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 Good morning everyone.

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 You've done well to come out on a morning like this morning,

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 but it's great to be here and a tremendous amount of encouragement in Christ

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 to be his people together.

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 When Wendy was... I chose the Bible reading,

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 but when she was reading that Isaiah reading,

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 25 years ago I was a student minister at Currajong

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 and I was in the old church with wooden floors like this

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 and being a student felt like I needed to colour my sermon even more

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 than what the ministers would normally do.

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 So I brought my axe into church and at the moment when you raise the axe,

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 you know, the king of Assyria is just an instrument in my hand,

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 I put it down on the pulpit, slipped off and went bang on the floor.

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 And I don't think they remember anything else about the sermon

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 except what happened with the axe that morning.

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 Anyway, let's pray.

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 Thank you, Father, for bringing us together.

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 Father, please warm our hearts, strengthen our hearts

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 from your word this morning.

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 Grow us in Christ and grow us in a mindset

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 that helps us in thinking who we are as believers,

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 especially in the work that we do.

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 And we pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 One of our church family spoke to me a few weeks ago

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 about their employment

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 and they told me what life was like in their workplace

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 as a believer.

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 And you'd have to say their work for them is like,

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 is probably like a love-hate relationship

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 with the emphasis being more on hate.

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 They work with a persecuting boss

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 who has a particular set of prejudices towards Christians.

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 Their boss has been exposed to pretty terrible hypocrisy

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 of churches

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 as their boss has gone about their work.

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 They've seen it and had to bear with it.

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 And because of that,

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 his boss's attitude towards our brother

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 may well affect his ability to progress

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 in his workplace

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 because they've summed him up

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 and applied their mind to what they think about him

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 in the light of their experience of Christians.

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 And yet at the same time

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 before his boss became his boss,

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 he had been given great responsibility in his work.

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 He has oversight of a number of people.

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 He told me about two women in particular

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 that were causing grief and dysfunction in the office.

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 They literally hated one another.

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 He picked his moment.

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 He'd been praying about it.

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 He went to one of the women

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 and he said,

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 I want to ask you to do something

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 that I think you'll find very difficult.

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 You aren't too busy at present.

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 That woman over there,

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 she's quite overloaded.

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 Not now, but later when I'm not looking.

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 Would you go to her

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 and ask her

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 if there's anything that you can do

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 to help her and ease her load?

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 Short story.

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 Later on, he saw from a distance

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 her do what he'd asked

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 to go to that woman.

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 They shared the work.

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 A friendship has grown to the point now

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 where they meet each other for coffee and for lunch.

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 Our brother exercised a reconciling influence for good in his workplace.

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 And he wasn't trying to blow his own trumpet.

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 But for him,

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 that was a moment of deep satisfaction

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 in an otherwise difficult job.

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 And I think it's all there

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 in that story in his workplace,

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 in his experience.

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 Work is toilsome.

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 It is burdensome.

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 It gets distorted.

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 He works hard against trying to make it into an idol.

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 And yet there are moments of triumph

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 and joy

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 and satisfaction

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 which are the consequence

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 of the profound influence of Jesus Christ.

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 The writer of Ecclesiastes was correct

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 when he said in chapter 5, verse 18,

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 I realised that it is good and proper

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 for a man to eat and drink

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 and to find satisfaction

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 in his toilsome labour

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 under the sun

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 during the few days of life

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 that God's given him

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 because that's his lot.

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 And moreover,

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 when God gives any man wealth and possessions

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 and enables him to enjoy them,

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 to accept his lot

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 and be happy in his work,

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 this is a gift of God.

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 He seldom reflects on the days of his life

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 because God keeps him occupied

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 with gladness of heart.

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 Now the last few weeks

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 while we've been preaching this series,

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 we've seen a number of things

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 about work.

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 We have seen that work has dignity

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 because it is part of God's creative purposes for us.

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 We've seen that work is different from employment.

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 It may include employment

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 but it certainly includes the work of life

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 such as raising families,

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 nurturing grandchildren,

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 serving our community.

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 It's vocational

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 and when we use the word vocational,

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 we've been saying

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 we are called to work by someone

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 or for someone.

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 So work is not about us

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 and a means to our own ends.

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 For a believer,

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 work is service of God

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 and also service of the person

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 who calls us to work for them.

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 We've also seen that work has become toilsome

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 as a direct result of God's judgment

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 in Genesis 3.

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 We've seen that it is easily distorted

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 when we make an idol of it.

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 The things that we idolise

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 can be good of themselves.

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 We're not saying that wealth is wrong

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 or children are wrong

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 or esteem is wrong

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 or opportunity is wrong.

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 But we're saying that these things become idols

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 when we allow them

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 to displace Jesus Christ as Lord in our life

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 when they become the ultimate purpose of our work.

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 And so work in a fallen world

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 can look pretty hopeless

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 and what I want to do today

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 is preach about finding contentment in our work.

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 How can we experience work as God's good gift?

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 How do we cope with the difficulty

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 and the toilsome nature of work?

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 How do we work without distorting it

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 into an idol that we give our life to?

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 Tim Keller's book,

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 which is Every Good Endeavour.

