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 Wow.

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 Wow.

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 Wow.

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 We have one more.

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 We have one more recitation

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 before we finish Ephesians chapter 6.

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 And Mary Ellen,

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 your Sunday school class is next.

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 When you are ready,

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 like next week.

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 No, I...

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 We'll work at that.

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 But hasn't this been a blessing, right?

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 It's been a great, great blessing.

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 And we all want Gabe in the future

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 to introduce our various little parts

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 of the Scripture.

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 In case you're wondering,

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 Gabe is a very quiet, shy young man.

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 And so we appreciate that.

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 I trust what you will do

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 is take your Bibles

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 and turn in them to Ephesians chapter 6.

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 And follow along with me

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 as I read there in verse 16 and 17.

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 In all circumstances,

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 take up the shield of faith

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 with which you can extinguish

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 all the flaming darts of the evil one

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 and take the helmet of salvation

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 and the sword of the Spirit,

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 which is the Word of God.

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 Let us pray.

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 Our Father God,

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 this morning as we take this Word in our hand,

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 we recognize that it is given to us

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 by revelation,

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 that the Holy Spirit has given it to us

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 that we may profit by it.

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 And furthermore,

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 we are mindful, Lord,

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 that we who are Your children

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 are heavily dependent,

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 even at this moment,

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 both in the preaching of the Word

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 and also in the comprehension

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 and application of the Word

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 on the ministry of the Spirit of God

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 who dwells within.

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 And so this morning,

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 we ask that we would be

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 enabled and strengthened

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 by Your Spirit

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 to both comprehend

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 and declare

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 the sweetness

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 and the glory

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 of the truth that reflects

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 our Lord Jesus Christ

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 and His love for us.

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 And we ask this in His name.

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 Amen.

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 We are in our third lesson,

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 I believe,

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 on the subject of spiritual warfare.

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 And I confess that it may seem

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 a little longer than most,

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 but when I stop and consider

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 the significance

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 and the importance of it,

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 I believe that it has bearing

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 on all of your lives.

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 And as I have spent

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 the last week in prayer

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 and thinking about this passage,

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 I couldn't help but have

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 many of your hearts

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 and my pastoral relationship

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 with you come to mind.

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 I cannot think about

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 the issue of spiritual warfare

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 and not think about,

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 first of all,

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 the enemy and his hatred for me

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 and his desire to harm me,

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 but I also cannot

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 come to this passage

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 and not think about you

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 and recognize that

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 in pastoral ministry,

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 you end up being aware

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 of some of the heartaches

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 and challenges

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 and the afflictions

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 of the enemy

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 who at one point or another

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 has harmed and aims

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 to hurt you.

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 Furthermore,

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 I cannot help but think

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 of our young men

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 this week as I was praying.

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 I thought about Will

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 and I thought about Sam

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 and I thought about Isaac

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 going off to basic training.

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 I thought about Seth

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 and I thought about Kevin,

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 one in Afghanistan

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 and the other in Cuba.

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 and I found myself praying

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 not only for their physical safety

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 but for their spiritual well-being.

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 And my desire and my prayer

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 has been that the Word of God

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 would be the thing

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 that would be a comfort

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 and a help to them

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 and that they would,

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 in those circumstances

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 that they will find themselves,

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 they would put on

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 the whole armor of God

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 that they will be able

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 to stand against

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 the wiles of the devil

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 in the wicked and evil day

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 that we are.

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 Now as we look at this passage

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 we come to

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 the last set of pieces

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 and very thankfully

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 I have some illustrations here

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 of those things.

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 I'm going to draw

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 their attention to them.

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 For one,

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 we have a shield.

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 I'm going to get

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 these things set where,

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 what happened to the chairs?

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 Here they are.

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 I'm going to put the helmet

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 out here for you.

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 But a shield was something

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 that since people

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 were always trying

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 to hurt you

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 and stick you

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 and poke little things in you,

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 the shield was something

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 that protected you

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 and was very,

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 very vital

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 to ancient warfare.

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 In fact,

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 a soldier was most often

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 referred to

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 as a shield wearer

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 or a shield carrier.

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 And ancient warfare

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 and much of the,

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 I wouldn't use

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 the word mythology,

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 but all the mystique

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 surrounding it

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 had to do with a shield.

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 One of the things

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 that a Spartan mother

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 and father would say

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 to their son

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 when he was going

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 off to warfare

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 was either come back

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 with your shield

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 or on it.

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 That is not rumor.

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 That's fact.

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 And the attitude was

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 is that your shield

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 was probably one

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 of the most important

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 items of defense

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 because it was what

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 protected you

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 from those who were

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 bent on your destruction.

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 In addition to the shield,

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 there was the helmet

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 and we were looking

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 at that this morning.

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 This is one example

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 of a helmet

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 and the helmet

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 was something

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 that you didn't wear

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 for casual entertainment

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 or when you were

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 mowing the lawn.

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 You only put it on

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 when you were involved

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 in conflict.

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 It was hot.

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 It was sticky.

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 It was messy.

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 It was heavy.

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 I mean,

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 the modern helmets

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 that men wear today

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 in battle

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 has nothing to do

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 with that old lump

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 of metal

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 that was stuck

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 on top of your head

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 for your safety.

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 Third,

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 and I have

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 very thankfully

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 a sword here

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 that,

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 there it is.

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 Sword was

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 very,

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 very important

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 and for the most part

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 in ancient warfare

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 they did not use swords

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 the way they use them

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 on TV.

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 Now what I mean by that

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 in TV,

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 how are swords used?

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 Oh,

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 it's clatter and clang

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 all over the place

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 and big strokes

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 and swings

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 and all that kind of stuff

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 but the truth of the matter

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 is the sword

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 was used primarily

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 for putting five

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 or six inch

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 little holes in people.

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 Straightforward,

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 okay?

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 Let me tell you something.

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 A slashing wound

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 that is two feet long

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 and half an inch deep

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 is not quite as dangerous

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 to an individual

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 as a five inch penetration

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 in his core

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 because guess what happens

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 when there's a penetration

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 in your core,

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 in your thorax?

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 It all begins

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 to shut down,

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 okay?

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 And you begin

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 to lose oxygen,

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 you begin to lose blood,

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 there are all kinds

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 of nasty little ugly things

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 that happen

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 when that sword

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 ends up being stuck

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 inside you.

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 And this morning

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 as we think about

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 ancient warfare,

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 we recognize

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 that this passage

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 was written

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 not to just give us

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 a little introduction

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 to history

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 but to remind us

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 that we here

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 are engaged

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 in active warfare

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 and we have an enemy

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 that is bent

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 on causing us harm.

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 And one of the things

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 that we saw

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 as we look at the passage

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 earlier

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 is over there

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 in verse 12,

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 Paul says this,

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 we do not wrestle

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 against flesh and blood.

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 We do not wrestle

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 against flesh and blood.

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 And over and over again

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 the enemy

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 inclines us to think

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 that the problems

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 we have in life

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 have to do

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 with other people

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 and things that other people

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 are doing to us,

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 circumstances,

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 events,

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 all those things

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 surrounding us

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 and here

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 the Spirit of God

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 says to us,

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 hey, let's get this straight.

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 The real battle,

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 the real conflict

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 is not with people,

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 it's with something

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 more profound than that

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 and there is an enemy,

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 there is an enemy

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 of your soul

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 that is desperately

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 interested in causing

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 you harm.

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 And as a result of that

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 we come to the last

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 three pieces

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 and we find here

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 that the first thing

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 that we find

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 in this passage

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 in verse 16

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 is that we're to put

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 on the shield of faith.

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 Now the shield

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 that I have here

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 is probably a shield

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 that would,

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 if it had been used

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 and this is a modern shield

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 in case you're wondering,

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 it was just put together

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 this week,

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 but,

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 last week,

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 but if you were dealing

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 with an ancient shield

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 this kind of shield

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 would have been used

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 by those who are

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 riding on horses

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 as a general rule

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 or involved

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 in individual

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 personal conflict.

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 The shield

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 that Paul refers to

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 was much larger.

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 It was four feet tall

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 and two and a half feet wide

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 and it was kind of sloped

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 like this,

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 kind of a concave

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 and you would stand

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 behind that,

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 you had a brace

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 so you could hold on to it

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 and it weighed about

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 twenty some pounds.

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 It was a very,

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 very heavy thing

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 and because of that

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 as you look

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 in this passage

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 it says in all circumstances

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 take up.

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 You had to pick it up.

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 You had to hold on to it

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 and what the ancient shield

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 was used for

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 was primarily

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 for a defensive posture

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 of guarding yourself

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 against the enemy

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 that was coming at you

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 as this mass of individuals

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 or was firing arrows

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 and throwing darts

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 or throwing spears

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 and trying to stick you

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 and kill you

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 and the large shield

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 was something

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 that the soldier

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 stood behind

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 and he used that shield

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 to protect him

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 against the things

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 that the enemy

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 was throwing at him.

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 Remember I said

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 that ancient warfare

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 for the most part

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 was a brutal pushing match

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 in which one side

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 tried to push the other over

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 and then when they had

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 their backs turned

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 or had bowled them over

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 guess what they would do?

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 They would slaughter them.

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 They'd stick,

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 stick, stick, stick

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 and kill them

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 as a result of that.

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 And so that ancient shield

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 was how the men

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 would lock together

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 10, 20, 30 of them

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 in a row

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 and they would lock

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 those shields

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 and then they would bear

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 against the weight coming

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 and as that enemy

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 came right up against them

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 then what they would do

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 is use that sword

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 and they would stick

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 in between

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 and find the little gaps

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 in the other person's armor

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 and they would

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 poke holes in them

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 and allow him to die.

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 And as we look

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 at this passage

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 the apostle says

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 listen I want you

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 to understand

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 that in all circumstances

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 all circumstances

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 you are to take up

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 the shield of faith

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 with which you are

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 to extinguish

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 the flaming darts

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 of the evil one.

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 So let me draw

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 several truths out

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 from this

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 that you can apply

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 into your own life.

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 For one

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 I think you sitting here

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 need to understand

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 that Satan hates you

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 and he's bent

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 on your destruction.

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 Satan hates you

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 you

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 and he is bent

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 on your destruction.

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 You may not realize it

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 you may find yourself

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 indifferent to it

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 but I want you

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 to understand

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 that Satan

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 is interested

00:11:32.719 --> 00:11:34.519
 in your personal harm

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 and he wants

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 to trash your life.

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 You're a believer.

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 Most of you here

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 this morning

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 know Christ

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 as your personal Savior

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 but that does not mean

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 that you are exempt

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 from the attacks

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 of the enemy

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 and as you stop

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 and think about it

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 it's important

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 for us to recognize

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 that a lot of the things

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 that we go through

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 are really not just

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 the consequences

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 of who we are

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 but they're also

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 something that

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 the enemy

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 is bent

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 on harming

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 you with.

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 So let's stop

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 and think

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 of some of the little

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 things that we deal

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 with on a daily basis

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 that are more than

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 just what they seem

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 on the surface.

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 Sometimes we find

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 ourselves blindsided

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 by events.

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 We didn't plan it.

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 Something happens

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 in our life

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 and all the order

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 and structure

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 that we had

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 and how many of you

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 realize that

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 for the most part

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 we do rely upon

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 order and structure

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 to keep balance.

