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 And tonight we're going to look at Ephesians chapter 2 verses 1 to 10, which is what you

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 just had read to you, a bit of a giveaway.

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 And I want to start just by doing an introduction which was provoked by me looking at and listening

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 to Russell Herbert on Sunday, something in the chapter that goes before, where Paul talks

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 about in verse 13, he says this, hang on, I've just lost my place, good start.

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 But he talks about how the Ephesians heard the gospel and gave themselves to it.

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 And I just wanted to say a word about the gospel.

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 And before I start proper, I do just want to say that I'm going to give, you know, what

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 they would call in a university a trigger warning, which I don't really believe in.

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 But I just thought I would.

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 And that is that what I'm going to do this evening is give some kind of exposition to these verses.

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 And what you need to know is quite, some of this is quite hard stuff.

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 And all I'm trying to do is give my feeble understanding of what I think is plainly written in scripture.

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 Unfortunately, I think it's widely accepted today.

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 And if you don't want to accept it, I mean, that's down to you.

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 I can't make you believe anything.

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 But just to warn you that some of this is, I think, difficult teaching and difficult for us to kind of think about.

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 One of the things that's very clear to me about the gospel message is this, that you can't add to it, neither can you subtract from it by distorting it completely.

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 In the early church, the early fathers of the church spent lots and lots of time trying to sort out what was heresy from what was mainline teaching.

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 You have to understand that those early fathers didn't have the canon of the Bible in its complete form.

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 It's one of the things that I think mystifies a lot of Christians today is that the early apostles only had the Old Testament to preach the gospel from.

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 I mean, you all imagine that, you know, how would you go about it?

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 I mean, don't put your hands up, but, you know, that's a good question.

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 And the emphasis on the gospel in these verses and throughout the New Testament, as a matter of fact, is it's about an audio experience.

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 It's about hearing.

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 And all the way through the New Testament, the emphasis on the gospel has to be heard.

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 As we'll see as we go through these verses, there's nothing that you can do to save yourself.

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 But it's hearing the gospel, I suppose, the kind of main place for, I mean, there's several places, but I picked this one because I think it makes the point very, very clearly.

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 Romans chapter 10 and verse 10 or thereabouts.

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 And Paul says this.

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 He says, consequently, he's talking about the gospel and he defines it earlier in chapter 10.

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 If you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

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 And then he goes on and asks a really good question.

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 He asks in verse 15, I think.

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 He says, and how can they preach unless they are sent?

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 As it is written, how beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news.

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 He says, but not all the Israelites accepted the good news.

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 Isaiah said, Lord, who has believed our message?

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 Then Paul says, consequently.

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 That is, as a consequence of this question, how will people ever get the gospel if nobody preaches it to them?

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 Paul says this.

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 He said, consequently, faith comes from hearing the message.

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 And the message is heard through the word of Christ.

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 So the emphasis here is on hearing.

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 And you know that in history, some of you will have heard this and very lightly, quietly applauded in your hearts this.

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 But do you remember, for instance, St. Francis of Assisi, the kind of strange, spiritual Dr. Doolittle who taught to the animals.

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 He said, preach the gospel at all times and if necessary, use words.

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 Why is that wrong?

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 Faith comes through hearing.

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 Words are important in the whole of scripture, but in particular, words are important in relation to the gospel.

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 And today, we hear this stuff, I hear people doing all the time, kind of claiming the authority of the gospel to underline their personal cause and interest.

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 See, the ramifications of the gospel, of course it has ramifications for the environment, but the gospel is not the gospel of the environment.

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 There are many of you involved in doing great things, as far as I can best tell, in relation to social action.

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 I heard an American preacher the other day, we need to display the fact that the social gospel is the gospel.

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 It's not.

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 The gospel is about Jesus Christ.

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 And the reason why it's free but never cheap is that on the cross of Calvary, Jesus took what we deserve, died and rose again.

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 And this is a very much, I was looking through a Sunday magazine recently and there was an advertisement for plastic surgery.

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 And I wasn't considering it, but I looked at it and there were two photographs.

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 And one was a picture of this lady before she had plastic surgery.

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 It was her face, not anything else.

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 And then next to that was a picture of her after plastic surgery.

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 And I'd have to say, you know, she did look a bit better, if a little stretched.

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 And this kind of before and after picture is very much, I think, what Paul is talking about in Ephesians chapter 2.

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 And he starts out with these words, which if you give me a minute, I'll recover.

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 He starts out with these words, which are not entirely encouraging, are they, for us?

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 He says that, here we go, sorry, how do I tighten this up?

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 Somebody help me.

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 It's like watching a guy put up a deck chair.

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 Is that all right?

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 Yeah.

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 Got it.

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 Thank you.

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 So, you didn't realise you got cabaret as well, did you?

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 He starts out by saying this.

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 For, sorry, as for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins.

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 I mean, that's a pretty wild thing to say to people who aren't dead.

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 And Paul uses two very different words here.

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 Transgressions is a translation of the Greek word paraptoma.

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 And it basically means overstepping a mark, overstepping positively, willfully overstepping the mark.

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 So, an example would be, when I was at college, only fellows at the college could stand on the grass in the quadrangle.

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 And a big sign's up saying, you know, do not step on the grass.

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 Well, of course, that was just a temptation to everybody.

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 You know, people would stand there doing that, just to touch the grass.

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 Well, that's paraptoma.

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 That is willfully disobeying a regulation in the way that you overstepped the mark.

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 That's what the word transgression is.

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 The other word is your sins.

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 And Paul here, many of you might know this, borrows on a word from the world of archery.

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 And, as you know, archers load their bows and then fire and hopefully hit the target.

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 And hamartia was the word when you missed the mark, missed the target.

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 And here, I'm going to come back to that in a minute because I think it also reminds us of something else important.

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 Paul says this, I've heard about, sorry, you're dead in your trespasses and sins,

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 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of the world and the ruler of the kingdom of the air.

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 And it's a clear reference to Satan.

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 And the reason why this is important is that this is very much a before and after.

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 I said to you last week by way of introduction that this gospel,

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 if you could just give me a moment for a brief recap,

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 this gospel is, sorry, this epistle is about who we are in Christ.

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 And I said that is our primary identity as Christians.

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 Then I said it tells us what we were before we became Christians,

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 and this passage very directly speaks into that.

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 And it tells us how we're supposed to live in the light of God's spiritual blessings.

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 And then I asked the question, based on the end of verse 10 of chapter 1,

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 is are we focused enough on God's promised future?

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 Or are we, in the Western church, very this worldly?

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 So Paul is basically telling them here that they've got big problems.

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 And of course, just to remind you that the framework of these verses,

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 you could put in these terms, diagnosis, prognosis, and cure.

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 The diagnosis really fulfills what Paul's on about in the first three chapters of Romans,

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 where he concludes by saying,

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 all have sinned, no exception,

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 all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

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 That's the diagnosis.

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 The prognosis is death.

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 And of course, medieval theologians banged on about this.

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 We're really talking about two deaths,

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 if you're Lazarus, three.

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 The first death is the death that the writer of Genesis talks about.

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 When you remember in Genesis chapters 2 and chapter 3,

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 there they are in this marvelous garden,

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 more beautiful than any garden you've ever been through in your lives.

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 And God says to the man,

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 the woman hasn't arrived at this point,

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 he says to the man,

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 you can do whatever you like in this garden,

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 but you must not eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

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 Do whatever you like, but don't do that.

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 Then the word tells us it wasn't good for man to be alone,

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 and so he came up with women.

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 And it was in the garden,

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 and one thing they couldn't do,

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 and when God threatened this,

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 he said, if you do this, you will surely die.

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 So as we know, the fruit gets picked and eaten,

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 and then the devil shows up in chapter 3.

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 He says this,

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 before the fruit is eaten,

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 he says,

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 you can't, you don't believe God.

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 You won't die if you eat this fruit.

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 Go ahead.

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 So they do.

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 And of course, part of the mystery is,

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 they don't die.

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 They stay on the planet,

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 and in a very long chain of cause and effect,

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 that's partly why we're here today.

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 But they died spiritually.

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 Their relationship with God was impaired.

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 All have sinned,

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 and fall short of the glory of God.

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 You don't meet many people, do you,

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 who claim to be sinless?

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 Though I did meet one.

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 I used to visit with his wife,

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 who wasn't very well,

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 and he was a kind of jobbing laborer, I guess.

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 And he used to tell me,

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 I've never sinned.

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 I'm like, well, that's interesting.

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 He said, yeah, I've never sinned.

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 So I was going out through the door,

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 front door,

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 and there was all this wood stacked up by it.

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 And we were just doing a bit of a refurb

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 on what we call the crypt

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 at the church I was serving at the time.

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 So I said to him,

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 any chance of some of that wood?

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 His wife said, don't take that.

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 He stole it from work.

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 Look, so the diagnosis is we've all sinned.

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 The prognosis is this two death thing.

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 Your sin, unless it's dealt with,

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 means that your relationship with God is broken.

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 The second death,

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 where we die physically,

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 of course, in Christ,

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 death won't be a brick wall for us.

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 It will be a gateway into heaven.

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 So Jesus in his death deals with,

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 in his death deals with both these deaths.

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 For as in Adam, all die.

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 As in Jesus, all will be alive.

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 So what human failures is Paul dealing with here?

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 Well, the first thing is,

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 he's dealing with delusion.

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 See, I wouldn't mind a guess that

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 most of us in this place,

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 and in most churches ever,

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 are slightly deluded

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 by kind of comforting ourselves,

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 even though we know we are sinful.

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 We kind of play it down,

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 oh, well, everybody does that, you know?

