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 One man's trash is another man's treasure.

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 I mean, this idiom shows how people value the same things differently.

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 Someone might value something as trash, worthless, a waste of space,

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 and no longer need it in their life.

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 But another person might view the exact same thing as treasure,

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 something that is of immense value to them.

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 And this couldn't be more true during the time of council cleanup.

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 I find it both amazing what people will see as trash and will throw out

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 and what others would see as treasure and pick up

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 as you see people drive you along the streets with their utes

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 and their trailers and their trucks,

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 searching for the treasure amongst all the trash.

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 And I feel like being a poor, more college student,

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 doing ministry on the North Shore,

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 there's often more treasure than trash out there,

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 dumped on those streets.

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 It's only in my view, of course,

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 but I see a lot of perfectly good couches and dining tables,

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 beds, mattresses, TV, stereos that I presume actually work,

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 they look like they work,

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 toys, scooters, the likes, pots and pans, books, children's things.

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 Oh, there is so much stuff that gets thrown out

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 that I just look and go, man, is that really trash?

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 It amazes me to the point where I reckon I could furnish a whole house

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 with council cleanup furniture, and none of you would know.

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 Unless you threw it out, of course,

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 and you recognised I was yours previously.

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 However, all these couches and dining tables,

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 these TVs and stereos,

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 these things were once new.

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 These things were once considered something of valuable

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 because they're now out of date

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 or because they're broken or unnecessary.

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 It has caused their previous owner to reassess their value,

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 and now they have been considered as trash,

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 thrown out to make room for all the better and newer things in life.

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 I remember when the iPhone 5S came out a few years ago.

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 I was very excited.

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 I went to the Apple store in Castle Hill

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 and lined up at 6 in the morning with my friends.

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 We were in a line of about 200 of us.

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 I was about 100th in the line itself,

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 and everyone there was very, very excited.

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 We were all, like, talking about the iPhone.

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 Everyone was talking about what colour they would get as well.

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 When the first person walked into the store,

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 the Apple employees made an arch for them

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 and clapped and applauded them and cheered them on

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 as they got to their iPhone.

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 It was very, very exciting.

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 My friends and I, when we got our iPhones,

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 had an unboxing ceremony at the local cafe,

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 and I held my iPhone thinking,

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 this is precious to me.

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 This is amazing and invaluable to me.

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 Three years on,

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 I have no idea where my iPhone even is anymore.

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 I think I sold it because it was outdated,

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 and I was getting my new iPhone 6S.

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 Its value did not last.

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 It caused me to reassess the value of my iPhone 5S,

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 and I saw it as trash,

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 something that was broken and slowly dying.

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 And then someone else bought it.

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 And so my trash became someone else's treasure.

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 This is what our society does.

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 Because we participate in a society

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 built on novelty,

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 built on wanting the next best thing,

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 we always need to reassess

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 the value of the things in our life.

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 And so when our gadgets and toys and cars wear out,

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 we reassess their value.

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 When our jobs or schooling gets really tough

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 or too boring,

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 we reassess its value.

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 When our friendships and marriages get hard

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 and the joy,

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 which was there to begin with,

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 begins to dwindle,

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 we reassess its value.

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 These things we once treasured,

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 or began to treasure,

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 have slowly become ultimately trash in our lives.

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 And as Christians,

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 the gospel of our Lord Jesus

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 calls us to reassess

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 what is most precious and valuable in our life.

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 And if we truly believe the gospel,

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 it changes our perception

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 of what is truly valuable.

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 But as people who are driven

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 in the world by novelty,

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 we are always tempted to try and build upon

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 and develop upon the gospel itself,

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 importing ideas and concepts from the world,

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 making us view the gospel

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 through the lens of the things that we value.

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 Whether we go one way

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 and begin to think

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 that the gospel is all about

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 doing certain things right,

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 that Christianity is all about

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 obeying the law

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 and making sure you have done enough

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 to come before God rightly.

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 Or whether we go the other way

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 and say the gospel

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 is all about receiving material blessing

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 and living a lifestyle that's free

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 from having to worry about your sins.

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 These patterns,

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 these things distort

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 what is truly the gospel

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 and they shape our understanding of it.

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 We are always in danger

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 of corrupting the gospel,

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 distorting it,

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 and therefore losing it

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 when we fail to assess

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 the things we value in this world

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 through the lens of the gospel.

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 The gospel needs to be the lens

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 by which we look at the things

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 in our life that we value.

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 But too often,

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 we're looking at the gospel itself

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 through the things that we value.

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 And this danger is ever-present

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 and persistent.

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 And this is why Paul writes

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 in chapter 3.

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 He does so for our safety,

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 it says in verse 1,

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 so that we might reassess

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 our relationship with the world itself,

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 viewing the things we value

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 through the lens of the gospel

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 that we might not lose Jesus

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 and therefore our faith.

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 And so let us open our Bibles

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 and reassess together

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 what it is we most value

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 as Paul reminds us once more

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 of the gospel.

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 So Paul begins by warning his readers

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 in verse 2,

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 watch out for those dogs,

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 those evildoers,

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 those mutilators of the flesh.

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 There are those in the church

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 whom Paul considers a threat

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 to the gospel.

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 The third category gives us a clue

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 as to who he's speaking of.

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 Jewish Christians

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 who want the law

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 to be a necessary part

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 of their faith.

