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 Father, we, your word, Father, teaches us that we flatter ourselves too much to detect or hate our own sin,

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 that we do not see the true condition of our own hearts.

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 And so, Father, we ask that you would bring your gospel home very clearly to us this morning,

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 that we would have a better grasp of what your Son did for us to make us right with you and to make us your children.

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 And as we are gripped, Father, by the gospel, may you also reveal to us the true state of our hearts,

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 that we might turn to you for amendment of life, for wholeness and for freedom,

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 that in our day-to-day lives we might bring you glory.

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 And all this we ask, Father, as you pour out your Holy Spirit, we ask in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 It's funny how many times I think about this fellow who, I think it was one of my last summer jobs before I was ordained.

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 I had a job working with a master painter, and we were in a big building,

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 and we went to one of the part of the building, you know, where there's all the heating units

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 and the air conditioning units and all of that type of stuff that virtually nobody ever goes to,

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 and we had to paint it.

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 And I was his assistant helping him.

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 And he liked taking long breaks.

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 And one of his, he very early on, somehow or another, I can't remember now how that happened,

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 but he discovered that I was a Christian.

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 And so for the whole summer, he would sort of grill me on it.

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 And, but one of the things that he kept going on over and over and over and over again,

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 especially if I brought in some type of argument or reason to deal with his objection,

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 he would say, you know, I just don't understand this God that you talk about.

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 Like, why doesn't he just give me a vision of him or just a vision of heaven or something like that?

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 If he just gave me some type of vision or something like that, then I would believe in him.

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 Why doesn't he do that?

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 You know, through the years, if I had a dollar for every person who said something like that to me,

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 well, I wouldn't be able to buy a house or a car.

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 It doesn't happen that much.

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 But I'd have quite a few really good state dinners somewhere

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 if I had a dollar for every time a person's asked me that.

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 And maybe some of you are thinking about that.

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 And I don't know if you noticed,

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 but the Bible text that Ken read in 2 Corinthians,

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 actually the Bible tells us why God doesn't do that.

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 So it'd be a great help to me and a help to yourselves if you open your Bibles

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 and turned to 2 Corinthians chapter 12.

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 Open your Bibles and turn to 2 Corinthians chapter 12.

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 And we're going to start looking at the first verse

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 because the Bible, in a very, very powerful way,

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 addresses this particular question.

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 And once again, if you don't have your own Bible,

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 you can get that one there or you can just listen along.

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 So, and just so you know where it is in the course of the letter,

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 we're coming to the end of the text.

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 In fact, one of the verses that we're going to read today,

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 most scholars say it's the basic message of the entire letter.

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 In fact, I'll just tell you what it is right now,

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 that most scholars, when they study this letter,

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 they say if you want to pick up one short little sentence

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 that describes everything that Paul's trying to do

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 in this part of the Bible, it's,

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 my grace is sufficient for you,

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 for my power is made perfect in weakness.

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 But just in the context,

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 Paul is in the middle of what's called the fool's speech.

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 Just last week, we looked at how he said,

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 I'm going to play the fool.

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 And I'm going to play the fool and talk like a fool

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 and boast like a fool.

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 And Paul is doing it in the hope that by acting like a fool,

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 he'll sort of puncture the problems

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 and the opponents that he has in that church.

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 Because he's dealing with a group of people

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 who are very good looking.

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 Just think of George Clooney.

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 And they're very suave.

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 They're cultured.

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 They're sophisticated.

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 They know how the culture works.

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 And they've come into the church

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 and they're very impressive,

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 very well-educated, very well-spoken.

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 You know, they don't have a hick accent,

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 but they have a cultured, well-educated accent,

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 good diction,

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 very, very clever and smooth with words.

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 And they're trying to get the church

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 to be more culturally accommodating.

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 And they're also trying to get at the same time,

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 the church not only to be more accommodating

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 to the pagan culture that they live in,

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 but he's trying to encourage them

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 to take on rules and regulations

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 which they claim really go back

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 to a better way to understand

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 what we call the Old Testament.

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 And so they're trying to give them new rules

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 and new regulations to really up their life.

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 And the third thing that they're doing

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 is they want to go on and on

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 about the visions they've had.

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 And that's what we're going to see.

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 So that's where we are in the letter.

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 He's halfway through his full speech.

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 And that's why it begins like this.

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 He says, I must go on boasting.

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 See, by the way, you know, context is so important.

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 Like if you come across somebody who's going on boasting,

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 they say, no, I'm just following the Bible.

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 In 2 Corinthians 12, 1, it says, I must go on boasting.

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 No, if you go back a little bit,

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 he says, I'm going to be a fool

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 and I'm going to talk like a fool.

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 It's a full speech, okay?

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 I must go on boasting.

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 Though there is nothing to be gained by it,

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 I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

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 I know a man in Christ who 14 years ago

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 was caught up to the third heaven.

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 Just pause here.

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 This is a poetic way of referring to the highest heaven.

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 In a moment, we're going to see the word paradise,

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 which is sort of another way of saying the third heaven.

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 And it's where God actually is.

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 It's like going to the throne of God,

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 where God is, and the image of paradise

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 that we're going to see in a moment.

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 It's a lone word from another culture

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 that really is a way of saying like the Garden of Eden.

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 So it's trying to say that he's like the Garden of Eden

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 that's in heaven where God walks with people.

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 That's where I've been.

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 Okay, it's just some poetic language.

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 We'll read up again verse 2.

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 I know a man in Christ who 14 years ago

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 was caught up to the third heaven,

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 whether in the body or out of the body,

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 I do not know, God knows.

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 And I know that this man was caught up into paradise,

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 whether in the body or out of the body,

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 I do not know, God knows.

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 And he heard things that cannot be told,

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 which man may not utter.

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 And just sort of pause there for a second.

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 It's not immediately obvious here in the English,

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 but in the original language,

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 the idea is that God told him

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 he's not allowed to speak about it.

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 So it's not that he can't find words,

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 but that God told him after the vision

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 that you're not allowed to talk about it,

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 what you've seen and heard.

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 Verse 5.

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 On behalf of this man, I will boast,

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 but on my own behalf,

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 I will not boast except of my weaknesses.

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 Though if I should wish to boast,

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 I would not be a fool,

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 for I would be speaking the truth.

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 But I refrain from it,

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 so that no one may think more of me

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 than he sees in me or hears from me.

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 And just sort of pause for a second.

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 I don't know if you've noticed,

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 it's very subtle,

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 and he's going to make it clear

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 in the very next sentence.

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 This man that he's talking about is himself.

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 So here we have the very thing

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 that I would say hundreds of people to me.

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 There would not be a year

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 where I don't have four or five or six people

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 tell me if God wants me to believe in him.

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 Why don't you just give me something

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 like a powerful vision,

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 like, you know, of him or of heaven,

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 or just something like that,

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 some type of vision or revelation.

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 You know, every year I have people

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 who say that to me

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 once we get into a conversation

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 and they find out that I'm a Christian.

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 And so here we see that

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 Paul is claiming that he had that very thing.

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 In fact, he's had more than one of them.

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 And so the question can be,

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 well, okay, if Paul had them,

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 and it's really odd that if Paul had them

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 that God told him he wasn't allowed

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 to talk about it,

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 but George, if it happened to Paul,

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 why can't it happen to me?

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 Why can't it happen to me?

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 Well, Paul goes on to talk about it.

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 And just note the first thing.

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 He says, verse seven,

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 so to keep me from becoming conceited

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 because of the surpassing greatness

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 of the revelations,

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 a thorn was given me in the flesh,

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 a messenger of Satan.