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 We tell lies and then persuade ourselves

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 there was something called white lies.

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 Not saying that, you know,

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 you might never tell a white lie,

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 but on the whole,

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 I think you're in a tricky area

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 when you do that.

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 And under delusion,

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 I include the word denial.

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 I think sometimes,

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 a bit like Jack the Builder

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 I was just talking to you about,

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 we can be in denial

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 about who we are

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 and about the way we behave.

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 I found this particularly true

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 when I was a chaplain

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 in a psychiatric hospital

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 dealing with people who had addictions.

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 You might be somebody with an addiction.

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 You will know that lying

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 becomes second nature to you

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 when you have an addiction.

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 And you even deny there's a problem.

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 I remember once trying to offer

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 a little corrective therapy

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 to my sister who was going

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 through a hard time in life,

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 who seemed to me to be

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 a little over-dependent on white wine.

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 Let me say, she didn't say,

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 Mike, I really appreciate your feedback.

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 She was mad.

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 Denied it.

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 Didn't want to know.

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 But I thought a bottle and a half

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 of white wine every night

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 wasn't headed in the right direction.

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 She thought I was a killjoy.

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 The second human failure

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 that Paul deals with here

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 is comparison.

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 So we said that

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 the word for sin

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 is that word hamartia.

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 It means when an archer

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 misses the mark.

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 And what I want to ask you is,

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 I mean, suppose you were,

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 I mean, you can go to center parks

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 and never go with archery, right?

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 I mean, be careful.

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 And suppose you had a go for the first time

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 and you fire ten arrows

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 and nine of them missed.

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 And one of them stuck in the target

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 right on the edge, right?

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 And then somebody who knows

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 about archery came,

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 did ten arrows,

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 nine of them straight into the bullseye

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 and one of them

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 just in a lower place.

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 What we do is,

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 very often,

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 we think,

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 okay, you know,

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 I sin,

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 but there are plenty of people

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 who are worse than me.

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 You know, I can name them,

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 I mean, not me,

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 but I mean,

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 you can name them if you like.

00:19:41.199 --> 00:19:42.099
 But the point that

00:19:42.099 --> 00:19:44.839
 is implied by this word is,

00:19:44.899 --> 00:19:45.619
 it doesn't matter

00:19:45.619 --> 00:19:47.599
 how many arrows you hit the target,

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 if you miss with one,

00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:51.240
 you've sinned.

00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:54.959
 And comparison,

00:19:55.199 --> 00:19:56.939
 I mean, my granny used to say to me,

00:19:57.199 --> 00:19:58.639
 comparisons are odious.

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 So if I console myself

00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:03.599
 simply by comparing myself

00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:04.819
 with somebody

00:20:04.819 --> 00:20:06.779
 who I judge to be worse than me,

00:20:07.899 --> 00:20:09.099
 what is that saying?

00:20:10.379 --> 00:20:11.619
 I don't get to say very much,

00:20:11.699 --> 00:20:11.959
 do you?

00:20:13.899 --> 00:20:14.980
 All have sinned

00:20:14.980 --> 00:20:15.980
 and fall short

00:20:15.980 --> 00:20:17.579
 of the glory of God.

00:20:18.919 --> 00:20:19.759
 And there's something

00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:22.159
 slightly more complicated,

00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:22.759
 what I call

00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:24.300
 distorted anthropology.

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 And that is

00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:28.320
 what the Bible teaches us,

00:20:28.779 --> 00:20:29.080
 sorry,

00:20:29.320 --> 00:20:29.860
 what

00:20:29.860 --> 00:20:31.880
 anthropologists

00:20:31.880 --> 00:20:32.519
 teach us

00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:33.820
 about human beings'

00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:35.100
 basic nature.

00:20:38.600 --> 00:20:39.519
 First thing

00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:40.420
 is that

00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:41.660
 we have to

00:20:41.660 --> 00:20:42.500
 bear in mind,

00:20:42.600 --> 00:20:43.480
 and just let me say

00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:43.980
 before

00:20:43.980 --> 00:20:45.620
 you start to

00:20:45.620 --> 00:20:46.220
 choke,

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 I am not

00:20:48.860 --> 00:20:51.079
 in any way

00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:52.259
 writing off

00:20:52.259 --> 00:20:53.519
 all psychology.

00:20:54.360 --> 00:20:54.559
 Okay?

00:20:55.380 --> 00:20:56.279
 But I think

00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:57.019
 I have to say

00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:57.880
 that one of the

00:20:57.880 --> 00:20:59.019
 distortions

00:20:59.019 --> 00:20:59.339
 of

00:20:59.339 --> 00:21:03.339
 anthropology

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 has come from

00:21:05.620 --> 00:21:06.180
 the world

00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:08.019
 of psychology.

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 psychology.

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 There are,

00:21:14.639 --> 00:21:15.240
 I was reading

00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:15.819
 an article

00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:16.819
 in the

00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:18.059
 Journal of

00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:18.960
 Psychology,

00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:19.920
 and basically

00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:21.839
 the person

00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:22.440
 was

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 saying

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 that

00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:27.319
 one of the

00:21:27.319 --> 00:21:27.980
 ideas

00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:28.539
 that

00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:29.700
 contemporary

00:21:29.700 --> 00:21:30.400
 psychology

00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:31.099
 supports

00:21:31.099 --> 00:21:31.639
 is something

00:21:31.639 --> 00:21:32.139
 I think

00:21:32.139 --> 00:21:32.680
 is a really

00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:33.700
 bad idea,

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 particularly

00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:34.980
 when it comes

00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:35.640
 to ethics,

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 and it's

00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:37.620
 the idea

00:21:37.620 --> 00:21:38.460
 of autonomy.

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 Autonomy,

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:42.960
 you know,

00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:44.019
 is a

00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:44.559
 makeup of

00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:44.980
 two

00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:46.240
 Greek words,

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 auto and

00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:47.599
 nomos,

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 which means

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:49.220
 self-rule.

00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:51.259
 Autonomy

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:52.039
 is the kind

00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:52.500
 of thinking

00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:53.640
 in social ethics

00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:54.640
 which says

00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:55.200
 I can do

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:56.299
 whatever I want

00:21:56.299 --> 00:21:56.839
 as long as

00:21:56.839 --> 00:21:57.240
 it doesn't

00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:58.000
 harm anybody

00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:58.460
 else.

00:21:59.400 --> 00:21:59.880
 Wrong.

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 I mean,

00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:01.640
 you can never,

00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:02.200
 ever,

00:22:02.860 --> 00:22:03.319
 ever

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:04.940
 assess

00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.820
 what your

00:22:05.820 --> 00:22:06.640
 behavior's

00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:07.340
 impact will

00:22:07.340 --> 00:22:08.460
 be on

00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:08.779
 another

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.360
 person.

00:22:10.580 --> 00:22:11.200
 And this

00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:11.720
 article,

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:13.279
 the guy

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:13.820
 wrote this,

00:22:13.880 --> 00:22:14.320
 he said,

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:15.880
 autonomy

00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:17.580
 makes our

00:22:17.580 --> 00:22:18.759
 moral behavior

00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:19.960
 more effective.

00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:21.720
 I mean,

00:22:21.820 --> 00:22:22.299
 pardon me,

00:22:22.340 --> 00:22:22.640
 I wanted to

00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:22.799
 say,

00:22:22.900 --> 00:22:23.400
 what planet

00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:23.779
 is he

00:22:23.779 --> 00:22:24.400
 coming from?

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.680
 There are

00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:27.140
 a lot of

00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:28.019
 more conservative

00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:29.980
 psychologists

00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:31.100
 and anthropologists

00:22:31.100 --> 00:22:31.700
 who think

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.320
 that part of

00:22:32.320 --> 00:22:32.940
 our problem

00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:33.640
 today is

00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:34.600
 too much

00:22:34.600 --> 00:22:35.240
 autonomy

00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:35.820
 in the

00:22:35.820 --> 00:22:36.240
 name of

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:36.660
 personal

00:22:36.660 --> 00:22:37.140
 freedom.

00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:39.780
 Second

00:22:39.780 --> 00:22:40.780
 thing that

00:22:40.780 --> 00:22:42.300
 I think

00:22:42.300 --> 00:22:43.120
 20th century

00:22:43.120 --> 00:22:43.900
 psychology

00:22:43.900 --> 00:22:44.380
 has had

00:22:44.380 --> 00:22:45.000
 an influence

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.680
 on is

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.500
 the idea

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:48.340
 of universal

00:22:48.340 --> 00:22:49.040
 goodness.

00:22:50.300 --> 00:22:50.800
 Bible

00:22:50.800 --> 00:22:51.380
 says all

00:22:51.380 --> 00:22:51.960
 have sinned

00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:52.360
 and fall

00:22:52.360 --> 00:22:52.860
 short of

00:22:52.860 --> 00:22:53.280
 the glory

00:22:53.280 --> 00:22:53.660
 of God

00:22:53.660 --> 00:22:54.040
 from the

00:22:54.040 --> 00:22:54.880
 very earliest

00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:55.480
 days,

00:22:56.400 --> 00:22:57.140
 the days

00:22:57.140 --> 00:22:57.640
 of the man

00:22:57.640 --> 00:22:58.140
 and the woman

00:22:58.140 --> 00:22:59.000
 in the garden.

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 No,

00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:00.820
 no,

00:23:00.900 --> 00:23:01.180
 no,

00:23:01.180 --> 00:23:02.100
 say 20th

00:23:02.099 --> 00:23:02.379
 century

00:23:02.379 --> 00:23:02.819
 people,

00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:03.579
 you're

00:23:03.579 --> 00:23:03.980
 good.

