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 Good morning.

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 Let me say a couple things before we get to the task at hand, which is the Lord's word.

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 It is a great privilege to be with this church in particular.

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 You have had a journey since COVID began.

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 We've all been on our own journey with that.

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 Each church has had to navigate it, but you've lost your facility and needed to bounce around.

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 And the flexibility that you have shown and your faithfulness to this body is just demonstrated by the number of people that are in front of me today.

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 And I count it an unplanned privilege to shut down your time here at this community center and send you back to the location I know that you started.

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 Let's give our attention, if we could, for the next bit of time to the word of the Lord.

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 Would you turn in your Bibles, please, to Psalm 119.

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 I'll be reading the whole thing.

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 No, I won't. I won't.

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 It's a very long psalm.

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 We're going to be looking at just one stanza of this very long psalm, verses 9 through 16.

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 But before we get there, I want to give you a heads up of what this sermon is looking to accomplish.

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 Every sermon, after it exposits a text and helps you understand what's being said to the original audience,

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 every sermon tends to try to then make it applicable to help you understand the claim it makes on your life through application.

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 And, of course, this sermon will do that.

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 But it's designed to do even more than that.

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 By teaching this passage in the way I'm teaching it, the hope is that you'll do more than just learn Psalm 119, verses 9 through 16.

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 The hope is that you'll learn, to an even greater degree, how to apply the Bible.

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 How to take any passage and ask it questions so that it has a claim on your life,

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 so that you understand the difference it's supposed to make in your life.

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 And so I've titled this sermon, Putting Truth to Work.

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 And we're going to demonstrate that coming out of Psalm 119.

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 Now, I want you to picture a kitchen sponge right next to the sink.

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 Now, maybe you're the kind of people that use the yellow sponge with the green scrubby on the back.

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 Maybe yours is blue with a darker blue scrubby on the back.

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 Maybe you don't have a scrubby.

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 I think those people still exist somewhere.

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 But whatever comes to mind when you think of your kitchen sponge, just picture it sitting there.

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 There's no water around it.

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 By all appearances, the sponge is dry.

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 And so you go and you pick it up and you squeeze it over your sink and water comes pouring out of the sponge.

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 Okay, you with me on the picture?

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 All right.

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 That sponge laying there next to the sink, we're going to call that professed faith.

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 It's the faith that you profess.

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 This will all make sense, trust me, in about 65 seconds.

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 Professed faith.

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 It's the faith that we say we believe.

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 It's what we study.

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 It's how we would answer a theological exam.

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 Then you take it and you squeeze it over your sink.

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 And let's call that water that comes out functional faith.

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 It's what happens in our life when heat gets applied.

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 It's what happens when things don't go according to plan.

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 Functional faith is the faith that we live out of when we ourselves are squeezed.

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 Professed faith is real.

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 But we never live out of everything we say we believe.

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 We only live out of what we truly believe.

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 That's what our faith functions out of.

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 That's what we see in our lives when we are squeezed.

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 And in each of our lives, there's a gap, isn't there?

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 Between what we know about God and what we live really believing about God.

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 There's a difference in how we would answer a question on a test and how we respond when we're squeezed.

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 And that gap is where your besetting sins lie.

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 That gap is where doubts live.

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 That gap is where you're vulnerable to attack and temptation.

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 And the hope this morning is to give you a roadmap on how to close that gap.

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 How to take what you really in your heart of hearts believe to be true

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 and help it take one step closer to what you know the Bible says is true.

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 Okay, the entire message is designed to help close that gap and put truth to work.

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 And we're going to do that out of Psalm 119.

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 Let's read that passage together.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 How can a young man keep his way pure?

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 By guarding it according to your word.

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 With my whole heart I seek you.

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 Let me not wander from your commandments.

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 I have stored up your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.

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 Blessed are you, O Lord.

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 Teach me your statutes.

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 With my lips I declare all the rules of your mouth.

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 In the way of your testimonies I delight as much as in all riches.

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 I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways.

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 I will delight in your statutes.

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 I will not forget your word.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, as we come now to sitting under and applying your word,

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 Lord, we ask for the help of your spirit to open our ears and our minds,

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 to overcome even the weaknesses of my preaching,

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 and that your spirit would take your truth and apply it personally

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 and specifically in each of our hearts.

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 Change us because we've sat under your word this morning.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 Now if you come to a passage like this, let's say, in your own devotions,

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 it's easy to turn this into a checklist.

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 Keep my way pure.

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 How am I doing?

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 I'm staying pretty clean.

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 Check.

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 Store up God's word.

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 Work on my Bible memory.

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 Check.

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 We apply ourselves to growth, which is good,

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 but we often do it in a strength that we generate,

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 in a to-do way of doing it.

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 And we do it sometimes in the wrong power and for the wrong reasons.

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 And in this passage, we are called to something we will never fully attain,

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 this side of heaven.

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 And what is it?

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 We will never fully attain it, perfectly live that out.

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 We are finite creatures.

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 And in our own strength, we are weak and we are frail

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 and we are vulnerable to temptation.

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 And even as we grow in purity, which each of us must do,

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 as we follow Christ, we each must walk in purity as we can.

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 And we fall woefully short of the required standard.

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 And here's the truth, and it's good news.

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 Only one has kept his way perfectly pure.

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 Only one has stored God's word in his heart that he might not sin.

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 Only one has sought God with his whole heart.

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 And his name is Jesus.

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 And while we're called to follow his example and to walk according to his ways,

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 we do not attain purity by discipline and obedience alone.

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 In fact, the way to break the power of sin in our lives is to entrust ourselves to his righteousness,

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 is to take all of our hope and lay it on Jesus.

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 He lived a life that was free from sin and was full of righteousness.

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 And in his immeasurable love and God's immeasurable wisdom,

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 God covers us in the righteousness that Jesus earned.

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 And he's laid upon Jesus the penalty and judgment we have earned.

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 2 Corinthians 5 says it very plainly.

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 For our sake, God made Jesus to be sin,

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 who knew no sin,

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 so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

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 This is good news for our functional faith.

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 Because you don't dig yourself out of the pit.

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 In God's mercy, he pulls us out of the pit.

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 And he puts us on a rock.

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 Firm footing.

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 When we entrust ourselves to him,

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 God looks at us not as failures who have to get their acts together,

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 but as righteous children of God in whom is all his delight.

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 In whom he pours his grace and his mercy.

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 For our functional faith,

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 we don't have to dig ourselves out of a hole to have hope.

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 No, our functional faith begins when we truly believe this.

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 Our functional faith begins on a rock.

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 Out of the muck and out of the mire.

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 We don't earn God's favor by applying this.

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 We already have God's favor because of Jesus.

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 And we run after purity,

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 not because we want to be free,

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 but because God has already freed us from the power of sin.

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 And so as you're thinking about whatever sin came to mind

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 when I talked about the gap,

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 where your besetting sins lie,

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 or where your temptations or doubts lie,

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 whatever came to mind,

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 as we approach that very topic,

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 and as you see this call on how to address your functional faith,

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 we start with victory.

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 So as you hear this,

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 there is no discouragement to be had.

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 There is no huge mountain to climb.

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 No, because of God's mercy,

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 he not only gives us his righteousness,

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 but in this fight he gives us his help.

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 And we know,

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 because the scriptures say it,

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 you would answer it on a theological test,

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 that we can do all things in Christ

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 who strengthens us.

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 That's the hope we can bring

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 to dealing with a faith

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 that doesn't rise to what we know the Bible says.

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 We can bring hope to it.

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 And so Lord,

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 we can say,

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 squeeze us.

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 Let us see what we're made of.

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 And when I see something that falls short of your promises,

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 remind me of Jesus.

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 Remind me of Christ.

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 Remind me of hope

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 and of the help you provide

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 when I confess,

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 when I repent.

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 And what happens

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 is our functional faith rises.

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 All right,

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 that's just all the introduction.

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 Are you with me?

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 Let's jump into the first point.

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 Relying on God's word.

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 There's a premise in this passage

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 that if we don't buy it up front,

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 we're going to end up applying

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 the rest of this passage really unhelpfully.

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 And the premise is this,

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 that we can keep our way pure

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 if we live according to God's word.

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 It says it very plainly in verse nine.

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 Take a look.

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 How can a young man keep his way pure?

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 By guarding it according to your word.

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 So let me ask you a couple questions

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 to see if you buy into this premise functionally.

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 We know the Bible says it.

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 I just read it to you.

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 So that's our professed faith.

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 But do we really believe it?

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 Let me ask you a couple questions.

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 In your biggest areas of temptations,

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 what role does God's word play?

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 When you're facing hardship

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 and someone shares the word of God with you,

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 are you typically resistant to that

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 or receptive to that?

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 When you're walking through a trial,

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 do you find that you spend less time in God's word

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 or more time in God's word?

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 If we genuinely functionally believe

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 that it's God's word living according to that

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 that keeps our way pure,

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 in trial we will double down in our time in the word.

