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 Excellent. What do you make of this line?

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 It's from a film that came out in 1987, and if you're wondering, I was too.

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 I won't ask you to work out the master of what you were.

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 It's a film that had this iconic scene.

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 Now, I've never watched this film, but I know this iconic scene,

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 and I know this quote from this film,

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 and the scene is these two characters who've been far apart in this film.

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 They're called Wesley and Buttercup.

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 All of a sudden, at the end of the film, they're reunited,

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 and they come out with this line.

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 He says this over her. It's iconic.

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 He says,

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 Death cannot stop true love.

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 All it can do is delay it for a while.

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 And lines like that, they kind of grab our hearts, don't they?

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 Lines like that, you'll hear them everywhere

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 if you listen out hard enough for them in movies,

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 in books, in musicals, and in particular,

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 you'll hear them everywhere in songs,

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 because we love the thought of a happily ever after.

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 Love when you have it,

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 it feels, doesn't it,

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 like the most intoxicating and precious thing to you in the world

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 when you have it,

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 when you find it.

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 And because of that love,

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 when you lose it,

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 it feels like a piece of you goes missing.

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 Summed up, I think,

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 in that famous insight from Queen Elizabeth II,

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 all those years ago,

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 who just said simply,

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 grief is the price that we pay for love.

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 Now, to some extent,

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 as we bring this series home this morning,

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 as we think about love when we have it

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 and what it feels like when we lose it,

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 to some extent,

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 we all know what that feeling is like.

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 But for many of us,

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 we will know that pain so acutely

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 and so deeply this morning,

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 as maybe you recall that person

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 who used to be in your life

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 and you miss them more than words can convey.

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 And you've been so in my mind

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 and my prayers this week

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 as I've been studying this text.

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 And my prayer for you has simply been

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 that God would meet you

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 and he would comfort you

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 and he would remind you

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 by his Holy Spirit gloriously

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 of the most wonderful news

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 that you'll ever hope to hear.

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 Because this really is,

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 as we take this in at the end of this song,

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 this is the most glorious song

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 that we could ever hope to hear.

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 And that you would know

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 that Jesus has gently placed

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 the stories that our wounds tell

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 within the bigger and the eternal story

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 that his wounds tell.

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 And that's the theme of this couple's song

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 this morning in the Song of Songs.

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 Because what this is,

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 is both a celebration

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 and a declaration of

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 a love that will last forever.

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 And it's a massive signpost

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 to the only place

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 where we can ever hope

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 to experience a love like this

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 and a love that's so much greater than this.

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 So let's pick this up,

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 will we, at verse 5.

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 As we get into this last little section

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 of the Song of Songs.

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 And through this song,

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 if you remember this journey,

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 if you're just joining us this morning,

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 you're joining us right at the end of the series.

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 We've journeyed with this couple.

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 We've thought about the fact

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 that in this song,

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 there is a kind of narrative progression.

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 We've heard this couple

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 at the beginning,

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 and you can check these out online

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 if you want to go back

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 and get the series.

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 We've met this couple.

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 They've told us about their first date,

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 as it were,

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 where their eyes first met,

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 how they felt about each other.

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 It was all butterflies in the stomach.

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 We've heard about their wedding day.

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 We've come through that.

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 We've heard about a cold patch

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 that they came through together.

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 And last week,

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 we heard them sing about

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 just how exclusive

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 their love for each other is.

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 And now,

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 as we approach these final few verses,

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 notice the touching detail in the text.

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 Verse 5.

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 That she is now leaning

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 on her beloved.

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 Do you see it?

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 Now, question,

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 when do people normally

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 lean on each other?

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 Okay, think Bill Withers.

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 Lean on me when you're not strong.

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 When do we lean on each other?

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 Periods of our lives

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 when we're not strong, right?

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 So here,

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 right at the end of the song,

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 I don't think it's too much of a stretch,

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 and a lot of commentators

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 will say this as well,

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 to view this couple

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 as now being nearing old age.

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 And if that's the case,

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 here they are,

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 verse 5,

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 they're reminiscing about

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 the early days, right?

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 That's what's going on here.

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 They're reminiscing about

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 the early days.

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 And it's almost as if

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 she grabs the microphone

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 at verse 6 and 7,

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 and she sings

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 all about the quality

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 of the love that they have

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 for each other.

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 And just see,

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 there's two things in her song

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 that she's telling us

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 about their love.

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 Firstly,

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 she's telling us

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 that she wants their love

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 to be permanent.

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 Do you hear that in her voice?

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 She's speaking to him.

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 She's saying,

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 set me as a seal

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 upon your heart.

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 Now,

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 a seal there

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 that she's singing about

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 is just this marker

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 of ownership.

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 Okay,

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 I often do this

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 with my books

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 when I buy them.

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 Alex,

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 knowing me well enough,

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 bought me a

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 personalized book name stamp

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 a number of years ago.

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 Still one of my favorite gifts

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 I've ever received.

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 And I stamp my books

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 with this thing,

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 Graham Shanks.

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 And that's what a seal

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 is in this day.

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 It's a stamp

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 of ownership.

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 And what she's saying

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 is that I want you

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 to write my name

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 onto your body.

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 That's what she's saying.

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 I want you to make

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 this permanent.

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 And people do that,

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 don't they?

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 They get the names

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 of their spouse

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 or maybe the names

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 of their children

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 tattooed on their body.

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 It's their way

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 of saying that

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 I will always carry

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 your name permanently

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 with me

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 wherever I go.

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 And I take it

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 she's talking

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 about the arm there

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 because that's just

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 the most visible place.

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 So she wants

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 their love.

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 She wants it

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 to be permanent.

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 She wants it

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 to be sealed.

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 And then she moves

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 from telling us

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 about what she wants

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 for their love

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 and their relationship

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 to telling us

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 about what it means

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 to her.

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 And I think

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 that's what the word

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 for there indicates.

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 So to anyone

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 who will listen,

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 here's how she feels

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 about their love

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 and you can imagine

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 her, she's scratching

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 her head,

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 she's thinking to herself,

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 what is the most

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 final and fixed

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 thing that I can think of?

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 What is the one thing

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 in life that really

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 is permanent

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 that's not going to change?

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 And it might sound

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 a bit morbid

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 but see what she goes for

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 and this is important

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 for where we'll come back.

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 Love is as strong

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 as death.

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 It's the most

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 fixed thing,

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 it's the most permanent

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 thing that she can think of

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 as she's scratching

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 her head.

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 It's jealousy,

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 it's as fierce

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 as the grave.

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 It is the very flame

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 of the Lord

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 and it's interesting

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 that the first time

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 in this book

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 we get the covenant

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 name of God there,

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 L-O-R-D

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 in capital letters

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 and it's a reference

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 to the promise

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 making God.

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 So she's referring

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 there to the fact

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 that this God

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 does not change,

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 He never changes

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 and likewise

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 this love

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 will not change.

