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 I do want to say again, Happy Mother's Day. Mother's Day is typically one of our best attended services of the year, second only to Easter.

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 And I think this speaks volumes to the influence that mothers have in the lives of their children.

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 I think it speaks volumes to the influence and the difference that they make.

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 That the way they want to be celebrated is to have their kids with them at church.

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 I am thankful for my mother and the way that she raised us and made sure that we were always in church.

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 Wanted to make sure that we were always, always knew that we were prayed for.

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 Always knew that we could have scripture cards that she would write out for us to memorize scripture.

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 And never had to wonder if my mother was praying for me or not.

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 Because she would tell me that she was praying for me.

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 She would tell me that she was praying for me to make sure that I didn't do things that I shouldn't do.

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 And then she told me one day that she also prayed that if I did do things I shouldn't do, that I would get caught.

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 And it took me a little while to appreciate that.

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 But now as a parent, I appreciate her desire for me to learn from those mistakes.

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 But I'm also thankful for Catherine and the mother that she is to our kids.

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 This week, I had the responsibility of getting all three of our kids ready for school on two different days all by myself.

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 Now I know the moms in here are like, boo-hoo, you poor thing.

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 But I did.

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 I had to get the kids ready by myself for these two days.

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 And if it had been the third day, we were going to my mom's to spend the night.

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 And she was going to help me the next morning.

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 But it reminded me of just how much that she does.

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 And for 14 and a half years, every single Sunday, she gets all three of our kids ready.

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 And make sure they're on church on time and time to greet.

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 Some of my kids are the most eager greeters you've ever seen out there getting ready.

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 But I am so thankful for her as well.

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 But again, we are thankful for our mothers.

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 And we're thankful for the difference that they make in our lives.

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 And grateful that today is a day that we get to celebrate that and to honor that.

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 And thankful for so many that are here today.

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 And so, dads, I'm going to be honest.

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 Moms have us beat when it comes to church attendance on our special days.

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 And so, I want to encourage us in about a month from now by coming back and celebrating Father's Day as coming to church as well.

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 Now, while today is a day of celebrating for many,

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 we do recognize that few holidays have such an ability to have such high highs and low lows all at the same time.

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 For many, Mother's Day is hard.

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 It can be difficult because of a longing for children.

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 Because you have lost a child.

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 Because you aren't able to be with your children today.

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 And maybe because you miss your mother.

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 No matter what emotions we bring to Mother's Day, whether it be joy, grief, excitement, anticipation, or even disappointment,

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 God knows our hearts and has promised to be with us no matter what we're going through.

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 Bottom line, we're reminded over and over again on a daily basis how much we need Jesus.

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 And how much a difference of a relationship with Him makes in our lives.

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 So, in honor of this special day, we have a gift for all of the ladies in the room today.

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 We want to make sure that every lady in the room today has something special to walk out with.

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 You'll see up here in the front, we have a table here, table here, table in the back.

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 Full of different books that we want to encourage you to grab on your way out.

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 Now, kids, this is not a time to say, hey, I forgot to get Mom a present.

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 Let me pick up.

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 No, no, this is for all the ladies as you leave today.

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 But we want you to grab one of those on your way out.

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 Just let you know how excited we are and how thankful we are for you.

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 This is something we want to go home with each of you.

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 We are grateful for all of the ladies.

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 So many of them in here not only have raised children,

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 but so many of them have been mothers to so many in the church.

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 That's the beauty of being a part of God's family.

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 Not only do we have brothers and sisters in Christ that we get to share life with,

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 but we have ladies who are in the church that may not be our mother,

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 but have been a mother figure to us and have been a mentor.

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 And so we're thankful and we want to celebrate everyone today.

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 And so as we celebrate and honor our mothers,

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 it's my fear that many mothers,

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 they may not feel adequate or qualified to the task of raising their kids to love the Lord.

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 As evidence of the commitments that the parents made earlier in our baby dedication,

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 it's a big task.

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 It's a tall task.

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 It's one that we do not take lightly.

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 But it is also my hope and prayer that today will be a time of encouragement for you

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 to realize that you are exactly what your kids need.

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 They don't need perfection.

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 They don't need someone who has the perfect answer to all their questions.

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 They don't need someone who never loses their temper.

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 They need you.

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 They need parents who love them enough to show them that Jesus is their greatest treasure.

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 You see, our kids need real life examples to follow.

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 So much of the things that we think disqualify us from being good parents

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 or the parents that God has called us to be,

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 such as struggles with anxiety, depression, anger, temper,

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 all of these things are real life.

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 And probably at least from a purely statistical standpoint,

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 are things that many of our kids will struggle with one day as well.

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 And so they don't need perfection.

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 They need us looking to Jesus as the source of our strength.

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 They need us dependent on Jesus.

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 And so as we look at our passage of Scripture today,

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 which is found in Hebrews chapter 9,

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 I believe that our passage helps us to see Jesus more clearly.

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 And as we see him more and more for who he actually is,

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 then our affection for and love for him grows as well.

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 So if what our kids need most from us,

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 and if what the world around us needs most from believers,

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 is believers who actually love Jesus,

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 then let's take a look and some time this morning

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 and let our knowledge of and affection for Jesus grow.

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 And so if you have a copy of God's Word,

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 I want to invite you to follow along as we read Hebrews chapter 9,

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 starting in verse 1 going through verse 14.

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 This is what the Word of the Lord says.

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 It says,

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 Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship

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 and an earthly place of holiness.

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 For a tent was prepared,

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 the first section in which were the lampstand

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 and the table and the bread of presence,

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 and it was called the holy place.

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 Behind the second curtain was a second section

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 called the most holy place.

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 Having the golden altar of incense

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 and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold,

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 in which was a golden urn holding the manna

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 and Aaron's staff that budded

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 and the tablets of the covenant.

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 Above it were the cherubim of the glory

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 overshadowing the mercy seat.

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 Of these things we cannot speak in detail.

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 These preparations, having thus been made,

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 the priests go regularly into the first section,

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 performing their ritual duties,

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 but into the second only the high priest goes,

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 and he but once a year,

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 and not without taking blood,

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 which he offers for himself

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 and for the unintentional sins of the people.

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 By this, the Holy Spirit indicates

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 that the way into the holy places

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 is not yet opened

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 as long as the first section is still standing,

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 which is symbolic for the present age.

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 According to this arrangement,

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 gifts and sacrifices are offered

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 that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper,

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 but deal only with food and drink

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 and various washings,

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 regulations for the body imposed

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 until the time of reformation.

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 But when Christ appeared

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 as a high priest

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 of the good things that have come,

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 then through the greater and more perfect tent,

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 not made with hands,

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 that is, not of this creation,

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 he entered once for all

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 into the holy place,

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 not by means of the blood of goats and calves,

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 but by means of his own blood,

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 thus securing an eternal redemption.