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 We will invest further

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 because we need the instruction.

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 We need the reminders.

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 We need the strength that comes from his authoritative word.

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 We need to be so sure of what God says in his word

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 that we will stake all we have

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 and all we are on what he says.

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 All right, let me illustrate this.

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 Let's imagine that I'm friends with a structural engineer.

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 I know this person to be excellent,

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 high integrity,

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 and I've seen her work before

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 and she does excellent work.

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 Okay?

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 I could look closely at the design

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 and the blueprints of a bridge that's being built

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 and I could be convinced

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 she has covered every detail.

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 I could stand there

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 and watch the construction team

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 put the bridge together

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 and make sure that they don't cut corners

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 or skip details.

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 I could walk with her

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 as she examines the finished product

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 and watch her sign off on it

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 that it's ready to bear the weight.

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 And then I can turn and tell you

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 that is a bridge that can hold up your weight.

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 Go ahead and walk across it.

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 And I haven't yet expressed

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 an ounce of functional faith.

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 That's all professed faith.

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 When do I express functional faith?

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 When I step on it.

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 Now, I'm so confident in her work

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 that I'm entrusting myself to it.

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 This needs to be our relationship

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 with the promises of God.

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 Not that we just learn them,

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 not that we can teach them,

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 not that we can sing songs about them

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 or tell them to others.

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 Yes, all of that, but not just that.

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 We need to be so certain of God's promises

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 that we're gonna step out onto them.

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 And if I fall, it'll be because God failed,

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 not because I failed to trust him.

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 When we're able to do that over and over again,

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 our functional faith rises to the faith

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 that we profess and we experience

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 the power and the care

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 and the ministry that comes

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 by trusting in God.

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 Our goal as Christians,

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 as we rely on God's word,

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 is not to trust what we see,

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 but to trust the one who speaks his promises,

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 to know the character of God so thoroughly

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 that when all of the signs around us

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 betray what we know,

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 we step anyway because God said it.

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 Lord, I have no idea what you're doing.

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 Nothing that's happened in the last weeks

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 reflects how I understand love.

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 But you tell me you love me

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 and you tell me you're going to be there for me.

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 So I'm not gonna turn from you.

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 I'm gonna step to you

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 because anywhere I turn

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 does not have the words of life.

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 Only Jesus does.

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 That's what relying on God's word looks like.

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 That we entrust all we are

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 to what he says

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 and we take him at his word.

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 So if that's what relying on God's word looks like,

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 what does it look like to apply God's word?

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 That's the second point we'll spend most of the time

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 looking at the rest of this passage

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 of applying God's word.

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 About eight years ago now,

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 I was playing floor hockey

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 with all the pastors that I serve with.

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 I serve with 10 other guys now.

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 It was probably 12 or 13 at that point

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 before we planted a couple churches.

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 And we were on a team retreat

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 and during that retreat,

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 we always do something athletic

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 that reminds all of us how old we are.

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 And floor hockey was the punishment of the day.

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 So we're playing floor hockey

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 and we don't use like full sticks

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 because we'd kill one another.

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 So we use these little plastic kid sticks.

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 Right?

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 It's actually,

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 we would never allow video out of this.

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 No one would follow us at church.

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 But,

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 so we're running around with these sticks

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 bent over for like an hour

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 and I throw my back out.

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 Right?

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 Two days later,

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 I'm at my chiropractor,

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 a good friend,

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 and he pays me the most unkind compliment.

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 Here's what he says to me.

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 Rob,

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 your back muscles

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 are so strong.

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 It's a good start.

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 They are overcoming your weak abs.

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 And then he charged me for the visit

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 is what happened.

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 The point there

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 is that I have a part of my body

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 that's overdeveloped

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 or strengthened

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 and a part of my body

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 that's underdeveloped.

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 And that part that's underdeveloped

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 causes my whole body to suffer.

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 This is what happens

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 in our spiritual lives.

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 We have some areas we love.

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 Some areas that are easy for us to believe.

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 Some promises of God

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 we'd never doubt.

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 We step out on the bridge.

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 We do a dance on the bridge.

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 But there are other areas

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 we just don't trust him.

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 We won't entrust ourselves to him.

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 And those weak areas

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 are where we get attacked.

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 So what do we need to do?

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 What do I need to do

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 to fix that problem

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 of my back overcoming my weak

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 abs?

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 I need to first of all

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 stop playing floor hockey

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 with tiny sticks.

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 But after that

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 I need to strengthen

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 the weak area

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 so that my body

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 can be balanced

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 and healthy.

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 We need to strengthen

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 the weak areas

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 of our lives

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 of our spiritual lives

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 so that our whole soul

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 can be balanced

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 and strengthened.

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 And this passage

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 gives us seven areas

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 we can examine.

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 The first one

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 is treasuring

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 God's word.

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 Take a look at verse 10.

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 With my whole heart

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 I seek you.

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 Let me not wander

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 from your commandments.

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 Let's just accept

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 the truth of this.

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 We treasure

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 what is most important

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 to us.

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 It's not necessarily

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 objectively

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 the greatest thing.

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 It's just subjective

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 in our hearts.

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 What matters most

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 to us

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 is what we treasure.

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 And it's not necessarily

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 the most monetary

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 you know

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 the highest monetary value.

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 If you've had

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 a house fire

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 just imagine

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 a house fire

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 you're not running

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 and grabbing

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 the sofa

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 and the TV.

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 You're not running

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 to get the piano

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 out of the house.

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 You're running

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 to get the kids

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 and things

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 like photographs.

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 Hopefully in that order

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 not the photographs first.

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 Get the kids safe

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 and then you can get

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 the other things.

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 We treasure

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 what matters

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 most to us.

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 Jesus' relationship

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 with God's word

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 was very clear.

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 He treasured

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 the word of God

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 and always did

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 the will of the Father.

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 David's relationship

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 with the word of God

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 was very clear.

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 When he treasured

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 God's word

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 he was victorious.

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 He walked in strength.

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 Even when chased

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 by Saul

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 he brought honor

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 to God.

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 When he failed

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 to entrust himself

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 to God's word

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 when he ceased

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 to treasure it

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 he falls into sin.

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 Growing

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 knowing

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 in how

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 you treasure

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 God's word

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 will strengthen

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 you from the inside out.

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 Okay the first

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.059
 area

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 we need to examine

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 is how are we doing

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 at treasuring

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 the word of God.

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 Next

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 we memorize

00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:48.779
 God's word.

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 Take a look

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 at verse 11.

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 I have stored up

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 your word

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 in my heart

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 that I might not

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 sin against you.

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 Many times

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 we don't obey

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 because we don't know

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 what God has to say

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.340
 on the matter.

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 Often times

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 conviction

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 comes not

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 as we're

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 considering a sin

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 but in the aftermath

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 of a sin.

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 But if God's word

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 is stored

00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:19.039
 in our hearts

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 it's always there

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 to instruct us.

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 And if we believe

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 that the way

00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:24.500
 we keep our way

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 pure

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 is by guarding it

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 according to his word

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 and that word

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 is in our arsenal

00:23:30.739 --> 00:23:32.099
 for whatever battle

00:23:32.099 --> 00:23:32.959
 we would face

00:23:32.959 --> 00:23:33.739
 each day

00:23:33.739 --> 00:23:35.500
 then we

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.659
 don't live

00:23:36.659 --> 00:23:37.279
 in ignorance.

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 We don't live

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 below what he's

00:23:39.739 --> 00:23:40.279
 called us to.

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 We can rise

00:23:41.139 --> 00:23:41.619
 to what he's

00:23:41.619 --> 00:23:42.079
 called us to

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 because we know

00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.639
 what his will is.

00:23:43.919 --> 00:23:44.459
 We know

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 what he says.

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 And when we talk

00:23:47.119 --> 00:23:48.159
 about Bible memory

00:23:48.159 --> 00:23:50.079
 some will say

00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:51.519
 okay I'm in

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 I get it

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 I'm going to start

00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:54.359
 memorizing my Bible

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 and you start

00:23:55.459 --> 00:23:56.239
 by memorizing

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:57.079
 Psalm 119

00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:57.960
 in its entirety

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 or the book

00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.660
 of Philippians

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 or the book

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.160
 of Romans.

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 And those are

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:03.940
 fine things to do

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 I don't want

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 to demean that.

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.539
 I'm suggesting

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:07.819
 however a starting

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.660
 place be a little

00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:09.380
 more strategic

00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:10.000
 than that.

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 Remember the gap

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 between our

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.480
 professed faith

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:14.140
 and our functional

00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:14.579
 faith.

00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:16.460
 Whatever temptations

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:17.079
 or sins

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:17.920
 are living there

00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:20.140
 memorize passages

00:24:20.140 --> 00:24:20.880
 of the scriptures

00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:21.559
 that address

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.640
 those things.

