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 And what a joy to be with you all here this morning.

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 It is an honor for me to be here, represent North Greenville University,

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 one of your three South Carolina Baptist Convention universities here in our state.

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 Anderson University, Charleston Southern University, along with North Greenville,

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 are institutions that you support.

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 Part of the gifts you give to this church that are then in turn given through the cooperative program,

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 and the South Carolina Baptist Convention enable us to do the things that we do there.

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 And it is a joy for me every single morning to be able to get up and go to that campus

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 where we believe Christ makes the difference

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 and be able to have some small part in raising up transformational leaders for church and society.

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 That's what we're about at North Greenville University.

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 So on behalf of our president, Dr. Gene Fant,

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 let me thank you for your part in helping us do what we do.

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 At North Greenville University.

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 And Brother Fred, thank you for your kind invitation.

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 I don't get a lot of invitation to come back a second time,

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 so I'm very grateful for that.

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 As we prepare our hearts this morning to look together at God's Word,

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 would you join me as we pray?

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 Heavenly Father, thank you for just the privilege,

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 every time we're able to gather as a body of believers,

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 to join our hearts in worship,

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 to be reminded that none of us would be here today

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 were it not for your amazing grace.

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 And Father, out of that awareness,

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 I pray today that we just present ourselves before you in humility

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 and Lord in all emptying of self

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 to just sit before your Word today.

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 And we pray that your Holy Spirit would be the one who teaches us this morning.

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 And I pray that this Word that we hold in our hands this morning,

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 paper and ink,

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 this written Word,

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 Lord, I pray that it will now become a living Word

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 in our hearts today.

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 Speak to us.

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 May we be good stewards of every moment you give us

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 in this time together.

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 It's the prayer that we pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 He was considered by many

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 to be the fastest man in the world.

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 They called him the Flying Scotchman.

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 He was 22 years old.

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 And in the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, France,

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 Eric Little was to have competed in the 100-meter dash.

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 Again, he was the fastest man at that particular race,

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 fully expected to win the gold medal.

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 But Eric Little was also a Christian.

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 He was a strong believer.

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 And just a few days before the 100-meter dash was to have been run,

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 he discovered that the qualifying heats for that event

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 were going to be held on a Sunday.

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 And Eric Little had strong convictions about the Lord's Day.

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 And he determined if those qualifying heats were going to be run on a Sunday,

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 he could not participate.

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 Now, as you might imagine, a great uproar followed that decision.

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 The Olympic Committee in that day got together,

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 held an emergency meeting,

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 called Eric Little in and said,

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 Look, man, everybody's eyes are on you.

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 You've got to run this race.

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 He said, No, I can't do it.

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 He was summoned to a personal meeting with the Prince of Wales

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 who had come to watch that race

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 and was told again,

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 Eric, we need you to run.

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 He said, I cannot run.

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 Finally, Eric Little received a telegram

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 from the Prime Minister of Great Britain,

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 giving him an ultimatum, in essence.

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 Eric, you don't have a choice.

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 You have got to compete in this race.

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 But he stood firm.

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 He did not run.

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 And many people looked at Eric Little and said,

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 What a waste.

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 You have given up fame.

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 You have probably given up fortune.

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 You have certainly given up the gold medal,

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 which everyone realizes you could have won.

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 And yet, this young man at 24 years of age

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 determined that nothing was more important in his life

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 than his relationship with Jesus Christ.

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 And he would not do anything that he considered

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 would compromise his stance for Jesus Christ.

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 So he did not run that race.

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 He did not win that gold medal.

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 But his commitment and his conviction stirred a generation.

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 And many people looked at what Eric Little did

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 and were moved to follow Christ

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 and this young man's example.

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 This morning, I want to ask you a question.

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 Where are the radicals for Jesus Christ today?

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 Where are they?

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 Where are those who would stand up today and say,

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 I boldly proclaim that there is nothing in my life

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 more precious to me

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 than my relationship with Christ,

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 than living for His glory.

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 And I want to ask you this morning,

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 just right out of the gate,

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 would you be willing

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 to be that kind of person?

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 I don't know any day

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 there has ever been when we need more

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 Eric Littles

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 who will stand up

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 with conviction

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 and proclaim

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 my life

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 belongs

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 to Christ

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 fully,

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 finally,

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 forever.

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 I have given

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 my life

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 to Him.

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 Today,

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 I

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 sort of want to get in your face a little bit.

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 Is that okay?

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 Just get in your face a little bit

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 this morning

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 and try to give you something to live for.

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 I want to give you something to live for

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 because I am convinced

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 every one of us,

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 you this morning,

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 are standing

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 on the precipice

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 of a great adventure,

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 if you will take it.

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 And I don't want you to waste your lives

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 in a valley of insignificance.

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 I do not want you to fall prey

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 to what I have called

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 the mind-numbing,

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 spiritual,

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 anesthetizing,

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 destiny-dimming

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 enticement

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 of the American dream

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 that simply says to you

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 and me today,

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 if you'll just

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 get a good education,

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 if you'll get a good job,

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 if you'll raise a good family,

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 if you'll live a good life,

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 then you'll have a good time

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 and your life

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 will be a good life.

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 Can I tell you this morning,

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 unhesitatingly,

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 you were created

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 for something more than that.

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 In fact,

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 you were created

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 for a whole lot more

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 than that.

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 So I want to say to you this morning,

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 whether you're a student

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 with the majority of your life

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 ahead of you,

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 or whether you've already retired

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 and trying to figure out

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 how you can make the most

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 of your final years,

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 I want to point you

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 to something this morning.

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 So I want you to take

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 your copy of God's Word

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 as you have it there with you,

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 or maybe you're going to

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 look this up on your phone

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 or some other device.

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 I want you to look with me

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 at a couple of verses

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 in 1 Corinthians 6.

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 Let me just say to you,

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 if we really understand

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 what these verses say,

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 they may be

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 some of the scariest,

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 most intimidating verses

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 in all of the New Testament.

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 But we're going to look

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 at them anyway.

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 1 Corinthians 6,

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 verses 19 and 20.

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 1 Corinthians 6,

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 19 and 20,

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 parts of these verses.

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 I want you to listen

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 to what Paul,

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 under the inspiration

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 of the Holy Spirit,

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 writes to you and to me.

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 Now, you belong to God.

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 You do not belong to yourselves.

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 God has bought you

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 with a great price.

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 Hear that again.

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 Now, you belong to God.

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 You do not belong to yourselves.

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 Why?

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 Because God has bought you

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 with a great price.

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 Do you understand this morning?

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 If you are a Christian,

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 if you would stand here

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 and dare to name the name of Jesus

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 as Lord and Savior of your life,

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 do you understand?

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 You are not your own.

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 You do not belong to yourself.

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 It is not your life.

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 Christ bought you.

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 He bought me

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 at the price of His own death

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 so that now we doubly belong to God.

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 We belong to God, number one,

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 because He created

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 every single one of us.

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 And then if we are believers,

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 we belong to God

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 because Christ purchased us.

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 He purchased our salvation

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 at the price of His death

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 on the cross.

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 And that means my life

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 is no longer my life

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 to do with however I want to do with it.

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 Your life is not your life

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 to do whatever you want to do with it.

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 I've heard people say before,

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 you know,

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 you grow up in America,

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 you can become anything you want to be.

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 Can we stop telling our kids that lie

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 if we're followers of Christ?

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 You can become anything God wants you to become.

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 You can do anything God wants you to do

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 because your life is not your own

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 to do with what you want to do with.

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 And neither is mine.

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 We're not free to chart our own course,

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 pursue our own desires,

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 chase our own dreams.

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 Restricting, huh?

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 A little bit.

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 Boxes you in, doesn't it?

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 Cramps your style,

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 infringes on your freedom, right?

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 I mean, that's what the world

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 will tell us.

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 That's what it told Eric Little.

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 But this morning,

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 can we look for just a moment

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 at what God's Word really has to say about this?

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 And I want to illustrate

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 this 1 Corinthians text in several ways.

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 First of all,

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 I want to illustrate it

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 by looking at the life of a man in Scripture.

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 His name was Epaphroditus.

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 We find his story in Philippians chapter 2.

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 So I encourage you to mark 1 Corinthians chapter 6,

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 but turn over into the New Testament.

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 A few books here.

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 To Philippians.

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 And we're going to look for just a moment

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 at Epaphroditus.

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 Now, this is the only place in Scripture

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 we find Epaphroditus mentioned,

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 but he is memorialized here.