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 Isn't that right?

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 And along comes

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 something that just

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 completely throws

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 everything out of turmoil

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 and when we are

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 in that state

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 of turmoil

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 and flux

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 we have a tendency

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 to become more

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 vulnerable

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 to Satan's attacks.

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 Isn't that right?

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 And we need to

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 understand that

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 behind those

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 circumstantial

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 challenges

00:12:45.680 --> 00:12:47.200
 is really an enemy

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 who's interested

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 in causing you harm.

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 Now does God

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 let things happen

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 to us

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 without weighing

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 whether or not

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 we can endure them.

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 What's the answer?

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 1 Corinthians 10, 13

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 There's not a single thing

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 that happens in your life

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 that God has not

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 already evaluated

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 and weighed

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 and He considers

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 your ability

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 to handle it

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 and He will not

00:13:07.980 --> 00:13:09.120
 let you be tested

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 above

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 what you can handle

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 and He will

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 with that testing

00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:14.779
 provide a means

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 of dealing with it

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 enduring it

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 standing up under it.

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 So I want you

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 to understand

00:13:19.620 --> 00:13:20.580
 that when circumstances

00:13:20.580 --> 00:13:21.720
 come and seem

00:13:21.720 --> 00:13:23.639
 to just overthrow us

00:13:23.639 --> 00:13:24.120
 for a moment

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 remember Satan's

00:13:25.100 --> 00:13:25.759
 behind that

00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:26.460
 and he wants

00:13:26.460 --> 00:13:27.179
 to harm you.

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 What about those times

00:13:28.819 --> 00:13:29.720
 when you find yourself

00:13:29.720 --> 00:13:30.779
 suddenly reviewing

00:13:30.779 --> 00:13:31.519
 something that

00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:32.100
 someone said

00:13:32.100 --> 00:13:33.159
 that was a little snarky

00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:34.080
 and you get caught up

00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:35.240
 and a little embittered

00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:35.799
 and how many of you

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 ever play that game

00:13:36.580 --> 00:13:37.659
 I should have said

00:13:37.659 --> 00:13:39.460
 any of you out here

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 do the I should have said

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 or I wish I'd said

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 or you know

00:13:42.659 --> 00:13:43.879
 we just kind of play

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 and we let that thing

00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:45.220
 kind of

00:13:45.220 --> 00:13:46.179
 kind of

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 inside

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 and no

00:13:47.659 --> 00:13:48.779
 that's not just

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 something happening

00:13:49.600 --> 00:13:50.620
 it's the enemy

00:13:50.620 --> 00:13:51.539
 who's also interested

00:13:51.539 --> 00:13:52.259
 in harming us

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 by that

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 or you're sitting

00:13:54.059 --> 00:13:55.159
 there watching TV

00:13:55.159 --> 00:13:56.779
 and suddenly

00:13:56.779 --> 00:13:58.120
 there's that ad

00:13:58.120 --> 00:13:59.240
 on the TV

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 or there's the

00:14:00.100 --> 00:14:01.200
 little scene

00:14:01.200 --> 00:14:02.759
 in the program

00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:03.299
 and you think

00:14:03.299 --> 00:14:04.159
 man that is just

00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:04.819
 so godless

00:14:04.819 --> 00:14:05.460
 it's perverse

00:14:05.460 --> 00:14:06.480
 and instead of

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 responding to it

00:14:07.860 --> 00:14:09.159
 and really cutting it down

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 and shutting it off

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 you just kind of said

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 oh well whatever

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 it happens all the time

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 and you go on

00:14:13.480 --> 00:14:14.679
 and you're desensitizing

00:14:14.679 --> 00:14:15.120
 yourself

00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:16.159
 to what the enemy

00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:17.179
 of your soul

00:14:17.179 --> 00:14:18.559
 is interested in doing

00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:19.799
 in your harming

00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:20.559
 your heart

00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:23.259
 there you sit

00:14:23.259 --> 00:14:25.120
 and beloved

00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:25.939
 understand that

00:14:25.939 --> 00:14:27.299
 Satan is in the mix

00:14:27.299 --> 00:14:28.199
 in that moment

00:14:28.199 --> 00:14:29.719
 and he is interested

00:14:29.719 --> 00:14:30.659
 in your harm

00:14:30.659 --> 00:14:32.740
 so what do you do

00:14:32.740 --> 00:14:33.859
 here in this passage

00:14:33.859 --> 00:14:34.659
 it says that we're

00:14:34.659 --> 00:14:35.359
 to pick up

00:14:35.359 --> 00:14:36.679
 the shield of faith

00:14:36.679 --> 00:14:38.179
 the spirit

00:14:38.179 --> 00:14:39.039
 who is deeply

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 interested

00:14:39.620 --> 00:14:40.759
 in your spiritual

00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:41.639
 well-being

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 says pick it up

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 and use it

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 that means

00:14:45.299 --> 00:14:45.839
 that there has

00:14:45.839 --> 00:14:46.719
 to be a conscious

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 and deliberate

00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:48.980
 choice

00:14:48.980 --> 00:14:50.080
 to pick up

00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:50.779
 that shield

00:14:50.779 --> 00:14:52.180
 when we find

00:14:52.180 --> 00:14:53.200
 ourselves in that

00:14:53.200 --> 00:14:53.700
 adversity

00:14:53.700 --> 00:14:55.180
 and do something

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 with what is

00:14:56.500 --> 00:14:57.759
 the shield of faith

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 so let's ask ourselves

00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:00.279
 what is the shield

00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:00.600
 of faith

00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:01.100
 that's important

00:15:01.100 --> 00:15:01.480
 to know

00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:03.379
 is faith

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 something that is

00:15:04.220 --> 00:15:05.259
 kind of abstract

00:15:05.259 --> 00:15:06.639
 or it's just

00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:07.360
 kind of one of those

00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:08.540
 ethereal ideas

00:15:08.540 --> 00:15:09.779
 that well it's got

00:15:09.779 --> 00:15:10.560
 some benefit

00:15:10.560 --> 00:15:12.940
 it's very interesting

00:15:12.940 --> 00:15:13.480
 the other day

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 I was speaking

00:15:14.040 --> 00:15:14.759
 with an individual

00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:15.560
 and asking them

00:15:15.559 --> 00:15:16.500
 why they were doing

00:15:16.500 --> 00:15:17.839
 a certain thing

00:15:17.839 --> 00:15:19.500
 and the person

00:15:19.500 --> 00:15:21.279
 as they pondered

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 it for a moment

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 they says

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 well I guess

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 I'm doing this

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 because of heaven

00:15:24.579 --> 00:15:26.199
 really

00:15:26.199 --> 00:15:28.439
 well what is heaven

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 you can have

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 all different ideas

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 one of the things

00:15:32.339 --> 00:15:33.139
 I was actually doing

00:15:33.139 --> 00:15:33.579
 this morning

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 as I was finishing

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 up my devotions

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 is I googled

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 the idea

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 of how common

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 it is

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 in history

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 for people

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 to have ideas

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 and visions

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 and write

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 little stories

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 of visiting heaven

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 how many of you

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 realize it's a fairly

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 popular thing

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 and do you realize

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 that surprisingly enough

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 it's not something

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 that's happened only

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 in the 20th

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 or 21st century

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 people have always

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 had little fantasies

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 and ideas

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 about what heaven is

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 and they get carried

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 away with it

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 and they don't

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 really rely upon

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 that which the word

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 of God

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 has revealed

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 regarding it

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 and so here's

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 this person saying

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 well the reason

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 I'm doing this

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 is because of heaven

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 and when I pressed

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 in a little bit

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 on it

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 I discovered

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 that this idea

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 of heaven

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 was something

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 that was kind

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 of ill-defined

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 and just kind

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 of like an attitude

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 you know

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 well someday

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 it's going to be

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 better

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 I got to tell you

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 when we're dealing

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 with an enemy

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 having some abstract

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 idea of

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 well someday

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 it's going to be

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 better

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 a little positive

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 mental attitude

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 is not the key

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 I want you to

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 understand that

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 faith really

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 is a very

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 personal

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 issue

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 in that

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 it really

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 rests in the

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 person

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 and the nature

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 of God

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 himself

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 I want you

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 to get that

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 anchored in your

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 mind

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 when it says

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 that we are

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 to take up

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 the shield

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 of faith

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 it's not

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 talking about

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 faith as an

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 abstract

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 it's talking

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 about a

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 very real

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 understanding

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 of the person

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 and nature

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 of God

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 himself

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 let me illustrate

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 that for you

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 I want you to

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 look first of all

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 if you would

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 at Romans chapter

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 4 verse 19

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 through 21

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 we are looking

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 at the fact

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 that when we

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 take up the

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 shield of faith

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 we are actually

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 referring to

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 our thinking

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 about the

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 person and

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 the nature

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 of God

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 Romans chapter

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 4 verse 19

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 through 21

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 it's talking

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 about Abraham

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 being the

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 father of faith

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 and there in

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 verse 19

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 it says

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 he did not

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 weaken in faith

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 when he

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 considered his

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 own body

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 which was as

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 good as dead

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 since he was

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 about a hundred

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 years old

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 or when he

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 considered the

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 barrenness

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 of Sarah's

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 womb

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 no distrust

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 made him

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 waver

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 concerning

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 the promise

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 of God

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 for he grew

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 strong in his

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 faith as he

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 gave glory

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 to God

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 fully convinced

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 that God

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 was able

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 to do

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 what he

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 had

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 promised

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 faith

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 faith

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 is not

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 an abstract

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 sense

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 of positive

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 mental attitude

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 faith

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 is

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 believing

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 God

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 is who

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 he says

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 he is

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 and believing

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 that he

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 is the one

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 who keeps

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 his promises

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 and does

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 exactly what

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 he says

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 he will do

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 and so

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 when we

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 find ourselves

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 under attack

00:18:26.080 --> 00:18:26.940
 from Satan

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 and he is

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 seeking to

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 unhinge us

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 and harm us

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 it's not just

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 a matter of

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 having a little

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 bit

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 well

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 I think

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 it's going

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 to work

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 out

00:18:34.339 --> 00:18:34.639
 alright

00:18:34.639 --> 00:18:35.460
 it's a matter

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 of believing

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 that God

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 is who

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 he says

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 he is

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 and he's

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 going to

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 do

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 what he

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 says

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 he will

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 I want

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 you to

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 look at

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 another

00:18:41.779 --> 00:18:42.180
 passage

00:18:42.180 --> 00:18:42.879
 in relationship

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 to this

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 and turn

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 over in

00:18:44.059 --> 00:18:44.519
 your Bible

00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:45.599
 to

00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:46.139
 Hebrews

00:18:46.139 --> 00:18:46.559
 chapter

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 11

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 Hebrews

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 chapter

00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:49.039
 11

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 Hebrews

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 chapter

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 11

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 verse 1

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 it says

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 now faith

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 is the

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 assurance

00:18:55.900 --> 00:18:56.900
 of things

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 hoped

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 for

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 the conviction

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 of things

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 not seen

00:19:00.700 --> 00:19:02.120
 I've got

00:19:02.120 --> 00:19:02.580
 complete

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 confidence

00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:05.440
 in how

00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:06.360
 my story

00:19:06.360 --> 00:19:07.140
 will end

00:19:07.140 --> 00:19:09.319
 do you have

00:19:09.319 --> 00:19:09.980
 that confidence

00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:11.759
 do you have

00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:12.580
 complete confidence