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 For if the blood of goats and bulls

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 and the sprinkling of defiled persons

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 with the ashes of a heifer

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 sanctify for the purification of the flesh,

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 how much more will the blood of Christ,

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 who through the eternal spirit

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 offered himself without blemish to God,

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 purify our conscience from dead works

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 to serve the living God?

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 Now, I believe that the author

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 is trying to communicate a few things

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 to us in this passage.

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 I believe he's very much wanting us

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 to see that God is holy

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 and because of our sin,

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 the only way into his presence is Jesus.

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 He's wanting us to very clearly see

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 the holiness of God

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 and because of our sin,

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 we can't enter into his presence,

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 but only by the blood of Christ can we come.

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 And so what I hope

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 that we're able to see from the text today

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 is that God is more holy than we can imagine.

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 And because of Jesus,

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 not only can we have a relationship with him,

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 but we can also serve him.

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 And so the first thing

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 that I want to bring our attention to is this,

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 that is the holiness of God.

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 I want us to clearly see

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 the holiness of God in this passage.

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 Look at verse one in chapter nine again.

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 It says,

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 now even the first covenant

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 had regulations for worship

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 in an earthly place of holiness.

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 Now, is that not the biggest understatement

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 you've ever heard?

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 That the first covenant

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 had regulations for worship.

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 If you've ever read through the Old Testament,

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 you will see that there are many regulations

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 for worship.

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 There are many things

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 that they're supposed to be doing

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 as they come together

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 that the priests are doing.

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 So he says,

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 as we see in the first covenant,

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 there are regulations for worship.

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 And the author begins helping us

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 see the holiness

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 by showing us

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 how the Old Covenant worked

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 by giving us some details

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 of the layout and furnishings

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 that were in the tabernacle.

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 And then in verse five,

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 it says,

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 of these things,

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 we cannot speak in detail.

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 And indeed,

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 there was no real need

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 to discuss them in detail

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 because his Jewish readers

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 were well acquainted

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 with the wilderness tabernacle.

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 They understood

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 what the regulations were.

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 They understood

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 all of the furnishings

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 that were in the temple.

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 They understood

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 all of those things.

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 But for our purposes today,

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 we may not be as well versed

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 in our knowledge

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 of the tabernacle.

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 So I want us to briefly

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 take a look at some of those things.

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 The author describes

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 two sections of the tabernacle.

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 He talks about the holy place

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 and then the most holy place

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 or the holy of holies.

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 And in this passage right here,

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 he tells us a few of those things

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 that are in the holy place

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 in that first section.

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 He tells us there's a lamp stand there.

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 He tells us about the bread that is there

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 and the lamp stands.

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 They were constantly,

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 one of the jobs of the priest

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 was to constantly make sure

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 that there was plenty of oil

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 in the lamps.

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 One of their biggest things

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 was to make sure

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 that the lamps never went out.

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 To make sure they constantly

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 had oil in there

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 so they would never go out

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 in the night.

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 There would constantly be light

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 in the temple there.

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 But they also had the responsibility

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 of making sure

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 there was bread there.

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 It's called the bread of presents.

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 And what that was

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 was there was 12 loaves of bread

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 representative of the 12 tribes of Israel.

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 And they were to put this

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 in the,

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 on the table there.

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 And it was something

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 that was replaced

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 every single week

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 to make sure

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 there was fresh bread there.

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 And so the priest

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 would replace the bread

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 and we're told

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 that they would consume

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 the bread

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 that was taken away.

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 And so we see this

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 taking place,

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 but it's also something

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 that we see

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 they had to do

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 over and over again.

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 They were constantly doing this,

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 but it was also

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 pointing us towards Jesus.

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 You see,

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 all of those things

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 in the temple

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 were reminding us of Jesus.

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 Even the lamps

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 and the bread.

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 Jesus describes himself

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 as the light of the world

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 and the bread of life.

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 And so we're seeing this

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 as a picture here.

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 But we also,

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 in verses 6 through 10,

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 it gives us greater detail

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 as to what happened there.

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 The priests spent a lot of time

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 in this outer section

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 in the holy place.

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 They spent a lot of time there.

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 They were constantly making sure,

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 like we said,

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 that the oil was in the lamp,

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 that the bread was replaced.

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 But it also tells us

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 that they were constantly

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 performing their ritual duties.

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 And that is,

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 they were making

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 and bringing sacrifices.

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 And it says

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 that they did this regularly.

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 Or a better translation

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 is probably repeatedly.

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 Some of your translations

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 may use repeatedly there.

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 And this is giving us

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 a picture

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 of doing this process

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 over and over

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 and over again.

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 They had to do this

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 because the problem of sin

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 was never solved.

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 You see,

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 in verse 9,

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 it tells us

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 why these sacrifices

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 didn't solve

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 the problem of sin.

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 It says,

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 because they cannot perfect

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 the conscience

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 of the worshiper.

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 Why?

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 Because they were

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 only ever provisional.

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 They were only ever done

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 temporarily.

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 In fact,

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 as soon as

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 these sacrifices were made,

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 as soon as

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 the day of atonement

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 was over,

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 then immediately

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 they began sinning again.

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 And it was something

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 that had to go

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 over and over again.

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 And it was a process

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 that reminded them

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 of the holiness of God.

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 But it also tells us

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 about the second section,

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 the most holy place

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 or the holy of holies.

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 And it begins so

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 by telling us

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 that it was behind a curtain.

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 Now,

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 when you hear curtain,

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 I don't want you to think

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 of the window treatments

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 that you have in your house.

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 I don't want you to think

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 of those little window treatments

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 that you can see through

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 and that are really small

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 and thin.

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 Or if you have some nice ones,

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 they may be blackout curtains.

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 No.

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 Think of something

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 much bigger than this.

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 We're told that

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 in the temple

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 that this curtain

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 would have been

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 around 60 feet high

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 and 30 feet wide.

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 Now,

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 that's not even

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 the most impressive part.

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 To me,

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 what is most impressive

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 is how thick

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 this curtain was.

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 It said it was

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 the width of a hand,

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 so about four inches thick

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 was this curtain.

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 Now,

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 some of you,

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 for some reason,

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 I don't know why,

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 like to sleep

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 with a weighted blanket.

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 Catherine liked to do that

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 for some time,

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 this big,

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 thick,

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 heavy blanket.

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 A weighted blanket

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 has nothing

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 on this curtain.

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 This thing's

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 60 feet tall,

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 30 feet wide,

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 four inches thick.

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 It would have been

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 incredibly heavy,

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 but it was put in place

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 to do a couple things.