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 don't start

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 with large

00:24:26.140 --> 00:24:26.759
 books of the

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.040
 Bible.

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 Be surgical

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:29.220
 in how

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:31.000
 you equip

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.540
 your heart

00:24:31.540 --> 00:24:32.200
 to engage

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.620
 battle.

00:24:33.380 --> 00:24:33.940
 And then as you

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:35.040
 see strength

00:24:35.040 --> 00:24:35.560
 grow

00:24:35.560 --> 00:24:36.740
 as you grow

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.300
 in holiness

00:24:37.300 --> 00:24:38.440
 and you see

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:39.060
 the value

00:24:39.060 --> 00:24:39.840
 of God's word

00:24:39.840 --> 00:24:40.480
 applied in

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:41.520
 specific areas

00:24:41.520 --> 00:24:42.560
 then we can go

00:24:42.560 --> 00:24:43.640
 to larger chapters

00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:44.680
 or books

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.380
 of the Bible.

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.320
 It's a wonderful

00:24:46.320 --> 00:24:47.380
 exercise

00:24:47.380 --> 00:24:48.400
 spiritual discipline

00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:49.680
 but be strategic

00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:50.220
 first.

00:24:50.560 --> 00:24:51.140
 Address those

00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:52.360
 areas in the gap

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:53.159
 and watch

00:24:53.159 --> 00:24:53.859
 it close.

00:24:56.139 --> 00:24:56.819
 Next

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:57.859
 we study

00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:58.899
 God's word.

00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.839
 Look at verse 12.

00:25:01.679 --> 00:25:02.679
 Blessed are you

00:25:02.679 --> 00:25:03.319
 oh Lord

00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:04.579
 teach me

00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:06.439
 your statutes.

00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:08.419
 A disciple

00:25:08.419 --> 00:25:09.619
 of Jesus

00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:11.000
 infers

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.719
 that we are

00:25:11.719 --> 00:25:12.299
 not only

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:12.839
 following

00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:13.639
 but learning

00:25:13.639 --> 00:25:13.959
 from.

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:14.359
 That's what

00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:15.579
 disciple is.

00:25:15.959 --> 00:25:16.759
 Someone who is

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.539
 learning from

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.139
 a teacher.

00:25:19.219 --> 00:25:19.719
 And so we need

00:25:19.719 --> 00:25:20.339
 to be growing

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:21.699
 in our knowledge

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.700
 and understanding

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.720
 of God's word.

00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:24.539
 That means we

00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:26.140
 read God's word.

00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:27.160
 When we read it

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:27.980
 we tear it apart.

00:25:28.100 --> 00:25:29.080
 We try to understand

00:25:29.080 --> 00:25:29.720
 the argument

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:30.580
 that's being made.

00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:31.420
 We look at the

00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:32.319
 passages before

00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:33.460
 and after what

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:34.000
 we're studying

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.600
 to understand

00:25:34.600 --> 00:25:35.500
 the context

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:36.259
 of it.

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.200
 We read books

00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:38.480
 about God's word

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:39.380
 so that we can

00:25:39.380 --> 00:25:40.380
 understand from

00:25:40.380 --> 00:25:40.920
 people who are

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:41.880
 ahead of us

00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:42.900
 in our study

00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:44.200
 what do they say

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:44.720
 that means

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:45.360
 and we consider

00:25:45.360 --> 00:25:46.100
 that in light

00:25:46.100 --> 00:25:47.380
 of God's word.

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 God's word.

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 This is why

00:25:48.520 --> 00:25:49.180
 there are things

00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:50.460
 like Bible studies

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:52.160
 biblical counseling

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:53.700
 and fellowship.

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 It's why

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.640
 in small groups

00:25:55.640 --> 00:25:56.240
 I recommend

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:56.880
 that everybody

00:25:56.880 --> 00:25:57.780
 in the small group

00:25:57.780 --> 00:25:58.440
 bring a Bible

00:25:58.440 --> 00:25:59.280
 and open it

00:25:59.280 --> 00:26:00.260
 before the discussion

00:26:00.260 --> 00:26:01.240
 starts

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:02.540
 with the expectation

00:26:02.540 --> 00:26:03.400
 at some point

00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:03.900
 we're going to be

00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:04.600
 in this thing.

00:26:06.380 --> 00:26:07.580
 We study

00:26:07.580 --> 00:26:08.640
 God's word

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:09.620
 and as we grow

00:26:09.620 --> 00:26:10.760
 in our knowledge

00:26:10.760 --> 00:26:12.300
 we understand

00:26:12.300 --> 00:26:12.980
 the will of the

00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:13.820
 Lord much better.

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:17.240
 next we share

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:18.099
 God's word.

00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:19.119
 Look at verse 13.

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:21.259
 With my lips

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:22.139
 I declare

00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:23.200
 all the rules

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 of your mouth.

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.279
 Listen

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:28.579
 following the Lord

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:30.599
 is very difficult

00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:31.879
 if you are not

00:26:31.879 --> 00:26:33.299
 actively sharing

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 with others

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:35.099
 sharing

00:26:35.099 --> 00:26:36.439
 with the lost

00:26:36.439 --> 00:26:37.879
 or your co-workers

00:26:37.879 --> 00:26:39.740
 fellow students

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.339
 neighbors

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:41.220
 friends

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:42.679
 family members

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 now why

00:26:44.120 --> 00:26:44.880
 is that?

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:48.320
 What happens

00:26:48.320 --> 00:26:49.480
 when you evangelize

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:50.240
 is you start

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:51.240
 to get arguments

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:51.720
 back

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:53.299
 about why

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:54.180
 what you're saying

00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:55.180
 may be untrue.

00:26:56.340 --> 00:26:56.860
 Yeah but what

00:26:56.860 --> 00:26:57.640
 about this?

00:26:58.080 --> 00:26:58.400
 And what about

00:26:58.400 --> 00:26:59.220
 doesn't the Bible

00:26:59.220 --> 00:26:59.920
 say this?

00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:00.680
 And what about

00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:01.560
 this contradiction

00:27:01.560 --> 00:27:02.539
 in the Bible?

00:27:03.600 --> 00:27:04.740
 And what that does

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.640
 to a disciple

00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:06.180
 of Christ

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:07.539
 is as we share

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.400
 with God's word

00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:09.980
 we may get questions

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.880
 we don't know

00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:11.580
 answers to.

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 And we hate

00:27:13.860 --> 00:27:14.440
 that feeling

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 and we be embarrassed

00:27:16.360 --> 00:27:17.140
 by that

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 and so we don't share.

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:21.799
 But if you do share

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 and you get a question

00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:23.340
 you don't know

00:27:23.340 --> 00:27:24.180
 the answer to

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 I have a script

00:27:26.100 --> 00:27:26.620
 for you.

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:26.980
 You ready?

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:29.440
 That is a great question.

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:32.000
 I don't know.

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.480
 Let me find someone

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:33.980
 who does

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:35.180
 and I will get back

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:35.660
 to you.

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 And now you become

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:38.160
 the student

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:39.120
 and you go

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 and you learn

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 and you realize

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.980
 I didn't really love

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.539
 that feeling

00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:43.279
 of not knowing

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:44.240
 so I want to make sure

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:45.339
 I know this thing better

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:46.960
 so that as I'm sharing

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:48.059
 I'm more equipped

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:49.220
 to give a reason

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:49.879
 for the hope

00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:51.419
 that lives within me.

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:53.559
 And being a sharer

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:54.559
 of the gospel

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:56.839
 forces you by default

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:58.319
 to become a knower

00:27:58.319 --> 00:27:59.599
 of God's word.

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:02.159
 If we don't share

00:28:02.159 --> 00:28:02.919
 we isolate

00:28:02.919 --> 00:28:04.539
 and we only actually

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:05.799
 share eternal things

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.359
 with people

00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:07.440
 who are safe

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:08.120
 to us

00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:08.620
 with people

00:28:08.620 --> 00:28:09.600
 that probably

00:28:09.600 --> 00:28:10.460
 already agree

00:28:10.460 --> 00:28:11.420
 with all of the things

00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:12.039
 you think

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:13.820
 and we don't get

00:28:13.820 --> 00:28:15.120
 pressed deeper

00:28:15.120 --> 00:28:16.240
 and broader

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:17.700
 in the word of God.

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:21.120
 Next we love

00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:21.820
 God's word

00:28:21.820 --> 00:28:23.279
 above all else.

00:28:23.380 --> 00:28:24.019
 Verse 14

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:26.140
 In the way

00:28:26.140 --> 00:28:27.240
 of your testimonies

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 I delight

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:28.519
 as much

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:29.740
 as in all riches.

00:28:30.600 --> 00:28:31.519
 Now this parallels

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.820
 treasuring God's word

00:28:32.820 --> 00:28:33.580
 very carefully

00:28:33.580 --> 00:28:34.360
 but the way

00:28:34.360 --> 00:28:35.180
 this is worded

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:36.420
 begs this question

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:38.980
 what do you love

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:41.180
 more than God's word?