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 many waters

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 cannot quench it

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 or take it away

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 or floods drown it

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 so the best

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 fire brigade team

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 in the world

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 can't put out

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 the fire

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 of their love

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 and you can't

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 buy this kind

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 of love either

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 even if a man

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 emptied his savings

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 account

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 and was all geared up

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 to hit send

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 and a bank transfer

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 of everything

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 that he had

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 to try and purchase

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 this kind of love

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 for himself,

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 what she's saying

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 is it would be

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 futile

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 because you can't

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 buy

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 this kind of love.

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 Maybe there's a way

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 of reading this as well

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 when maybe you

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 consider verses

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 11 and 12

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 and that's kind of

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 a reference there

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 to Solomon

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 and his approach

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 to sex

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 and the mention

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 of Baal there

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 if you see it

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 is suggesting

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 in contrast

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 to the Lord

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 Baal

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 just this

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 idol

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 that's taking

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 God's people

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 away from him

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 it's suggestive

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 of the fact

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 that it's not

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 a good thing.

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 Maybe there's a sense

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 of which she's saying

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 no amount of money

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 in the world

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 would convince me

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 to walk away

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 from this kind of love.

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 Do you see how

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 verse 12

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 just see it

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 she says

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 my own vineyard

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 is mine to give

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 so this kind of love

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 is not something

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 that I think

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 you could say

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 there at verse

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 8 and 9

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 her predictive

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 brothers

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 are going to

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 usher her into

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 it's not something

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 that Solomon's

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 going to buy

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 from her

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 this is something

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 she's an independent

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 woman

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 she is saying

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 my vineyard

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 which is a metaphor

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 for her body

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 my vineyard

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 is mine to give

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 do you see that?

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 So this love

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 that I have

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 nothing

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 will tear me

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 away from it.

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 Remember that show

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 Deal or No Deal

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 well here she is

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 telling Noel Edmonds

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 no deal.