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 One,

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 to make sure

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 that people didn't go in there,

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 but also

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 to make sure

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 the priest

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 didn't go in

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 to the holy of holies

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 or the most holy place.

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 We are told

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 that the inner chamber

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 held the altar of incense

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 and the Ark of the Covenant,

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 which was covered

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 on all sides

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 with gold.

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 And in some ways,

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 this Ark

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 was a way

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 of remembering.

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 It was a way

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 of remembering

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 what God

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 had done for them

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 because inside the Ark,

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 it contained

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 Aaron's staff.

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 It contained manna

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 that God provided

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 for them in the wilderness

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 and it also contained

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 the Ten Commandments.

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 And so,

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 this was all

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 inside the Ark

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 and so it was a way

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 of reminding them

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 of what God

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 had done

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 for them.

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 and now,

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 while it was significant

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 what was in it,

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 what was really significant

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 about the Ark

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 of the Covenant

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 was what it represented,

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 the mercy seat.

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 And so,

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 it talks about

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 in detail

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 how the top of it was

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 and how it was

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 representative

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 of the mercy seat.

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 And so,

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 in order for the high priest

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 to go into the temple here,

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 it would have been

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 very significant.

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 This was a picture

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 of God's throne.

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 throne.

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 The mercy seat

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 would be represented

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 there as a picture

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 of God's throne.

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 And Michael Kruger notes,

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 he says,

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 if as the high priest

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 you had entered

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 into the inner chamber,

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 he says,

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 you would have drawn

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 back the curtain

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 with a trembling hand,

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 wondering whether

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 you would come out alive.

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 It would have been

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 terrifying.

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 But as scary

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 as that was,

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 it was only ever

00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:13.579
 a symbol

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 of what God's

00:18:14.579 --> 00:18:15.819
 real throne room

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 was like.

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 Of God's real throne.

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 Remember the vision

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 in Isaiah chapter 6

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 where Isaiah comes

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 to the real throne room.

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 He says,

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 in the year

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 that King Uzziah died,

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 I saw the Lord

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 sitting upon a throne,

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 high and lifted up.

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 The train of his robe

00:18:33.700 --> 00:18:34.559
 filled the temple.

00:18:35.400 --> 00:18:36.099
 Above him

00:18:36.099 --> 00:18:37.079
 stood the seraphim.

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 Each had six wings.

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 With two

00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:40.920
 he covered his face

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 and with two

00:18:41.359 --> 00:18:42.160
 he covered his feet

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 and with two

00:18:42.779 --> 00:18:43.519
 he flew.

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 And one called

00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:45.720
 to another

00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:46.120
 and said,

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 holy, holy, holy

00:18:47.980 --> 00:18:50.300
 is the Lord of hosts.

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 The whole earth

00:18:51.940 --> 00:18:52.540
 is filled

00:18:52.540 --> 00:18:53.980
 full of his glory.

00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:55.720
 And the foundations

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 of the threshold

00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:57.380
 shook

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 at the voice

00:18:58.519 --> 00:18:59.000
 of him

00:18:59.000 --> 00:18:59.779
 who called.

00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:01.100
 And the house

00:19:01.100 --> 00:19:02.240
 was filled with smoke

00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:02.960
 and I said,

00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:04.680
 woe is me

00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:06.220
 for I am lost

00:19:06.220 --> 00:19:07.400
 for I am a man

00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:08.259
 of unclean lips

00:19:08.259 --> 00:19:09.140
 and I dwell amongst

00:19:09.140 --> 00:19:09.600
 the people

00:19:09.600 --> 00:19:10.700
 of unclean lips.

00:19:10.700 --> 00:19:12.360
 for my eyes

00:19:12.360 --> 00:19:12.980
 have seen

00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:13.680
 the King

00:19:13.680 --> 00:19:14.660
 the Lord

00:19:14.660 --> 00:19:15.340
 of hosts.

00:19:16.360 --> 00:19:17.080
 And so in order

00:19:17.080 --> 00:19:17.740
 to enter

00:19:17.740 --> 00:19:19.220
 the most holy place

00:19:19.220 --> 00:19:20.539
 which is just

00:19:20.539 --> 00:19:21.779
 a shadow

00:19:21.779 --> 00:19:23.759
 of the real thing,

00:19:24.259 --> 00:19:25.180
 the high priest

00:19:25.180 --> 00:19:26.220
 would prepare himself

00:19:26.220 --> 00:19:27.340
 by many times

00:19:27.340 --> 00:19:28.420
 going into the temple

00:19:28.420 --> 00:19:29.120
 the week of

00:19:29.120 --> 00:19:30.420
 and just staying

00:19:30.420 --> 00:19:31.039
 in the temple

00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:32.120
 so he wouldn't

00:19:32.120 --> 00:19:33.519
 accidentally defile himself,

00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:33.960
 so he wouldn't

00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:34.640
 accidentally touch

00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:35.380
 something unclean

00:19:35.380 --> 00:19:35.980
 and he would

00:19:35.980 --> 00:19:36.340
 go through

00:19:36.340 --> 00:19:37.280
 this whole process

00:19:37.280 --> 00:19:38.440
 of making sure

00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:39.600
 he was clean

00:19:39.600 --> 00:19:40.560
 before he went

00:19:40.560 --> 00:19:41.980
 into the most

00:19:41.980 --> 00:19:43.860
 holy place.

00:19:44.760 --> 00:19:45.740
 All of this

00:19:45.740 --> 00:19:46.240
 showing

00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:47.120
 that God

00:19:47.120 --> 00:19:47.740
 is holy

00:19:47.740 --> 00:19:48.640
 and because

00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:49.420
 of our sin

00:19:49.420 --> 00:19:49.980
 we cannot

00:19:49.980 --> 00:19:51.500
 enter his presence.

00:19:52.520 --> 00:19:53.120
 Probably

00:19:53.120 --> 00:19:54.680
 my favorite movie

00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:55.400
 growing up

00:19:55.400 --> 00:19:56.540
 was Indiana Jones

00:19:56.540 --> 00:19:57.420
 it's not probably

00:19:57.420 --> 00:19:58.700
 it was my favorite

00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:59.400
 movie growing up

00:19:59.400 --> 00:19:59.960
 Indiana Jones

00:19:59.960 --> 00:20:00.900
 The Last Crusade.

00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:02.760
 Second behind that

00:20:02.760 --> 00:20:03.620
 a close second

00:20:03.619 --> 00:20:04.339
 behind that

00:20:04.339 --> 00:20:05.979
 was Raiders of the Lost Ark

00:20:05.979 --> 00:20:06.639
 Anybody seen

00:20:06.639 --> 00:20:07.619
 Raiders of the Lost Ark?