00:19:12.580 --> 00:19:13.580
 that if you

00:19:13.580 --> 00:19:14.360
 were to die

00:19:14.360 --> 00:19:15.160
 this morning

00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:16.019
 as you were

00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:17.019
 driving home

00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:17.880
 that instead

00:19:17.880 --> 00:19:18.500
 of spending

00:19:18.500 --> 00:19:19.019
 eternity

00:19:19.019 --> 00:19:19.519
 in hell

00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:20.120
 you would

00:19:20.120 --> 00:19:20.400
 spend

00:19:20.400 --> 00:19:20.900
 eternity

00:19:20.900 --> 00:19:21.400
 in heaven

00:19:21.400 --> 00:19:21.900
 why

00:19:21.900 --> 00:19:22.200
 do you

00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:22.319
 have

00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:22.480
 that

00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:22.920
 confidence

00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:24.100
 do you

00:19:24.100 --> 00:19:24.240
 have

00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:24.440
 that

00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:24.860
 confidence

00:19:24.860 --> 00:19:25.299
 because

00:19:25.299 --> 00:19:25.860
 you're

00:19:25.860 --> 00:19:26.360
 a great

00:19:26.360 --> 00:19:26.819
 person

00:19:26.819 --> 00:19:27.539
 and there's

00:19:27.539 --> 00:19:27.880
 nobody

00:19:27.880 --> 00:19:28.180
 else

00:19:28.180 --> 00:19:28.740
 like you

00:19:28.740 --> 00:19:29.460
 and you've

00:19:29.460 --> 00:19:29.740
 earned

00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:30.140
 your way

00:19:30.140 --> 00:19:30.600
 into heaven

00:19:30.600 --> 00:19:30.940
 well that's

00:19:30.940 --> 00:19:31.259
 a lie

00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:31.620
 from hell

00:19:31.620 --> 00:19:31.820
 if you

00:19:31.820 --> 00:19:32.060
 believe

00:19:32.060 --> 00:19:32.380
 that

00:19:32.380 --> 00:19:34.220
 the reason

00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:34.560
 I have

00:19:34.560 --> 00:19:34.980
 confidence

00:19:34.980 --> 00:19:35.400
 is not

00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:35.860
 because of

00:19:35.860 --> 00:19:36.220
 who I

00:19:36.220 --> 00:19:36.420
 am

00:19:36.420 --> 00:19:37.140
 but because

00:19:37.140 --> 00:19:37.480
 of who

00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:37.800
 Jesus

00:19:37.800 --> 00:19:38.100
 is

00:19:38.100 --> 00:19:38.380
 and what

00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:38.900
 he said

00:19:38.900 --> 00:19:40.240
 and we

00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:40.500
 look at

00:19:40.500 --> 00:19:41.060
 this passage

00:19:41.060 --> 00:19:41.440
 it says

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:41.840
 hey listen

00:19:41.840 --> 00:19:42.280
 faith is

00:19:42.280 --> 00:19:42.759
 the assurance

00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:43.140
 of things

00:19:43.140 --> 00:19:43.660
 hoped for

00:19:43.660 --> 00:19:45.240
 the conviction

00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:45.700
 of things

00:19:45.700 --> 00:19:46.240
 not seen

00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:46.640
 now look

00:19:46.640 --> 00:19:47.000
 forward

00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:47.300
 if you

00:19:47.300 --> 00:19:47.620
 will

00:19:47.620 --> 00:19:48.400
 to verse

00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:48.860
 6

00:19:48.860 --> 00:19:50.280
 and without

00:19:50.280 --> 00:19:50.960
 faith

00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:52.540
 it is

00:19:52.540 --> 00:19:53.140
 impossible

00:19:53.140 --> 00:19:53.900
 to please

00:19:53.900 --> 00:19:54.259
 him

00:19:54.259 --> 00:19:55.259
 for whoever

00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:56.680
 would draw

00:19:56.680 --> 00:19:57.300
 near to

00:19:57.300 --> 00:19:57.840
 God

00:19:57.839 --> 00:19:59.119
 must

00:19:59.119 --> 00:19:59.559
 believe

00:19:59.559 --> 00:19:59.819
 that

00:19:59.819 --> 00:19:59.980
 he

00:19:59.980 --> 00:20:00.599
 exists

00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:01.199
 and

00:20:01.199 --> 00:20:01.399
 that

00:20:01.399 --> 00:20:01.599
 he

00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:02.159
 rewards

00:20:02.159 --> 00:20:02.559
 those

00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:02.799
 who

00:20:02.799 --> 00:20:07.159
 seek

00:20:07.159 --> 00:20:07.500
 him

00:20:07.500 --> 00:20:08.500
 so now

00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:09.199
 I want

00:20:09.199 --> 00:20:09.399
 you to

00:20:09.399 --> 00:20:09.839
 recognize

00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:10.679
 that what

00:20:10.679 --> 00:20:12.000
 Paul

00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:12.799
 is teaching

00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:13.240
 us

00:20:13.240 --> 00:20:13.599
 is that

00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:14.419
 when we

00:20:14.419 --> 00:20:15.039
 face the

00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:15.519
 adversary

00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:15.959
 that we

00:20:15.959 --> 00:20:16.259
 do

00:20:16.259 --> 00:20:17.619
 that we're

00:20:17.619 --> 00:20:17.959
 to pick

00:20:17.959 --> 00:20:18.299
 up the

00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:18.579
 shield

00:20:18.579 --> 00:20:19.139
 of faith

00:20:19.139 --> 00:20:20.720
 and the

00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:21.019
 shield

00:20:21.019 --> 00:20:21.480
 of faith

00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:21.919
 is our

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 conscious

00:20:22.399 --> 00:20:23.799
 and deliberate

00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:24.819
 thinking

00:20:24.819 --> 00:20:25.480
 about the

00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:26.000
 person

00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:26.680
 and the

00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:27.039
 work

00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:27.319
 of

00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:27.940
 Christ

00:20:27.940 --> 00:20:29.220
 now I

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 play that

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 out for

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 you in a

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 couple

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 different ways

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 so you

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 can kind

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 of see

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 it in

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 real time

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 when

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 Joseph

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 was tempted

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 by Potiphar's

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 wife to

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 have sex

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 back in

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 Genesis

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 how did

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 he respond

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 to

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 Potiphar's

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 wife

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 where

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 he said

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 no no

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 no

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 if I

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 do

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 this

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 it's

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 probably

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 going to

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 be a

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 career

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 ender

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 I'm

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 going to

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 get in

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 trouble

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 and I

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 don't

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 want

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 to

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 do

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 this

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 is

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 that

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 what

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 he

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 said

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 no

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 did he

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 that if

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 I'm

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 engaged

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 in

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 unprotected

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 sex

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 that there

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 could be

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 some

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 consequences

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 I could

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 end up

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 with an

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 STD

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 or I

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 could have

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 some

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 real bad

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 things happen

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 to me

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 is that

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 what he

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 said

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 no

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 what did

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 he

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 say

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 how

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 can

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 I

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 do

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 this

00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:06.240
 against

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 God

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 God

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 in the

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 center

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 of his

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 faith

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 was his

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 belief

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 in the

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 person

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 and nature

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 of God

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 and he

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 understood

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 that if

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 he fell

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 into

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 this

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 sin

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 he

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 would

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 harm

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 his

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 relationship

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 and his

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 communion

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 with his

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 father

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 and he

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 said

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 I

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 don't

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 want

00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:27.960
 to

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 do

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 that

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 to

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 my

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 father

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 let me

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 have you

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 think of

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 an

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 opposite

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 illustration

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 after

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 David

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 fell

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 into

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 sin

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 with

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 Bathsheba

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 and

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 then

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 subsequent

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 a child

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 was born

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 and he

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 thought

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 that the

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 reasonable

00:21:43.380 --> 00:21:43.720
 way

00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:43.920
 to

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 cover

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 up

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 this

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 sin

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 was

00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:45.720
 to

00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:46.279
 murder

00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:47.220
 the

00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:47.880
 woman's

00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:48.500
 husband

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 and

00:21:48.860 --> 00:21:49.099
 then

00:21:49.099 --> 00:21:49.519
 marry

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 her

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 in

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 this

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 quick

00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:50.740
 little

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 event

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 so

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:52.980
 that

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.259
 he

00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:53.500
 could

00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:54.180
 pretend

00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:54.420
 that

00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:54.680
 well

00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:54.920
 she

00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:55.120
 had

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 a

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 little

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 bit

00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:55.720
 of a

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 premature

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 birth

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 or

00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:56.819
 whatever

00:21:56.819 --> 00:21:57.160
 else

00:21:57.160 --> 00:21:57.940
 and hide

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 his sin

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 did it work

00:21:59.039 --> 00:21:59.259
 out

00:21:59.259 --> 00:21:59.519
 no

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 and eventually

00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:01.980
 Nathan the prophet shows up

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 and you know what Nathan says to him

00:22:03.640 --> 00:22:06.519
 how could you do this to God

00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:08.740
 you have been

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.319
 you have been the one

00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:12.559
 that has harmed the reputation and testimony of God

00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:15.379
 and so when Satan is attacking

00:22:15.379 --> 00:22:17.700
 and he is trying to unhinge you

00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:19.759
 or he's trying to discourage you

00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:22.059
 or he comes in and he says listen

00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:24.079
 the things that are happening to you

00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:26.639
 are indications that God really doesn't care

00:22:26.639 --> 00:22:28.220
 he's not paying attention

00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:30.779
 those are lies from Satan

00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:33.519
 and when you give in to them

00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:35.680
 in essence what you are doing

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:36.560
 listen to me carefully

00:22:36.560 --> 00:22:38.340
 you are denying

00:22:38.340 --> 00:22:40.380
 what your faith

00:22:40.380 --> 00:22:43.759
 believes and knows about God the Father

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:47.779
 will God let something bad happen to his children

00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:49.500
 to their harm and their detriment

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.840
 what's the answer from God's people

00:22:50.840 --> 00:22:52.480
 no

00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:56.440
 and so when you sit there with your pouty attitude

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:59.500
 kind of fretting of the fact that God doesn't love you

00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:02.440
 what are you saying about the scriptures that you say you know

00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:04.640
 you're denying them

00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:08.240
 and what you need to do is pick up that shield of faith

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:09.960
 and say I am not going there

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:11.880
 I know who my Father is

00:23:11.880 --> 00:23:13.720
 and I know how he cares for me

00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:17.700
 so when you find yourself tempted by the enemy

00:23:17.700 --> 00:23:18.900
 who wants to harm you

00:23:18.900 --> 00:23:21.440
 think often of your Father's person

00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:22.380
 and promises

00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:24.920
 and guard yourself from sin

00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:28.200
 think about your Father's person

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:29.920
 and his promises

00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:32.759
 and guard yourself from sin

00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:35.380
 I want you to ponder with me just for a moment

00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:37.319
 what it must be like to be Pastor Saeed

00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:39.140
 as he is in prison in Iran

00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:41.980
 or I think about the woman

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:43.420
 we heard that she has been

00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:45.539
 she has been forgiven or whatever

00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:47.019
 and she may be released from prison

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:48.720
 but just days ago

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:51.039
 Miriam, what's her name, Abraham

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:53.080
 anticipated that eventually

00:23:53.080 --> 00:23:55.039
 she was going to be executed by hanging

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:57.639
 for her faith in the Lord Jesus Christ

00:23:57.639 --> 00:23:59.740
 and as she languished there in jail

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:01.599
 what do you think she took confidence in?