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 And so bring

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 all those similes

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 bring all those

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 metaphors

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 bring all those

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 longings

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 bring all those

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 comparisons

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 in her song

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 together

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 what is she

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 saying about

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 their love

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 first of all

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 it's permanent

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 second of all

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 it's priceless

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 and we all

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 long for the

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 kind of love

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 that she describes

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 here don't we

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 we all long

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 for that kind

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 of love

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 that's permanent

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 that's priceless

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 it's why the

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 official music

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 video to Ed Sheeran

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 song Perfect

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 when I checked

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 it the other day

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 on YouTube

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 it presented me

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 with a number

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 that was so

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 large that I

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 actually had to

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 take the number

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 copy and paste it

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 and put it into

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 Google to tell me

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 what it was in

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 words because it

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 was just so many

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 digits

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 and if you're

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 wondering it's

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 just short of

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 four billion views

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 that that music

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 video has

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 since it came out

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 seven years ago

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 only goes to show

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 that we all

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 long for a love

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 that is both

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 permanent and

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 priceless

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 a love that

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 will last

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 forever

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 a love like

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 this

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 but it raises

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 the question

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 doesn't it

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 and she's

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 raised it in

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 her song

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 how secure

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 is all of

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 this

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 particularly if

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 they are in

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 their old age

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 let's run with

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 that theory for a

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 minute if they

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 are in their

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 old age

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 they know

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 what's around

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 the corner

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 how secure

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 is all of

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 this

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 because once

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 the enchanted

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 spell of the

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 Disney like

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 ending has

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 worn off and

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 we touch back

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 down onto

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 planet reality

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 as wonderful

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 as this is

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 they know that

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 there is someone

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 who is out to

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 put a full

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 stop into

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 their relationship

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 sentence

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 someone who

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 is a hundred

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 percent guaranteed

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 to succeed

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 and we've heard

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 about him already

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 in her song

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 because she's

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 right isn't

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 she that there

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 is nothing

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 as certain

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 and permanent

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 as death

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 and you can

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 attempt to

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 recreate that

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 scene from

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 Titanic where

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 Jack and Rose

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 are floating on

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 the water as

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 the Titanic

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 sinks behind

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 them and you

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 can sing along

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 with Celine Dion

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 and believe that

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 your heart will

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 go on and you

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 can sing it

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 till you're

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 hoarse

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 but at the

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 end of the

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 day that is

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 shallow and

00:11:42.540 --> 00:11:42.980
 short-lived

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 comfort when we

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 feel the sting of

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 being separated

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 from love

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 you know we've

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 talked about in

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 this series all

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 the way along

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 about turning

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 down the

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 world's song

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 and turning up

00:11:52.300 --> 00:11:52.820
 the song of

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 God

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 see when it

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 comes to

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 this

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 friends I've

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 been to

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 enough

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 humanist

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 funerals in

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 my time to

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 know that

00:12:01.380 --> 00:12:02.560
 those feelings

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 that love

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 will go on

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 that memories

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 will last

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 they are

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 shallow and

00:12:06.720 --> 00:12:07.260
 short-lived

00:12:07.260 --> 00:12:10.100
 and God in

00:12:10.100 --> 00:12:10.620
 his word wants

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 to give us

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 something so

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 much better

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 so much more

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 permanent

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 something so

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 much more

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 priceless to

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 base our

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 lives upon

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 because there

00:12:21.860 --> 00:12:22.879
 is nothing as

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 final and as

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 fixed as the

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 grave right

00:12:25.160 --> 00:12:29.759
 not so says

00:12:29.759 --> 00:12:30.240
 Jesus

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 not so says

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 Jesus

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 you know one of

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 my favorite

00:12:37.040 --> 00:12:37.639
 scenes in the

00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:38.240
 gospels

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 and you can go

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 home and read

00:12:40.480 --> 00:12:40.960
 this in your own

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 time if you want

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 is we find it

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 in Matthew 22

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 where a group

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 of people called

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 the Sadducees

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 right we

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 know one thing

00:12:51.740 --> 00:12:52.039
 about the

00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:52.620
 Sadducees

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 they're so

00:12:53.860 --> 00:12:54.620
 Sadducee

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 and this will

00:12:57.360 --> 00:12:58.019
 come on to

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 explain why

00:12:58.799 --> 00:12:59.340
 this group of

00:12:59.340 --> 00:13:00.120
 Sadducees

00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:03.120
 they come to

00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:03.860
 quiz Jesus

00:13:03.860 --> 00:13:05.340
 this new kid on

00:13:05.340 --> 00:13:05.919
 the block with

00:13:05.919 --> 00:13:06.659
 all his religious

00:13:06.659 --> 00:13:07.580
 theories with

00:13:07.580 --> 00:13:08.860
 all his wisdom

00:13:08.860 --> 00:13:09.580
 his so-called

00:13:09.580 --> 00:13:10.360
 wisdom they come

00:13:10.360 --> 00:13:10.940
 to him to

00:13:10.940 --> 00:13:11.720
 quiz him

00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:12.639
 now the

00:13:12.639 --> 00:13:13.460
 Sadducees are a

00:13:13.460 --> 00:13:13.980
 group of people

00:13:13.980 --> 00:13:14.620
 who view the

00:13:14.620 --> 00:13:15.160
 world in a

00:13:15.160 --> 00:13:15.779
 certain way

00:13:15.779 --> 00:13:16.340
 we'll come on

00:13:16.340 --> 00:13:17.460
 to it a minute

00:13:17.460 --> 00:13:18.680
 but before we

00:13:18.680 --> 00:13:19.259
 get on to the

00:13:19.259 --> 00:13:20.139
 Sadducees

00:13:20.139 --> 00:13:21.100
 here's what we

00:13:21.100 --> 00:13:21.820
 need to see

00:13:21.820 --> 00:13:23.519
 friends we all

00:13:23.519 --> 00:13:24.139
 view the world

00:13:24.139 --> 00:13:24.700
 in a certain

00:13:24.700 --> 00:13:25.120
 way

00:13:25.120 --> 00:13:27.560
 all view the

00:13:27.560 --> 00:13:28.040
 world in a

00:13:28.040 --> 00:13:28.420
 certain way

00:13:28.420 --> 00:13:28.860
 this is what

00:13:28.860 --> 00:13:29.340
 Christians call

00:13:29.340 --> 00:13:29.940
 your world

00:13:29.940 --> 00:13:30.259
 view

00:13:30.259 --> 00:13:31.019
 we all put on

00:13:31.019 --> 00:13:31.460
 a pair of

00:13:31.460 --> 00:13:32.100
 spectacles every

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 day and we

00:13:32.500 --> 00:13:33.000
 look at the

00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:33.399
 world and we

00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:34.060
 interpret the

00:13:34.060 --> 00:13:34.340
 world

00:13:34.340 --> 00:13:34.899
 you know I

00:13:34.899 --> 00:13:35.240
 was walking

00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:35.899
 home with a

00:13:35.899 --> 00:13:36.899
 fellow school

00:13:36.899 --> 00:13:37.500
 parent about

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 six months ago

00:13:38.320 --> 00:13:38.519
 and we're

00:13:38.519 --> 00:13:39.220
 walking up to

00:13:39.220 --> 00:13:39.840
 King's Buildings

00:13:39.840 --> 00:13:40.440
 from our school

00:13:40.440 --> 00:13:40.820
 at Liberty

00:13:40.820 --> 00:13:41.259
 primary

00:13:41.259 --> 00:13:42.340
 and we're

00:13:42.340 --> 00:13:42.779
 talking about

00:13:42.779 --> 00:13:43.360
 life and we're

00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:43.700
 talking about

00:13:43.700 --> 00:13:44.740
 jobs and we're

00:13:44.740 --> 00:13:45.139
 talking about

00:13:45.139 --> 00:13:45.960
 the football and

00:13:45.960 --> 00:13:46.460
 we're talking about

00:13:46.460 --> 00:13:47.259
 holidays and we're

00:13:47.259 --> 00:13:47.580
 talking about

00:13:47.580 --> 00:13:48.460
 weekend activities

00:13:48.460 --> 00:13:49.039
 and we're talking

00:13:49.039 --> 00:13:49.679
 about hopes and

00:13:49.679 --> 00:13:50.700
 aspirations for our

00:13:50.700 --> 00:13:51.879
 kids and then

00:13:51.879 --> 00:13:52.580
 they said of

00:13:52.580 --> 00:13:53.379
 course but we're

00:13:53.379 --> 00:13:54.039
 not religious

00:13:54.039 --> 00:13:57.419
 and the conversation

00:13:57.419 --> 00:13:58.159
 ended about ten

00:13:58.159 --> 00:13:58.939
 seconds later as

00:13:58.939 --> 00:14:00.220
 we parted and it

00:14:00.220 --> 00:14:01.379
 suddenly occurred to

00:14:01.379 --> 00:14:02.319
 me in that moment

00:14:02.319 --> 00:14:03.960
 that I'd missed a

00:14:03.960 --> 00:14:05.080
 massive evangelistic

00:14:05.080 --> 00:14:05.759
 opportunity

00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:08.419
 because you know

00:14:08.419 --> 00:14:08.960
 what I should have

00:14:08.960 --> 00:14:09.360
 said

00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:12.000
 to get her to

00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:12.779
 think I should

00:14:12.779 --> 00:14:13.179
 have said

00:14:13.179 --> 00:14:14.539
 yes you are

00:14:14.539 --> 00:14:17.740
 I view the

00:14:17.740 --> 00:14:18.259
 world in a

00:14:18.259 --> 00:14:18.799
 certain way

00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:19.500
 you view the

00:14:19.500 --> 00:14:20.019
 world in a

00:14:20.019 --> 00:14:20.600
 certain way

00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:22.679
 I believe that

00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:23.340
 life is all

00:14:23.340 --> 00:14:24.059
 about something

00:14:24.059 --> 00:14:25.039
 you believe life

00:14:25.039 --> 00:14:25.580
 is all about

00:14:25.580 --> 00:14:26.080
 something

00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:27.439
 the only difference

