your bookshelves

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 and you have those nice little bookends

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 little ornate ones

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 and all the books in the middle

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 and it's almost as if this section

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 has those two kinds of bookends

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 the first one is in verse 1

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 isn't it

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 the first part of verse 1

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 that simple phrase

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 finally my brothers

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 rejoice in the Lord

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 and that's the starting point

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 that's the first bookend

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 and Paul says

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 rejoice in the Lord

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 find your contentment

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 and your peace in him

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 and that's what Ken was explaining

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 to us last week

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 if you were here

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 you know

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 joy isn't just about happiness

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 it may be happiness

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 but it's really about having that peace

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 and certainty

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 and contentment in life

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 and then if we go right to the end

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 and actually into chapter 4

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 verse 1

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 and just the last phrase then

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 there it says

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 that is how you should stand firm

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 in the Lord

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 dear friends

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 that is how you should stand firm

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 in the Lord dear friends

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 and that's like our second bookend

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 in a sense

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 this first bookend

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 and second bookend

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 and if these are the bookends

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 of chapter 3

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 then we can say

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 that this chapter

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 is really about

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 how you

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 and how I

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 are meant to rejoice

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 and stand firm

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 in the Lord

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 that's the big idea

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 that's running

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 through this section

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 well we want to look

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 more closely this morning

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 from verses 12

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 to the end of the chapter

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 and within that

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 I think there is a very helpful

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 centre point

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 now I know this is all

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 kind of beginning

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 end centre point

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 but I just

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 if we can hang

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 what's been said this morning

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 on these things

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 I think it will help us

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 and that centre point

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 between the bookends

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 is what I want to focus on

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 it will help us

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 to understand

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 what it is

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 to rejoice in the Lord

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 and it's going to help us

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 to understand

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 what it means

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 to stand firm

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 in the Lord

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 it's in the form of a contrast

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 between two ways of living

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 and two different destinies

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 and it comes right

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 at the end of verse 19

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 their mind

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 is on earthly things

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 but our citizenship

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 is in heaven

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 their mind is on earthly things

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 but our citizenship

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 is in heaven

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 dear friends

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 we are going to see

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 this morning

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 what it is like

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 to live

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 out

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 a heavenly citizenship

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 a heavenly citizenship

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 to be citizens of heaven

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 rejoicing

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 and standing firm

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 in the Lord

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 which is going to mean

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 pressing on

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 towards Jesus

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 our prize

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 and our goal

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 and that's the summary

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 done

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 simple isn't it

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 we can all head home

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 now

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 short sermon

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 everyone's very happy

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 well

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 I think even if we've only lived

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 a very very short time

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 on this earth

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 we know that life

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 this may be a shock

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 for some

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 life is not always easy

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 no shocked faces

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 whether we're people of faith

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 or whether we're people of unbelief

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 life is not always easy

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 it's not always as simple

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 as a phrase written down

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 on a screen

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 you know

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 sometimes this

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 phrase of

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 you know

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 earthly and heavenly

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 living

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 is plucked out

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 isn't it

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 I think it's

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 probably from this section

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 and it's used to say this

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 Christians are so

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 heavenly minded

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 that they are of no

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 earthly good

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 Christians

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 you know

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 you can be so heavenly minded

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 that you're of no

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 earthly good

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 have you heard that

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 phrase before

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 have you used that

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 phrase before

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 has that phrase

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 been applied to you

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 maybe

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 well

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 yes

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 it's something we've heard

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 it's something we're familiar

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 when I think it comes

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 from this passage

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 the idea is that

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 that Christians

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 well

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 some of them anyway

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 or maybe even most

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 they're kind of naive

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 aren't they

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 they only think about heaven

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 they're only thinking about

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 their own spiritual life

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 and spiritual journey

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 and they kind of ignore

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 what's happening

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 around them

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 you know

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 Christians are

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 the kind of people

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 that are too busy

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 going to the weekend

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 spiritual retreat

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 instead of helping out

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 with that family emergency

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 too heavenly minded

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 no earthly good

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 but that's not actually

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 what the text says

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 that's not what the Bible says

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 it's not what the scriptures say

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 the heavenly minded

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 and practically useless

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 versus the earthly minded

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 those that care for those around them

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 and getting things done

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 that's not what it says

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 and see

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 it's always a mistake

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 to take little phrases

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 and lift them out of the passage

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 and make them into

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 a little saying

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 and say

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 well that's what the Bible teaches

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 or that's what it says

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 we need to stop that

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 and we need to take the text

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 and take the passage

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 and put it back into the Bible

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 and see what it says

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 in context

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 and what it says

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 as God intended it to be

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 and what Paul intended it to be

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 firstly and most importantly

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 we want to see verse 18

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 for as I have told you before

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 and I will say again

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 even with tears

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 many live

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 as enemies

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 of the cross

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 of Christ

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 this is what it means

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 to be earthly minded

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 in this context

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 to be an enemy

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 of the cross of Christ

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 is to live

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 in opposition

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 to Jesus

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 it is to be opposed

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 to humility

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 it is to be opposed

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 to having a love

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 for people

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 how do I know that?