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 He is ensconced

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 because of what we see about him

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 in this text.

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 Now, before we look at the verses

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 describing his life a little bit,

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 let me give you a little bit of a background

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 to this book of Philippians.

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 Epaphroditus was a member of the church

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 at Philippi.

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 The Philippian church had heard

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 that Paul was in prison in Rome.

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 That's where Paul was

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 when he wrote the book of Philippians.

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 And so the church at Philippi

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 determined that it would come together,

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 it would take up a collection,

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 an offering,

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 and they would send it to Paul in Rome.

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 And Epaphroditus was the one

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 who was given the task

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 to take that gift to Paul in Rome.

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 As a matter of fact,

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 we might say that the book of Philippians

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 is sort of Paul's extended thank you letter

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 to the church at Philippi

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 for the sending of this gift to him

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 in prison in Rome.

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 So Epaphroditus is tasked

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 with this responsibility.

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 He is taking this gift

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 from the Philippian church to Rome

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 somewhere on the journey

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 from Philippi to Rome,

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 or perhaps after he got to Rome,

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 we don't really know.

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 But Epaphroditus became seriously ill.

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 We don't know what the illness was

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 that he had,

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 but if you look at verse 27,

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 you will see,

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 of Philippians chapter 2,

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 you will see that it was serious enough

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 that the man almost died.

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 And so the Philippian church

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 was concerned about Epaphroditus.

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 Somehow they'd gotten word

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 that he was at the point of death.

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 So after he recovers a little bit,

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 Paul says in verse 28,

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 I'm going to send Epaphroditus back to you

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 so that he can be with you,

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 he can be with his family,

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 he can be with his church family,

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 and can recover.

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 So that's the background.

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 What I want you to see here,

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 the verses,

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 verses 29 and 30,

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 because this tells us something

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 of Epaphroditus

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 that is really the focus

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 of what I'm trying to help

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 all of us come to terms with today.

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 Verse 29,

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 Paul says,

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 as he sends Epaphroditus back,

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 so receive him in the Lord

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 with all joy

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 and honor such men,

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 for he nearly died

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 for the work of Christ,

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 risking his life

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 to complete what was lacking

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 in your service to me.

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 Now there's a little key phrase here

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 that Paul uses

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 to describe Epaphroditus.

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 He says,

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 he risked his life.

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 He risked his life.

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 Now,

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 in the common language

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 of the people in Paul's day,

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 that little phrase,

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 risking his life,

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 was borrowed from

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 the gambling world.

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 It was a gambler's term.

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 It meant to place a bet.

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 It meant to make a wager.

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 It meant to roll the dice.

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 Literally, Paul said,

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 let me tell you about Epaphroditus.

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 He was willing to gamble

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 his own life

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 for the sake of Christ.

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 He threw himself out there

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 on the game board of life.

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 He rolled the dice with his life

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 and he literally risked losing it all

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 to do what Christ had called him to do.

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 Epaphroditus was God's gambler.

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 And he gambled everything

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 because he placed his very life

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 on the line

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 to do what Christ

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 had called him

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 to do.

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 I want to tell you about

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 one of my favorite

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 historical

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 Christian

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 characters.

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 her name was Ann Hazeltine.

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 She was the youngest

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 of five children.

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 And she was doted on

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 by her family.

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 She had a wonderfully

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 happy childhood.

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 And by her teenage years,

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 she was sparkling,

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 full of joy,

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 popular,

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 very attractive,

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 always in demand

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 at parties

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 and all kinds of

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 social events.

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 events.

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 In her youth,

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 her main concerns

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 were her friends,

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 socializing,

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 having fun.

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 Her father actually

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 constructed on the back

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 of their house

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 a dance hall,

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 a big room

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 that was used

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 just for dancing.

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 So Ann's home

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 really became

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 the center

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 of social life

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 in the town

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 where they lived.

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 Now like most of the people

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 who lived in that

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 small town,

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 the Hazeltines

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 went to church.

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 But religion was,

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 it just wasn't

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 very demanding

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 at all.

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 Didn't require

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 much of them.

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 And most of their time

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 was spent

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 just doing

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 what they wanted

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 to do,

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 having fun,

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 being with friends.

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 So in Ann's own words,

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 she said,

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 you know,

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 I was consumed

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 with the things

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 of the world.

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 Even though I profess

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 to follow Christ,

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 I know my focus

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 was on the things

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 of the world,

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 having fun.

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 I was largely directed

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 by peer pressure.

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 And so I want to read

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 a few things to you

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 this morning

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 that come from

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 her diary.

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 And I'm just going to

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 read it off this sheet

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 of paper because

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 I want you to hear

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 verbatim

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 what Ann wrote

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 about her understanding

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 of Christianity

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 at this young point

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 in her life.

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 Here's what she said,

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 quote,

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 During the first

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 16 years of my life,

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 I very seldom

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 felt any serious

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 impressions about

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 anything.

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 I was early taught

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 by my mother,

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 though at that time

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 she was ignorant

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 of the nature

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 of true religion.

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 I was taught

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 by her the importance

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 of abstaining

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 from those vices

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 like telling falsehoods,

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 disobeying my parents,

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 taking what was

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 not my own.

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 She also taught me

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 that if I was

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 a good child,

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 when I died,

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 I would escape

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 that dreadful place

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 called hell,

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 the thought of which

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 sometimes filled me

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 with alarm and terror.

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 So,

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 I therefore made it

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 a matter of conscience

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 to avoid

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 these kinds of sins.

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 I'd say my prayer

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 every night

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 and every morning.

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 I would try not

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 to do the things

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 that I knew were wrong,

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 never doubting

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 that such a course

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 of conduct

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 would ensure

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 my salvation.

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 At the age of 12 or 13,

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 I attended the academy

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 where suddenly

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 as I was exposed

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 to many more temptations

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 than ever before.

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 I now began to go

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 to dances and parties.

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 I found my mind

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 completely occupied

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 with the things

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 of the world.

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 And for two or three years,

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 I scarcely felt

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 an anxious thought

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 at all relative

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 to the salvation

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 of my own soul.

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 Even though,

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 now listen,

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 even though,

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 I was rapidly heading

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 towards eternal ruin.

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 I was surrounded

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 by my friends

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 who were wild

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 and volatile

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 like myself.

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 And I often thought

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 myself,

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 one of the happiest

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 people on earth.

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 My time mostly occupied

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 with clothes,

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 boys,

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 and an amusement.

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 That was her life.

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 That was her own assessment

00:20:01.899 --> 00:20:02.740
 of her life

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 at 16 years of age.

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 Now,

00:20:05.539 --> 00:20:06.359
 she went on to say

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 that from time to time

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 she would sort of be

00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:10.479
 convicted about things

00:20:10.479 --> 00:20:11.019
 in her life.

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 She knew she was doing things

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 she had no business doing,

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 involved with people

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 she shouldn't have been with.

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 But because of peer pressure

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 and her desire

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 to be popular,

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 she said,

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 you know,

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 I was just,

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 it was too embarrassing

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 for me to try

00:20:24.919 --> 00:20:25.679
 to take a stand

00:20:25.679 --> 00:20:26.219
 for Christ

00:20:26.219 --> 00:20:26.959
 or to really get

00:20:26.959 --> 00:20:27.659
 too serious

00:20:27.659 --> 00:20:29.719
 about spiritual things

00:20:29.719 --> 00:20:31.039
 or try to be godly.

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 But then,

00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:39.359
 as a 17-year-old girl,

00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:42.159
 Anne Hazeltine

00:20:42.159 --> 00:20:43.420
 had a personal,

00:20:44.299 --> 00:20:45.319
 powerful encounter

00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:46.279
 with Jesus Christ

00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:47.319
 that radically

00:20:47.319 --> 00:20:49.119
 changed her life.

00:20:49.940 --> 00:20:50.200
 Suddenly,

00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:51.279
 she was overwhelmed

00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:52.920
 with a sense

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 of her own guilt

00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:56.059
 before this holy

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 and righteous God.

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 she said,

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 I suddenly became

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 aware of His majesty,

00:21:03.859 --> 00:21:05.319
 His holiness,

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 His greatness,

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 the grace

00:21:07.879 --> 00:21:09.220
 that He had extended

00:21:09.220 --> 00:21:09.839
 to me.

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 And I became overwhelmed

00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:14.379
 with my own sinfulness

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 and suddenly

00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:16.279
 I just had this

00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:17.480
 consuming desire

00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:18.720
 for my life

00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:19.660
 to bring glory to God.