00:14:27.439 --> 00:14:28.019
 between you and

00:14:28.019 --> 00:14:28.500
 I is that the

00:14:28.500 --> 00:14:29.240
 glasses that I

00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:29.899
 wear every day

00:14:29.899 --> 00:14:30.480
 are Jesus

00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:31.120
 shaped

00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:33.980
 and so here's

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 my confession as

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 I was thinking

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 about this passage

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 today never miss

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 those evangelistic

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 conversational

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 connecting points

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 friends we all

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 view the world in

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 a certain way

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 all view the

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 world in a certain

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 way the only

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 question is is it

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 right and will it

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 hold what are you

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 basing it on

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 you know there was

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 a survey of

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 students recently

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 a survey of

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 serving students up

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 and down the UK

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 and apparently

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 74% of students

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 around today who

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 currently don't

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 attend church

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 said that they

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 would be going

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 up for going to

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 church if a friend

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 asked them

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 well cool 74%

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 do you know I

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 think what I

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 think that shows

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 I think it shows

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 that there's a

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 massive openness

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 right now the

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 likes perhaps of

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 which there has

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 never been in

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 many of our

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 lifetimes

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 this group called

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 the Sadducees

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 they view the

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 world a certain

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 way and one

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 of those things

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 that they are

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 massively sceptical

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 about is this

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 whole idea of

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 resurrection

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 it's this whole

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 idea of

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 physical life

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 after death

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 surely that is

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 jack-in-the-bean

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 stock stuff

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 and the

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 Sadducees

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 they come to

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 Jesus and they

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 hit him with

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 this ridiculous

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 hypothetical scenario

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 in Matthew 22

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 and the game

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 they want to

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 leave Jesus

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 floundering

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 they want to

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 put him in the

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 spot with a

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 hypothetical situation

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 that only goes to

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 show the fact that

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 he cannot answer it

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 goes to show the

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 ridiculous nature of

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 this notion of life

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 after death of a

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 physical new

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 creation so they

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 want to leave Jesus

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 scratching his

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 head which if you

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 know anything about

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 Jesus is a very

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 dangerous game to

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 play and here's

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 the scenario

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 they come to

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 Jesus and they

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 say suppose a

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 woman is married

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 to a man

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 you following it

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 suppose a woman

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 is married to a

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 man well suppose

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 that man dies

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 and as would have

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 been the Old

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 Testament custom of

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 the day that

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 man's brother

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 steps in to

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 marry the woman

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 to keep the line

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 going got it

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 right this is

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 always where I

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 lose the plot

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 in the scenario

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 okay but suppose

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 that man dies

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 and another brother

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 steps in

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 and suppose that

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 brother dies

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 and another brother

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 steps in and it

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 keeps going on and

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 on and on until

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 we're at the

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 seventh brother and

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 then they go for

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 the checkmate and

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 they say to Jesus

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 but suppose now that

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 the woman dies

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 at this resurrection

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 that you speak of

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 which brother's

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 wife will she be

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 and they think

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 rock hard place

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 Jesus surely

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 but don't

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 underestimate

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 Jesus

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 he is

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 beauty and wisdom

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 personified

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 and how he answers

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 that question

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 the scenario

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 is the solution

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 to our grave

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 shaped conundrum

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 Jesus says

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 your question

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 it only goes

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 to show

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 that you know

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 neither the

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 scriptures nor

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 the power of

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 God

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 because he is

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 not the God

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 of the dead

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 he is the God

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 of the living

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 and it is a

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 wonderful comfort

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 this morning

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 if you want to

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 read in Matthew

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 22 just while

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 we're here

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 we'll stop

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 it is one of

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 the places

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 in the Bible

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 thing that we

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 can say with

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 confidence

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 friends that

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 when our

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 loved ones

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 die and

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 they trust

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 in Jesus

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 they will

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 go to be

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 with him

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 spiritually

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 speaking

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 before the

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 new creation

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 before Jesus

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 comes back

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 they will go

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 to be with

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 him

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 one of the

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 places you can

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 go to make

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 that argument

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 but Jesus

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 says that the

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 resurrection

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 they will

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 neither marry

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 nor be given

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 in marriage

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 and what

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 he's saying