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 We've got a couple more copies there in the foyer.

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 They've been disappearing off the resource stand.

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 There's two there if you want to get one.

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 I want to follow his book this morning

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 in two directions in particular.

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 I want to look at the world

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 with a gospel set of glasses.

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 And secondly,

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 I want us to see the world

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 as a place where God continually

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 impacts the lives of everyone

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 whether they are a believer or an unbeliever.

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 Whether we recognise it or not,

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 everybody has a world view,

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 a lens through which we look at the world

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 and make sense of what is happening around us.

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 And most of us are full of logical inconsistencies.

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 So the scientific naturalist

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 who views the world as a mechanism

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 and sees people as animals,

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 they will argue for

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 and they will marvel at concepts

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 like the survival of the fittest

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 and natural selection

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 where the strong do away with the weak.

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 and then they will be aggrieved

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 when somebody murders the professor

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 in their faculty

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 or their wife or their child.

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 They will be outraged

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 that someone of high value to them

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 is done away with

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 by someone of lower value

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 in terms of their own ethical framework.

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 their value system

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 is in conflict

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 with their mechanistic understanding of life.

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 And their value system

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 just does not add up.

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 You see,

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 if there's no moral

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 ultimate accountability

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 then why wouldn't I sleep with your wife,

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 murder you,

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 take your estate,

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 I'd just be,

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 I'd need to be stronger of course,

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 but I'd just be asserting myself

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 as stronger

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 and fitter than you

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 and there would be no moral consequences

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 to my action.

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 But the Bible

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 has an entirely different lens

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 through which we view life.

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 So when King David

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 slept with Uriah's wife,

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 murdered Uriah,

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 then took Bathsheba

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 to be his own wife,

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 he soon discovered

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 that the God of his forefathers

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 was displeased

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 with what he had done

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 and God brought justice

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 and accountability

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 to bear on David.

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 So I want to say

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 that the Bible presents

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 a very coherent world view.

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 It's built around the reality

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 that there is a creator

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 God of the universe.

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 Jesus is Lord of the universe.

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 Colossians chapter 1 says

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 that all things were created

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 by him and for him.

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 So even today,

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 this morning in Sydney,

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 Jesus continues his work

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 intervening in his creation

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 as he sees fit.

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 And that truth

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 echoes to the very core

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 of our being

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 whether we believe

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 in God or not.

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 Psalm 19,

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 where Sam was

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 a little while ago

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 with the kids,

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 declared,

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 Psalm 19 says,

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 the heavens declare

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 the glory of God,

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 the skies proclaim

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 the work of his hands.

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 This stupendously intricate

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 and marvellous universe

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 points to something

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 even more glorious

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 beyond it,

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 its creator

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 who spoke it

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 into being

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 in the first place.

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 Romans holds

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 everyone culpable

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 for what we do know

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 about God.

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 Not what we don't know

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 about God,

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 but what we do know

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 about God.

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 So verse 18 says,

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 the wrath of God

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 is being revealed

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 from heaven

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 against all the godlessness

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 and wickedness

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 of men

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 who suppress the truth

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 by their wickedness.

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 Since what may be known

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 about God

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 is plain to them

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 because God has made it

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 plain to them.

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 For since the creation

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 of the world,

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 God's invisible qualities,

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 his eternal power,

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 his divine nature,

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 have been clearly seen,

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 being understood

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 from what has been made

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 so that people

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 are without excuse.

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 You get a great example

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 of this when you look

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 at Isaiah 10.

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 The Assyrian emperor

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 thinks that he is

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 king of the world

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 and from the world's

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 point of view he is.

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 He is the unchallenged

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 superpower of the world

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 2,500 years ago.

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 He doesn't believe in God.

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 He helps himself

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 to one country

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 after another.

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 He conquers all before him.

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 And he's a haughty

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 boaster about his work.

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 So verses 13, 14.

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 By the strength

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 of my hand

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 I've done this.

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 By my wisdom

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 because I have understanding

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 I removed the boundaries

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 of nations.

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 I plundered their treasures.

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 Like a mighty one

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 I subdued their kings.

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 As one reaches

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 into a nest

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 so my hand reached

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 for the wealth

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 of the nations.

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 As men gather

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 abandoned eggs

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 so I gathered

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 all the countries

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 not one flapped a wing

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 or opened its mouth

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 to church.

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 Isn't he the greatest?

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 He thinks so.

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 So for the king

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 it's all about him

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 his desires

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 his achievements

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 he does a big work

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 as a king

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 and his world view

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 does not include

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 God at all

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 he doesn't believe

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 in him.

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 And the problem

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 for him

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 and for you

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 and for me

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 is a very

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 inconvenient truth

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 that just because

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 you don't believe

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 in God

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 doesn't mean

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 he tucks his tail

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 between his legs

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 and goes away

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 rejected and shamefaced.