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 Jewish Christians consider themselves

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 here in Philippi

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 better than others.

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 they consider themselves

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 exemplars of the faith

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 because they held the law

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 to a high regard.

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 They were even circumcised

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 and therefore meant

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 that they had the sign

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 that they were God's people

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 from the Old Testament.

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 They looked down at everyone else

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 because of who they were

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 and how they could hold the law.

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 These are the kinds of people

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 in church who are proud

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 of how much time they spend

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 reading the Bible

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 and looked down at other people

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 for not doing

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 as much as they can.

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 Those who gossip

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 about people's sins

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 behind their back.

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 Those who brag about

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 all the missionaries

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 they are supporting

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 and praying for.

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 Those who look at themselves

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 and thank God

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 they are not ultimately

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 like other sinful people.

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 Ultimately,

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 these people,

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 these kinds of people

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 value being seen

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 as better than others.

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 They value their status

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 above anything else.

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 And Paul says

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 to watch out

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 for these kinds of people.

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 They might portray

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 an image of holiness.

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 They might seem

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 to tick all the holy boxes

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 but they are nothing

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 more than dogs,

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 evildoers,

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 mutilators.

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 That last category

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 is particularly offensive,

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 particularly for

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 the Jewish Christians.

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 For Paul would not describe

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 them as circumcised

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 but would use a derogative term

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 instead,

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 mutilation.

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 to show that they are not

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 truly part of God's people.

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 He's saying,

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 yeah,

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 you might carry that sign

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 on your body

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 that you are part

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 of God's people

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 but that sign

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 is no more

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 of a mutilation

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 like the ancient pagans

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 who would mutilate

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 themselves

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 in the service

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 of their fake

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 and weak God.

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 You are no different

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 to them.

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 Paul is saying

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 that you are like

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 a pagan.

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 You are like someone

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 who doesn't believe

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 in a real God.

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 His strong,

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 offensive use

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 of the word

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 mutilator here

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 is so he can

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 be clear

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 about the kinds

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 of people

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 who are part

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 of God's people,

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 who are truly

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 circumcised,

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 that is,

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 who are truly

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 part of God's family.

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 And so in verse 3,

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 for it is we

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 who are the circumcision,

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 we who serve God

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 by his spirit,

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 who boast in Christ Jesus

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 and who put no confidence

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 in the flesh.

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 The true Christian

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 is marked by humility.

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 Unlike the proud

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 Jewish Christians

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 who value their deeds

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 and status

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 before the law,

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 justifying themselves

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 as exemplars

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 of the faith,

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 Paul says

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 the people of God

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 are those

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 who humbly trust

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 and boast

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 in the work

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 of Jesus,

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 knowing only

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 in him

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 they can receive

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 eternal life.

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 And above all else,

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 they value him

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 and treasure him

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 alone.

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 And we must realise

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 all of this so far

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 is in the context

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 of a warning.

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 we are called

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 to watch out

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 for these kinds

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 of people,

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 not because Paul

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 wants us to go

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 on like a witch hunt

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 and try and get rid

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 of them out of our

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 fold and our gathering,

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 although he would

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 want that.

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 He's warning

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 and he's out of concern

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 for us as a church

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 because such people

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 can be really damaging

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 to us

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 and to the gospel.

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 And the temptation

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 for the church

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 in Philippi

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 was to look

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 at these guys

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 and be impressed

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 by them,

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 to see them

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 as role models

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 for their faith,

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 to see the things

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 they valued,

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 which are status

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 and works,

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 and take them

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 on board

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 for themselves

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 and look at the gospel

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 through the things

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 that they valued

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 and then truly forget

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 what it actually means

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 to be the people

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 of God.

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 And Paul

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 is all too aware

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 of how easy

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 it is to slip back

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 into that mindset

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 of box-ticking

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 Christianity,

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 where the impressive

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 Christians

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 seems to be

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 the true examples

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 of faith

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 who then leaves

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 the rest of us

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 feeling bad

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 and somehow

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 less of a Christian

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 because we're not

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 able to be like them.

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 The issue is

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 that these Jews

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 have allowed

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 what they value,

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 their status

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 and their works,

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 to creep into

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 their view

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 of the gospel

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 and corrupt it.

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 And that's what

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 Paul is afraid

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 will happen

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 to the rest

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 of the church

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 if they continue

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 to look at

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 these guys

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 as role models

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 of the faith.

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 However,

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 there's another danger

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 here as well.

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 It's to go

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 in the totally

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 opposite direction

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 and promote

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 freedom

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 from having to

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 live in any

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 certain way.

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 Believe in the mantra

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 that Paul spoke

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 against in Romans

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 which is

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 why not sin

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 that grace

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 may abound

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 all the more?

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 And that response

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 is also dangerous.

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 And there are

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 people in churches

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 who promote

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 this kind of response.

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 They say

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 it's okay

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 to sleep

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 with your boyfriend

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 or your girlfriend

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 outside of marriage.

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 It's okay

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 to lie in your tax return

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 to get a little bit

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 more back

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 from the government.

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 It's okay

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 to get drunk

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 not that bad

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 as long as you

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 don't hurt anyone.

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 And God doesn't

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 want you to give

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 money to church

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 that's okay.

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 God just wants

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 you to love him.

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 Such proponents

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 who say these things

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 of this kind

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 of message

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 misunderstand

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 the gospel

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 because

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 of the things

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 they value.