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 in the

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 broader

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 context

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 is that

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 because there

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 will only

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 be one

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 marriage in

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 heaven

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 and it's

00:18:48.019 --> 00:18:48.539
 the marriage

00:18:48.539 --> 00:18:49.300
 between him

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 and his

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 people the

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 church

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 there's only

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 going to be

00:18:52.700 --> 00:18:53.320
 one marriage

00:18:53.320 --> 00:18:53.779
 in heaven

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 you know

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 always think

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 about this

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 friends the

00:18:57.180 --> 00:18:57.740
 Bible should

00:18:57.740 --> 00:18:58.259
 be a three

00:18:58.259 --> 00:18:59.060
 chapter book

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 really really

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 should be

00:19:02.399 --> 00:19:03.879
 Genesis 1

00:19:03.879 --> 00:19:04.220
 and 2

00:19:04.220 --> 00:19:04.980
 God creates

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 the world

00:19:05.679 --> 00:19:07.079
 God creates

00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:07.940
 human beings

00:19:07.940 --> 00:19:09.419
 Genesis 3

00:19:09.419 --> 00:19:10.079
 Adam and

00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:10.619
 Eve they

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 rebel against

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 God

00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:13.859
 and that

00:19:13.859 --> 00:19:14.440
 really should

00:19:14.440 --> 00:19:14.819
 be game

00:19:14.819 --> 00:19:15.159
 over

00:19:15.159 --> 00:19:16.859
 game over

00:19:16.859 --> 00:19:17.480
 for mankind

00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:18.279
 but God

00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:18.579
 in his

00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:19.039
 grace

00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:21.359
 despite the

00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:22.019
 Old Testament

00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:23.359
 story developing

00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:24.679
 documenting

00:19:24.679 --> 00:19:25.240
 how human

00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:25.759
 beings have

00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:26.279
 given God

00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:27.379
 every reason

00:19:27.379 --> 00:19:28.039
 possible

00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:29.319
 to scrap

00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:30.399
 project

00:19:30.399 --> 00:19:31.740
 salvation

00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:33.720
 God

00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:34.619
 didn't

00:19:34.619 --> 00:19:37.180
 but it's

00:19:37.180 --> 00:19:37.759
 better than

00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:38.059
 that

00:19:38.059 --> 00:19:39.079
 God sent

00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:39.779
 his son

00:19:39.779 --> 00:19:41.200
 and his

00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:41.859
 son willingly

00:19:41.859 --> 00:19:42.399
 took on

00:19:42.399 --> 00:19:43.139
 human flesh

00:19:43.139 --> 00:19:43.859
 and entered

00:19:43.859 --> 00:19:44.420
 a world

00:19:44.420 --> 00:19:45.079
 of sinful

00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:45.619
 rebels

00:19:45.619 --> 00:19:47.079
 but it's

00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:47.619
 better than

00:19:47.619 --> 00:19:48.000
 that

00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:49.859
 Jesus came

00:19:49.859 --> 00:19:50.720
 desiring a

00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:51.220
 bride

00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:53.159
 desiring a

00:19:53.159 --> 00:19:53.639
 people

00:19:53.639 --> 00:19:55.379
 and desiring

00:19:55.379 --> 00:19:55.859
 that this

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 bride

00:19:56.379 --> 00:19:57.440
 would be

00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:57.859
 his

00:19:57.859 --> 00:19:59.579
 and so

00:19:59.579 --> 00:20:00.199
 the groom

00:20:00.199 --> 00:20:00.839
 was the

00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:01.319
 one who

00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:01.759
 went to

00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:02.479
 the cross

00:20:02.479 --> 00:20:03.619
 and who

00:20:03.619 --> 00:20:04.599
 gave up

00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:05.339
 his life

00:20:05.339 --> 00:20:06.699
 to save

00:20:06.699 --> 00:20:07.359
 his bride

00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:07.779
 and so

00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:08.199
 Jesus

00:20:08.199 --> 00:20:08.799
 prayed the

00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:09.240
 bride

00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:09.899
 place

00:20:09.899 --> 00:20:10.959
 of his

00:20:10.959 --> 00:20:11.399
 blood

00:20:11.399 --> 00:20:12.199
 friends our

00:20:12.199 --> 00:20:12.799
 sin was

00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:13.379
 nailed to

00:20:13.379 --> 00:20:13.979
 the cross

00:20:13.979 --> 00:20:15.139
 with him

00:20:15.139 --> 00:20:16.099
 and in so

00:20:16.099 --> 00:20:16.759
 doing he

00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:17.459
 wiped away

00:20:17.459 --> 00:20:18.119
 the guilty

00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:18.779
 record and

00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:19.279
 the sinful

00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:19.899
 stains of

00:20:19.899 --> 00:20:20.439
 his people

00:20:20.439 --> 00:20:21.279
 meaning

00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:22.299
 that if our

00:20:22.299 --> 00:20:23.059
 trust is in

00:20:23.059 --> 00:20:23.539
 him today

00:20:23.539 --> 00:20:24.019
 that we can

00:20:24.019 --> 00:20:24.619
 be forgiven

00:20:24.619 --> 00:20:25.579
 and we

00:20:25.579 --> 00:20:26.299
 can know

00:20:26.299 --> 00:20:26.979
 and be

00:20:26.979 --> 00:20:27.519
 made right

00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:28.000
 with the

00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:28.739
 living God

00:20:28.739 --> 00:20:32.279
 but it's

00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:32.759
 better than

00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:33.099
 that

00:20:33.099 --> 00:20:35.619
 God wanted

00:20:35.619 --> 00:20:36.139
 more than

00:20:36.139 --> 00:20:36.599
 just a

00:20:36.599 --> 00:20:37.139
 marriage of

00:20:37.139 --> 00:20:37.779
 convenience

00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:40.059
 the father

00:20:40.059 --> 00:20:40.619
 sent the

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 son

00:20:41.019 --> 00:20:41.539
 why

00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:42.359
 it was all

00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:43.319
 about freeing

00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:43.819
 sinners

00:20:43.819 --> 00:20:45.339
 and turning

00:20:45.339 --> 00:20:46.000
 them into

00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:46.579
 a bride

00:20:46.579 --> 00:20:47.399
 who delights

00:20:47.399 --> 00:20:48.299
 in his

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 son

00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:50.720
 the father

00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.579
 wants us

00:20:51.579 --> 00:20:52.039
 to feel

00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:52.680
 the same

00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:53.160
 way about

00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:53.819
 his son

00:20:53.819 --> 00:20:54.960
 as he

00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:55.460
 does about

00:20:55.460 --> 00:20:56.059
 his son

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 and so

00:20:58.079 --> 00:20:58.579
 by his

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 spirit

00:20:58.940 --> 00:20:59.680
 living in

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 them he

00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:00.480
 gave them

00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:01.339
 new hearts

00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:02.480
 complete with

00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:03.319
 new desires

00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:04.319
 that means

00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:05.079
 that we can

00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:05.720
 say we

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.420
 love you

00:21:06.420 --> 00:21:07.039
 Lord Jesus

00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:07.539
 there is

00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:08.140
 none like

00:21:08.140 --> 00:21:08.500
 you

00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:12.079
 the discovery

00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:12.940
 our astonished

00:21:12.940 --> 00:21:13.680
 hearts make

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 as we live

00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:14.779
 the Christian

00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:15.539
 life is that

00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:16.700
 discipleship is

00:21:16.700 --> 00:21:17.579
 an invitation

00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:18.839
 to taste

00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:19.559
 joy

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 but it's

00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:23.179
 better than

00:21:23.179 --> 00:21:23.480
 that

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:26.019
 when he

00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:26.740
 returns

00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:28.119
 this Lord

00:21:28.119 --> 00:21:28.500
 Jesus

00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:29.619
 there will

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 be a new

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 creation

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 just as like

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 he walked

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 out of that

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 tomb

00:21:34.699 --> 00:21:35.279
 dead

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 now alive

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 friends

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 all

00:21:37.139 --> 00:21:38.240
 one day

00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:38.899
 all of

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 creation

00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:40.079
 will walk

00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:40.480
 out there

00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:41.079
 with him

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 one day

00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:42.220
 in the same

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 way

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 and so if

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 our faith

00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:44.679
 is in him

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 we can know

00:21:45.179 --> 00:21:45.599
 that what

00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:46.099
 happened to

00:21:46.099 --> 00:21:46.359
 Jesus

00:21:46.359 --> 00:21:46.839
 is going to

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 happen to

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 us a

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 beautified

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 bride on

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 that day

00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.059
 when he

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 returns

00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:51.159
 a glorious

00:21:51.159 --> 00:21:51.599
 groom

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 a glorious

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 wedding

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 resurrection

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 bodies

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 and that

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 great day

00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:56.699
 stands

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 irremovable

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 in the

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 future

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 as the

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 hope

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 to which

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 we're

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 called

00:22:00.359 --> 00:22:01.099
 when we

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 will one

00:22:01.579 --> 00:22:02.019
 day be

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:02.559
 free

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 from the

00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:04.419
 presence

00:22:04.419 --> 00:22:05.059
 of sin

00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:07.859
 and that

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 is Fort

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 Knox

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 secure

00:22:09.699 --> 00:22:13.139
 and today

00:22:13.139 --> 00:22:13.599
