WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.279 2 Corinthians chapter 4 from verse 17 to 16a. 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:14.000 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:39.980 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 00:00:40.100 --> 00:00:52.579 We are hard-pressed on every side but not crushed, perplexed but not in despair, persecuted but not abandoned, struck down but not destroyed. 00:00:52.579 --> 00:01:01.640 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:11.159 For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake so that his life may be revealed in our mortal body. 00:01:12.159 --> 00:01:16.620 So then, death is at work in us but life is at work in you. 00:01:17.560 --> 00:01:21.680 It is written, I believed, therefore I have spoken. 00:01:22.580 --> 00:01:28.220 Since we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak. 00:01:28.680 --> 00:01:37.740 But because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you to himself. 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:48.040 All this is for your benefit so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God. 00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:51.100 Therefore, we do not lose heart. 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:56.780 Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 00:01:56.780 --> 00:01:56.820 Thank you. 00:01:56.819 --> 00:02:07.959 Thanks, A.V.E.N. 00:02:07.959 --> 00:02:08.620 Very much. 00:02:09.259 --> 00:02:11.799 Just get myself adjusted here. 00:02:11.800 --> 00:02:21.800 In your new sheet, you will also see there's a notice there about Munster Bible College. 00:02:22.760 --> 00:02:24.980 So just a heads up for that. 00:02:24.979 --> 00:02:31.599 You want to know and to learn more about how to read the Bible, how we should understand it. 00:02:32.299 --> 00:02:34.739 It's a very practical, very helpful course. 00:02:35.539 --> 00:02:37.060 So that's next weekend. 00:02:37.159 --> 00:02:39.739 If you want to know more details, come and speak to me afterwards. 00:02:41.019 --> 00:02:44.780 We'd be delighted to chat to you. 00:02:44.780 --> 00:02:59.360 Well, our text this morning that we've just had read to us is a very heartfelt passage. 00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:09.699 It's one where Paul is pouring out his soul, his heart to encourage the church. 00:03:09.699 --> 00:03:16.199 So we're going to pray and ask that that's what the Lord would do for each one of us today, 00:03:16.239 --> 00:03:22.479 that he would encourage us in our walk and in our life with him. 00:03:22.659 --> 00:03:23.639 So let's pray. 00:03:23.639 --> 00:03:41.159 Our Father God, we thank you that you know each one of us and you know us as a church. 00:03:43.159 --> 00:03:44.719 You know our struggles. 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:47.639 You know our fears. 00:03:47.639 --> 00:03:55.359 And you are able to build up and encourage us. 00:03:56.699 --> 00:04:03.179 And so we ask that by the power of your spirit, you would take these words today 00:04:03.179 --> 00:04:08.000 and encourage our hearts 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:14.699 for our good and for your glory. 00:04:14.699 --> 00:04:16.419 Amen. 00:04:17.639 --> 00:04:23.319 Well, it's just too hard. 00:04:25.019 --> 00:04:27.800 I can't keep going. 00:04:28.919 --> 00:04:30.719 I try my best, 00:04:31.519 --> 00:04:35.219 but it seems I haven't got what it takes. 00:04:36.759 --> 00:04:38.319 Do you ever feel like that? 00:04:40.060 --> 00:04:41.139 Well, I do. 00:04:41.139 --> 00:04:43.939 You know what it's like. 00:04:44.019 --> 00:04:48.019 You share the good news about Jesus with your friend or your neighbor, 00:04:48.519 --> 00:04:50.500 but they're just not interested. 00:04:53.699 --> 00:04:58.879 Or you pray for years for your son or your daughter to come to faith in Christ, 00:04:58.879 --> 00:05:01.579 but after all these years, 00:05:01.579 --> 00:05:05.319 there still seems to be no sign of any turning whatsoever. 00:05:05.319 --> 00:05:11.360 You need to read and pray with a fellow believer. 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:17.120 But it just seems they have no desire to change. 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:26.220 Embracing the gospel sharing life is really hard. 00:05:26.939 --> 00:05:28.079 It's tough. 00:05:28.079 --> 00:05:28.100 It's tough. 00:05:28.100 --> 00:05:31.200 We ask ourselves the question, 00:05:31.700 --> 00:05:36.480 why are there not more people coming to faith in Christ? 00:05:36.480 --> 00:05:38.879 And if they do, 00:05:40.020 --> 00:05:43.160 then why does it seem to take so long? 00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:47.660 It's easy, isn't it, 00:05:47.660 --> 00:05:51.439 to become discouraged and disheartened. 00:05:51.439 --> 00:06:00.060 But God's word reminds us today that we do not need to lose heart. 00:06:01.540 --> 00:06:04.399 Do you see it there in chapter 4, verse 1? 00:06:07.279 --> 00:06:11.399 Therefore, since through God's mercy we have this ministry, 00:06:11.519 --> 00:06:14.220 the ministry of sharing the good news about Jesus, 00:06:15.120 --> 00:06:18.659 we do not lose heart. 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:23.139 And then at verse 16, 00:06:24.199 --> 00:06:26.759 as he gets to the end, 00:06:27.939 --> 00:06:28.439 therefore, 00:06:29.560 --> 00:06:32.719 we do not lose heart. 00:06:34.639 --> 00:06:38.159 So how do we not lose heart? 00:06:39.139 --> 00:06:41.680 That's the question we want to consider this morning. 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:45.100 How do we keep faithfully serving? 00:06:46.500 --> 00:06:48.600 How do we keep on going 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:51.800 in our involvement in various ministries 00:06:51.800 --> 00:06:53.360 and walking the Christian life 00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:56.760 when everything says it's not working? 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:04.360 Well, there's three means of encouragement today. 00:07:05.480 --> 00:07:06.920 Here's the first one. 00:07:08.700 --> 00:07:13.720 God's power is displayed in our weakness. 00:07:13.720 --> 00:07:17.540 God's power is displayed in our weakness. 00:07:17.760 --> 00:07:18.700 Look at verse 7. 00:07:20.980 --> 00:07:23.200 But we have this treasure 00:07:23.200 --> 00:07:25.540 in jars of clay. 00:07:27.220 --> 00:07:28.340 What's the treasure? 00:07:29.820 --> 00:07:31.240 Well, the treasure 00:07:31.240 --> 00:07:33.680 is the light-shining, 00:07:34.480 --> 00:07:36.340 life-transforming 00:07:36.340 --> 00:07:38.220 gospel of Christ. 00:07:38.380 --> 00:07:40.440 It's there for us in verse 6. 00:07:40.439 --> 00:07:42.800 For God, 00:07:42.899 --> 00:07:43.480 who said, 00:07:44.060 --> 00:07:46.000 let light shine out of darkness, 00:07:46.180 --> 00:07:47.240 made his light 00:07:47.240 --> 00:07:49.279 shine in our hearts 00:07:49.279 --> 00:07:51.139 to give us the light 00:07:51.139 --> 00:07:51.920 of the knowledge 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:53.259 of God's glory, 00:07:54.160 --> 00:07:55.639 which is displayed 00:07:55.639 --> 00:07:58.240 in the face of Christ. 00:07:59.899 --> 00:08:02.379 Do you remember back in Genesis chapter 1? 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:04.100 At the very beginning, 00:08:04.199 --> 00:08:05.860 as God created the world, 00:08:05.860 --> 00:08:08.560 he spoke light 00:08:08.560 --> 00:08:10.379 into the darkness. 00:08:11.500 --> 00:08:13.680 Well, that very same power 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:15.379 that brought light 00:08:15.379 --> 00:08:16.819 into the darkness, 00:08:17.720 --> 00:08:18.939 that same God, 00:08:19.060 --> 00:08:20.160 that same power 00:08:20.160 --> 00:08:21.680 by the gospel 00:08:21.680 --> 00:08:24.180 speaks into the darkness 00:08:24.180 --> 00:08:25.360 of our life 00:08:25.360 --> 00:08:28.180 to bring light 00:08:28.180 --> 00:08:30.680 so that we can see 00:08:30.680 --> 00:08:32.120 and understand 00:08:32.120 --> 00:08:33.320 and know Jesus 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:34.680 for ourselves. 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:37.240 So, verse 7, 00:08:37.379 --> 00:08:38.879 we have this treasure, 00:08:39.140 --> 00:08:41.040 this life-transforming 00:08:41.040 --> 00:08:42.379 gospel of Christ 00:08:42.379 --> 00:08:45.840 in strong servants. 00:08:47.580 --> 00:08:48.860 Is that what it says 00:08:48.860 --> 00:08:49.560 in your Bible? 00:08:51.560 --> 00:08:52.920 No, it doesn't. 00:08:54.020 --> 00:08:55.640 We have this treasure 00:08:55.640 --> 00:08:57.940 in jars of clay. 00:08:59.280 --> 00:09:00.620 He's writing to us 00:09:00.620 --> 00:09:01.240 to tell us 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:03.299 that we are to know 00:09:03.299 --> 00:09:04.720 our weaknesses. 