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 well

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 if we go back

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 to chapter 2

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 if you just turn back

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 the page

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 a very familiar passage

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 one we've looked at

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 already this summer

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 and those verses

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 from verses 5

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 to 11

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 very well known

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 it tells us

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 of the cross of Christ

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 and what the cross

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 of Christ

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 means

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 here is the God

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 of the universe

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 the creator

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 of all things

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 and he is humbled

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 and he is brought low

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 and he is put to death

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 on a cross

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 to rescue

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 the people

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 of the earth

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 the cross

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 of Christ

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 this is the cross

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 of Christ

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 it is a cross

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 of love

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 it is a cross

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 of humility

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 it is a cross

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 of sacrifice

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 so what does it mean

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 then to be an enemy

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 of the cross

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 of Christ

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 well it is to be an enemy

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 of all those things

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 of love

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 humility

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 and sacrifice

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 Paul shows

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 the seriousness

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 of this

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 doesn't he

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 in verse

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 19

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 so verse 18

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 he tells us

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 that these

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 earthly minded people

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 are enemies

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 of the cross

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 and then verse 19

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 their destiny

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 is destruction

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 opposition

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 to the cross

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 of Christ

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 ultimately leads

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 to destruction

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 and this

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 in a sense

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 is path

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 number one

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 the earthly

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 things

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 the earthly

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 minded

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 the path

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 that we all

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 start out on

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 you don't have

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 to choose

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 this path

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 I mean we do

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 every day

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 but we don't

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 have to make

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 a conscious

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 decision

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 even to be

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 on this path

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 we are born

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 with this instinct

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 we are born

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 with this desire

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 to put ourselves

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 as number one

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 you see

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 earthly mindedness

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 is opposed

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 to humility

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 and sacrifice

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 and love

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 it is about

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 being number one

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 it means to be

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 me minded

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 earthly minded

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 means to be

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 me minded

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 our selfish

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 and sinful ways

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 put us

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 put us

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 in direct

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 opposition

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 to humility

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 and being

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 other centred

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 our destiny

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 then is

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 destruction

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 this is a path

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 we did not

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 need to choose

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 we were there

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 but we continue

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 to choose

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 every day

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 by our actions

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 it is the path

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 we start down

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 as unbelievers

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 in Christ

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 and it's the one

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 we choose

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 to walk on

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 Paul then

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 tells us

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 that to be

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 earthly minded

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 is to be driven

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 by your stomach

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 to be driven

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 by your stomach

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 now that

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 doesn't mean

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 that you

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 like food

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 or not

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 or anything

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 like that

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 but what he's

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 saying is

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 the God

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 that we look

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 to

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 the God

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 that we look

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 to is not

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 the God

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 of the universe

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 the God

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 who is beyond

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 us and outside

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 of ourselves

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 and is the creator

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 and just judge

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 of the whole world

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 the God we look

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 to is

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 in our stomach

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 and the stomach

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 in this case

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 is the source

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 of those selfish

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 desires

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 and those selfish

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 appetites

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 Paul elsewhere

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 in the book

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 of Romans

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 chapter 16

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 he puts it

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 this way

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 talking again

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 of earthly

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 mindedness

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 for such

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 people

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 are not

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 serving

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 our Lord

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 Jesus

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 but their

00:14:47.379 --> 00:14:48.480
 own appetites

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 that's the

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 God of the

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 stomach

00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:52.580
 to be

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 earthly minded

00:14:53.700 --> 00:14:54.659
 is to serve

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 ourselves

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 finally

00:14:58.519 --> 00:14:59.340
 he says

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 the last

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 phrase

00:15:01.440 --> 00:15:02.580
 their glory

00:15:02.580 --> 00:15:03.300
 is in their

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 shame

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 their glory

00:15:05.379 --> 00:15:05.820
 is in their

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 shame

00:15:06.060 --> 00:15:06.759
 it's not

00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:07.259
 beauty

00:15:07.259 --> 00:15:08.080
 or love

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 or hope

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 or joy

00:15:09.540 --> 00:15:10.320
 or humility

00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:11.399
 or all the

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 things that we

00:15:11.899 --> 00:15:12.399
 see in the

00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:13.340
 cross of Christ

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 that the

00:15:14.660 --> 00:15:15.420
 earthly minded

00:15:15.420 --> 00:15:17.019
 strive for

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 it's not really

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 about mending

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 the neighbor's

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 car

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 or volunteering

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 for the

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 tidy towns

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 or giving

00:15:23.980 --> 00:15:24.519
 money to the

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 cats and dogs

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 home

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 they might do

00:15:27.500 --> 00:15:28.060
 those things

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 but it's

00:15:28.560 --> 00:15:29.480
 really to ease

00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:29.840
 their own

00:15:29.840 --> 00:15:30.440
 conscience

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 no

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 the earthly

00:15:32.440 --> 00:15:32.860
 minded

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 instead

00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:33.960
 ultimately

00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:34.759
 are boasting

00:15:34.759 --> 00:15:35.820
 in the

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 very things

00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:37.060
 they should

00:15:37.060 --> 00:15:38.300
 be ashamed

00:15:38.300 --> 00:15:38.680
 of

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 glory

00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:41.320
 in being

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 able to

00:15:41.620 --> 00:15:42.019
 spend

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 my money

00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:44.000
 and to

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 spend

00:15:44.180 --> 00:15:45.019
 my time

00:15:45.019 --> 00:15:45.960
 on myself

00:15:45.960 --> 00:15:46.820
 purely on

00:15:46.820 --> 00:15:47.139
 myself

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 because well

00:15:47.600 --> 00:15:48.560
 I deserve

00:15:48.560 --> 00:15:49.220
 it and that's

00:15:49.220 --> 00:15:50.180
 what I want

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 and that's

00:15:50.460 --> 00:15:50.740
 what makes

00:15:50.740 --> 00:15:51.139
 me feel

00:15:51.139 --> 00:15:51.419
 good

00:15:51.419 --> 00:15:53.019
 boasting

00:15:53.019 --> 00:15:54.399
 and continuing

00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:55.259
 in destructive

00:15:55.259 --> 00:15:56.180
 and immature

00:15:56.180 --> 00:15:57.060
 behaviors

00:15:57.060 --> 00:15:58.639
 maybe it's

00:15:58.639 --> 00:15:59.240
 glorying in

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 having sex

00:15:59.920 --> 00:16:00.960
 with whoever

00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:02.139
 you want

00:16:02.139 --> 00:16:03.379
 casting off

00:16:03.379 --> 00:16:04.100
 all restrictions

00:16:04.100 --> 00:16:05.419
 living so

00:16:05.419 --> 00:16:06.199
 called free

00:16:06.199 --> 00:16:06.799
 lives

00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:09.319
 or the case

00:16:09.319 --> 00:16:09.919
 yesterday

00:16:09.919 --> 00:16:11.159
 where two

00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:11.740
 Irish women

00:16:11.740 --> 00:16:12.840
 live tweeted

00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:13.600
 on the internet

00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:14.799
 their trip to

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 England to

00:16:15.379 --> 00:16:15.980
 carry out

00:16:15.980 --> 00:16:17.299
 an abortion

00:16:17.299 --> 00:16:19.139
 glorying in

00:16:19.139 --> 00:16:19.699
 the shame

00:16:19.699 --> 00:16:20.980
 of ending

00:16:20.980 --> 00:16:21.600
 a life

00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:23.279
 in the womb

00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:25.580
 they glory

00:16:25.580 --> 00:16:26.439
 in their

00:16:26.439 --> 00:16:27.019
 shame

00:16:27.019 --> 00:16:30.539
 as a

00:16:30.539 --> 00:16:30.939
 parent

00:16:30.939 --> 00:16:31.539
 will warn

00:16:31.539 --> 00:16:31.980
 their own

00:16:31.980 --> 00:16:32.439
 flesh and

00:16:32.439 --> 00:16:32.720
 blood

00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:34.960
 so Paul

00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:35.779
 warns his

00:16:35.779 --> 00:16:36.419
 spiritual

00:16:36.419 --> 00:16:36.960
 children

00:16:36.960 --> 00:16:37.559
 in verse

00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:38.039
 18

00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:39.840
 for as

00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:40.539
 I have

00:16:40.539 --> 00:16:41.199
 often told

00:16:41.199 --> 00:16:41.799
 you before

00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:42.159
 and now

00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:42.720
 say again

00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:43.379
 with tears

00:16:43.379 --> 00:16:45.939
 many live

00:16:45.939 --> 00:16:47.419
 as enemies

00:16:47.419 --> 00:16:48.059
 of the cross

00:16:48.059 --> 00:16:48.679
 of Christ

00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:50.480
 and these

00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:51.100
 tears

00:16:51.100 --> 00:16:52.000
 of Paul

00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:52.980
 for his

00:16:52.980 --> 00:16:53.460
 spiritual

00:16:53.460 --> 00:16:53.980
 children

00:16:53.980 --> 00:16:55.680
 are no

00:16:55.680 --> 00:16:56.039
 different

00:16:56.039 --> 00:16:56.539
 to the

00:16:56.539 --> 00:16:57.000
 tears

00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:57.399
 of a

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 mother

00:16:57.620 --> 00:16:58.120
 or father

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 who will

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 who will

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 plead