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 So at 17 years of age,

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 she set out

00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:24.160
 to live her life

00:21:24.160 --> 00:21:26.940
 in complete commitment

00:21:26.940 --> 00:21:27.600
 to the Lord.

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 And she said,

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 Lord, here it is,

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 whatever you want to do.

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 She said,

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 what Epaphroditus said,

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 here's my life,

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 I roll it out there.

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 Let me tell you

00:21:35.620 --> 00:21:36.080
 what happened.

00:21:38.420 --> 00:21:39.340
 Anne Hazeltine

00:21:39.340 --> 00:21:40.160
 eventually married

00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:40.620
 a man

00:21:40.620 --> 00:21:42.720
 by the name of

00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:44.720
 Adoniram Judson.

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 I don't know

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 if that name means

00:21:46.620 --> 00:21:47.800
 anything to you or not.

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 If you know anything

00:21:48.620 --> 00:21:49.640
 about mission history

00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:50.259
 whatsoever.

00:21:51.060 --> 00:21:51.980
 Adoniram Judson

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 was one of the first

00:21:52.860 --> 00:21:54.080
 Protestant missionaries

00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:55.379
 sent out from North America

00:21:55.379 --> 00:21:57.619
 to the non-Christian world.

00:21:57.699 --> 00:21:58.220
 He was one of the

00:21:58.220 --> 00:22:00.159
 great missionary pioneers.

00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:02.839
 And so,

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:05.119
 Anne ended up

00:22:05.119 --> 00:22:05.980
 getting to know

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:07.299
 Judson

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:08.879
 and they decided

00:22:08.879 --> 00:22:09.539
 to get married.

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 Let me read a part

00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:12.599
 of a letter to you now

00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:14.859
 that Adoniram Judson

00:22:14.859 --> 00:22:17.179
 wrote to Anne Hazeltine's

00:22:17.179 --> 00:22:17.919
 father

00:22:17.919 --> 00:22:20.159
 asking for her hand

00:22:20.159 --> 00:22:20.919
 in marriage

00:22:20.919 --> 00:22:22.659
 and also asking

00:22:22.659 --> 00:22:23.980
 permission to take Anne

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.660
 with him

00:22:24.660 --> 00:22:26.319
 as a missionary

00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:27.579
 to India.

00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:29.279
 Now, if you're a father

00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:30.279
 out there with a daughter,

00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:31.579
 I want you to listen to the...

00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:32.299
 It ought to impact

00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:33.099
 every one of us,

00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:33.819
 but I want you to listen

00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:35.019
 to what Adoniram Judson

00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:36.640
 wrote to Anne Hazeltine's

00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:36.900
 father.

00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:40.200
 I have to ask you now

00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:41.319
 whether you can consent

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:42.440
 to part with your daughter

00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:43.400
 early next spring

00:22:43.400 --> 00:22:45.339
 to see her

00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:46.860
 never again

00:22:46.860 --> 00:22:48.259
 in this world.

00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:50.799
 Whether you can consent

00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:51.680
 to her departure,

00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:53.700
 her subjection

00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:54.460
 to the hardships

00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:55.919
 and sufferings

00:22:55.919 --> 00:22:57.019
 of missionary life,

00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:59.039
 whether you can consent

00:22:59.039 --> 00:23:00.039
 to her exposure

00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:01.379
 to the dangers

00:23:01.379 --> 00:23:02.059
 of the ocean,

00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:04.419
 to the fatal influence

00:23:04.419 --> 00:23:05.960
 of the southern climate

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.500
 of India,

00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:08.279
 to every kind

00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:08.859
 of want

00:23:08.859 --> 00:23:09.720
 and distress,

00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:11.099
 to degradation,

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:11.819
 insult,

00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:12.619
 persecution,

00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:13.759
 perhaps even

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.899
 a violent death.

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.460
 Can you consent

00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:17.099
 to all this

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:17.639
 for the sake

00:23:17.639 --> 00:23:18.079
 of him

00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:19.019
 who left

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:19.959
 his heavenly home

00:23:19.959 --> 00:23:21.000
 and died for her

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:22.039
 and for you?

00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:23.859
 Can you do this

00:23:23.859 --> 00:23:24.439
 for the sake

00:23:24.439 --> 00:23:26.159
 of perishing

00:23:26.159 --> 00:23:28.199
 immortal souls,

00:23:28.659 --> 00:23:29.240
 for the sake

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:29.679
 of heaven,

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.179
 for the sake

00:23:30.179 --> 00:23:31.079
 of the glory of God?

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:32.279
 Can you consent

00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:33.079
 to all this

00:23:33.079 --> 00:23:33.899
 in the hope

00:23:33.899 --> 00:23:34.659
 of soon meeting

00:23:34.659 --> 00:23:35.819
 your daughter again,

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.779
 not in this world,

00:23:38.179 --> 00:23:38.980
 but in the world

00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:39.679
 of glory

00:23:39.679 --> 00:23:40.459
 with the crown

00:23:40.459 --> 00:23:41.579
 of righteousness

00:23:41.579 --> 00:23:43.219
 brightened

00:23:43.219 --> 00:23:44.379
 with the acclamations

00:23:44.379 --> 00:23:45.119
 of praise

00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:46.319
 that shall resound

00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:47.719
 from her Savior,

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:49.119
 from those

00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:50.639
 heathen people

00:23:50.639 --> 00:23:51.439
 saved through

00:23:51.439 --> 00:23:52.339
 her testimony

00:23:52.339 --> 00:23:54.239
 from eternal woe

00:23:54.239 --> 00:23:55.939
 and despair?

00:23:57.939 --> 00:23:59.139
 What questions?

00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:02.119
 Her father said

00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:02.619
 what I would have

00:24:02.619 --> 00:24:03.259
 probably said.

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:07.919
 I can't do that,

00:24:08.439 --> 00:24:09.379
 but I will let her

00:24:09.379 --> 00:24:10.439
 make up her decision.

00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:13.379
 Anne said yes.

00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:15.720
 I will go.

00:24:17.580 --> 00:24:18.200
 And Anne

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:19.480
 and Adoniram Judson

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:22.840
 went to India.

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:26.460
 There they lost

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:27.240
 three of their children.

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:31.100
 Adoniram himself

00:24:31.100 --> 00:24:31.540
 was thrown

00:24:31.540 --> 00:24:32.680
 into a Burmese prison

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.680
 where he languished

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:35.800
 for two years.

00:24:38.800 --> 00:24:40.160
 Anne herself

00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:42.519
 at 37 years

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.440
 of age

00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:46.300
 died in Burma.

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:48.259
 Her body

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:49.400
 wracked by pain,

00:24:49.580 --> 00:24:50.060
 ravaged

00:24:50.060 --> 00:24:51.740
 by tropical illnesses,

00:24:52.120 --> 00:24:52.840
 emaciated

00:24:52.840 --> 00:24:53.680
 from lack

00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:55.060
 of proper food,

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.940
 beaten down

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.700
 by the struggles

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:58.300
 of pioneer missionary life

00:24:58.300 --> 00:24:59.759
 just as her husband

00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:00.740
 Ad predicted

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:02.160
 would happen.

00:25:06.360 --> 00:25:07.160
 But Anne

00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:08.000
 helped to translate

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.640
 the books

00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:09.200
 of Daniel

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.800
 and Jonah

00:25:09.800 --> 00:25:11.060
 into the Burmese language,

00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:12.360
 the gospel

00:25:12.360 --> 00:25:13.520
 of Matthew

00:25:13.520 --> 00:25:14.800
 into the Thai language,

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:16.520
 so that

00:25:16.520 --> 00:25:17.720
 multiplied thousands

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.640
 of Burmese

00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:19.420
 and Thai

00:25:19.420 --> 00:25:20.140
 people

00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:21.020
 could come

00:25:21.020 --> 00:25:21.980
 to know the Christ

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:23.560
 that she knew.

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.300
 She rolled

00:25:26.300 --> 00:25:26.880
 the dice.

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:31.220
 She gambled

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:31.960
 her life.

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:35.440
 She said,

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:35.620
 Lord,

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.240
 there is nothing

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:36.920
 more precious

00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:37.519
 to me

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.279
 than living

00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:39.220
 for your glory.

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:40.200
 I do not

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:41.579
 belong to myself.

00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:42.680
 You have bought

00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:43.759
 me with a great

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.319
 price.