00:28:42.860 --> 00:28:44.980
 Is it your freedom?

00:28:45.860 --> 00:28:47.140
 Your liberties?

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.519
 And your concern

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.080
 if you just

00:28:50.080 --> 00:28:51.820
 put God's word first

00:28:51.820 --> 00:28:53.060
 you'd have to stop this

00:28:53.060 --> 00:28:54.019
 or start that.

00:28:55.620 --> 00:28:56.560
 I know

00:28:56.560 --> 00:28:57.440
 the temptation

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:58.160
 for me

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:59.980
 is that

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:01.680
 I love peace

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:04.080
 particularly peace

00:29:04.080 --> 00:29:04.800
 in my home.

00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:05.899
 It doesn't mean

00:29:05.899 --> 00:29:07.399
 the noise

00:29:07.399 --> 00:29:08.099
 of a family

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:10.079
 it's the conflict

00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:12.259
 that I really despise.

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:13.819
 I love peace

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:15.119
 between my kids

00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:16.359
 and when you have six

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:17.539
 there's a lot of ways

00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:18.899
 for them to trip up

00:29:18.899 --> 00:29:20.099
 and be in increased

00:29:20.099 --> 00:29:20.659
 conflict.

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:22.480
 Now

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:23.440
 that sounds like

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:24.079
 a fine thing

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:24.779
 to love right?

00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:25.619
 Shouldn't everybody

00:29:25.619 --> 00:29:26.200
 love peace

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:26.919
 between their kids?

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:27.559
 Rob aren't you

00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:28.599
 so admirable?

00:29:29.379 --> 00:29:30.159
 No I

00:29:30.159 --> 00:29:31.019
 can

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.919
 when peace

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.580
 is shaken

00:29:32.580 --> 00:29:33.400
 my temptation

00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:34.440
 is to just

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:35.279
 override it

00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:35.539
 with

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:37.019
 loud

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:37.580
 calls

00:29:37.580 --> 00:29:38.120
 to peace.

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.700
 There was a time

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.360
 I could raise

00:29:42.360 --> 00:29:42.920
 my voice

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.600
 above the rest

00:29:43.600 --> 00:29:44.420
 of my kids.

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.820
 Some of the kids

00:29:45.820 --> 00:29:46.500
 in the military

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.519
 are louder than me

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:48.080
 now they can

00:29:48.080 --> 00:29:48.960
 get their voice

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.360
 up there.

00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:50.740
 That's my temptation

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:52.279
 and

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:53.400
 in my home

00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:54.440
 I've got to be aware

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:55.500
 I need to love God

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:56.580
 more than I love peace.

00:29:56.820 --> 00:29:57.279
 I mean God

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.960
 loves peace

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.960
 between my kids

00:29:58.960 --> 00:30:00.819
 but he doesn't want me

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.840
 to sin to get it.

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.720
 I need to love God

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.240
 actively

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:06.240
 moment by moment

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:07.680
 more than I love

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.860
 the other valid things

00:30:08.860 --> 00:30:09.600
 that I love.

00:30:11.120 --> 00:30:11.900
 So consider

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:12.500
 what is it

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:13.279
 that you're tempted

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:14.840
 to put above

00:30:14.840 --> 00:30:16.019
 the word of God

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:16.600
 and remember

00:30:16.600 --> 00:30:17.500
 if you live

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:18.559
 according to that

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:20.019
 you'll not keep

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.759
 your way pure.

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:23.000
 We need to live

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:24.559
 according to God's word

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:25.980
 and the best way

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:27.460
 to love this thing

00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:28.400
 is to do it

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:29.620
 under the word of God

00:30:29.620 --> 00:30:30.600
 and not

00:30:30.600 --> 00:30:31.420
 aside

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:32.620
 or above

00:30:32.620 --> 00:30:33.940
 the word of God.

00:30:34.360 --> 00:30:35.079
 Number six

00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:35.980
 meditate

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:37.500
 on God's word.

00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:39.840
 Look at verse 15

00:30:39.840 --> 00:30:40.840
 I will meditate

00:30:40.840 --> 00:30:42.220
 on your precepts

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:43.700
 and fix my eyes

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:45.059
 on your ways.

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:48.259
 Now Christian meditation

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:49.940
 is a lost art

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:51.299
 and a lot of Christians

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:52.259
 don't like using

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:53.059
 the word now

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:54.019
 because it

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:55.120
 conjures up

00:30:55.120 --> 00:30:56.559
 eastern religion

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:57.740
 it conjures up

00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.480
 visions of

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:59.599
 of us all

00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:00.679
 doing yoga together

00:31:00.679 --> 00:31:02.960
 and let me just

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.579
 suggest

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:04.220
 that's not the

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:04.960
 historic use

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:05.440
 of the word

00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:05.899
 and it's not

00:31:05.899 --> 00:31:06.460
 what's intended

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:07.099
 in the scriptures

00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:08.480
 when that word

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:09.579
 is used.

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:10.799
 Meditation

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:12.039
 is dwelling

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:13.299
 on a word

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:14.599
 or a passage

00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:16.059
 or a chapter

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:16.919
 just dwelling

00:31:16.919 --> 00:31:17.599
 there

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:20.059
 asking it questions

00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:21.319
 until it illuminates

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:22.419
 something in your soul

00:31:22.419 --> 00:31:23.679
 until it illuminates

00:31:23.679 --> 00:31:24.899
 something in your mind.

00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:26.220
 it's taking a passage

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.860
 and asking

00:31:26.860 --> 00:31:28.320
 perhaps some of these

00:31:28.320 --> 00:31:28.820
 questions

00:31:28.820 --> 00:31:30.160
 what claim

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:31.240
 is this making

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:32.019
 on my life

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.759
 right now?

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:35.440
 If I were to

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:37.080
 apply this passage

00:31:37.080 --> 00:31:38.180
 what would need

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:39.140
 to change

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:40.240
 in my

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:41.120
 perspective?

00:31:43.600 --> 00:31:44.740
 What words

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:46.140
 are the key words

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:47.160
 in this verse

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:49.140
 and why

00:31:49.140 --> 00:31:50.560
 is this author

00:31:50.560 --> 00:31:51.780
 using those words

00:31:51.780 --> 00:31:52.940
 and not other words?

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:54.000
 like these kinds

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.360
 of things

00:31:54.360 --> 00:31:55.039
 you'll find

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.720
 as you dwell

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:56.720
 and you meditate

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.480
 on this

00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:58.460
 it slows us

00:31:58.460 --> 00:31:59.019
 down

00:31:59.019 --> 00:32:00.059
 and it allows

00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:01.360
 us to reflect

00:32:01.360 --> 00:32:04.180
 one of the enemies

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:07.080
 of meditation

00:32:07.080 --> 00:32:08.860
 is the Bible

00:32:08.860 --> 00:32:09.580
 reading plan

00:32:09.580 --> 00:32:10.100
 to read it

00:32:10.100 --> 00:32:10.640
 in a year

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:12.240
 I'm for you

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.640
 doing that

00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:13.480
 I'm not against it

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:14.480
 I'm suggesting

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:14.940
 though that

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.680
 that should probably

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:16.539
 be outside

00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:17.779
 of your quiet time

00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:19.160
 as additional reading

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:20.620
 allow time

00:32:20.620 --> 00:32:21.860
 in your quiet time

00:32:21.859 --> 00:32:22.819
 to slow down

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.819
 to not finish

00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:24.359
 the list

00:32:24.359 --> 00:32:26.679
 allow God

00:32:26.679 --> 00:32:27.539
 to say

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:28.379
 hey pause here

00:32:28.379 --> 00:32:28.899
 for a minute

00:32:28.899 --> 00:32:29.799
 I want to do

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.379
 some business

00:32:30.379 --> 00:32:30.919
 with you

00:32:30.919 --> 00:32:31.619
 in this verse

00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:32.519
 but God

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:32.939
 I've got three

00:32:32.939 --> 00:32:33.500
 other chapters

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:34.240
 to get to

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:35.439
 yeah you don't

00:32:35.439 --> 00:32:35.740
 want to put

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.500
 God on hold

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:38.339
 if he wants

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:38.799
 to speak

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.179
 you want to

00:32:39.179 --> 00:32:39.659
 let him in

00:32:39.659 --> 00:32:40.099
 and you want

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:40.779
 to slow down

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.459
 and you want

00:32:41.459 --> 00:32:41.859
 to hear

00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:42.439
 what the spirit

00:32:42.439 --> 00:32:42.839
 of God

00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.679
 has to say

00:32:43.679 --> 00:32:44.719
 to you

00:32:44.719 --> 00:32:46.059
 and then lastly

00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:46.819
 verse 16

00:32:46.819 --> 00:32:47.659
 we remember

00:32:47.660 --> 00:32:49.000
 what we know

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:50.860
 it says

00:32:50.860 --> 00:32:51.540
 I will delight

00:32:51.540 --> 00:32:52.519
 in your statutes

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.340
 I will not

00:32:53.340 --> 00:32:54.000
 forget

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:55.380
 your word

00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:57.440
 and I do believe

00:32:57.440 --> 00:32:59.040
 this is the Achilles heel

00:32:59.040 --> 00:33:00.460
 in Christian living

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:02.800
 we forget

00:33:02.800 --> 00:33:03.779
 what

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:04.900
 we know

00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:06.040
 you know

00:33:06.040 --> 00:33:07.160
 I tried to sit down

00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:07.620
 one time

00:33:07.620 --> 00:33:08.340
 and add up

00:33:08.340 --> 00:33:09.360
 the number of sermons

00:33:09.360 --> 00:33:10.360
 I've sat under

00:33:10.360 --> 00:33:11.200
 and listened to

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:12.800
 the amount of truth