00:24:02.659 --> 00:24:04.279
 not just a positive mental attitude

00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:06.460
 she was believing in the character

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:08.359
 and the nature of her Father

00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:10.299
 and she trusted in His promises

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:14.319
 the second thing that we find there in Ephesians chapter 6

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:16.639
 is that we're to take on the helmet of salvation

00:24:16.639 --> 00:24:17.420
 here's the helmet

00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:20.420
 and what the helmet did was it protected the head

00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:21.259
 I'll tell you something

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:23.720
 if you have ever been bumped on the head

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.539
 or hit on the head

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:27.140
 what does it do to your capacity to think clearly?

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.920
 it kind of messes it up

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:33.900
 there's a reason why we have all this attention now

00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:37.339
 in the football league to concussions

00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:42.660
 because it causes individuals to not be able to think clearly

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:45.079
 and so here in ancient warfare

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:47.140
 man, if you could hit a guy a good lick on the head

00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:48.839
 he rung his bell

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.440
 and not only that

00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:50.380
 he couldn't think

00:24:50.380 --> 00:24:54.120
 and Satan is always interested in hitting us in the head

00:24:54.120 --> 00:24:56.600
 so that he can affect the way we think

00:24:56.600 --> 00:24:58.300
 and our understanding of things

00:24:58.300 --> 00:25:02.560
 and just as the ancient helmet protected the head

00:25:02.560 --> 00:25:04.360
 where thought was generated

00:25:04.360 --> 00:25:07.520
 so the helmet of salvation

00:25:07.520 --> 00:25:09.180
 is designed by God

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:10.660
 to protect our head

00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:11.800
 and our thinking

00:25:11.800 --> 00:25:13.520
 from the attacks of Satan

00:25:13.520 --> 00:25:15.820
 and so look at what it says here

00:25:15.820 --> 00:25:17.800
 it tells us a little bit of what this helmet is

00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:20.419
 it says it is the helmet of salvation

00:25:20.419 --> 00:25:21.940
 verse 17

00:25:21.940 --> 00:25:24.200
 take on the helmet of salvation

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:26.399
 and I want you to think with me

00:25:26.399 --> 00:25:29.379
 that I believe that this issue of the helmet of salvation

00:25:29.379 --> 00:25:31.720
 is not just the matter that you're saved

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.899
 that's true

00:25:32.899 --> 00:25:36.599
 it is important to recognize that you're saved

00:25:36.599 --> 00:25:38.680
 but there's more in peace

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:40.599
 than just the matter of your salvation

00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:41.639
 so let me talk a little bit

00:25:41.639 --> 00:25:43.680
 about the broad sense

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:46.079
 in which I believe this issue of the helmet of salvation

00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:47.579
 protects the believer

00:25:47.579 --> 00:25:49.939
 from the attack of Satan against his mind

00:25:49.939 --> 00:25:51.799
 for one thing

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:53.419
 salvation delivers us

00:25:53.419 --> 00:25:55.000
 from the penalty of sin

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:58.619
 the sinner lives a quiet

00:25:58.619 --> 00:26:00.799
 life of anxiety

00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.779
 and terror

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:03.740
 from the eventual judgment of God

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:07.339
 that doesn't mean that all that the sinner does

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:08.859
 is under this pall

00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:09.799
 and under this cloud

00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:10.699
 but I will tell you

00:26:10.699 --> 00:26:12.439
 that in the quiet moments

00:26:12.439 --> 00:26:14.339
 when those individuals are alone

00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:16.480
 their conscience bears witness

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:18.339
 against the sin that they've committed

00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:21.179
 and they live with a certain fear

00:26:21.179 --> 00:26:22.199
 and anxiety

00:26:22.199 --> 00:26:24.240
 that judgment's someday coming

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:28.159
 and we who know the Lord Jesus Christ

00:26:28.159 --> 00:26:30.019
 understand that the scripture tells us

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:33.099
 that because of what Christ Jesus has done for us

00:26:33.099 --> 00:26:36.279
 that we have been delivered from the penalty of sin

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:39.119
 I want you to turn over your Bible just a little bit

00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:41.139
 go to Colossians chapter 2

00:26:41.139 --> 00:26:43.939
 and look with me at verses 13 and 14

00:26:43.939 --> 00:26:45.479
 in relationship to this

00:26:45.479 --> 00:26:48.899
 Colossians chapter 2 verse 13 and 14

00:26:48.899 --> 00:26:54.019
 and you who were dead in your trespasses

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:56.379
 and the uncircumcision of your flesh

00:26:56.379 --> 00:26:59.339
 God made alive together with him

00:26:59.339 --> 00:27:03.579
 having forgiven us all our trespasses

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:08.899
 having forgiven us all our trespasses

00:27:08.899 --> 00:27:12.480
 by canceling the record of debt

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:14.960
 that stood against us with its legal demands

00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:16.939
 this he set aside

00:27:16.939 --> 00:27:20.159
 nailing it to the cross

00:27:20.159 --> 00:27:24.419
 in the ancient world

00:27:24.419 --> 00:27:25.960
 when a debt was satisfied

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:29.579
 the thing that happened with that document of debt

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:33.240
 was that in a different sense from our world

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.759
 by the way

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:35.220
 when you pay off your mortgage

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:36.019
 what happens?

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:38.680
 you get a title to your home

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:40.460
 how many of you have had the joy

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:43.500
 of having the Bureau of Motor Vehicles

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:46.839
 send you a copy of the title to your car?

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.740
 how many of you like that?

00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:49.380
 it's a good thing

00:27:49.380 --> 00:27:53.339
 I want you to know that in the ancient world

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:54.980
 when you satisfied a debt

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:56.779
 that document was taken

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:58.400
 and was nailed in a public place

00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:59.480
 so that everybody knew

00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:01.259
 you were free of that obligation

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:03.259
 salvation

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:05.319
 and in the Bible

00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:06.539
 what it tells us is that

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:08.259
 salvation has delivered us

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:09.759
 from the penalty of sin

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:13.119
 salvation has taken away

00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:14.319
 the right of the enemy

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:17.500
 to come and remind your conscience

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.680
 that you stand condemned

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.720
 before a holy God

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:22.220
 and that you should live in

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:23.920
 holy terror of his judgment

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:26.539
 I want you to understand also

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:28.039
 that salvation delivers us

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:29.119
 from the power of sin

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:30.099
 now think with me carefully

00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:32.799
 follow me carefully here

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:34.819
 prior to conversion

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:36.679
 the sinner cannot help himself

00:28:36.679 --> 00:28:37.099
 but

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:38.439
 sin

00:28:38.439 --> 00:28:40.539
 does that make sense?

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:43.859
 the sinner cannot help himself

00:28:43.859 --> 00:28:44.879
 but sin

00:28:44.879 --> 00:28:47.339
 in fact there are some of you

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:48.279
 sitting here this morning

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:48.959
 perhaps that

00:28:48.959 --> 00:28:50.699
 that secretly inside

00:28:50.699 --> 00:28:51.599
 now you wouldn't admit it

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:52.199
 at this point

00:28:52.199 --> 00:28:53.579
 but secretly inside

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:54.839
 your life has been

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:57.519
 one ongoing frustrating

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:58.519
 experience

00:28:58.519 --> 00:29:00.740
 of trying your very best

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:02.039
 to do right

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:03.779
 and you never get there

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:09.179
 the reason you never get there

00:29:09.179 --> 00:29:10.059
 is because you don't know

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:10.980
 Christ as your Savior

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:12.779
 you do not have the

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:14.419
 indwelling spirit of God

00:29:14.419 --> 00:29:15.779
 that is actively engaged

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.980
 in helping you overcome

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:18.059
 the enemy

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:19.779
 and not fall into sin

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.879
 and you're toast

00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:24.280
 you're a little bit like

00:29:24.280 --> 00:29:25.060
 the lion

00:29:25.060 --> 00:29:28.220
 who by virtue of being

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:29.680
 a carnivore

00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:30.120
 right

00:29:30.120 --> 00:29:33.160
 is just not into vegetables

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:35.460
 and so

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:37.060
 every time

00:29:37.060 --> 00:29:38.300
 Satan kind of drags

00:29:38.300 --> 00:29:39.420
 a little piece of meat by

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:40.020
 guess what

00:29:40.020 --> 00:29:41.160
 you're saying

00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:42.380
 no I'm going vegan now

00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:42.640
 it's like

00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:43.180
 boom

00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:43.940
 there you are

00:29:43.940 --> 00:29:44.760
 you're all over it

00:29:44.760 --> 00:29:45.760
 because that's your nature

00:29:45.760 --> 00:29:48.660
 the unregenerate person

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:50.000
 cannot help but sin

00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:52.900
 the person who has been

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:54.539
 saved by the grace of God

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:56.359
 has received a new heart

00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:57.779
 and a new mind

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:59.680
 and has the ability

00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:02.440
 to not sin

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:06.099
 this morning as I was driving

00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:07.339
 to church

00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:13.819
 and it seemed that there were

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.940
 quite a few of my neighbors

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:16.299
 who decided that it was time

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:16.980
 to jog

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:19.579
 and they were jogging

00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:21.880
 in fairly scanty clothes

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:22.460
 because you know

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:23.539
 it's insufferably hot

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:24.599
 and so you know

00:30:24.599 --> 00:30:25.799
 that's the best way to jog

00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:26.319
 and I am

00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:27.440
 you know what I'm doing

00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:28.579
 I'm reciting passages

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:28.980
 of scripture

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:30.400
 to help me with my thought life

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:31.420
 does anybody understand

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:32.420
 what I'm saying

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:33.259
 okay

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:34.920
 and one of the passages

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:36.099
 that I grabbed a hold of

00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:37.019
 and hung on to

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.740
 was this passage

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:39.420
 in Galatians chapter 5

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:39.960
 verse 16

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.259
 it says

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:41.620
 they that walk

00:30:41.620 --> 00:30:42.880
 by the spirit

00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:44.700
 shall not fulfill

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:46.420
 the lusts of the flesh

00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:48.660
 I could say to myself

00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:50.380
 I don't have to do that

00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:52.519
 why

00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:54.299
 because God

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:55.640
 has saved me

00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:57.180
 and I enjoy

00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:57.920
 the blessing

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.620
 of that deliverance

00:30:58.620 --> 00:30:59.299
 but there's another part

00:30:59.299 --> 00:30:59.660
 coming

00:30:59.660 --> 00:31:01.299
 listen to me

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:04.700
 salvation will deliver us

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.660
 from the presence

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:06.279
 of sin

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:11.319
 the day is coming

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:13.720
 when the believer

00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:15.119
 will no longer face

00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:16.299
 that daily battle

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:17.440
 with sin

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:19.960
 turn with me

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.539
 just for a moment

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.899
 to 1st John chapter 3

00:31:21.899 --> 00:31:22.940
 just want to read

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:24.119
 that passage to you