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 Some of you already,

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 you're a bit nervous about this.

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 to harass me,

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 to keep me from becoming conceited.

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 Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this,

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 that it should leave me.

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 But he said to me,

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 my grace is sufficient for you,

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 for my power is made perfect in weakness.

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 Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly

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 of my weaknesses

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 so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

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 Now, it's a very, very,

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 it's a very curious thing, isn't it?

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 And just first of all,

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 let's just,

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 okay, you know,

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 I, you know,

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 God humbles me up here all the time

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 and it could,

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 it probably is the case

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 that I'm vastly more wicked

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 than everybody here.

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 But if you're,

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 if many of us are honest,

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 if we had a choice

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 to spend five minutes reading the Bible,

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 where God said,

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 you'd have five minutes reading the Bible

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 or five minutes of a vision of heaven,

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 what would we pick?

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 Unless I'm the only wicked person in the room,

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 I would pick the vision from heaven.

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 So you see,

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 on one hand,

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 part of the reason that we're so troubled

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 when people say to us,

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 if God wants us to believe me

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 and to believe in him,

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 why doesn't he give me some type of vision?

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 Part of the reason we're so troubled with that

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 is that we agree with them.

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 If you could put up the first point,

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 Andrew,

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 if we're honest,

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 the Bible and the gospel

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 seem weak and paltry

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 compared to my own vision of heaven.

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 And if those of you who've read,

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 I think it's called

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 A Series of Unfortunate Events,

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 by paltry, I mean,

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 by paltry, I mean,

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 weak, thin, gruel,

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 not very much,

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 very, very little.

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 That's what paltry sort of means.

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 I just had to throw it in.

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 But the Bible and the gospel

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 seem weak and paltry

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 compared to my own vision of heaven,

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 of me being able to have

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 a vision of heaven,

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 or a vision of God,

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 or of angels,

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 or of the supernatural,

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 or of the spiritual.

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 If we're honest,

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 that's how we think as Christians.

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 You see,

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 this is the wonderful thing

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 about the Bible,

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 that when you actually think about it

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 and meditate upon it,

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 all of a sudden,

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 not only is it going to be answering

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 a question that others pose to you,

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 it actually is starting

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 to pierce our own hearts

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 and reveal to ourselves

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 something about ourselves

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 that we did not know before.

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 In fact,

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 if you could put up the next thing,

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 Andrew,

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 here's the issue.

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 Remember in verse 7,

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 it says,

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 so to keep me from being conceited

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 because of the surpassing greatness

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 of the revelations,

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 a thorn was given me in the flesh,

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 a messenger of Satan asked me

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 to keep me from being conceited.

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 In the Bible,

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 when something said twice like that

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 so close,

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 it means we're supposed

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 to pay attention.

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 And here's the second thing,

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 private revelations and visions

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 make me think I'm superior.

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 You know,

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 that's what happened to Paul.

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 He started to think

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 he was superior to other people,

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 that he was better than other people,

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 that God loved him

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 more than other people,

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 that not only that he just

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 had this vision,

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 but it probably meant

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 he thought he had

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 far better views on politics,

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 on food,

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 on all sorts of things,

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 because that's what happens

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 when we get conceited,

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 when we're full of pride.

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 And, you know,

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 that's one of the reasons

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 why Paul says in the text,

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 if you just go up a little bit

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 here in the text,

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 in verse 6,

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 though if I should wish to boast,

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 I would not be a fool,

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 for I would be speaking the truth,

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 but I refrain from it,

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 so that no one may think

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 more of me than he sees in me

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 or hears from me.

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 You see,

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 it's,

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 because one of the things,

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 I've met people

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 who claim to have

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 many, many visions

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 and stuff like this,

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 and here's one of the

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 characteristics of a lot of them,

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 not all of them,

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 but a lot of them,

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 their lives are a train wreck.

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 Their lives are a train wreck.

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 And in many cases,

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 if you were to ask me,

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 would you like to go

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 on a drive to Armprior with them,

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 if you're from out of town,

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 that's like a 45 or 50 minute drive,

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 I'd say no.

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 No.

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 And so,

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 but often people who've had

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 or claim to have these visions,

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 or maybe they have,

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 and, you know,

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 because God did it to Paul,

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 he can do it.

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 But what they want

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 is they don't want us

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 to look at what they actually say

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 and how they actually,

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 what they actually say

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 and what they actually do.

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 They want us to somehow

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 evaluate them

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 as, in fact,

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 being somehow superior

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 because of the vision.

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 You see,

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 it's a human problem.

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 It's a human problem

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 that Christians share

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 because the problem

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 of being conceited

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 is a Christian problem

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 and a Muslim problem

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 and a Hindu problem

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 and a Buddhist problem

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 and a secular problem

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 and an atheist problem.

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 It's a human problem.

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 But let me tell you,

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 it stinks

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 very deeply

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 for a Christian

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 to be conceited.

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 And so here's the thing

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 as well

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 about this same idea,

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 right?

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 If the Bible

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 and the Gospel

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 seem weak and paltry

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 compared to my own

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 vision of heaven

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 and if private revelations

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 and visions

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 make me think

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 that I am superior,

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 hope that says,

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 yeah, okay.

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 Then here's the third thing

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 if you could put it up,

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 Andrew.

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 The Gospel

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 and the Bible

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 are an open,

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 public revelation

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 from God

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 which humbles me.

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 Go back

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 to that first thing.

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 Okay, George,

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 God says to me,

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 you want five minutes

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 reading my word

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 or five minutes

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 of a vision?

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 vision,

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 you know,

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 because,

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 you know,

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 often God,

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 the Bible

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 puts me to sleep,

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 God.

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 It does not get me

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 all fired up.

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 And here's part

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 of the problem.

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 You see,

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 the Gospel

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 and the Bible

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 are an open,

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 public revelation

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 from God

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 which humbles me.

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 The other day

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 I was in a meeting

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 and I know there's

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 a lot of lawyers

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 in the room.

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 I was going to give

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 this example anyway,

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 even if there were

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 no lawyers in the room.

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 So I'm not picking on you

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 but I was in a meeting

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 with a lawyer

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 and it turned out

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 that there was a bit

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 of a question

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 amongst the committee

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 meeting that runs

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 an organization

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 as to what was legal

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 or not

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 and he said

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 what he thought

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 he gave,

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 he told us.

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 And so I then said,

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 you know,

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 I always,

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 I hate being in a room

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 in a meeting

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 where there's only

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 one lawyer present

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 because in my experience

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 if you have

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 one lawyer present

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 he or she

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 will tell you

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 what the law says

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 and we all think

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 well the law is

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 pretty esoteric

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 what are we going

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 to say against

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 a lawyer

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 and we go along

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 with it.

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 But in my experience

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 when there's two lawyers

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 in the room

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 they disagree

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 about what the law says

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 and everybody

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 in the room laughed

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 and then the lawyer

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 who was a really good fellow

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 he said,

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 George,

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 you got that wrong

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 and he said

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 when there's one lawyer

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 in the room

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 he gives you a ruling

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 when there's two lawyers

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 in the room

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 they give you three opinions.

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 And part of the issue

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 is,

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 you see,

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 is that for many of us

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 law is esoteric.

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 It seems like

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 there's lots of big books

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 and then if you get

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 whatever number

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 of big books

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 there are for the law

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 if you go for

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 government regulations

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 you can like

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 triple it

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 or make it ten times

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 with a number

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 and who can read it all

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 so it's very esoteric.