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 with their

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 child

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 to stay

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 home

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 and not

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 go out

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 in that

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 car

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 with those

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 drunken

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 friends

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 into the

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 city

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 because the

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 parents know

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 can only

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 go wrong

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 it's very

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 simple

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 brothers and

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 sisters

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 this morning

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 there are

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 those

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 that should

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 not be

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 followed

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 in this

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 world

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 there are

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 those

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 that should

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 not be

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 followed

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 in this

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 world

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 and in

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 this

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 life

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 they are

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 not

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 ultimately

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 followers

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 of Jesus

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 even if

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 they utter

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 familiar

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 sounding

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 words

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 and wear

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 the clothing

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 of a

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 sheep

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 they are

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 in fact

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 wolves

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 enemies

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 it says

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 of the

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 cross

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 of

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 Christ

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 the cross

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 that shows

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 humility

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 is not

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 their cross

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 it is

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 shameful

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 and sinful

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 actions

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 that they

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 are boasting

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 about

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 the cross

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 that lifts

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 our eyes

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 and lifts

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 our gaze

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 upwards

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 and towards

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 Jesus

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 it's not

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 their cross

00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:03.079
 no

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 it is

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 satisfying

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 sinful

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 urges

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 in the

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 stomach

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 that is

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 their God

00:18:07.919 --> 00:18:09.599
 the cross

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 of Christ

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 that brings

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 rescue

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 and it brings

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 resurrection

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 it's not

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 their cross

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 because their

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 destiny is

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 destruction

00:18:18.380 --> 00:18:21.060
 this is

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 the wrong

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 path

00:18:23.120 --> 00:18:28.440
 there are

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 many examples

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 of this

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 peers

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 people we

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 know

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 who say

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 they are

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 following

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 Christ

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 yet by

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 their

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 behavior

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 and by

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 their

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 example

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 they are

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 just

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 constantly

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 pushing

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 so called

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 boundaries

00:18:42.120 --> 00:18:43.180
 they are not

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 the example

00:18:43.780 --> 00:18:44.320
 to follow

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 it is the

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 wrong path

00:18:46.059 --> 00:18:46.879
 and Paul

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 tells us

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 in verse

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 15

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 all of us

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 who are

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 mature

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 should take

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 a view

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 of such

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 things

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 verse 15

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 and he

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 says

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 even if

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 you don't

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 fully see

00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:56.759
 the danger

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 even if

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 on some

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 point

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 you think

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 differently

00:18:59.119 --> 00:18:59.819
 you can't

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 quite

00:19:00.099 --> 00:19:01.159
 see why

00:19:01.159 --> 00:19:01.539
 this is a

00:19:01.539 --> 00:19:01.899
 problem

00:19:01.899 --> 00:19:02.980
 Paul says

00:19:02.980 --> 00:19:03.399
 God will

00:19:03.399 --> 00:19:03.720
 make it

00:19:03.720 --> 00:19:04.099
 clear to

00:19:04.099 --> 00:19:04.339
 you

00:19:04.339 --> 00:19:05.759
 God will

00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.119
 make it

00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:06.480
 clear to

00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:06.819
 you

00:19:06.819 --> 00:19:07.919
 but then

00:19:07.919 --> 00:19:08.159
 he says

00:19:08.159 --> 00:19:08.559
 only let

00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:08.879
 us live

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 up to

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 what we

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 have

00:19:09.579 --> 00:19:09.980
 already

00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:10.839
 attained

00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:13.559
 verse 16

00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:14.039
 only let

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 us live

00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:14.639
 up to

00:19:14.639 --> 00:19:14.879
 what we

00:19:14.879 --> 00:19:14.980
 have

00:19:14.980 --> 00:19:15.279
 already

00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:15.659
 attained

00:19:15.660 --> 00:19:16.240
 or what

00:19:16.240 --> 00:19:16.460
 we have

00:19:16.460 --> 00:19:16.779
 already

00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:17.320
 understood

00:19:17.320 --> 00:19:18.259
 and what

00:19:18.259 --> 00:19:18.400
 he is

00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:18.580
 saying

00:19:18.580 --> 00:19:20.000
 whatever

00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:20.660
 stage

00:19:20.660 --> 00:19:20.900
 of your

00:19:20.900 --> 00:19:21.300
 Christian

00:19:21.300 --> 00:19:21.779
 life

00:19:21.779 --> 00:19:22.920
 whether

00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:23.180
 you are

00:19:23.180 --> 00:19:23.460
 a new

00:19:23.460 --> 00:19:24.000
 Christian

00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:25.120
 been a

00:19:25.120 --> 00:19:25.320
 Christian

00:19:25.320 --> 00:19:25.740
 for a long

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 time

00:19:26.100 --> 00:19:26.440
 whether

00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:26.700
 you are

00:19:26.700 --> 00:19:27.300
 struggling

00:19:27.300 --> 00:19:28.080
 whether

00:19:28.080 --> 00:19:28.279
 you are

00:19:28.279 --> 00:19:28.740
 a mature

00:19:28.740 --> 00:19:29.279
 Christian

00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:29.740
 or

00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:30.420
 maybe

00:19:30.420 --> 00:19:31.060
 immature

00:19:31.060 --> 00:19:31.500
 in some

00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:31.980
 areas

00:19:31.980 --> 00:19:34.140
 regardless

00:19:34.140 --> 00:19:34.720
 of where

00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:35.100
 you are

00:19:35.100 --> 00:19:35.279
 in the

00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:35.540
 Christian

00:19:35.540 --> 00:19:35.820
 life

00:19:35.820 --> 00:19:36.920
 you

00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:37.840
 know

00:19:37.840 --> 00:19:38.320
 enough

00:19:38.320 --> 00:19:39.160
 to

00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:39.680
 follow

00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:40.660
 Jesus

00:19:40.660 --> 00:19:41.720
 you

00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:42.180
 know

00:19:42.180 --> 00:19:42.660
 enough

00:19:42.660 --> 00:19:42.940
 to

00:19:42.940 --> 00:19:43.380
 follow

00:19:43.380 --> 00:19:44.040
 Jesus

00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:45.039
 follow

00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:45.740
 godly

00:19:45.740 --> 00:19:46.460
 examples

00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:47.619
 verse 17

00:19:47.619 --> 00:19:48.119
 join

00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:48.539
 with others

00:19:48.539 --> 00:19:48.940
 in following

00:19:48.940 --> 00:19:49.720
 my example

00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:50.119
 brothers

00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:51.099
 and take

00:19:51.099 --> 00:19:51.599
 note of

00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:52.019
 those who

00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:52.559
 live according

00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:52.960
 to the

00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:53.359
 pattern

00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:54.759
 we gave

00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:55.039
 you

00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:57.879
 you are

00:19:57.879 --> 00:19:58.299
 not to

00:19:58.299 --> 00:19:58.720
 follow the

00:19:58.720 --> 00:19:59.180
 path of

00:19:59.180 --> 00:19:59.599
 those that

00:19:59.599 --> 00:20:00.159
 are pushing

00:20:00.159 --> 00:20:00.819
 the boundaries

00:20:00.819 --> 00:20:01.279
 of so

00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:01.539
 called

00:20:01.539 --> 00:20:02.000
 Christian

00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:02.420
 freedom

00:20:02.420 --> 00:20:04.139
 such

00:20:04.139 --> 00:20:04.599
 freedom

00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:05.859
 is really

00:20:05.859 --> 00:20:06.740
 just chaining

00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:07.379
 yourself

00:20:07.380 --> 00:20:08.480
 to the

00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:09.000
 path

00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:10.180
 of sin

00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:11.240
 and

00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:11.940
 destruction

00:20:11.940 --> 00:20:15.420
 we spent

00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:16.000
 some time

00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:16.540
 looking at

00:20:16.540 --> 00:20:16.980
 that path

00:20:16.980 --> 00:20:17.300
 that is

00:20:17.300 --> 00:20:18.020
 one path

00:20:18.020 --> 00:20:19.660
 or one

00:20:19.660 --> 00:20:20.160
 destiny

00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:20.780
 that of

00:20:20.780 --> 00:20:21.340
 the earthly

00:20:21.340 --> 00:20:21.800
 minded

00:20:21.800 --> 00:20:23.180
 but there is

00:20:23.180 --> 00:20:23.960
 another path

00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:24.500
 that Paul

00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:25.180
 wants us

00:20:25.180 --> 00:20:25.740
 to show

00:20:25.740 --> 00:20:26.720
 wants to

00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:27.100
 show us

00:20:27.100 --> 00:20:27.620
 this morning

00:20:27.620 --> 00:20:29.260
 and that is

00:20:29.260 --> 00:20:29.780
 the path

00:20:29.780 --> 00:20:30.260
 of those

00:20:30.260 --> 00:20:30.600
 whose

00:20:30.600 --> 00:20:31.520
 citizenship

00:20:31.520 --> 00:20:33.560
 is in

00:20:33.560 --> 00:20:34.120
 heaven

00:20:34.119 --> 00:20:36.219
 the first

00:20:36.219 --> 00:20:36.859
 11 verses

00:20:36.859 --> 00:20:37.279
 of chapter

00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:37.979
 3 have

00:20:37.979 --> 00:20:38.959
 been about

00:20:38.959 --> 00:20:39.379
 Paul

00:20:39.379 --> 00:20:40.219
 letting go

00:20:40.219 --> 00:20:40.500
 of his

00:20:40.500 --> 00:20:41.019
 own wrong

00:20:41.019 --> 00:20:41.500
 path

00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:42.079
 I don't know

00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:42.219
 if you

00:20:42.219 --> 00:20:42.659
 remember the

00:20:42.659 --> 00:20:43.179
 sermon last

00:20:43.179 --> 00:20:43.500
 week or

00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:44.159
 familiar with

00:20:44.159 --> 00:20:44.699
 those verses

00:20:44.699 --> 00:20:45.639
 but it's

00:20:45.639 --> 00:20:46.000
 Paul

00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:47.739
 letting go

00:20:47.739 --> 00:20:48.019
 of the

00:20:48.019 --> 00:20:48.239
 wrong

00:20:48.239 --> 00:20:48.679
 path

00:20:48.679 --> 00:20:49.659
 letting go

00:20:49.659 --> 00:20:50.399
 of family

00:20:50.399 --> 00:20:50.919
 history

00:20:50.919 --> 00:20:52.019
 he's letting

00:20:52.019 --> 00:20:52.539
 go of his

00:20:52.539 --> 00:20:53.159
 academic

00:20:53.159 --> 00:20:53.759
 achievements

00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:54.639
 he's letting

00:20:54.639 --> 00:20:55.119
 go of his

00:20:55.119 --> 00:20:56.039
 good reputation

00:20:56.039 --> 00:20:56.479
 and his

00:20:56.479 --> 00:20:57.579
 high standing

00:20:57.579 --> 00:20:58.059
 among the

00:20:58.059 --> 00:20:58.500
 community

00:20:58.500 --> 00:20:59.119
 his peer

00:20:59.119 --> 00:20:59.479
 group

00:20:59.479 --> 00:21:01.819
 done

00:21:01.819 --> 00:21:02.579
 he says

00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:03.459
 it's actually

00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:03.940
 a stronger

00:21:03.940 --> 00:21:04.380
 word than

00:21:04.380 --> 00:21:04.640
 that but

00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:04.819
 I'm going

00:21:04.819 --> 00:21:05.039
 to say

00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:05.400
 dung

00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:05.980
 dung

00:21:05.980 --> 00:21:06.600
 he says

00:21:06.600 --> 00:21:07.880
 rubbish

00:21:07.880 --> 00:21:09.900
 compared

00:21:09.900 --> 00:21:10.799
 to taking

00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:11.340
 hold

00:21:11.340 --> 00:21:11.960
 of

00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:12.559
 Christ

00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:13.460
 he casts

00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:13.880
 it all

00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:14.120
 off

00:21:14.120 --> 00:21:14.840
 he casts

00:21:14.840 --> 00:21:15.220
 himself

00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:15.600
 away

00:21:15.600 --> 00:21:15.980
 from that

00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:16.279
 path

00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:17.000
 that way

00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.380
 of living

00:21:17.380 --> 00:21:17.799
 all

00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:18.340
 even all

00:21:18.340 --> 00:21:18.779
 the good

00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:19.140
 things

00:21:19.140 --> 00:21:19.340
 that you

00:21:19.340 --> 00:21:19.680
 could look

00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:20.059
 on and say

00:21:20.059 --> 00:21:20.559
 isn't Paul