00:33:12.800 --> 00:33:14.060
 that I gave up

00:33:14.060 --> 00:33:14.380
 by the way

00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:15.640
 the amount of truth

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:17.040
 that God

00:33:17.040 --> 00:33:18.580
 in his kindness

00:33:18.580 --> 00:33:19.960
 has revealed to me

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:22.360
 think about that

00:33:22.360 --> 00:33:23.220
 in your own life

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:25.040
 how many sermons

00:33:25.040 --> 00:33:26.740
 have you sat under

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:29.620
 and how much of that

00:33:29.620 --> 00:33:30.620
 can you draw to mind

00:33:30.620 --> 00:33:31.280
 right now

00:33:31.280 --> 00:33:34.220
 we forget

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:35.920
 so much

00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:38.200
 and one of the reasons

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:39.360
 is we don't purpose

00:33:39.360 --> 00:33:40.700
 to remember

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:43.080
 we listen attentively

00:33:43.080 --> 00:33:44.200
 we're grateful

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:44.900
 for the word

00:33:44.900 --> 00:33:45.880
 we may be moved

00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:48.820
 but in two weeks

00:33:48.820 --> 00:33:50.360
 you probably won't

00:33:50.360 --> 00:33:51.580
 remember the sponge

00:33:51.580 --> 00:33:53.240
 right

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:54.960
 you won't remember

00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:55.580
 perhaps

00:33:55.580 --> 00:33:57.360
 some of the passages

00:33:57.360 --> 00:33:58.220
 that have been shared

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:58.920
 we forget

00:33:58.920 --> 00:34:01.080
 and here

00:34:01.080 --> 00:34:02.060
 the psalmist says

00:34:02.060 --> 00:34:03.340
 I will not

00:34:03.340 --> 00:34:04.720
 forget your word

00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:05.220
 and so

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:06.240
 let me just suggest

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.800
 a way or two

00:34:06.800 --> 00:34:08.300
 you can be a rememberer

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:09.639
 of God's word

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:11.300
 if you are not

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:12.940
 typically a note taker

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:14.639
 let me encourage you

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:15.519
 to take notes

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:17.260
 when you do that

00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:18.679
 you not only create

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:19.300
 a record

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:21.380
 of what you've been taught

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:22.200
 you're engaging

00:34:22.200 --> 00:34:22.840
 a different part

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.400
 of your brain

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:24.860
 than you do

00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:25.480
 when you're listening

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:27.340
 and now there's two ways

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:28.420
 that you're storing

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:29.360
 things in your heart

00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:30.059
 through your ears

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:31.000
 and through your writing

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:32.220
 okay

00:34:32.220 --> 00:34:33.260
 if you are

00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:34.079
 a note taker

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.880
 let me encourage

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:36.599
 the habit of revisiting

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:37.079
 the notes

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:37.780
 once a month

00:34:37.780 --> 00:34:38.619
 quarterly

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:39.679
 go back through

00:34:39.679 --> 00:34:40.480
 what you've learned

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:41.019
 so far

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:42.359
 make it an annual

00:34:42.359 --> 00:34:43.039
 habit

00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:44.259
 to skim through

00:34:44.259 --> 00:34:44.819
 all the notes

00:34:44.819 --> 00:34:45.299
 you've taken

00:34:45.299 --> 00:34:46.199
 that year

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:47.179
 as you come up

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:48.059
 on New Year's Eve

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:49.739
 celebrate the end

00:34:49.739 --> 00:34:50.279
 of a year

00:34:50.279 --> 00:34:52.619
 by worshiping God

00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:53.619
 and thanking him

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:54.500
 for all he's taught

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:55.219
 you that year

00:34:55.219 --> 00:34:56.940
 you'll remember more

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:58.319
 and you'll see

00:34:58.319 --> 00:34:59.119
 you fall in line

00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:00.000
 with the psalmist

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:02.579
 now

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:03.739
 I'm coming to an end

00:35:03.739 --> 00:35:04.259
 I promise

00:35:04.259 --> 00:35:05.099
 but I want to pull

00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:05.960
 all of this together

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:07.519
 and I want to illustrate

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:07.960
 for you

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:09.159
 what it could look like

00:35:09.159 --> 00:35:10.559
 what would it look like

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:11.579
 if we did all these verses

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:12.539
 at once

00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:13.500
 if we just lived

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:14.340
 according

00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:15.280
 to

00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:16.599
 Psalm 119

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:17.880
 verses 9 to 16

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:19.079
 so

00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:23.920
 in your life

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.860
 I want you to get

00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:25.820
 specific

00:35:25.820 --> 00:35:27.340
 let's say you're trying

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:27.860
 to overcome

00:35:27.860 --> 00:35:28.980
 an area of sin

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:30.039
 and you identified

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:30.740
 that sin

00:35:30.740 --> 00:35:31.500
 as pride

00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:32.980
 I want to suggest

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:33.699
 to you

00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:34.960
 you're not yet done

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:35.900
 because pride

00:35:35.900 --> 00:35:36.420
 is the root

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:37.159
 of all sin

00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:38.280
 right

00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:38.980
 it's really

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:40.360
 too broad

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:41.420
 to specifically

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:42.260
 repent of

00:35:42.260 --> 00:35:42.579
 I mean

00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:43.980
 don't entertain it

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.659
 you want to confess

00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:45.199
 your pride

00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:45.940
 but try to get

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.679
 more specific

00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:47.699
 maybe it's anger

00:35:47.699 --> 00:35:48.500
 maybe it's arrogance

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:49.440
 maybe it's envy

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:51.000
 something more specific

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:52.260
 we're going to come up

00:35:52.260 --> 00:35:53.260
 with an example here

00:35:53.260 --> 00:35:54.320
 that I want to

00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:55.519
 walk you through

00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:57.280
 let's say you struggle

00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:58.579
 with unforgiveness

00:35:58.579 --> 00:36:00.220
 toward a friend

00:36:00.220 --> 00:36:03.400
 that's specific

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:04.680
 it's about

00:36:04.680 --> 00:36:05.680
 a specific person

00:36:05.680 --> 00:36:06.300
 of a specific

00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:06.900
 relationship

00:36:06.900 --> 00:36:07.639
 and a specific

00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:08.099
 sin

00:36:08.099 --> 00:36:09.940
 they hurt you

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:10.639
 in significant

00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:11.180
 ways

00:36:11.180 --> 00:36:12.820
 and you can't

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:13.619
 seem

00:36:13.619 --> 00:36:14.680
 to forgive

00:36:14.680 --> 00:36:16.260
 and in your

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:17.000
 regular daily

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:17.660
 quiet time

00:36:17.660 --> 00:36:18.180
 which you still

00:36:18.180 --> 00:36:18.539
 have

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:19.960
 you come across

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:21.079
 Colossians 3

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:21.980
 13

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:24.280
 it says this

00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:24.780
 bearing

00:36:24.780 --> 00:36:26.480
 with one another

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:28.360
 and if one

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:28.980
 has a complaint

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:29.860
 against another

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:31.480
 forgiving each other

00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:33.059
 as the Lord

00:36:33.059 --> 00:36:34.159
 has forgiven you

00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:35.940
 so you also

00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:37.119
 must forgive

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:38.400
 and the Spirit

00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:39.219
 slows you down

00:36:39.219 --> 00:36:39.480
 there

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:42.199
 and you're like

00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:42.440
 ooh

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:43.880
 God doesn't want me

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:44.380
 to go on to the

00:36:44.380 --> 00:36:44.840
 next verse

00:36:44.840 --> 00:36:45.400
 just yet

00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:47.079
 and so you read

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:47.480
 it again

00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:48.760
 and you look

00:36:48.760 --> 00:36:49.500
 for a way out

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:51.539
 you're hoping

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:52.139
 there's some

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:53.519
 except in your

00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:53.920
 case

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:54.740
 clause

00:36:54.740 --> 00:36:56.320
 right

00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:57.360
 you keep looking

00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:57.800
 and you're like

00:36:57.800 --> 00:36:58.440
 surely

00:36:58.440 --> 00:37:00.059
 this can't mean

00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:00.900
 that I'm supposed