00:31:24.119 --> 00:31:25.980
 1st John chapter 3

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:27.279
 let me have you look at it

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:30.519
 here's what it says

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:31.599
 in chapter 3

00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:32.299
 verse 1

00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:34.359
 it says

00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:35.579
 see what kind of love

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:36.559
 the father has given

00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:37.039
 to us

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.740
 that we should be

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.299
 called the children

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:38.819
 of God

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:40.399
 hey listen

00:31:40.399 --> 00:31:44.659
 if you are a child

00:31:44.659 --> 00:31:45.139
 of God

00:31:45.139 --> 00:31:46.699
 you should never

00:31:46.699 --> 00:31:47.480
 get over

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:48.679
 absolutely being

00:31:48.679 --> 00:31:49.419
 blown away

00:31:49.419 --> 00:31:50.019
 by the fact

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.599
 that God

00:31:50.599 --> 00:31:51.099
 has made you

00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:51.579
 his child

00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:59.539
 John says

00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:00.519
 see

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:01.319
 now what is he saying

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:02.379
 in essence

00:32:02.379 --> 00:32:02.879
 he's saying

00:32:02.879 --> 00:32:03.579
 in our contemporary

00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:03.960
 lingo

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.179
 he says

00:32:04.179 --> 00:32:04.799
 wow

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:12.299
 see what manner

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:12.740
 of love

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.200
 the father

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:13.639
 has given

00:32:13.639 --> 00:32:14.059
 to us

00:32:14.059 --> 00:32:14.480
 that we should

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:14.799
 be called

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.220
 the children

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:15.639
 of God

00:32:15.639 --> 00:32:16.399
 and so we are

00:32:16.399 --> 00:32:20.599
 the reason

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:21.220
 why the world

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:21.980
 does not know us

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.500
 is that it did

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:23.200
 not know him

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:23.740
 beloved

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.960
 we are now

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:25.779
 God's children

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:27.839
 and what we

00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:28.539
 will be

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:29.500
 has not yet

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:29.899
 appeared

00:32:29.899 --> 00:32:31.180
 but we know

00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:32.039
 that when he

00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:32.379
 appears

00:32:32.379 --> 00:32:32.940
 we shall be

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:33.659
 like him

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.600
 can I stop

00:32:34.600 --> 00:32:35.040
 there just for

00:32:35.040 --> 00:32:35.380
 a second

00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:36.200
 when he

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:36.580
 appears

00:32:36.580 --> 00:32:37.120
 we shall

00:32:37.120 --> 00:32:37.620
 be what

00:32:37.620 --> 00:32:39.340
 like him

00:32:39.340 --> 00:32:42.440
 if that

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:42.779
 doesn't

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.400
 overwhelm you

00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:43.960
 there's something