00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:09.339
 Okay

00:20:09.339 --> 00:20:10.259
 some of you

00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:10.819
 well done

00:20:10.819 --> 00:20:11.319
 some of you

00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:12.219
 need to go back

00:20:12.219 --> 00:20:13.239
 and really revisit

00:20:13.239 --> 00:20:13.659
 some of that

00:20:13.659 --> 00:20:15.459
 1980s cinema

00:20:15.459 --> 00:20:17.679
 but Raiders of the Lost Ark

00:20:17.679 --> 00:20:18.719
 follows the

00:20:18.719 --> 00:20:19.799
 kind of

00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:20.899
 an archaeologist

00:20:20.899 --> 00:20:22.079
 played by Harrison Ford

00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:23.219
 named Indiana Jones

00:20:23.219 --> 00:20:24.459
 and so

00:20:24.459 --> 00:20:26.199
 while he's the main

00:20:26.199 --> 00:20:26.879
 character

00:20:26.879 --> 00:20:28.119
 of the movie

00:20:28.119 --> 00:20:28.959
 the movie

00:20:28.959 --> 00:20:29.979
 really centers

00:20:29.979 --> 00:20:30.779
 and focuses

00:20:30.779 --> 00:20:31.759
 on finding

00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:33.219
 the Ark of the Covenant

00:20:33.220 --> 00:20:34.160
 and so

00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:34.759
 in the movie

00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:35.480
 there's this

00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:36.000
 quest

00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:36.259
 of them

00:20:36.259 --> 00:20:36.880
 trying to

00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:37.740
 find the Ark

00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:38.620
 and this was

00:20:38.620 --> 00:20:39.500
 the golden box

00:20:39.500 --> 00:20:40.440
 which represented

00:20:40.440 --> 00:20:41.980
 God's holy presence

00:20:41.980 --> 00:20:43.240
 the God

00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:43.640
 of the Ark

00:20:43.640 --> 00:20:44.160
 of the Covenant

00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:44.900
 was not a

00:20:44.900 --> 00:20:45.819
 God you

00:20:45.819 --> 00:20:47.059
 cozy up to

00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:48.299
 and snuggle up to

00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:49.500
 very easily

00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:51.240
 you see in the movie

00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:52.460
 when the lid

00:20:52.460 --> 00:20:53.319
 is opened

00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:54.740
 they are

00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:55.220
 killed

00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:56.059
 by the fire

00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:57.240
 of God's holiness

00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:58.559
 now I've seen

00:20:58.559 --> 00:20:59.180
 this movie

00:20:59.180 --> 00:21:00.460
 dozens and dozens

00:21:00.460 --> 00:21:01.120
 of times

00:21:01.119 --> 00:21:02.279
 but I've only

00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:03.319
 seen this part

00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:04.019
 of the movie

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:05.719
 just a handful

00:21:05.719 --> 00:21:06.359
 of times

00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:07.599
 because growing up

00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:08.459
 as soon as it

00:21:08.459 --> 00:21:09.039
 came on

00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:09.779
 my mom would

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.619
 cover my eyes

00:21:10.619 --> 00:21:11.379
 cover the TV

00:21:11.379 --> 00:21:12.179
 stand in front of it

00:21:12.179 --> 00:21:13.339
 tell us to look away

00:21:13.339 --> 00:21:14.199
 don't look at this

00:21:14.199 --> 00:21:15.119
 for some reason

00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:15.959
 she didn't want us

00:21:15.959 --> 00:21:17.159
 to see someone's

00:21:17.159 --> 00:21:18.159
 face get melted off

00:21:18.159 --> 00:21:19.019
 when they opened this

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 but it's one of those

00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:21.979
 things where

00:21:21.979 --> 00:21:24.139
 the Raiders of the Lost Ark

00:21:24.139 --> 00:21:25.179
 while it's just

00:21:25.179 --> 00:21:25.719
 a movie

00:21:25.719 --> 00:21:27.219
 and there's so many

00:21:27.219 --> 00:21:28.139
 things around it

00:21:28.140 --> 00:21:28.780
 that are just filled

00:21:28.780 --> 00:21:29.900
 with speculation

00:21:29.900 --> 00:21:31.700
 one of the things

00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:32.560
 that it does do

00:21:32.560 --> 00:21:33.580
 a very good job

00:21:33.580 --> 00:21:33.940
 of

00:21:33.940 --> 00:21:35.900
 is showing us

00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:37.200
 what it does get right

00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:37.720
 is showing us

00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.660
 that God is more

00:21:38.660 --> 00:21:39.100
 holy

00:21:39.100 --> 00:21:40.020
 than you can

00:21:40.020 --> 00:21:41.140
 possibly imagine

00:21:41.140 --> 00:21:42.500
 and you cannot

00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:43.280
 just walk

00:21:43.280 --> 00:21:44.160
 right into his

00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:44.860
 presence

00:21:44.860 --> 00:21:46.340
 with your sin

00:21:46.340 --> 00:21:47.680
 not atoned for

00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:49.600
 there are many

00:21:49.600 --> 00:21:50.180
 things that we

00:21:50.180 --> 00:21:51.200
 don't take seriously

00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:52.720
 enough

00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:53.580
 as believers

00:21:53.580 --> 00:21:54.320
 when it comes

00:21:54.320 --> 00:21:54.820
 to the things

00:21:54.820 --> 00:21:55.360
 of God

00:21:55.360 --> 00:21:56.360
 but I think

00:21:56.360 --> 00:21:57.100
 one of the things

00:21:57.099 --> 00:21:58.500
 at the top of that list

00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:59.819
 is God's holiness

00:21:59.819 --> 00:22:01.740
 it's not something

00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:02.859
 we take very seriously

00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:03.879
 but we should

00:22:03.879 --> 00:22:04.719
 you see

00:22:04.719 --> 00:22:05.939
 seeing who you are

00:22:05.939 --> 00:22:06.639
 before a holy

00:22:06.639 --> 00:22:07.500
 and perfect God

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:09.000
 is a good thing

00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:10.039
 now it can be

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:10.980
 a scary thing

00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:12.219
 it can be terrifying

00:22:12.219 --> 00:22:12.879
 to think about

00:22:12.879 --> 00:22:13.559
 your sin

00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:14.619
 before a holy God