00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:20.960
 great

00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:21.960
 he casts

00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:22.319
 them all

00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:22.680
 off

00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:24.200
 so he

00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:24.559
 gets to

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:25.420
 verse 10

00:21:25.420 --> 00:21:26.900
 and this

00:21:26.900 --> 00:21:27.440
 is he

00:21:27.440 --> 00:21:28.259
 falls into

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:28.880
 almost a

00:21:28.880 --> 00:21:30.440
 yearning

00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:31.380
 of praise

00:21:31.380 --> 00:21:32.079
 and desire

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 he wants

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 to know

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 Jesus

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 in verse

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 10

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 he wants

00:21:34.620 --> 00:21:35.100
 to know

00:21:35.100 --> 00:21:35.620
 the power

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 of his

00:21:35.880 --> 00:21:36.299
 resurrection

00:21:36.299 --> 00:21:37.400
 the fellowship

00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:37.960
 of sharing

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 in his

00:21:38.600 --> 00:21:39.319
 sufferings

00:21:39.319 --> 00:21:40.019
 becoming

00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:40.799
 like Jesus

00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:41.319
 in his

00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:41.740
 death

00:21:41.740 --> 00:21:42.100
 and so

00:21:42.100 --> 00:21:42.600
 somehow

00:21:42.600 --> 00:21:43.220
 to attain

00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:43.480
 to the

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:43.940
 resurrection

00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:44.460
 from the

00:21:44.460 --> 00:21:44.779
 dead

00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:46.140
 and experience

00:21:46.140 --> 00:21:47.000
 life in the

00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:47.900
 heavenly places

00:21:47.900 --> 00:21:49.380
 where Jesus

00:21:49.380 --> 00:21:49.940
 is

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 and he has

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:53.539
 to stop

00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:54.920
 and that's

00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:55.319
 where we get

00:21:55.319 --> 00:21:55.799
 to in verse

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:56.120
 12

00:21:56.120 --> 00:21:57.660
 he catches

00:21:57.660 --> 00:21:58.240
 himself

00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:59.200
 because he's

00:21:59.200 --> 00:21:59.759
 run ahead

00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:00.120
 he's almost

00:22:00.120 --> 00:22:00.860
 run too far

00:22:00.860 --> 00:22:01.460
 ahead of us

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:03.000
 in what he

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:03.519
 said in

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:04.420
 verses 10

00:22:04.420 --> 00:22:04.880
 and 11

00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:05.240
 so he

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:05.980
 slows down

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:07.660
 and he

00:22:07.660 --> 00:22:08.019
 lets the

00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:08.640
 readers catch

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 up

00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:10.480
 verse 12

00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:11.819
 not that I've

00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:12.799
 already obtained

00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:13.640
 all this

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 for I've already

00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:15.960
 been made

00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.539
 perfect

00:22:16.539 --> 00:22:18.240
 but I press

00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:18.900
 on to take

00:22:18.900 --> 00:22:19.880
 hold of that

00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:21.240
 for which

00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:22.340
 Christ Jesus

00:22:22.340 --> 00:22:23.120
 took hold

00:22:23.120 --> 00:22:24.259
 of me

00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:27.160
 I haven't

00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:27.519
 reached the

00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:27.860
 end of the

00:22:27.860 --> 00:22:28.200
 path

00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:29.819
 don't mistake

00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:30.220
 me here

00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:30.900
 I know

00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:31.160
 I'm getting

00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:32.079
 really excited

00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:33.420
 and my

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 thinking

00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:34.259
 and my

00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:34.940
 perspective

00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:35.440
 on life

00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:35.980
 has so

00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:36.620
 changed

00:22:36.620 --> 00:22:36.920
 it's been

00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:37.220
 so

00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:38.120
 transformed

00:22:38.120 --> 00:22:39.440
 that I

00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:39.880
 can almost

00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:40.700
 feel like

00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.100
 I'm there

00:22:41.100 --> 00:22:41.559
 at times

00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:41.880
 in the

00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:42.140
 heavenly

00:22:42.140 --> 00:22:42.620
 places

00:22:42.620 --> 00:22:43.059
 with

00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:43.640
 Jesus

00:22:43.640 --> 00:22:45.299
 but I

00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:45.700
 haven't got

00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:46.220
 there yet

00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:46.640
 brothers

00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:47.480
 verse 13

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:48.279
 I do not

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:49.180
 consider myself

00:22:49.180 --> 00:22:49.700
 yet

00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:50.620
 to have

00:22:50.620 --> 00:22:51.360
 taken hold

00:22:51.360 --> 00:22:51.740
 of it

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:54.880
 I think

00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:55.620
 the single

00:22:55.620 --> 00:22:56.160
 greatest

00:22:56.160 --> 00:22:56.799
 help in

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.339
 my working

00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:57.880
 life today

00:22:57.880 --> 00:22:58.720
 came in

00:22:58.720 --> 00:22:59.180
 the very

00:22:59.180 --> 00:22:59.940
 first year

00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:00.519
 I started

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:01.500
 I was

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:02.000
 back in

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:02.779
 2001

00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:03.759
 September

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.720
 it was a

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.339
 week after

00:23:05.339 --> 00:23:06.240
 the 9-11

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:06.859
 attacks

00:23:06.859 --> 00:23:07.880
 in the

00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:08.259
 US

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:08.539
 it was

00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:09.200
 the 17th

00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:09.720
 of September

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.960
 my first

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:11.440
 job for

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:11.900
 Motorola

00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:12.420
 based here

00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:12.759
 in Cork

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.240
 now shut

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:13.519
 down

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:14.200
 but at

00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:14.460
 the time

00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:14.620
 there was

00:23:14.620 --> 00:23:15.339
 about 400

00:23:15.339 --> 00:23:15.940
 engineers

00:23:15.940 --> 00:23:17.039
 working out

00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.380
 in Manhattan

00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:19.039
 I was a

00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:19.299
 graduate

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:19.700
 I'd done

00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:20.019
 electrical

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.460
 engineering

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:21.340
 and now I was

00:23:21.340 --> 00:23:22.039
 getting paid

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:22.620
 to be a

00:23:22.620 --> 00:23:22.980
 software

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.500
 developer

00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:24.120
 I won't

00:23:24.120 --> 00:23:24.380
 get into

00:23:24.380 --> 00:23:24.700
 details

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.039
 but it's

00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:25.380
 a little

00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:25.860
 bit different

00:23:25.860 --> 00:23:26.900
 from what

00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:27.180
 I'd done

00:23:27.180 --> 00:23:27.380
 in the

00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:27.640
 degree

00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:29.340
 I didn't

00:23:29.340 --> 00:23:29.840
 even know

00:23:29.840 --> 00:23:30.120
 what I

00:23:30.120 --> 00:23:30.779
 didn't know

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.720
 have you

00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:31.980
 ever been

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.220
 in that

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:32.500
 position

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:33.019
 you don't

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.799
 even know

00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:34.160
 enough to

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:34.519
 be known

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:34.819
 that you're

00:23:34.819 --> 00:23:35.180
 ignorant

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:36.660
 but here's

00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:37.220
 the thing

00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:37.840
 as a

00:23:37.840 --> 00:23:38.200
 graduate

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:38.700
 engineer

00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:40.259
 this older

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.799
 senior

00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:41.480
 more experienced

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:41.880
 engineer

00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:42.860
 he took

00:23:42.860 --> 00:23:43.480
 this graduate

00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:44.480
 under his

00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:44.740
 wing

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:46.440
 there was a

00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:46.799
 big new

00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:47.180
 engineering

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:47.740
 project

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.519
 very important

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:48.799
 to the

00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:49.120
 company

00:23:49.120 --> 00:23:50.299
 and he

00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:51.099
 reached out

00:23:51.099 --> 00:23:51.819
 and he

00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:53.079
 pulled me

00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:53.619
 into his

00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:54.099
 team

00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:55.740
 divided up

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.139
 the work

00:23:56.139 --> 00:23:57.099
 found a

00:23:57.099 --> 00:23:57.279
 really

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:57.759
 critical

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.099
 bit

00:23:58.099 --> 00:23:58.559
 I was

00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:58.879
 completely

00:23:58.879 --> 00:23:59.240
 ignorant

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.799
 and he

00:23:59.799 --> 00:23:59.919
 said

00:23:59.919 --> 00:24:00.779
 Ralph

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.720
 you do

00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:01.919
 this

00:24:01.919 --> 00:24:02.099
 bit

00:24:02.099 --> 00:24:02.359
 is that

00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:02.559
 okay

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:02.740
 and I

00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:02.879
 went

00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:04.200
 yeah

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:04.440
 it's

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:04.659
 all

00:24:04.659 --> 00:24:05.079
 the same

00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:05.399
 to me

00:24:05.399 --> 00:24:05.599
 I'll

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:05.839
 do

00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:06.159
 something

00:24:06.159 --> 00:24:07.139
 and I

00:24:07.139 --> 00:24:07.200
 had

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:07.519
 little or

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:07.659
 no

00:24:07.659 --> 00:24:08.079
 experience

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:08.440
 in the

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:08.740
 area

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:10.299
 I got

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:10.539
 a big

00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:10.819
 thick

00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:11.200
 manual

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:11.839
 with the

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.119
 computer

00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:12.399
 chip

00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:13.139
 information

00:24:13.139 --> 00:24:13.899
 and some

00:24:13.899 --> 00:24:14.259
 sample

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:14.680
 code

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.859
 and that

00:24:15.859 --> 00:24:16.200
 was it

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:16.559
 the

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:16.960
 confidence

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:17.240
 of a

00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:17.519
 mentor

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.139
 the

00:24:18.139 --> 00:24:18.440
 support

00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:18.659
 of a

00:24:18.659 --> 00:24:18.940
 team

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:21.799
 we got

00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.059
 there in

00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:22.259
 the end

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:22.500
 by the

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:22.700
 way

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:24.039
 just in

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:24.380
 case you're

00:24:24.380 --> 00:24:24.799
 all worried

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:26.140
 but you

00:24:26.140 --> 00:24:26.400
 know

00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:27.100
 as Paul

00:24:27.100 --> 00:24:27.820
 writes to

00:24:27.820 --> 00:24:27.980
 the

00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:28.440
 Philippian

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:29.120
 church

00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:30.799
 in a

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.019
 sense

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.400
 he's like

00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:32.019
 someone like

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:32.240
 that

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:32.500
 isn't he

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:32.880
 he's been

00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:33.660
 yanked

00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:34.340
 he's been

00:24:34.340 --> 00:24:34.799
 pulled

00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:35.120
 he's been

00:24:35.120 --> 00:24:35.880
 taken hold

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:36.039
 of

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.240
 into

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:37.340
 God's

00:24:37.340 --> 00:24:37.779
 kingdom

00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:38.720
 my work

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.000
 mentor

00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:39.559
 reached down

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:40.080
 from his

00:24:40.080 --> 00:24:40.580
 position

00:24:40.580 --> 00:24:41.500
 and he

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.160
 took hold

00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:42.640
 of me

00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:43.539
 for a

00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:43.820
 particular

00:24:43.820 --> 00:24:44.320
 goal

00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:46.179
 and

00:24:46.179 --> 00:24:46.599
 Jesus

00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:47.319
 in a

00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:47.720
 similar

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:48.079
 way

00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:49.099
 has

00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:49.579
 reached

00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:50.059
 down

00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:51.539
 and he's

00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:52.319
 taken hold

00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:52.919
 of Paul

00:24:52.919 --> 00:24:54.220
 in verse

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:54.799
 12

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:56.779
 I press

00:24:56.779 --> 00:24:57.220
 on to

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:57.639
 take hold

00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:58.259
 of that

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:59.919
 for which

00:24:59.919 --> 00:25:00.619
 Christ

00:25:00.619 --> 00:25:01.299
 Jesus

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:03.000
 took hold

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.919
 of me

00:25:03.919 --> 00:25:06.480
 for the

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:06.859
 believer

00:25:06.859 --> 00:25:07.359
 this is