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 But you see,

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 here's the thing

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 and visions are very esoteric

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 it's special knowledge,

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 right?

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 But the thing

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 about the Bible

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 is it's a public

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 open revelation

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 from God

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 that in that Sunday

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 school class

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 two-year-olds

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 are having the Bible

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 read to them.

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 They don't even know

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 how to read

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 but they can hear

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 the Bible

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 they can learn it.

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 And,

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 you know,

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 it's one of the great

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 problems for theologians

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 and pastors

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 is they can give

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 their great learned

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 things about

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 what's going on

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 in the Bible.

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 And then over coffee

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 you know,

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 some working class

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 guy or gal

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 who hasn't finished

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 grade 10

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 can say,

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 well,

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 George,

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 that was all

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 very interesting

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 but in this text

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 it says this.

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 And it can be humbling

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 because the Bible

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 and the gospel

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 is an open

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 public revelation

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 from God

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 for us

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 to read

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 and to hear

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 for the illiterate

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 and for the literate.

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 And right from

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 the early days

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 of the New Testament

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 because of Jesus'

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 command to go

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 into all of them

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 every single people

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 group on the planet

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 and tell them

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 about Jesus

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 and make disciples

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 teaching them

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 to obey

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 all that I have

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 told you

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 and from that

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 from the very,

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 very early days

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 the early Christians

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 understood that

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 they were to

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 translate the Bible

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 into the words

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 of the people group

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 and not have

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 the people group

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 have to learn

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 their language

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 because it's

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 a public

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 open revelation

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 from God

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 which humbles us.

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 It's the complete

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 opposite almost

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 of any type

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 of a vision

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 which is private.

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 So that's

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 exactly here

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 what's going on

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 in the text.

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 But now some of you

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 might say

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 well George

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 okay that's

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 very, very interesting

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 but you know George

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 you often do this

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 it seems.

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 What about the thorn?

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 What about the messenger

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 of Satan?

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 Like let's just be honest

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 it's not just Christians

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 but for many, many,

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 many, many people

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 in our culture

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 we have a great

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 there is a great fear

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 that if you get

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 too close to God

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 God will tell you

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 to do something

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 like wear a suicide vest

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 and blow people up.

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 God will tell you

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 to go and shoot people

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 in a mosque

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 or a church

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 that God will tell you

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 to behead somebody

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 in a bus

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 like it is a great

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 great fear

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 in our culture.

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 And some of us

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 can just easily imagine

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 what it would be like

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 if we went back

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 to our university

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 or our workplace

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 and we were to read

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 this text

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 and the people

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 in the office

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 might not feel comfortable

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 but if they noticed

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 if they hadn't fallen asleep

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 they'd go

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 whoa

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 a thorn in the flesh

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 a messenger of Satan

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 they'd miss all that

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 other conceited stuff

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 it would be an elephant

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 in the room.

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 So George

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 what about that?

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 Well let's look at it again

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 look at verse 7

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 so to keep me

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 from being conceited

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 because of the surpassing

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 greatness of the revelations

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 a thorn

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 was given me

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 in the flesh

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 a messenger of Satan

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 to harass me

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 to keep me

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 from becoming conceited.

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 Three times

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 I pleaded with the Lord

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 about this

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 that it should leave me

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 but he said to me

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 my grace is sufficient

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 for you

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 for my power

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 is made perfect

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 in weakness

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 therefore I will boast

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 all the more gladly

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 of my weaknesses

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 so that the power

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 of Christ

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 may rest upon me

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 for the sake of Christ

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 then I am content

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 with weaknesses

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 insults

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 hardships

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 persecutions

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 and calamities

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 in other words

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 he's just described

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 his thorn

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 we'd say

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 George

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 weaknesses

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 insults

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 hardships

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 persecutions

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 and calamities

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 are not a thorn

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 that actually

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 the word thorn

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 can also be translated

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 as steak

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 I don't mean

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 the type of steak

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 that you eat

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 I mean

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 you get one of those

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 really rough

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 things

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 where it hasn't been

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 sanded

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 and it's nice and long

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 like this

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 or even longer

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 and it's just roughly

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 cut at the bottom

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 and you can hammer it

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 into the ground

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 the very same word

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 that's translated as thorn

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 can be translated as steak

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 for the sake of Christ

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 then I am content

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 with weaknesses

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 insults

00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:19.960
 hardships

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 persecutions

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 and calamities

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 for when I am weak

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 then I am strong

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 so is the Bible here

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 just telling us

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 to be masochists

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 what's going on

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 thankfully

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 it's quite a few years ago

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 but my only brother

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 had a season in his life

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 where he had some heart trouble

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 and he had to go in

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 for some surgery

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 it was a bit of

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 an emergency surgery

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 and unfortunately

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 it was one of those cases

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 that he ended up having

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 the doctors

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 had to go back in twice

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 I believe

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 and in each case

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 they had to open him up

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 my brother is a joker

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 the first time

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 he

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 after his first surgery

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 when he was going

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 to his own

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 to a doctor

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 a specialist

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 to check on some

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 you know

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 there was a bit of

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 an infection

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 or something

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 anyway

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 he went to the office

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 and they were doing

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 an intake interview

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 with him

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 and they said

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 you know

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 are there any

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 serious things

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 in your family history

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 that we should know about

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 and my brother said

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 yes

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 everybody in my family

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 history has died

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 and the nurse said

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 oh

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 what was their problem

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 and he said

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 well they're all mortal

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 human beings die

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 after the doctors

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 had cut him open

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 a third time

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 and he had to go in

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 for a checkup

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 he taped a zipper

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, uh, onto his body

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 from here to here

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 so that when they

00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:45.440
 opened him up

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 they saw the zipper

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 and he said

00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:48.660
 I'm tired of you

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 hammering my body open

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 I thought next time

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 just install a zipper

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 and it will make it

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 a lot easier

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 uh, but anyway

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 here's the thing

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 uh, you know

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 we all know this

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 that, uh,

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 if we have a little kid

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 and they've, uh,

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 they really scraped

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 themselves

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 and, uh, uh,

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.480
 it, you know

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 you put a bandage

00:23:08.859 --> 00:23:09.279
 on it

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 and you need to keep

00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:11.579
 taking the bandage off

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 and putting new cream

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 and ointment on it

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 and washing it out

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 so that the cut

00:23:15.679 --> 00:23:16.419
 will get better

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 and if the cut

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 is maybe over here

00:23:18.639 --> 00:23:19.099
 or, you know,

00:23:19.159 --> 00:23:19.980
 somewhere where there's

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:20.879
 hair on their body

00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:21.540
 they cry

00:23:21.540 --> 00:23:22.220
 because it hurts

00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:23.160
 to take the thing off

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 and those doctors

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 to save my brother's life

00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:27.740
 and to save his life again

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:29.080
 and then to save his life again

00:23:29.080 --> 00:23:30.280
 they had to crack open

00:23:30.280 --> 00:23:30.960
 his sternum

00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:32.240
 and make a huge big cut

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:33.060
 and go in and do

00:23:33.060 --> 00:23:33.860
 all sorts of cutting

00:23:33.860 --> 00:23:35.440
 and it would have really hurt

00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:37.320
 and it was really inconvenient

00:23:37.320 --> 00:23:38.080
 but they did it

00:23:38.080 --> 00:23:38.960
 to keep him alive

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:40.640
 and we all understand that