00:23:05.379 --> 00:23:05.839
 And you

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.439
 need to

00:23:06.439 --> 00:23:07.779
 focus on

00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:08.159
 the fact

00:23:08.159 --> 00:23:08.619
 that you're

00:23:08.619 --> 00:23:09.079
 good.

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:11.119
 And you

00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:11.699
 could even,

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.779
 I've read

00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:13.039
 this,

00:23:13.219 --> 00:23:13.319
 you know,

00:23:13.419 --> 00:23:14.779
 some people

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:15.179
 will tell

00:23:15.179 --> 00:23:15.480
 you,

00:23:15.959 --> 00:23:16.539
 stand in

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:16.839
 front of

00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:17.319
 a mirror

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:17.959
 in the

00:23:17.959 --> 00:23:18.959
 morning and

00:23:18.959 --> 00:23:19.639
 tell yourself

00:23:19.639 --> 00:23:20.240
 how brilliant

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:20.859
 you are.

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.819
 I mean,

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.240
 you know,

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:27.619
 I don't know

00:23:27.619 --> 00:23:28.719
 whether Stephen

00:23:28.719 --> 00:23:29.559
 Hawkins did

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:30.019
 that or

00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:30.699
 Elon Musk

00:23:30.699 --> 00:23:31.240
 or any of

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:31.900
 these people.

00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:33.759
 But,

00:23:33.859 --> 00:23:34.099
 I mean,

00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:34.660
 not only

00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:34.980
 this,

00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:36.099
 but very

00:23:36.099 --> 00:23:36.859
 often now

00:23:36.859 --> 00:23:38.339
 in schools

00:23:38.339 --> 00:23:38.839
 this kind

00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:39.539
 of child

00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:40.200
 centred

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:41.920
 teaching

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:43.599
 I think

00:23:43.599 --> 00:23:44.140
 can have

00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:45.019
 the impact

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.759
 of

00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:48.019
 implying

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.440
 to our

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:48.640
 children

00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:48.859
 that they're

00:23:48.859 --> 00:23:49.220
 not only

00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:49.519
 good,

00:23:49.620 --> 00:23:49.880
 but they're

00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:50.220
 great.

00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:51.400
 And people

00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:51.960
 like Hillary

00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:52.480
 Clinton

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:52.980
 can go

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.420
 around,

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.779
 sorry,

00:23:54.900 --> 00:23:55.640
 Michelle Obama

00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:56.140
 can go

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:56.539
 around

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:58.079
 schools

00:23:58.079 --> 00:23:58.599
 telling

00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:59.219
 people

00:23:59.219 --> 00:24:01.119
 very popular

00:24:01.119 --> 00:24:01.779
 kind of

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.419
 misconception

00:24:02.419 --> 00:24:03.259
 I think

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:04.219
 that we

00:24:04.219 --> 00:24:04.579
 live with

00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:04.819
 in the

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.819
 21st century.

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:06.719
 You can

00:24:06.719 --> 00:24:07.240
 be whatever

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:07.740
 you want

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.159
 to be,

00:24:08.939 --> 00:24:09.219
 right?

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:14.839
 I don't

00:24:14.839 --> 00:24:15.120
 know if

00:24:15.120 --> 00:24:15.319
 that's

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:15.799
 dangerous,

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:16.500
 but it

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:16.920
 clearly

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:18.759
 isn't

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.380
 even true.

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.180
 You can't

00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:21.779
 be whatever

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.279
 you want

00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:22.620
 to be.

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:22.880
 We've

00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:23.220
 all got

00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:23.440
 our

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:24.100
 limitations.

00:24:25.100 --> 00:24:25.660
 I would

00:24:25.660 --> 00:24:26.200
 not make

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:26.740
 a prima

00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:27.440
 ballerina.

00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:31.000
 You don't

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.480
 even sit

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:31.700
 there

00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:32.200
 imagining

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.480
 it.

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:37.960
 And then

00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:39.299
 this guy

00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:39.660
 Frank

00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:40.200
 Ferreidi

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:40.860
 who I

00:24:40.860 --> 00:24:41.299
 read his

00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:41.700
 book

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.960
 and it

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:43.259
 was called

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:43.799
 Therapy

00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:44.180
 Culture.

00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:46.440
 And I

00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:46.920
 liked the

00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:47.400
 book so

00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:48.079
 much that

00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:48.420
 I

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:49.440
 shamelessly

00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:50.279
 used my

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:51.440
 membership

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:51.779
 at the

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.220
 House of

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:52.700
 Lords to

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.200
 invite him

00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:53.539
 out for

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.039
 dinner so

00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:54.319
 I could

00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:54.819
 talk to

00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:55.120
 him and

00:24:55.120 --> 00:24:55.460
 pick his

00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:55.819
 brain.

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.059
 And

00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.440
 actually

00:24:57.440 --> 00:24:58.819
 I still

00:24:58.819 --> 00:24:59.240
 agree with

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.599
 his book.

00:24:59.680 --> 00:24:59.920
 It's just

00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:00.380
 I didn't

00:25:00.380 --> 00:25:01.759
 get it

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.039
 off.

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.700
 It wasn't

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.079
 easy.

00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:03.420
 I don't

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:03.579
 think he

00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:03.980
 had much

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:04.799
 time for

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:06.700
 religion and

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.220
 I was

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:07.700
 slightly

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.460
 scornful for

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:08.759
 some

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.599
 sociology.

00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:12.399
 But he

00:25:12.399 --> 00:25:14.019
 basically

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:15.079
 complained that

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:15.839
 the world

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:16.500
 has become

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.680
 a place

00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:18.559
 where everything

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:19.920
 is processed

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.539
 through the

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:21.039
 past.

00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:23.379
 So

00:25:23.379 --> 00:25:23.920
 whatever's

00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:24.319
 wrong with

00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:24.619
 you, it's

00:25:24.619 --> 00:25:25.299
 somewhere in

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:25.879
 your past.

00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:26.220
 I mean

00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:26.960
 even Job

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:28.059
 had to be

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:28.779
 subject to

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.159
 that from

00:25:29.159 --> 00:25:29.559
 his three

00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:29.980
 friends,

00:25:30.099 --> 00:25:30.440
 didn't he?

00:25:30.879 --> 00:25:31.639
 You've got to

00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:32.160
 search your

00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:32.700
 heart, Job.

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:32.960
 There's

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:33.400
 something

00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:33.880
 there.

00:25:35.360 --> 00:25:35.880
 And yet

00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:36.340
 the Bible

00:25:36.340 --> 00:25:37.300
 describes Job

00:25:37.300 --> 00:25:37.620
 as a

00:25:37.620 --> 00:25:38.400
 righteous man.

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:40.680
 There wasn't

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.460
 anything there.

00:25:44.040 --> 00:25:44.380
 And

00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:45.700
 therapy

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:47.280
 culture, I

00:25:47.280 --> 00:25:48.440
 think, is a

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:49.240
 way of

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:50.420
 basically, my

00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:52.180
 problems are a

00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:53.100
 product of my

00:25:53.100 --> 00:25:54.400
 past lived

00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:55.880
 experience.

00:25:57.160 --> 00:25:57.840
 And some of

00:25:57.840 --> 00:25:58.240
 them are.

00:25:59.080 --> 00:25:59.640
 There's no

00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:00.240
 doubt about

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.539
 that.

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.480
 Some of

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:01.759
 you have

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.740
 had horrible

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.519
 things happen

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:03.980
 to you.

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:05.579
 And you

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.279
 can't pretend

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:06.839
 that that's

00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:07.220
 not going to

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:07.839
 affect you.

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.319
 I mean, it

00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:08.759
 doesn't have to

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.279
 affect you

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:09.680
 forever.

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:10.980
 But it's

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.200
 going to

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.859
 affect you

00:26:11.859 --> 00:26:12.740
 short-term,

00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:13.759
 medium-term,

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:14.880
 and without

00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:15.799
 Christ might

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.559
 affect you

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:16.960
 forever.

00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:19.779
 The fourth

00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:20.620
 failure that

00:26:20.620 --> 00:26:21.400
 Jesus deals

00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:22.380
 with here is

00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:23.440
 legalism.

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:27.220
 Legalism is

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:28.440
 this idea

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:30.259
 that if I

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:33.259
 can, it

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:34.259
 basically lies

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:34.860
 behind the

00:26:34.860 --> 00:26:35.519
 idea of

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:36.400
 earning my

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:37.000
 salvation.

00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:39.900
 If I do

00:26:39.900 --> 00:26:42.420
 this, if I

00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:43.299
 behave like

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:45.180
 this, even

00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:46.180
 if I put up

00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:47.039
 a mask like

00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:49.460
 this, I'll

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:50.000
 be okay.

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.059
 me.

00:26:52.619 --> 00:26:53.259
 And Paul

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:54.160
 absolutely

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:54.900
 nails that.

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.619
 He says, it's

00:26:55.619 --> 00:26:56.799
 by grace you've

00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:58.180
 been saved, not

00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:59.059
 by works.

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.599
 A work of

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.140
 the law is

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:01.839
 anything that

00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:02.759
 we do that

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.920
 we think allows

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.640
 us to make a

00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:05.420
 claim on God.

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.880
 Paul emphatically

00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:09.980
 says here, and

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:11.440
 throughout his

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.380
 epistles, this

00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:14.339
 is not the way

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:15.099
 you are saved.

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:16.200
 You are saved

00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:17.059
 through the

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:17.759
 grace of God.

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:20.400
 And I

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:22.900
 think, I

00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:24.420
 mean, you

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:24.619
 know, I've

00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:24.980
 been around

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.779
 churches for

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:28.000
 years, some

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.220
 of you are

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:28.640
 saying too

00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:29.819
 long, but I've

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.240
 been around

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:30.859
 them a lot.