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 And in Isaiah 10

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 God answers

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 the king of Assyria's

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 boast

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 and he says

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 woe to him

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 I send him

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 I dispatch him

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 I have purposes

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 for him

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 Verse 15

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 does the axe

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 raise itself

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 above him

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 who swings it

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 He might be

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 the greatest king

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 with the most

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 modern army

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 but he does not

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 operate outside

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 of God's purposes

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 for his creation

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 the king of Assyria

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 is a tool

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 in God's hands

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 and he had better

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 recognise it.

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 And so a Bible

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 worldview

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 is that it doesn't

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 matter how big

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 or important

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 you are in your

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 life's work

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 or your field

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 of endeavour

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 we are accountable

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 to God

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 and our work

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 our achievements

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 only occur

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 with God's

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 permission

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 and for his

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 pleasure.

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 A gospel

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 worldview

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 also recognises

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 the lordship

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 of Jesus Christ

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 The apostle

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 puts it very

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 succinctly

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 in 1 Corinthians

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 15

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 By this gospel

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 you are saved

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 if you hold

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 firmly to the

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 word I preach

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 to you

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 otherwise

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 you have

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 believed in

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 vain

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 For what I

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 received I

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 passed on to

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 you as of

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 first importance

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 that Christ

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 died for our

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 sins according

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 to the

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 scriptures

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 that he was

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 buried

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 that he was

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 raised on the

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 third day

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 according to

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 the scriptures

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 and that he

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 appeared to

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 Peter and

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 then to the

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 twelve and

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 on and on

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 it goes

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 so it's a

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 word which is

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 preached

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 we participate

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 in this

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 preached word

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 through belief

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 it's received

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 and then we

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 are able to

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 pass it on

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 so Christ

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 died according

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 to the

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 scriptures

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 he was

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 buried

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 he was

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 raised on

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 the third

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 day according

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 to the

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 scriptures

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 and then he

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 appeared to

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 witnesses

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 including me

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 and we've got

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 this great

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 picture of God

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 taking the

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 initiative

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 we're spectators

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 to what God

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 has done

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 we participate

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 by belief

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 and then becoming

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 part of the

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 process of

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 transmission

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 passing it

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 on

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 but when we

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 believe the

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 gospel

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 we take on

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 this new set

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 of glasses

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 for viewing

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 the world

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 for looking

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 at God's

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 world

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 we begin

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 to see the

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 world through

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 God's eyes

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 and we see

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 our place

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 in his

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 purposes

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 so Philippians

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 chapter 2

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 therefore God

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 God exalted

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 Jesus to the

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 highest place

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 and gave him

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 the name that

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 is above every

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 name that at

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 the name of

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 Jesus every

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 knee should

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 bow in

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 heaven and

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 on earth and

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 under the

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 earth and

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 every tongue

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 confess that

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 Jesus Christ

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 is Lord to

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 the glory of

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 God the

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 Father

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 we come to

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 understand that

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 the risen Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 the risen Jesus