00:23:40.640 --> 00:23:42.300
 but here's the problem

00:23:42.300 --> 00:23:43.340
 with this text

00:23:43.340 --> 00:23:44.240
 if you can put up

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:44.920
 the next point

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:45.680
 here's the problem

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.400
 not with the text

00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:47.080
 but with us

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:49.939
 I see conceit

00:23:49.939 --> 00:23:51.000
 and pride

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.659
 in others

00:23:51.659 --> 00:23:52.439
 as a problem

00:23:52.439 --> 00:23:54.339
 it is hard for me

00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:56.299
 to see my own conceit

00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:56.819
 and pride

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:57.220
 it's even

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:57.980
 it's hard for me

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:58.699
 to see it

00:23:58.699 --> 00:24:01.099
 or see it

00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:01.819
 as a problem

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:04.079
 you know

00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:04.799
 one of Jesus'

00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:06.519
 most famous sayings

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:07.359
 is

00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:08.679
 it is so easy

00:24:08.679 --> 00:24:09.379
 for us to see

00:24:09.379 --> 00:24:09.980
 a speck

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:11.220
 in our own eye

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:12.379
 and not see

00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:13.619
 the log

00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:15.039
 in another person's eye

00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:17.000
 in other words

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:18.500
 I have this little speck

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:18.859
 you know

00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:20.380
 I see this little tiny speck

00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:21.640
 I have a huge stake

00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:23.400
 sticking out of my eye

00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:24.519
 and I can't even see it

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:26.019
 I just think it's normal living

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:28.339
 and I think I can see better

00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:29.099
 than other people

00:24:29.099 --> 00:24:32.099
 I think I'm more healthy

00:24:32.099 --> 00:24:33.160
 I think I'm more whole

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:34.400
 I think I'm more wise

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:35.440
 and if I'm one of those

00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:36.480
 two lawyers in a room

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.460
 and we give three opinions

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:38.759
 I told the right one

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:40.259
 every time

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:43.920
 and unless we have

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:44.799
 a really good husband

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.220
 or wife

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:45.960
 who reminds us

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.700
 when we were wrong

00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:47.539
 we don't even remember

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.240
 when we're wrong

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:51.799
 and that's what it means

00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:52.900
 to be a human being

00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:57.860
 but in God's eyes

00:24:57.860 --> 00:24:59.519
 our conceit

00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:00.720
 and our pride

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:03.039
 is unbelievably deadly

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:06.940
 unbelievably deadly

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:08.460
 because it keeps us

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:09.380
 from grace

00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:11.480
 it keeps us

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.400
 from God

00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:13.779
 you know

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.920
 there's an old saying

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:17.360
 you can't look up to God

00:25:17.360 --> 00:25:18.840
 when you're looking down

00:25:18.840 --> 00:25:19.240
 your nose

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:19.940
 at other people

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:23.500
 it is humanly impossible

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.640
 to look down your nose

00:25:24.640 --> 00:25:25.279
 at other people

00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:26.320
 and look up to God

00:25:26.320 --> 00:25:27.680
 at the exact same time

00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:29.100
 even if I do this

00:25:29.100 --> 00:25:30.180
 I'm still just looking down

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:30.700
 my nose

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:31.920
 my eyes aren't up there

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:33.960
 Andrew if you could put up

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.460
 the next thing

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:35.720
 here's this great verse

00:25:35.720 --> 00:25:36.960
 which is so important

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:37.480
 in the text

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:38.380
 the Lord said to me

00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:39.460
 my grace is sufficient

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:40.080
 for you

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:42.039
 for my power

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:43.059
 is made perfect

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:43.740
 in weakness

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.740
 my grace

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:46.359
 is sufficient for you

00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:47.299
 for my power

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:48.159
 is made perfect

00:25:48.159 --> 00:25:48.779
 in weakness

00:25:48.779 --> 00:25:50.799
 and in the original language

00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:52.220
 the way this is expressed

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:53.500
 it's expressed

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:54.119
 a little bit

00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:55.599
 almost like Hebrew poetry

00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:56.579
 so that grace

00:25:56.579 --> 00:25:57.279
 and power

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:58.579
 are seen as synonyms

00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:59.919
 because as we all know

00:25:59.919 --> 00:26:00.599
 in this life

00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:01.359
 a lot of times

00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:02.359
 people have power

00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:03.619
 but they have no grace

00:26:03.619 --> 00:26:04.819
 and a lot of times

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:06.259
 people want to offer us grace

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:07.819
 but they have no power

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.960
 but in this text

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.659
 it's telling us

00:26:09.659 --> 00:26:11.079
 that God's grace

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:12.379
 is powerful

00:26:12.379 --> 00:26:14.099
 and God's power

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:15.279
 is always

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:16.500
 full of grace

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:18.099
 and my grace

00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:19.039
 is sufficient for you

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:20.099
 for my power

00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:21.099
 is made perfect

00:26:21.099 --> 00:26:21.679
 in weakness

00:26:21.679 --> 00:26:22.379
 and in fact

00:26:22.379 --> 00:26:23.079
 in a very very

00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:23.859
 subtle

00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:25.379
 and subtle way

00:26:25.379 --> 00:26:27.019
 Paul is pointing to this

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.859
 even as he's telling

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:28.339
 the story

00:26:28.339 --> 00:26:29.240
 you might have noticed

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:29.679
 a little bit

00:26:29.679 --> 00:26:30.359
 this odd thing

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:31.480
 about praying three times

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.159
 like is the Bible

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 telling me George

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.919
 that okay

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 you know I have this

00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:35.879
 I have this knee problem

00:26:35.879 --> 00:26:37.000
 God heal my knee

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.980
 didn't do it

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.779
 God heal my knee

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.960
 doesn't do it

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.680
 God heal my knee

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.720
 okay now I'm not allowed

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.539
 to pray for it anymore

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:43.619
 like is that what the text

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 is saying

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 no no

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 it's a very very subtle thing

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:47.559
 it's a bit of a literary thing

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:48.740
 to make us think

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 see you know

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.539
 one of the problems I have

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:51.200
 when I read the Bible

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:52.240
 is I like to gallop

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:52.920
 through the Bible

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:54.900
 and galloping through the Bible

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:55.779
 is good to get a bit of

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:56.700
 you know a big sense

00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:57.859
 of what's being said

00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:58.460
 in God's word

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 but also we need to

00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:01.619
 to pause with the Bible

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:02.880
 and we need to think about

00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:04.299
 the different choice of words

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:05.279
 and to realize that

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:07.399
 God is not an idiot

00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:08.559
 when he had his Bible

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.279
 put together

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:10.519
 that there's subtleties

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:11.299
 there in the Bible

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:12.359
 that he wants us to see

00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:12.859
 and to notice

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 and so go back

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 and look at verse 8

00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:16.259
 three times

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:17.440
 I pleaded with the Lord

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:18.420
 about this

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:19.539
 that it should leave me

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 who

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.960
 for those of us

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.579
 who are Christians

00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:26.200
 who prayed about something

00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:27.099
 three times

00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:30.619
 Jesus in the garden

00:27:30.619 --> 00:27:31.480
 of Gethsemane

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:35.240
 you see on one hand

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 three times

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.779
 is just a bit of a synonym

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:38.559
 of say

00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:39.620
 it's just a sort of

00:27:39.620 --> 00:27:40.620
 a bit of a poetic way

00:27:40.620 --> 00:27:41.140
 of talking about

00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:42.299
 a season of prayer

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 because that's one of the

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:44.640
 interesting things

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:45.460
 about this text

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 it's telling us

00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:47.339
 that there's a season

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:49.099
 whereby we pray something