00:09:06.259 --> 00:09:06.700 You see, 00:09:06.820 --> 00:09:09.200 we're like a clay jar. 00:09:10.419 --> 00:09:11.159 It's the equivalent 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:12.779 of our disposable 00:09:12.779 --> 00:09:14.240 cardboard cups. 00:09:14.659 --> 00:09:15.779 They don't last. 00:09:15.919 --> 00:09:17.000 They fall apart. 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:19.620 Drop or bang 00:09:19.620 --> 00:09:20.759 a clay jar 00:09:20.759 --> 00:09:22.039 and it shatters 00:09:22.039 --> 00:09:23.659 into a thousand pieces. 00:09:23.659 --> 00:09:25.220 And we are 00:09:25.220 --> 00:09:27.600 like jars of clay. 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:28.919 We're fragile. 00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:31.319 We easily crack 00:09:31.319 --> 00:09:32.219 and we break. 00:09:32.699 --> 00:09:34.279 But God has chosen 00:09:34.279 --> 00:09:36.319 to put the treasure, 00:09:37.279 --> 00:09:37.919 the life-transforming 00:09:38.679 --> 00:09:40.019 gospel of Christ 00:09:40.019 --> 00:09:42.879 into weak vessels 00:09:42.879 --> 00:09:44.459 like us. 00:09:46.919 --> 00:09:47.959 Now that seems 00:09:47.959 --> 00:09:49.379 absolutely crazy. 00:09:50.719 --> 00:09:51.919 It's like transporting 00:09:52.439 --> 00:09:55.019 water in a rusty bucket. 00:09:55.019 --> 00:09:57.679 or like being asked 00:09:57.679 --> 00:09:58.299 to carry 00:09:58.299 --> 00:10:00.399 a Ming Chinese vase 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:02.899 in a wet brown paper bag. 00:10:04.500 --> 00:10:05.340 Well, you know 00:10:05.340 --> 00:10:06.259 what's going to happen. 00:10:07.480 --> 00:10:08.500 It's going to end 00:10:08.500 --> 00:10:09.199 in a mess. 00:10:11.620 --> 00:10:13.340 Now, it's this weakness 00:10:13.340 --> 00:10:15.480 that we all feel 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:17.299 that makes us want 00:10:17.299 --> 00:10:18.039 to give up. 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:20.159 Why would God 00:10:20.159 --> 00:10:21.259 entrust to people 00:10:21.259 --> 00:10:21.860 like us 00:10:21.860 --> 00:10:23.019 the glorious treasure? 00:10:23.019 --> 00:10:25.879 into cracked, 00:10:26.120 --> 00:10:27.079 broken people 00:10:27.079 --> 00:10:28.519 to carry 00:10:28.519 --> 00:10:29.399 his gospel. 00:10:30.759 --> 00:10:31.620 Surely there are 00:10:31.620 --> 00:10:32.460 other people, 00:10:32.759 --> 00:10:33.840 better people 00:10:33.840 --> 00:10:34.960 than me. 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:38.659 Well, he gives us 00:10:38.659 --> 00:10:39.340 the reason. 00:10:40.299 --> 00:10:41.600 The reason for 00:10:41.600 --> 00:10:42.299 our weakness 00:10:42.299 --> 00:10:45.340 is so that 00:10:45.340 --> 00:10:46.360 God's power 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:48.139 would be displayed. 00:10:49.019 --> 00:10:49.579 Look again 00:10:49.579 --> 00:10:50.279 at verse 7. 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:51.799 we have this treasure 00:10:51.799 --> 00:10:53.899 in jars of clay 00:10:53.899 --> 00:10:55.319 to show that 00:10:55.319 --> 00:10:57.000 this all-surpassing 00:10:57.000 --> 00:10:57.459 power, 00:10:57.899 --> 00:10:58.480 the power 00:10:58.480 --> 00:10:59.220 of the gospel 00:10:59.220 --> 00:11:00.379 that can transform 00:11:00.379 --> 00:11:01.100 lives, 00:11:01.500 --> 00:11:02.679 is from God 00:11:02.679 --> 00:11:04.819 and not from us. 00:11:06.519 --> 00:11:07.860 God delights 00:11:07.860 --> 00:11:08.539 in taking 00:11:08.539 --> 00:11:09.439 weak people 00:11:09.439 --> 00:11:10.159 like us 00:11:10.159 --> 00:11:11.659 and through us 00:11:11.659 --> 00:11:12.939 to display 00:11:12.939 --> 00:11:13.980 to the world 00:11:13.980 --> 00:11:15.799 his glorious power. 00:11:16.779 --> 00:11:17.539 In other words, 00:11:17.600 --> 00:11:18.720 as we embrace 00:11:18.720 --> 00:11:19.879 our weaknesses, 00:11:20.560 --> 00:11:22.480 God's all-surpassing 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:22.960 power 00:11:22.960 --> 00:11:24.139 is displayed 00:11:24.139 --> 00:11:25.399 through us. 00:11:28.340 --> 00:11:29.460 So what's that 00:11:29.460 --> 00:11:30.340 going to look like 00:11:30.340 --> 00:11:30.920 for us 00:11:30.920 --> 00:11:32.759 on Monday morning? 00:11:34.759 --> 00:11:35.480 Well, 00:11:35.540 --> 00:11:36.080 verse 8 00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:36.920 and verse 9 00:11:36.920 --> 00:11:37.840 show us 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:39.160 what 00:11:39.160 --> 00:11:40.580 God's power 00:11:40.580 --> 00:11:41.440 is like 00:11:41.440 --> 00:11:42.600 as it's displayed 00:11:42.600 --> 00:11:43.940 through our 00:11:43.940 --> 00:11:44.440 weak, 00:11:45.100 --> 00:11:45.540 broken 00:11:45.540 --> 00:11:46.540 lives. 00:11:46.539 --> 00:11:48.120 look at 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:48.699 verse 8. 00:11:50.139 --> 00:11:50.599 We are 00:11:50.599 --> 00:11:51.899 hard-pressed 00:11:51.899 --> 00:11:53.259 on every 00:11:53.259 --> 00:11:53.899 side. 00:11:55.299 --> 00:11:56.240 The pressures 00:11:56.240 --> 00:11:57.379 and the 00:11:57.379 --> 00:11:57.919 demands 00:11:57.919 --> 00:11:58.659 of life, 00:11:58.919 --> 00:11:59.759 of work, 00:12:00.219 --> 00:12:01.000 and of family, 00:12:01.620 --> 00:12:02.459 and neighbours, 00:12:02.740 --> 00:12:03.159 and everything 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:04.519 else can squeeze 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:05.399 us so much 00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:06.000 that we can 00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:07.079 hardly breathe. 00:12:08.299 --> 00:12:09.039 But by 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:09.620 God's 00:12:09.620 --> 00:12:10.860 all-surpassing 00:12:10.860 --> 00:12:11.279 power, 00:12:11.419 --> 00:12:11.980 verse 8, 00:12:12.319 --> 00:12:13.000 we are 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:13.740 not 00:12:13.740 --> 00:12:15.059 crushed. 00:12:15.059 --> 00:12:18.619 we are 00:12:18.619 --> 00:12:19.519 perplexed, 00:12:19.599 --> 00:12:20.199 verse 8, 00:12:21.239 --> 00:12:21.659 we're 00:12:21.659 --> 00:12:22.159 overcome 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:22.779 and we're 00:12:22.779 --> 00:12:23.439 overwhelmed 00:12:23.439 --> 00:12:24.279 with cares 00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:25.099 and concerns 00:12:25.099 --> 00:12:26.119 that we can 00:12:26.119 --> 00:12:26.719 do nothing 00:12:26.719 --> 00:12:27.439 about or 00:12:27.439 --> 00:12:28.099 we can't 00:12:28.099 --> 00:12:28.739 change. 00:12:30.019 --> 00:12:30.719 But by 00:12:30.719 --> 00:12:31.359 God's 00:12:31.359 --> 00:12:32.459 all-surpassing 00:12:32.459 --> 00:12:32.939 power, 00:12:33.479 --> 00:12:33.799 we are 00:12:33.799 --> 00:12:34.439 not 00:12:34.439 --> 00:12:35.939 in despair. 00:12:38.019 --> 00:12:39.299 Verse 9, 00:12:40.439 --> 00:12:41.479 we can 00:12:41.479 --> 00:12:41.719 be 00:12:41.719 --> 00:12:42.500 persecuted, 00:12:42.500 --> 00:12:44.500 isolated 00:12:44.500 --> 00:12:44.860 by 00:12:44.860 --> 00:12:45.539 colleagues, 00:12:45.940 --> 00:12:46.480 opposed 00:12:46.480 --> 00:12:46.840 by 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:47.460 friends, 00:12:47.919 --> 00:12:48.360 misunderstood 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:49.080 by 00:12:49.080 --> 00:12:49.679 family. 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:51.399 But by 00:12:51.399 --> 00:12:52.039 God's 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:53.440 all-surpassing 00:12:53.440 --> 00:12:53.980 power, 00:12:54.700 --> 00:12:55.200 we are 00:12:55.200 --> 00:12:55.460 not 00:12:55.460 --> 00:12:56.019 abandoned. 00:12:58.779 --> 00:12:59.860 End of 00:12:59.860 --> 00:13:00.519 verse 9, 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:01.720 we are 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:02.820 struck down, 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:04.139 we can 00:13:04.139 --> 00:13:04.679 go through 00:13:04.679 --> 00:13:05.559 seasons of 00:13:05.559 --> 00:13:06.059 darkness, 00:13:06.539 --> 00:13:07.019 we can 00:13:07.019 --> 00:13:07.919 face times 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:08.740 of depression, 00:13:08.740 --> 00:13:08.879 destruction. 00:13:09.980 --> 00:13:10.620 But by 00:13:10.620 --> 00:13:11.180 God's 00:13:11.180 --> 00:13:12.500 all-surpassing 00:13:12.500 --> 00:13:13.000 power, 00:13:13.639 --> 00:13:14.000 we are 00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:14.720 not 00:13:14.720 --> 00:13:16.240 destroyed. 00:13:19.240 --> 00:13:20.139 We are 00:13:20.139 --> 00:13:20.940 jars of 00:13:20.940 --> 00:13:21.340 clay. 00:13:22.460 --> 00:13:23.639 We feel 00:13:23.639 --> 00:13:23.960 our 00:13:23.960 --> 00:13:24.560 weaknesses. 