00:25:45.100 --> 00:25:46.059
 I throw myself

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:46.420
 out.

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:48.259
 You use me

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.880
 however you want

00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:49.460
 to use me.

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:52.940
 Now here's

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:53.420
 the question.

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:57.680
 is that

00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:58.360
 something you

00:25:58.360 --> 00:25:59.200
 have ever

00:25:59.200 --> 00:26:01.140
 seriously

00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:02.000
 in your

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:03.200
 entire life

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:03.960
 considered

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.340
 doing?

00:26:09.340 --> 00:26:10.140
 Would you

00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:10.580
 be

00:26:10.580 --> 00:26:12.580
 an Anne

00:26:12.580 --> 00:26:13.240
 Hazeltine

00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:13.600
 for this

00:26:13.600 --> 00:26:14.080
 generation?

00:26:16.080 --> 00:26:16.900
 Would you

00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:17.200
 be an

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:18.240
 Epaphroditus

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:20.779
 for this

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.140
 day?

00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:23.339
 Would you

00:26:23.339 --> 00:26:24.099
 consider that

00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:24.819
 God may have

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.339
 brought you

00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:25.980
 into His

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.400
 kingdom

00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:28.400
 for such

00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:29.099
 a time

00:26:29.099 --> 00:26:30.380
 as this?

00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:30.900
 Would you

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.620
 be an Eric

00:26:31.620 --> 00:26:32.059
 Little

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:34.579
 for this

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:35.799
 generation?

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:39.740
 Can I

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.160
 say to you

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:40.720
 this morning

00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:42.799
 that I

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.299
 believe

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:45.500
 Christianity

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:47.700
 has largely

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.779
 lost its

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.299
 teeth

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:51.220
 in America?

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:54.860
 There is

00:26:54.860 --> 00:26:55.720
 no risk.

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.259
 We play

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.720
 it safe.

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.059
 We know

00:26:59.059 --> 00:26:59.840
 exactly what

00:26:59.840 --> 00:27:00.120
 we're going

00:27:00.120 --> 00:27:00.660
 to do each

00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:01.000
 and every

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.519
 day that we

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:01.960
 live.

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.420
 We're not

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:03.700
 throwing

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.440
 ourselves out

00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:04.700
 there for

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.039
 the sake

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:05.620
 of Christ.

00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:07.480
 There is

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:08.080
 no challenge.

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:08.580
 There is

00:27:08.580 --> 00:27:09.200
 no costly

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:09.759
 commitment.

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:10.840
 There is

00:27:10.840 --> 00:27:11.440
 no great

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.019
 courage.

00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:12.779
 There is

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.360
 no great

00:27:13.360 --> 00:27:14.259
 cause

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:16.840
 that we

00:27:16.840 --> 00:27:17.259
 consider

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.879
 worth

00:27:17.879 --> 00:27:19.900
 this kind

00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:20.539
 of price.

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:23.200
 There is

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.940
 very little

00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:24.460
 in our

00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:25.000
 culture

00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:26.400
 or in the

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:26.799
 church of

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.500
 Jesus Christ

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.400
 today that

00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:29.180
 is driving

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:31.700
 us to

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.379
 be all

00:27:32.379 --> 00:27:32.960
 that this

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.559
 word says

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:33.980
 we ought

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.420
 to be.

00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:37.240
 So can I

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.799
 just be a

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.519
 voice today?

00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:39.039
 Maybe it

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.700
 is a voice

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:41.039
 crying in the

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:41.420
 wilderness.

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:42.200
 I do not

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.619
 know, but

00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:43.339
 could I say,

00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.299
 could I throw

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:44.839
 out to you

00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:45.359
 this morning

00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:46.259
 this possibility?

00:27:46.699 --> 00:27:47.019
 Would you

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:47.539
 embrace

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.079
 being

00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:48.679
 everything

00:27:48.679 --> 00:27:49.179
 that this

00:27:49.179 --> 00:27:49.819
 word says

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:50.339
 Christ

00:27:50.339 --> 00:27:52.000
 created

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.519
 and bought

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:52.859
 you to

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:53.099
 be?

00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:58.479
 Would you

00:27:58.479 --> 00:27:58.959
 hear me say

00:27:58.959 --> 00:27:59.199
 to you,

00:27:59.379 --> 00:27:59.819
 don't

00:27:59.819 --> 00:28:00.559
 waste

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:03.240
 these few

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:04.259
 precious years,

00:28:04.379 --> 00:28:04.959
 this tiny

00:28:04.959 --> 00:28:05.639
 increment of

00:28:05.639 --> 00:28:06.500
 time that

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.099
 God has

00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:07.839
 entrusted

00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:08.679
 to you.

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:09.259
 Don't

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.799
 waste

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.899
 your life.

00:28:11.639 --> 00:28:11.919
 Now listen,

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.479
 I understand

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:13.079
 this morning,

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:13.660
 I'm not

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:14.740
 naive,

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:16.559
 and I

00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:16.920
 understand

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.579
 this morning

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:17.900
 that from

00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.559
 the perspective

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.039
 and the

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:19.759
 values and

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.220
 the priorities

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.599
 of this

00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:21.039
 world,

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:22.360
 what looks

00:28:22.360 --> 00:28:22.779
 like a

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.579
 waste is

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:23.960
 to give

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.539
 yourself to

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:25.000
 Christ in

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.400
 this kind

00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:25.700
 of way.

00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:26.099
 That's what

00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:26.700
 looks like a

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.279
 waste in

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:27.599
 the eyes

00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:27.860
 of the

00:28:27.860 --> 00:28:28.279
 world.

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:29.700
 It looks

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:30.279
 stupid,

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.259
 tragic.

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:34.460
 It's a

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:35.640
 waste because

00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:36.319
 becoming a

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:36.860
 follower of

00:28:36.860 --> 00:28:37.640
 Christ means

00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:38.460
 sacrifice.

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.440
 It causes

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:39.740
 us to

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.140
 embrace

00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:40.660
 suffering.

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.380
 It tells

00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:41.700
 us we're

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:41.900
 going to

00:28:41.900 --> 00:28:42.140
 face

00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:42.880
 persecution

00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:43.940
 and loss

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.580
 in this

00:28:44.580 --> 00:28:44.940
 world.

00:28:45.060 --> 00:28:45.920
 Over and

00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:46.460
 over and

00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:46.840
 over again

00:28:46.840 --> 00:28:47.060
 in the

00:28:47.060 --> 00:28:47.500
 New Testament

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:47.960
 we see

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:48.300
 that.

00:28:50.540 --> 00:28:51.060
 If anyone

00:28:51.060 --> 00:28:52.100
 would come

00:28:52.100 --> 00:28:52.500
 after me,

00:28:52.560 --> 00:28:53.160
 Jesus said,

00:28:53.280 --> 00:28:53.680
 let him

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.840
 deny

00:28:54.840 --> 00:28:55.420
 himself.

00:28:56.660 --> 00:28:57.060
 Say a

00:28:57.060 --> 00:28:57.600
 big fat

00:28:57.600 --> 00:28:58.100
 no to

00:28:58.100 --> 00:28:58.440
 your own

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:58.900
 life.

00:28:59.840 --> 00:29:00.160
 Let him

00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:00.460
 deny

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:00.800
 himself,

00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:01.240
 then take

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:01.520
 up a

00:29:01.520 --> 00:29:01.880
 cross.

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:02.960
 That's

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.280
 not the

00:29:03.280 --> 00:29:03.560
 shiny

00:29:03.560 --> 00:29:03.920
 little

00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:05.100
 emblem we

00:29:05.100 --> 00:29:05.560
 wear around

00:29:05.560 --> 00:29:06.000
 our necks.

00:29:06.080 --> 00:29:06.420
 It was a

00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:06.660
 Roman

00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:07.380
 execution

00:29:07.380 --> 00:29:08.000
 device.

00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:08.620
 That's

00:29:08.620 --> 00:29:09.180
 what everybody

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:09.700
 understood

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:10.240
 when Jesus

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:10.580
 said,

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:11.160
 if you want

00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:11.500
 to follow

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:12.119
 me, be

00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:12.519
 ready to

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:12.859
 take up

00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:13.240
 a cross.

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.900
 Be ready

00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:14.259
 to give

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.640
 everything

00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:15.019
 that you

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.440
 have even

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:15.720
 in your

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.119
 own life

00:29:16.119 --> 00:29:16.460
 if you want

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:16.779
 to follow

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.059
 me.