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 They are looking

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 at the gospel

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 through the things

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 they value.

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 And they value

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 material things.

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 They value

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 their lifestyles

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 and their freedoms.

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 And so in turn

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 looking at the gospel

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 through those values

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 they have corrupted it

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 and distorted it

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 and have led

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 many people away

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 from it as well.

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 We need to watch out

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 for these people.

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 For people who tell us

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 that the gospel

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 is all about works

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 and achieving

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 some sort of status

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 before God

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 that we can be

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 right before him.

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 But we all seem

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 to watch out

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 for the other extreme

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 as well.

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 Saying that it

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 doesn't matter

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 about how you act

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 and how you live.

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 Just believe

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 and Jesus

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 will still love you.

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 We must

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 clearly anchor

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 our mind

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 and our heart

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 that to belong

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 to the people

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 of God

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 is to serve him

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 the power

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 of the spirits.

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 to boast

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 only in Jesus

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 and what he has done

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 for us

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 and to put no confidence

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 in ourselves.

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 It's a call

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 to humbly trust

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 in Jesus

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 and in him

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 alone.

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 However

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 the antithesis

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 of humbleness

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 is pride.

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 And the world

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 would feed our pride

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 by having us think

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 we are capable

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 of our own salvation

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 whether it's eternal

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 or simply just

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 to live the good life.

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 the world

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 would use

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 the things

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 we value

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 to infiltrate

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 our thinking

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 twisting our

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 perception of them

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 making us view

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 the gospel

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 through the lens

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 of what we value most

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 and therefore

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 opening us up

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 to being distorted

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 and misunderstood.

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 And hence

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 what you get

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 is the dogs

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 in Philippians.

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 You get

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 the liberalist

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 Christians

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 of then and now

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 who say

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 you can do

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 whatever you want.

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 Paul knows

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 all too well

00:13:25.320 --> 00:13:25.980
 this danger

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 and how easily

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 the gospel

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 can become corrupted

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 and distorted

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 and so he puts

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 himself forward

00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:33.039
 as a case study

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 that we might

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 truly grasp

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 but there is no

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 benefit

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 in being like

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 those

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 he's opposing

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 here

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 and there's no

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 benefit

00:13:41.500 --> 00:13:42.720
 in looking at

00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:43.120
 the gospel

00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:43.919
 for the values

00:13:43.919 --> 00:13:45.059
 of those

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 lifestyles

00:13:45.879 --> 00:13:46.419
 and freedoms

00:13:46.419 --> 00:13:47.279
 of the liberalist

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 type Christians

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 that we would

00:13:49.920 --> 00:13:50.600
 not be tempted

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 by these things.

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 From verse 4

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 Though I myself

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 have reasons

00:13:55.060 --> 00:13:56.000
 for such confidence

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 if someone else

00:13:57.200 --> 00:13:58.360
 thinks they have

00:13:58.360 --> 00:13:58.940
 reasons to put

00:13:58.940 --> 00:13:59.960
 confidence in the flesh

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 I have more

00:14:00.920 --> 00:14:02.300
 circumcised

00:14:02.300 --> 00:14:03.000
 in the eighth day

00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:03.879
 of the people

00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:04.460
 of Israel

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 of the tribe

00:14:05.139 --> 00:14:06.180
 of Benjamin

00:14:06.180 --> 00:14:07.240
 a Hebrew

00:14:07.240 --> 00:14:07.920
 of Hebrews

00:14:07.920 --> 00:14:09.000
 in regards

00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:09.580
 to the law

00:14:09.580 --> 00:14:11.040
 a Pharisee

00:14:11.040 --> 00:14:11.779
 as for zeal

00:14:11.779 --> 00:14:12.620
 persecuting

00:14:12.620 --> 00:14:13.200
 the church

00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:14.500
 as for righteousness

00:14:14.500 --> 00:14:15.820
 based on the law

00:14:15.820 --> 00:14:17.019
 faultless.