00:13:25.940 --> 00:13:26.779 We don't 00:13:26.779 --> 00:13:27.100 have the 00:13:27.100 --> 00:13:27.700 power to 00:13:27.700 --> 00:13:28.440 change our 00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:28.840 life, 00:13:28.940 --> 00:13:29.519 never mind 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:30.560 anybody else's 00:13:30.560 --> 00:13:30.899 life, 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:31.580 and we 00:13:31.580 --> 00:13:32.019 don't have 00:13:32.019 --> 00:13:32.779 the strength 00:13:32.779 --> 00:13:33.419 to change 00:13:33.419 --> 00:13:33.659 our 00:13:33.659 --> 00:13:34.539 circumstances, 00:13:34.539 --> 00:13:34.779 weaknesses. 00:13:35.980 --> 00:13:37.059 But as 00:13:37.059 --> 00:13:38.079 we embrace 00:13:38.079 --> 00:13:38.879 our 00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:39.559 weaknesses, 00:13:40.980 --> 00:13:41.939 so God's 00:13:41.939 --> 00:13:42.819 power is 00:13:42.819 --> 00:13:43.399 put on 00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:44.539 display to 00:13:44.539 --> 00:13:45.099 a watching 00:13:45.099 --> 00:13:45.699 world. 00:13:46.779 --> 00:13:47.019 His 00:13:47.019 --> 00:13:47.719 greatness 00:13:47.719 --> 00:13:48.980 shines 00:13:48.980 --> 00:13:49.699 through 00:13:49.699 --> 00:13:50.939 our 00:13:50.939 --> 00:13:51.519 cracked 00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:52.839 and broken 00:13:52.839 --> 00:13:53.599 lives. 00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:56.959 Imagine 00:13:56.959 --> 00:13:57.500 we were 00:13:57.500 --> 00:13:58.459 cast back, 00:13:59.639 --> 00:14:00.139 living in 00:14:00.139 --> 00:14:00.559 the first 00:14:00.559 --> 00:14:01.099 century. 00:14:02.099 --> 00:14:02.559 It's a 00:14:02.559 --> 00:14:03.159 world of 00:14:03.159 --> 00:14:04.279 no electricity, 00:14:04.539 --> 00:14:06.559 at night, 00:14:07.099 --> 00:14:08.559 no switches 00:14:08.559 --> 00:14:09.480 to turn on, 00:14:09.599 --> 00:14:09.959 but you've 00:14:09.959 --> 00:14:10.299 got a 00:14:10.299 --> 00:14:10.740 candle, 00:14:12.099 --> 00:14:12.480 and you 00:14:12.480 --> 00:14:13.000 light the 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:13.379 candle, 00:14:14.579 --> 00:14:14.899 but you 00:14:14.899 --> 00:14:15.399 don't put 00:14:15.399 --> 00:14:16.019 it into a 00:14:16.019 --> 00:14:16.959 solid container 00:14:16.959 --> 00:14:17.980 because to 00:14:17.980 --> 00:14:18.500 do that, 00:14:18.620 --> 00:14:19.159 there's nowhere 00:14:19.159 --> 00:14:19.639 for the 00:14:19.639 --> 00:14:20.139 light to 00:14:20.139 --> 00:14:20.559 shine. 00:14:22.199 --> 00:14:22.579 Instead, 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:23.339 you put the 00:14:23.339 --> 00:14:24.179 light into 00:14:24.179 --> 00:14:25.099 a fragile, 00:14:25.819 --> 00:14:26.419 cracked, 00:14:27.059 --> 00:14:27.459 clay 00:14:27.459 --> 00:14:28.519 jar, 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:30.399 because it's 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:31.179 through those 00:14:31.179 --> 00:14:32.360 very cracks 00:14:32.360 --> 00:14:33.879 that the 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:34.740 light shines 00:14:34.740 --> 00:14:36.700 through and 00:14:36.700 --> 00:14:37.360 begins to 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:38.220 take effect 00:14:38.220 --> 00:14:38.939 as it 00:14:38.939 --> 00:14:41.320 goes into 00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:42.179 the darkness. 00:14:43.980 --> 00:14:44.399 Well, 00:14:44.439 --> 00:14:45.360 God fills 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:46.559 fragile jars 00:14:46.559 --> 00:14:47.399 like us 00:14:47.399 --> 00:14:48.480 with his 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:49.039 power, 00:14:49.439 --> 00:14:50.379 not to show 00:14:50.379 --> 00:14:51.259 how strong 00:14:51.259 --> 00:14:51.960 we are, 00:14:52.500 --> 00:14:53.360 but to 00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:53.939 shine the 00:14:53.939 --> 00:14:54.480 light of 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:55.439 how powerful 00:14:55.439 --> 00:14:56.960 and glorious 00:14:56.960 --> 00:14:58.920 God is. 00:15:00.920 --> 00:15:01.900 Embracing the 00:15:01.900 --> 00:15:02.900 gospel life 00:15:02.900 --> 00:15:03.940 is hard, 00:15:04.740 --> 00:15:05.920 but God's 00:15:05.920 --> 00:15:06.639 power is 00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:07.560 displayed through 00:15:07.560 --> 00:15:08.820 weak jars of 00:15:08.820 --> 00:15:09.860 clay like us 00:15:09.860 --> 00:15:11.800 so that 00:15:11.800 --> 00:15:13.540 we do not 00:15:13.540 --> 00:15:14.379 lose heart. 00:15:15.519 --> 00:15:17.139 Be encouraged 00:15:17.139 --> 00:15:18.379 today. 00:15:18.379 --> 00:15:22.240 God's power 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:23.059 is displayed 00:15:23.059 --> 00:15:23.559 through our 00:15:23.559 --> 00:15:24.120 weakness. 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:27.559 Second, 00:15:28.740 --> 00:15:29.559 Christ's 00:15:29.559 --> 00:15:30.960 life is 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:32.600 revealed in 00:15:32.600 --> 00:15:33.419 our suffering. 00:15:34.120 --> 00:15:35.220 His life is 00:15:35.220 --> 00:15:36.019 revealed in 00:15:36.019 --> 00:15:36.740 our suffering. 00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:38.419 Verse 10, 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:41.080 we always 00:15:41.080 --> 00:15:42.100 carry around 00:15:42.100 --> 00:15:42.700 in our 00:15:42.700 --> 00:15:44.139 body the 00:15:44.139 --> 00:15:44.679 death of 00:15:44.679 --> 00:15:46.659 Jesus so 00:15:46.659 --> 00:15:47.139 that the 00:15:47.139 --> 00:15:47.839 life of 00:15:47.839 --> 00:15:48.620 Jesus may 00:15:48.620 --> 00:15:49.419 also be 00:15:49.419 --> 00:15:50.179 revealed in 00:15:50.179 --> 00:15:50.980 our bodies. 00:15:51.939 --> 00:15:52.600 That little 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:53.439 phrase there 00:15:53.439 --> 00:15:54.279 in verse 10, 00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:54.980 the death of 00:15:54.980 --> 00:15:55.339 Jesus, 00:15:55.959 --> 00:15:56.919 is a reference 00:15:56.919 --> 00:15:58.120 to all 00:15:58.120 --> 00:15:59.620 the sufferings 00:15:59.620 --> 00:16:00.419 of Jesus. 00:16:01.539 --> 00:16:02.100 So as 00:16:02.100 --> 00:16:02.939 Jesus walked 00:16:02.939 --> 00:16:03.539 this earth, 00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:04.439 he endured 00:16:04.439 --> 00:16:05.339 much suffering, 00:16:05.939 --> 00:16:06.579 but when he 00:16:06.579 --> 00:16:07.100 went to the 00:16:07.100 --> 00:16:07.659 cross, he 00:16:07.659 --> 00:16:08.419 faced the 00:16:08.419 --> 00:16:08.959 ultimate 00:16:08.959 --> 00:16:09.519 suffering. 00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:11.299 And if 00:16:11.299 --> 00:16:12.120 we're followers 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:12.980 of Jesus, 00:16:14.139 --> 00:16:15.159 we too 00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:16.279 are going 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:16.939 to suffer. 00:16:17.939 --> 00:16:18.480 Just have 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:19.019 a look back 00:16:19.019 --> 00:16:19.519 to chapter 00:16:19.519 --> 00:16:19.959 1, 00:16:20.059 --> 00:16:20.819 verse 5. 00:16:25.819 --> 00:16:26.379 It's 00:16:26.379 --> 00:16:27.019 spelt out 00:16:27.019 --> 00:16:27.399 to us 00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:28.139 very clearly, 00:16:28.379 --> 00:16:29.039 chapter 1, 00:16:29.139 --> 00:16:29.899 verse 5. 00:16:34.899 --> 00:16:35.959 For just 00:16:35.959 --> 00:16:36.439 as we 00:16:36.439 --> 00:16:36.959 share 00:16:36.959 --> 00:16:38.019 abundantly 00:16:38.019 --> 00:16:38.759 in the 00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:39.439 sufferings 00:16:39.439 --> 00:16:40.220 of Christ, 00:16:41.439 --> 00:16:42.279 so also 00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:43.059 our comfort 00:16:43.059 --> 00:16:43.819 abounds 00:16:43.819 --> 00:16:45.039 through Christ. 00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:48.279 see there 00:16:48.279 --> 00:16:48.959 the beginning, 00:16:50.299 --> 00:16:51.240 just as we 00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:51.759 share 00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:52.720 abundantly 00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:53.480 in the 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:54.240 sufferings 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:55.199 of Christ. 00:16:56.459 --> 00:16:56.860 You see, 00:16:56.919 --> 00:16:57.259 it's a 00:16:57.259 --> 00:16:57.639 normal 00:16:57.639 --> 00:16:58.439 experience 00:16:58.439 --> 00:16:59.000 if we're 00:16:59.000 --> 00:16:59.519 Christians. 