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.799
 And one of

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.279
 the things I've

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.960
 discovered is

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:34.700
 grace is an

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.640
 idea that

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:36.759
 people find

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.960
 really difficult

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.799
 to lay hold

00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:39.000
 on.

00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:40.900
 They understand

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:41.599
 what it means.

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:42.059
 They've been

00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:43.279
 told many, many

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:44.079
 times from the

00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:45.779
 pulpit, it is

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.759
 God's love shown

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.420
 to you even

00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:47.880
 though you

00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:48.640
 don't deserve

00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:48.960
 it.

00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:52.340
 And yet

00:27:52.340 --> 00:27:54.560
 somehow, they

00:27:54.560 --> 00:27:55.240
 still feel they

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:55.759
 got to earn

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:55.940
 it.

00:27:58.060 --> 00:27:58.920
 You see what

00:27:58.920 --> 00:28:00.140
 Paul says

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:01.080
 here.

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.980
 He says

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:04.140
 that you're

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:04.900
 not saved by

00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:05.759
 works so that

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.600
 you can't

00:28:06.600 --> 00:28:06.980
 boast.

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.460
 One of the

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:08.900
 things that

00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:09.620
 really shocks

00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:10.080
 me about

00:28:10.080 --> 00:28:11.100
 social media

00:28:11.100 --> 00:28:12.840
 is the

00:28:12.840 --> 00:28:13.300
 number of

00:28:13.300 --> 00:28:13.880
 clergy who

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:14.420
 go on it

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:15.060
 basically

00:28:15.060 --> 00:28:17.060
 self-promoting.

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:19.279
 I mean, am

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:20.000
 I wrong to

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.539
 be cautious

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.300
 about that?

00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:22.880
 You know, I

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:23.560
 couldn't imagine,

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:24.580
 you know, I

00:28:24.580 --> 00:28:25.100
 would put a

00:28:25.100 --> 00:28:26.039
 big advert on

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:27.220
 social media if

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:27.680
 I was going to

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:28.700
 go and speak at

00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:29.960
 some church,

00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:31.420
 maybe yours.

00:28:33.100 --> 00:28:33.440
 It just

00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:33.820
 would never

00:28:33.820 --> 00:28:34.740
 occur to me

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.300
 to do that.

00:28:35.340 --> 00:28:36.140
 I feel, you

00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:36.620
 know, that.

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.220
 I don't think

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:39.940
 that kind of

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:41.140
 self-promotion,

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.400
 I don't find

00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:43.220
 that easy to

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:44.080
 square with my

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.960
 understanding of

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.439
 the gospel.

00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:48.559
 Okay, I mean a

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:49.119
 measure of that,

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.579
 you know, if you

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.199
 become a new

00:28:50.199 --> 00:28:52.480
 grandparent, you

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:53.279
 know, fine, have

00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:54.099
 a photograph of

00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:54.939
 yourself with a

00:28:54.939 --> 00:28:55.839
 little bundle,

00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:57.059
 you know, and

00:28:57.059 --> 00:29:00.079
 I think my

00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:00.759
 wife and I are

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.439
 a bit blasé

00:29:01.439 --> 00:29:02.039
 with that now,

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:02.799
 we've got 16

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:03.460
 grandchildren.

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.819
 He boasted.

00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:08.460
 Look,

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:10.599
 legalism is a

00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:11.500
 massive problem

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:12.700
 in the churches.

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.259
 No, I'm not

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.599
 talking about

00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:16.480
 unsaved people,

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.140
 I'm talking about

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:17.660
 people who are

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:18.039
 saved.

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.539
 Just what I

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.099
 said earlier,

00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:21.940
 if you add to

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.500
 the gospel,

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:24.680
 you take away

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.140
 from it.

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:28.359
 And finally,

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:30.059
 spiritual

00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:30.799
 malaise.

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:32.920
 I, you

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:33.319
 know, Paul

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:34.900
 says this,

00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:35.759
 right at the

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.980
 end in verse

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:38.980
 10, he says

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.460
 you've been

00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:40.240
 saved for a

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:40.720
 purpose.

00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:41.839
 In fact, he

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:42.819
 says, you

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:44.440
 are God's, on

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:45.180
 the reading we

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:45.779
 had, it said

00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:47.079
 God's handiwork.

00:29:49.140 --> 00:29:50.039
 Most versions

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:50.620
 of the Bible

00:29:50.620 --> 00:29:52.059
 say you're God's

00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:52.720
 workmanship.

00:29:54.640 --> 00:29:55.100
 You know, the

00:29:55.100 --> 00:29:55.819
 psalmist wrote

00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:56.799
 that we're

00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:57.600
 fearfully and

00:29:57.600 --> 00:29:58.559
 wonderfully made.

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.660
 I don't have a

00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:03.120
 problem with you

00:30:03.120 --> 00:30:03.720
 standing in front

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.380
 of a mirror and

00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:05.279
 reminding yourself

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:06.720
 of that, because

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:08.000
 when you understand

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.559
 that, it might

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:09.339
 make you a notch

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:10.119
 more humble.

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:12.619
 Fearfully and

00:30:12.619 --> 00:30:13.379
 wonderfully made.

00:30:13.439 --> 00:30:13.759
 And you're

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.359
 fearfully and

00:30:14.359 --> 00:30:15.259
 wonderfully made

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:16.459
 for God's

00:30:16.459 --> 00:30:16.939
 purpose.

00:30:18.659 --> 00:30:19.740
 In Christ,

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:21.480
 you have been

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:22.319
 remade.

00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:25.639
 And you

00:30:25.639 --> 00:30:26.439
 will not be

00:30:26.439 --> 00:30:28.339
 saved by your

00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:29.019
 good works.

00:30:29.199 --> 00:30:29.639
 Paul's very

00:30:29.639 --> 00:30:30.379
 clear about that.

00:30:30.439 --> 00:30:31.179
 But you will

00:30:31.179 --> 00:30:33.699
 be saved for

00:30:33.699 --> 00:30:34.639
 the good works

00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:36.880
 that God has

00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:37.880
 prepared for you

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:38.680
 in advance to

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:38.900
 do.

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:44.300
 I'm always

00:30:44.300 --> 00:30:45.180
 shocked about

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:47.020
 the weight that

00:30:47.020 --> 00:30:48.020
 a lot of clergy

00:30:48.020 --> 00:30:49.020
 colleagues have

00:30:49.020 --> 00:30:49.860
 on their shoulders.

00:30:50.080 --> 00:30:51.140
 I don't often

00:30:51.140 --> 00:30:51.900
 make special

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:53.560
 pleading for the

00:30:53.560 --> 00:30:53.920
 clergy.

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.840
 But I do

00:30:55.840 --> 00:30:56.900
 understand this,

00:30:57.420 --> 00:30:58.180
 that in most

00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:58.980
 churches, we've

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.840
 talked about this

00:30:59.840 --> 00:31:00.440
 here, talked

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:01.140
 about it in lots

00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:01.860
 of places, at

00:31:01.860 --> 00:31:03.180
 the 80-20 rule.

00:31:04.300 --> 00:31:05.280
 20% of the

00:31:05.280 --> 00:31:06.340
 people supply

00:31:06.340 --> 00:31:07.480
 80% of the

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:07.759
 money.

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:09.540
 20% of the

00:31:09.540 --> 00:31:10.640
 people supply

00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:11.840
 80% of the

00:31:11.840 --> 00:31:12.420
 horsepower.

00:31:14.120 --> 00:31:15.040
 And 80%

00:31:15.040 --> 00:31:16.060
 watch on,

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:17.420
 maybe gratefully,

00:31:17.820 --> 00:31:18.820
 week by week.

00:31:20.100 --> 00:31:21.160
 Not saying they

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:22.040
 don't do some

00:31:22.040 --> 00:31:22.980
 good works beyond

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.720
 the church, of

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.340
 course not.

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.700
 And I want to

00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:26.300
 say, you know,

00:31:26.360 --> 00:31:27.940
 if you're involved

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:29.259
 in a major

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:30.080
 charity which

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:30.779
 takes up a lot

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:31.439
 of your time

00:31:31.439 --> 00:31:32.119
 outside the

00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:32.539
 church, well

00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:33.259
 God bless you,

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:33.759
 that's good,

00:31:33.879 --> 00:31:35.039
 that is a work

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.559
 that God has

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:36.379
 prepared for you

00:31:36.379 --> 00:31:37.099
 in advance to

00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:37.339
 do.

00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:39.720
 But the

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:40.319
 church needs

00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:40.960
 more of you

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.960
 to step up

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:43.839
 and fill some

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:44.759
 of those vacancies

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:45.500
 which nearly

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:46.460
 every church

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:46.859
 has.

00:31:48.659 --> 00:31:49.359
 You really

00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:50.179
 need to break

00:31:50.179 --> 00:31:50.839
 a threshold

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:52.359
 of about 250

00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:53.619
 members as a

00:31:53.619 --> 00:31:54.879
 church, active,

00:31:55.379 --> 00:31:56.279
 saved members,

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:58.159
 before you can

00:31:58.159 --> 00:31:58.960
 be certain of

00:31:58.960 --> 00:31:59.839
 supplying people

00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:00.679
 to do the

00:32:00.679 --> 00:32:01.419
 ministries that

00:32:01.419 --> 00:32:02.259
 you feel called

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:03.859
 to do as a

00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:04.279
 church.