00:14:18.100 --> 00:14:19.700
 As he so often

00:14:19.700 --> 00:14:20.200
 does

00:14:20.200 --> 00:14:21.879
 Paul applies

00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:22.399
 the logic

00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:23.139
 to himself

00:14:23.139 --> 00:14:23.740
 You know

00:14:23.740 --> 00:14:24.200
 these Jewish

00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:24.639
 Christians

00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:25.080
 they might have

00:14:25.080 --> 00:14:25.680
 a lot to boast

00:14:25.680 --> 00:14:25.940
 about

00:14:25.940 --> 00:14:26.420
 they might have

00:14:26.420 --> 00:14:27.240
 done a lot

00:14:27.240 --> 00:14:27.820
 of good works

00:14:27.820 --> 00:14:28.220
 and they are

00:14:28.220 --> 00:14:29.200
 circumcised as well

00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:29.659
 so yeah

00:14:29.659 --> 00:14:30.180
 they might be

00:14:30.180 --> 00:14:31.040
 pretty good Jews

00:14:31.040 --> 00:14:32.180
 but no one

00:14:32.180 --> 00:14:33.180
 compares to Paul

00:14:33.180 --> 00:14:35.320
 Paul is the Jew

00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:36.700
 he is the

00:14:36.700 --> 00:14:38.279
 Jew you want to be

00:14:38.279 --> 00:14:38.960
 pretty much

00:14:38.960 --> 00:14:39.899
 he doesn't get

00:14:39.899 --> 00:14:40.379
 much better

00:14:40.379 --> 00:14:41.700
 he's almost

00:14:41.700 --> 00:14:42.460
 perfect

00:14:42.460 --> 00:14:43.480
 and so if anyone

00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:45.240
 could know God

00:14:45.240 --> 00:14:46.240
 as a Jew

00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:47.040
 it would be Paul

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 and if you had

00:14:48.059 --> 00:14:49.059
 the credentials

00:14:49.059 --> 00:14:50.419
 that Paul had

00:14:50.419 --> 00:14:50.939
 as a Jew

00:14:50.939 --> 00:14:51.759
 you'd be thrilled

00:14:51.759 --> 00:14:52.639
 you'd be stoked

00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:53.779
 because you knew

00:14:53.779 --> 00:14:54.679
 that Paul

00:14:54.679 --> 00:14:55.139
 was someone

00:14:55.139 --> 00:14:56.120
 who could know God

00:14:56.120 --> 00:14:57.659
 and yet

00:14:57.659 --> 00:14:59.620
 in a sharp reversal

00:14:59.620 --> 00:15:00.980
 the treasure

00:15:00.980 --> 00:15:02.079
 becomes the trash

00:15:02.079 --> 00:15:03.679
 verse 7

00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:24.839
 the terminology

00:15:24.839 --> 00:15:26.179
 here Paul uses

00:15:26.179 --> 00:15:26.739
 of loss

00:15:26.739 --> 00:15:27.259
 and gain

00:15:27.259 --> 00:15:28.019
 is basic

00:15:28.019 --> 00:15:29.039
 commerce language

00:15:29.039 --> 00:15:30.439
 and he's borrowing

00:15:30.439 --> 00:15:30.959
 it to help

00:15:30.959 --> 00:15:31.559
 him describe

00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:32.059
 how much

00:15:32.059 --> 00:15:32.599
 he considers

00:15:32.599 --> 00:15:33.539
 Jesus to be

00:15:33.539 --> 00:15:34.240
 the ultimate

00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:35.779
 thing he values

00:15:35.779 --> 00:15:36.319
 and how his

00:15:36.319 --> 00:15:36.839
 credentials

00:15:36.839 --> 00:15:37.539
 his status

00:15:37.539 --> 00:15:38.559
 his past life

00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:39.120
 as a Jew

00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:40.240
 is ultimately

00:15:40.240 --> 00:15:41.500
 just worthless

00:15:41.500 --> 00:15:42.279
 and therefore

00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:42.899
 trash

00:15:42.899 --> 00:15:44.139
 so if you think

00:15:44.139 --> 00:15:45.219
 of a balance sheet

00:15:45.219 --> 00:15:47.199
 before Paul

00:15:47.199 --> 00:15:48.139
 heard the gospel

00:15:48.139 --> 00:15:49.620
 all his credentials

00:15:49.620 --> 00:15:50.240
 were listed

00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:51.480
 as positive

00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:52.559
 as profit

00:15:52.559 --> 00:15:53.379
 as gain

00:15:53.379 --> 00:15:54.620
 you know

00:15:54.620 --> 00:15:55.519
 as a Jew

00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:56.319
 it looked immensely