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 and then at some point

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 in time in the season

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:52.500
 we might come to a realization

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:54.440
 that God has in fact

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:55.380
 given us an answer

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 but it's not the answer

00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:57.720
 that we had hoped for

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 but he has in fact

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:59.279
 given us an answer

00:27:59.279 --> 00:28:00.720
 but at the same time

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.480
 that he's communicating

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.299
 that with this language

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 of three

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 he's also pointing us

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:06.139
 to another person

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:07.839
 who asked the father

00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:08.680
 for something

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.559
 and the father

00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:11.519
 did not say yes

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:12.399
 to the request

00:28:12.399 --> 00:28:14.940
 and if you are here

00:28:14.940 --> 00:28:16.019
 and you're a seeker

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:16.859
 you don't know the Bible

00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:17.500
 very well

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.920
 in the garden of Gethsemane

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:20.619
 Jesus leaves his disciples

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:21.700
 he goes to a place

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.200
 to pray

00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:23.759
 he knows

00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:24.819
 that the soldiers

00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:26.099
 are even now

00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:27.319
 heading towards the garden

00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:28.740
 that he's been betrayed

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.980
 by one of his friends

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:31.299
 that the soldiers

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:32.940
 are coming on behalf

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:34.859
 of civil and religious authority

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:36.019
 that they are going to

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:37.279
 arrest Jesus

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:38.519
 they know that he's going

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:39.500
 to be found guilty

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:40.620
 and he knows

00:28:40.620 --> 00:28:41.680
 he knows that he's going

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:42.799
 to die upon the cross

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:44.079
 the very very next day

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.859
 he knows that

00:28:44.859 --> 00:28:46.160
 he does not even have

00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:47.519
 24 hours to live

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.559
 and in the garden

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:49.240
 he says

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:49.819
 father

00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:51.880
 if it be your will

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:53.279
 may you take this cup

00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:54.059
 from me

00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:57.180
 father if it be your will

00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:58.700
 may you take this cup

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.539
 from me

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:01.660
 father if it be your will

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:03.180
 may you take this cup

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:04.039
 from me

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:06.660
 and

00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:08.060
 the cup

00:29:08.060 --> 00:29:09.600
 there's lots of imagery there

00:29:09.600 --> 00:29:09.960
 it's

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:12.019
 you know

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:14.039
 one way to understand

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:15.720
 the state of our lives

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:17.080
 is if you could just imagine

00:29:17.080 --> 00:29:18.660
 that all of a sudden

00:29:18.660 --> 00:29:19.080
 it would be like

00:29:19.080 --> 00:29:19.580
 a little bit like

00:29:19.580 --> 00:29:20.279
 a horror movie

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:21.580
 or a science fiction movie

00:29:21.580 --> 00:29:22.500
 and you have the really

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.840
 evil person there

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:25.500
 and the evil person

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.679
 takes a bit of a cut

00:29:26.679 --> 00:29:27.240
 or something

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:28.839
 and something black

00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:30.139
 and foul drips out

00:29:30.139 --> 00:29:31.939
 and it's some of their evil

00:29:31.939 --> 00:29:34.159
 and it goes into a cup

00:29:34.159 --> 00:29:36.199
 for another person

00:29:36.199 --> 00:29:37.119
 to drink

00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:38.879
 and you know it

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:39.559
 well it's somehow

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:40.899
 communicating the evil

00:29:40.899 --> 00:29:41.959
 through the cup

00:29:41.959 --> 00:29:43.519
 and there's these

00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:44.319
 Old Testament

00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:45.599
 Tanakh images

00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:46.359
 of somehow

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:46.639
 another

00:29:46.639 --> 00:29:47.099
 one other way

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:47.879
 to understand

00:29:47.879 --> 00:29:49.980
 that my sin

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:51.259
 my shame

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:52.399
 the evil

00:29:52.399 --> 00:29:53.199
 that I've done

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:54.480
 the evil that I've thought

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:55.720
 the good that I should have done

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.600
 that I didn't do

00:29:56.600 --> 00:29:57.819
 and if you could just imagine

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.799
 that every time

00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.620
 that's a little bit of

00:29:59.620 --> 00:30:00.779
 black foul stuff

00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:02.000
 that goes into a cup

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:03.180
 and a bit of

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:04.259
 black foul stuff

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:05.299
 that goes into a cup

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:06.519
 and if you're at all

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.600
 honest about your life

00:30:07.600 --> 00:30:08.000
 you know

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.840
 eventually it would be

00:30:08.840 --> 00:30:09.460
 like a lake

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:10.779
 it would be too big

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.180
 to drink

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:11.960
 so just imagine

00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:12.680
 that every time

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:13.240
 it happens

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:14.680
 the moisture

00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:16.000
 drips

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.580
 you know

00:30:16.580 --> 00:30:17.319
 fades away

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:18.059
 and it just becomes

00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:18.600
 more and more

00:30:18.600 --> 00:30:19.080
 and more and more

00:30:19.080 --> 00:30:19.860
 and concentrated

00:30:19.860 --> 00:30:21.559
 and one of the ways

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:22.259
 to understand

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:23.160
 what Jesus does

00:30:23.160 --> 00:30:24.220
 for us on the cross

00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:26.900
 is that the cross

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:27.839
 is not just about

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:28.500
 his death

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:31.779
 but that God

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.900
 the Son of God

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:35.480
 whose own cup

00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:37.599
 would have nothing

00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:38.900
 black or foul

00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:39.359
 in it

00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:40.359
 because he has

00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:41.400
 never sinned

00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:44.759
 but that on the cross

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:47.940
 he takes my cup

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:50.200
 all of that

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:52.019
 black foul stuff

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:54.960
 from my life

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:57.860
 all now represented

00:30:57.860 --> 00:30:58.640
 in a cup

00:30:58.640 --> 00:31:00.880
 and on the cross

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.980
 when Jesus dies

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.980
 three times before

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.460
 he dies

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:03.840
 he says

00:31:03.840 --> 00:31:04.700
 Father I don't know

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.559
 if I can drink

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:07.559
 this for George

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:09.299
 and for

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:11.140
 and for Deborah

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:12.539
 and for Daniel

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:14.000
 and for Jonathan

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:15.420
 and for Yasmin

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:16.759
 and for Shirley

00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:18.160
 and for Dick

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:19.980
 and for Shannon

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:21.440
 and for Dana

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:22.980
 and for Carl

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:24.279
 and for Earl

00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:25.740
 and for Jeremiah

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:28.960
 but if that is what

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:29.820
 you are calling me to do

00:31:29.820 --> 00:31:30.560
 I will drink it

00:31:30.560 --> 00:31:32.019
 and on the cross

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.860
 what you see

00:31:32.860 --> 00:31:33.980
 with him dying

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:35.400
 is him

00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:36.120
 in a sense

00:31:36.120 --> 00:31:37.480
 figuratively

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:38.500
 drinking

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.759
 my cup

00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:44.879
 and

00:31:44.879 --> 00:31:46.220
 you know

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:47.220
 if you could put up

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:47.920
 the next thing

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:48.539
 Andrew

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:51.379
 the God

00:31:51.379 --> 00:31:52.160
 remember I told you

00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:53.099
 how the great fear

00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:54.099
 of our generation

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:55.180
 one of the many great fears

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.940
 of our generation

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:57.319
 is if you get too close to God

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:57.799
 you're going to end up

00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.859
 with a suicide vest

00:31:58.859 --> 00:32:00.119
 blowing innocent people up

00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:00.819
 or you're going to

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:02.700
 behead a person on a bus