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.879
 I think some

00:32:07.879 --> 00:32:10.039
 of you need

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:10.559
 to think a

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:11.000
 little more

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:12.939
 carefully about

00:32:12.939 --> 00:32:13.779
 whether you

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:15.019
 really understand

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:15.720
 that the

00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:16.679
 workmanship that

00:32:16.679 --> 00:32:17.419
 God has put

00:32:17.419 --> 00:32:19.199
 into you has a

00:32:19.199 --> 00:32:19.659
 purpose.

00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:20.740
 And the purpose

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.419
 is this,

00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:23.419
 that you would

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:27.660
 understand his

00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:30.060
 grace and you

00:32:30.060 --> 00:32:31.120
 would understand

00:32:31.120 --> 00:32:31.840
 that you are

00:32:31.840 --> 00:32:32.920
 saved by his

00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:33.440
 grace.

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:37.640
 Somebody wrote

00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:38.700
 these words and

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:39.259
 they said,

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:42.000
 grace means the

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:43.060
 end of earning,

00:32:44.060 --> 00:32:45.620
 but not the end

00:32:45.620 --> 00:32:46.100
 of effort.

00:32:46.099 --> 00:32:50.059
 that's just

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:51.079
 mirroring, I

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:52.119
 think, in the

00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:52.740
 minds of the

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:54.439
 person that

00:32:54.439 --> 00:32:55.139
 wrote it.

00:32:57.459 --> 00:32:58.339
 What's written

00:32:58.339 --> 00:32:59.899
 in Ephesians

00:32:59.899 --> 00:33:00.639
 chapter 2

00:33:00.639 --> 00:33:01.279
 verse 10,

00:33:02.659 --> 00:33:03.059
 and it's

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:03.480
 this,

00:33:04.619 --> 00:33:06.459
 that we are

00:33:06.459 --> 00:33:07.819
 saved not by

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.500
 good works,

00:33:08.639 --> 00:33:09.519
 but for good

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:10.000
 works.

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:15.140
 I wonder if

00:33:15.140 --> 00:33:15.519
 the Holy

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:16.319
 Spirit isn't

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:17.440
 speaking to you

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:18.140
 about that,

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:20.460
 that actually

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:23.019
 there is

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:24.160
 something,

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.359
 you know,

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:26.420
 I mean I may

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:27.119
 be preaching to

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:27.799
 the choir, I

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:28.279
 don't know,

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:32.200
 but we do

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:34.200
 in an effort

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:34.960
 to bring the

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:35.680
 gospel I

00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:36.359
 talked about

00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:36.579
 at the

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:38.920
 beginning to

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:39.660
 this world

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:40.160
 which is

00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:41.080
 broken and

00:33:41.080 --> 00:33:41.560
 breaking.

00:33:43.560 --> 00:33:44.640
 We do need

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.180
 people to

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:46.980
 step up and

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:47.700
 fulfill the

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.400
 ministries.

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:51.700
 When I was

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:53.200
 a curate,

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:57.259
 it was just

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:57.660
 when the

00:33:57.660 --> 00:33:58.240
 season of

00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:59.560
 family services

00:33:59.560 --> 00:34:00.460
 was starting,

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:01.500
 you know,

00:34:01.620 --> 00:34:01.960
 I mean,

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:03.019
 frankly,

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:04.019
 as a clergy

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.400
 person,

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:04.779
 it would have

00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:05.100
 been my

00:34:05.100 --> 00:34:05.580
 personal

00:34:05.580 --> 00:34:06.200
 nightmare,

00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:08.059
 you know,

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.840
 getting everybody

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:09.440
 together,

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:10.519
 trying to

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:11.239
 say something

00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:11.719
 through a

00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:12.319
 kid's talk

00:34:12.319 --> 00:34:12.819
 that might

00:34:12.819 --> 00:34:13.279
 provoke

00:34:13.279 --> 00:34:13.899
 something in

00:34:13.899 --> 00:34:14.399
 the adults,

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:14.679
 you know,

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:15.239
 it's a rare

00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:15.719
 gift.

00:34:17.259 --> 00:34:17.940
 And I

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.279
 was in

00:34:18.279 --> 00:34:20.480
 an archdeaconry,

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:21.039
 it's quite,

00:34:21.279 --> 00:34:21.679
 you know,

00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:22.899
 quite a large

00:34:22.899 --> 00:34:23.559
 area,

00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:24.339
 subsection,

00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:25.879
 and there

00:34:25.879 --> 00:34:26.339
 were only

00:34:26.339 --> 00:34:28.159
 three curates

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:28.679
 around,

00:34:28.819 --> 00:34:29.059
 and the

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.420
 assumption

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:30.019
 was,

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:31.079
 if you're

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:31.799
 under 40,

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.359
 you must be

00:34:32.359 --> 00:34:32.839
 great at

00:34:32.839 --> 00:34:33.719
 family services.

00:34:33.719 --> 00:34:35.879
 so every

00:34:35.879 --> 00:34:36.500
 Sunday I

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:37.039
 was shipped

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.539
 out from

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:38.099
 our parish

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:38.579
 church to

00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:39.099
 go and do

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:40.139
 family services

00:34:40.139 --> 00:34:40.599
 here and

00:34:40.599 --> 00:34:40.759
 there,

00:34:40.819 --> 00:34:41.119
 the vicar

00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:41.739
 got me to

00:34:41.739 --> 00:34:42.139
 do our

00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:42.919
 monthly family

00:34:42.919 --> 00:34:43.739
 service every

00:34:43.739 --> 00:34:44.159
 month,

00:34:44.859 --> 00:34:45.539
 I read a

00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:45.939
 book that

00:34:45.939 --> 00:34:47.039
 taught me to

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:48.779
 draw cartoons,

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:49.439
 and you know,

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:50.019
 I became a

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:50.199
 bit,

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:51.679
 you remember

00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:52.259
 Rolf Harris

00:34:52.259 --> 00:34:53.000
 used to talk

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.480
 and draw,

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:53.739
 well,

00:34:53.859 --> 00:34:54.779
 it's the only

00:34:54.779 --> 00:34:55.839
 similarity to

00:34:55.839 --> 00:34:56.579
 Rolf Harris I

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:56.959
 want to go

00:34:56.959 --> 00:34:57.319
 into,

00:34:58.879 --> 00:35:00.279
 talk and draw,

00:35:00.419 --> 00:35:00.899
 and you know,

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:01.279
 okay,

00:35:01.399 --> 00:35:01.819
 that worked

00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:02.220
 okay,

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:02.680
 and,

00:35:02.680 --> 00:35:03.120
 and,

00:35:03.120 --> 00:35:07.800
 so,

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:10.880
 I would do

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:12.440
 these family

00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:13.180
 services,

00:35:13.720 --> 00:35:14.019
 and,

00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:18.059
 I have to

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:18.320
 say,

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:18.620
 you know,

00:35:18.660 --> 00:35:19.400
 I kind of

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:22.120
 wondered about

00:35:22.120 --> 00:35:22.380
 them,

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:23.280
 I wondered

00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:24.380
 whether really

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:27.980
 they were the

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:28.740
 right thing,

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:30.720
 and it was

00:35:30.720 --> 00:35:31.800
 only when I

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:32.440
 said to the

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:32.660
 vicar,

00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:33.320
 I think there

00:35:33.320 --> 00:35:33.920
 may be

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:35.300
 people in

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:36.140
 the congregation

00:35:36.140 --> 00:35:38.840
 who might

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:39.360
 have more

00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:39.920
 of a gifting

00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:40.620
 for this,

00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:41.580
 and more

00:35:41.580 --> 00:35:42.640
 of a passion

00:35:42.640 --> 00:35:43.400
 for it than

00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:43.840
 I do,

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:46.640
 it looked at

00:35:46.640 --> 00:35:47.160
 me as I was

00:35:47.160 --> 00:35:47.620
 completely

00:35:47.620 --> 00:35:48.300
 bonkers,

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:49.600
 so he said,

00:35:49.700 --> 00:35:50.039
 do you have

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:50.640
 anybody in

00:35:50.640 --> 00:35:50.980
 mind,

00:35:51.180 --> 00:35:52.019
 so I reeled

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.519
 off a few

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:52.940
 names,

00:35:53.100 --> 00:35:53.519
 so he said,

00:35:53.620 --> 00:35:53.760
 okay,

00:35:53.860 --> 00:35:54.519
 you go around

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:54.940
 and visit

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:55.539
 them and ask

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:55.720
 them,

00:35:56.620 --> 00:35:57.300
 so I did,

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:59.000
 they all

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.580
 said yes,

00:36:00.720 --> 00:36:01.220
 and our

00:36:01.220 --> 00:36:02.160
 family services,

00:36:02.160 --> 00:36:02.920
 I think,

00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:03.980
 took a turn

00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:04.940
 for the good,

00:36:05.640 --> 00:36:06.440
 not just in

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:06.960
 our church,

00:36:07.060 --> 00:36:07.620
 but across

00:36:07.620 --> 00:36:08.360
 the archer

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:09.060
 deaconry as

00:36:09.060 --> 00:36:09.320
 well.

00:36:12.420 --> 00:36:12.940
 Friends,

00:36:13.340 --> 00:36:14.560
 I want to

00:36:14.560 --> 00:36:15.240
 ask you three

00:36:15.240 --> 00:36:16.019
 things this

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:16.680
 Lent for you

00:36:16.680 --> 00:36:17.480
 to take away

00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:18.019
 with you

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:18.400
 tonight.