00:22:14.619 --> 00:22:16.259
 but it is the beginning

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:17.359
 of seeing

00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:18.379
 and experiencing

00:22:18.379 --> 00:22:19.819
 God's grace

00:22:19.819 --> 00:22:21.559
 but there's one

00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:22.240
 final truth

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.939
 that I want to bring

00:22:22.939 --> 00:22:23.719
 our attention to

00:22:23.719 --> 00:22:24.399
 this morning

00:22:24.399 --> 00:22:25.919
 and it's this

00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:27.420
 as we see

00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:28.220
 God's holiness

00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:30.060
 let it open

00:22:30.060 --> 00:22:30.820
 our eyes

00:22:30.820 --> 00:22:31.340
 to see

00:22:31.340 --> 00:22:31.880
 the beauty

00:22:31.880 --> 00:22:32.900
 of God's grace

00:22:32.900 --> 00:22:35.200
 see God's holiness

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:37.000
 and see the beauty

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:38.259
 of God's grace

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:39.900
 Hebrews 9

00:22:39.900 --> 00:22:40.960
 11 through 14

00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:41.720
 is some of the most

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:43.240
 beautiful words

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:43.940
 that we find

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:44.480
 in Hebrews

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:46.480
 it says this

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 but when Christ

00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:47.980
 appeared

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:49.680
 as a high priest

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:50.600
 of the good things

00:22:50.600 --> 00:22:51.300
 that have come

00:22:51.300 --> 00:22:52.620
 then through

00:22:52.620 --> 00:22:53.220
 the greater

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:54.400
 and more perfect tent

00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:55.080
 not made

00:22:55.080 --> 00:22:56.200
 with the hands

00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:57.100
 that is not

00:22:57.100 --> 00:22:58.080
 of this creation

00:22:58.080 --> 00:22:59.460
 he entered

00:22:59.460 --> 00:23:00.480
 once for all

00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:01.700
 into the holy places

00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:03.300
 so he didn't just

00:23:03.300 --> 00:23:04.400
 go behind the curtain

00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:06.160
 he didn't just go

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:07.500
 into the shadow

00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:09.180
 he went to where

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:10.440
 Isaiah could barely

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:11.180
 describe it

00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:12.580
 to the real holy place

00:23:12.580 --> 00:23:14.400
 to the real throne room

00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:15.620
 not by means

00:23:15.620 --> 00:23:16.080
 of the blood

00:23:16.080 --> 00:23:16.620
 of goats

00:23:16.620 --> 00:23:17.160
 and calves

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:18.080
 but by the means

00:23:18.080 --> 00:23:19.460
 of his own blood

00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:20.920
 thus securing

00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:22.440
 eternal redemption

00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:24.160
 for the blood

00:23:24.160 --> 00:23:24.660
 of goats

00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:25.259
 and bulls

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.920
 and the sprinkling

00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:26.900
 of defiled persons

00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:27.539
 with the ashes

00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:28.340
 of a heifer

00:23:28.340 --> 00:23:30.039
 sanctify for the

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.880
 purification of the

00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:31.240
 flesh

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:33.580
 how much more

00:23:33.580 --> 00:23:34.700
 will the blood

00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:35.440
 of Christ

00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:36.440
 who through

00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:37.480
 the eternal spirit

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:38.380
 offered himself

00:23:38.380 --> 00:23:39.120
 without blemish

00:23:39.120 --> 00:23:39.559
 to God

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:40.480
 how much more

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:41.100
 will that

00:23:41.100 --> 00:23:42.360
 purify

00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:43.640
 our conscience

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:44.860
 from dead works

00:23:44.860 --> 00:23:45.620
 to serve

00:23:45.620 --> 00:23:46.980
 the living God

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:49.779
 at this point

00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:50.299
 the author

00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:51.339
 begins to show

00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:52.279
 us the beauty

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:53.420
 of God's grace

00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:54.940
 by highlighting

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.960
 the superior

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:57.519
 offering for sin

00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:59.420
 that Jesus provides

00:23:59.420 --> 00:24:00.860
 not with the blood

00:24:00.860 --> 00:24:01.299
 of animals

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:02.539
 but with his own

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:03.200
 blood

00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:04.579
 with his own life

00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:05.819
 last week

00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:06.480
 we highlighted

00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:07.160
 the importance

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:08.019
 of the new covenant

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:09.380
 and how much better

00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:09.960
 the new covenant

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:11.120
 is than the old covenant

00:24:11.120 --> 00:24:12.640
 and now the author

00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:13.900
 is showing us

00:24:13.900 --> 00:24:15.259
 the sufficiency

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:16.440
 of this new covenant

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:17.839
 if last week

00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.539
 we were highlighting

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:19.099
 the fact that

00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:20.200
 the new covenant

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:20.920
 is better

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:22.119
 this week

00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:22.779
 we're highlighting

00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.379
 the fact that

00:24:23.379 --> 00:24:24.140
 the new covenant

00:24:24.140 --> 00:24:25.420
 is sufficient

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:26.879
 and it's sufficient

00:24:26.879 --> 00:24:29.079
 because of Christ

00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:31.299
 in the previous section

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:31.879
 the author

00:24:31.879 --> 00:24:32.859
 masterfully

00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:33.619
 made it known

00:24:33.619 --> 00:24:34.579
 that because

00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:35.240
 of the holiness

00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:35.740
 of God

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.660
 it is impossible

00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:38.039
 for us to enter

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:39.160
 into his presence

00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:40.559
 we long to

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:42.359
 we go to great lengths

00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:43.400
 to try to

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:44.519
 but ultimately

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:45.859
 it is impossible

00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:47.379
 on our own

00:24:47.379 --> 00:24:48.480
 it is a never

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.980
 ending endeavor

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:51.639
 to be with God

00:24:51.639 --> 00:24:53.339
 but now

00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:53.980
 we see

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.759
 there is a way

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.960
 and the way

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:56.920
 has a name

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.619
 and his name

00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:58.519
 is Jesus

00:24:58.519 --> 00:25:00.079
 and this way

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:00.779
 to the father

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.720
 is final

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:03.240
 it's not a temporary

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.759
 fix

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.359
 that needs to be

00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:05.039
 done again

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.859
 the moment

00:25:05.859 --> 00:25:06.619
 you leave

00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:08.720
 the holy of holies

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.339
 it's not something

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:09.839
 that needs to be

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:10.440
 done again

00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:11.139
 as soon as you

00:25:11.139 --> 00:25:11.660
 sin

00:25:11.660 --> 00:25:12.579
 it's a change

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.659
 in status

00:25:13.659 --> 00:25:14.720
 it's something

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.359
 that happens

00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:15.699
 once

00:25:15.699 --> 00:25:16.240
 and changes

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:16.899
 for us

00:25:16.899 --> 00:25:17.460
 for the rest

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:18.439
 of our lives

00:25:18.439 --> 00:25:19.659
 I love how

00:25:19.659 --> 00:25:20.399
 Jerry Bridges

00:25:20.399 --> 00:25:21.079
 refers to it

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.419
 he says

00:25:21.419 --> 00:25:22.720
 it is a point

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:24.079
 in time event

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:25.740
 resulting in a

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.439
 continuing

00:25:26.439 --> 00:25:27.519
 permanent

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:29.059
 change of status

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:30.819
 we see

00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:31.819
 things like this

00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:32.579
 all of the time

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:33.079
 we may not

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:33.779
 pick up on it

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:34.439
 but we see

00:25:34.439 --> 00:25:35.139
 things that

00:25:35.139 --> 00:25:35.819
 that this

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:36.319
 takes place

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.879
 all the time

00:25:36.879 --> 00:25:37.480
 the adoption

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:38.299
 of a child

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:39.519
 when someone

00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:40.279
 becomes a

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:41.440
 naturalized citizen