00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:17.940
 That's

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.440
 what Jesus

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:18.920
 said.

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:21.180
 He has

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:21.720
 called us

00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:22.400
 to a life

00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:23.819
 in the eyes

00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:24.380
 of the world

00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:26.039
 of a seemingly

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:27.259
 pointless denial

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:27.839
 of many of the

00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:28.579
 things we think

00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:29.619
 make our short

00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:30.200
 lives here on

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:32.200
 earth tolerable.

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.200
 He calls us

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:34.019
 to walk a path

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:35.220
 that leads in the

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:36.119
 opposite direction

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:36.619
 that everybody

00:29:36.619 --> 00:29:37.619
 else is going

00:29:37.619 --> 00:29:37.980
 in.

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:39.299
 I'm going

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.579
 to tell you

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:40.360
 identifying

00:29:40.360 --> 00:29:41.200
 with Christ

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:42.480
 risking your

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:43.039
 life in this

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.660
 kind of way

00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:44.519
 can involve

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:44.900
 the loss

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:45.640
 of reputation

00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:46.360
 it can involve

00:29:46.360 --> 00:29:46.799
 the loss

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.660
 of intellectual

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:48.720
 respectability

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.880
 it can include

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:50.360
 the loss

00:29:50.360 --> 00:29:50.940
 of status

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:51.440
 according to

00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:51.960
 the world's

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:52.980
 version of

00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:53.460
 wisdom and

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:53.700
 honor

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:54.799
 looks like

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.220
 a waste

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:55.819
 of life.

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.319
 But it's

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:01.620
 really the

00:30:01.620 --> 00:30:02.220
 very opposite.

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:04.579
 Jesus said

00:30:04.579 --> 00:30:04.860
 if you want

00:30:04.860 --> 00:30:05.160
 to gain

00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:05.740
 your life

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:08.259
 lose it.

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:10.579
 I'll tell you

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:11.079
 how to lose it.

00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:11.559
 Try to hang

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:11.940
 on to your

00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:12.319
 life.

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.440
 Try to do it

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:14.940
 your way.

00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:16.500
 You'll lose

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.019
 your life.

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:17.740
 You'll come

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.059
 to the end

00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:18.640
 of your life

00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:19.220
 and you'll

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:19.740
 look back

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.299
 and you'll

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:21.100
 have a pot

00:30:21.100 --> 00:30:21.420
 full of

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:21.860
 regrets

00:30:21.860 --> 00:30:23.819
 and you'll

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:24.140
 yearn for

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:24.620
 what might

00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:25.100
 have been

00:30:25.100 --> 00:30:27.059
 in your

00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:27.579
 service to

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:27.839
 the Lord

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:28.480
 Jesus Christ

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:28.900
 and how he

00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:29.180
 might have

00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:29.640
 taken your

00:30:29.640 --> 00:30:30.079
 life and

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:30.579
 used it

00:30:30.579 --> 00:30:32.059
 as a vehicle

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.419
 for his

00:30:32.419 --> 00:30:32.779
 glory.

00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:36.879
 You know

00:30:36.879 --> 00:30:37.099
 what?

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:41.240
 I didn't

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:43.220
 finish the

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.659
 story about

00:30:43.659 --> 00:30:44.099
 Eric Little.

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:44.619
 Let me go

00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:44.960
 back to

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.220
 that.

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:49.299
 After Eric

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:49.960
 Little decided

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.519
 he would

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:52.899
 not run in

00:30:52.899 --> 00:30:53.259
 the 100

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:53.879
 meter dash

00:30:53.879 --> 00:30:54.319
 because of

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:54.940
 his convictions

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:55.539
 about running

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:56.139
 on a Sunday

00:30:56.139 --> 00:30:58.659
 a teammate

00:30:58.659 --> 00:30:59.099
 of his

00:30:59.099 --> 00:30:59.399
 on the

00:30:59.399 --> 00:30:59.659
 British

00:30:59.659 --> 00:30:59.980
 Olympic

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.279
 team

00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:00.579
 a man

00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:00.819
 by the

00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:00.940
 name

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:01.079
 of

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:01.319
 Harold

00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:01.700
 Abrams

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:02.039
 came up

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.319
 to him

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:02.579
 and said

00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:02.839
 Eric

00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:03.879
 I'd be

00:31:03.879 --> 00:31:04.259
 willing to

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:04.659
 switch

00:31:04.659 --> 00:31:05.299
 events

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:05.720
 with you.

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.180
 I run

00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:06.619
 the 400

00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:07.399
 meter race

00:31:07.399 --> 00:31:08.579
 why don't

00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:08.920
 I run

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.279
 that

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:10.440
 and you

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:10.720
 run the

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:10.960
 100

00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:11.899
 and I'll

00:31:11.899 --> 00:31:12.139
 run the

00:31:12.139 --> 00:31:12.460
 100.

00:31:12.879 --> 00:31:13.180
 See

00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:13.579
 Harold

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:13.940
 Abrams

00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:14.279
 was a

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:14.519
 Jewish

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:14.899
 man

00:31:14.899 --> 00:31:15.539
 and so

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:15.799
 he didn't

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.139
 have any

00:31:16.139 --> 00:31:16.599
 convictions

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:17.259
 about running

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:17.579
 on a

00:31:17.579 --> 00:31:17.879
 Sunday

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:18.299
 it wasn't

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:19.259
 a big

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:19.619
 deal to

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:19.879
 him.

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:20.659
 Problem

00:31:20.659 --> 00:31:21.339
 was

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:23.460
 Eric

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:23.759
 Little

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.180
 had never

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:24.740
 trained

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.440
 to run

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:25.940
 the 400

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.339
 meters.

00:31:26.879 --> 00:31:27.259
 100

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:27.539
 meter

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:27.899
 was more

00:31:27.899 --> 00:31:28.099
 of a

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:28.359
 sprint

00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:28.819
 the 400

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.099
 meter

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:29.359
 was a

00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:29.559
 long

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:29.940
 distance

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:30.220
 race

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:30.899
 he just

00:31:30.899 --> 00:31:31.119
 hadn't

00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:31.460
 trained

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:32.940
 had never

00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:33.420
 run that

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:33.680
 race

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:34.220
 before

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:35.619
 inexperienced

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:36.940
 but hey

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.799
 the opportunity

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.379
 was there

00:31:38.379 --> 00:31:38.920
 and he took

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:39.279
 it and so

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:39.920
 they switched

00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:40.680
 events.

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.920
 Before Eric

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:44.440
 Little got

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:45.579
 ready to run

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:46.539
 that 400

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:47.519
 meter race

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:49.460
 another athlete

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:50.139
 from the

00:31:50.139 --> 00:31:50.579
 American

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:51.339
 Olympic team

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:52.680
 who was

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:53.200
 also a

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:53.539
 Christian

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:55.379
 and who

00:31:55.379 --> 00:31:56.379
 also understood

00:31:56.379 --> 00:31:56.940
 the kind

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.659
 of sacrifice

00:31:57.659 --> 00:31:58.460
 that Eric

00:31:58.460 --> 00:31:58.980
 Little had

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.420
 made

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:01.140
 came up

00:32:01.140 --> 00:32:01.420
 to him

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:01.940
 right before

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.940
 he started

00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:03.380
 that race

00:32:03.380 --> 00:32:03.740
 and handed

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.100
 him a little

00:32:04.100 --> 00:32:04.440
 piece of

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:04.779
 paper and

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.140
 on it was

00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:05.440
 scribbled

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:05.800
 a short

00:32:05.800 --> 00:32:05.980
 note.

00:32:06.060 --> 00:32:06.180
 You know

00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:06.380
 what it

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:06.640
 said?

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:09.440
 God

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:09.980
 honors

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.640
 those

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:11.620
 who

00:32:11.620 --> 00:32:12.140
 honor

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:13.240
 him.

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.500
 Do you

00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:14.779
 believe

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.080
 that?

00:32:17.360 --> 00:32:17.800
 God

00:32:17.800 --> 00:32:19.039
 honors

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.640
 those

00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:20.880
 who

00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:21.740
 honor

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:23.759
 him.

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:28.400
 Eric

00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:28.640
 Little

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:29.119
 not only

00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:29.480
 won the

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:29.799
 400

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.160
 meter

00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:31.680
 and gained

00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:32.079
 that gold

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.500
 medal but

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:32.900
 he set a

00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:33.240
 world's

00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:33.539
 record

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:35.319
 that stood

00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:35.879
 for a

00:32:35.879 --> 00:32:36.240
 decade

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:37.819
 and he

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.480
 became a

00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:39.099
 national

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:40.779
 hero.