00:15:56.319 --> 00:15:56.980
 profitable

00:15:56.980 --> 00:15:57.580
 you probably

00:15:57.580 --> 00:15:58.279
 want to invest

00:15:58.279 --> 00:15:58.800
 in Paul

00:15:58.800 --> 00:16:00.060
 he was a very

00:16:00.060 --> 00:16:00.779
 good investment

00:16:00.779 --> 00:16:02.100
 but then when he

00:16:02.100 --> 00:16:02.879
 heard the gospel

00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:03.779
 it all changed

00:16:03.779 --> 00:16:05.220
 he came to know

00:16:05.220 --> 00:16:06.060
 something of

00:16:06.060 --> 00:16:07.539
 unprecedented value

00:16:07.539 --> 00:16:08.639
 that was now

00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:09.139
 his

00:16:09.139 --> 00:16:10.740
 and this calls

00:16:10.740 --> 00:16:12.039
 Paul to reassess

00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:13.200
 everything

00:16:13.200 --> 00:16:14.960
 in his balance sheet

00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:16.100
 and without

00:16:16.100 --> 00:16:16.860
 question

00:16:16.860 --> 00:16:17.620
 or pondering

00:16:17.620 --> 00:16:18.580
 he straight away

00:16:18.580 --> 00:16:19.440
 gets his list

00:16:19.440 --> 00:16:20.060
 of credentials

00:16:20.060 --> 00:16:21.159
 and strikes them

00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:21.460
 out

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 as a loss

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 their asset

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 value had

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 dropped

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 significantly

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 to the point

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 where they

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 were no longer

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 profitable

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 and more

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 than that

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 they weren't

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 just no longer

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 profitable

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 they were now

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 a liability

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 they are now

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 costly

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 to Paul

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 and so he

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 has to strike

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 them out

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 and get rid

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 of them

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 lest these

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 liabilities

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 would now

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 affect

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 or even

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 take away

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 what he has

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 gained

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 as something

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 so precious

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 in Jesus

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 indeed he

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 feels so

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 strong

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 seeing

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 seeing

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 the things

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 not only

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 as he

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 wants

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 valued

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 as

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 merely

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 lost

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 but also

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 as

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 trash

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 and garbage

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 in verse

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 9

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 now the

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 translation

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 here is

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 probably

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 not strong

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 enough

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 the word

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 used

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 is

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 skubala

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 it's

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 more or less

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 of an

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 ancient

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 swear word

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 and the

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 early church

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 fathers

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 who were

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 reading

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 Paul

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 were so

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 embarrassed

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 by Paul's

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 use of

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 the word

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 they tried

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 to kind

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 of soften

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 it a little

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 bit

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 saying no

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 Paul

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 didn't

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 really

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 mean

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 that

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 he more

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 meant

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 just

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 you know

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 not very

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 nice

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 not very

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 good

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 worthless

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 but in

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 reality

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 the word

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 describes

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 something

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 vulgar

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 and abhorrent

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 it's better

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 understood

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 as someone's

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 excrement

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 dung

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 and crap

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 are probably

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 the strongest

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 words I could

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 use in front

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 of you right

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 now

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 but that's

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 how he

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 considers his

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 past credentials

00:17:43.279 --> 00:17:44.880
 crap

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 it might

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 seem so

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 drastic

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 and offensive

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 and it

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 should

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 but Paul

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 is so

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 deeply

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 convicted

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 that if

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 he doesn't

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 draw the

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 line

00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:57.740
 to such

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 an extreme

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 if he

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 gives

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 even some

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 value to

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 his past

00:18:02.099 --> 00:18:02.759
 credentials

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 then he

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 will be

00:18:04.019 --> 00:18:04.440
 giving them

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 a foothold

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 into his

00:18:06.639 --> 00:18:07.059
 heart

00:18:07.059 --> 00:18:08.039
 he'll be

00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:08.359
 giving them

00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:09.099
 a chance

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 for him

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 to then

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 view the

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 gospel

00:18:13.159 --> 00:18:13.720
 through

00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:14.619
 his

00:18:14.619 --> 00:18:15.079
 credentials

00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:15.639
 the lens

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 of his

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 credentials

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 and that's

00:18:18.859 --> 00:18:19.240
 just not

00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:19.740
 worth it

00:18:19.740 --> 00:18:20.179
 for Paul

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 so much

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 so that he

00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:22.759
 sits in

00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:23.000
 prison

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 writing

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 these words

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 having

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 truly lost

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 everything

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 that he's

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 ever had

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 but having

00:18:29.019 --> 00:18:29.639
 kept and

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 having always

00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:30.799
 gained

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 Jesus

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 which is

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 all he

00:18:33.159 --> 00:18:33.579
 needs

00:18:33.579 --> 00:18:35.919
 you see

00:18:35.919 --> 00:18:36.480
 the danger

00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:37.319
 for Paul

00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:38.199
 is that

00:18:38.199 --> 00:18:39.960
 if he

00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:40.659
 places any

00:18:40.659 --> 00:18:41.240
 value in

00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:41.799
 these things

00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:42.319
 he'd be

00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:42.859
 tempted to

00:18:42.859 --> 00:18:43.659
 also place

00:18:43.659 --> 00:18:44.339
 his confidence

00:18:44.339 --> 00:18:44.899
 in these

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 things as

00:18:45.439 --> 00:18:45.799
 well

00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:48.019
 and therefore

00:18:48.019 --> 00:18:48.740
 his confidence

00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:49.259
 for them

00:18:49.259 --> 00:18:50.039
 in salvation

00:18:50.039 --> 00:18:51.139
 and that's

00:18:51.139 --> 00:18:51.659
 the primary

00:18:51.659 --> 00:18:52.599
 issue for us

00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:52.879
 here

00:18:52.879 --> 00:18:53.960
 it's the

00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:54.659
 temptation to

00:18:54.659 --> 00:18:55.099
 look at the

00:18:55.099 --> 00:18:55.460
 things we

00:18:55.460 --> 00:18:56.039
 value in

00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:56.599
 our life

00:18:56.599 --> 00:18:57.699
 and place

00:18:57.699 --> 00:18:58.359
 our confidence

00:18:58.359 --> 00:18:58.799
 and our

00:18:58.799 --> 00:18:59.779
 trust in

00:18:59.779 --> 00:19:00.899
 them above

00:19:00.899 --> 00:19:01.460
 Christ

00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:02.600
 allowing

00:19:02.600 --> 00:19:02.980
 them

00:19:02.980 --> 00:19:03.660
 allowing

00:19:03.660 --> 00:19:03.920
 them

00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:04.200
 for the

00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:04.500
 gospel

00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:04.880
 to become

00:19:04.880 --> 00:19:05.400
 corrupted

00:19:05.400 --> 00:19:06.519
 and distorted

00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:07.940
 it's a

00:19:07.940 --> 00:19:08.680
 subtle danger

00:19:08.680 --> 00:19:10.180
 but one

00:19:10.180 --> 00:19:10.700
 that comes

00:19:10.700 --> 00:19:11.180
 at great

00:19:11.180 --> 00:19:11.680
 cost

00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:12.200
 if it's

00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:12.620
 left

00:19:12.620 --> 00:19:14.799
 unchecked

00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:15.120
 indeed

00:19:15.120 --> 00:19:15.620
 what's at

00:19:15.620 --> 00:19:15.960
 stake

00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:16.759
 for Paul

00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:17.460
 was the

00:19:17.460 --> 00:19:17.720
 knowledge

00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:18.319
 that came

00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:19.140
 by gaining

00:19:19.140 --> 00:19:19.720
 Christ

00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:20.559
 a knowledge

00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:21.500
 unsurpassed

00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:22.079
 in value

00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:23.200
 verse 9

00:19:23.200 --> 00:19:24.340
 and be

00:19:24.340 --> 00:19:24.840
 found in

00:19:24.840 --> 00:19:25.160
 him

00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:25.980
 not having

00:19:25.980 --> 00:19:26.980
 a righteousness

00:19:26.980 --> 00:19:27.840
 of my own

00:19:27.840 --> 00:19:28.579
 that comes

00:19:28.579 --> 00:19:28.819
 from the

00:19:28.819 --> 00:19:29.019
 Lord

00:19:29.019 --> 00:19:29.480
 but that

00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:29.920
 which is

00:19:29.920 --> 00:19:30.860
 through faith

00:19:30.860 --> 00:19:31.580
 in Christ

00:19:31.580 --> 00:19:32.560
 the righteousness

00:19:32.560 --> 00:19:33.120
 that comes

00:19:33.120 --> 00:19:33.720
 from God

00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:33.980
 and the

00:19:33.980 --> 00:19:34.519
 basis of

00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:35.000
 faith

00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:35.900
 I want

00:19:35.900 --> 00:19:36.340
 to know

00:19:36.340 --> 00:19:36.800
 Christ

00:19:36.800 --> 00:19:37.140
 yes

00:19:37.140 --> 00:19:37.400
 to know

00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:37.840
 the power

00:19:37.840 --> 00:19:38.000
 of his

00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:38.460
 resurrection

00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:39.700
 and participation