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 Christ is Lord

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 of the universe

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 and everybody

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 is ultimately

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 accountable to

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 him and it

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 matters it

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 does matter how

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 we live and

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 how we go about

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 our life's work

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 Jesus spoke to

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 believers his

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 disciples in the

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 sermon on the

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 mount he said

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 you are the salt

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 of the earth you

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 are the light of

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 the world in my

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 community group

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 the other night

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 one of the group

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 members described

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 standing with

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 dignity and

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 saying nothing

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 when they were

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 ridiculed by a

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 co-worker in

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 front of others

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 in the middle of

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 their workplace

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 for what they

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 believed just

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 stood there and

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 took it

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 another person

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 spoke about how

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 God began to

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 trust them with

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 very personal

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 confidences because

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 of the way that

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 they went about

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 their work and

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 you've got this

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 picture you've got

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 toil you've got

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 toil trouble

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 distortion and

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 you've also got

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 these glorious

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 moments as well

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 it's not helpful

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 to draw lines

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 between word and

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 deed living under

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 the lordship of

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 Christ will be

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 noticed people

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 will notice when

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 we live lives

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 accountable to

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 Christ people

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 will see us

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 refuse to take

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 ethical shortcuts

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 they observe how

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 we speak about

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 other people

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 they watch how

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 we work under

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 pressure they

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 see what we do

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 when we make

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 mistakes they're

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 affected when they

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 see us take

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 responsibility for

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 things that we

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 do wrong people

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 watch and they

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 test to see if

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 our actions are

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 consistent with

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 our words and

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 that will often

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 lead to opportunities

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 to speak about

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 our faith and

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 your work

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 environment might

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 be very tough

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 for you at

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 present sleepless

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 looking after sick

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 children pressured

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 unfairly in your

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 workplace crushed

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 by people's

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 expectations of

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 your performance

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 or perhaps a

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 real mistake by

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 you has led to

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 very significant

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 consequences

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 gospel glasses

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 help us to see

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 the lordship of

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 Christ transcending

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 every place of

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 work or profession

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 to see our

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 accountability to

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 him to hold on to

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 his promises of

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 providential care for

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 us to understand

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 that we live and

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 breathe under his

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 undeserved grace

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 Timothy Keller gives

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 an example in his

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 book of a gospel

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 glasses change he

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 says this is a quote

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 in higher education in

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 the United States

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 today is the

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 modern idea of

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 meritocracy and

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 the belief that

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 those who get into

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 the best universities

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 deserve to be there

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 because they are the

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 best and the

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 brightest and I

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 suspect that that

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 sort of thinking

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 resonates up and

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 down the north shore

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 of Sydney we don't

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 like acknowledging

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 wealth and

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 privilege we think

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 in terms of what

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 we deserve we rate

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 ourselves or our

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 children or our

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 grandchildren in

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 accordance with

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 UAIs even if we

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 have paid tens of

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 thousands of dollars

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 on schooling and

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 coaching for the

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 result that we

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 want

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 and Keller

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 contrasts that with

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 the thinking of the

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 Protestant forefathers

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 who established the

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 leading universities in

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 the United States the

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 Ivy League universities

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 he says the founders of

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 those universities were

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 strident Protestants

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 who believed that the

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 mark of salvation was

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 not high self-esteem

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 but humbling awareness of

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 one's lowliness in the

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 eyes of God

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 and those whom God

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 favours are granted

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 grace not for any

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 worthiness of their own

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 but because of God's

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 unmerited mercy

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 our profession of faith

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 is Jesus Christ is

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 Lord

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 and it must be

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 accompanied by a

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 humility of heart in

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 the lives of his

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 people

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 humble

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 authenticity

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 is a very

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 high value

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 for us

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 at St.

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 Paul's

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 because it is an

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 absolutely

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 necessary response

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 to the lordship

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 of the risen

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 Lord Jesus Christ

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 but it's a confusing

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 world isn't it

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 not everyone

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 acknowledges the true

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 ultimate reality

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 which is the

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 lordship of Christ

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 the world's not

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 short of unbelievers

00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:14.119
 believers and

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 unbelievers both

00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:16.480
 experience the common

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 grace of Christ

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 rain falls on the

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 farms of both

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 believers and

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 unbelievers

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 when I lived in

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 Weewa trouble

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 didn't discriminate

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 either

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 floods went

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 through the farms

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 of believers

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 and unbelievers

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 it didn't sort of

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 think oh hang on

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 he's been in church

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 and he's really

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 active

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 we'll go that way

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 went straight

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 through

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 and insects

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 don't stay on one

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 property they cross

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 the fence to the

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 neighbour as well

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 they don't have this

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 special sign saying

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 protected by God

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 farming is hard

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 work

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 for some it

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 becomes an idol

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 and then sometimes

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 there are the most

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 enjoyable moments

00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:07.279
 when rain falls at

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 just the right time

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 you get a rest from

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 irrigation

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:13.700
 you get extra

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 yield in your crop

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 it's good to live

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 out in the bush

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 you see it

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 believers and

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:24.559
 unbelievers live

00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:25.519
 under the common

00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:26.599
 grace of God

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 in a fallen

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 world

00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:32.699
 and the impacts

00:22:32.699 --> 00:22:33.399
 can look really

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 confusing

00:22:33.979 --> 00:22:36.719
 an unbelieving

00:22:36.719 --> 00:22:37.599
 mother can be

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 a deeply

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 loving and

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 capable

00:22:40.179 --> 00:22:40.799
 carer

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 of her

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 children

00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:44.819
 a believing

00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:45.779
 mother can get

00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:47.000
 postnatal depression