00:36:19.740 --> 00:36:20.480
 First thing

00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:21.140
 is this,

00:36:21.139 --> 00:36:23.339
 do I

00:36:23.339 --> 00:36:24.519
 really get

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:25.319
 that my

00:36:25.319 --> 00:36:26.699
 sins are

00:36:26.699 --> 00:36:27.099
 forgiven,

00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:29.500
 or do I

00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:30.279
 still live

00:36:30.279 --> 00:36:30.900
 under a

00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:31.359
 cloud of

00:36:31.359 --> 00:36:31.599
 guilt?

00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:36.500
 Let me

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:38.159
 let that

00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:38.799
 one settle

00:36:38.799 --> 00:36:39.199
 for a

00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:39.480
 moment.

00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:41.139
 Do I

00:36:41.139 --> 00:36:41.960
 really know

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.579
 that my

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:43.199
 sins are

00:36:43.199 --> 00:36:43.619
 forgiven,

00:36:44.699 --> 00:36:45.539
 or do I

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:46.400
 still live

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:47.440
 under a

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:47.980
 cloud of

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:48.259
 guilt?

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:52.039
 I remember

00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:52.659
 a lady

00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:53.539
 called

00:36:53.539 --> 00:36:54.480
 Pat in

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:56.239
 my first

00:36:56.239 --> 00:36:56.779
 parish,

00:36:57.199 --> 00:36:58.099
 where I was

00:36:58.099 --> 00:36:58.460
 a cure,

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:58.900
 the same

00:36:58.900 --> 00:36:59.500
 parish I've

00:36:59.500 --> 00:36:59.819
 just been

00:36:59.819 --> 00:37:00.420
 talking to

00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:00.839
 you about,

00:37:01.779 --> 00:37:02.639
 who did

00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:03.099
 the most

00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:04.339
 amazing job

00:37:04.339 --> 00:37:04.839
 of looking

00:37:04.839 --> 00:37:05.420
 after her

00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:05.699
 mum.

00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:06.799
 She gave

00:37:06.799 --> 00:37:07.119
 up her

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:07.519
 job,

00:37:08.319 --> 00:37:08.980
 took a

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:09.599
 pittance

00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:09.900
 of a

00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:10.259
 pension,

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:11.259
 and really

00:37:11.259 --> 00:37:11.900
 looked after

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.239
 her mum,

00:37:12.319 --> 00:37:12.819
 and trust

00:37:12.819 --> 00:37:13.079
 me,

00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:13.920
 her mum

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:14.539
 was not

00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:15.099
 easy.

00:37:16.719 --> 00:37:17.339
 She looked

00:37:17.339 --> 00:37:17.759
 after her

00:37:17.759 --> 00:37:18.039
 and looked

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:18.420
 after her,

00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:18.699
 and went

00:37:18.699 --> 00:37:19.139
 on for

00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:19.659
 two and

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:19.900
 a half,

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:20.719
 three years,

00:37:21.139 --> 00:37:22.619
 and at

00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:23.099
 the end

00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:23.579
 of it,

00:37:24.359 --> 00:37:25.059
 the mother

00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:27.400
 became so

00:37:27.400 --> 00:37:29.500
 difficultly

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:29.900
 ill,

00:37:30.199 --> 00:37:30.500
 doubling

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:31.639
 incontinency

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:31.960
 and all

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:32.099
 that,

00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:32.559
 she had

00:37:32.559 --> 00:37:32.920
 to go

00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:33.179
 into

00:37:33.179 --> 00:37:33.759
 hospital.

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.379
 Pat

00:37:36.379 --> 00:37:38.579
 lived with

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:39.199
 guilt for

00:37:39.199 --> 00:37:40.339
 years after

00:37:40.339 --> 00:37:40.759
 that,

00:37:41.659 --> 00:37:42.239
 because she

00:37:42.239 --> 00:37:42.980
 promised her

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:43.199
 mum,

00:37:43.339 --> 00:37:43.819
 I'll never

00:37:43.819 --> 00:37:44.279
 let you

00:37:44.279 --> 00:37:45.579
 go into

00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:46.099
 hospital.

00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:51.139
 for

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:51.500
 different

00:37:51.500 --> 00:37:52.239
 reasons,

00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:53.839
 there'll

00:37:53.839 --> 00:37:54.099
 be a

00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:54.279
 few

00:37:54.279 --> 00:37:54.639
 pats

00:37:54.639 --> 00:37:54.920
 in the

00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:55.159
 house

00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:55.619
 tonight.

00:37:59.099 --> 00:37:59.699
 People

00:37:59.699 --> 00:38:00.920
 who know

00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:01.539
 the facts

00:38:01.539 --> 00:38:01.839
 of the

00:38:01.839 --> 00:38:02.259
 gospel,

00:38:03.259 --> 00:38:05.179
 but don't

00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:05.860
 know the

00:38:05.860 --> 00:38:06.799
 healing power

00:38:06.799 --> 00:38:07.139
 of the

00:38:07.139 --> 00:38:07.539
 gospel.

00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:10.059
 One of

00:38:10.059 --> 00:38:10.579
 the things,

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:11.339
 one of the

00:38:11.339 --> 00:38:12.000
 reasons I was

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:12.400
 telling you

00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:12.799
 about these

00:38:12.799 --> 00:38:13.659
 family services

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:14.380
 was that one

00:38:14.380 --> 00:38:14.640
 of the

00:38:14.640 --> 00:38:15.160
 things was

00:38:15.160 --> 00:38:15.500
 I used

00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:15.880
 to think,

00:38:15.980 --> 00:38:16.240
 you know,

00:38:16.700 --> 00:38:17.280
 we can't

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:17.720
 go through

00:38:17.720 --> 00:38:18.180
 a lot of

00:38:18.180 --> 00:38:19.079
 dull liturgy

00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:19.500
 with these

00:38:19.500 --> 00:38:19.880
 kids.

00:38:20.700 --> 00:38:21.340
 So what I

00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:21.840
 would do

00:38:21.840 --> 00:38:23.500
 is I

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:23.840
 get a

00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:24.480
 blackboard

00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:25.519
 and I

00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:26.320
 shout out

00:38:26.320 --> 00:38:26.660
 to the

00:38:26.660 --> 00:38:27.019
 kids,

00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:28.559
 what have

00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:28.840
 you done

00:38:28.840 --> 00:38:29.360
 wrong this

00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:29.760
 week?

00:38:31.260 --> 00:38:31.440
 And,

00:38:31.660 --> 00:38:31.980
 you know,

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:32.579
 kids would

00:38:32.579 --> 00:38:33.019
 shout out

00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:33.440
 stuff like,

00:38:33.500 --> 00:38:34.019
 I wrote a

00:38:34.019 --> 00:38:34.619
 rude name on

00:38:34.619 --> 00:38:34.920
 the back

00:38:34.920 --> 00:38:35.180
 of a

00:38:35.180 --> 00:38:35.519
 teacher

00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:36.300
 in chalk.

00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:37.840
 I stole

00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:38.579
 snacks from

00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:40.099
 mum's

00:38:40.099 --> 00:38:41.460
 store.

00:38:42.300 --> 00:38:42.740
 All this

00:38:42.740 --> 00:38:42.920
 stuff,

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:43.260
 I write

00:38:43.260 --> 00:38:43.519
 them on

00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:44.019
 the board.

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:45.460
 And I

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:45.700
 say,

00:38:45.780 --> 00:38:45.920
 right,

00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:46.119
 are we

00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:46.340
 going to

00:38:46.340 --> 00:38:46.880
 say sorry

00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:47.119
 now,

00:38:47.200 --> 00:38:47.500
 children?

00:38:47.660 --> 00:38:48.160
 All say

00:38:48.160 --> 00:38:48.579
 sorry.

00:38:49.720 --> 00:38:50.160
 Say a

00:38:50.160 --> 00:38:50.680
 little prayer

00:38:50.680 --> 00:38:52.000
 and then

00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:52.960
 I would

00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:53.320
 get the

00:38:53.320 --> 00:38:53.619
 board

00:38:53.619 --> 00:38:54.240
 rubber and

00:38:54.240 --> 00:38:54.800
 rub all

00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:55.260
 the sins

00:38:55.260 --> 00:38:55.539
 off.

00:38:55.740 --> 00:38:56.200
 I say

00:38:56.200 --> 00:38:56.619
 to them,

00:38:57.700 --> 00:38:58.000
 that's

00:38:58.000 --> 00:38:58.599
 what Jesus

00:38:58.599 --> 00:38:59.880
 had done

00:38:59.880 --> 00:39:00.500
 for you

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:02.320
 on the

00:39:02.320 --> 00:39:02.720
 cross of

00:39:02.720 --> 00:39:03.220
 Calvary.

00:39:06.920 --> 00:39:07.360
 It

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:07.519
 doesn't

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:08.039
 always work,

00:39:08.160 --> 00:39:08.380
 you know,

00:39:08.720 --> 00:39:09.000
 a girl

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.400
 said to

00:39:09.400 --> 00:39:09.539
 me,

00:39:09.619 --> 00:39:09.840
 a little

00:39:09.840 --> 00:39:10.079
 girl

00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:10.519
 said to

00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:10.760
 me,

00:39:11.260 --> 00:39:11.800
 she said,

00:39:12.220 --> 00:39:13.320
 why did

00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:13.840
 you say

00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:14.500
 God was

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.079
 cross at

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:15.600
 Calvary?

00:39:19.200 --> 00:39:19.900
 Shut up.

00:39:23.680 --> 00:39:24.120
 Listen,

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:25.000
 I want you

00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:25.280
 to think

00:39:25.280 --> 00:39:25.840
 about this,

00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:26.300
 this Lent.

00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:26.660
 Do I

00:39:26.660 --> 00:39:28.820
 really know

00:39:28.820 --> 00:39:29.340
 that my

00:39:29.340 --> 00:39:29.820
 sins are

00:39:29.820 --> 00:39:30.200
 forgiven?