00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:01.420
 to forgive

00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:02.480
 this person

00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:05.139
 and you realize

00:37:05.139 --> 00:37:05.539
 there's no

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:06.460
 escape clause

00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:08.119
 there's no

00:37:08.119 --> 00:37:09.240
 hatch for you

00:37:09.240 --> 00:37:09.840
 to pop out

00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:10.159
 of that

00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:10.960
 that command

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:12.059
 and you just

00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:12.740
 say honestly

00:37:12.740 --> 00:37:13.360
 to the Lord

00:37:13.360 --> 00:37:15.220
 I can't

00:37:15.220 --> 00:37:17.500
 I can't

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:17.900
 forgive

00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:20.059
 and this is

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:20.460
 right where

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:21.179
 many of us

00:37:21.179 --> 00:37:21.639
 stop

00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:23.619
 we see the

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:24.000
 command

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:25.200
 we don't believe

00:37:25.200 --> 00:37:25.940
 we can obey

00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:26.840
 and we live in

00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:27.840
 opposition to

00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:28.640
 God's word

00:37:28.640 --> 00:37:29.740
 and God's

00:37:29.740 --> 00:37:30.660
 desire for us

00:37:30.660 --> 00:37:31.940
 we fail to move

00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:32.740
 toward obedience

00:37:32.740 --> 00:37:34.320
 because we don't

00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:35.640
 believe we can do