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:01.360 We will 00:17:01.360 --> 00:17:01.839 face 00:17:01.839 --> 00:17:02.379 troubles 00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:03.159 and 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:03.879 hardships. 00:17:04.879 --> 00:17:05.500 In fact, 00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:06.079 when Jesus 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:06.599 said to 00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:07.460 his disciples, 00:17:08.019 --> 00:17:08.480 take up 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:08.960 your cross 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:09.440 and follow 00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:09.799 me, 00:17:09.940 --> 00:17:10.639 it was an 00:17:10.639 --> 00:17:11.539 invitation to 00:17:11.539 --> 00:17:11.779 say, 00:17:11.940 --> 00:17:12.980 come and 00:17:12.980 --> 00:17:13.819 suffer with 00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:14.119 me. 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:15.819 Come and 00:17:15.819 --> 00:17:17.019 die with 00:17:17.019 --> 00:17:17.359 me. 00:17:18.679 --> 00:17:19.579 So back 00:17:19.579 --> 00:17:20.019 in chapter 00:17:20.019 --> 00:17:20.460 4, 00:17:20.539 --> 00:17:21.240 verse 10, 00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:23.220 it's 00:17:23.220 --> 00:17:23.700 true. 00:17:24.980 --> 00:17:25.740 If we 00:17:25.740 --> 00:17:25.919 are 00:17:25.919 --> 00:17:26.399 Christians, 00:17:26.619 --> 00:17:27.319 we always 00:17:27.319 --> 00:17:28.319 carry around 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:28.859 in our 00:17:28.859 --> 00:17:29.319 body 00:17:29.319 --> 00:17:30.579 the 00:17:30.579 --> 00:17:31.480 sufferings 00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:32.279 of 00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:32.720 Jesus. 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:35.359 Now, 00:17:35.439 --> 00:17:35.799 it's this 00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:36.259 suffering, 00:17:36.500 --> 00:17:36.859 it's this 00:17:36.859 --> 00:17:37.460 struggle 00:17:37.460 --> 00:17:38.279 in the 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:38.639 Christian 00:17:38.639 --> 00:17:39.339 life that 00:17:39.339 --> 00:17:39.839 makes us 00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:40.279 want to 00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:40.819 give up. 00:17:40.819 --> 00:17:42.439 when we 00:17:42.439 --> 00:17:42.799 suffer, 00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:43.339 we want 00:17:43.339 --> 00:17:43.859 to lose 00:17:43.859 --> 00:17:44.399 heart. 00:17:45.679 --> 00:17:46.659 But that's 00:17:46.659 --> 00:17:47.279 not the 00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:47.700 full 00:17:47.700 --> 00:17:48.799 story. 00:17:50.119 --> 00:17:50.439 You see, 00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:50.980 God is 00:17:50.980 --> 00:17:51.539 at work, 00:17:51.899 --> 00:17:52.460 not just 00:17:52.460 --> 00:17:52.839 in our 00:17:52.839 --> 00:17:53.399 weaknesses, 00:17:54.179 --> 00:17:54.720 but in 00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:54.960 our 00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:55.700 sufferings, 00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:57.099 he reveals 00:17:57.099 --> 00:17:58.779 life. 00:18:01.879 --> 00:18:02.480 Christ 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:03.319 is seen 00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:04.720 and life 00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:05.299 is given. 00:18:06.659 --> 00:18:07.220 It's like 00:18:07.220 --> 00:18:07.740 being a 00:18:07.740 --> 00:18:08.419 blood donor 00:18:08.419 --> 00:18:08.919 or an 00:18:08.919 --> 00:18:09.619 organ donor. 00:18:09.619 --> 00:18:10.479 in some 00:18:10.479 --> 00:18:10.939 sense, 00:18:11.099 --> 00:18:11.619 the donor 00:18:11.619 --> 00:18:12.500 suffers. 00:18:13.859 --> 00:18:14.739 But through 00:18:14.739 --> 00:18:15.119 it, 00:18:15.639 --> 00:18:16.419 life is 00:18:16.419 --> 00:18:17.059 given to 00:18:17.059 --> 00:18:17.479 another. 00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:18.319 Or a 00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:19.359 mother who 00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:19.819 is giving 00:18:19.819 --> 00:18:20.439 birth to 00:18:20.439 --> 00:18:21.059 a child. 00:18:21.459 --> 00:18:21.859 It's 00:18:21.859 --> 00:18:22.379 agony. 00:18:23.059 --> 00:18:23.399 It's 00:18:23.399 --> 00:18:23.959 painful. 00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:25.819 But through 00:18:25.819 --> 00:18:26.739 it comes 00:18:26.739 --> 00:18:27.679 life. 00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:29.000 Isn't 00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:29.319 that what 00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:29.979 verse 11 00:18:29.979 --> 00:18:30.519 is telling 00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:30.959 us? 00:18:31.819 --> 00:18:32.659 For we 00:18:32.659 --> 00:18:33.179 who are 00:18:33.179 --> 00:18:34.099 alive are 00:18:34.099 --> 00:18:35.259 always being 00:18:35.259 --> 00:18:36.119 given over 00:18:36.119 --> 00:18:36.919 to death 00:18:36.919 --> 00:18:38.019 for Jesus' 00:18:38.019 --> 00:18:38.679 sake, 00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:39.700 so that 00:18:39.700 --> 00:18:40.920 his life 00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:42.220 may also 00:18:42.220 --> 00:18:43.100 be revealed 00:18:43.100 --> 00:18:44.080 in our 00:18:44.080 --> 00:18:45.480 mortal body. 00:18:46.700 --> 00:18:47.360 So then 00:18:47.360 --> 00:18:47.860 death 00:18:47.860 --> 00:18:49.120 is at work 00:18:49.120 --> 00:18:49.900 in us, 00:18:50.600 --> 00:18:51.900 but life 00:18:51.900 --> 00:18:53.320 is at work 00:18:53.320 --> 00:18:53.840 in you. 00:18:55.580 --> 00:18:56.440 Isn't that 00:18:56.440 --> 00:18:57.060 what we see 00:18:57.060 --> 00:18:57.900 ultimately on 00:18:57.900 --> 00:18:58.440 the cross 00:18:58.440 --> 00:18:59.100 as Jesus 00:18:59.100 --> 00:18:59.759 dies? 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:01.620 Through the 00:19:01.620 --> 00:19:02.299 death of 00:19:02.299 --> 00:19:02.720 Jesus 00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:04.039 comes new 00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:04.640 and eternal 00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:05.279 life. 00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:05.319 death, 00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:06.700 his 00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:07.660 sufferings 00:19:07.660 --> 00:19:08.539 bring 00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:09.700 salvation. 00:19:11.460 --> 00:19:11.839 And so 00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:12.299 as we 00:19:12.299 --> 00:19:12.879 share the 00:19:12.879 --> 00:19:13.339 gospel, 00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:15.099 when we 00:19:15.099 --> 00:19:15.920 feel hard 00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:16.779 pressed and 00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:17.859 perplexed, 00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:19.079 and persecuted 00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:19.819 and struck 00:19:19.819 --> 00:19:20.279 down, 00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:21.160 as we 00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:21.899 suffer for 00:19:21.899 --> 00:19:22.519 Christ and 00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:23.220 his gospel, 00:19:23.740 --> 00:19:24.279 we too 00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:25.059 can say, 00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:26.319 verse 12, 00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:28.399 death is 00:19:28.399 --> 00:19:28.839 at work 00:19:28.839 --> 00:19:29.619 in us, 00:19:30.159 --> 00:19:32.299 but life 00:19:32.299 --> 00:19:34.019 is at work 00:19:34.019 --> 00:19:34.500 in you. 00:19:37.259 --> 00:19:38.039 You see, 00:19:38.139 --> 00:19:38.559 ministry 00:19:38.559 --> 00:19:39.159 life, 00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:41.059 gospel 00:19:41.059 --> 00:19:42.500 embracing 00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:43.619 life, 00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:45.480 is hard. 00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:47.240 We give 00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:48.019 of ourselves, 00:19:48.519 --> 00:19:49.259 it takes 00:19:49.259 --> 00:19:51.139 life 00:19:51.139 --> 00:19:52.299 from us. 00:19:52.299 --> 00:19:53.919 it's like 00:19:53.919 --> 00:19:54.700 we die 00:19:54.700 --> 00:19:55.299 a little 00:19:55.299 --> 00:19:56.119 in all 00:19:56.119 --> 00:19:56.460 that we 00:19:56.460 --> 00:19:56.879 do, 00:19:57.240 --> 00:19:58.200 in order 00:19:58.200 --> 00:19:59.240 that life 00:19:59.240 --> 00:20:00.559 may come 00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:01.359 to others. 