 what this

00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:14.259
 woman sings

00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:14.859
 about here

00:22:14.859 --> 00:22:15.599
 concerning the

00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:16.000
 love that

00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:16.459
 she knows

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:17.079
 and enjoys

00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:17.759
 and rests

00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.299
 in with her

00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:18.740
 husband

00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:22.380
 we can take

00:22:22.380 --> 00:22:23.019
 her words

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.480
 and quite

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 literally just

00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:24.819
 put them on

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 our mouths

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:26.920
 and sing

00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.480
 them about

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:28.200
 our groom

00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:28.680
 Jesus

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 can you

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 follow with

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 me here

00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:32.559
 in the text

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 verse 6

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 friends

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:37.700
 Christ is

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 the one

00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:38.660
 who has

00:22:38.660 --> 00:22:39.040
 written

00:22:39.040 --> 00:22:40.080
 our names

00:22:40.080 --> 00:22:41.620
 as a

00:22:41.620 --> 00:22:42.240
 seal upon

00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:42.820
 his heart

00:22:42.820 --> 00:22:44.240
 you can

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:44.600
 know that

00:22:44.600 --> 00:22:44.980
 today

00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:46.640
 Christ is

00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:47.000
 the one

00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:47.519
 whose love

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:47.880
 is not

00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:48.460
 just like

00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:48.920
 the power

00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:49.440
 of death

00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:50.920
 Christ is

00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:51.280
 a love

00:22:51.280 --> 00:22:52.019
 that breaks

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:52.500
 the power

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.080
 of death

00:22:53.080 --> 00:22:54.720
 Christ's

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.140
 jealousy

00:22:55.140 --> 00:22:56.300
 his yearning

00:22:56.300 --> 00:22:56.980
 that we

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.300
 would be

00:22:57.300 --> 00:22:57.780
 his

00:22:57.780 --> 00:22:58.640
 is not

00:22:58.640 --> 00:22:59.500
 just like

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 the grave

00:23:00.080 --> 00:23:00.740
 actually

00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:01.519
 it's so much

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:01.880
 more

00:23:01.880 --> 00:23:02.340
 it bursts

00:23:02.340 --> 00:23:03.019
 open the

00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.440
 grave

00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:06.720
 because

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.379
 his love

00:23:07.379 --> 00:23:08.240
 for us

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:10.859
 is the

00:23:10.859 --> 00:23:11.200
 love

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:11.440
 that's

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:11.700
 going to

00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:12.180
 last

00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:14.920
 truly

00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:16.819
 truly

00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:18.759
 that is

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:19.240
 the song

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:19.839
 of songs

00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:22.639
 you know

00:23:22.639 --> 00:23:23.099
 just as we

00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:23.319
 close

00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:23.539
 you know

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:23.680
 there was

00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:24.119
 a romantic

00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:24.900
 comedy film

00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:25.200
 that was

00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:25.519
 released

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:26.139
 back in

00:23:26.139 --> 00:23:27.279
 1989

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:27.740
 it was

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:27.960
 called

00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:28.339
 When Harry

00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:28.900
 Met Sally

00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:31.240
 and the

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:31.740
 main character

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.139
 Harry

00:23:32.139 --> 00:23:32.879
 had the

00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:33.200
 strange

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:33.880
 personality

00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:34.320
 quirk

00:23:34.320 --> 00:23:34.820
 that showed

00:23:34.820 --> 00:23:35.380
 itself

00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:36.640
 in how

00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:36.940
 he read

00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:37.340
 a book

00:23:37.340 --> 00:23:40.020
 and this

00:23:40.020 --> 00:23:40.320
 was his

00:23:40.320 --> 00:23:40.800
 famous line

00:23:40.800 --> 00:23:41.080
 he says

00:23:41.080 --> 00:23:41.400
 when I

00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:41.760
 buy a

00:23:41.760 --> 00:23:41.920
 book

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.240
 I read

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:42.780
 the last

00:23:42.780 --> 00:23:43.100
 page

00:23:43.100 --> 00:23:43.600
 first

00:23:43.600 --> 00:23:45.320
 that way

00:23:45.320 --> 00:23:45.640
 in case

00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:46.040
 I die

00:23:46.040 --> 00:23:46.500
 before I

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:46.760
 finish

00:23:46.760 --> 00:23:47.120
 I know

00:23:47.120 --> 00:23:47.400
 how it

00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:47.780
 ends

00:23:47.780 --> 00:23:50.040
 and it

00:23:50.040 --> 00:23:50.500
 turns out

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:50.880
 what is

00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:51.320
 an annoying

00:23:51.320 --> 00:23:52.040
 personality

00:23:52.040 --> 00:23:52.500
 trait

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:55.120
 is actually

00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:55.500
 a very

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:56.100
 sound bit

00:23:56.100 --> 00:23:56.920
 of discipleship

00:23:56.920 --> 00:23:57.440
 advice

00:23:57.440 --> 00:24:00.540
 this morning

00:24:00.540 --> 00:24:01.080
 God wants

00:24:01.080 --> 00:24:01.500
 us to see

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:01.880
 the last

00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:02.320
 page

00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:06.319
 wants us

00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:06.599
 to see

00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:07.019
 the last

00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:07.419
 page

00:24:07.419 --> 00:24:09.179
 and we

00:24:09.179 --> 00:24:09.519
 can base

00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:09.819
 all of

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.259
 our lives

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:10.579
 on the

00:24:10.579 --> 00:24:11.079
 truth

00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:12.639
 as it

00:24:12.639 --> 00:24:12.899
 were

00:24:12.899 --> 00:24:13.639
 united to

00:24:13.639 --> 00:24:13.899
 Jesus

00:24:13.899 --> 00:24:14.200
 now

00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:14.500
 but we

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:14.879
 can base

00:24:14.879 --> 00:24:15.200
 all of

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.519
 our lives

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:15.819
 on the

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.200
 truth

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:17.740
 that we

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.039
 know the

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.279
 last

00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:18.679
 page

00:24:18.679 --> 00:24:20.220
 we know

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:20.539
 how the

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:20.839
 story

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.439
 ends

00:24:21.439 --> 00:24:23.839
 this is

00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:24.319
 our future

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:24.839
 with him

00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:27.240
 can I

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:27.639
 try and

00:24:27.639 --> 00:24:28.099
 apply this

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:28.459
 just as

00:24:28.459 --> 00:24:28.619
 we

00:24:28.619 --> 00:24:28.959
 close

00:24:28.959 --> 00:24:30.959
 to some

00:24:30.959 --> 00:24:31.220
 of us

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:31.379
 here

00:24:31.379 --> 00:24:31.819
 today

00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:32.939
 friends

00:24:32.939 --> 00:24:33.220
 I know

00:24:33.220 --> 00:24:33.599
 that you're

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:33.959
 in a

00:24:33.959 --> 00:24:34.539
 transitional

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.159
 season

00:24:35.159 --> 00:24:35.699
 of life

00:24:35.699 --> 00:24:35.980
 and what

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:36.179
 I mean

00:24:36.179 --> 00:24:36.639
 by that

00:24:36.639 --> 00:24:37.179
 is that

00:24:37.179 --> 00:24:37.919
 you're

00:24:37.919 --> 00:24:38.480
 leaving

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:38.919
 something

00:24:38.919 --> 00:24:39.319
 that you

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:39.619
 know

00:24:39.619 --> 00:24:41.019
 and you're

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.779
 stepping into

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.159
 something

00:24:42.159 --> 00:24:42.539
 that you

00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:42.839
 don't

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.159
 know

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:44.460
 as if

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.140
 your life

00:24:45.140 --> 00:24:45.519
 was two

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:45.940
 columns

00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:46.200
 if you

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:46.540
 imagine

00:24:46.540 --> 00:24:46.920
 the

00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:47.740
 known

00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.200
 and the

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:48.660
 unknown

00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:50.460
 is why

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:51.080
 I imagine

00:24:51.080 --> 00:24:51.480
 it feels

00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:51.980
 like your

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.259
 known

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.620
 column

00:24:52.620 --> 00:24:53.140
 was really

00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:53.540
 full

00:24:53.540 --> 00:24:54.500
 and all

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:54.660
 of a

00:24:54.660 --> 00:24:54.759
 sudden

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.140
 it feels

00:24:55.140 --> 00:24:55.740
 like it

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.040
 is being

00:24:56.040 --> 00:24:56.519
 depleted

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:56.860
 and the

00:24:56.860 --> 00:24:57.180
 unknown

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:57.500
 column

00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:57.759
 is going

00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.080
 up and

00:24:58.080 --> 00:24:58.320
 up and

00:24:58.320 --> 00:24:58.580
 up and

00:24:58.580 --> 00:24:58.779
 up and

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.019
 up and

00:24:59.019 --> 00:24:59.300
 it's a

00:24:59.300 --> 00:24:59.480
 scary

00:24:59.480 --> 00:24:59.940
 place to

00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:00.120
 be

00:25:00.120 --> 00:25:00.400
 isn't

00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:00.519
 it

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:00.860
 unknown

00:25:00.860 --> 00:25:03.060
 it's

00:25:03.060 --> 00:25:03.220
 why

00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:03.500
 often

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:03.779
 when we

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:03.980
 speak

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:04.140
 to

00:25:04.140 --> 00:25:04.360
 kids

00:25:04.360 --> 00:25:04.640
 when we

00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:04.759
 do

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.120
 the

00:25:05.120 --> 00:25:06.140
 issue

00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:06.360
 group

00:25:06.360 --> 00:25:06.500
 at

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:06.720
 Liberty

00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:06.740
!