00:37:35.640 --> 00:37:35.920
 it

00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:38.460
 and we're right

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:40.420
 left to ourselves

00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:41.480
 we cannot

00:37:41.480 --> 00:37:42.720
 do it

00:37:42.720 --> 00:37:44.340
 but God

00:37:44.340 --> 00:37:44.940
 can

00:37:44.940 --> 00:37:46.180
 through us

00:37:46.180 --> 00:37:48.579
 how

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:49.380
 how does he do

00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:49.559
 that

00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:50.500
 first we look

00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:51.440
 in the verse

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:51.900
 for help

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:52.820
 and it doesn't

00:37:52.820 --> 00:37:53.720
 say forgive

00:37:53.720 --> 00:37:54.880
 as much as

00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:55.460
 you are able

00:37:55.460 --> 00:37:57.440
 if you were able

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:57.800
 you would have

00:37:57.800 --> 00:37:58.480
 done it already

00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:59.920
 no the verse

00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:01.159
 says as the

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:01.780
 Lord has

00:38:01.780 --> 00:38:02.500
 forgiven you

00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:03.599
 and we ask

00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:04.340
 that phrase

00:38:04.340 --> 00:38:05.260
 some questions

00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:07.539
 how has the

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:08.960
 Lord forgiven

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.380
 me

00:38:09.380 --> 00:38:12.320
 and we realize

00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:12.840
 it is

00:38:12.840 --> 00:38:13.720
 completely

00:38:13.720 --> 00:38:15.400
 it is

00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:16.579
 sacrificially

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:18.039
 it is

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:19.460
 lovingly

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:23.220
 and okay

00:38:23.220 --> 00:38:23.820
 that is clear

00:38:23.820 --> 00:38:24.280
 to us

00:38:24.280 --> 00:38:24.699
 but maybe

00:38:24.699 --> 00:38:24.980
 that is

00:38:24.980 --> 00:38:25.519
 just Paul

00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:25.880
 to the

00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:26.539
 Colossian

00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:27.079
 church

00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:29.059
 is this

00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:29.740
 anywhere else

00:38:29.740 --> 00:38:30.019
 in the

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:30.280
 Bible

00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:30.639
 that we are

00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:31.099
 supposed to

00:38:31.099 --> 00:38:31.340
 forgive

00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:31.860
 as we are

00:38:31.860 --> 00:38:32.260
 forgiven

00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:33.119
 and we

00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:33.840
 look at

00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:34.699
 a cross

00:38:34.699 --> 00:38:35.240
 reference

00:38:35.240 --> 00:38:35.800
 that

00:38:35.800 --> 00:38:36.579
 superscript

00:38:36.579 --> 00:38:37.519
 italicized

00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:38.519
 letters

00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:39.280
 in your

00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:39.699
 Bible

00:38:39.699 --> 00:38:40.900
 and we

00:38:40.900 --> 00:38:41.260
 let it

00:38:41.260 --> 00:38:41.920
 take us

00:38:41.920 --> 00:38:42.800
 to Mark

00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:43.880
 17

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:45.079
 sorry

00:38:45.079 --> 00:38:45.559
 to Mark

00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:46.380
 there is no

00:38:46.380 --> 00:38:47.000
 Mark 17

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:47.880
 it says

00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:48.380
 11

00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:49.400
 I don't know

00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:49.739
 why I said

00:38:49.739 --> 00:38:50.159
 17

00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:50.880
 to Mark

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:51.500
 11

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:52.400
 verse 25

00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:52.960
 listen

00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:54.059
 this is

00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:54.380
 Jesus

00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:54.940
 talking

00:38:54.940 --> 00:38:55.800
 and whenever

00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:56.639
 you stand

00:38:56.639 --> 00:38:57.219
 praying

00:38:57.219 --> 00:38:57.760
 forgive

00:38:57.760 --> 00:38:58.920
 and if you

00:38:58.920 --> 00:38:59.539
 have anything

00:38:59.539 --> 00:39:00.880
 against anyone

00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:02.360
 so that

00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:03.239
 your father

00:39:03.239 --> 00:39:04.079
 also who is

00:39:04.079 --> 00:39:04.460
 in heaven

00:39:04.460 --> 00:39:05.059
 may forgive

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:05.480
 you

00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:06.119
 your

00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:07.139
 trespasses

00:39:07.139 --> 00:39:07.860
 and you see

00:39:07.860 --> 00:39:08.280
 that doesn't

00:39:08.280 --> 00:39:08.860
 give you a lot

00:39:08.860 --> 00:39:09.239
 of new

00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:09.820
 information

00:39:09.820 --> 00:39:10.480
 because it's

00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:10.960
 kind of the

00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:11.400
 same thing

00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:11.960
 Paul said

00:39:11.960 --> 00:39:12.460
 but it's

00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:12.780
 a different

00:39:12.780 --> 00:39:13.199
 author

00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:13.739
 and it's

00:39:13.739 --> 00:39:14.079
 a different

00:39:14.079 --> 00:39:14.599
 speaker

00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:15.199
 and it's

00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:15.519
 a different

00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:16.260
 context

00:39:16.260 --> 00:39:16.980
 so God

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:17.680
 must mean

00:39:17.680 --> 00:39:18.360
 this thing

00:39:18.360 --> 00:39:22.980
 and you're

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:23.560
 saying

00:39:23.560 --> 00:39:24.420
 I can't

00:39:24.420 --> 00:39:24.780
 do it

00:39:24.780 --> 00:39:25.140
 Lord

00:39:25.140 --> 00:39:26.080
 holds even

00:39:26.080 --> 00:39:26.840
 less weight

00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:27.540
 because you

00:39:27.540 --> 00:39:28.060
 see God

00:39:28.060 --> 00:39:28.500
 repeated

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:29.020
 himself

00:39:29.020 --> 00:39:30.380
 when God

00:39:30.380 --> 00:39:30.800
 repeats

00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:31.240
 himself

00:39:31.240 --> 00:39:31.640
 we pay

00:39:31.640 --> 00:39:32.200
 special

00:39:32.200 --> 00:39:33.020
 attention

00:39:33.020 --> 00:39:34.300
 and so

00:39:34.300 --> 00:39:36.040
 our love

00:39:36.040 --> 00:39:36.660
 for God

00:39:36.660 --> 00:39:37.360
 is stirred

00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:37.720
 and it

00:39:37.720 --> 00:39:38.240
 overcomes

00:39:38.240 --> 00:39:38.800
 our weakness

00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:39.380
 to forgive

00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:40.160
 and we just

00:39:40.160 --> 00:39:40.480
 say Lord

00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:40.780
 I need

00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:41.400
 more help

00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:41.900
 and we

00:39:41.900 --> 00:39:42.200
 go to

00:39:42.200 --> 00:39:42.360
 our

00:39:42.360 --> 00:39:43.080
 concordances

00:39:43.080 --> 00:39:43.540
 which for

00:39:43.540 --> 00:39:43.920
 many of

00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:44.180
 us are

00:39:44.180 --> 00:39:44.400
 in the

00:39:44.400 --> 00:39:44.780
 back of

00:39:44.780 --> 00:39:44.960
 our

00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:45.360
 Bibles

00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:46.200
 and we

00:39:46.199 --> 00:39:46.799
 look up

00:39:46.799 --> 00:39:47.219
 the word

00:39:47.219 --> 00:39:47.639
 forgive

00:39:47.639 --> 00:39:49.259
 and as

00:39:49.259 --> 00:39:49.639
 we do

00:39:49.639 --> 00:39:49.919
 that

00:39:49.919 --> 00:39:50.339
 we come

00:39:50.339 --> 00:39:50.719
 across

00:39:50.719 --> 00:39:51.500
 Romans 4

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:53.319
 blessed

00:39:53.319 --> 00:39:54.079
 are those

00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:54.919
 whose lawless

00:39:54.919 --> 00:39:55.639
 deeds are

00:39:55.639 --> 00:39:56.159
 forgiven

00:39:56.159 --> 00:39:57.199
 and whose

00:39:57.199 --> 00:39:57.659
 sins

00:39:57.659 --> 00:39:58.319
 are covered

00:39:58.319 --> 00:40:00.019
 blessed

00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:00.659
 is the man

00:40:00.659 --> 00:40:01.379
 against whom

00:40:01.379 --> 00:40:01.799
 the Lord

00:40:01.799 --> 00:40:02.179
 will not

00:40:02.179 --> 00:40:02.679
 count his

00:40:02.679 --> 00:40:03.099
 sin

00:40:03.099 --> 00:40:04.419
 blessed

00:40:04.419 --> 00:40:05.579
 is the man

00:40:05.579 --> 00:40:06.879
 against whom

00:40:06.879 --> 00:40:07.679
 the Lord

00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:08.059
 will not

00:40:08.059 --> 00:40:08.639
 count his

00:40:08.639 --> 00:40:09.139
 sin

00:40:09.139 --> 00:40:09.939
 and we

00:40:09.939 --> 00:40:10.679
 freeze

00:40:10.679 --> 00:40:12.119
 why do we

00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:12.919
 freeze there

00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:15.019
 because

00:40:15.019 --> 00:40:15.680
 that causes

00:40:15.680 --> 00:40:16.119
 us to

00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:16.519
 remember

00:40:16.519 --> 00:40:17.119
 all of

00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:17.559
 the things

00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:17.900
 God

00:40:17.900 --> 00:40:18.360
 could hold

00:40:18.360 --> 00:40:18.720
 against

00:40:18.720 --> 00:40:19.200
 us

00:40:19.200 --> 00:40:20.820
 but in

00:40:20.820 --> 00:40:21.480
 his love

00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:23.940
 he forgives

00:40:23.940 --> 00:40:28.079
 and it

00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:28.619
 hits us

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:29.200
 like a ton

00:40:29.200 --> 00:40:29.940
 of bricks

00:40:29.940 --> 00:40:31.380
 that all

00:40:31.380 --> 00:40:31.740
 of this

00:40:31.740 --> 00:40:32.260
 help we're

00:40:32.260 --> 00:40:32.720
 getting from