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:04.140
 or you're going to do

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:05.700
 all these horrible things

00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:06.960
 here's the thing

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:08.940
 in our worldly imagination

00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:10.620
 the gods of this world

00:32:10.620 --> 00:32:11.980
 either abandon us

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:16.019
 or tell us to kill people

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:18.600
 but the true and living God

00:32:18.600 --> 00:32:21.539
 revealed in an open public revelation

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:24.160
 which reveals God's gospel to us

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:26.420
 the true and living God

00:32:26.420 --> 00:32:28.019
 who has revealed himself

00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:28.960
 in his word

00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:30.200
 loves people

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:32.160
 and dies to save them

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:37.420
 the gods of this world

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:38.920
 either abandon us

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:46.620
 the gods of this world

00:32:46.620 --> 00:32:47.460
 that we fear

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:48.940
 tell us to kill people

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:51.519
 the God revealed

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:52.259
 in the Bible

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:54.240
 the true and living God

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:56.519
 doesn't tell his people

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.519
 to kill people

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:59.560
 but it tells a story

00:32:59.560 --> 00:33:02.000
 of God drinking

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:03.320
 the cup of wrath

00:33:03.320 --> 00:33:04.700
 the cup of evil

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:06.500
 from each life

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:11.579
 he dies to save them

00:33:11.579 --> 00:33:15.579
 that's why you see

00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:16.640
 the gods of this world

00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:18.319
 cannot understand the cross

00:33:18.319 --> 00:33:21.099
 the gods of this world

00:33:21.099 --> 00:33:21.980
 in many cases

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.740
 like in Islam

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:23.440
 they don't believe

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:25.859
 that such a great prophet

00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:26.420
 like Jesus

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:27.259
 could actually die

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.960
 upon the cross

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.880
 they believe that God

00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:30.380
 did one of two things

00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:31.400
 but it was another person

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:32.180
 who died there

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:33.079
 not Jesus

00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:34.199
 because Jesus

00:33:34.199 --> 00:33:35.659
 is the second greatest prophet

00:33:35.659 --> 00:33:38.099
 and the gods of this world

00:33:38.099 --> 00:33:38.939
 that love money

00:33:38.939 --> 00:33:40.279
 and power

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:41.359
 and wealth

00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:42.159
 and prestige

00:33:42.159 --> 00:33:43.059
 and boasting

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:44.119
 inevitably

00:33:44.119 --> 00:33:46.099
 as they start to look at Jesus

00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:46.679
 they say

00:33:46.679 --> 00:33:47.679
 oh you know

00:33:47.679 --> 00:33:50.599
 that stuff about the cup of wrath

00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:51.179
 is so

00:33:51.179 --> 00:33:52.119
 you know

00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:52.779
 it's so

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:54.299
 it's how Hicks talk

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:57.440
 it's how uneducated people talk

00:33:57.440 --> 00:34:00.019
 and they want to make Jesus

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:01.039
 into an example

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:03.440
 but not a sacrifice

00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:08.519
 because the gods of this world

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:10.279
 love power

00:34:10.279 --> 00:34:12.759
 and cannot get their mind

00:34:12.759 --> 00:34:13.940
 around the idea

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:15.699
 that the true and living God

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:16.360
 the creator

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:18.400
 and sustainer of all things

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:19.739
 the one who is sovereign

00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:21.199
 and will bring all things

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:22.480
 to their proper end

00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:24.679
 that he would love

00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:26.159
 people like you and me

00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:27.900
 and that what characterizes him

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:28.980
 is not just power

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:29.860
 but grace

00:34:29.860 --> 00:34:31.860
 and that out of his power

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:33.139
 and his grace

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:34.780
 seeing you and me

00:34:34.780 --> 00:34:36.260
 he loved us

00:34:36.260 --> 00:34:38.380
 even though we were at enmity with him

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:39.519
 even though we feared him

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:41.420
 even though we believed lies about him

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:42.460
 even though we didn't want him

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:43.340
 to come close

00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:44.740
 even though we're mad

00:34:44.740 --> 00:34:45.860
 that he doesn't do what he wants

00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:47.260
 and in face of all of that

00:34:47.260 --> 00:34:48.599
 still he loves us

00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:49.139
 and he

00:34:49.139 --> 00:34:51.179
 he rescues us

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:52.900
 by becoming weak

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:54.079
 and dying upon the cross

00:34:54.079 --> 00:35:01.500
 and that's what's revealed

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.119
 in the Bible

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:03.980
 so you see

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.500
 here's the thing

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:05.319
 we're going to wrap this up

00:35:05.319 --> 00:35:05.819
 very quickly

00:35:05.819 --> 00:35:06.480
 with three little

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:07.559
 simple points

00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:08.579
 if you want to try

00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:09.199
 to write them down

00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:09.719
 later or something

00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:10.319
 go on the webpage

00:35:10.319 --> 00:35:11.119
 if I go through them

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:11.639
 too quick

00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:12.920
 but here's the thing

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:13.619
 you see in the eyes

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:14.179
 of the world

00:35:14.179 --> 00:35:15.559
 text like this

00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:17.739
 my grace is sufficient for you

00:35:17.739 --> 00:35:18.340
 verse 9

00:35:18.340 --> 00:35:19.880
 for my power is made perfect

00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:20.579
 in weakness

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:22.500
 therefore I will boast

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:23.619
 all the more gladly

00:35:23.619 --> 00:35:24.519
 of my weaknesses

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:25.840
 so that the power of Christ

00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:27.299
 may rest upon me

00:35:27.299 --> 00:35:27.980
 enter if you could put

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:28.759
 the next one up

00:35:28.759 --> 00:35:31.360
 oh sorry

00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:31.860
 that's not the one

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:32.519
 I wanted to put up

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:32.779
 but anyway

00:35:32.779 --> 00:35:33.679
 put it up anyway

00:35:33.679 --> 00:35:35.559
 we'll get that in a moment

00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:37.779
 this text

00:35:37.779 --> 00:35:38.579
 we're going to see it more

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:38.980
 in the prayer

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:39.619
 that we're going to do next

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:40.500
 therefore I will boast

00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:41.820
 all the more gladly

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:42.539
 of my weaknesses

00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:43.519
 so that the power of Christ

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:44.559
 may rest upon me

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:45.900
 that word rest

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:47.480
 is the same word

00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:48.980
 that's used in the Old Testament

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:50.599
 of God

00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:52.119
 through the tabernacle

00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:52.960
 being present

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.719
 in the center

00:35:53.719 --> 00:35:54.639
 of his people

00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:57.279
 so that he would

00:35:57.279 --> 00:35:58.099
 guide them

00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:59.460
 protect them

00:35:59.460 --> 00:36:00.900
 speak to them

00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:02.199
 love them

00:36:02.199 --> 00:36:05.159
 it's an image

00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:06.840
 of pitching his tent

00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:07.679
 amongst them

00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:08.380
 to be fully

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:09.440
 in their presence

00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:11.699
 though same word

00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:13.000
 falls many times

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:14.019
 in the book of Revelation

00:36:14.019 --> 00:36:14.920
 when it talks about

00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:15.400
 the day

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:15.900
 when there's

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:16.400
 the new heaven

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:17.099
 and the new earth

00:36:17.099 --> 00:36:18.380
 and we dwell

00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:18.880
 with God

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:19.539
 and he dwells

00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:20.000
 with us

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:21.039
 it's the exact

00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:21.820
 same word

00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:22.480
 as is used

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:23.699
 in John 1 14

00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:27.879
 the word

00:36:27.879 --> 00:36:28.839
 the word became flesh

00:36:28.839 --> 00:36:30.379
 and dwelt among us

00:36:30.379 --> 00:36:31.939
 dwelt

00:36:31.939 --> 00:36:32.679
 rest upon

00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:35.099
 read it again

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:36.179
 my grace is sufficient