00:19:39.700 --> 00:19:40.060
 in his

00:19:40.060 --> 00:19:40.620
 sufferings

00:19:40.620 --> 00:19:41.300
 but becoming

00:19:41.300 --> 00:19:41.880
 like him

00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:42.120
 in his

00:19:42.120 --> 00:19:42.460
 death

00:19:42.460 --> 00:19:43.180
 and so

00:19:43.180 --> 00:19:43.660
 somehow

00:19:43.660 --> 00:19:44.180
 attaining

00:19:44.180 --> 00:19:44.779
 to the

00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:45.140
 resurrection

00:19:45.140 --> 00:19:45.700
 from the

00:19:45.700 --> 00:19:45.940
 dead

00:19:45.940 --> 00:19:47.340
 the knowledge

00:19:47.340 --> 00:19:48.019
 of Christ

00:19:48.019 --> 00:19:49.539
 that we

00:19:49.539 --> 00:19:50.039
 are made

00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:50.620
 right with

00:19:50.620 --> 00:19:50.900
 God

00:19:50.900 --> 00:19:51.560
 through faith

00:19:51.560 --> 00:19:51.860
 alone

00:19:51.860 --> 00:19:52.200
 that we

00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:52.580
 are made

00:19:52.580 --> 00:19:53.080
 righteous

00:19:53.080 --> 00:19:54.000
 through

00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:54.660
 Christ's

00:19:54.660 --> 00:19:55.220
 own work

00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:55.660
 itself

00:19:55.660 --> 00:19:56.160
 that we

00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:56.680
 partake

00:19:56.680 --> 00:19:57.140
 not only

00:19:57.140 --> 00:19:57.400
 in his

00:19:57.400 --> 00:19:57.940
 suffering

00:19:57.940 --> 00:19:58.620
 but in his

00:19:58.620 --> 00:19:59.180
 resurrection

00:19:59.180 --> 00:20:00.200
 that we

00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:00.580
 can one

00:20:00.580 --> 00:20:00.900
 day be

00:20:00.900 --> 00:20:01.240
 assured

00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:01.500
 that our

00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:01.799
 own

00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:02.299
 resurrection

00:20:02.299 --> 00:20:03.000
 as well

00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:04.240
 all of

00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:04.600
 this

00:20:04.600 --> 00:20:05.320
 our

00:20:05.320 --> 00:20:05.680
 knowledge

00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:06.160
 in Jesus

00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:06.600
 is at

00:20:06.600 --> 00:20:07.120
 stake

00:20:07.120 --> 00:20:08.060
 for Paul

00:20:08.060 --> 00:20:09.680
 when we

00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:10.140
 fail to

00:20:10.140 --> 00:20:10.480
 consider

00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:10.920
 everything

00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:11.500
 loss

00:20:11.500 --> 00:20:12.880
 a liability

00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:14.180
 to gain

00:20:14.180 --> 00:20:14.759
 Jesus

00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:18.500
 what are

00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:18.960
 the things

00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:19.500
 in your

00:20:19.500 --> 00:20:20.039
 life

00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:21.380
 that are

00:20:21.380 --> 00:20:21.840
 potentially

00:20:21.840 --> 00:20:22.340
 becoming

00:20:22.340 --> 00:20:23.340
 more and

00:20:23.340 --> 00:20:24.140
 more of a

00:20:24.140 --> 00:20:24.539
 liability

00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:25.720
 to your

00:20:25.720 --> 00:20:26.160
 faith

00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:27.720
 is it

00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:28.300
 your desire

00:20:28.300 --> 00:20:28.600
 to be

00:20:28.600 --> 00:20:29.100
 seen

00:20:29.100 --> 00:20:30.180
 as holy

00:20:30.180 --> 00:20:30.920
 and good

00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:32.360
 are you

00:20:32.360 --> 00:20:32.740
 beginning to

00:20:32.740 --> 00:20:33.120
 think that

00:20:33.120 --> 00:20:33.340
 to be

00:20:33.340 --> 00:20:33.759
 saved

00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:34.160
 and right

00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:34.920
 before God

00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:35.240
 you need

00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:35.600
 to be at

00:20:35.600 --> 00:20:36.180
 least this

00:20:36.180 --> 00:20:36.580
 good

00:20:36.580 --> 00:20:37.200
 or have

00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:37.779
 done this

00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:38.019
 in your

00:20:38.019 --> 00:20:38.240
 life

00:20:38.240 --> 00:20:38.440
 and have

00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:38.860
 never done

00:20:38.860 --> 00:20:39.279
 that

00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:42.560
 is it

00:20:42.560 --> 00:20:43.019
 your desire

00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:43.279
 to be

00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:43.720
 comfortable

00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:45.080
 and happy

00:20:45.080 --> 00:20:46.160
 are you

00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:46.580
 beginning to

00:20:46.580 --> 00:20:47.259
 think that

00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:47.960
 it's

00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:49.080
 unimaginable

00:20:49.080 --> 00:20:49.500
 that God

00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:50.120
 would ever

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 ever take

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 away good

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 things from

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 you

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 that he

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 would ever

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 let you

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 suffer

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 and then still

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 be good

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 somehow

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 these

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 things

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 are

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 liabilities

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 the gospel

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 calls us

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 to consider

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 garbage

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 lest

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 we lose

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 our faith

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 in the

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 true knowledge

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 of Jesus

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 they have

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 potential

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 to shipwreck

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 your faith

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 and make you

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 lose sight

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 of the truth

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 they have the

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 potential to

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 destroy your

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 knowledge

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 of what is

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 true

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 what in

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 your life

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 that you

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 value

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 is becoming

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 more and

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 more of a

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 liability

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 what is it

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 as you sit

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 here now

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 reassessing your

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 relationship with

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 the world

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 what are the

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 things in your

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 life

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 the things

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 that you

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 value

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 that might

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 become your

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 liability to

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 what you

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 should value

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 most