00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:48.160
 and be quite

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:49.039
 neglectful

00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:53.600
 an unbelieving

00:22:53.600 --> 00:22:54.960
 scientist can use

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 his God

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.420
 given ability

00:22:56.420 --> 00:22:57.360
 and unravel

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 the marvels

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 of DNA

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 the man

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.259
 or the woman

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:03.960
 who serves you

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:04.440
 in the coffee

00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:05.180
 shop may be

00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:05.740
 living a

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 notoriously

00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:07.220
 immoral

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:07.759
 life

00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:09.039
 and they

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 may make

00:23:10.580 --> 00:23:11.140
 the best

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 coffee

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 you get

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 anywhere

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:18.140
 and in

00:23:18.140 --> 00:23:18.360
 your

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 workplace

00:23:18.820 --> 00:23:19.460
 you do

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 your work

00:23:20.100 --> 00:23:20.880
 to the best

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 of your

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 ability

00:23:21.600 --> 00:23:23.660
 and it's

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 just the

00:23:24.280 --> 00:23:25.040
 truth that

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 many of

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:26.540
 the unbelievers

00:23:26.540 --> 00:23:27.280
 around you

00:23:27.280 --> 00:23:27.860
 are more

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 capable

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 than you

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 are

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 one of

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 my

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 relatives

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 who wasn't

00:23:37.780 --> 00:23:38.220
 expressing

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:38.840
 faith in

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 Christ

00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:39.780
 was much

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 quicker

00:23:40.180 --> 00:23:41.580
 at turning

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 the television

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 off than

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 me

00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:43.460
 when something

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:44.340
 inappropriate

00:23:44.340 --> 00:23:45.039
 was showing

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:48.820
 you see

00:23:48.820 --> 00:23:49.680
 unbelievers

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.420
 can do

00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:51.320
 good things

00:23:51.320 --> 00:23:53.519
 they can

00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:54.420
 be considerate

00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:55.920
 they can

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:56.519
 be loving

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 they can

00:23:58.600 --> 00:23:59.519
 be selfless

00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:01.480
 they can

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:01.779
 make

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.220
 brilliant

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.900
 discoveries

00:24:02.900 --> 00:24:05.259
 they can

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:05.720
 be blown

00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.360
 away by

00:24:06.360 --> 00:24:06.920
 a majestic

00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:07.680
 sunrise

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:08.160
 they can

00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:08.720
 marvel at

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.420
 the photographs

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:10.040
 of the

00:24:10.040 --> 00:24:10.500
 universe

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:10.940
 that the

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:11.160
 Hubble

00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:11.720
 telescope

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.320
 beams

00:24:12.320 --> 00:24:12.740
 back

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:15.060
 they can

00:24:15.060 --> 00:24:15.660
 be generous

00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:16.320
 in helping

00:24:16.320 --> 00:24:16.800
 a neighbour

00:24:16.800 --> 00:24:17.580
 with cancer

00:24:17.580 --> 00:24:18.160
 they can

00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:18.480
 mind

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.120
 their children

00:24:19.120 --> 00:24:19.580
 they can

00:24:19.580 --> 00:24:20.060
 make them

00:24:20.060 --> 00:24:20.480
 a meal

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:24.720
 they can

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.299
 treat you

00:24:25.299 --> 00:24:26.200
 with complete

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:26.799
 integrity

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.299
 when they

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:27.740
 ask you

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.019
 out on

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:28.420
 a date

00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:30.920
 they can

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:31.599
 excel

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:32.579
 at HSC

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:33.000
 and

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.680
 university

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:34.460
 exams

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:36.839
 they can

00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:37.259
 be good

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.059
 carpenters

00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:39.360
 and electricians

00:24:39.360 --> 00:24:40.220
 and childcare

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:40.880
 workers

00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:41.620
 who wouldn't

00:24:41.620 --> 00:24:42.480
 even think

00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:43.160
 to molest

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:43.720
 a child

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:49.200
 you see

00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:49.440
 you can

00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:50.019
 be all

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.400
 those

00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:50.680
 good

00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:51.360
 things

00:24:51.360 --> 00:24:53.360
 you can

00:24:53.360 --> 00:24:53.720
 love

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.299
 and serve

00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:55.000
 other people

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.500
 without

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:56.299
 confessing

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:56.660
 Jesus

00:24:56.660 --> 00:24:57.240
 Christ

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 as

00:24:57.620 --> 00:24:57.980
 Lord

00:24:57.980 --> 00:25:03.819
 and it's

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.420
 confusing

00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:08.539
 when I

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:08.759
 was at

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:08.920
 Moore

00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:09.259
 College

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:09.579
 I did

00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:10.100
 a hospital

00:25:10.100 --> 00:25:10.600
 orientation

00:25:10.600 --> 00:25:11.420
 course

00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:11.600
 at

00:25:11.600 --> 00:25:11.759
 Royal

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:12.039
 Prince

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:12.299
 Alfred

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:12.799
 Hospital

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.180
 for a

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:13.420
 week

00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:15.019
 and one

00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:15.560
 afternoon

00:25:15.560 --> 00:25:16.039
 we as a

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.240
 group

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:16.440
 were

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:16.840
 introduced

00:25:16.840 --> 00:25:17.400
 to a

00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:17.660
 lovely

00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:17.980
 man

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.340
 in his

00:25:18.340 --> 00:25:18.980
 70s

00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:19.720
 a

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:20.160
 professor

00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:20.440
 of

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:21.400
 psychiatry