00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:07.939
 always the

00:25:07.939 --> 00:25:08.599
 starting point

00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:08.919
 for the

00:25:08.919 --> 00:25:09.399
 path

00:25:09.399 --> 00:25:10.419
 to heaven

00:25:10.419 --> 00:25:11.279
 verse 12

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:11.700
 I press

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:12.079
 on to

00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:12.519
 take hold

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:12.980
 of that

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.799
 for which

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.180
 Christ

00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:14.460
 Jesus

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:14.920
 took hold

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:15.279
 of me

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:16.099
 or he

00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:16.660
 puts it

00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:17.720
 in another

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.099
 way in

00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:19.059
 verse 14

00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:19.519
 doesn't he

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.720
 I press

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.319
 on towards

00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:21.819
 the goal

00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.180
 to win

00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:22.880
 the prize

00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:23.680
 for which

00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:24.339
 God

00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:24.960
 has called

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.200
 me

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:26.319
 heavenwards

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:27.019
 in

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.599
 Christ

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:28.140
 Jesus

00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:31.900
 Christ

00:25:31.900 --> 00:25:32.519
 takes

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:32.880
 hold of

00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:33.200
 us

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:34.460
 and then

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:35.000
 we learn

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:35.380
 to take

00:25:35.380 --> 00:25:35.819
 hold of

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:36.200
 Christ

00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:37.680
 that

00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:38.539
 is our

00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:39.240
 starting point

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.900
 this morning

00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:41.120
 brothers and

00:25:41.120 --> 00:25:41.420
 sisters

00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:41.900
 it's the

00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.519
 starting point

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:43.160
 for everyone

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:44.220
 God

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:44.839
 the father

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:46.019
 has called

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.500
 you

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:47.259
 heavenward

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:48.079
 he's called

00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:48.339
 you

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:48.879
 heavenward

00:25:48.879 --> 00:25:49.779
 and his

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.180
 anointed

00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:50.539
 son

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:50.759
 has

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:52.180
 stooped

00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:52.559
 down

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:53.700
 he has

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:54.079
 stooped

00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:54.319
 down

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:54.900
 and he's

00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:55.559
 taken hold

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:55.960
 of you

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:57.139
 and he's

00:25:57.139 --> 00:25:57.839
 bringing you

00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.240
 into his

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.539
 kingdom

00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:58.960
 and he's

00:25:58.960 --> 00:25:59.599
 bringing you

00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:00.039
 into his

00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:00.539
 purposes

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:03.059
 God

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.819
 calls us

00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:04.279
 and then

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:04.740
 it's as if

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.339
 his right

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:05.700
 arm

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:07.079
 his own

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:07.480
 son has

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:08.220
 been extended

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.700
 from the

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.019
 heavenly

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.500
 realm

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:09.859
 realm

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.819
 and grabbed

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.240
 on to

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:11.599
 us

00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:12.940
 and Paul

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:13.579
 was captured

00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:13.980
 in this

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.180
 way

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:14.720
 wasn't he

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:16.279
 his path

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:16.859
 in life

00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:18.079
 Paul's

00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:18.539
 path

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:19.680
 was literally

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.559
 the path

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.299
 of destruction

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:22.619
 he was an

00:26:22.619 --> 00:26:23.539
 enemy of the

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:24.119
 cross of

00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:24.579
 Christ

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:26.000
 we see that

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.559
 in verses

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:27.039
 four to

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.319
 seven

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:28.400
 he was a

00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:29.519
 persecutor

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:29.819
 of the

00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:30.200
 church

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:31.180
 the most

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:32.000
 ignorant

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:33.160
 and earth

00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:33.900
 bound

00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:34.759
 slayer

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.859
 of God's

00:26:35.859 --> 00:26:36.460
 plans

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:37.480
 and God's

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:37.819
 people

00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:39.360
 he spent

00:26:39.360 --> 00:26:40.059
 his time

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:40.740
 ensuring that

00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:41.420
 Christians were

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:42.240
 rounded up

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:43.880
 put in prison

00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:45.519
 and executed

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:48.019
 that was

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:48.860
 Paul's path

00:26:48.860 --> 00:26:49.539
 yet he

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:50.539
 like of all

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:50.920
 of us

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.840
 who believe

00:26:51.840 --> 00:26:53.600
 was grabbed

00:26:53.600 --> 00:26:54.559
 by Christ

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.980
 on the road

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.579
 to Damascus

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:57.259
 he was

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:58.000
 powerfully

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.539
 converted

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:59.140
 he was

00:26:59.140 --> 00:26:59.819
 grabbed by

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:00.200
 Christ

00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:00.519
 and in

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:01.019
 faith

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.799
 he turned

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.319
 to Christ

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:03.100
 for salvation

00:27:03.100 --> 00:27:04.559
 and forgiveness

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:07.019
 that is a

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.539
 starting point

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.019
 for all

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.399
 heavenly

00:27:08.399 --> 00:27:08.679
 bound

00:27:08.679 --> 00:27:09.099
 people

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:09.919
 Jesus

00:27:09.919 --> 00:27:10.399
 Christ

00:27:10.399 --> 00:27:10.740
 has

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.200
 reached

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.619
 down

00:27:11.619 --> 00:27:12.599
 and

00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:12.859
 taken

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:13.179
 hold

00:27:13.179 --> 00:27:13.339
 of

00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:13.700
 us

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:16.440
 but

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:16.619
 that

00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:17.000
 has a

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:17.720
 massive

00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:18.339
 massive

00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:18.759
 effect

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.079
 on our

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:19.500
 lives

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:20.839
 it

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.179
 truly

00:27:21.179 --> 00:27:21.559
 does

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.079
 because

00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:22.319
 it's

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:22.799
 placed us

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:22.980
 now

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.339
 between

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:24.119
 two

00:27:24.119 --> 00:27:25.379
 worlds

00:27:25.379 --> 00:27:25.940
 or two

00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:26.319
 kingdoms

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:27.919
 we are

00:27:27.919 --> 00:27:28.480
 still

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.159
 truly

00:27:29.159 --> 00:27:29.659
 part

00:27:29.659 --> 00:27:30.059
 of this

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.759
 current

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.519
 age

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.659
 we

00:27:32.659 --> 00:27:33.139
 experience

00:27:33.139 --> 00:27:33.339
 it

00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:33.819
 just like

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.220
 everyone

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.619
 else

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:36.299
 we can

00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:36.700
 stand on

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.099
 the beach

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:37.619
 and feel

00:27:37.619 --> 00:27:38.179
 the breeze

00:27:38.179 --> 00:27:38.839
 and we

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:39.119
 can hear

00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:39.579
 the water

00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:40.059
 coming in

00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:40.379
 and out

00:27:40.379 --> 00:27:40.579
 and we

00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:41.059
 can enjoy

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.359
 that

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:41.740
 we can

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:42.639
 we can

00:27:42.639 --> 00:27:42.839
 be in

00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:43.299
 the hospital

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:43.859
 holding

00:27:43.859 --> 00:27:45.099
 a perfect

00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:45.460
 newborn

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:45.960
 baby

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:47.539
 and just

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.039
 feel the

00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:48.519
 joy that

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:49.159
 that brings

00:27:49.159 --> 00:27:50.480
 and we

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:51.039
 can experience

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:51.799
 the anger

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.899
 when our

00:27:52.899 --> 00:27:53.379
 children are

00:27:53.379 --> 00:27:53.759
 bullied

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:56.500
 can feel

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.119
 the confusion

00:27:57.119 --> 00:27:57.599
 when a

00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:58.139
 loved one

00:27:58.139 --> 00:27:58.519
 becomes

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:58.980
 seriously

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.359
 ill

00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:01.879
 and ultimately

00:28:01.879 --> 00:28:02.480
 the searing

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:03.019
 pain

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:04.299
 when someone

00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:04.879
 close to

00:28:04.879 --> 00:28:05.039
 us

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.500
 dies

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:07.960
 we

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:08.420
 experience

00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:08.779
 all of

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:09.039
 that

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.559
 as

00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:09.819
 everyone

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:10.099
 else

00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:10.440
 does

00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:11.599
 but

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:12.220
 something

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:13.139
 or someone

00:28:13.139 --> 00:28:13.799
 has changed

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:14.420
 our world

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:15.799
 Christ

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.160
 came

00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:16.379
 and he

00:28:16.379 --> 00:28:16.639
 brought

00:28:16.639 --> 00:28:16.980
 with him

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.200
 his

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:17.619
 kingdom

00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:18.539
 and the

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:18.799
 bible

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:19.440
 talks about

00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:19.619
 it as

00:28:19.619 --> 00:28:20.000
 being the

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.539
 age

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.539
 to come

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:22.500
 a

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.220
 spiritful

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.559
 age

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.059
 an age

00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:24.240
 of

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:24.940
 blessing

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.619
 and

00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:26.180
 godly

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:26.639
 rule

00:28:26.639 --> 00:28:28.379
 and

00:28:28.379 --> 00:28:28.700
 Jesus

00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:29.240
 has brought

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:29.879
 that age

00:28:29.879 --> 00:28:30.420
 his

00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:31.160
 birth

00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:31.940
 his life

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:32.559
 his death

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:33.799
 his

00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:34.400
 resurrection

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:35.200
 his ascension

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.680
 back to

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:35.920
 heaven

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:37.039
 that means

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:37.380
 that this

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:38.059
 age to

00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:38.360
 come

00:28:38.360 --> 00:28:39.580
 is here

00:28:39.580 --> 00:28:40.279
 it is

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:40.779
 now

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.640
 it's not

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:41.980
 just a

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.320
 future

00:28:42.320 --> 00:28:42.600
 thing

00:28:42.600 --> 00:28:42.880
 but it

00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:43.519
 is really

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.039
 truly

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.500
 here

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:45.360
 yes

00:28:45.360 --> 00:28:45.940
 the old

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:46.299
 age

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:46.840
 is here

00:28:46.840 --> 00:28:47.200
 as well

00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:47.519
 and it's

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.000
 passing

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.759
 it is a

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.120
 passing

00:28:49.120 --> 00:28:49.460