00:20:03.180 --> 00:20:03.899 Embracing 00:20:03.899 --> 00:20:04.559 the gospel 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:05.079 sharing 00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:05.720 life is 00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.259 hard, 00:20:06.879 --> 00:20:08.319 but Christ's 00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:08.839 life is 00:20:08.839 --> 00:20:09.359 revealed 00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:09.700 through 00:20:09.700 --> 00:20:10.299 suffering 00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:11.079 jars of 00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:11.720 clay like 00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:12.059 us, 00:20:12.379 --> 00:20:13.319 so that 00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:14.759 we do 00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:15.359 not lose 00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:15.899 heart. 00:20:17.339 --> 00:20:17.779 Be 00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:19.279 encouraged. 00:20:22.299 --> 00:20:23.960 Third 00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:24.419 then, 00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:28.220 Christ's 00:20:28.220 --> 00:20:28.579 power, 00:20:28.779 --> 00:20:29.319 Christ's 00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:29.720 life, 00:20:31.299 --> 00:20:31.599 and 00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:32.159 resurrection 00:20:32.159 --> 00:20:33.279 hope is 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:33.919 proclaimed 00:20:33.919 --> 00:20:35.240 in our 00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:35.759 deaths. 00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:37.720 Resurrection 00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:38.559 hope is 00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:39.319 proclaimed in 00:20:39.319 --> 00:20:39.940 our deaths. 00:20:41.099 --> 00:20:41.839 The reality 00:20:41.839 --> 00:20:42.480 is, 00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:44.159 is that we 00:20:44.159 --> 00:20:44.879 will all 00:20:44.879 --> 00:20:45.799 one day 00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:46.839 die. 00:20:48.059 --> 00:20:48.379 Our 00:20:48.379 --> 00:20:48.839 fragile 00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:49.579 and weak 00:20:49.579 --> 00:20:50.279 bodies 00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:51.639 will give 00:20:51.639 --> 00:20:52.000 up. 00:20:52.299 --> 00:20:53.259 no matter 00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:53.839 how hard 00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:54.579 we fight 00:20:54.579 --> 00:20:55.319 against it, 00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:56.000 the 00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:56.720 sufferings 00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:56.960 we 00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:58.000 experience 00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:58.859 are going 00:20:58.859 --> 00:20:59.619 to end 00:20:59.619 --> 00:21:00.839 in death. 00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:02.379 Look at 00:21:02.379 --> 00:21:03.220 verse 13. 00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:06.180 It is 00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:06.680 written, 00:21:07.899 --> 00:21:08.259 I 00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:09.059 believed, 00:21:09.919 --> 00:21:10.299 therefore 00:21:10.299 --> 00:21:11.539 I have 00:21:11.539 --> 00:21:12.079 spoken. 00:21:13.740 --> 00:21:14.399 Paul is 00:21:14.399 --> 00:21:14.799 quoting 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:15.720 the 00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:16.539 experience 00:21:16.539 --> 00:21:16.919 of the 00:21:16.919 --> 00:21:17.599 writer of 00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:17.940 Psalm 00:21:17.940 --> 00:21:19.000 116. 00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:20.220 So, 00:21:20.399 --> 00:21:20.680 if you'd 00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:21.059 keep your 00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:21.659 finger in 00:21:21.660 --> 00:21:22.300 2nd 00:21:22.300 --> 00:21:22.800 Corinthians, 00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:23.460 let's go 00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:24.540 back to 00:21:24.540 --> 00:21:25.019 Psalm 00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:26.320 116. 00:21:30.580 --> 00:21:31.660 And see 00:21:31.660 --> 00:21:32.940 why he's 00:21:32.940 --> 00:21:34.860 quoting 00:21:34.860 --> 00:21:36.200 the author 00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:36.920 of Psalm 00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:37.960 116. 00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:38.100 116. 00:21:41.600 --> 00:21:42.539 It seems 00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:43.559 like death 00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:44.600 is about 00:21:44.600 --> 00:21:45.200 to take 00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:45.819 the writer 00:21:45.819 --> 00:21:46.480 of Psalm 00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:47.600 116, 00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:49.420 but he 00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:50.420 is rescued 00:21:50.420 --> 00:21:51.519 from 00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:52.079 death. 00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:54.220 Let's 00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:54.559 pick it 00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:54.900 up in 00:21:54.900 --> 00:21:55.500 verse 1. 00:21:58.700 --> 00:21:59.500 He says, 00:21:59.559 --> 00:21:59.980 I love 00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:00.519 the Lord, 00:22:00.660 --> 00:22:01.079 for he 00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:01.700 heard my 00:22:01.700 --> 00:22:02.259 voice. 00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:03.460 He heard 00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:04.079 my cry 00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:04.920 for mercy. 00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:06.500 because he 00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:07.080 turned his 00:22:07.080 --> 00:22:07.500 ear to 00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:07.660 me, 00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:08.000 I will 00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.560 call on 00:22:08.560 --> 00:22:08.940 him as 00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:09.320 long as 00:22:09.320 --> 00:22:09.779 I live. 00:22:10.560 --> 00:22:11.160 And here's 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:12.039 the experience, 00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:12.779 the cords 00:22:12.779 --> 00:22:13.400 of death 00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:14.120 entangled 00:22:14.120 --> 00:22:14.480 me. 00:22:15.140 --> 00:22:15.400 The 00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:15.880 anguish 00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:16.259 of the 00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:16.680 grave 00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:17.360 came over 00:22:17.360 --> 00:22:17.620 me. 00:22:17.620 --> 00:22:18.300 I was 00:22:18.300 --> 00:22:18.779 overcome 00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:19.920 by distress 00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:20.940 and sorrow, 00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:22.000 and I 00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.660 called on 00:22:22.660 --> 00:22:23.000 the name 00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:23.320 of the 00:22:23.320 --> 00:22:23.720 Lord. 00:22:24.320 --> 00:22:24.720 Lord, 00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:25.300 save 00:22:25.300 --> 00:22:25.740 me. 00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:27.980 Verse 00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.360 8. 