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.759
 going on in your

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.519
 heart that needs

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:46.380
 to be remedied

00:32:46.380 --> 00:32:49.580
 when we see him

00:32:49.580 --> 00:32:50.900
 we shall be

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.520
 what

00:32:51.520 --> 00:32:53.040
 like him

00:32:53.040 --> 00:32:56.500
 the best

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:58.940
 the most precious

00:32:58.940 --> 00:33:01.280
 the most real

00:33:01.280 --> 00:33:03.200
 most satisfying

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:04.380
 thing of all

00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:04.880
 eternity

00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:05.600
 will be seeing

00:33:05.600 --> 00:33:05.940
 the Lord

00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:06.720
 Jesus Christ

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:08.740
 and in

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.780
 seeing him

00:33:09.780 --> 00:33:10.560
 my soul

00:33:10.560 --> 00:33:11.760
 will be satisfied

00:33:11.760 --> 00:33:13.200
 and I

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:13.840
 will

00:33:13.840 --> 00:33:14.520
 be

00:33:14.520 --> 00:33:15.400
 like

00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:16.200
 him

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:21.759
 and then

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:22.080
 look at

00:33:22.080 --> 00:33:22.540
 verse 3

00:33:22.540 --> 00:33:22.840
 and it

00:33:22.840 --> 00:33:23.100
 says

00:33:23.100 --> 00:33:23.880
 and everyone

00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:24.759
 who thus

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.240
 hopes

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:26.080
 in him

00:33:26.080 --> 00:33:27.060
 purifies

00:33:27.060 --> 00:33:27.580
 himself

00:33:27.580 --> 00:33:29.860
 your

00:33:29.860 --> 00:33:30.440
 ambition

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:31.980
 your

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.680
 futuristic

00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:33.300
 thinking

00:33:33.300 --> 00:33:33.900
 about the

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:34.360
 day that

00:33:34.360 --> 00:33:34.820
 you will

00:33:34.820 --> 00:33:35.100
 see

00:33:35.100 --> 00:33:35.560
 Jesus

00:33:35.560 --> 00:33:36.259
 Christ

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:39.240
 makes

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:39.600
 all the

00:33:39.600 --> 00:33:39.880
 difference

00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:40.120
 in the

00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:40.440
 world

00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:42.500
 in your

00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:42.860
 spiritual

00:33:42.860 --> 00:33:43.340
 life

00:33:43.339 --> 00:33:43.799
 life

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:45.699
 and coming

00:33:45.699 --> 00:33:46.259
 back to that

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:47.319
 passage in

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:49.419
 Ephesians

00:33:49.419 --> 00:33:50.199
 where the

00:33:50.199 --> 00:33:51.039
 apostle says

00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:52.139
 put on the

00:33:52.139 --> 00:33:53.199
 helmet of

00:33:53.199 --> 00:33:53.980
 salvation

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:56.759
 thinking about

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.299
 the fact that

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:57.599
 you've been

00:33:57.599 --> 00:33:58.179
 delivered from

00:33:58.179 --> 00:33:58.500
 sin

00:33:58.500 --> 00:34:00.279
 thinking about

00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:00.879
 the fact that

00:34:00.879 --> 00:34:01.599
 sin has no

00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:02.000
 right to

00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:02.480
 control your

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:03.220
 life anymore

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:04.579
 and thinking

00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:04.980
 about the

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:05.379
 fact that

00:34:05.379 --> 00:34:05.899
 the day is

00:34:05.899 --> 00:34:06.500
 coming when

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:07.419
 you will see

00:34:07.419 --> 00:34:08.299
 Jesus face

00:34:08.299 --> 00:34:08.759
 to face

00:34:08.759 --> 00:34:09.639
 and that

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:10.380
 protects your

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:11.259
 mind and your

00:34:11.259 --> 00:34:12.139
 heart from the

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:12.920
 attacks of an

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.720
 enemy that

00:34:13.720 --> 00:34:14.159
 wants to

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:14.860
 trash your

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.320
 life

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:18.139
 finally

00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:20.639
 we look

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:21.000
 there in the

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:21.559
 passage and

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:21.900
 it says

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:23.940
 and take

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:25.019
 up the

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:26.139
 sword of

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.780
 the spirit

00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:28.420
 which is

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:28.920
 the word

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:29.639
 of God

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:31.980
 now

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:33.139
 like I

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:34.019
 said TV

00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:34.599
 has given

00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:35.260
 us to a

00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:35.980
 large degree

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:37.139
 a misunderstanding

00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:37.980
 of what

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:38.720
 swords were

00:34:38.720 --> 00:34:39.220
 for

00:34:39.219 --> 00:34:41.659
 I can tell

00:34:41.659 --> 00:34:42.259
 you that it's

00:34:42.259 --> 00:34:42.859
 not just

00:34:42.859 --> 00:34:43.699
 this sword

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:44.179
 here

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:46.500
 that would

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:47.279
 probably not

00:34:47.279 --> 00:34:47.739
 do well

00:34:47.739 --> 00:34:49.539
 I'm sorry

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:50.219
 Josh

00:34:50.219 --> 00:34:51.819
 forgive me

00:34:51.819 --> 00:34:53.319
 but I can

00:34:53.319 --> 00:34:54.000
 tell you that

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:55.439
 if Josh and

00:34:55.439 --> 00:34:56.039
 one of his

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.919
 neighbor friends

00:34:56.919 --> 00:34:57.839
 armed equally

00:34:57.839 --> 00:34:58.899
 with a sword

00:34:58.899 --> 00:34:59.459
 what does it

00:34:59.459 --> 00:34:59.819
 say here

00:34:59.819 --> 00:35:00.279
 there's a

00:35:00.279 --> 00:35:02.159
 I forget

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:03.119
 it's an

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:04.059
 elven script

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:05.259
 and I can't

00:35:05.259 --> 00:35:05.959
 read that

00:35:05.959 --> 00:35:06.439
 today

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:08.440
 it's not

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:08.840
 Greek

00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:09.440
 and it's

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:10.179
 not Hindi

00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:10.860
 so I'm

00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:11.360
 stuck

00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:12.340
 but you

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:12.599
 know

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:15.059
 Josh and

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:15.619
 his friend

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:16.139
 out there

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:16.780
 in the yard

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:17.679
 going through

00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:18.240
 the drama

00:35:18.240 --> 00:35:18.700
 of these

00:35:18.700 --> 00:35:19.619
 whoo choo

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:20.579
 whoo choo

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:21.300
 crack

00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:22.200
 smash

00:35:22.200 --> 00:35:23.119
 about three

00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:23.519
 or four

00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:24.220
 strokes into

00:35:24.220 --> 00:35:24.800
 it the sword

00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:25.579
 would be bent

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:26.519
 or whacked

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:26.960
 in half

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:27.340
 how many of you

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:28.019
 understand that

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:30.019
 I mean

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.840
 for the most

00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:31.500
 part swords

00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:31.920
 were really

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:32.740
 not designed

00:35:32.740 --> 00:35:33.639
 for smacking

00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:34.460
 other swords

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:35.079
 they were

00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:35.679
 designed for

00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:36.240
 putting holes

00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:36.799
 in people

00:35:36.799 --> 00:35:38.539
 do you

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:39.059
 follow that

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:40.779
 all about

00:35:40.779 --> 00:35:41.139
 poke

00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:41.559
 poke

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:41.939
 poke

00:35:41.939 --> 00:35:42.379
 poke

00:35:42.379 --> 00:35:43.239
 and

00:35:43.239 --> 00:35:44.299
 you know

00:35:44.299 --> 00:35:45.319
 here it

00:35:45.319 --> 00:35:45.619
 says

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:46.419
 take up

00:35:46.419 --> 00:35:47.299
 the sword

00:35:47.299 --> 00:35:50.279
 the sword

00:35:50.279 --> 00:35:51.079
 of the spirit

00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:52.239
 of the word

00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:52.899
 of God

00:35:52.899 --> 00:35:54.459
 I gotta tell you

00:35:54.459 --> 00:35:55.259
 that the word

00:35:55.259 --> 00:35:55.759
 of God

00:35:55.759 --> 00:35:56.919
 is not some

00:35:56.919 --> 00:35:57.739
 certain

00:35:57.739 --> 00:35:58.799
 warm set

00:35:58.799 --> 00:35:59.379
 of fuzzy

00:35:59.379 --> 00:36:00.039
 feelings

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:03.599
 it's the

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:04.179
 authority

00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:05.659
 it's the

00:36:05.659 --> 00:36:06.319
 express

00:36:06.319 --> 00:36:07.079
 written

00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:07.940
 revelation

00:36:07.940 --> 00:36:08.759
 of what

00:36:08.759 --> 00:36:09.339
 God

00:36:09.339 --> 00:36:10.059
 who abides

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.579
 in heaven

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:11.619
 knows to be

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:11.940
 true

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:12.980
 and tells us

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.539
 is right

00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:15.359
 and we

00:36:15.359 --> 00:36:15.599
 ought to

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:15.940
 take him

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:16.559
 seriously

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:18.759
 I bump

00:36:18.759 --> 00:36:19.219
 into people

00:36:19.219 --> 00:36:19.739
 all the time

00:36:19.739 --> 00:36:20.019
 today

00:36:20.019 --> 00:36:20.239
 that

00:36:20.239 --> 00:36:23.119
 the wishy-washy

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:23.779
 lack of

00:36:23.779 --> 00:36:24.319
 clarity

00:36:24.319 --> 00:36:25.219
 on what

00:36:25.219 --> 00:36:25.879
 the Bible

00:36:25.879 --> 00:36:26.739
 has to say

00:36:26.739 --> 00:36:28.139
 is befuddling

00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:28.659
 to me

00:36:28.659 --> 00:36:32.139
 you know

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:32.420
 what

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:33.000
 when the

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:33.259
 Bible

00:36:33.259 --> 00:36:33.559
 says

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:33.819
 don't

00:36:33.819 --> 00:36:33.980
 be

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.559
 unequally

00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:35.079
 yoked

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:35.799
 do you

00:36:35.799 --> 00:36:35.879
 know

00:36:35.879 --> 00:36:36.019
 what

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.159
 that

00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:36.539
 means

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:37.960
 it

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.179
 means

00:36:38.179 --> 00:36:38.599
 believers

00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:38.779
 and

00:36:38.779 --> 00:36:39.299
 unbelievers

00:36:39.299 --> 00:36:39.559
 should

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:39.799
 not

00:36:39.799 --> 00:36:39.980
 be

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:40.379
 engaged

00:36:40.379 --> 00:36:40.579
 in

00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:41.379
 relationships

00:36:41.379 --> 00:36:43.679
 should

00:36:43.679 --> 00:36:43.799
 a

00:36:43.799 --> 00:36:44.059
 Christian

00:36:44.059 --> 00:36:44.299
 boy

00:36:44.299 --> 00:36:44.500
 date

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:44.599
 a

00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:44.799
 non

00:36:44.799 --> 00:36:45.079
 Christian

00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:45.339
 girl

00:36:45.339 --> 00:36:45.599
 what's

00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:45.719
 the

00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:46.079
 answer

00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:47.119
 the

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:47.399
 Bible

00:36:47.399 --> 00:36:47.699
 says

00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:48.179
 no

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:49.899
 it's

00:36:49.899 --> 00:36:50.139
 not

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:50.420
 Tim

00:36:50.420 --> 00:36:50.940
 Kenoyer

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.139
 that

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:51.460
 thinks

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:51.859
 that

00:36:51.859 --> 00:36:53.279
 it's

00:36:53.279 --> 00:36:53.440
 the

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:53.839
 Bible

00:36:53.839 --> 00:36:55.960
 one

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.139
 of the

00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:56.440
 reasons

00:36:56.440 --> 00:36:56.779
 why

00:36:56.779 --> 00:36:57.639
 periodically

00:36:57.639 --> 00:36:58.019
 I

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.420
 say to

00:36:58.420 --> 00:36:58.539
 you

00:36:58.539 --> 00:36:58.820
 as a

00:36:58.820 --> 00:36:59.420
 congregation

00:36:59.420 --> 00:37:00.199
 hey

00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:01.019
 don't

00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:01.460
 ask me

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:01.780
 to do

00:37:01.780 --> 00:37:01.940
 a

00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:02.199
 wedding

00:37:02.199 --> 00:37:02.820
 ceremony

00:37:02.820 --> 00:37:03.340
 where

00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:03.559
 there

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:03.719
 is

00:37:03.719 --> 00:37:03.900
 a

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:04.320
 believer

00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:04.780
 and

00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:04.900
 a

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.179
 non

00:37:05.179 --> 00:37:05.539
 believer

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:05.840
 that

00:37:05.840 --> 00:37:05.980
 are

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.599
 thinking

00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:06.860
 about

00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:07.099
 getting

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:07.380
 married

00:37:07.380 --> 00:37:07.599
 I

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:07.940
 can't

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:08.099
 do

00:37:08.099 --> 00:37:08.259
 it

00:37:08.259 --> 00:37:08.639
 God

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:08.940
 doesn't

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:09.219
 allow

00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:09.559
 me

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:11.759
 and

00:37:11.759 --> 00:37:11.900
 if

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.159
 God

00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:12.400
 wouldn't

00:37:12.400 --> 00:37:12.639
 allow

00:37:12.639 --> 00:37:12.820
 the

00:37:12.820 --> 00:37:13.219
 pastor

00:37:13.219 --> 00:37:13.579
 to

00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:14.780
 perform

00:37:14.780 --> 00:37:15.019
 the

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:15.539
 ceremony