00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:31.839
 and the

00:39:31.839 --> 00:39:32.480
 one way

00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:32.919
 that I

00:39:32.919 --> 00:39:33.579
 will really

00:39:33.579 --> 00:39:34.799
 know is

00:39:34.799 --> 00:39:35.359
 whether I

00:39:35.359 --> 00:39:35.839
 can let

00:39:35.839 --> 00:39:37.960
 go of

00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:39.119
 guilt in

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:39.799
 my life.

00:39:40.679 --> 00:39:41.000
 I mean,

00:39:41.059 --> 00:39:41.379
 there may

00:39:41.379 --> 00:39:41.839
 be some

00:39:41.839 --> 00:39:42.719
 reasons why

00:39:42.719 --> 00:39:43.079
 you really

00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:43.619
 ought to be

00:39:43.619 --> 00:39:44.579
 guilty and

00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:44.960
 you've not

00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:45.679
 confessed that

00:39:45.679 --> 00:39:46.159
 guilt to

00:39:46.159 --> 00:39:46.399
 God.

00:39:46.939 --> 00:39:47.480
 Maybe this

00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:47.879
 Lent,

00:39:49.059 --> 00:39:49.739
 maybe this

00:39:49.739 --> 00:39:50.139
 Lent,

00:39:51.139 --> 00:39:52.039
 you could

00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:52.639
 come clean.

00:39:54.559 --> 00:39:54.899
 It's not

00:39:54.899 --> 00:39:55.279
 that God

00:39:55.279 --> 00:39:55.919
 doesn't know

00:39:55.919 --> 00:39:56.419
 about it,

00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:56.799
 it's just

00:39:56.799 --> 00:39:57.179
 that he

00:39:57.179 --> 00:39:57.619
 needs you

00:39:57.619 --> 00:39:58.039
 to tell

00:39:58.039 --> 00:39:58.519
 him about

00:39:58.519 --> 00:39:58.759
 it.

00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:01.500
 Second,

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:03.500
 can I

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:05.139
 truly accept

00:40:05.139 --> 00:40:05.699
 God's

00:40:05.699 --> 00:40:06.159
 grace?

00:40:06.159 --> 00:40:08.319
 Or is

00:40:08.319 --> 00:40:08.619
 there

00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:09.359
 something

00:40:09.359 --> 00:40:10.239
 lurking in

00:40:10.239 --> 00:40:10.619
 me that

00:40:10.619 --> 00:40:11.179
 wants to

00:40:11.179 --> 00:40:11.819
 earn my

00:40:11.819 --> 00:40:12.380
 way into

00:40:12.380 --> 00:40:12.799
 heaven?

00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:14.279
 Which is

00:40:14.279 --> 00:40:14.960
 by grace

00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:15.460
 you've been

00:40:15.460 --> 00:40:15.960
 saved,

00:40:16.839 --> 00:40:17.599
 so that

00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:18.000
 none of

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:18.360
 you can

00:40:18.360 --> 00:40:18.880
 boast?

00:40:25.139 --> 00:40:25.860
 Can I

00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:26.260
 truly

00:40:26.260 --> 00:40:26.920
 accept

00:40:26.920 --> 00:40:27.659
 the

00:40:27.659 --> 00:40:28.159
 nature

00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:28.480
 of

00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:28.940
 God's

00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:29.420
 agape

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:30.079
 love for

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:30.300
 me?

00:40:31.840 --> 00:40:32.380
 That

00:40:32.380 --> 00:40:32.780
 though I

00:40:32.780 --> 00:40:33.099
 don't

00:40:33.099 --> 00:40:33.780
 deserve it,

00:40:33.860 --> 00:40:34.039
 God

00:40:34.039 --> 00:40:34.679
 loved me

00:40:34.679 --> 00:40:35.139
 enough

00:40:35.139 --> 00:40:36.639
 to send

00:40:36.639 --> 00:40:37.039
 his only

00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:38.460
 son onto

00:40:38.460 --> 00:40:39.000
 a cross

00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:39.579
 of Calvary

00:40:39.579 --> 00:40:40.159
 to suffer

00:40:40.159 --> 00:40:40.679
 the most

00:40:40.679 --> 00:40:41.360
 violent

00:40:41.360 --> 00:40:42.059
 way of

00:40:42.059 --> 00:40:42.500
 killing

00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:43.159
 somebody

00:40:43.159 --> 00:40:44.079
 ever

00:40:44.079 --> 00:40:44.599
 invented?

00:40:44.599 --> 00:40:47.679
 And the

00:40:47.679 --> 00:40:48.319
 third thing

00:40:48.319 --> 00:40:48.679
 is,

00:40:49.319 --> 00:40:49.719
 you think

00:40:49.719 --> 00:40:50.579
 about you

00:40:50.579 --> 00:40:52.339
 and your

00:40:52.339 --> 00:40:52.759
 church,

00:40:52.819 --> 00:40:53.339
 I'm so

00:40:53.339 --> 00:40:54.039
 thrilled that

00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:54.380
 different

00:40:54.380 --> 00:40:55.219
 churches are

00:40:55.219 --> 00:40:56.199
 represented

00:40:56.199 --> 00:40:57.039
 here tonight.

00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:59.339
 Am I

00:40:59.339 --> 00:41:00.159
 working hard

00:41:00.159 --> 00:41:00.559
 on those

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:01.480
 good works

00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:02.779
 God has

00:41:02.779 --> 00:41:03.440
 prepared

00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:04.980
 in advance

00:41:04.980 --> 00:41:05.759
 for me?

00:41:05.760 --> 00:41:09.300
 Do you

00:41:09.300 --> 00:41:09.760
 know what?

00:41:10.740 --> 00:41:11.200
 Just

00:41:11.200 --> 00:41:12.220
 focusing on

00:41:12.220 --> 00:41:12.900
 those three

00:41:12.900 --> 00:41:13.740
 questions

00:41:13.740 --> 00:41:14.520
 in Lent

00:41:14.520 --> 00:41:16.900
 creates an

00:41:16.900 --> 00:41:17.780
 agenda for

00:41:17.780 --> 00:41:18.380
 you and

00:41:18.380 --> 00:41:18.860
 for your

00:41:18.860 --> 00:41:19.500
 church which

00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:20.000
 is so

00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:20.620
 exciting.

00:41:22.820 --> 00:41:23.460
 Things

00:41:23.460 --> 00:41:23.680
 will be

00:41:23.680 --> 00:41:24.080
 different

00:41:24.080 --> 00:41:25.920
 if you

00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:26.580
 allow God

00:41:26.580 --> 00:41:27.300
 to speak

00:41:27.300 --> 00:41:27.840
 to you

00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:28.480
 through

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:28.820
 those

00:41:28.820 --> 00:41:29.380
 questions.

00:41:31.700 --> 00:41:32.500
 So I

00:41:32.500 --> 00:41:32.900
 just want

00:41:32.900 --> 00:41:33.660
 to hold

00:41:33.660 --> 00:41:34.180
 a moment

00:41:34.180 --> 00:41:34.760
 there and

00:41:34.760 --> 00:41:35.020
 I'm going

00:41:35.020 --> 00:41:35.380
 to read

00:41:35.380 --> 00:41:35.660
 those

00:41:35.660 --> 00:41:36.160
 questions

00:41:36.160 --> 00:41:36.619
 out to

00:41:36.619 --> 00:41:37.140
 you again

00:41:37.140 --> 00:41:38.500
 and then

00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:38.800
 I'm going

00:41:38.800 --> 00:41:39.180
 to say

00:41:39.180 --> 00:41:39.940
 a prayer

00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:41.360
 and then

00:41:41.360 --> 00:41:41.740
 I'm going

00:41:41.740 --> 00:41:42.240
 to ask

00:41:42.240 --> 00:41:42.660
 you to

00:41:42.660 --> 00:41:43.140
 turn to

00:41:43.140 --> 00:41:43.539
 somebody

00:41:43.539 --> 00:41:44.220
 hopefully

00:41:44.220 --> 00:41:44.800
 you don't

00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:45.140
 know

00:41:45.140 --> 00:41:47.340
 and just

00:41:47.340 --> 00:41:47.880
 maybe have

00:41:47.880 --> 00:41:48.440
 a brief

00:41:48.440 --> 00:41:49.019
 discussion

00:41:49.019 --> 00:41:50.240
 about what

00:41:50.240 --> 00:41:50.519
 do I

00:41:50.519 --> 00:41:50.920
 make of

00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:51.119
 these

00:41:51.119 --> 00:41:51.800
 questions?

00:41:53.420 --> 00:41:53.700
 Is there

00:41:53.700 --> 00:41:54.140
 anything

00:41:54.140 --> 00:41:55.140
 there where

00:41:55.140 --> 00:41:55.599
 I feel

00:41:55.599 --> 00:41:56.220
 God is

00:41:56.220 --> 00:41:57.019
 just prodding

00:41:57.019 --> 00:41:57.740
 my soul?

00:42:00.940 --> 00:42:01.720
 Here they

00:42:01.720 --> 00:42:02.039
 are.

00:42:03.680 --> 00:42:04.300
 Do I

00:42:04.300 --> 00:42:05.039
 really know

00:42:05.039 --> 00:42:05.519
 that my

00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:06.119
 sins are

00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:06.500
 forgiven

00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:08.420
 or do

00:42:08.420 --> 00:42:09.059
 I still

00:42:09.059 --> 00:42:09.900
 live under

00:42:09.900 --> 00:42:10.360
 a cloud

00:42:10.360 --> 00:42:10.980
 of guilt?