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:42.839
 this point

00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:43.419
 in time

00:25:43.419 --> 00:25:44.619
 experience

00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:45.720
 changes

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.799
 their status

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.599
 for the rest

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:47.980
 of their

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:49.159
 lives

00:25:49.159 --> 00:25:50.599
 when we come

00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:51.180
 to faith

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:51.899
 in Christ

00:25:51.899 --> 00:25:52.960
 there is a

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.899
 point in time

00:25:53.899 --> 00:25:54.319
 where we have

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:55.480
 trusted Christ

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.440
 and we're by

00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:57.460
 faith united

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:58.200
 with him

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:59.019
 in his death

00:25:59.019 --> 00:26:00.099
 and his death

00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:01.139
 became our death

00:26:01.139 --> 00:26:02.399
 his obedience

00:26:02.399 --> 00:26:03.200
 became our

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:03.720
 obedience

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.899
 his righteousness

00:26:04.899 --> 00:26:05.700
 became our

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.259
 righteousness

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:06.900
 righteousness

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.779
 where he

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.839
 becomes our

00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:09.660
 representative

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:11.160
 where his

00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:11.839
 victory

00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:13.000
 over death

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.640
 hell and the

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:14.000
 grave

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:15.059
 becomes our

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.799
 victory over

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.460
 death hell

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:17.119
 and the grave

00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:18.039
 there's a point

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.700
 in time when we

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.359
 give Christ

00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:20.500
 our sin

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:21.299
 our shame

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:22.019
 our regret

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:23.099
 and in return

00:26:23.099 --> 00:26:24.539
 he clothes us

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:24.980
 with his

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.720
 righteousness

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.799
 and so

00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:27.779
 God when he

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:28.480
 looks at us

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:29.319
 he doesn't see

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:30.379
 that sin

00:26:30.379 --> 00:26:31.039
 and that shame

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:32.299
 he looks at us

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:33.039
 and sees his

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:34.180
 son's perfect

00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:34.680
 life

00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:36.140
 given for us

00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:37.560
 there's a

00:26:37.560 --> 00:26:38.140
 change

00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:39.880
 it happens

00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:40.600
 where you go

00:26:40.600 --> 00:26:41.240
 from death

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:42.380
 to life

00:26:42.380 --> 00:26:43.420
 from being an

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:44.240
 enemy to being

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:44.820
 God's

00:26:44.820 --> 00:26:45.780
 child

00:26:45.780 --> 00:26:47.840
 and the most

00:26:47.840 --> 00:26:48.740
 important question

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.320
 we could ever

00:26:49.320 --> 00:26:50.320
 ask is this

00:26:50.320 --> 00:26:51.700
 how can I

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:53.280
 a sinful

00:26:53.280 --> 00:26:54.340
 human being

00:26:54.340 --> 00:26:55.560
 come into a

00:26:55.560 --> 00:26:56.640
 right relationship

00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:57.640
 with a holy

00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:58.720
 and just

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.440
 God

00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:00.780
 I believe

00:27:00.780 --> 00:27:01.360
 our passage

00:27:01.360 --> 00:27:02.200
 today not only

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:03.040
 sets this

00:27:03.040 --> 00:27:03.740
 question up

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.600
 for us to ask

00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:05.240
 I believe

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.699
 it not only

00:27:05.699 --> 00:27:06.359
 tees it up

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:07.619
 and begs us

00:27:07.619 --> 00:27:08.379
 to ask the

00:27:08.379 --> 00:27:08.699
 question

00:27:08.699 --> 00:27:09.879
 how can this

00:27:09.879 --> 00:27:10.459
 be

00:27:10.459 --> 00:27:11.939
 but it also

00:27:11.939 --> 00:27:13.139
 answers the

00:27:13.139 --> 00:27:13.679
 question

00:27:13.679 --> 00:27:15.059
 and the only

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.799
 way we can do

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.500
 this is because

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.099
 of Jesus

00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:18.500
 because he

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.480
 offers a

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:19.980
 better

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:21.219
 sacrifice

00:27:21.219 --> 00:27:22.939
 verse 14

00:27:22.939 --> 00:27:23.619
 tells us

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:24.299
 that Christ

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:25.099
 accomplished

00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:26.379
 our forgiveness

00:27:26.379 --> 00:27:27.799
 by his blood

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:29.179
 that he has

00:27:29.179 --> 00:27:29.919
 cleansed our

00:27:29.919 --> 00:27:30.439
 consciousness

00:27:30.439 --> 00:27:31.679
 something only

00:27:31.679 --> 00:27:32.399
 he could do

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:33.120
 and he does

00:27:33.120 --> 00:27:33.940
 this so that

00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:35.480
 we can serve

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:36.100
 the living

00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:36.640
 God

00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:38.580
 listen to

00:27:38.580 --> 00:27:39.140
 verse 14

00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:39.580
 it says

00:27:39.580 --> 00:27:40.580
 how much

00:27:40.580 --> 00:27:41.040
 more

00:27:41.040 --> 00:27:41.660
 will the

00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:42.200
 blood of

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.700
 Christ

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.420
 who through

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:43.980
 the eternal

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:44.700
 spirit offered

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.360
 himself without

00:27:45.360 --> 00:27:45.700
 blemish

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:46.460
 before to

00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:46.820
 God

00:27:46.820 --> 00:27:48.500
 purify our

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.019
 conscience

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:49.740
 from dead

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.340
 works

00:27:50.340 --> 00:27:51.500
 to serve

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:52.160
 the living

00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:52.680
 God

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:54.180
 from dead

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:54.740
 works

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.759
 to serve

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.280
 the living

00:27:56.280 --> 00:27:56.800
 God

00:27:56.800 --> 00:27:57.920
 you see

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:58.420
 religion

00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:59.580
 is filled

00:27:59.580 --> 00:27:59.960
 with all

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.519
 kinds of

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:00.940
 works

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:01.600
 but they

00:28:01.600 --> 00:28:02.320
 are dead

00:28:02.320 --> 00:28:03.539
 because before

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.080
 the gospel

00:28:04.080 --> 00:28:04.660
 the reason

00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:05.059
 we were

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:06.120
 doing good

00:28:06.120 --> 00:28:06.460
 works

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:06.759
 was to

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.100
 try to

00:28:07.100 --> 00:28:07.700
 get God

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:08.400
 to approve

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:08.960
 of us

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.700
 but this

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.200
 is not

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:10.640
 how the

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:11.019
 gospel

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:11.680
 works

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:12.680
 in fact

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:13.019
 if you

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.620
 are doing

00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:14.059
 something

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:14.440
 so that

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:14.680
 God

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:15.799
 will reward

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.420
 you for

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:16.600
 it

00:28:16.600 --> 00:28:17.259
 that's

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.539
 not

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:17.960