 age

00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:49.799
 the age

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.380
 of sin

00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:51.580
 the age

00:28:51.580 --> 00:28:52.200
 of decay

00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:52.680
 the age

00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:53.240
 of death

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:54.640
 it's a

00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:54.960
 passing

00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:55.480
 age on

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:55.840
 the earth

00:28:55.840 --> 00:28:56.799
 but it's

00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:57.240
 still

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:58.400
 it's still

00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:58.880
 the world

00:28:58.880 --> 00:29:00.180
 we feel

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:01.300
 and experience

00:29:01.300 --> 00:29:01.860
 every day

00:29:01.860 --> 00:29:03.940
 events on

00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:04.260
 the world

00:29:04.260 --> 00:29:04.920
 stage can

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.480
 still shock

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:05.760
 us

00:29:05.760 --> 00:29:06.480
 you know

00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:06.780
 sometimes

00:29:06.780 --> 00:29:07.780
 we see

00:29:07.780 --> 00:29:08.240
 things in

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.580
 the news

00:29:08.580 --> 00:29:08.800
 and we

00:29:08.800 --> 00:29:09.080
 think

00:29:09.080 --> 00:29:10.300
 am I

00:29:10.300 --> 00:29:10.600
 becoming

00:29:10.600 --> 00:29:10.960
 immune

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.500
 to this

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:12.820
 over the

00:29:12.820 --> 00:29:13.040
 summer

00:29:13.040 --> 00:29:13.500
 we were

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:14.040
 confronted

00:29:14.040 --> 00:29:14.440
 with many

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:14.920
 cases

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:15.840
 but one

00:29:15.840 --> 00:29:16.120
 I think

00:29:16.120 --> 00:29:16.800
 stands out

00:29:16.800 --> 00:29:18.160
 and that's

00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:18.620
 Islamic

00:29:18.620 --> 00:29:19.480
 based terrorism

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:20.080
 this time

00:29:20.080 --> 00:29:21.040
 in Nice

00:29:21.040 --> 00:29:21.860
 in France

00:29:21.860 --> 00:29:23.940
 carnage

00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:25.260
 carried out

00:29:25.260 --> 00:29:25.800
 by a single

00:29:25.800 --> 00:29:26.360
 man in a

00:29:26.360 --> 00:29:26.800
 truck

00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:28.339
 running

00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:28.639
 over

00:29:28.639 --> 00:29:29.099
 people

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:30.599
 who were

00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:30.779
 out

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.359
 celebrating

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:31.879
 that evening

00:29:31.879 --> 00:29:32.759
 80 people

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.599
 or more

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:33.940
 than 80

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.599
 people dead

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:35.980
 and over

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:36.680
 300

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.599
 injured

00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:40.419
 a friend

00:29:40.419 --> 00:29:41.659
 or maybe

00:29:41.659 --> 00:29:42.099
 not as strong

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:42.460
 as a friend

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:43.259
 someone I know

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:44.079
 reasonably well

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:45.720
 on Twitter

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:46.859
 sent a simple

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:48.039
 response to this

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:48.419
 he said

00:29:48.419 --> 00:29:50.399
 I thought I

00:29:50.399 --> 00:29:51.240
 kind of understood

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:51.899
 this world

00:29:51.899 --> 00:29:53.619
 I don't

00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:55.519
 he's an

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:55.940
 atheist

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:58.500
 he ultimately

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.640
 has to deny

00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:00.059
 that there is

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.600
 any real

00:30:00.600 --> 00:30:01.120
 meaning

00:30:01.120 --> 00:30:02.240
 or purpose

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:02.640
 in a

00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:03.279
 materialistic

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:03.680
 universe

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:04.299
 of atoms

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:04.980
 just bouncing

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.400
 around

00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:07.200
 yet when

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:07.700
 confronted

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.299
 with the

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:08.820
 hurt

00:30:08.820 --> 00:30:09.860
 and such

00:30:09.860 --> 00:30:10.340
 obvious

00:30:10.340 --> 00:30:10.900
 evil

00:30:10.900 --> 00:30:13.059
 he knows

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:13.720
 that his

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.400
 attempt to

00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:14.860
 understand

00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:15.500
 the world

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:17.000
 has failed

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:18.660
 it is utterly

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:19.140
 failed

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:20.059
 he cannot

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:20.400
 understand

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:20.820
 there is no

00:30:20.820 --> 00:30:22.039
 framework

00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:24.019
 or understanding

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.740
 for the

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:25.200
 atheist

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:25.759
 as to why

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.079
 he should

00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:26.660
 feel that

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:27.960
 to really

00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:28.759
 feel such

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.200
 sadness

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:30.279
 shows us

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.619
 that there

00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:31.920
 is true

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:32.259
 meaning

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:32.700
 and true

00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:33.220
 purpose

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:34.259
 we have

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:34.700
 moral

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.339
 obligations

00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:35.700
 that we

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:36.079
 can't

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:36.299
 ignore

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.700
 and other

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.379
 people have

00:30:37.379 --> 00:30:38.440
 similar moral

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:39.359
 or exact

00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:40.200
 same moral

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.680
 obligations

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:41.139
 as we

00:30:41.139 --> 00:30:41.460
 have

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:43.779
 the world

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.140
 is out

00:30:44.140 --> 00:30:44.700
 of joint

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:46.360
 it is

00:30:46.360 --> 00:30:47.059
 broken

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.700
 in many

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:48.220
 ways

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:49.440
 even the

00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:49.860
 atheist

00:30:49.860 --> 00:30:51.200
 knows

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:51.579
 that

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:53.360
 or what

00:30:53.360 --> 00:30:53.680
 about when

00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:54.120
 illness

00:30:54.120 --> 00:30:54.680
 hits home

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.779
 when illness

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.279
 hits home

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:57.640
 and plans

00:30:57.640 --> 00:30:58.019
 for our

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.319
 future

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:58.620
 are just

00:30:58.620 --> 00:30:58.940
 blown

00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.380
 apart

00:30:59.380 --> 00:31:00.420
 you know

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:00.840
 you're going

00:31:00.840 --> 00:31:01.220
 along

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:02.120
 what we're

00:31:02.120 --> 00:31:02.420
 going to do

00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:02.960
 this year

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.460
 what we

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:03.880
 assume

00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:04.680
 and illness

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.660
 just runs

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:06.039
 amok

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:08.079
 work

00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:08.740
 disappears

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:10.200
 our governments

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:10.900
 promise that if

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:11.580
 you work hard

00:31:11.580 --> 00:31:12.140
 keep your head

00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:12.480
 down and

00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:13.000
 contribute to

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.380
 society

00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:13.780
 you'll be

00:31:13.780 --> 00:31:14.140
 fine

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:15.460
 and then

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:15.840
 we lose

00:31:15.840 --> 00:31:16.240
 our job

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:17.680
 and those

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.380
 empty promises

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:19.700
 are gone

00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:22.360
 or our

00:31:22.360 --> 00:31:23.360
 close friends

00:31:23.360 --> 00:31:25.380
 even our

00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:26.160
 church family

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:27.740
 hurt us

00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:29.759
 first in

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:30.400
 small ways

00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:30.740
 and then

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.320
 big ways

00:31:31.320 --> 00:31:32.900
 there's no

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:33.460
 apology

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:35.000
 there's no

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:35.660
 reconciliation

00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:38.180
 why is

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:39.180
 life such

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:39.640
 a struggle

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:39.960
 with the

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.360
 people

00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:41.079
 that I

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:41.240
 should

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.899
 count on

00:31:41.899 --> 00:31:42.719
 for comfort

00:31:42.719 --> 00:31:43.779
 and for

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.199
 help

00:31:44.199 --> 00:31:46.679
 you see

00:31:46.679 --> 00:31:47.679
 this age

00:31:47.679 --> 00:31:48.439
 this passing

00:31:48.439 --> 00:31:49.319
 age is not

00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:50.240
 as it

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:51.059
 should be

00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:52.219
 and we can

00:31:52.219 --> 00:31:53.119
 give hundreds

00:31:53.119 --> 00:31:53.479
 of more

00:31:53.479 --> 00:31:54.039
 examples

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:56.879
 at times

00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:57.339
 in fact

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:57.719
 it's just

00:31:57.719 --> 00:31:58.319
 completely

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:58.859
 unjust

00:31:58.859 --> 00:32:00.000
 and completely

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:01.519
 unfair

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:04.099
 but the

00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:04.859
 Christian knows

00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:05.219
 this

00:32:05.219 --> 00:32:06.559
 and the

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:07.240
 Christian knows

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.680
 this most

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.019
 of all

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.400
 because

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:10.019
 Jesus was

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.519
 a man

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:12.299
 who always

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:12.819
 walked on

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:13.339
 the right

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:14.079
 path

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:15.519
 from day

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:16.200
 one to the

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:16.759
 very end

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.299
 and continues

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:17.940
 to walk the

00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:18.539
 right path

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:19.519
 he is the

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:20.559
 true citizen

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.200
 of heaven

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:23.059
 he always

00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:24.079
 honored God

00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:25.200
 he always

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:25.779
 did the

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:26.599
 right thing

00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:28.359
 in every

00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:29.420
 situation and

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:30.000
 circumstance

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:31.079
 he was truly

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:31.480
 innocent

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:32.480
 yet he was

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:33.200
 humiliated

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:34.580
 he was

00:32:34.580 --> 00:32:35.019
 beaten

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:36.539
 and he

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:37.220
 was ultimately

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:38.080
 nailed to

00:32:38.080 --> 00:32:38.759
 a cross

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:40.460
 the world

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:41.019
 is broken

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:42.500
 we see that

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:42.940
 in Nice

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.500
 France

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:44.460
 absolutely

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:45.779
 but I think

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.660
 ultimately we

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:47.120
 see the

00:32:47.120 --> 00:32:47.740
 brokenness

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:49.240
 with Jesus

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:50.340
 in Jerusalem

00:32:50.340 --> 00:32:51.420
 on the

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:51.840
 cross

00:32:51.840 --> 00:32:53.620
 on the

00:32:53.620 --> 00:32:53.920
 cross

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:54.620
 the truly

00:32:54.620 --> 00:32:55.360
 innocent

00:32:55.360 --> 00:32:56.200
 the truly

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:56.620
 innocent

00:32:56.620 --> 00:32:57.779
 dies in

00:32:57.779 --> 00:32:58.340
 the place

00:32:58.340 --> 00:32:59.380
 of the

00:32:59.380 --> 00:33:00.019
 truly guilty

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:02.220
 this broken

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.640
 world

00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:03.280
 takes the

00:33:03.280 --> 00:33:03.600
 perfect

00:33:03.600 --> 00:33:03.940
 God

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:04.240
 man

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:05.720
 and puts

00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:05.960
 him on

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.460
 the cross

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:08.660
 but

00:33:08.660 --> 00:33:10.880
 but God

00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:11.420
 is sovereign

00:33:11.420 --> 00:33:12.540
 the Lord

00:33:12.540 --> 00:33:12.820
 is not

00:33:12.820 --> 00:33:13.460
 taken by

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:14.700
 surprise

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:16.520
 by dying

00:33:16.520 --> 00:33:16.780
 on the

00:33:16.780 --> 00:33:17.180
 cross

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:17.940
 the

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:18.460
 innocent

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:19.120
 in place

00:33:19.120 --> 00:33:19.400
 of the

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:19.700
 guilty

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:22.440
 Christ

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:23.000
 has reached

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.360
 down

00:33:23.360 --> 00:33:25.340
 Christ

00:33:25.340 --> 00:33:25.880
 has reached

00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:26.100
 down

00:33:26.100 --> 00:33:26.720
 and locked

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:28.020
 his arm

00:33:28.020 --> 00:33:29.340
 to yours

00:33:29.340 --> 00:33:30.780
 oh the

00:33:30.780 --> 00:33:31.480
 wonder that

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:32.060
 God has

00:33:32.060 --> 00:33:32.540
 called us