00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:44.879
 Everybody

00:32:44.879 --> 00:32:47.259
 wanted to

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:47.680
 be around

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:47.980
 Eric

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.240
 Little.

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:50.039
 They

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.759
 revered

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.140
 him

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:53.119
 in Great

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:53.480
 Britain.

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:55.660
 He

00:32:55.660 --> 00:32:55.900
 could have

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.099
 had

00:32:56.099 --> 00:32:56.400
 anything

00:32:56.400 --> 00:32:56.759
 that he

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.079
 wanted.

00:32:58.359 --> 00:32:58.900
 He

00:32:58.900 --> 00:32:59.140
 could have

00:32:59.140 --> 00:32:59.339
 yelled

00:32:59.339 --> 00:33:00.039
 jump and

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:01.119
 all of

00:33:01.119 --> 00:33:01.359
 Great

00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:01.619
 Britain

00:33:01.619 --> 00:33:01.839
 would have

00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:02.160
 said okay

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:02.619
 how high.

00:33:03.400 --> 00:33:03.960
 That's the

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:05.099
 status that

00:33:05.099 --> 00:33:05.579
 he held

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:06.240
 after winning

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.779
 that 400

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.119
 meter.

00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:08.839
 But exactly

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:09.740
 one year

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:11.299
 after winning

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:11.799
 that gold

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.500
 medal Eric

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.259
 Little walked

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:13.779
 away from

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:15.460
 everything to

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:16.000
 become a

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:17.099
 missionary with

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:17.539
 the London

00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:18.140
 Missionary

00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:19.140
 Society and

00:33:19.140 --> 00:33:20.039
 he went to

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:22.339
 China and

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:22.819
 he carried

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:23.500
 the gospel of

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:24.259
 Jesus Christ

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:24.859
 to the

00:33:24.859 --> 00:33:25.420
 back country

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:25.740
 of that

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.200
 great

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:27.599
 nation.

00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:30.359
 About that

00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:31.579
 time Japan

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:32.539
 invaded China.

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:33.279
 Second World

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:33.859
 War broke

00:33:33.859 --> 00:33:34.180
 out.

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.180
 Eric Little

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:36.799
 was captured

00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.220
 by the

00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:37.740
 Japanese

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.339
 declared to

00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:38.579
 be an

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:38.799
 enemy

00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:39.339
 national

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:40.460
 thrown into

00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:40.900
 a prison

00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:41.200
 camp.

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:41.559
 There he

00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:41.940
 was one

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.619
 of 1,300

00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:44.039
 prisoners

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.640
 crammed into

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.180
 an area

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:46.039
 maybe a

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.400
 little bit

00:33:46.400 --> 00:33:46.920
 bigger than

00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:47.619
 this worship

00:33:47.619 --> 00:33:48.279
 area.

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.279
 Housed in

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:50.019
 dormitories

00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:51.059
 three feet

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:51.940
 by six

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:52.279
 feet.

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:53.779
 He was

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:54.160
 beaten.

00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:55.920
 He was

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:56.599
 starved.

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.319
 He was

00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:59.460
 denied adequate

00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:01.160
 medical care.

00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:02.740
 He was

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:03.660
 physically abused

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:04.119
 and mentally

00:34:04.119 --> 00:34:04.779
 abused.

00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:06.099
 But still,

00:34:06.619 --> 00:34:07.339
 he held

00:34:07.339 --> 00:34:07.740
 athletic

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:08.400
 competitions.

00:34:08.780 --> 00:34:09.320
 He taught

00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:10.239
 hymns.

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:12.300
 And he

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:12.619
 shared the

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:13.079
 gospel of

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.679
 Jesus Christ

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.019
 with his

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:14.639
 fellow prisoners

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:15.320
 and with his

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:15.800
 Japanese

00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:16.500
 captors.

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:18.800
 Just one

00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:19.260
 month before

00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:19.800
 the liberation

00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:20.260
 of China,

00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:21.059
 February 21,

00:34:21.260 --> 00:34:21.920
 1945,

00:34:22.640 --> 00:34:23.180
 Eric Little

00:34:23.180 --> 00:34:26.019
 died in

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:26.500
 that prisoner

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:26.880
 of war

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:27.280
 camp.

00:34:29.680 --> 00:34:30.180
 Largely

00:34:30.180 --> 00:34:30.600
 unknown.

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:36.080
 Was it

00:34:36.080 --> 00:34:36.600
 a waste?

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:38.420
 Well,

00:34:39.220 --> 00:34:40.059
 it would

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:40.220
 have been

00:34:40.220 --> 00:34:40.680
 a waste.

00:34:42.720 --> 00:34:43.440
 In fact,

00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:43.820
 let me just

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:44.240
 be honest

00:34:44.240 --> 00:34:44.539
 with you.

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:44.980
 Everything

00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:45.460
 I've

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:45.739
 shared

00:34:45.739 --> 00:34:46.079
 with you

00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:46.320
 this

00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:46.659
 morning

00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:47.900
 would be

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.460
 a waste

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:50.420
 if what

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:50.860
 the Bible

00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:51.420
 has to say

00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:51.940
 about Jesus

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.599
 Christ is

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:53.079
 not true.

00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:54.719
 If what

00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:55.139
 is in this

00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:55.519
 book is

00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:56.019
 not true,

00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:56.639
 then yes,

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.360
 it is

00:34:58.360 --> 00:34:58.719
 all a

00:34:58.719 --> 00:34:59.000
 waste.

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:02.059
 But if

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:02.360
 what is

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:02.719
 in this

00:35:02.719 --> 00:35:03.079
 book

00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:05.059
 is true,

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:06.579
 if Jesus

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:07.500
 Christ is

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:08.340
 the very

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:09.019
 Son of

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.300
 God,

00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:09.900
 who in

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:10.719
 love for

00:35:10.719 --> 00:35:11.400
 you and

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:11.679
 me,

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.460
 willingly

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:13.340
 set aside

00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:13.860
 the glory

00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:14.239
 and the

00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:15.059
 status that

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:15.659
 was his

00:35:15.659 --> 00:35:16.259
 with his

00:35:16.259 --> 00:35:16.559
 heavenly

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:17.139
 father in

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:17.419
 heaven,

00:35:18.419 --> 00:35:18.759
 if he

00:35:18.759 --> 00:35:19.239
 took on

00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:20.059
 the full

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.839
 measure of

00:35:20.839 --> 00:35:21.179
 our

00:35:21.179 --> 00:35:22.159
 weakness

00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:23.539
 and was

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:24.399
 born into

00:35:24.399 --> 00:35:24.839
 the human

00:35:24.839 --> 00:35:25.339
 family,

00:35:25.619 --> 00:35:26.059
 if he

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:26.679
 lived a

00:35:26.679 --> 00:35:27.359
 life of

00:35:27.359 --> 00:35:27.839
 perfect

00:35:27.839 --> 00:35:28.799
 obedience to

00:35:28.799 --> 00:35:29.419
 his father's

00:35:29.419 --> 00:35:29.719
 will,

00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:30.819
 if he

00:35:30.819 --> 00:35:31.519
 died a

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:31.959
 sinless

00:35:31.959 --> 00:35:32.779
 death on

00:35:32.779 --> 00:35:33.259
 the cross

00:35:33.259 --> 00:35:34.000
 to pay the

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.479
 penalty for

00:35:34.479 --> 00:35:34.939
 your sin

00:35:34.939 --> 00:35:35.299
 and my

00:35:35.299 --> 00:35:35.599
 sin,

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:36.679
 if he

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:37.299
 rose from

00:35:37.299 --> 00:35:37.779
 the dead,

00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:38.539
 if he

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:39.299
 ascended to

00:35:39.299 --> 00:35:39.819
 the father,

00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:40.679
 if today

00:35:40.679 --> 00:35:41.399
 he really is

00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:41.920
 the savior

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.420
 of all

00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:43.139
 who trust

00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:43.639
 in him,

00:35:43.780 --> 00:35:44.340
 if one

00:35:44.340 --> 00:35:44.720
 day he

00:35:44.720 --> 00:35:45.260
 is going

00:35:45.260 --> 00:35:45.760
 to return

00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:46.119
 to this

00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:46.760
 earth and

00:35:46.760 --> 00:35:47.400
 receive his

00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:47.960
 people to

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:48.940
 himself and

00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:49.680
 assume his

00:35:49.680 --> 00:35:50.579
 rightful role

00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:52.079
 as judge over

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:52.539
 all the

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:52.800
 earth,

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:53.519
 king of

00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:54.360
 kings and

00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:54.840
 lord of

00:35:54.840 --> 00:35:55.160
 lords,

00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:55.920
 if what

00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.519
 this book

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:57.139
 has to say

00:35:57.139 --> 00:35:57.820
 about Christ

00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:58.559
 is true

00:35:58.559 --> 00:35:59.599
 and it

00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:00.360
 is true,

00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:03.119
 then my

00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:03.519
 friend there

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:04.200
 is no price

00:36:04.200 --> 00:36:04.700
 in the world

00:36:04.700 --> 00:36:05.160
 that is too

00:36:05.160 --> 00:36:05.680
 great to pay

00:36:05.680 --> 00:36:06.079
 for him.