00:36:36.179 --> 00:36:36.599
 for you

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:37.359
 for my power

00:36:37.359 --> 00:36:38.119
 is made perfect

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:38.699
 in weakness

00:36:38.699 --> 00:36:39.719
 therefore I will boast

00:36:39.719 --> 00:36:40.599
 all the more gladly

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:41.500
 of my weaknesses

00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:43.059
 so that the power

00:36:43.059 --> 00:36:43.779
 of Christ

00:36:43.779 --> 00:36:45.919
 may rest upon me

00:36:45.919 --> 00:36:47.379
 that Jesus

00:36:47.379 --> 00:36:48.299
 himself

00:36:48.299 --> 00:36:49.239
 will pitch

00:36:49.239 --> 00:36:49.839
 his tent

00:36:49.839 --> 00:36:50.819
 in my life

00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:52.600
 for the sake

00:36:52.600 --> 00:36:53.059
 of Christ

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:53.940
 then I am content

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:54.620
 with weaknesses

00:36:54.620 --> 00:36:55.260
 insults

00:36:55.260 --> 00:36:55.620
 hardships

00:36:55.620 --> 00:36:56.400
 persecutions

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:57.000
 and calamities

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.960
 for when I am weak

00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:58.880
 then I am strong

00:36:58.880 --> 00:37:00.320
 see what this text

00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:00.940
 is calling us

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:01.940
 to is not

00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:02.900
 resignation

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:05.600
 resignation

00:37:05.600 --> 00:37:07.240
 is self-centered

00:37:07.240 --> 00:37:08.180
 and passive

00:37:08.180 --> 00:37:11.320
 Jesus did not

00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:11.980
 resign

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:13.019
 himself

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:14.519
 to going

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:15.160
 to the cross

00:37:15.160 --> 00:37:16.360
 this text

00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:17.220
 is calling us

00:37:17.219 --> 00:37:19.459
 not to be resigned

00:37:19.459 --> 00:37:22.519
 to being a jar

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:23.079
 of clay

00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:25.439
 but to accept it

00:37:25.439 --> 00:37:26.919
 resignation

00:37:26.919 --> 00:37:28.599
 is self-centered

00:37:28.599 --> 00:37:30.619
 and passive

00:37:30.619 --> 00:37:31.839
 acceptance

00:37:31.839 --> 00:37:33.879
 is other-centered

00:37:33.879 --> 00:37:35.359
 and active

00:37:35.359 --> 00:37:37.219
 and that's what you see

00:37:37.219 --> 00:37:37.719
 with Jesus

00:37:37.719 --> 00:37:38.399
 with the cup

00:37:38.399 --> 00:37:40.319
 for God

00:37:40.319 --> 00:37:42.799
 in his love of God

00:37:42.799 --> 00:37:43.739
 and for his love

00:37:43.739 --> 00:37:44.419
 of you and me

00:37:44.419 --> 00:37:45.739
 he accepted

00:37:45.739 --> 00:37:46.259
 the cup

00:37:46.260 --> 00:37:47.840
 and he walked

00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:48.800
 towards those

00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:49.920
 who were going

00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:50.640
 to kill him

00:37:50.640 --> 00:37:52.060
 and as Christians

00:37:52.060 --> 00:37:53.140
 have famously said

00:37:53.140 --> 00:37:53.880
 for generations

00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:55.580
 it was not the nails

00:37:55.580 --> 00:37:56.320
 that held him

00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:57.200
 to the cross

00:37:57.200 --> 00:37:58.300
 but his love

00:37:58.300 --> 00:37:59.040
 for you and me

00:37:59.040 --> 00:38:00.020
 that held him

00:38:00.020 --> 00:38:00.620
 to the cross

00:38:00.620 --> 00:38:01.840
 so you see

00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:02.460
 from the eyes

00:38:02.460 --> 00:38:03.040
 of the world

00:38:03.040 --> 00:38:03.600
 and the eyes

00:38:03.600 --> 00:38:04.340
 of the powerful

00:38:04.340 --> 00:38:07.800
 to say

00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:08.820
 that somehow

00:38:08.820 --> 00:38:09.360
 or another

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:10.000
 accepting

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.880
 that I am

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:11.880
 a jar of clay

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:13.340
 that God

00:38:13.340 --> 00:38:14.640
 can use me

00:38:14.640 --> 00:38:15.380
 even though

00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:15.960
 I am a jar

00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:16.500
 of clay

00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:17.200
 and that I am

00:38:17.200 --> 00:38:17.539
 weak

00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:18.119
 and that God

00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:19.059
 can use me

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:19.519
 and that it's

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:20.340
 his power

00:38:20.340 --> 00:38:23.380
 well if

00:38:23.380 --> 00:38:24.460
 that doesn't sound

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:24.920
 like I have

00:38:24.920 --> 00:38:26.220
 healthy self-esteem

00:38:26.220 --> 00:38:31.000
 but if it's true

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:33.780
 it means I'm actually

00:38:33.780 --> 00:38:34.920
 living in the real world

00:38:34.920 --> 00:38:37.539
 I was born powerless

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:39.900
 I lived the first

00:38:39.900 --> 00:38:40.500
 nine months

00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:41.059
 of my life

00:38:41.059 --> 00:38:42.000
 in my mother's womb

00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:46.059
 I lived as a child

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:47.360
 for a long time

00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:50.599
 and even now

00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:50.880
 you know

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:51.659
 for many of the things

00:38:51.659 --> 00:38:52.579
 that are most important

00:38:52.579 --> 00:38:54.380
 I'm very powerless

00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:56.759
 and when I die

00:38:56.759 --> 00:38:57.719
 I will be completely

00:38:57.719 --> 00:38:58.300
 powerless

00:38:58.300 --> 00:39:01.320
 and our addiction

00:39:01.320 --> 00:39:01.920
 and love

00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:02.539
 of power

00:39:02.539 --> 00:39:03.440
 is mostly

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:04.460
 just conceit

00:39:04.460 --> 00:39:05.019
 in pride

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:06.780
 that we see

00:39:06.780 --> 00:39:07.179
 and hate

00:39:07.179 --> 00:39:07.780
 in others

00:39:07.780 --> 00:39:08.800
 but we do not

00:39:08.800 --> 00:39:09.360
 see and hate

00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:09.920
 in ourselves

00:39:09.920 --> 00:39:11.980
 and the fact

00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:12.340
 of the matter

00:39:12.340 --> 00:39:12.619
 is

00:39:12.619 --> 00:39:13.400
 is I am a jar

00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:13.800
 of clay

00:39:13.800 --> 00:39:14.599
 who had a beginning

00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:15.119
 and a jar

00:39:15.119 --> 00:39:15.500
 of clay

00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:15.960
 who will have

00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:16.360
 an end

00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:18.220
 but this is not

00:39:18.220 --> 00:39:18.760
 to leave me

00:39:18.760 --> 00:39:19.639
 to be depressed

00:39:19.639 --> 00:39:20.720
 because God

00:39:20.720 --> 00:39:21.579
 the son of God

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:22.720
 died upon the cross