00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:16.019
 should

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:16.440
 parents

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:16.759
 allow

00:37:16.759 --> 00:37:16.960
 the

00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:17.259
 dating

00:37:17.259 --> 00:37:17.579
 what's

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:17.719
 the

00:37:17.719 --> 00:37:18.159
 answer

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:20.280
 no

00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:24.000
 God's

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:24.400
 word

00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:25.320
 speaks

00:37:25.320 --> 00:37:25.860
 clearly

00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:28.280
 and

00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:28.480
 one

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:28.559
 of

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:28.640
 the

00:37:28.640 --> 00:37:29.260
 responsibilities

00:37:29.260 --> 00:37:29.800
 that

00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:29.940
 we

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:30.260
 have

00:37:30.260 --> 00:37:30.380
 is

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:30.519
 to

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:30.740
 take

00:37:30.740 --> 00:37:30.920
 the

00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:31.079
 word

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:31.240
 of

00:37:31.240 --> 00:37:31.480
 God

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:32.019
 and

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:32.460
 use

00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:32.840
 it

00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:36.380
 let me

00:37:36.380 --> 00:37:36.640
 hammer

00:37:36.640 --> 00:37:37.059
 home

00:37:37.059 --> 00:37:38.519
 the

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:38.960
 value

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:39.160
 of

00:37:39.160 --> 00:37:39.300
 the

00:37:39.300 --> 00:37:39.440
 word

00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:39.599
 of

00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:39.880
 God

00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:40.019
 and

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:40.120
 I

00:37:40.120 --> 00:37:40.260
 want

00:37:40.260 --> 00:37:40.360
 you

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:40.460
 to

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:40.660
 look

00:37:40.660 --> 00:37:41.240
 if

00:37:41.240 --> 00:37:41.380
 you

00:37:41.380 --> 00:37:41.680
 would

00:37:41.680 --> 00:37:42.180
 to

00:37:42.180 --> 00:37:42.320
 a

00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:42.660
 passage

00:37:42.660 --> 00:37:42.900
 in

00:37:42.900 --> 00:37:43.099
 2

00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:43.460
 Peter

00:37:43.460 --> 00:37:43.720
 just

00:37:43.720 --> 00:37:43.900
 for

00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:44.019
 a

00:37:44.019 --> 00:37:44.260
 moment

00:37:44.260 --> 00:37:45.900
 2

00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:46.320
 Peter

00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:51.920
 as

00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:52.059
 we

00:37:52.059 --> 00:37:52.280
 think

00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:52.660
 about

00:37:52.660 --> 00:37:54.280
 the

00:37:54.280 --> 00:37:54.480
 word

00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:54.640
 of

00:37:54.640 --> 00:37:54.940
 God

00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:55.140
 let

00:37:55.140 --> 00:37:55.340
 me

00:37:55.340 --> 00:37:55.940
 stay

00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:56.100
 in

00:37:56.100 --> 00:37:56.280
 this

00:37:56.280 --> 00:37:56.760
 passage

00:37:56.760 --> 00:37:57.340
 predominantly

00:37:57.340 --> 00:37:58.059
 2

00:37:58.059 --> 00:37:58.360
 Peter

00:37:58.360 --> 00:37:58.680
 chapter

00:37:58.680 --> 00:37:59.019
 1

00:37:59.019 --> 00:37:59.120
 and

00:37:59.120 --> 00:37:59.240
 I'm

00:37:59.240 --> 00:37:59.320
 going

00:37:59.320 --> 00:37:59.400
 to

00:37:59.400 --> 00:37:59.559
 tell

00:37:59.559 --> 00:37:59.680
 you

00:37:59.680 --> 00:37:59.820
 that

00:37:59.820 --> 00:37:59.960
 the

00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:00.180
 word

00:38:00.180 --> 00:38:00.900
 of

00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:01.120
 God

00:38:01.120 --> 00:38:01.260
 is

00:38:01.260 --> 00:38:01.420
 the

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:01.740
 direct

00:38:01.740 --> 00:38:02.300
 revelation

00:38:02.300 --> 00:38:02.539
 of

00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:02.700
 the

00:38:02.700 --> 00:38:03.100
 spirit

00:38:03.100 --> 00:38:05.320
 it

00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:05.600
 says

00:38:05.600 --> 00:38:05.960
 there

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.960
 in

00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:07.300
 verse

00:38:07.300 --> 00:38:07.660
 20

00:38:07.660 --> 00:38:07.800
 and

00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:08.320
 21

00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:09.180
 knowing

00:38:09.180 --> 00:38:09.519
 this

00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:09.800
 first

00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:09.980
 of

00:38:09.980 --> 00:38:10.140
 all

00:38:10.140 --> 00:38:10.340
 that

00:38:10.340 --> 00:38:10.559
 no

00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:11.000
 prophecy

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:11.220
 of

00:38:11.220 --> 00:38:11.539
 scripture

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:11.920
 comes

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:12.160
 by

00:38:12.160 --> 00:38:12.700
 someone's

00:38:12.700 --> 00:38:12.860
 own

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:13.480
 interpretation

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:15.880
 for

00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:16.099
 no

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:16.559
 prophecy

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:17.059
 was

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:17.280
 ever

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:17.740
 produced

00:38:17.740 --> 00:38:17.940
 by

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.119
 the

00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:18.280
 will

00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:18.440
 of

00:38:18.440 --> 00:38:18.760
 man

00:38:18.760 --> 00:38:19.119
 but

00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:19.400
 men

00:38:19.400 --> 00:38:19.800
 spoke

00:38:19.800 --> 00:38:20.200
 from

00:38:20.200 --> 00:38:20.619
 God

00:38:20.619 --> 00:38:21.119
 as

00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:21.280
 they

00:38:21.280 --> 00:38:21.460
 were

00:38:21.460 --> 00:38:21.820
 carried

00:38:21.820 --> 00:38:22.160
 along

00:38:22.160 --> 00:38:22.320
 by

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:22.460
 the

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:22.660
 Holy

00:38:22.660 --> 00:38:23.180
 Spirit

00:38:23.180 --> 00:38:25.460
 being

00:38:25.460 --> 00:38:25.800
 a

00:38:25.800 --> 00:38:26.340
 person

00:38:26.340 --> 00:38:26.599
 who

00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:26.760
 is

00:38:26.760 --> 00:38:26.940
 a

00:38:26.940 --> 00:38:27.340
 collector

00:38:27.340 --> 00:38:27.599
 of

00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:27.820
 books

00:38:27.820 --> 00:38:28.000
 to

00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:28.140
 a

00:38:28.140 --> 00:38:28.320
 certain

00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:28.740
 degree

00:38:28.740 --> 00:38:29.880
 and

00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:30.019
 I

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:30.180
 know

00:38:30.180 --> 00:38:30.360
 we

00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:30.480
 are

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:30.760
 moving

00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:31.059
 towards

00:38:31.059 --> 00:38:31.220
 the

00:38:31.220 --> 00:38:31.539
 electronic

00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:32.059
 age

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:32.200
 where

00:38:32.200 --> 00:38:32.340
 we

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:32.480
 can

00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:32.640
 have

00:38:32.640 --> 00:38:32.740
 a

00:38:32.740 --> 00:38:32.900
 whole

00:38:32.900 --> 00:38:33.360
 library

00:38:33.360 --> 00:38:33.559
 and

00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:33.720
 our

00:38:33.720 --> 00:38:34.000
 iPad

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:34.400
 but

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:35.240
 I

00:38:35.240 --> 00:38:35.539
 have

00:38:35.539 --> 00:38:36.300
 a

00:38:36.300 --> 00:38:36.660
 copy

00:38:36.660 --> 00:38:36.820
 of

00:38:36.820 --> 00:38:36.960
 the

00:38:36.960 --> 00:38:37.280
 Gospel

00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:37.500
 of

00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:38.000
 Thomas

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:39.780
 how many

00:38:39.780 --> 00:38:39.920
 of you

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:40.119
 have

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:40.780
 Gospel

00:38:40.780 --> 00:38:40.960
 of

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:41.220
 Thomas

00:38:41.219 --> 00:38:41.379
 in

00:38:41.379 --> 00:38:41.519
 your

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:41.839
 Bible

00:38:41.839 --> 00:38:43.359
 well

00:38:43.359 --> 00:38:43.619
 there's

00:38:43.619 --> 00:38:43.779
 a

00:38:43.779 --> 00:38:44.079
 reason

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:44.299
 that

00:38:44.299 --> 00:38:44.480
 it's

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:44.719
 not

00:38:44.719 --> 00:38:44.819
 in

00:38:44.819 --> 00:38:44.980
 your

00:38:44.980 --> 00:38:45.319
 Bible

00:38:45.319 --> 00:38:46.799
 because

00:38:46.799 --> 00:38:47.359
 it's

00:38:47.359 --> 00:38:48.159
 heresy

00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:49.139
 it's

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:49.579
 false

00:38:49.579 --> 00:38:50.199
 teaching

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:51.459
 it's

00:38:51.459 --> 00:38:51.699
 just

00:38:51.699 --> 00:38:52.079
 the

00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:52.639
 figment

00:38:52.639 --> 00:38:52.799
 of

00:38:52.799 --> 00:38:53.019
 some

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:53.659
 person's

00:38:53.659 --> 00:38:54.159
 imagination

00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:54.919
 who

00:38:54.919 --> 00:38:55.339
 decided

00:38:55.339 --> 00:38:55.579
 that

00:38:55.579 --> 00:38:55.679
 he

00:38:55.679 --> 00:38:55.839
 would

00:38:55.839 --> 00:38:56.099
 write

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:56.239
 a

00:38:56.239 --> 00:38:56.379
 book

00:38:56.379 --> 00:38:56.500
 and

00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:56.599
 he

00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:56.739
 would

00:38:56.739 --> 00:38:56.980
 call

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:57.119
 it

00:38:57.119 --> 00:38:57.259
 the

00:38:57.259 --> 00:38:57.619
 Gospel

00:38:57.619 --> 00:38:57.819
 of

00:38:57.819 --> 00:38:58.179
 Thomas

00:38:58.179 --> 00:38:58.799
 and

00:38:58.799 --> 00:38:59.019
 has

00:38:59.019 --> 00:38:59.219
 some

00:38:59.219 --> 00:38:59.439
 kind

00:38:59.439 --> 00:38:59.559
 of

00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:00.419
 wishy-washy

00:39:00.419 --> 00:39:01.459
 feel-good

00:39:01.459 --> 00:39:01.779
 stuff

00:39:01.779 --> 00:39:02.039
 about

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:02.379
 Jesus

00:39:02.379 --> 00:39:02.599
 but

00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:02.779
 other

00:39:02.779 --> 00:39:02.919
 than

00:39:02.919 --> 00:39:03.119
 that

00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:03.359
 there's

00:39:03.359 --> 00:39:03.599
 no

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:04.419
 scriptural

00:39:04.419 --> 00:39:04.919
 clarity

00:39:04.919 --> 00:39:05.199
 in the

00:39:05.199 --> 00:39:05.459
 matter

00:39:05.459 --> 00:39:05.980
 and

00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:06.239
 I

00:39:06.239 --> 00:39:06.399
 want

00:39:06.399 --> 00:39:06.500
 to

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:06.679
 tell

00:39:06.679 --> 00:39:06.820
 you

00:39:06.820 --> 00:39:07.099
 that

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:08.360
 scripture

00:39:08.360 --> 00:39:08.639
 is

00:39:08.639 --> 00:39:08.840
 not

00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:09.199
 something

00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:09.380
 that

00:39:09.380 --> 00:39:09.639
 comes

00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:09.940
 by

00:39:09.940 --> 00:39:10.260
 because

00:39:10.260 --> 00:39:10.599
 somebody

00:39:10.599 --> 00:39:11.019
 decides

00:39:11.019 --> 00:39:11.199
 they're

00:39:11.199 --> 00:39:11.380
 going to

00:39:11.380 --> 00:39:11.539
 have

00:39:11.539 --> 00:39:11.679
 a

00:39:11.679 --> 00:39:11.880
 fertile

00:39:11.880 --> 00:39:12.380
 idea

00:39:12.380 --> 00:39:13.780
 it

00:39:13.780 --> 00:39:14.000
 tells

00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:14.179
 us

00:39:14.179 --> 00:39:14.460
 here

00:39:14.460 --> 00:39:15.780
 no

00:39:15.780 --> 00:39:16.260
 prophecy

00:39:16.260 --> 00:39:16.519
 was

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:16.719
 ever

00:39:16.719 --> 00:39:17.219
 produced

00:39:17.219 --> 00:39:17.460
 by

00:39:17.460 --> 00:39:17.639
 the

00:39:17.639 --> 00:39:17.800
 will

00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:17.960
 of

00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:18.219
 man

00:39:18.219 --> 00:39:18.400
 but

00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:18.679
 men

00:39:18.679 --> 00:39:19.059
 spoke

00:39:19.059 --> 00:39:19.440
 from

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:19.860
 God

00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:20.340
 as

00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:20.659
 they

00:39:20.659 --> 00:39:21.019
 were

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:21.460
 carried

00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:21.840
 along

00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:22.260
 by

00:39:22.260 --> 00:39:22.380
 the

00:39:22.380 --> 00:39:22.559
 Holy

00:39:22.559 --> 00:39:23.059
 Spirit

00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:24.300
 this

00:39:24.300 --> 00:39:24.599
 idea

00:39:24.599 --> 00:39:24.719
 of

00:39:24.719 --> 00:39:24.860
 being

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:25.119
 carried

00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:25.480
 along

00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:26.099
 is

00:39:26.099 --> 00:39:26.260
 a

00:39:26.260 --> 00:39:26.460
 word

00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:26.659
 that

00:39:26.659 --> 00:39:26.920
 comes

00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:27.139
 to

00:39:27.139 --> 00:39:27.420
 us

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:27.639
 and

00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:27.760
 we

00:39:27.760 --> 00:39:28.000
 find

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:28.099
 it

00:39:28.099 --> 00:39:28.440
 elsewhere

00:39:28.440 --> 00:39:29.159
 in

00:39:29.159 --> 00:39:29.559
 particular

00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:29.840
 where

00:39:29.840 --> 00:39:30.380
 Paul

00:39:30.380 --> 00:39:30.579
 in

00:39:30.579 --> 00:39:30.719
 a

00:39:30.719 --> 00:39:31.219
 shipwreck

00:39:31.219 --> 00:39:32.119
 his

00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:32.779
 ship

00:39:32.779 --> 00:39:32.980
 was

00:39:32.980 --> 00:39:33.259
 being

00:39:33.259 --> 00:39:33.799
 carried

00:39:33.799 --> 00:39:34.339
 by

00:39:34.339 --> 00:39:34.559
 the

00:39:34.559 --> 00:39:35.099
 storm

00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:36.679
 the

00:39:36.679 --> 00:39:37.059
 power

00:39:37.059 --> 00:39:37.259
 of

00:39:37.259 --> 00:39:37.399
 the

00:39:37.399 --> 00:39:37.719
 storm

00:39:37.719 --> 00:39:38.199
 was

00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:38.319
 the

00:39:38.319 --> 00:39:38.519
 thing

00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:38.659
 that

00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:38.819
 was

00:39:38.819 --> 00:39:39.439
 moving

00:39:39.439 --> 00:39:39.799
 the

00:39:39.799 --> 00:39:40.079
 ship

00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:40.239
 in

00:39:40.239 --> 00:39:40.339
 a

00:39:40.339 --> 00:39:40.519
 certain

00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:41.000
 direction

00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:41.679
 and

00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:42.279
 men

00:39:42.279 --> 00:39:42.679
 wrote

00:39:42.679 --> 00:39:42.879
 the

00:39:42.879 --> 00:39:43.199
 scriptures

00:39:43.199 --> 00:39:43.539
 when

00:39:43.539 --> 00:39:43.659
 they

00:39:43.659 --> 00:39:43.799
 were

00:39:43.799 --> 00:39:44.059
 being

00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:44.759
 moved

00:39:44.759 --> 00:39:45.219
 by

00:39:45.219 --> 00:39:45.399
 the

00:39:45.399 --> 00:39:45.619
 Holy

00:39:45.619 --> 00:39:46.059
 Spirit

00:39:46.059 --> 00:39:46.299
 to

00:39:46.299 --> 00:39:46.579
 say

00:39:46.579 --> 00:39:47.359
 exactly

00:39:47.359 --> 00:39:47.599
 what

00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:47.839
 needed

00:39:47.839 --> 00:39:47.939
 to

00:39:47.939 --> 00:39:48.059
 be

00:39:48.059 --> 00:39:48.399
 said

00:39:48.399 --> 00:39:50.379
 you

00:39:50.379 --> 00:39:50.519
 will

00:39:50.519 --> 00:39:50.719
 never

00:39:50.719 --> 00:39:50.919
 hear

00:39:50.919 --> 00:39:51.159
 Tim

00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:51.619
 Knoyer

00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:53.259
 and

00:39:53.259 --> 00:39:53.439
 I

00:39:53.439 --> 00:39:53.859
 trust

00:39:53.859 --> 00:39:54.239
 that

00:39:54.239 --> 00:39:55.159
 in

00:39:55.159 --> 00:39:55.299
 the

00:39:55.299 --> 00:39:55.559
 days

00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:55.739
 to

00:39:55.739 --> 00:39:55.980
 come

00:39:55.980 --> 00:39:56.199
 when

00:39:56.199 --> 00:39:56.519
 we

00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:57.139
 prayerfully

00:39:57.139 --> 00:39:57.159
!