00:25:06.800 --> 00:25:07.140
 primary

00:25:07.140 --> 00:25:07.500
 many

00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:07.720
 of them

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:07.860
 will

00:25:07.860 --> 00:25:08.200
 tell us

00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:08.460
 that their

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:08.820
 favourite

00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:13.300
 do

00:25:13.300 --> 00:25:13.440
 with

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:13.580
 this

00:25:13.580 --> 00:25:13.759
 kind

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:13.840
 of

00:25:13.840 --> 00:25:14.080
 stuff

00:25:14.080 --> 00:25:14.500
 is when

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:14.660
 your

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:14.920
 known

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:15.320
 column

00:25:15.320 --> 00:25:15.660
 is at

00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:15.800
 its

00:25:15.800 --> 00:25:16.220
 max

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:16.420
 we

00:25:16.420 --> 00:25:16.580
 know

00:25:16.580 --> 00:25:16.920
 everything

00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:17.060
 we

00:25:17.060 --> 00:25:17.140
 know

00:25:17.140 --> 00:25:17.259
 the

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:17.519
 teachers

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:17.680
 know

00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:17.820
 the

00:25:17.820 --> 00:25:18.100
 school

00:25:18.100 --> 00:25:18.259
 know

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:18.380
 the

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:18.660
 playground

00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:18.880
 know

00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:19.340
 everything

00:25:19.340 --> 00:25:20.720
 and all

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:20.940
 of a sudden

00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:21.200
 when you

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:21.500
 move up

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:21.840
 to school

00:25:21.840 --> 00:25:22.080
 it just

00:25:22.080 --> 00:25:22.240
 goes

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:22.660
 that way

00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:23.440
 many of us

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:23.700
 are at

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:23.779
 a

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.220
 transitional

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:25.660
 stage

00:25:25.660 --> 00:25:26.279
 of life

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:27.940
 and that's

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.220
 really

00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:28.820
 scary

00:25:28.820 --> 00:25:31.220
 but if

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:31.580
 you're here

00:25:31.580 --> 00:25:31.980
 today and

00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:32.420
 your faith

00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:32.740
 is in

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.040
 Jesus

00:25:33.040 --> 00:25:33.920
 can I

00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:34.180
 tell you

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:34.600
 something

00:25:34.600 --> 00:25:38.180
 as scary

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:38.560
 as life

00:25:38.560 --> 00:25:38.860
 feels

00:25:38.860 --> 00:25:39.380
 right now

00:25:39.380 --> 00:25:39.960
 here's

00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:40.259
 two

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.820
 things

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:43.539
 that

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:43.899
 aren't

00:25:43.899 --> 00:25:44.220
 on your

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:44.559
 unknown

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:45.039
 list

00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:47.019
 number

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:47.319
 one

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:47.539
 your

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:47.839
 union

00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:48.059
 with

00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:48.480
 Jesus

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:49.980
 doesn't

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.359
 change

00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:51.099
 you're

00:25:51.099 --> 00:25:51.519
 united

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:51.740
 to

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:51.960
 him

00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:52.259
 that

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:52.399
 is

00:25:52.399 --> 00:25:52.559
 in

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:52.700
 your

00:25:52.700 --> 00:25:53.079
 known

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:53.480
 column

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.159
 number

00:25:54.159 --> 00:25:54.579
 two

00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:55.299
 is

00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:55.439
 your

00:25:55.439 --> 00:25:55.839
 eternal

00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:56.240
 future

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:56.439
 with

00:25:56.439 --> 00:25:56.700
 him

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:58.359
 so

00:25:58.359 --> 00:25:58.700
 scary

00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:58.859
 as

00:25:58.859 --> 00:25:59.059
 life

00:25:59.059 --> 00:25:59.359
 gets

00:25:59.359 --> 00:25:59.539
 as

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:00.019
 many

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.319
 things

00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:00.619
 crop

00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:00.819
 up

00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:01.259
 in

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.480
 that

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:01.859
 unknown

00:26:01.859 --> 00:26:02.299
 column

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:02.500
 there

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:02.639
 are

00:26:02.639 --> 00:26:02.899
 two

00:26:02.899 --> 00:26:03.279
 things

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:03.460
 that

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:03.579
 are

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:03.879
 not

00:26:03.879 --> 00:26:04.019
 going

00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:04.139
 to

00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:04.579
 change

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:05.200
 and

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:05.759
 nothing

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:07.439
 absolutely

00:26:07.439 --> 00:26:08.279
 nothing

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:08.859
 in

00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:09.359
 all

00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:09.539
 of

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:09.960
 life

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:11.200
 is

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.340
 going

00:26:11.340 --> 00:26:11.500
 to

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:11.940
 sever

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.420
 you

00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:13.319
 from

00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:13.779
 Jesus

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:15.000
 and

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.160
 his

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:15.400
 love

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:15.600
 for

00:26:15.600 --> 00:26:15.880
 you

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:17.259
 and

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:17.420
 we

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:17.579
 can

00:26:17.579 --> 00:26:17.819
 walk

00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.500
 confidently

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:18.900
 into

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:19.100
 an

00:26:19.100 --> 00:26:19.480
 unknown

00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:20.039
 tomorrow

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:21.500
 knowing

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:21.660
 that

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:22.039
 that

00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:22.400
 will

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:22.700
 never

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.600
 change

00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:24.819
 is that

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:24.920
 not

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.120
 true

00:26:25.120 --> 00:26:25.360
 is that

00:26:25.360 --> 00:26:25.460
 not

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:25.779
 why

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:25.980
 we

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.140
 can

00:26:26.140 --> 00:26:26.440
 take

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:27.059
 risks

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.600
 for

00:26:27.600 --> 00:26:27.759
 the

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.140
 gospel

00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:28.519
 is it

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:28.700
 not

00:26:28.700 --> 00:26:29.100
 why

00:26:29.100 --> 00:26:29.360
 we

00:26:29.360 --> 00:26:29.559
 can

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:30.299
 contemplate

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:30.720
 moving

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:30.920
 out

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.019
 of

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.140
 our

00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:31.460
 comfort

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:31.799
 zone

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.460
 is it

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:32.620
 not

00:26:32.620 --> 00:26:33.059
 why

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.240
 we

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.380
 can

00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:33.600
 think

00:26:33.600 --> 00:26:33.759
 about

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:33.960
 having

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.700
 evangelistic

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.340
 conversations

00:26:35.340 --> 00:26:35.620
 with

00:26:35.620 --> 00:26:35.759
 our

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.100
 friends

00:26:36.100 --> 00:26:36.279
 and

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:36.480
 taking

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.840
 a shot

00:26:37.840 --> 00:26:38.019
 that

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.180
 God

00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:38.500
 by his

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:38.779
 spirit

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:38.940
 will

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.079
 do

00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:39.359
 something

00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:39.660
 well

00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:40.000
 above

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.319
 our

00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:41.380
 imaginations

00:26:41.380 --> 00:26:43.720
 see if

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:44.099
 the future

00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:44.680
 is certain

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:46.079
 see if

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.460
 his love

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:46.759
 for us

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.279
 is sure

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:48.279
 as hard

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:48.559
 as it

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:48.799
 gets

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.019
 down

00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:49.339
 here

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:50.640
 we

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:50.799
 can

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.079
 base

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:51.259
 our

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.500
 lives

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:51.779
 on the

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.039
 truth

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:52.160
 of

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:52.279
 his

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:52.460
 love

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:52.660
 for

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:53.039
 us

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.660
 and

00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:53.819
 so

00:26:53.819 --> 00:26:54.119
 let's

00:26:54.119 --> 00:26:54.420
 finish