00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:30.559 For 00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:30.940 you, 00:22:31.140 --> 00:22:31.460 Lord, 00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:32.759 have 00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.279 delivered 00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:33.960 me from 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.500 death, 00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:36.160 my eyes 00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:37.059 from tears, 00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:38.180 my feet 00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:39.019 from stumbling, 00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:40.339 that I 00:22:40.339 --> 00:22:41.140 may walk 00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:41.940 before the 00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:42.460 Lord in 00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:42.940 the land 00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:43.259 of the 00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.620 living. 00:22:44.380 --> 00:22:44.980 And here's 00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:45.400 the verse 00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:45.759 that he 00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:46.160 quoted. 00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:48.160 I trusted 00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:50.120 in the 00:22:50.120 --> 00:22:50.759 Lord when 00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:51.339 I said, 00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:52.019 or because 00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:53.019 I believed, 00:22:53.299 --> 00:22:54.380 I spoke, 00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:55.819 I am 00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.380 greatly 00:22:56.380 --> 00:22:57.920 afflicted. 00:22:57.980 --> 00:23:00.460 let's 00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:01.099 go back 00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:03.039 to 00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:03.519 2nd 00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:04.099 Corinthians. 00:23:06.940 --> 00:23:07.799 You see, 00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:08.200 as the 00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:08.819 tentacles 00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:09.519 of death 00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:10.240 began to 00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:10.759 take their 00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.460 hold on 00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:11.759 him, 00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.720 he cries 00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:14.259 out in 00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:14.819 face, 00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.960 Lord, 00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:17.539 save 00:23:17.539 --> 00:23:17.819 me. 00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.120 In 00:23:19.120 --> 00:23:19.380 his 00:23:19.380 --> 00:23:20.140 affliction, 00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:21.380 he trusted 00:23:21.380 --> 00:23:22.180 in God 00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:23.120 and he 00:23:23.120 --> 00:23:24.039 was saved. 00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:26.240 But one 00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:26.680 day the 00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:27.240 cords of 00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:27.700 death are 00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:27.960 going 00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:29.000 to coil 00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.880 around us 00:23:29.880 --> 00:23:31.100 and we 00:23:31.100 --> 00:23:32.019 have 00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:32.819 hope 00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.600 in the 00:23:33.600 --> 00:23:33.960 midst 00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:34.779 of death. 00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.840 Look at 00:23:38.840 --> 00:23:39.660 verse 13. 00:23:41.100 --> 00:23:41.600 It is 00:23:41.600 --> 00:23:42.039 written, 00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.160 I 00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:43.960 believed, 00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:45.519 therefore I 00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:46.299 have spoken. 00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.759 Since we 00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.279 have that 00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:49.279 same spirit 00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:49.880 of faith, 00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:50.400 the same 00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:51.079 faith that 00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:51.620 the author 00:23:51.620 --> 00:23:52.120 had in 00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:52.779 the Psalms, 00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:54.240 we also 00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:55.180 believe and 00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:55.639 therefore 00:23:55.639 --> 00:23:56.379 speak. 00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.799 Because we 00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:02.379 know that 00:24:02.379 --> 00:24:02.960 the one who 00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:03.700 raised the 00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:04.319 Lord Jesus 00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:04.819 from the 00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:06.339 dead will 00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:07.240 also raise 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:07.819 us with 00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:09.099 Jesus and 00:24:09.099 --> 00:24:09.879 present us 00:24:09.879 --> 00:24:10.660 with you 00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:12.119 to himself. 00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:16.299 you see, 00:24:16.399 --> 00:24:16.919 life is 00:24:16.919 --> 00:24:17.359 going to 00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:18.939 end in 00:24:18.939 --> 00:24:19.639 the grave. 00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.559 But we 00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.000 have a 00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.479 saviour, 00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:23.459 Jesus Christ, 00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:23.899 who has 00:24:23.899 --> 00:24:24.379 crushed 00:24:24.379 --> 00:24:25.639 death to 00:24:25.639 --> 00:24:26.099 death. 00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.239 He has 00:24:27.239 --> 00:24:27.899 gone to 00:24:27.899 --> 00:24:28.439 the grave 00:24:28.439 --> 00:24:29.019 for us 00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.719 and has 00:24:29.719 --> 00:24:30.239 defeated 00:24:30.239 --> 00:24:31.039 death by 00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:31.339 his 00:24:31.339 --> 00:24:31.939 resurrection. 00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:32.900 So with 00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:33.559 confidence 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:35.019 and assurance 00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:36.160 we can 00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:36.460 now 00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:36.920 proclaim, 00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:37.559 we can 00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:38.299 now speak 00:24:38.299 --> 00:24:38.820 that though 00:24:38.820 --> 00:24:39.279 we may 00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:39.640 have been 00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:40.340 afflicted, 00:24:40.580 --> 00:24:41.180 though hard 00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:41.860 times may 00:24:41.860 --> 00:24:42.320 come, 00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:43.660 verse 14, 00:24:44.100 --> 00:24:44.779 we know 00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:45.220 that the 00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:45.640 one who 00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:46.440 raised the 00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:47.059 Lord Jesus 00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:47.519 from the 00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.660 dead will 00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:50.519 also raise 00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:51.980 us with 00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.980 Jesus. 