00:40:32.720 --> 00:40:33.240
 the Bible

00:40:33.240 --> 00:40:34.320
 is the

00:40:34.320 --> 00:40:34.940
 love of

00:40:34.940 --> 00:40:35.340
 God

00:40:35.340 --> 00:40:36.760
 while I'm

00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:37.519
 actively

00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:38.360
 sinning

00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:39.280
 against

00:40:39.280 --> 00:40:39.820
 him

00:40:39.820 --> 00:40:41.260
 by not

00:40:41.260 --> 00:40:41.680
 forgiving

00:40:41.680 --> 00:40:44.760
 what

00:40:44.760 --> 00:40:46.000
 unbelievable

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:46.940
 mercy

00:40:46.940 --> 00:40:48.519
 we receive

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:49.240
 from God

00:40:49.240 --> 00:40:49.800
 how

00:40:49.800 --> 00:40:50.980
 could we

00:40:50.980 --> 00:40:51.620
 receive

00:40:51.620 --> 00:40:52.100
 such

00:40:52.100 --> 00:40:53.220
 grace

00:40:53.220 --> 00:40:54.840
 and not

00:40:54.840 --> 00:40:55.400
 in turn

00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:56.320
 extend that

00:40:56.320 --> 00:40:57.039
 to others

00:40:57.039 --> 00:40:59.800
 how did

00:40:59.800 --> 00:41:00.559
 we arrive

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:01.240
 at this

00:41:01.240 --> 00:41:02.019
 illumination

00:41:02.019 --> 00:41:03.180
 of what we're

00:41:03.180 --> 00:41:04.000
 actually doing

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:04.680
 how did we

00:41:04.680 --> 00:41:05.240
 arrive

00:41:05.240 --> 00:41:05.940
 at such

00:41:05.940 --> 00:41:06.440
 gratitude

00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:07.160
 for God

00:41:07.160 --> 00:41:08.820
 we guarded

00:41:08.820 --> 00:41:09.380
 our heart

00:41:09.380 --> 00:41:09.960
 according to

00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:10.380
 his word

00:41:10.380 --> 00:41:11.960
 we simply

00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:12.820
 meditated

00:41:12.820 --> 00:41:14.599
 and studied

00:41:14.599 --> 00:41:17.940
 we treasured

00:41:17.940 --> 00:41:19.539
 we followed

00:41:19.539 --> 00:41:20.800
 Psalm 119

00:41:20.800 --> 00:41:21.440
 verses 9

00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:22.019
 through 16

00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:22.840
 and it

00:41:22.840 --> 00:41:24.039
 changed us

00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:26.480
 but at that

00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:27.559
 very moment

00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:29.640
 we've come to

00:41:29.640 --> 00:41:30.340
 this enlightened

00:41:30.340 --> 00:41:31.119
 place

00:41:31.119 --> 00:41:32.760
 of professed

00:41:32.760 --> 00:41:33.119
 faith

00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:34.019
 now

00:41:34.019 --> 00:41:35.599
 we take

00:41:35.599 --> 00:41:36.019
 what God

00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:36.740
 just taught

00:41:36.740 --> 00:41:37.140
 us

00:41:37.139 --> 00:41:38.579
 and we

00:41:38.579 --> 00:41:39.019
 step

00:41:39.019 --> 00:41:39.239
 out

00:41:39.239 --> 00:41:39.699
 on it

00:41:39.699 --> 00:41:40.739
 and we

00:41:40.739 --> 00:41:41.159
 go

00:41:41.159 --> 00:41:42.059
 and we

00:41:42.059 --> 00:41:42.619
 forgive

00:41:42.619 --> 00:41:44.819
 now

00:41:44.819 --> 00:41:45.159
 we've

00:41:45.159 --> 00:41:46.059
 exercised

00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:46.960
 the very

00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:47.339
 thing

00:41:47.339 --> 00:41:47.599
 God

00:41:47.599 --> 00:41:48.119
 has shown

00:41:48.119 --> 00:41:48.359
 us

00:41:48.359 --> 00:41:48.679
 to be

00:41:48.679 --> 00:41:49.099
 true

00:41:49.099 --> 00:41:49.940
 and our

00:41:49.940 --> 00:41:50.500
 functional

00:41:50.500 --> 00:41:51.039
 faith

00:41:51.039 --> 00:41:52.199
 ratchets

00:41:52.199 --> 00:41:52.599
 up

00:41:52.599 --> 00:41:54.759
 that's just

00:41:54.759 --> 00:41:55.539
 one example

00:41:55.539 --> 00:41:56.420
 in one

00:41:56.420 --> 00:41:57.119
 situation

00:41:57.119 --> 00:41:57.980
 from one

00:41:57.980 --> 00:41:58.519
 passage

00:41:58.519 --> 00:41:59.179
 that can

00:41:59.179 --> 00:41:59.879
 really help

00:41:59.879 --> 00:42:00.139
 us

00:42:00.139 --> 00:42:00.799
 to grow

00:42:00.799 --> 00:42:01.359
 imagine

00:42:01.360 --> 00:42:02.180
 if we

00:42:02.180 --> 00:42:02.500
 treated

00:42:02.500 --> 00:42:02.860
 the whole

00:42:02.860 --> 00:42:03.120
 book

00:42:03.120 --> 00:42:03.640
 that way

00:42:03.640 --> 00:42:04.980
 what

00:42:04.980 --> 00:42:05.760
 strength

00:42:05.760 --> 00:42:07.039
 and deliverance

00:42:07.039 --> 00:42:07.920
 and riches

00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:09.120
 are available

00:42:09.120 --> 00:42:10.440
 to us

00:42:10.440 --> 00:42:13.200
 and we

00:42:13.200 --> 00:42:14.079
 remind ourselves

00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:15.019
 as I close

00:42:15.019 --> 00:42:16.960
 that we

00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:17.180
 don't

00:42:17.180 --> 00:42:18.200
 so God

00:42:18.200 --> 00:42:18.740
 loves us

00:42:18.740 --> 00:42:19.200
 more

00:42:19.200 --> 00:42:21.260
 no we

00:42:21.260 --> 00:42:21.940
 grow in

00:42:21.940 --> 00:42:22.579
 treasuring

00:42:22.579 --> 00:42:23.519
 God's word

00:42:23.519 --> 00:42:24.360
 and living

00:42:24.360 --> 00:42:25.340
 according to

00:42:25.340 --> 00:42:25.800
 it because

00:42:25.800 --> 00:42:26.559
 he already

00:42:26.559 --> 00:42:27.420
 loves us

00:42:27.420 --> 00:42:28.539
 immeasurably

00:42:28.539 --> 00:42:30.779
 we come

00:42:30.779 --> 00:42:31.179
 to this

00:42:31.179 --> 00:42:31.820
 and abide

00:42:31.820 --> 00:42:32.360
 by it

00:42:32.360 --> 00:42:32.800
 because it

00:42:32.800 --> 00:42:33.500
 is God's

00:42:33.500 --> 00:42:35.039
 good will

00:42:35.039 --> 00:42:35.900
 for those

00:42:35.900 --> 00:42:36.500
 he's already

00:42:36.500 --> 00:42:37.139
 loved

00:42:37.139 --> 00:42:38.079
 those he's

00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:38.460
 already

00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:39.259
 adopted

00:42:39.259 --> 00:42:40.259
 those he's

00:42:40.259 --> 00:42:40.619
 already

00:42:40.619 --> 00:42:41.639
 sanctified

00:42:41.639 --> 00:42:42.619
 he's in the

00:42:42.619 --> 00:42:43.039
 midst of

00:42:43.039 --> 00:42:43.960
 changing you

00:42:43.960 --> 00:42:44.800
 from one

00:42:44.800 --> 00:42:45.300
 degree of

00:42:45.300 --> 00:42:45.800
 glory to

00:42:45.800 --> 00:42:46.119
 another

00:42:46.119 --> 00:42:46.539
 so that

00:42:46.539 --> 00:42:47.179
 next year

00:42:47.179 --> 00:42:47.719
 you are

00:42:47.719 --> 00:42:48.239
 more like

00:42:48.239 --> 00:42:48.599
 Jesus

00:42:48.599 --> 00:42:49.059
 than you

00:42:49.059 --> 00:42:49.559
 are right

00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:49.840
 now

00:42:49.840 --> 00:42:50.279
 because by

00:42:50.279 --> 00:42:50.679
 the grace

00:42:50.679 --> 00:42:51.119
 of God

00:42:51.119 --> 00:42:51.719
 you are

00:42:51.719 --> 00:42:52.259
 more like

00:42:52.259 --> 00:42:52.559
 Jesus

00:42:52.559 --> 00:42:53.139
 now than

00:42:53.139 --> 00:42:53.519
 you were

00:42:53.519 --> 00:42:54.179
 last year

00:42:54.179 --> 00:42:54.779
 this is

00:42:54.779 --> 00:42:55.420
 God's

00:42:55.420 --> 00:42:55.759
 work

00:42:55.759 --> 00:42:56.380
 and he's

00:42:56.380 --> 00:42:56.719
 going to

00:42:56.719 --> 00:42:57.460
 finish it

00:42:57.460 --> 00:42:58.159
 he's going

00:42:58.159 --> 00:42:58.420
 to be

00:42:58.420 --> 00:42:59.019
 faithful

00:42:59.019 --> 00:42:59.920
 as you

00:42:59.920 --> 00:43:00.840
 abide

00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:01.519
 in it

00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:02.340
 he will

00:43:02.340 --> 00:43:03.159
 be faithful

00:43:03.159 --> 00:43:04.059
 to bring

00:43:04.059 --> 00:43:04.559
 himself

00:43:04.559 --> 00:43:05.119
 glory

00:43:05.119 --> 00:43:06.639
 to bring

00:43:06.639 --> 00:43:07.159
 you his

00:43:07.159 --> 00:43:07.720
 blessing

00:43:07.720 --> 00:43:09.320
 to use

00:43:09.320 --> 00:43:09.619
 you

00:43:09.619 --> 00:43:10.559
 to help

00:43:10.559 --> 00:43:11.159
 others walk

00:43:11.159 --> 00:43:11.820
 across that

00:43:11.820 --> 00:43:12.180
 bridge

00:43:12.180 --> 00:43:12.539
 because you

00:43:12.539 --> 00:43:13.000
 can say

00:43:13.000 --> 00:43:13.760
 oh I

00:43:13.760 --> 00:43:14.200
 remember

00:43:14.200 --> 00:43:14.579
 when I

00:43:14.579 --> 00:43:15.039
 was afraid

00:43:15.039 --> 00:43:15.380
 of that

00:43:15.380 --> 00:43:15.840
 bridge

00:43:15.840 --> 00:43:17.760
 you watch

00:43:17.760 --> 00:43:18.180
 me walk

00:43:18.180 --> 00:43:18.579
 across

00:43:18.579 --> 00:43:18.880
 and then

00:43:18.880 --> 00:43:19.220
 you come

00:43:19.220 --> 00:43:19.780
 with me

00:43:19.780 --> 00:43:21.840
 this

00:43:21.840 --> 00:43:22.740
 will help

00:43:22.740 --> 00:43:23.340
 us close

00:43:23.340 --> 00:43:24.599
 this gap

00:43:24.599 --> 00:43:25.420
 amen

00:43:25.420 --> 00:43:26.639
 let me

00:43:26.639 --> 00:43:26.960
 pray

00:43:26.960 --> 00:43:29.559
 father

00:43:29.559 --> 00:43:29.579
 father

00:43:29.579 --> 00:43:30.059
 your word

00:43:30.059 --> 00:43:30.940
 is powerful

00:43:30.940 --> 00:43:31.599
 it is

00:43:31.599 --> 00:43:32.360
 personal

00:43:32.360 --> 00:43:33.159
 it is

00:43:33.159 --> 00:43:33.760
 living

00:43:33.760 --> 00:43:35.079
 and active

00:43:35.079 --> 00:43:36.340
 and we

00:43:36.340 --> 00:43:36.880
 pray lord

00:43:36.880 --> 00:43:37.579
 that in

00:43:37.579 --> 00:43:38.220
 each of

00:43:38.220 --> 00:43:39.000
 our lives

00:43:39.000 --> 00:43:41.980
 in each

00:43:41.980 --> 00:43:42.800
 of our

00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:43.539
 trials

00:43:43.539 --> 00:43:46.000
 by the

00:43:46.000 --> 00:43:46.500
 precision

00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:47.079
 and power

00:43:47.079 --> 00:43:47.420
 of your

00:43:47.420 --> 00:43:47.840
 spirit

00:43:47.840 --> 00:43:48.179
 you would

00:43:48.179 --> 00:43:48.960
 apply your

00:43:48.960 --> 00:43:49.340
 word

00:43:49.340 --> 00:43:50.519
 so that

00:43:50.519 --> 00:43:50.940
 we can

00:43:50.940 --> 00:43:51.360
 bring you

00:43:51.360 --> 00:43:52.039
 more glory

00:43:52.039 --> 00:43:53.519
 and honor

00:43:53.519 --> 00:43:54.500
 by how

00:43:54.500 --> 00:43:55.099
 we live

00:43:55.099 --> 00:43:56.579
 lord help

00:43:56.579 --> 00:43:56.940
 us

00:43:56.940 --> 00:43:57.880
 in the name

00:43:57.880 --> 00:43:58.500
 of jesus

00:43:58.500 --> 00:43:59.659
 amen

00:43:59.659 --> 00:44:00.920
 to

00:44:02.239 --> 00:44:03.119
 end

00:44:03.119 --> 00:44:03.359
 before

00:44:03.359 --> 00:44:04.099
 like

00:44:04.099 --> 00:44:04.739
 we

00:44:04.739 --> 00:44:05.679
 we

00:44:05.679 --> 00:44:06.000
 have

00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:06.799
 we

00:44:06.799 --> 00:44:07.759
 have

00:44:07.759 --> 00:44:07.839
 you

00:44:07.839 --> 00:44:09.199
 которой

00:44:09.199 --> 00:44:09.759
 i

00:44:09.759 --> 00:44:10.239
 want

00:44:10.239 --> 00:44:10.659
 of jesus

00:44:10.659 --> 00:44:11.579
 to

00:44:11.579 --> 00:44:13.000
 this

00:44:13.000 --> 00:44:14.059
 food

00:44:14.059 --> 00:44:15.539
 you

00:44:15.539 --> 00:44:15.739
 you

00:44:15.739 --> 00:44:16.440
 you

00:44:16.440 --> 00:44:17.759
 you

00:44:17.759 --> 00:44:18.699
 you

00:44:19.519 --> 00:44:19.980
 you

00:44:19.980 --> 00:44:21.719
 you

00:44:21.719 --> 00:44:23.059
 you

00:44:23.059 --> 00:44:23.719
 you

00:44:23.719 --> 00:44:23.779
 you

00:44:23.779 --> 00:44:26.420
 you