00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:08.139
 There is no

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:10.179
 loss in the

00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:11.940
 terms of what

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:12.799
 is valuable in

00:36:12.799 --> 00:36:13.319
 the eyes of

00:36:13.319 --> 00:36:13.679
 the world,

00:36:13.759 --> 00:36:14.420
 no loss too

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:14.819
 much to

00:36:14.819 --> 00:36:15.319
 endure for

00:36:15.319 --> 00:36:15.599
 him.

00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:22.259
 Before

00:36:22.259 --> 00:36:23.219
 Anne Hazeltine

00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:26.920
 left the

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:27.360
 shores of

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:30.099
 America to

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:30.679
 sail for

00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:32.179
 India and

00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:32.699
 Burma where

00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:33.299
 she died,

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:35.880
 this is what

00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:36.320
 she had to

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:36.599
 say.

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:38.019
 I'll close

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:38.340
 with these

00:36:38.340 --> 00:36:39.680
 final words

00:36:39.680 --> 00:36:40.000
 from her

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:40.320
 diary.

00:36:42.140 --> 00:36:42.920
 I have at

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.860
 length come

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:44.119
 to the

00:36:44.119 --> 00:36:46.420
 conclusion that

00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:47.019
 I must spend

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:47.780
 my days in a

00:36:47.780 --> 00:36:48.420
 foreign land,

00:36:49.180 --> 00:36:50.200
 but I am a

00:36:50.200 --> 00:36:50.640
 creature of

00:36:50.640 --> 00:36:52.700
 God and he

00:36:52.700 --> 00:36:53.579
 has an undoubted

00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:54.240
 right to do

00:36:54.240 --> 00:36:54.780
 with me as

00:36:54.780 --> 00:36:55.420
 seems good in

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:56.039
 his sight.

00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:58.059
 I rejoice

00:36:58.059 --> 00:36:58.920
 because I am

00:36:58.920 --> 00:36:59.880
 in his

00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:02.079
 hands and

00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:02.519
 when I am

00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:03.140
 called to face

00:37:03.140 --> 00:37:04.039
 danger to pass

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:05.000
 through scenes

00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:05.760
 of terror and

00:37:05.760 --> 00:37:07.020
 distress, he

00:37:07.020 --> 00:37:07.920
 will inspire me

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:08.600
 with fortitude.

00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:10.160
 He will enable

00:37:10.160 --> 00:37:11.020
 me to trust in

00:37:11.020 --> 00:37:12.760
 him because

00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:13.460
 Jesus is

00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:13.820
 faithful.

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:15.400
 His promises

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:16.120
 are precious.

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:17.880
 Were it not

00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:18.220
 for these

00:37:18.220 --> 00:37:19.420
 considerations, I

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:20.020
 should sink

00:37:20.020 --> 00:37:20.820
 down in the

00:37:20.820 --> 00:37:21.300
 depths of

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:21.840
 despair,

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:23.200
 especially as

00:37:23.200 --> 00:37:24.160
 no female has

00:37:24.160 --> 00:37:24.900
 to my knowledge

00:37:24.900 --> 00:37:26.260
 ever left the

00:37:26.260 --> 00:37:26.680
 shores of

00:37:26.680 --> 00:37:27.300
 America to

00:37:27.300 --> 00:37:27.980
 spend her life

00:37:27.980 --> 00:37:28.400
 among the

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:28.860
 heathen in

00:37:28.860 --> 00:37:29.360
 this way.

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.480
 Nor do I

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:31.920
 yet know that

00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:32.600
 I shall have a

00:37:32.600 --> 00:37:33.340
 single female

00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:34.380
 companion where I'm

00:37:34.380 --> 00:37:36.260
 going, but

00:37:36.260 --> 00:37:37.260
 whether I spend

00:37:37.260 --> 00:37:39.260
 my days in

00:37:39.260 --> 00:37:41.119
 India or

00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:43.400
 America, I

00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:44.119
 will spend

00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:45.680
 them in the

00:37:45.680 --> 00:37:47.160
 service of my

00:37:47.160 --> 00:37:48.880
 God and my

00:37:48.880 --> 00:37:51.260
 Savior and look

00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:51.960
 forward to

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:53.539
 spending an

00:37:53.539 --> 00:37:56.200
 eternity in

00:37:56.200 --> 00:37:57.019
 his presence.

00:37:57.019 --> 00:38:02.800
 folks, this is

00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:03.500
 hard for us to

00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:07.519
 hear, but this

00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:07.960
 is not a

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:08.820
 higher life.

00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:13.059
 This is not a

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:13.920
 deeper life.

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:18.239
 This is normal

00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:18.900
 Christianity.

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:21.380
 Normal

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:22.019
 Christianity.

00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:22.099
 Christianity.

00:38:22.759 --> 00:38:23.519
 It seems

00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:24.759
 radical to us

00:38:24.759 --> 00:38:26.360
 because we have

00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:27.539
 departed so far

00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:30.019
 from what Christ

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:31.000
 calls us to be and

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.759
 do in this book.

00:38:33.340 --> 00:38:34.360
 So because it

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:35.300
 seems radical to

00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:36.400
 us, I will ask

00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:37.000
 the question,

00:38:38.280 --> 00:38:39.340
 where are the

00:38:39.340 --> 00:38:40.340
 radicals for Jesus

00:38:40.340 --> 00:38:41.480
 Christ today?

00:38:42.360 --> 00:38:43.460
 Who would rise up

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:44.460
 and say, nothing,

00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:46.179
 nothing, nothing in

00:38:46.179 --> 00:38:48.559
 my life is more

00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:49.519
 precious to me than

00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:50.880
 Christ, than living

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:51.740
 for his glory?

00:38:53.920 --> 00:38:54.880
 Will you be one of

00:38:54.880 --> 00:38:55.300
 those?

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:57.380
 Wow.

00:38:58.300 --> 00:38:58.900
 Do we need some

00:38:58.900 --> 00:38:59.660
 Anne Hazeltines

00:38:59.660 --> 00:39:00.019
 today?

00:39:02.160 --> 00:39:05.000
 Do we need some

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:05.920
 Eric Littles

00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:07.640
 today?

00:39:09.740 --> 00:39:10.680
 Do we need some

00:39:10.680 --> 00:39:11.500
 more folks who in

00:39:11.500 --> 00:39:12.760
 the spirit of

00:39:12.760 --> 00:39:16.400
 Epaphroditus would

00:39:16.400 --> 00:39:17.019
 say, Lord, here's

00:39:17.019 --> 00:39:19.640
 my life and I

00:39:19.640 --> 00:39:20.420
 will roll the

00:39:20.420 --> 00:39:22.940
 dice, not

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:24.760
 knowing what

00:39:24.760 --> 00:39:26.000
 all that means,

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:27.980
 but here is my

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.700
 life today.

00:39:29.700 --> 00:39:30.700
 I give you all

00:39:30.700 --> 00:39:31.260
 of me for the

00:39:31.260 --> 00:39:32.099
 sake of multiplied

00:39:32.099 --> 00:39:32.960
 billions of

00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:34.180
 people who are

00:39:34.180 --> 00:39:34.920
 dying every day

00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:35.599
 without knowing

00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:36.300
 this Savior that

00:39:36.300 --> 00:39:36.760
 we know.

00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:39.380
 Would you be that

00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:40.220
 kind of person for

00:39:40.220 --> 00:39:40.900
 this generation?