 loving

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.600
 God

00:28:18.600 --> 00:28:19.640
 that's

00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:19.960
 loving

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.680
 yourself

00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:21.880
 if you're

00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:22.279
 doing

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:22.779
 something

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.140
 in order

00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:23.920
 that God

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.680
 will reward

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.180
 you for

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:25.279
 it

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:25.480
 that's

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:25.660
 not

00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:26.100
 loving

00:28:26.100 --> 00:28:26.320
 God

00:28:26.320 --> 00:28:26.559
 that's

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:26.820
 loving

00:28:26.820 --> 00:28:27.360
 yourself

00:28:27.360 --> 00:28:28.299
 think of

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:28.600
 it like

00:28:28.600 --> 00:28:28.840
 this

00:28:28.840 --> 00:28:29.360
 imagine

00:28:29.360 --> 00:28:29.759
 that one

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.120
 of you

00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:31.019
 has a

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:31.659
 vacation

00:28:31.659 --> 00:28:31.939
 home

00:28:31.939 --> 00:28:32.159
 maybe

00:28:32.159 --> 00:28:32.479
 at the

00:28:32.479 --> 00:28:32.839
 beach

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.199
 or maybe

00:28:33.199 --> 00:28:34.219
 a cabin

00:28:34.219 --> 00:28:34.579
 in the

00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:34.959
 mountains

00:28:34.959 --> 00:28:35.799
 and I

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.500
 realize

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:36.879
 that you

00:28:36.879 --> 00:28:37.359
 like to

00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:38.099
 let your

00:28:38.099 --> 00:28:38.839
 friends

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.379
 stay there

00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:39.979
 for free

00:28:39.979 --> 00:28:40.619
 that you

00:28:40.619 --> 00:28:41.000
 say hey

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.479
 all of my

00:28:41.479 --> 00:28:41.959
 friends can

00:28:41.959 --> 00:28:42.219
 go there

00:28:42.219 --> 00:28:42.719
 whenever they

00:28:42.719 --> 00:28:42.899
 want

00:28:42.899 --> 00:28:43.159
 they can

00:28:43.159 --> 00:28:43.439
 stay there

00:28:43.439 --> 00:28:43.839
 for free

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:44.500
 and all

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:44.959
 of a sudden

00:28:44.959 --> 00:28:45.939
 I start

00:28:45.939 --> 00:28:46.339
 texting

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:47.199
 hey buddy

00:28:47.199 --> 00:28:48.259
 how are you

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.699
 doing today

00:28:48.699 --> 00:28:48.939
 I hope

00:28:48.939 --> 00:28:49.259
 you're having

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.619
 a great

00:28:49.619 --> 00:28:50.059
 day

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:50.759
 hey

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.139
 why don't

00:28:51.139 --> 00:28:51.500
 you come

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:52.179
 over to

00:28:52.179 --> 00:28:52.859
 to our

00:28:52.859 --> 00:28:53.219
 house

00:28:53.219 --> 00:28:53.579
 tonight

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:54.179
 for supper

00:28:54.179 --> 00:28:55.379
 how about

00:28:55.379 --> 00:28:55.879
 I take you

00:28:55.879 --> 00:28:56.199
 out to

00:28:56.199 --> 00:28:56.519
 lunch

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:56.899
 today

00:28:56.899 --> 00:28:57.539
 how about

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:57.959
 I do

00:28:57.959 --> 00:28:58.399
 all of

00:28:58.399 --> 00:28:58.959
 these things

00:28:58.959 --> 00:28:59.939
 for you

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:01.580
 you see

00:29:01.580 --> 00:29:02.039
 that's not

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:02.620
 love for

00:29:02.620 --> 00:29:02.980
 you

00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:04.039
 that's an

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.519
 investment

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:04.920
 on my

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.259
 part

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:06.559
 that's not

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:07.039
 love

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.400
 I'm not

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:07.840
 doing that

00:29:07.840 --> 00:29:08.279
 because I

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:08.700
 love you

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.400
 I'm doing

00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:09.840
 that so that

00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:10.420
 I can get

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:10.880
 something

00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:12.220
 from you

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:13.240
 this is the

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.960
 difference between

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.559
 religion

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:15.299
 and the

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:15.779
 gospel

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.860
 in religion

00:29:16.860 --> 00:29:17.360
 you do

00:29:17.360 --> 00:29:17.920
 good works

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:18.259
 in order

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:18.620
 to be

00:29:18.620 --> 00:29:19.200
 accepted

00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:20.120
 with the

00:29:20.120 --> 00:29:20.600
 gospel

00:29:20.600 --> 00:29:21.519
 you do

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:22.140
 good works

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:22.740
 because you

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.700
 have been

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.299
 accepted

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:25.720
 religion

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.320
 you try to

00:29:26.320 --> 00:29:27.180
 stop gossiping

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:27.660
 in hopes

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:27.940
 that you

00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:28.200
 will be

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:28.620
 accepted

00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:29.359
 by God

00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:30.459
 with the

00:29:30.459 --> 00:29:30.919
 gospel

00:29:30.919 --> 00:29:32.059
 you stop

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:32.719
 putting down

00:29:32.719 --> 00:29:33.199
 others

00:29:33.199 --> 00:29:33.799
 because you

00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:34.579
 love Jesus

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:35.719
 and following

00:29:35.719 --> 00:29:36.439
 him is what

00:29:36.439 --> 00:29:37.039
 gives your

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:37.939
 life meaning

00:29:37.939 --> 00:29:39.119
 and not what

00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:39.739
 others think

00:29:39.739 --> 00:29:40.199
 of you

00:29:40.199 --> 00:29:41.439
 religion

00:29:41.439 --> 00:29:42.079
 tries to

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:42.819
 stop lying

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.299
 cheating

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.879
 stealing

00:29:43.879 --> 00:29:44.500
 looking at

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:44.959
 pornography

00:29:44.959 --> 00:29:46.259
 focusing on

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:47.219
 earthly things

00:29:47.219 --> 00:29:47.979
 and the

00:29:47.979 --> 00:29:48.959
 gospel says

00:29:48.959 --> 00:29:50.199
 Jesus is

00:29:50.199 --> 00:29:51.059
 better than

00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:51.639
 all of these

00:29:51.639 --> 00:29:52.159
 things

00:29:52.159 --> 00:29:53.859
 the picture

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:54.359
 that comes

00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:55.119
 to my mind

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:55.619
 is that of

00:29:55.619 --> 00:29:57.239
 a child

00:29:57.239 --> 00:29:58.079
 a young

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.599
 child

00:29:58.599 --> 00:29:59.779
 young enough

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.259
 to still

00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:00.779
 think that

00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:01.479
 their parents

00:30:01.479 --> 00:30:02.139
 are great

00:30:02.139 --> 00:30:02.439
 and they

00:30:02.439 --> 00:30:02.899
 try to do

00:30:02.899 --> 00:30:03.399
 everything

00:30:03.399 --> 00:30:04.379
 that they

00:30:04.379 --> 00:30:04.879
 can to

00:30:04.879 --> 00:30:05.599
 please them

00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:06.299
 you know

00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:07.119
 that three

00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:07.859
 month window

00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:08.339
 that your

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:09.019
 children fall

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:09.439
 into that

00:30:09.439 --> 00:30:09.979
 category

00:30:09.979 --> 00:30:10.779
 where they

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.219
 think you're

00:30:11.219 --> 00:30:11.719
 great and

00:30:11.719 --> 00:30:12.079
 they try to

00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:12.519
 do everything

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.459
 to please

00:30:13.459 --> 00:30:14.000
 you

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:15.279
 Charlotte

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:16.059
 is close

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.419
 she's kind

00:30:16.419 --> 00:30:16.719
 of getting

00:30:16.719 --> 00:30:17.259
 out of that

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.739
 window right

00:30:17.739 --> 00:30:17.979
 now but

00:30:17.979 --> 00:30:18.459
 she's still

00:30:18.459 --> 00:30:18.859
 there a

00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.119
 little bit

00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:19.319
 and there'll

00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:19.759
 be times

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.099
 where she'll

00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:20.259
 be like

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:21.099
 daddy

00:30:21.099 --> 00:30:21.759
 mommy

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.439
 who do you