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 Jesus

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 how do we

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 continue to

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 not lose

00:21:49.659 --> 00:21:50.059
 sight

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 of Jesus

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 how do we

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 stop everyday

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 things in our

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 life becoming

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 too valuable

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 because reality

00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:58.059
 is we're

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 bombarded

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 every single

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 day by a

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:00.740
 world that

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 tells us to

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 value this

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 or value that

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 value your own

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 comfort

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 value your own

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 happiness

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 value your own

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 life above

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 anything else

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 it's hard to

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 keep Jesus at the

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 centre of our

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 life

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 it's hard to

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 continue to

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 see him as

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 the most precious

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 and valuable

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 thing in our

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 life when the

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 world is saying

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 otherwise

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 and we only

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 gather here

00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:21.000
 once a week

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:21.500
 the world is

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 bombarding us

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 six other

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 days of the

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 week 24

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 7

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 so how do

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 we not

00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:27.299
 lose sight of

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 Jesus and

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 how do we

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 continue to

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 value him

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 above all

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 else that we

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 might not let

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 liabilities in

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 our life

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 take that away

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 it's very simple

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 actually but

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 very hard to

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 do

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 and at the

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 beginning of

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 the first

00:22:43.400 --> 00:22:43.859
 verse

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 he says

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 Paul at the

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 very beginning

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 further my

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 brothers and

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 sisters rejoice

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 rejoice in

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 the Lord

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 Paul's command

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 to watch out

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 for those in

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 the church who

00:22:56.020 --> 00:22:56.980
 might warp our

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 understanding of

00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:58.800
 the gospel stems

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 from his ultimate

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 purpose for us

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 his ultimate

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:02.300
 command for us

00:23:02.300 --> 00:23:02.780
 as a church

00:23:02.780 --> 00:23:03.680
 and that is to

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 rejoice rejoice

00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:07.120
 always in Jesus

00:23:07.120 --> 00:23:08.759
 to never forget

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 who and what

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 is at the

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 centre of your

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 life of our

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 life to choose

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 daily to make

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 the object of

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 your joy and

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 of your delight

00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:20.519
 your passion

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:22.539
 Jesus who

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 is supremely

00:23:23.419 --> 00:23:24.279
 more valuable

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 than anything

00:23:24.939 --> 00:23:25.819
 you could ever

00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:27.259
 gain in this

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:28.500
 life he has

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 made a way for

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 you to know

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 God he is the

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 one who can

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 give you what

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 the world is

00:23:33.619 --> 00:23:34.459
 searching for in

00:23:34.459 --> 00:23:35.039
 all the wrong

00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:36.359
 places eternal

00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:37.659
 life he is the

00:23:37.659 --> 00:23:38.339
 one who gives us

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 hope in times of

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 suffering and

00:23:40.379 --> 00:23:41.979
 despair and in a

00:23:41.979 --> 00:23:42.919
 chaotic world we

00:23:42.919 --> 00:23:43.919
 can hold on to

00:23:43.919 --> 00:23:46.099
 him knowing that

00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:46.599
 he will bring

00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:49.240
 us through and

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 so daily choose

00:23:50.439 --> 00:23:51.480
 him choose to

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:52.539
 take joy in

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:53.319
 him choose to

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 rejoice in

00:23:54.379 --> 00:23:55.359
 him continue to

00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:56.500
 make him the

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:58.259
 object of joy in

00:23:58.259 --> 00:24:00.599
 your life make

00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:01.319
 reading the word

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:02.219
 a priority make

00:24:02.219 --> 00:24:03.199
 prayer a priority

00:24:03.199 --> 00:24:03.939
 make gathering

00:24:03.939 --> 00:24:04.839
 together in small

00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:05.959
 group a priority

00:24:05.959 --> 00:24:06.559
 that you might

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:07.839
 continue to look

00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:08.500
 at the world for

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.039
 the lens of the

00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:10.139
 gospel and not the