00:39:42.440 --> 00:39:43.340
 Isaac Watts

00:39:43.340 --> 00:39:45.940
 wrote a famous

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:46.539
 hymn, When I

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:46.980
 Survey the

00:39:46.980 --> 00:39:47.740
 Wondrous Cross,

00:39:47.739 --> 00:39:49.899
 and in the

00:39:49.899 --> 00:39:51.159
 closing stanza of

00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:51.919
 that verse, he

00:39:51.919 --> 00:39:53.319
 captured exactly

00:39:53.319 --> 00:39:55.719
 the truth of

00:39:55.719 --> 00:39:56.079
 Scripture.

00:39:56.859 --> 00:39:57.479
 And I share these

00:39:57.479 --> 00:39:59.279
 words with you in

00:39:59.279 --> 00:40:00.179
 closing this morning.

00:40:01.219 --> 00:40:02.299
 Isaac Watts said,

00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:03.239
 were the whole

00:40:03.239 --> 00:40:05.219
 realm of nature

00:40:05.219 --> 00:40:05.699
 mine?

00:40:07.159 --> 00:40:07.939
 If I had

00:40:07.939 --> 00:40:08.719
 everything a person

00:40:08.719 --> 00:40:09.339
 could possibly

00:40:09.339 --> 00:40:11.479
 have, were the

00:40:11.479 --> 00:40:12.219
 whole realm of

00:40:12.219 --> 00:40:13.679
 nature mine, that

00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:15.099
 would be a present

00:40:15.099 --> 00:40:16.579
 far too small.

00:40:19.519 --> 00:40:20.900
 Love so amazing,

00:40:22.179 --> 00:40:23.380
 so divine,

00:40:24.739 --> 00:40:28.039
 demands my soul,

00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:30.619
 my life,

00:40:32.619 --> 00:40:33.920
 my all.

00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:37.519
 Pray with you.

00:40:38.179 --> 00:40:38.779
 Heavenly Father,

00:40:38.780 --> 00:40:41.500
 Lord, we stand

00:40:41.500 --> 00:40:42.180
 this morning

00:40:42.180 --> 00:40:48.400
 underneath the

00:40:48.400 --> 00:40:49.200
 authority of your

00:40:49.200 --> 00:40:50.040
 word and the

00:40:50.040 --> 00:40:50.820
 truth that it

00:40:50.820 --> 00:40:51.780
 proclaims.

00:40:53.860 --> 00:40:55.120
 And I pray in

00:40:55.120 --> 00:40:56.040
 these moments,

00:40:56.320 --> 00:40:57.200
 Father, now that

00:40:57.200 --> 00:40:59.380
 we have heard, we

00:40:59.380 --> 00:41:00.680
 might recognize our

00:41:00.680 --> 00:41:01.940
 accountability to

00:41:01.940 --> 00:41:03.560
 you for what you

00:41:03.560 --> 00:41:04.540
 have entrusted to

00:41:04.540 --> 00:41:05.860
 us through the

00:41:05.860 --> 00:41:06.500
 pages of your

00:41:06.500 --> 00:41:06.940
 word.

00:41:06.940 --> 00:41:08.460
 And Lord, through

00:41:08.460 --> 00:41:10.480
 that great cloud

00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:11.800
 of witnesses, those

00:41:11.800 --> 00:41:12.579
 who have gone on

00:41:12.579 --> 00:41:13.980
 before us, like

00:41:13.980 --> 00:41:15.639
 Epaphroditus, like

00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:17.860
 Eric Little, like

00:41:17.860 --> 00:41:19.179
 Ann Hazeltine, who

00:41:19.179 --> 00:41:23.300
 now from the

00:41:23.300 --> 00:41:24.559
 grandstands of

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 heaven cheer us

00:41:26.840 --> 00:41:27.260
 on.

00:41:27.260 --> 00:41:27.320
 God.

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 But even these

00:41:37.140 --> 00:41:41.040
 examples pale in

00:41:41.040 --> 00:41:44.000
 comparison to the

00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:46.080
 example of our

00:41:46.080 --> 00:41:49.240
 Lord Jesus, who for

00:41:49.240 --> 00:41:50.220
 the joy that was set

00:41:50.220 --> 00:41:51.420
 before Him endured

00:41:51.420 --> 00:41:54.020
 the cross, scorning

00:41:54.019 --> 00:41:58.300
 its shame, who took

00:41:58.300 --> 00:41:59.440
 on human form and

00:41:59.440 --> 00:42:01.019
 human flesh and

00:42:01.019 --> 00:42:02.539
 came and dwelt

00:42:02.539 --> 00:42:03.480
 among us, leaving

00:42:03.480 --> 00:42:04.400
 the glory and the

00:42:04.400 --> 00:42:05.159
 splendor of heaven

00:42:05.159 --> 00:42:05.639
 behind.

00:42:09.800 --> 00:42:11.019
 Who took on human

00:42:11.019 --> 00:42:11.800
 form and human

00:42:11.800 --> 00:42:12.539
 flesh and being

00:42:12.539 --> 00:42:13.500
 made in human

00:42:13.500 --> 00:42:15.739
 likeness and being

00:42:15.739 --> 00:42:16.519
 made in appearance

00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:17.619
 as a man, taking

00:42:17.619 --> 00:42:18.500
 on the form of a

00:42:18.500 --> 00:42:18.759
 servant.

00:42:19.139 --> 00:42:19.840
 He humbled

00:42:19.840 --> 00:42:20.219
 Himself.

00:42:20.920 --> 00:42:21.480
 He poured

00:42:21.480 --> 00:42:22.380
 Himself out and He

00:42:22.380 --> 00:42:23.360
 became obedient unto

00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:24.160
 death, even death

00:42:24.160 --> 00:42:24.780
 on the cross.

00:42:25.400 --> 00:42:25.980
 That is our

00:42:25.980 --> 00:42:26.780
 ultimate example.

00:42:28.079 --> 00:42:29.000
 That is the one to

00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:29.660
 whom we give our

00:42:29.660 --> 00:42:30.200
 lives.

00:42:31.920 --> 00:42:32.539
 And so, Father, I

00:42:32.539 --> 00:42:33.640
 pray this morning that

00:42:33.640 --> 00:42:35.660
 as we prepare in just

00:42:35.660 --> 00:42:36.700
 a couple of minutes

00:42:36.700 --> 00:42:38.619
 to walk out the

00:42:38.619 --> 00:42:39.160
 doors of this

00:42:39.160 --> 00:42:40.960
 building, that we

00:42:40.960 --> 00:42:41.619
 would not walk out

00:42:41.619 --> 00:42:42.300
 the same way we

00:42:42.300 --> 00:42:42.840
 walked in.

00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:47.920
 That we would be

00:42:47.920 --> 00:42:48.960
 your gamblers.

00:42:48.960 --> 00:42:52.940
 that we would make

00:42:52.940 --> 00:42:55.000
 the wager, place the

00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:56.179
 bet, roll the dice

00:42:56.179 --> 00:42:57.099
 with our own lives

00:42:57.099 --> 00:42:57.760
 and just say, Lord,

00:42:57.840 --> 00:42:58.360
 here we are.

00:42:59.400 --> 00:43:00.780
 We roll ourselves out

00:43:00.780 --> 00:43:01.400
 before You.

00:43:04.199 --> 00:43:05.139
 Our lives are not

00:43:05.139 --> 00:43:05.539
 our own.

00:43:07.059 --> 00:43:07.940
 We have been bought

00:43:07.940 --> 00:43:08.880
 with a great price.

00:43:09.880 --> 00:43:10.699
 Now take us and use

00:43:10.699 --> 00:43:12.059
 us to make a

00:43:12.059 --> 00:43:12.900
 difference here in

00:43:12.900 --> 00:43:13.579
 Pickens, South

00:43:13.579 --> 00:43:16.420
 Carolina, in a nation

00:43:16.420 --> 00:43:17.400
 that desperately needs

00:43:17.400 --> 00:43:19.000
 to know the

00:43:19.000 --> 00:43:19.639
 difference that only

00:43:19.639 --> 00:43:20.800
 Jesus Christ can make

00:43:20.800 --> 00:43:21.440
 and among the

00:43:21.440 --> 00:43:21.880
 nations.

00:43:23.039 --> 00:43:23.900
 It is the prayer that

00:43:23.900 --> 00:43:24.599
 we pray in Jesus'

00:43:24.800 --> 00:43:24.960
 name.

00:43:26.740 --> 00:43:27.139
 Amen.