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:54.680
 this

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.059
 series

00:26:55.059 --> 00:26:55.359
 then

00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:55.599
 with

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:55.920
 just

00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:56.319
 the

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:56.640
 words

00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:56.819
 of

00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.140
 Romans

00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:57.539
 chapter

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:57.900
 8

00:26:57.900 --> 00:27:00.359
 and

00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:00.599
 let's

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:00.880
 just

00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:03.380
 let me

00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:03.640
 read

00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:03.880
 these

00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:04.059
 to

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.319
 you

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:05.099
 friend

00:27:05.099 --> 00:27:06.740
 and

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.240
 take

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:07.440
 in

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:07.579
 the

00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:07.839
 truth

00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.000
 of

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.199
 these

00:27:08.199 --> 00:27:08.599
 today

00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:09.879
 because

00:27:09.879 --> 00:27:10.019
 this

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.279
 is what

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:10.459
 Paul

00:27:10.459 --> 00:27:10.599
 is

00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:10.839
 saying

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:10.980
 in

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.240
 Romans

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:11.399
 if

00:27:11.399 --> 00:27:11.459
 you

00:27:11.459 --> 00:27:11.579
 want

00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:11.679
 to

00:27:11.679 --> 00:27:11.939
 track

00:27:11.939 --> 00:27:12.039
 it

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.199
 through

00:27:12.199 --> 00:27:12.419
 this

00:27:12.419 --> 00:27:12.539
 is

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:12.679
 what

00:27:12.679 --> 00:27:12.859
 he's

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:13.059
 saying

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:13.220
 in

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.619
 Romans

00:27:13.619 --> 00:27:15.079
 is

00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:15.199
 he

00:27:15.199 --> 00:27:15.980
 climaxes

00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:16.399
 almost

00:27:16.399 --> 00:27:18.759
 his theological

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.399
 argument

00:27:19.399 --> 00:27:19.819
 in this

00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:20.119
 section

00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:20.459
 what it

00:27:20.459 --> 00:27:20.639
 means

00:27:20.639 --> 00:27:20.919
 what does

00:27:20.919 --> 00:27:21.059
 the

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:21.359
 gospel

00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:21.619
 mean

00:27:21.619 --> 00:27:21.740
 he

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:21.939
 says

00:27:21.939 --> 00:27:22.099
 this

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:22.220
 for

00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:22.319
 I'm

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:22.740
 convinced

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:22.939
 that

00:27:22.939 --> 00:27:23.139
 neither

00:27:23.139 --> 00:27:23.579
 death

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:23.779
 nor

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.139
 life

00:27:24.139 --> 00:27:24.399
 that's

00:27:24.399 --> 00:27:24.500
 what

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:24.599
 we've

00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:24.720
 been

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:24.939
 thinking

00:27:24.939 --> 00:27:25.159
 about

00:27:25.159 --> 00:27:25.339
 this

00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:25.679
 morning

00:27:25.679 --> 00:27:27.179
 neither

00:27:27.179 --> 00:27:27.639
 angels

00:27:27.639 --> 00:27:27.879
 nor

00:27:27.879 --> 00:27:28.220
 demons

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:28.500
 neither

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:28.720
 the

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.220
 present

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:29.399
 nor

00:27:29.399 --> 00:27:29.579
 the

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:30.039
 future

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:31.379
 nor

00:27:31.379 --> 00:27:31.579
 any

00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:32.279
 powers

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.659
 neither

00:27:32.659 --> 00:27:33.079
 height

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.279
 nor

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:33.599
 depth

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:33.799
 nor

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.279
 anything

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.619
 else

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:34.939
 in all

00:27:34.939 --> 00:27:35.599
 creation

00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:37.919
 will be

00:27:37.919 --> 00:27:38.299
 able to

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:38.759
 separate

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.299
 us

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:41.119
 from the

00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:41.519
 love of

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:41.960
 God

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:44.059
 that is

00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:44.500
 in Christ

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:44.839
 Jesus

00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:45.319
 our Lord

00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:45.599
 friends

00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:46.139
 that truly

00:27:46.139 --> 00:27:46.639
 is

00:27:46.639 --> 00:27:48.079
 the song

00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:48.699
 of songs

00:27:48.699 --> 00:27:50.019
 Christ

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.699
 and his

00:27:50.699 --> 00:27:52.519
 abounding

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:53.099
 love for

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:53.519
 us

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:55.379
 so let

00:27:55.379 --> 00:27:55.799
 me pray

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:57.460
 and then

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:57.900
 we'll

00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:59.379
 stand and

00:27:59.379 --> 00:27:59.980
 respond to

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.279
 this and

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:00.559
 sing a

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:00.900
 couple of

00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:01.339
 songs as

00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:01.920
 we close

00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:05.440
 and so

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:05.759
 Father we

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.139
 just thank

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:06.359
 you for

00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:06.680
 your love

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:06.980
 for us

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.180
 this

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:07.500
 morning

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:09.160
 and we

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.480
 thank you

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:09.759
 for the

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.079
 gospel

00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:10.660
 truth

00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:12.279
 that

00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:12.839
 nothing

00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:13.279
 will be

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:13.680
 able to

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.160
 separate

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.740
 us

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.940
 from the

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.359
 love of

00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:16.700
 God

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:17.799
 in Christ

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.160
 Jesus

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:19.700
 thank you

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:20.279
 that Romans

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:20.879
 chapter 8

00:28:20.879 --> 00:28:21.579
 starts a

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.079
 chapter that's

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:22.359
 all about

00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:23.279
 no condemnation

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:24.879
 and it

00:28:24.879 --> 00:28:25.299
 ends in

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:26.139
 no separation

00:28:26.139 --> 00:28:28.119
 and so

00:28:28.119 --> 00:28:28.319
 Father

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:28.759
 particularly

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.420
 pray for us

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:29.859
 this morning

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:30.220
 for whom

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:30.539
 this has

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:30.980
 maybe been

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.539
 painful

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:31.980
 this has

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.599
 been hard

00:28:32.599 --> 00:28:33.000
 this has

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.420
 brought back

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:34.099
 memories

00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:35.299
 oh Lord

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:35.700
 may

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:37.460
 the comfort

00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:38.059
 that's found

00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:38.660
 in Jesus

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:40.460
 the fact

00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:40.879
 that he

00:28:40.879 --> 00:28:41.279
 is the

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 one who

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 may him

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 today

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 Father

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 life

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 other

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 other

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 of

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 the

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 greatness

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 of our

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 King

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 and his

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 love

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 for us

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 so

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 Father

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 we thank

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 you

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 for

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 today

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 we

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 thank

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 you

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 for

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 this

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 series

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 and the

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 Song of

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 and we

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 just

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 commit it

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 to

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 you

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 Father

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 in

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 Jesus

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 name

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 we

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 pray

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 Amen

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