00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:22.300
 an

00:25:22.300 --> 00:25:22.680
 active

00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:23.340
 salvation

00:25:23.340 --> 00:25:23.860
 army

00:25:23.860 --> 00:25:24.860
 officer

00:25:24.860 --> 00:25:25.460
 a

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:25.860
 very

00:25:25.860 --> 00:25:26.320
 firm

00:25:26.320 --> 00:25:26.800
 Christian

00:25:26.800 --> 00:25:28.039
 and so

00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.279
 it was

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:28.640
 great

00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:29.220
 to ask

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:29.380
 him

00:25:29.380 --> 00:25:29.539
 one

00:25:29.539 --> 00:25:29.800
 of my

00:25:29.800 --> 00:25:30.080
 many

00:25:30.080 --> 00:25:30.660
 questions

00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:31.539
 and in

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:32.220
 particular

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:33.519
 if you

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:33.800
 need

00:25:33.800 --> 00:25:34.279
 psychiatric

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:34.940
 help

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:35.440
 do you

00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:35.820
 look for

00:25:35.820 --> 00:25:35.980
 a

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.380
 Christian

00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:36.759
 one

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:41.640
 and he

00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:42.160
 instantly

00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:42.880
 replied

00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:43.680
 you

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:44.220
 look for

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:44.400
 a

00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:44.640
 good

00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:45.040
 one

00:25:45.040 --> 00:25:48.900
 you

00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:49.220
 need

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:49.360
 a

00:25:49.360 --> 00:25:49.540
 good

00:25:49.540 --> 00:25:49.940
 one

00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:52.420
 you

00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:52.600
 see

00:25:52.600 --> 00:25:53.220
 believers

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:53.740
 do not

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.120
 have a

00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:54.540
 monopoly

00:25:54.540 --> 00:25:54.900
 on

00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:55.340
 truth

00:25:55.340 --> 00:25:58.000
 God

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.260
 has

00:25:58.260 --> 00:25:58.560
 given

00:25:58.560 --> 00:25:58.840
 us

00:25:58.840 --> 00:25:59.360
 gospel

00:25:59.360 --> 00:25:59.880
 glasses

00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:00.260
 which

00:26:00.260 --> 00:26:00.560
 help

00:26:00.560 --> 00:26:00.780
 us

00:26:00.780 --> 00:26:00.960
 to

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.180
 make

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:01.540
 sense

00:26:01.540 --> 00:26:01.720
 of

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.060
 God's

00:26:02.060 --> 00:26:02.660
 creation

00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:04.500
 when

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:05.180
 unbelievers

00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:05.700
 discover

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.120
 anything

00:26:06.120 --> 00:26:06.600
 which is

00:26:06.600 --> 00:26:06.840
 true

00:26:06.840 --> 00:26:07.120
 about

00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:07.400
 this

00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:07.700
 world

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:07.960
 they

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.200
 are

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:08.800
 discovering

00:26:08.800 --> 00:26:09.340
 God's

00:26:09.340 --> 00:26:09.760
 truth

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:09.819
 truth

00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:10.799
 they

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.019
 are

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.660
 unravelling

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 a little

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.500
 bit more

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:12.859
 of his

00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:13.279
 mind

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:13.920
 and the

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:14.640
 intricacies

00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:15.099
 of our

00:26:15.099 --> 00:26:15.420
 maker

00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:17.180
 they're not

00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:17.619
 giving him

00:26:17.619 --> 00:26:18.200
 the glory

00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:19.559
 but they

00:26:19.559 --> 00:26:19.879
 are

00:26:19.879 --> 00:26:20.619
 discovering

00:26:20.619 --> 00:26:21.220
 truth

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:25.039
 and friends

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.460
 I think

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.019
 that leads

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.599
 us to a

00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:26.759
 few

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.279
 places

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:31.099
 we

00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:31.539
 should be

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.200
 especially

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:32.879
 guarded

00:26:32.879 --> 00:26:33.480
 against

00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:33.799
 our

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.099
 own

00:26:34.099 --> 00:26:34.740
 arrogance

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:37.440
 to

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:37.899
 presume

00:26:37.899 --> 00:26:38.119
 that

00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:38.599
 Christians

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:38.940
 know

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.339
 more

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:39.619
 or

00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:39.980
 better

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:40.420
 about

00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:40.599
 a

00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:40.839
 field

00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:41.000
 of

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.460
 endeavour

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:41.960
 is

00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.359
 arrogant

00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:42.639
 and

00:26:42.639 --> 00:26:43.119
 foolish

00:26:43.119 --> 00:26:46.139
 gospel

00:26:46.139 --> 00:26:46.720
 glasses

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.379
 help us

00:26:47.379 --> 00:26:47.799
 to see

00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:48.399
 the gifts

00:26:48.399 --> 00:26:49.339
 and insights

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:50.160
 that God

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:51.299
 has given

00:26:51.299 --> 00:26:51.960
 even

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.480
 to

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:53.359
 unbelievers

00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:55.200
 and to

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:55.599
 learn

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:55.960
 from

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.240
 them

00:26:56.240 --> 00:27:01.180
 we

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:01.400
 should

00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:01.599
 be

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:01.839
 quick

00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:02.039
 to

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.559
 express

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.319
 gratitude

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:03.599
 when

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:04.099
 gratitude

00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:04.480
 is

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:05.059
 deserved

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:07.160
 the

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:07.400
 man

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:07.559
 who

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:07.920
 serves

00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:08.039
 you

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.180
 at

00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:08.539
 Bunnings

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:08.720
 and

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.000
 goes

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.180
 out

00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:09.279
 of

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:09.420
 his

00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:09.640
 way

00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:09.759
 to

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.019
 show

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.140
 you

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:10.460
 another

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:10.740
 way

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:10.880
 to

00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:11.019
 do

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.220
 the

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:11.519
 job