00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:56.059 You see, 00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:56.700 through our 00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.200 death, 00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:59.140 we are 00:24:59.140 --> 00:24:59.860 proclaiming 00:24:59.860 --> 00:25:00.559 life to 00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:01.279 a world 00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:02.339 that is 00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:02.980 spiritually 00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.599 dead. 00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:05.180 Even 00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:05.920 through our 00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:06.299 death, 00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:06.759 we are 00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.639 proclaiming 00:25:07.639 --> 00:25:08.639 that Jesus 00:25:08.639 --> 00:25:09.279 has the 00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:09.720 victory. 00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:11.700 Our 00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:12.440 death 00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:14.440 proclaims 00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:15.460 resurrection 00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:16.259 hope. 00:25:17.180 --> 00:25:17.339 It 00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:18.160 preaches 00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:19.379 life to 00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:20.039 the world. 00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.960 Embracing 00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:28.599 gospel-sharing 00:25:28.599 --> 00:25:30.399 life is 00:25:30.399 --> 00:25:30.920 hard. 00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:33.119 we face 00:25:33.119 --> 00:25:33.799 the reality 00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.279 of our 00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:34.799 weaknesses, 00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:36.980 we experience 00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.579 the daily 00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:38.339 effects of 00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:38.539 our 00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:39.119 suffering, 00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:40.940 and one 00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:41.539 day he's 00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.039 saying that 00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:42.779 the weaknesses 00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.319 and the 00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:43.960 sufferings 00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:44.779 will come 00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.359 together 00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:46.399 and lead 00:25:46.399 --> 00:25:46.879 to our 00:25:46.879 --> 00:25:47.359 death. 00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:49.460 But through 00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:50.039 it all, 00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:51.879 God is at 00:25:51.879 --> 00:25:52.599 work for 00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:53.619 our good 00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:54.660 and for 00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:56.000 his glory. 00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:57.960 Look at the 00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.399 way he 00:25:58.399 --> 00:25:59.399 concludes in 00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:00.300 verse 15. 00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:02.780 Let's 00:26:02.780 --> 00:26:03.300 read verse 00:26:03.300 --> 00:26:03.920 15. 00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:05.180 And all 00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:05.680 of this, 00:26:05.920 --> 00:26:06.580 all that we 00:26:06.580 --> 00:26:07.160 go through, 00:26:07.320 --> 00:26:07.980 all that we 00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.580 face, 00:26:09.560 --> 00:26:10.600 all this is 00:26:10.600 --> 00:26:11.360 for your 00:26:11.360 --> 00:26:11.880 benefit, 00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:12.720 for your 00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.200 good, 00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:15.019 so that the 00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:16.340 grace that 00:26:16.340 --> 00:26:17.240 is reaching 00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:18.519 more and 00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:19.400 more people 00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:20.860 may cause 00:26:20.860 --> 00:26:22.000 thanksgiving to 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:23.060 overflow to 00:26:23.060 --> 00:26:23.860 the glory of 00:26:23.860 --> 00:26:24.240 God. 00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:26.380 did you 00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:27.059 see that in 00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.359 the middle 00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:27.720 of verse 00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:28.279 15? 00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.900 As we 00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:30.460 go through 00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:31.180 life with 00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:31.640 all its 00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:32.400 struggles and 00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:33.059 trials, 00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.819 as we 00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:36.220 mosey along 00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:37.079 as jars 00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:37.819 of clay, 00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:40.220 through us 00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:41.319 God's 00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:42.539 grace is 00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:43.140 reaching 00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:45.259 more and 00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:46.720 more people. 00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:49.059 Our 00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:49.640 weaknesses, 00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:51.079 our 00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:51.759 suffering, 00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.700 and our 00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.779 death will 00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.819 lead people 00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:55.660 to know and 00:26:55.660 --> 00:26:57.220 experience the 00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:58.660 light shining, 00:26:59.259 --> 00:27:00.400 life transforming 00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:02.420 gospel of 00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:02.940 grace. 00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.039 grace. 00:27:05.840 --> 00:27:06.779 But more 00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.400 than that, 00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:08.799 it is 00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.759 glory giving. 00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.460 As people 00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.440 receive and 00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:13.779 experience God's 00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.820 grace, look 00:27:14.820 --> 00:27:15.680 what it results 00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:16.720 in, the end 00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:17.620 of verse 15, 00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:19.019 people may, 00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:20.120 it will cause 00:27:20.120 --> 00:27:20.980 people to 00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:22.480 overflow in 00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:24.279 thanksgiving to 00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:25.740 the glory of 00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:26.160 God. 00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:30.240 Your life 00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:31.920 and your 00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:32.799 service for 00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.539 Jesus and 00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:34.359 his gospel 00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:36.180 is not 00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:37.819 insignificant. 