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:33.159
 heavenward

00:33:33.159 --> 00:33:33.879
 and taken

00:33:33.879 --> 00:33:34.399
 hold of

00:33:34.399 --> 00:33:34.599
 us

00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:35.259
 in

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:35.940
 Christ

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:37.119
 and through

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:37.639
 the cross

00:33:37.639 --> 00:33:37.879
 he has

00:33:37.879 --> 00:33:39.019
 pulled us

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.399
 out of the

00:33:39.399 --> 00:33:39.559
 mud

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:39.859
 and he's

00:33:39.859 --> 00:33:40.659
 pulled us

00:33:40.659 --> 00:33:40.980
 out of the

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.180
 mess

00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:42.019
 and he's

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.740
 placed our

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.159
 feet

00:33:43.159 --> 00:33:44.059
 on the

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:44.420
 rock

00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:44.899
 he's put

00:33:44.899 --> 00:33:45.180
 us on

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:45.759
 that secure

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.220
 setting

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:47.899
 our citizenship

00:33:47.899 --> 00:33:49.539
 verse 20

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:50.680
 it is in

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:50.980
 heaven

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:52.700
 it is now

00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:53.379
 today

00:33:53.379 --> 00:33:54.779
 it is in

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:55.139
 heaven

00:33:55.139 --> 00:33:55.619
 it's not

00:33:55.619 --> 00:33:56.139
 it's not

00:33:56.139 --> 00:33:56.799
 just future

00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:57.879
 it is now

00:33:57.879 --> 00:33:58.240
 today

00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:58.659
 we are

00:33:58.659 --> 00:33:59.539
 truly

00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:00.420
 gripped by

00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:00.920
 Christ

00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:01.580
 and we

00:34:01.580 --> 00:34:02.180
 are united

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:02.480
 to him

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:02.820
 now

00:34:02.820 --> 00:34:03.800
 by faith

00:34:03.800 --> 00:34:05.100
 so that

00:34:05.100 --> 00:34:05.600
 where he

00:34:05.600 --> 00:34:06.080
 is

00:34:06.080 --> 00:34:07.960
 we are

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:09.220
 where Christ

00:34:09.220 --> 00:34:09.920
 is today

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:10.380
 is where

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:10.940
 we are

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.360
 today

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:12.039
 we are

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:12.480
 with him

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:12.760
 in the

00:34:12.760 --> 00:34:13.059
 heavenly

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:13.500
 places

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.619
 that's an

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:15.079
 amazing

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:15.599
 thought

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:17.280
 because of

00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:17.420
 our

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:18.619
 being united

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:19.260
 to Christ

00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:20.900
 we are

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.579
 as entitled

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:22.320
 to heaven

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:23.180
 as Jesus

00:34:23.180 --> 00:34:23.920
 is

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:26.000
 let that sink

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:26.380
 again the

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:26.780
 father

00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:27.340
 fully

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:27.760
 accepts

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:27.980
 the

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.260
 son

00:34:28.260 --> 00:34:30.480
 as

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:31.000
 entitled

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:31.260
 as

00:34:31.260 --> 00:34:31.579
 Jesus

00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:31.840
 is

00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.000
 to

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.260
 heaven

00:34:32.260 --> 00:34:32.820
 so we

00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:33.039
 are

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.760
 we have

00:34:33.760 --> 00:34:34.099
 as much

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:34.400
 a right

00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:34.679
 to be

00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:34.940
 there

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.619
 as

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:36.019
 Jesus

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:36.300
 the

00:34:36.300 --> 00:34:36.519
 son

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:36.900
 has

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:40.840
 strangely

00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:41.280
 then

00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:42.579
 because of

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:42.880
 all of

00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:43.059
 this

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:43.420
 this is

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:43.739
 why

00:34:43.739 --> 00:34:43.980
 as

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.440
 believers

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:45.320
 we feel

00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:45.860
 more than

00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:46.260
 most

00:34:46.260 --> 00:34:47.500
 the

00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:47.920
 struggle

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.219
 this

00:34:48.219 --> 00:34:48.619
 morning

00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:50.099
 do you

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:50.239
 ever

00:34:50.239 --> 00:34:50.500
 think

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:50.739
 that

00:34:50.739 --> 00:34:51.019
 why

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.400
 do I

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:52.500
 feel

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:52.900
 that life

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.239
 is such

00:34:53.239 --> 00:34:53.400
 a

00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:53.659
 struggle

00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:53.840
 well

00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:54.000
 I

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.579
 think

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:55.119
 as

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:55.659
 believers

00:34:55.659 --> 00:34:56.699
 yes

00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:56.899
 we have

00:34:56.899 --> 00:34:57.019
 the

00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:57.259
 common

00:34:57.259 --> 00:34:57.839
 understanding

00:34:57.839 --> 00:34:58.079
 with

00:34:58.079 --> 00:34:58.420
 everyone

00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:58.619
 in

00:34:58.619 --> 00:34:58.779
 this

00:34:58.779 --> 00:34:59.039
 world

00:34:59.039 --> 00:34:59.259
 but

00:34:59.259 --> 00:34:59.859
 I

00:34:59.859 --> 00:34:59.960
 think

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.099
 as

00:35:00.099 --> 00:35:00.359
 believers

00:35:00.359 --> 00:35:00.559
 we

00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:00.799
 feel

00:35:00.799 --> 00:35:00.899
 it

00:35:00.899 --> 00:35:01.239
 most

00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:01.940
 the

00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:02.219
 struggle

00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:02.519
 between

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:02.719
 how

00:35:02.719 --> 00:35:02.899
 the

00:35:02.899 --> 00:35:03.139
 world

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:03.480
 is

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:04.539
 and

00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:04.679
 how

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:04.819
 the

00:35:04.819 --> 00:35:05.039
 world

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:05.339
 should

00:35:05.339 --> 00:35:05.599
 be

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:07.759
 and

00:35:07.759 --> 00:35:07.899
 this

00:35:07.899 --> 00:35:08.019
 is

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.179
 why

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:08.420
 we

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:08.759
 pray

00:35:08.759 --> 00:35:10.219
 our

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:10.719
 father

00:35:10.719 --> 00:35:11.259
 in

00:35:11.259 --> 00:35:11.639
 heaven

00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:13.460
 hallowed

00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:13.599
 be

00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:13.859
 your

00:35:13.859 --> 00:35:14.199
 name

00:35:14.199 --> 00:35:15.879
 your

00:35:15.879 --> 00:35:16.199
 kingdom

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:16.659
 come

00:35:16.659 --> 00:35:18.559
 and

00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:18.719
 your

00:35:18.719 --> 00:35:19.139
 will

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:19.480
 be

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:19.859
 done

00:35:19.859 --> 00:35:20.379
 on

00:35:20.379 --> 00:35:20.799
 earth

00:35:20.799 --> 00:35:22.480
 as

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:22.599
 it

00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:22.719
 is

00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:22.879
 in

00:35:22.879 --> 00:35:23.139
 heaven

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:25.719
 as

00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:25.859
 we

00:35:25.859 --> 00:35:26.219
 face

00:35:26.219 --> 00:35:26.420
 this

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:26.779
 tension

00:35:26.779 --> 00:35:26.960
 in

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:27.239
 daily

00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:27.619
 life

00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:28.019
 between

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:29.599
 how

00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:29.739
 it

00:35:29.739 --> 00:35:30.079
 is

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:30.519
 and

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:30.679
 how

00:35:30.679 --> 00:35:30.839
 it

00:35:30.839 --> 00:35:31.000
 should

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.259
 be

00:35:31.259 --> 00:35:32.199
 always

00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:32.900
 always

00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:33.579
 always

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:33.940
 come

00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:34.339
 back

00:35:34.339 --> 00:35:34.900
 and

00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:35.339
 start

00:35:35.339 --> 00:35:35.799
 here

00:35:35.799 --> 00:35:36.039
 as

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:36.460
 Christ

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:36.920
 does

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.480
 as

00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:37.759
 Paul

00:35:37.759 --> 00:35:38.039
 does

00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:39.000
 Christ

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:40.679
 has

00:35:40.679 --> 00:35:41.159
 taken

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:41.920
 a hold

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.559
 of

00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:43.039
 you

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:43.920
 as

00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:44.019
 you

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:44.239
 feel

00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:44.379
 that

00:35:44.379 --> 00:35:44.699
 struggle

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:44.980
 every

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:45.219
 day

00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:45.799
 in

00:35:45.799 --> 00:35:45.980
 all

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:46.179
 these

00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:46.519
 ways

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:47.279
 Christ

00:35:47.279 --> 00:35:47.900
 has

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:48.299
 taken

00:35:48.299 --> 00:35:48.779
 a hold

00:35:48.779 --> 00:35:48.940
 of

00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:49.159
 you

00:35:49.159 --> 00:35:49.839
 through

00:35:49.839 --> 00:35:50.039
 the

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:50.420
 cross

00:35:50.420 --> 00:35:52.619
 we

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:52.880
 must

00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:53.240
 continue

00:35:53.240 --> 00:35:53.460
 then

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:53.680
 to

00:35:53.680 --> 00:35:54.099
 press

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:54.440
 on

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:55.200
 if

00:35:55.200 --> 00:35:55.320
 he

00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:55.460
 has

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:55.680
 taken

00:35:55.680 --> 00:35:55.940
 hold

00:35:55.940 --> 00:35:56.079
 of

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.340
 us

00:35:56.340 --> 00:35:56.980
 we

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:57.180
 must

00:35:57.180 --> 00:35:57.480
 continue

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:57.700
 to

00:35:57.700 --> 00:35:58.000
 press

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:58.360
 on

00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:59.539
 and

00:35:59.539 --> 00:35:59.780
 put

00:35:59.780 --> 00:35:59.940
 our

00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:00.400
 trust

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:00.840
 in

00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:01.159
 him

00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:01.500
 the

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:02.139
 prize

00:36:02.139 --> 00:36:02.900
 the

00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:03.340
 prize

00:36:03.340 --> 00:36:03.539
 it

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:04.000
 says

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.400
 is

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:04.880
 Christ

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.380
 himself

00:36:05.380 --> 00:36:05.639
 the

00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:06.019
 man

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.159
 who

00:36:06.159 --> 00:36:06.280
 has

00:36:06.280 --> 00:36:06.480
 gone

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:06.840
 before

00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:07.119
 us

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:07.519
 the

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:07.920
 Lord

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.340
 Jesus

00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:08.960
 himself

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:09.180
 is

00:36:09.180 --> 00:36:09.340
 our

00:36:09.340 --> 00:36:09.740
 prize

00:36:09.740 --> 00:36:10.519
 God

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:11.159
 himself

00:36:11.159 --> 00:36:12.039
 united

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:12.460
 to a

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:12.639
 fully

00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:13.000
 human

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:13.519
 nature

00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:14.579
 will

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:14.880
 be the

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:15.220
 glory

00:36:15.220 --> 00:36:15.460
 of

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:15.800
 heaven

00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:16.880
 that

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:17.000
 we

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:17.159
 will

00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:17.380
 one

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:17.559
 day

00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:18.039
 see

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:18.559
 and

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:19.039
 rejoice

00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:19.420
 in

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:21.320
 he

00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:21.440
 will

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:21.599
 bring

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:21.780
 this

00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:22.159
 old

00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:22.539
 age

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:22.900
 to

00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:23.019
 a

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:23.400
 close

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:24.159
 it

00:36:24.159 --> 00:36:24.220
 will

00:36:24.220 --> 00:36:24.360
 be

00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:24.740
 finished

00:36:24.740 --> 00:36:25.519
 and

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:25.659
 the

00:36:25.659 --> 00:36:25.880
 new

00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:26.139
 age

00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:26.260
 is

00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:26.380
 going

00:36:26.380 --> 00:36:26.440
 to

00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:26.559
 be

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:27.000
 fully

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:28.159
 rolled

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:28.480
 out

00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:30.740
 look

00:36:30.740 --> 00:36:30.900
 with

00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:31.180
 me

00:36:31.180 --> 00:36:31.860
 verses

00:36:31.860 --> 00:36:32.400
 20

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:32.619
 and

00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:33.139
 21

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:35.380
 but

00:36:35.380 --> 00:36:35.559
 our

00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:35.980
 citizenship

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:36.300
 is

00:36:36.300 --> 00:36:36.460
 in

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:36.760
 heaven

00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:37.599
 isn't

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:37.740
 that

00:36:37.740 --> 00:36:38.000
 great

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.119
 to

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:38.260
 hear

00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:38.460
 this

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:38.680
 morning