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.519
 he

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:12.740
 is

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.079
 worthy

00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:13.279
 of

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:13.440
 our

00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:13.880
 thanks

00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:17.000
 our

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:17.480
 cleaners

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:17.660
 at

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:18.000
 church

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.279
 aren't

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:18.500
 just

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:18.700
 the

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.019
 paid

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.279
 help

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.500
 they

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:19.839
 work

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.140
 hard

00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:20.319
 to

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:20.620
 clean

00:27:20.620 --> 00:27:20.839
 up

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.279
 after

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.660
 our

00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:21.980
 mess

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.339
 be

00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:22.920
 grateful

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:27.660
 thank

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:27.980
 God

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.259
 that he

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:28.660
 allows

00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:28.980
 men

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:29.180
 and

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:29.400
 women

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:29.640
 to

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.000
 serve

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:30.220
 one

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:30.539
 another

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:30.800
 with

00:27:30.800 --> 00:27:30.980
 their

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.460
 talents

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:31.940
 and their

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.279
 gifts

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.580
 and

00:27:32.580 --> 00:27:33.000
 service

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.320
 which

00:27:33.320 --> 00:27:33.820
 ultimately

00:27:33.820 --> 00:27:34.259
 come

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.660
 from

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:35.660
 his

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.100
 hand

00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:39.159
 I

00:27:39.159 --> 00:27:39.319
 listen

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:39.480
 to

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:39.759
 Catherine

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.339
 some

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:40.480
 of

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:40.559
 you

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:40.699
 won't

00:27:40.699 --> 00:27:40.859
 even

00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:41.000
 know

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.099
 what

00:27:41.099 --> 00:27:41.199
 I'm

00:27:41.199 --> 00:27:41.439
 talking

00:27:41.439 --> 00:27:41.659
 about

00:27:41.659 --> 00:27:41.839
 I'll

00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:42.019
 just

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.399
 try

00:27:42.399 --> 00:27:43.119
 I

00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:43.319
 listen

00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:43.480
 to

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:43.879
 Catherine

00:27:43.879 --> 00:27:44.539
 Jenkins

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:46.059
 sing

00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:46.399
 with

00:27:46.399 --> 00:27:46.559
 the

00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:46.859
 Mormon

00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:47.679
 Tabernacle

00:27:47.679 --> 00:27:48.199
 Choir

00:27:48.199 --> 00:27:48.919
 on the

00:27:48.919 --> 00:27:49.199
 internet

00:27:49.199 --> 00:27:49.559
 as I

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:49.859
 prepared

00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:50.159
 this

00:27:50.159 --> 00:27:50.579
 message

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:50.899
 somebody

00:27:50.899 --> 00:27:51.240
 sent

00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:51.399
 me

00:27:51.399 --> 00:27:51.619
 the

00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:51.859
 link

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:52.079
 and

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:53.240
 you

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:53.480
 know

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:54.879
 my

00:27:54.879 --> 00:27:55.159
 first

00:27:55.159 --> 00:27:55.539
 question

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:55.859
 is

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:56.500
 I'm

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:56.599
 not

00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:56.759
 sure

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:56.919
 I want

00:27:56.919 --> 00:27:56.980
 to

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.179
 listen

00:27:57.179 --> 00:27:57.299
 to

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:57.399
 that

00:27:57.399 --> 00:27:57.519
 I

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:57.679
 don't

00:27:57.679 --> 00:27:59.579
 like

00:27:59.579 --> 00:27:59.759
 what

00:27:59.759 --> 00:27:59.899
 they

00:27:59.899 --> 00:28:00.179
 teach

00:28:00.179 --> 00:28:00.459
 about

00:28:00.459 --> 00:28:00.959
 Christ

00:28:00.959 --> 00:28:02.980
 but

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.279
 as I

00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:03.539
 listen

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:03.719
 to

00:28:03.719 --> 00:28:03.879
 the

00:28:03.879 --> 00:28:04.299
 music

00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:04.879
 I

00:28:04.879 --> 00:28:05.179
 have

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:06.259
 it

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:06.500
 is

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.559
 stunningly

00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:08.219
 beautiful

00:28:08.219 --> 00:28:14.019
 believers

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:14.599
 and

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:15.439
 unbelievers

00:28:15.439 --> 00:28:16.079
 live in

00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:16.500
 God's

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:16.919
 world

00:28:16.919 --> 00:28:17.480
 under

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:17.839
 his

00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:18.559
 ordinary

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.859
 providential

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:20.359
 care

00:28:20.359 --> 00:28:22.619
 for

00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:23.179
 believers

00:28:23.179 --> 00:28:23.639
 and

00:28:23.639 --> 00:28:24.359
 unbelievers

00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:24.659
 our

00:28:24.659 --> 00:28:25.000
 work

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.319
 is

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:26.059
 toilsome

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:27.659
 distorted

00:28:27.659 --> 00:28:29.379
 and

00:28:29.379 --> 00:28:30.000
 occasionally

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.659
 a joy

00:28:30.659 --> 00:28:31.019
 that

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:31.399
 brings

00:28:31.399 --> 00:28:31.939
 wonderful

00:28:31.939 --> 00:28:32.759
 contentment

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.179
 and

00:28:33.179 --> 00:28:33.399
 when

00:28:33.399 --> 00:28:33.559
 it

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:34.359
 does

00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:34.599
 it

00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:34.839
 is

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:35.359
 God's

00:28:35.359 --> 00:28:35.799
 gift

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:38.220
 we

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.599
 differ

00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:38.919
 in

00:28:38.919 --> 00:28:39.099
 our

00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:39.619
 acknowledgement

00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:39.919
 of

00:28:39.919 --> 00:28:40.240
 God

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:41.899
 believers

00:28:41.899 --> 00:28:42.379
 humbly

00:28:42.379 --> 00:28:42.899
 confess

00:28:42.899 --> 00:28:43.279
 Jesus

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:43.740
 Christ

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.000
 as

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.379
 Lord

00:28:44.379 --> 00:28:45.940
 Ecclesiastes

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:46.379
 5

00:28:46.379 --> 00:28:46.759
 again

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.079
 when

00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:47.399
 God

00:28:47.399 --> 00:28:47.700
 gives

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:47.980
 any

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:48.379
 person

00:28:48.379 --> 00:28:48.740
 wealth

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:48.919
 and

00:28:48.919 --> 00:28:49.419
 possessions

00:28:49.419 --> 00:28:50.779
 and