00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:40.180 It will 00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:41.339 cause many, 00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:42.240 many people 00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:43.599 to give 00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:45.019 glory to 00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:45.460 God. 00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:47.519 The world 00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:48.079 will tell 00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:48.400 you, 00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:50.960 you're a 00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:51.339 failure, 00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:53.079 you're weak, 00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:54.039 you have 00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:54.640 nothing to 00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:55.019 give, 00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.019 you have 00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.620 nothing to 00:27:56.620 --> 00:27:57.019 say, 00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:59.039 but it 00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.700 is God's 00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.220 power, 00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:01.740 it is 00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.200 God's 00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.660 work. 00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:04.299 Therefore, 00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:04.839 look at 00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.759 verse 16, 00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:08.000 therefore, 00:28:08.639 --> 00:28:10.200 in all our 00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:10.759 weaknesses 00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:12.839 and in all 00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:13.879 our sufferings 00:28:13.879 --> 00:28:15.759 and even 00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.240 in our 00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:16.759 deaths, 00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.539 we do 00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:19.160 not lose 00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:19.639 heart. 00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:21.680 His power 00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.200 is on 00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:22.819 display, 00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:24.700 Christ's 00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.279 life is 00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:25.779 revealed, 00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:27.299 and 00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:28.099 resurrection 00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:30.119 hope is 00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:30.740 proclaimed. 00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:34.319 So, my 00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:34.980 brothers and 00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:35.460 sisters, 00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:37.680 to you 00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.059 and to 00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:38.379 me, 00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.539 we say, 00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:41.099 do not 00:28:41.099 --> 00:28:41.940 lose heart. 00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.399 God 00:28:43.399 --> 00:28:44.460 is at 00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:44.859 work. 00:28:46.139 --> 00:28:46.720 Let's 00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.019 pray. 00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.099 Amen. 00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:47.099 00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:47.099 00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:47.099 00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:47.099 00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:47.099 00:28:55.779 --> 00:29:01.859 Lord God, 00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:02.460 we thank 00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:03.299 you for 00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:05.440 the 00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:06.220 encouragement 00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:07.279 and reminder 00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:08.000 through your 00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.579 word to 00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:09.339 us today. 00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:11.839 That no 00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:12.440 matter how 00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:12.839 we are 00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:13.339 feeling, 00:29:14.399 --> 00:29:18.000 so often 00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:19.339 we feel 00:29:19.339 --> 00:29:19.740 that we 00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.519 are pressed 00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:22.220 on every 00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:22.799 side. 00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:24.599 We are 00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:26.220 perplexed, 00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:28.059 we are 00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:28.980 struck down, 00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:31.160 but we 00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:31.639 can know 00:29:31.639 --> 00:29:32.279 because of 00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:33.039 God's power 00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.779 we are not 00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.220 crushed, 00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:35.680 we are not 00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:36.259 in despair, 00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.819 we are not 00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.359 abandoned, 00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:39.920 we are not 00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.539 destroyed, 00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:42.180 we are 00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:43.720 bringing the 00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:44.639 light shining, 00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:45.900 life transforming 00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:47.380 gospel of 00:29:47.380 --> 00:29:47.860 Christ. 00:29:49.300 --> 00:29:49.759 God's 00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:51.100 grace is 00:29:51.100 --> 00:29:52.040 reaching more 00:29:52.040 --> 00:29:52.560 and more, 00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:53.920 and to 00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:55.120 you be 00:29:55.120 --> 00:29:55.620 all the 00:29:55.620 --> 00:29:56.380 glory given. 00:29:57.860 --> 00:29:58.360 Please 00:29:58.360 --> 00:29:59.300 encourage us 00:29:59.300 --> 00:30:00.720 to go on 00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:02.460 serving in 00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:03.140 the strength 00:30:03.140 --> 00:30:03.580 that you 00:30:03.580 --> 00:30:04.259 give us. 00:30:05.360 --> 00:30:06.140 Thank you 00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:07.259 for your 00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:08.040 help to us 00:30:08.040 --> 00:30:08.460 today. 00:30:09.120 --> 00:30:09.860 In Jesus' 00:30:10.100 --> 00:30:10.380 name, 00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:11.540 Amen. 00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:16.900 Amen.