00:39:22.720 --> 00:39:23.639
 to redeem me

00:39:23.639 --> 00:39:25.320
 to live in me

00:39:25.320 --> 00:39:26.720
 and to live

00:39:26.720 --> 00:39:27.380
 and walk

00:39:27.380 --> 00:39:28.059
 with me

00:39:28.059 --> 00:39:29.920
 always is a jar

00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:30.519
 of clay

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:31.720
 his is always

00:39:31.720 --> 00:39:32.400
 the power

00:39:32.400 --> 00:39:34.559
 so just in closing

00:39:34.559 --> 00:39:35.740
 yeah here's the one thing

00:39:35.740 --> 00:39:36.619
 the quicker I stop

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:37.599
 flapping my arms

00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:38.539
 and trying to fly

00:39:38.539 --> 00:39:39.740
 and let him

00:39:39.740 --> 00:39:41.320
 strap me into his plane

00:39:41.320 --> 00:39:42.320
 as his passenger

00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:43.500
 the quicker I will fly

00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:45.019
 so it's a bit corny

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:45.800
 but what the heck

00:39:45.800 --> 00:39:46.660
 next one

00:39:46.660 --> 00:39:49.119
 Lord help me

00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:49.519
 to grow

00:39:49.519 --> 00:39:50.220
 in accepting

00:39:50.220 --> 00:39:50.860
 that I am

00:39:50.860 --> 00:39:51.740
 a jar of clay

00:39:51.740 --> 00:39:53.420
 whom you redeemed

00:39:53.420 --> 00:39:54.920
 and with whom

00:39:54.920 --> 00:39:56.460
 you will live

00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:58.079
 you will forever

00:39:58.079 --> 00:39:58.960
 pitch your tent

00:39:58.960 --> 00:39:59.720
 that's what the text

00:39:59.720 --> 00:40:00.440
 is telling me

00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:03.780
 promise of the gospel

00:40:03.780 --> 00:40:04.280
 you see it's

00:40:04.280 --> 00:40:05.400
 it's only in the context

00:40:05.400 --> 00:40:06.260
 of the gospel

00:40:06.260 --> 00:40:07.679
 that we are to understand

00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:08.639
 that we're jars of clay

00:40:08.639 --> 00:40:09.940
 and not be depressed

00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:11.559
 but to understand

00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:12.740
 we're living in the real world

00:40:12.740 --> 00:40:15.700
 I am a jar of clay

00:40:15.700 --> 00:40:18.240
 book of Ecclesiastes

00:40:18.240 --> 00:40:19.599
 describes human beings

00:40:19.599 --> 00:40:22.240
 as a vapor

00:40:22.240 --> 00:40:23.800
 with a longing

00:40:23.800 --> 00:40:24.599
 for eternity

00:40:24.599 --> 00:40:26.360
 in their heart

00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:27.599
 isn't that beautiful

00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:29.559
 a vapor

00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:30.799
 that has a longing

00:40:30.799 --> 00:40:31.519
 for eternity

00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:32.699
 a longing for heaven

00:40:32.699 --> 00:40:33.880
 in its heart

00:40:33.880 --> 00:40:35.019
 that's us human beings

00:40:35.019 --> 00:40:36.440
 next one Andrew

00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:37.500
 final one

00:40:37.500 --> 00:40:38.539
 dear Lord

00:40:38.539 --> 00:40:39.299
 please help me

00:40:39.299 --> 00:40:39.880
 to be gripped

00:40:39.880 --> 00:40:40.659
 by the gospel

00:40:40.659 --> 00:40:42.179
 and then die

00:40:42.179 --> 00:40:43.159
 to my conceit

00:40:43.159 --> 00:40:43.779
 and pride

00:40:43.779 --> 00:40:45.619
 and live free

00:40:45.619 --> 00:40:47.019
 as a jar of clay

00:40:47.019 --> 00:40:48.360
 in the embrace

00:40:48.360 --> 00:40:48.980
 of your grace

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:49.559
 and power

00:40:49.559 --> 00:40:51.039
 all to your glory

00:40:51.039 --> 00:40:51.619
 and praise

00:40:51.619 --> 00:40:53.900
 this is what the text

00:40:53.900 --> 00:40:54.539
 is inviting us

00:40:54.539 --> 00:40:54.920
 to pray

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:56.239
 could you please stand

00:40:56.239 --> 00:40:58.199
 if the Lord

00:40:58.199 --> 00:40:59.239
 has touched your heart

00:40:59.239 --> 00:41:00.079
 would you pray that

00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:00.579
 with me

00:41:00.579 --> 00:41:03.899
 and you know

00:41:03.899 --> 00:41:04.839
 if you're here today

00:41:04.839 --> 00:41:05.439
 and you don't know

00:41:05.439 --> 00:41:05.939
 where you are

00:41:05.939 --> 00:41:06.539
 with the Lord

00:41:06.539 --> 00:41:07.500
 and maybe you've been

00:41:07.500 --> 00:41:08.279
 thinking that just

00:41:08.279 --> 00:41:08.979
 reading the Bible

00:41:08.979 --> 00:41:09.500
 isn't as good

00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:10.159
 as having a vision

00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:10.519
 I don't know

00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:11.139
 maybe this is

00:41:11.139 --> 00:41:12.779
 God has touched

00:41:12.779 --> 00:41:13.259
 your heart

00:41:13.259 --> 00:41:14.299
 if you have not

00:41:14.299 --> 00:41:14.899
 given your life

00:41:14.899 --> 00:41:15.359
 to Jesus

00:41:15.359 --> 00:41:15.979
 and you feel

00:41:15.979 --> 00:41:16.759
 a bit of a pressure

00:41:16.759 --> 00:41:17.539
 inside of you

00:41:17.539 --> 00:41:18.559
 stop fighting

00:41:18.559 --> 00:41:19.039
 the pressure

00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:19.659
 surrender

00:41:19.659 --> 00:41:21.399
 stop running

00:41:21.399 --> 00:41:22.719
 and turn to Jesus

00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:23.299
 and say

00:41:23.299 --> 00:41:23.819
 Jesus

00:41:23.820 --> 00:41:25.360
 may this prayer

00:41:25.360 --> 00:41:26.900
 may this prayer

00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:28.260
 be my entrance

00:41:28.260 --> 00:41:29.960
 into your kingdom

00:41:29.960 --> 00:41:31.880
 may this prayer

00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:32.900
 be the prayer

00:41:32.900 --> 00:41:33.860
 that begins me

00:41:33.860 --> 00:41:34.600
 as your child

00:41:34.600 --> 00:41:35.120
 forever

00:41:35.120 --> 00:41:37.920
 I encourage you

00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:39.100
 if you feel that pressure

00:41:39.100 --> 00:41:40.300
 to not push it off

00:41:40.300 --> 00:41:41.539
 but to say yes to it

00:41:41.539 --> 00:41:43.360
 please join with me

00:41:43.360 --> 00:41:43.820
 in praying

00:41:43.820 --> 00:41:45.260
 dear Lord

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 please help me

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 to be gripped

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 by the gospel

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 and then die

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 to my conceit

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 and pride

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 and live free

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 as a jar

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 of clay

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 in the embrace

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 of your grace

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 and power

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 all to your glory

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 and praise

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 Father pour out

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 your Holy Spirit

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 upon us

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 make us these jars

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 of clay

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 embraced by your grace

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 and power

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 and learning to live

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 whether we are lawyers

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 stay at home dads

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 or stay at home moms

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 or pastors

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 or missionaries

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 working in the government

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 wherever we are

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 learning to live

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 for your glory

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 and praise

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 in Jesus name we pray

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 Amen