00:42:15.980 --> 00:42:16.820
 Can I

00:42:16.820 --> 00:42:17.320
 truly

00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:18.460
 accept

00:42:18.460 --> 00:42:18.980
 God's

00:42:18.980 --> 00:42:19.380
 grace

00:42:19.380 --> 00:42:20.360
 shown in

00:42:20.360 --> 00:42:20.779
 Jesus

00:42:20.779 --> 00:42:21.400
 Christ

00:42:21.400 --> 00:42:24.860
 shown

00:42:24.860 --> 00:42:25.820
 supremely

00:42:25.820 --> 00:42:26.920
 on the

00:42:26.920 --> 00:42:27.440
 cross of

00:42:27.440 --> 00:42:27.980
 Calvary?

00:42:30.980 --> 00:42:31.619
 Three,

00:42:31.619 --> 00:42:32.079
 am I

00:42:32.079 --> 00:42:32.559
 working

00:42:32.559 --> 00:42:33.259
 hard

00:42:33.259 --> 00:42:34.380
 on those

00:42:34.380 --> 00:42:35.119
 good works

00:42:35.119 --> 00:42:35.819
 God has

00:42:35.819 --> 00:42:36.579
 prepared

00:42:36.579 --> 00:42:37.940
 in advance

00:42:37.940 --> 00:42:38.639
 for me?

00:42:47.299 --> 00:42:47.940
 Our

00:42:47.940 --> 00:42:48.259
 gracious

00:42:48.259 --> 00:42:48.759
 Father,

00:42:48.940 --> 00:42:49.179
 we

00:42:49.179 --> 00:42:50.699
 thank you

00:42:50.699 --> 00:42:53.759
 that

00:42:53.759 --> 00:42:54.400
 though we

00:42:54.400 --> 00:42:55.159
 don't deserve

00:42:55.159 --> 00:42:55.480
 it,

00:42:55.639 --> 00:42:56.539
 you poured

00:42:56.539 --> 00:42:57.000
 out your

00:42:57.000 --> 00:42:57.500
 love for

00:42:57.500 --> 00:42:58.019
 us on the

00:42:58.019 --> 00:42:58.639
 cross of

00:42:58.639 --> 00:42:59.199
 Calvary.

00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:05.619
 I

00:43:05.619 --> 00:43:06.019
 sometimes

00:43:06.019 --> 00:43:07.619
 think about

00:43:07.619 --> 00:43:08.159
 the cross

00:43:08.159 --> 00:43:08.839
 and close

00:43:08.839 --> 00:43:09.659
 my eyes

00:43:09.659 --> 00:43:10.139
 and try

00:43:10.139 --> 00:43:10.779
 to see

00:43:10.779 --> 00:43:12.920
 those cruel

00:43:12.920 --> 00:43:13.639
 nails and

00:43:13.639 --> 00:43:14.219
 crown of

00:43:14.219 --> 00:43:14.759
 thorns

00:43:14.759 --> 00:43:16.159
 and Jesus

00:43:16.159 --> 00:43:17.059
 crucified

00:43:17.059 --> 00:43:18.559
 for me.

00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:22.619
 Lord,

00:43:22.759 --> 00:43:23.739
 it is so

00:43:23.739 --> 00:43:24.460
 amazing,

00:43:24.460 --> 00:43:26.480
 it is almost

00:43:26.480 --> 00:43:27.280
 unbelievable.

00:43:29.360 --> 00:43:30.000
 So we

00:43:30.000 --> 00:43:30.820
 pray for

00:43:30.820 --> 00:43:31.539
 that gift

00:43:31.539 --> 00:43:32.099
 of faith,

00:43:32.240 --> 00:43:32.360
 Lord,

00:43:32.440 --> 00:43:33.059
 open our

00:43:33.059 --> 00:43:33.380
 eyes,

00:43:33.519 --> 00:43:33.920
 reveal

00:43:33.920 --> 00:43:34.500
 yourself

00:43:34.500 --> 00:43:35.219
 to us

00:43:35.219 --> 00:43:36.340
 in new

00:43:36.340 --> 00:43:36.960
 ways this

00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:37.360
 Lent.

00:43:40.039 --> 00:43:40.639
 Lord,

00:43:40.760 --> 00:43:41.300
 we're so

00:43:41.300 --> 00:43:42.059
 glad that

00:43:42.059 --> 00:43:42.699
 we're saved

00:43:42.699 --> 00:43:43.219
 by your

00:43:43.219 --> 00:43:43.900
 grace because

00:43:43.900 --> 00:43:44.400
 if it were

00:43:44.400 --> 00:43:44.920
 down to

00:43:44.920 --> 00:43:47.320
 our efforts,

00:43:49.199 --> 00:43:49.900
 frankly,

00:43:50.019 --> 00:43:50.460
 they'd be a

00:43:50.460 --> 00:43:51.240
 little patchy.

00:43:54.659 --> 00:43:55.260
 And

00:43:55.260 --> 00:43:55.519
 Father,

00:43:55.639 --> 00:43:56.240
 we pray

00:43:56.239 --> 00:43:59.059
 that you

00:43:59.059 --> 00:43:59.519
 would help

00:43:59.519 --> 00:44:00.399
 us understand

00:44:00.399 --> 00:44:01.059
 that you've

00:44:01.059 --> 00:44:02.000
 designed us,

00:44:02.599 --> 00:44:02.839
 you've

00:44:02.839 --> 00:44:03.579
 created us,

00:44:03.679 --> 00:44:04.059
 we're your

00:44:04.059 --> 00:44:04.759
 workmanship.

00:44:07.099 --> 00:44:07.939
 And in

00:44:07.939 --> 00:44:08.339
 us,

00:44:08.899 --> 00:44:09.759
 you are

00:44:09.759 --> 00:44:10.679
 preparing us

00:44:10.679 --> 00:44:11.059
 for the

00:44:11.059 --> 00:44:11.739
 good work

00:44:11.739 --> 00:44:12.179
 you want

00:44:12.179 --> 00:44:12.539
 us to

00:44:12.539 --> 00:44:13.139
 do in

00:44:13.139 --> 00:44:13.419
 your

00:44:13.419 --> 00:44:14.000
 church

00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:15.419
 and in

00:44:15.419 --> 00:44:15.679
 your

00:44:15.679 --> 00:44:16.059
 kingdom.

00:44:23.439 --> 00:44:24.000
 Lord,

00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:24.659
 would you

00:44:24.659 --> 00:44:25.899
 touch

00:44:25.899 --> 00:44:26.519
 touch your

00:44:26.519 --> 00:44:27.000
 people

00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:27.480
 tonight,

00:44:27.559 --> 00:44:27.980
 those who

00:44:27.980 --> 00:44:28.440
 are ready,

00:44:28.639 --> 00:44:28.899
 Lord,

00:44:29.539 --> 00:44:30.460
 to receive

00:44:30.460 --> 00:44:31.279
 your touch.

00:44:33.759 --> 00:44:34.279
 Praying,

00:44:34.440 --> 00:44:34.559
 Lord,

00:44:34.619 --> 00:44:35.079
 for those

00:44:35.079 --> 00:44:35.759
 who don't

00:44:35.759 --> 00:44:36.239
 know if

00:44:36.239 --> 00:44:36.480
 they're

00:44:36.480 --> 00:44:36.920
 saved.

00:44:38.759 --> 00:44:39.399
 Praying for

00:44:39.399 --> 00:44:40.059
 those who

00:44:40.059 --> 00:44:40.719
 know it in

00:44:40.719 --> 00:44:41.319
 their heads

00:44:41.319 --> 00:44:42.099
 but doubt it

00:44:42.099 --> 00:44:42.500
 in their

00:44:42.500 --> 00:44:43.079
 hearts.

00:44:45.179 --> 00:44:45.639
 Praying for

00:44:45.639 --> 00:44:46.259
 those who

00:44:46.259 --> 00:44:46.920
 are still

00:44:46.920 --> 00:44:47.579
 stuck with

00:44:47.579 --> 00:44:48.219
 the idea

00:44:48.219 --> 00:44:49.000
 of earning

00:44:49.000 --> 00:44:49.559
 their way

00:44:49.559 --> 00:44:50.259
 into heaven.

00:44:51.839 --> 00:44:52.500
 Futile

00:44:52.500 --> 00:44:52.939
 effort.

00:44:55.719 --> 00:44:56.279
 And Lord,

00:44:56.419 --> 00:44:57.000
 praying for

00:44:57.000 --> 00:44:57.899
 those whose

00:44:57.899 --> 00:45:00.179
 malaise means

00:45:00.179 --> 00:45:01.000
 that they sit

00:45:01.000 --> 00:45:01.799
 in church and

00:45:01.799 --> 00:45:02.679
 watch on while

00:45:02.679 --> 00:45:03.379
 other people

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 exhaust themselves.

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 And Father,

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 as we learn

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 later in this

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 amazing epistle,

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 you have given

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 all your

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 adopted

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 children

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 gifts.

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 Gifts

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 that they

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 may honour

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 you,

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 that they

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 may serve

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 the church,

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 and Lord,

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 that they

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 might be used

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 to be your

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 presence in

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 the world.

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 So,

00:45:34.860 --> 00:45:35.080
 Father,

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 thank you

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 for your

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 word.

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 Lord,

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 help us

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 to read,

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 mark,

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 learn,

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 and inwardly

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 digest it,

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 that it

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 may show

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 forth in

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 our lives

00:45:46.699 --> 00:45:47.059
 to the

00:45:47.059 --> 00:45:47.659
 glory of

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 your

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 wonderful

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 name.

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 Amen.