00:36:38.680 --> 00:36:38.880
 our

00:36:38.880 --> 00:36:39.320
 citizenship

00:36:39.320 --> 00:36:39.599
 is

00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:39.720
 in

00:36:39.720 --> 00:36:39.960
 heaven

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:41.280
 and

00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:41.440
 we

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:42.079
 eagerly

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:42.380
 await

00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:42.579
 a

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:42.880
 saviour

00:36:42.880 --> 00:36:43.079
 from

00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:43.300
 there

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:43.619
 the

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:44.079
 Lord

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:44.519
 Jesus

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.019
 Christ

00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:45.579
 who

00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:46.539
 by

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:46.720
 the

00:36:46.720 --> 00:36:47.119
 power

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:47.340
 that

00:36:47.340 --> 00:36:47.760
 enables

00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:48.079
 him

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:48.680
 to

00:36:48.680 --> 00:36:48.860
 bring

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.460
 everything

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:49.760
 under

00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:50.059
 his

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:50.660
 control

00:36:50.660 --> 00:36:51.519
 will

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:52.059
 transform

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:52.360
 our

00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:52.760
 lowly

00:36:52.760 --> 00:36:53.260
 bodies

00:36:53.260 --> 00:36:54.059
 so that

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:54.240
 they

00:36:54.240 --> 00:36:54.599
 will be

00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:54.960
 like

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:55.480
 his

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:56.300
 glorious

00:36:56.300 --> 00:36:57.059
 body

00:36:57.059 --> 00:37:00.099
 the

00:37:00.099 --> 00:37:00.579
 glorious

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:01.099
 truth

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:01.380
 this

00:37:01.380 --> 00:37:01.760
 morning

00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:02.420
 is

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:02.800
 here

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:03.539
 that

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:03.700
 this

00:37:03.700 --> 00:37:04.539
 old

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:05.380
 frail

00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:05.880
 body

00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:06.579
 body

00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:07.640
 this

00:37:07.640 --> 00:37:08.180
 broken

00:37:08.180 --> 00:37:08.860
 world

00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:09.820
 this

00:37:09.820 --> 00:37:10.140
 sin

00:37:10.140 --> 00:37:10.700
 infested

00:37:10.700 --> 00:37:11.240
 life

00:37:11.240 --> 00:37:12.740
 this

00:37:12.740 --> 00:37:13.059
 life

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:13.220
 of

00:37:13.220 --> 00:37:13.460
 men

00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:13.640
 in

00:37:13.640 --> 00:37:13.960
 trucks

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.300
 running

00:37:14.300 --> 00:37:14.539
 over

00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:14.980
 children

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:15.940
 this

00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:16.220
 life

00:37:16.220 --> 00:37:16.380
 of

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:16.740
 illness

00:37:16.740 --> 00:37:17.140
 striking

00:37:17.140 --> 00:37:17.340
 our

00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:17.780
 families

00:37:17.780 --> 00:37:18.720
 all

00:37:18.720 --> 00:37:18.860
 of

00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:19.200
 that

00:37:19.200 --> 00:37:20.660
 is

00:37:20.660 --> 00:37:20.780
 going

00:37:20.780 --> 00:37:20.820
 to

00:37:20.820 --> 00:37:20.940
 be

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:21.220
 pushed

00:37:21.220 --> 00:37:21.740
 aside

00:37:21.740 --> 00:37:22.240
 and

00:37:22.240 --> 00:37:22.480
 set

00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:22.760
 right

00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:22.940
 it's

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:23.039
 going

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:23.059
 to

00:37:23.059 --> 00:37:23.400
 be

00:37:23.400 --> 00:37:24.019
 fully

00:37:24.019 --> 00:37:24.539
 swept

00:37:24.539 --> 00:37:24.860
 away

00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:25.119
 by

00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:25.300
 the

00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:25.760
 appearing

00:37:25.760 --> 00:37:26.160
 of

00:37:26.160 --> 00:37:26.340
 our

00:37:26.340 --> 00:37:26.760
 Lord

00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:27.500
 Jesus

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:28.000
 Christ

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:28.900
 once

00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:29.880
 and

00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:30.420
 for

00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:30.760
 all

00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:32.140
 his

00:37:32.140 --> 00:37:32.820
 power

00:37:32.820 --> 00:37:33.300
 it says

00:37:33.300 --> 00:37:33.620
 in verse

00:37:33.620 --> 00:37:34.020
 21

00:37:34.020 --> 00:37:34.320
 is going

00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:34.540
 to

00:37:34.540 --> 00:37:35.140
 bring

00:37:35.140 --> 00:37:35.920
 everything

00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:36.520
 back

00:37:36.520 --> 00:37:36.900
 under

00:37:36.900 --> 00:37:37.440
 control

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:38.340
 everything

00:37:38.340 --> 00:37:38.720
 will be

00:37:38.720 --> 00:37:39.220
 back

00:37:39.220 --> 00:37:39.540
 in the

00:37:39.540 --> 00:37:39.820
 order

00:37:39.820 --> 00:37:40.200
 it should

00:37:40.200 --> 00:37:40.340
 be

00:37:40.340 --> 00:37:40.640
 that we

00:37:40.640 --> 00:37:41.220
 intuitively

00:37:41.220 --> 00:37:41.700
 know

00:37:41.700 --> 00:37:42.080
 it should

00:37:42.080 --> 00:37:42.520
 be like

00:37:42.520 --> 00:37:42.840
 this

00:37:42.840 --> 00:37:43.620
 it shouldn't

00:37:43.620 --> 00:37:43.940
 be like

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.120
 that

00:37:44.120 --> 00:37:44.360
 it should

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:44.680
 be like

00:37:44.680 --> 00:37:45.080
 this

00:37:45.080 --> 00:37:47.320
 where a

00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:47.880
 kind

00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:49.460
 and loving

00:37:49.460 --> 00:37:50.220
 creator

00:37:50.220 --> 00:37:51.460
 is

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:52.020
 visibly

00:37:52.020 --> 00:37:52.520
 ruling

00:37:52.520 --> 00:37:53.740
 and

00:37:53.740 --> 00:37:54.280
 sin

00:37:54.280 --> 00:37:55.260
 and

00:37:55.260 --> 00:37:55.800
 death

00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:56.620
 and

00:37:56.620 --> 00:37:57.100
 Satan

00:37:57.100 --> 00:37:57.580
 are no

00:37:57.580 --> 00:37:57.900
 more

00:37:57.900 --> 00:38:00.800
 he

00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:01.000
 is

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.139
 the

00:38:01.139 --> 00:38:01.340
 one

00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:01.559
 when

00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:01.840
 he

00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:02.400
 returns

00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:02.639
 who

00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:02.840
 will

00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:03.420
 reorder

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:04.240
 the

00:38:04.240 --> 00:38:04.579
 world

00:38:04.579 --> 00:38:04.820
 to

00:38:04.820 --> 00:38:05.139
 be

00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:05.619
 as

00:38:05.619 --> 00:38:05.760
 it

00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:05.940
 should

00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:06.220
 be

00:38:06.220 --> 00:38:07.500
 and

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:07.599
 in

00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:07.740
 the

00:38:07.740 --> 00:38:08.000
 same

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:08.340
 instance

00:38:08.340 --> 00:38:08.519
 it

00:38:08.519 --> 00:38:08.700
 says

00:38:08.700 --> 00:38:08.840
 he's

00:38:08.840 --> 00:38:08.960
 going

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.079
 to

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:09.639
 transform

00:38:09.639 --> 00:38:09.840
 our

00:38:09.840 --> 00:38:10.320
 lowly

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:10.800
 bodies

00:38:10.800 --> 00:38:12.579
 our

00:38:12.579 --> 00:38:13.220
 bodies

00:38:13.220 --> 00:38:13.460
 that are

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:13.760
 subject

00:38:13.760 --> 00:38:14.019
 to

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:14.340
 death

00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:14.500
 and

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:14.960
 decay

00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:16.099
 and

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:16.440
 illness

00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:16.680
 he's

00:38:16.680 --> 00:38:16.760
 going

00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:16.880
 to

00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:17.400
 transform

00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:17.559
 this

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:17.700
 be

00:38:17.700 --> 00:38:17.920
 like

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:18.160
 his

00:38:18.160 --> 00:38:18.700
 glorious

00:38:18.700 --> 00:38:19.240
 resurrection

00:38:19.240 --> 00:38:19.559
 body

00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:19.760
 his

00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:20.220
 physical

00:38:20.220 --> 00:38:20.660
 body

00:38:20.660 --> 00:38:21.700
 that

00:38:21.700 --> 00:38:21.840
 will

00:38:21.840 --> 00:38:22.280
 last

00:38:22.280 --> 00:38:22.460
 for

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:22.940
 eternity

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:25.519
 here

00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:25.800
 then

00:38:25.800 --> 00:38:25.940
 is

00:38:25.940 --> 00:38:26.079
 the

00:38:26.079 --> 00:38:26.500
 answer

00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:26.820
 to

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 Paul's

00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:27.720
 longing

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 do you

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 remember

00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:28.779
 his

00:38:28.779 --> 00:38:29.299
 longing

00:38:29.299 --> 00:38:29.579
 to

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 want

00:38:29.799 --> 00:38:29.980
 to

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 know

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 Christ

00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:31.879
 back

00:38:31.879 --> 00:38:32.059
 in

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 verse

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 10

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 and

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:32.719
 the

00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:32.939
 longing

00:38:32.939 --> 00:38:33.139
 of

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 all

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 of

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 those

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 who

00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:34.419
 want

00:38:34.419 --> 00:38:34.579
 to

00:38:34.579 --> 00:38:34.819
 know

00:38:34.819 --> 00:38:35.319
 Christ

00:38:35.319 --> 00:38:35.459
 and

00:38:35.459 --> 00:38:35.559
 the

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:35.819
 power

00:38:35.819 --> 00:38:35.939
 of

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 his

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:36.439
 resurrection

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 here's

00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:37.679
 the

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 answer

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.559
 we

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:39.559
 await

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 our

00:38:39.939 --> 00:38:40.279
 savior

00:38:40.279 --> 00:38:40.559
 from

00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:40.899
 heaven

00:38:40.899 --> 00:38:42.639
 and

00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:42.879
 he's

00:38:42.879 --> 00:38:43.000
 going

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:43.099
 to

00:38:43.099 --> 00:38:43.299
 make

00:38:43.299 --> 00:38:43.679
 all

00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:44.159
 things

00:38:44.159 --> 00:38:44.599
 right

00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:46.899
 press

00:38:46.899 --> 00:38:47.179
 on

00:38:47.179 --> 00:38:47.459
 Paul

00:38:47.459 --> 00:38:47.799
 tells

00:38:47.799 --> 00:38:48.079
 us

00:38:48.079 --> 00:38:48.919
 press

00:38:48.919 --> 00:38:49.219
 on

00:38:49.219 --> 00:38:49.480
 that

00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:49.879
 path

00:38:49.879 --> 00:38:51.079
 remember

00:38:51.079 --> 00:38:51.239
 the

00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:51.419
 book

00:38:51.419 --> 00:38:51.739
 ends

00:38:51.739 --> 00:38:53.079
 and

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 this

00:38:53.379 --> 00:38:54.339
 then

00:38:54.339 --> 00:38:54.519
 is

00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:54.739
 how

00:38:54.739 --> 00:38:54.939
 we

00:38:54.939 --> 00:38:55.459
 stand

00:38:55.459 --> 00:38:55.899
 firm

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:57.720
 and this

00:38:57.720 --> 00:38:58.200
 is why

00:38:58.200 --> 00:38:58.599
 we should

00:38:58.599 --> 00:38:59.180
 rejoice

00:38:59.180 --> 00:39:01.019
 we press

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:01.380
 on

00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:02.780
 to take

00:39:02.780 --> 00:39:03.300
 hold

00:39:03.300 --> 00:39:03.639
 of

00:39:03.639 --> 00:39:03.960
 Jesus

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:04.220
 our

00:39:04.220 --> 00:39:04.740
 prize

00:39:04.740 --> 00:39:06.220
 and

00:39:06.220 --> 00:39:06.720
 wait

00:39:06.720 --> 00:39:07.420
 for his

00:39:07.420 --> 00:39:07.860
 final

00:39:07.860 --> 00:39:08.639
 return

00:39:08.639 --> 00:39:11.539
 let's

00:39:11.539 --> 00:39:11.860
 speak to

00:39:11.860 --> 00:39:12.180
 God in

00:39:12.180 --> 00:39:12.420
 prayer

00:39:12.420 --> 00:39:19.900
 our

00:39:19.900 --> 00:39:20.180
 heavenly

00:39:20.180 --> 00:39:20.539
 father

00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:20.800
 we

00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:20.980
 we

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:21.119
 give

00:39:21.119 --> 00:39:21.240
 you

00:39:21.240 --> 00:39:21.639
 praise

00:39:21.639 --> 00:39:21.860
 this

00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:22.139
 morning

00:39:22.139 --> 00:39:22.500
 that

00:39:22.500 --> 00:39:22.780
 you

00:39:22.780 --> 00:39:22.960
 have

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:23.300
 called

00:39:23.300 --> 00:39:23.460
 us

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:23.700
 heaven

00:39:23.700 --> 00:39:24.000
ward

00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:25.300
 through

00:39:25.300 --> 00:39:25.800
 your

00:39:25.800 --> 00:39:26.099
 son

00:39:26.099 --> 00:39:26.420
 Jesus

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:26.800
 we

00:39:26.800 --> 00:39:27.039
 thank

00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:27.139
 you

00:39:27.139 --> 00:39:27.300
 for

00:39:27.300 --> 00:39:27.460
 the

00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:27.820
 cross

00:39:27.820 --> 00:39:29.800
 we

00:39:29.800 --> 00:39:30.200
 confess

00:39:30.200 --> 00:39:30.440
 lord

00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:30.599
 that

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:30.740
 we

00:39:30.740 --> 00:39:30.920
 are

00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:31.720
 we

00:39:31.720 --> 00:39:31.860
 are

00:39:31.860 --> 00:39:32.159
 tempted

00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:32.480
 to

00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:32.920
 live

00:39:32.920 --> 00:39:34.780
 selfish

00:39:34.780 --> 00:39:35.019
 and

00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:35.400
 destructive

00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:35.860
 lives

00:39:35.860 --> 00:39:36.119
 even

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:36.320
 as

00:39:36.320 --> 00:39:36.740
 believers

00:39:36.740 --> 00:39:37.700
 but

00:39:37.700 --> 00:39:37.820
 we

00:39:37.820 --> 00:39:38.079
 thank

00:39:38.079 --> 00:39:38.180
 you

00:39:38.180 --> 00:39:38.280
 that

00:39:38.280 --> 00:39:38.360
 you

00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:38.480
 have

00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:38.720
 taken

00:39:38.720 --> 00:39:38.960
 hold

00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:39.099
 of

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:39.280
 us

00:39:39.280 --> 00:39:39.579
 help

00:39:39.579 --> 00:39:39.800
 us

00:39:39.800 --> 00:39:40.159
 to

00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:41.440
 keep

00:39:41.440 --> 00:39:41.579
 a

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:41.780
 hold

00:39:41.780 --> 00:39:41.940
 of

00:39:41.940 --> 00:39:42.119
 you

00:39:42.119 --> 00:39:43.119
 through

00:39:43.119 --> 00:39:43.519
 life

00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:44.420
 father

00:39:44.420 --> 00:39:44.719
 we

00:39:44.719 --> 00:39:45.460
 we

00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:45.619
 look

00:39:45.619 --> 00:39:45.859
 forward

00:39:45.859 --> 00:39:46.000
 to

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:46.159
 that

00:39:46.159 --> 00:39:46.359
 day

00:39:46.359 --> 00:39:46.539
 when

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:46.719
 the

00:39:46.719 --> 00:39:46.920
 sun

00:39:46.920 --> 00:39:47.420
 returns

00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:47.639
 in

00:39:47.639 --> 00:39:48.019
 glory

00:39:48.019 --> 00:39:49.739
 and

00:39:49.739 --> 00:39:50.000
 everything

00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:50.199
 is

00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:50.420
 put

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:50.759
 right

00:39:50.759 --> 00:39:52.659
 help

00:39:52.659 --> 00:39:52.819
 us

00:39:52.819 --> 00:39:53.000
 to

00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:53.199
 live

00:39:53.199 --> 00:39:53.299
 in

00:39:53.299 --> 00:39:53.440
 the

00:39:53.440 --> 00:39:53.679
 light

00:39:53.679 --> 00:39:53.799
 of

00:39:53.799 --> 00:39:54.199
 eternity

00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:54.679
 each

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:54.779
 and

00:39:54.779 --> 00:39:54.960
 every

00:39:54.960 --> 00:39:55.239
 day

00:39:55.239 --> 00:39:56.500
 in

00:39:56.500 --> 00:39:56.779
 Jesus

00:39:56.779 --> 00:39:57.179
 name

00:39:57.179 --> 00:39:58.400
 amen