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.240
 enables

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.480
 him

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:51.639
 to

00:28:51.639 --> 00:28:52.059
 enjoy

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:52.319
 them

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:52.539
 to

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:52.940
 accept

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:53.180
 his

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:53.480
 lot

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:53.659
 and

00:28:53.659 --> 00:28:53.779
 to

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:53.940
 be

00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:54.200
 happy

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:54.379
 in

00:28:54.379 --> 00:28:54.539
 his

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:54.899
 work

00:28:54.899 --> 00:28:55.940
 this

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:56.339
 is

00:28:56.339 --> 00:28:56.579
 a

00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:57.059
 gift

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:57.500
 of

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:57.839
 God

00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:59.319
 he

00:28:59.319 --> 00:28:59.779
 seldom

00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:00.299
 reflects

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:00.500
 on

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:00.619
 the

00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:00.899
 days

00:29:00.899 --> 00:29:01.059
 of

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:01.220
 his

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:01.500
 life

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:01.899
 because

00:29:01.899 --> 00:29:02.279
 God

00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:02.680
 keeps

00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:02.899
 him

00:29:02.899 --> 00:29:03.399
 occupied

00:29:03.399 --> 00:29:04.480
 with

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:04.960
 gladness

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:05.120
 of

00:29:05.120 --> 00:29:05.480
 heart

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:09.039
 see

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.660
 believers

00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:10.220
 hold

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:10.640
 what we

00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:11.019
 have

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.500
 from

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:11.940
 God's

00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:12.340
 hand

00:29:12.340 --> 00:29:13.259
 with

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:13.759
 gratitude

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.420
 and

00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:15.200
 contentment

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:16.380
 and hope

00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:18.539
 grateful

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.579
 to him

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:21.259
 for what

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.920
 he has

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:22.299
 given

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:22.759
 us

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:23.420
 to do

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:24.420
 gratitude

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:26.779
 but

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.440
 also

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:29.340
 grateful

00:29:29.340 --> 00:29:30.120
 to

00:29:30.120 --> 00:29:30.720
 God

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:32.539
 for

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:32.740
 the

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.300
 people

00:29:33.300 --> 00:29:34.640
 around

00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:35.140
 us

00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:35.740
 believers

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.140
 and

00:29:36.140 --> 00:29:36.880
 unbelievers

00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:38.880
 who

00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:39.420
 use

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:39.720
 their

00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:40.080
 God

00:29:40.080 --> 00:29:40.500
 given

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.000
 gifts

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.440
 and

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:41.920
 talents

00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:42.240
 to

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:42.720
 serve

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.140
 us

00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:47.759
 so

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.100
 live

00:29:48.100 --> 00:29:48.400
 like

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:48.740
 that

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:50.820
 with

00:29:50.820 --> 00:29:51.400
 gratitude

00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:51.560
 gratitude

00:29:51.560 --> 00:29:53.860
 I

00:29:53.860 --> 00:29:54.200
 actually

00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:54.620
 think

00:29:54.620 --> 00:29:55.240
 if we

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:56.880
 if we

00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:57.200
 live

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.740
 like that

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:57.960
 with

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.500
 gratitude

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.300
 to

00:29:59.300 --> 00:29:59.780
 those

00:29:59.780 --> 00:30:00.259
 around

00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:00.620
 us

00:30:00.620 --> 00:30:00.920
 that

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:01.160
 we

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:01.360
 will

00:30:01.360 --> 00:30:01.640
 have

00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:02.019
 many

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.759
 opportunities

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:04.340
 to

00:30:04.340 --> 00:30:04.820
 speak

00:30:04.820 --> 00:30:05.060
 and

00:30:05.060 --> 00:30:05.480
 declare

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:05.740
 the

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.019
 hope

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.240
 that

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.440
 we

00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:06.840
 have

00:30:06.840 --> 00:30:07.620
 in

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 our

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 wonderful

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 risen

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 so

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 I want

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 to say

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 this

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 morning

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 go

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 from

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 here

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 full

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 of

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 humble

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 authenticity

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 full

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 of

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 gratitude

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 to

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 God

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 for

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 the

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 work

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 that

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 he

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 has

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 given

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 us

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 and

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 make

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 it a

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 mark

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 of

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 this

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 week

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 to

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 be

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 grateful

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 to

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 God

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 for

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 those

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 who

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 serve

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 you

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 and

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 make

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 sure

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 that

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 you

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 express

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 gratitude

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 to

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 them

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 as

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 well

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 Amen