00:24:10.139 --> 00:24:11.500
 world through the

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:16.099
 gospel the world

00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:16.799
 will always be

00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:17.759
 there to feed our

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.880
 pride to tempt us

00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:20.079
 to find value in

00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:21.359
 things of the

00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:24.200
 world and so it

00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:25.039
 will always bombard

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:25.680
 us and it will

00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:26.519
 always be difficult

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:27.640
 but that's why we

00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:29.200
 have this right

00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:30.740
 now that's why we

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.500
 gather together

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:32.779
 because what we're

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.440
 doing here right

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:35.099
 now is reminding

00:24:35.099 --> 00:24:35.880
 each other of the

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:36.400
 good news of

00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:37.720
 Jesus we gather

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.700
 here each Sunday

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.579
 to continue to

00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:41.119
 reassess our life

00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:41.759
 against the

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.759
 gospel itself to

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.459
 continue to tell

00:24:43.459 --> 00:24:44.179
 each other the

00:24:44.179 --> 00:24:44.799
 good news of

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.459
 Jesus that we

00:24:45.459 --> 00:24:46.259
 might continue to

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:47.319
 place him in our

00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:48.059
 life as the most

00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:49.139
 valuable thing there

00:24:49.139 --> 00:24:52.739
 is we remind each

00:24:52.739 --> 00:24:53.219
 other of this good

00:24:53.219 --> 00:24:54.519
 news so for those

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:55.199
 of us who doubt

00:24:55.199 --> 00:24:55.959
 that good news we

00:24:55.959 --> 00:24:57.039
 can be encouraged

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:58.579
 encouraged to

00:24:58.579 --> 00:24:59.459
 continue trusting

00:24:59.459 --> 00:25:00.159
 in Jesus as the

00:25:00.159 --> 00:25:01.059
 most ultimate and

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:02.159
 valuable thing and

00:25:02.159 --> 00:25:02.679
 for those of us

00:25:02.679 --> 00:25:03.579
 here who have

00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:04.979
 forgotten that who

00:25:04.979 --> 00:25:05.619
 have begun to

00:25:05.619 --> 00:25:06.559
 value other things

00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:07.339
 in the world we

00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:08.459
 come to him remind

00:25:08.459 --> 00:25:09.379
 each other that no

00:25:09.379 --> 00:25:10.659
 Jesus is the most

00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:11.519
 valuable thing and

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:13.500
 so repent and turn

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:14.460
 back to Jesus that

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:15.279
 we might continue to

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:16.380
 rejoice in him and

00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:18.300
 him alone because he

00:25:18.300 --> 00:25:19.580
 is the most satisfying

00:25:19.580 --> 00:25:21.880
 thing the most worthy

00:25:21.880 --> 00:25:23.500
 thing of our time and

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.900
 our praise there is

00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:26.420
 nothing better in this

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:27.460
 whole world than

00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:28.720
 gaining and keeping

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:30.340
 Jesus which is yours

00:25:30.340 --> 00:25:31.820
 today and this

00:25:31.820 --> 00:25:34.140
 evening so continue to

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:37.140
 rejoice in him let me

00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:41.460
 pray heavenly father we

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:42.880
 thank you so much that

00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:43.840
 in your word you are

00:25:43.840 --> 00:25:45.420
 merciful to us and

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:46.840
 you reveal to us how

00:25:46.840 --> 00:25:47.840
 we can know you through

00:25:47.840 --> 00:25:49.759
 your son we pray father

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.580
 that we would not be

00:25:50.580 --> 00:25:51.940
 tempted by this world

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:53.280
 to value other things

00:25:53.280 --> 00:25:55.960
 to look and to read the

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.960
 gospel through the

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:57.960
 things of this world

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:59.680
 that we value but father

00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:01.420
 we continue to reassess

00:26:01.420 --> 00:26:03.780
 ourselves always through

00:26:03.780 --> 00:26:04.660
 the lens of the gospel

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:06.680
 would we always see how

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:08.259
 incredibly wonderful it

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:09.640
 is the gift of your son

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:11.120
 that he has come to save

00:26:11.120 --> 00:26:12.400
 us and to die for us

00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:13.680
 that we might know you

00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:16.360
 father we pray that we

00:26:16.360 --> 00:26:17.100
 would never take our

00:26:17.100 --> 00:26:18.019
 eyes off of him that we

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:19.320
 would continue to always

00:26:19.320 --> 00:26:21.840
 trust in him and to see

00:26:21.840 --> 00:26:23.680
 him as the most valuable

00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:25.980
 thing in our life that we

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:27.660
 would always keep him for

00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:30.340
 all eternity and we pray

00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:32.319
 this in your son's precious

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:33.819
 name amen