00:30:22.439 --> 00:30:22.699
 want me

00:30:22.699 --> 00:30:23.059
 to ride

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.559
 home with

00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:24.000
 maybe we're

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.399
 at church

00:30:24.399 --> 00:30:24.719
 together

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:25.160
 maybe we're

00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:25.440
 somewhere

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:25.900
 and we both

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:26.620
 drove separately

00:30:26.620 --> 00:30:27.339
 she's like

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:28.500
 who wants me

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:28.860
 to ride

00:30:28.860 --> 00:30:29.200
 with them

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:29.539
 and I'm like

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:30.039
 I want you

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.299
 to ride

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:30.720
 with me

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:31.460
 Catherine's like

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:31.960
 I want you

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.299
 to ride

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:32.779
 with me

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.559
 and Charlotte

00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:34.220
 gets a big

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:34.839
 grin on her

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:35.319
 face

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:36.180
 and then she'll

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:36.980
 choose one of us

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.600
 to ride home

00:30:37.600 --> 00:30:38.079
 with and then

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:38.460
 on the way

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:38.960
 home she'll be

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.880
 like daddy

00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:41.019
 aren't you so

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:41.980
 glad I chose

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:42.360
 you

00:30:42.360 --> 00:30:43.140
 and I say

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:44.120
 yes sweetheart

00:30:44.120 --> 00:30:45.079
 I'm so glad

00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:45.860
 you did

00:30:45.860 --> 00:30:47.160
 this is the

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:47.640
 picture that

00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:48.400
 comes to mind

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:49.920
 where we love

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:51.319
 our heavenly

00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:53.039
 father so much

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:53.680
 that it is a

00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:54.900
 joy to serve

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.240
 him

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:56.180
 we're not

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:56.980
 serving him

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.880
 out of obligation

00:30:57.880 --> 00:30:58.759
 we're not

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.440
 serving him

00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:00.220
 to try to get

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:01.240
 something from him

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:02.460
 but we're serving

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:03.440
 him because we

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.279
 love him

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:05.360
 and we love

00:31:05.360 --> 00:31:05.960
 to do what

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.580
 pleases the

00:31:06.580 --> 00:31:06.940
 father

00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:07.820
 and we love

00:31:07.820 --> 00:31:08.279
 to give our

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:09.420
 life to him

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:10.779
 you see my

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:11.500
 hope and prayer

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:12.140
 this morning

00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:12.960
 is that we

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.960
 see clearly

00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:14.880
 that God

00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:15.720
 is more

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.500
 holy than

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:16.880
 we can

00:31:16.880 --> 00:31:17.420
 imagine

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:18.519
 and because

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:19.259
 of Jesus

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:20.660
 we not only

00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:21.340
 can have a

00:31:21.340 --> 00:31:22.060
 relationship with

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:23.179
 God but we

00:31:23.179 --> 00:31:24.539
 also get to

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:25.240
 serve him

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:26.579
 father thank

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:27.119
 you so very

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 much for

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 everything that

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 you do for us

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 each and every

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 day lord we

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 thank you for

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 your word we

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 thank you for

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 how it draws

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 us into you

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 and to a

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 closer walk

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 with you

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 and so lord I

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 pray that if

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 there's someone

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 here today that

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 needs to know

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 you lord they

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 would see your

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 holiness they

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 would see their

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 sinfulness and

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 realize that there

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 is only one hope

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 and that is to put

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 their faith and

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 trust in you

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 so lord I

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 pray that you

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 give them the

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 boldness to do

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 that to step

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 out maybe it's

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 having a conversation

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 with me maybe it's

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 talking with the

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 person that they

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 came here with

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 today but whatever

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 the case may be

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 lord I pray that

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 you give them the

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 boldness to follow

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 you but lord I

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 also pray that you

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 be with the rest of

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 us those of us who

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 have placed our

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 faith and our

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 trust in you lord

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 help us to see

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 your holiness help

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 us to see the

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 gift that we've

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 been given in

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 christ to save

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 us from our

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 sins and from

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 that lord help

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 us to willingly

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 and boldly and

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 courageously proclaim

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 lord here is my

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 life take it and

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 use it lord we

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 ask all these

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 things in jesus

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 precious name

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 amen

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 who have been

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 who have been

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 who have been

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 who have been

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 who have been

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 who have been

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 who have been

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 who have been

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 who have been

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 who have been

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 who have been

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!

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 who have been

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!

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 who have been

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!

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