00:39:57.279 --> 00:39:57.539
 find

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:57.699
 a

00:39:57.699 --> 00:39:57.899
 man

00:39:57.899 --> 00:39:58.099
 that

00:39:58.099 --> 00:39:58.299
 will

00:39:58.299 --> 00:39:58.679
 come

00:39:58.679 --> 00:39:58.980
 here

00:40:01.219 --> 00:40:01.339
 serve

00:40:01.339 --> 00:40:01.459
 as

00:40:01.459 --> 00:40:01.619
 our

00:40:01.619 --> 00:40:01.839
 senior

00:40:01.839 --> 00:40:02.239
 pastor

00:40:02.239 --> 00:40:02.779
 I

00:40:02.779 --> 00:40:03.119
 trust

00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:03.319
 that

00:40:03.319 --> 00:40:03.519
 no

00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:03.699
 one

00:40:03.699 --> 00:40:03.939
 ever

00:40:03.939 --> 00:40:04.239
 stands

00:40:04.239 --> 00:40:04.379
 in

00:40:04.379 --> 00:40:04.539
 this

00:40:04.539 --> 00:40:04.819
 pulpit

00:40:04.819 --> 00:40:04.980
 and

00:40:04.980 --> 00:40:05.179
 says

00:40:05.179 --> 00:40:05.679
 I

00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:06.000
 have

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:06.179
 a

00:40:06.179 --> 00:40:06.519
 direct

00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:06.779
 word

00:40:06.779 --> 00:40:06.980
 from

00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:07.279
 God

00:40:07.279 --> 00:40:07.699
 and

00:40:07.699 --> 00:40:08.019
 can't

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:08.199
 hold

00:40:08.199 --> 00:40:08.359
 up

00:40:08.359 --> 00:40:08.539
 this

00:40:08.539 --> 00:40:08.859
 Bible

00:40:08.859 --> 00:40:09.059
 and

00:40:09.059 --> 00:40:09.239
 say

00:40:09.239 --> 00:40:09.799
 and

00:40:09.799 --> 00:40:10.219
 here

00:40:10.219 --> 00:40:10.679
 it

00:40:10.679 --> 00:40:11.159
 is

00:40:11.159 --> 00:40:12.299
 this

00:40:12.299 --> 00:40:12.500
 is

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:12.639
 the

00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:12.939
 book

00:40:12.939 --> 00:40:13.619
 and

00:40:13.619 --> 00:40:13.719
 we

00:40:13.719 --> 00:40:13.980
 rely

00:40:13.980 --> 00:40:14.259
 upon

00:40:14.259 --> 00:40:14.559
 it

00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:16.699
 secondly

00:40:16.699 --> 00:40:17.119
 I

00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:17.299
 want

00:40:17.299 --> 00:40:17.399
 you

00:40:17.399 --> 00:40:17.500
 to

00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:17.899
 understand

00:40:17.899 --> 00:40:18.119
 that

00:40:18.119 --> 00:40:18.279
 the

00:40:18.279 --> 00:40:18.559
 word

00:40:18.559 --> 00:40:18.739
 of

00:40:18.739 --> 00:40:18.980
 God

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:19.179
 is

00:40:19.179 --> 00:40:19.459
 settled

00:40:19.459 --> 00:40:19.639
 in

00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:19.759
 the

00:40:19.759 --> 00:40:20.179
 heavens

00:40:20.179 --> 00:40:21.659
 just

00:40:21.659 --> 00:40:21.779
 to

00:40:21.779 --> 00:40:22.059
 recite

00:40:22.059 --> 00:40:22.199
 the

00:40:22.199 --> 00:40:22.539
 passage

00:40:22.539 --> 00:40:22.779
 in

00:40:22.779 --> 00:40:22.980
 Psalm

00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:23.779
 119

00:40:23.779 --> 00:40:24.019
 verse

00:40:24.019 --> 00:40:24.379
 89

00:40:24.379 --> 00:40:24.639
 it

00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:24.819
 says

00:40:31.219 --> 00:40:31.419
 doesn't

00:40:31.419 --> 00:40:31.899
 change

00:40:31.899 --> 00:40:34.119
 when

00:40:34.119 --> 00:40:34.359
 God

00:40:34.359 --> 00:40:34.500
 the

00:40:34.500 --> 00:40:34.779
 Father

00:40:34.779 --> 00:40:35.039
 God

00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:35.199
 the

00:40:35.199 --> 00:40:35.379
 Son

00:40:35.379 --> 00:40:35.579
 God

00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:35.679
 the

00:40:35.679 --> 00:40:35.819
 Holy

00:40:35.819 --> 00:40:36.119
 Spirit

00:40:36.119 --> 00:40:36.480
 tells

00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:36.659
 us

00:40:36.659 --> 00:40:36.839
 what

00:40:36.839 --> 00:40:37.000
 is

00:40:37.000 --> 00:40:37.599
 immorality

00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:38.159
 it's

00:40:38.159 --> 00:40:38.359
 not

00:40:38.359 --> 00:40:38.519
 up

00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:38.659
 for

00:40:38.659 --> 00:40:38.939
 vote

00:40:38.939 --> 00:40:40.679
 it's

00:40:40.679 --> 00:40:40.839
 his

00:40:40.839 --> 00:40:41.159
 word

00:40:41.159 --> 00:40:41.899
 third

00:40:41.899 --> 00:40:43.019
 the

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.359
 Bible

00:40:43.359 --> 00:40:44.239
 is

00:40:44.239 --> 00:40:44.480
 more

00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:44.980
 reliable

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:45.259
 than

00:40:45.259 --> 00:40:45.619
 any

00:40:45.619 --> 00:40:45.959
 human

00:40:45.959 --> 00:40:46.480
 experience

00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:46.619
 I

00:40:46.619 --> 00:40:46.739
 want

00:40:46.739 --> 00:40:46.839
 you

00:40:46.839 --> 00:40:46.919
 to

00:40:46.919 --> 00:40:47.059
 look

00:40:47.059 --> 00:40:47.199
 at

00:40:47.199 --> 00:40:47.379
 2

00:40:47.379 --> 00:40:47.639
 Peter

00:40:47.639 --> 00:40:47.939
 chapter

00:40:47.939 --> 00:40:48.239
 1

00:40:48.239 --> 00:40:48.439
 verse

00:40:48.439 --> 00:40:48.799
 19

00:40:48.799 --> 00:40:49.079
 this

00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:49.199
 is

00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:49.319
 a

00:40:49.319 --> 00:40:49.480
 real

00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:49.819
 winner

00:40:49.819 --> 00:40:50.179
 for

00:40:50.179 --> 00:40:50.500
 today

00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:52.119
 here

00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:52.439
 is

00:40:52.439 --> 00:40:53.339
 Peter

00:40:53.339 --> 00:40:55.000
 and

00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:55.119
 I

00:40:55.119 --> 00:40:55.279
 want

00:40:55.279 --> 00:40:55.359
 you

00:40:55.359 --> 00:40:55.419
 to

00:40:55.419 --> 00:40:55.539
 look

00:40:55.539 --> 00:40:55.659
 at

00:40:55.659 --> 00:40:55.839
 verse

00:40:55.839 --> 00:40:56.139
 18

00:40:56.139 --> 00:40:56.319
 it

00:40:56.319 --> 00:40:56.439
 says

00:40:56.439 --> 00:40:56.599
 we

00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:57.039
 ourselves

00:40:57.039 --> 00:40:57.359
 heard

00:40:57.360 --> 00:40:57.579
 this

00:40:57.579 --> 00:40:57.840
 very

00:40:57.840 --> 00:40:58.180
 voice

00:40:58.180 --> 00:40:58.519
 born

00:40:58.519 --> 00:40:58.760
 from

00:40:58.760 --> 00:40:59.000
 heaven

00:40:59.000 --> 00:40:59.800
 for

00:40:59.800 --> 00:41:00.079
 we

00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:00.340
 were

00:41:00.340 --> 00:41:00.660
 with

00:41:00.660 --> 00:41:00.860
 him

00:41:00.860 --> 00:41:01.019
 on

00:41:01.019 --> 00:41:01.160
 the

00:41:01.160 --> 00:41:01.380
 holy

00:41:01.380 --> 00:41:01.720
 mountain

00:41:01.720 --> 00:41:01.960
 what

00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:02.180
 this

00:41:02.180 --> 00:41:02.300
 is

00:41:02.300 --> 00:41:02.599
 talking

00:41:02.599 --> 00:41:02.940
 about

00:41:02.940 --> 00:41:03.480
 is

00:41:03.480 --> 00:41:03.920
 when

00:41:03.920 --> 00:41:04.340
 during

00:41:04.340 --> 00:41:04.539
 the

00:41:04.539 --> 00:41:05.320
 transfiguration

00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:05.740
 remember

00:41:05.740 --> 00:41:06.320
 when

00:41:06.320 --> 00:41:06.660
 Jesus

00:41:06.660 --> 00:41:07.039
 took

00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:07.280
 three

00:41:07.280 --> 00:41:07.420
 of

00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:07.519
 the

00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:07.940
 disciples

00:41:07.940 --> 00:41:08.440
 up

00:41:08.440 --> 00:41:08.680
 the

00:41:08.680 --> 00:41:08.940
 hill

00:41:08.940 --> 00:41:09.500
 and

00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:09.700
 they

00:41:09.700 --> 00:41:09.980
 had

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:10.220
 a

00:41:10.220 --> 00:41:10.640
 view

00:41:10.640 --> 00:41:11.280
 of

00:41:11.280 --> 00:41:11.800
 Jesus

00:41:11.800 --> 00:41:12.079
 in

00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:12.240
 his

00:41:12.240 --> 00:41:12.740
 glory

00:41:12.740 --> 00:41:14.340
 and

00:41:14.340 --> 00:41:14.500
 they

00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:14.680
 heard

00:41:14.680 --> 00:41:14.840
 a

00:41:14.840 --> 00:41:15.099
 voice

00:41:15.099 --> 00:41:15.300
 from

00:41:15.300 --> 00:41:15.640
 heaven

00:41:15.640 --> 00:41:16.200
 said

00:41:16.200 --> 00:41:16.579
 this

00:41:16.579 --> 00:41:16.760
 is

00:41:16.760 --> 00:41:16.960
 my

00:41:16.960 --> 00:41:17.460
 son

00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:19.720
 follow

00:41:19.720 --> 00:41:20.079
 him

00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:20.440
 obey

00:41:20.440 --> 00:41:20.740
 him

00:41:20.740 --> 00:41:20.980
 right

00:41:20.980 --> 00:41:21.280
 okay

00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:21.840
 and

00:41:21.840 --> 00:41:22.099
 here

00:41:22.099 --> 00:41:22.300
 is

00:41:22.300 --> 00:41:22.720
 Peter

00:41:22.720 --> 00:41:23.599
 years

00:41:23.599 --> 00:41:24.000
 later

00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:24.039
!

00:41:27.360 --> 00:41:27.700
 hey

00:41:27.700 --> 00:41:29.500
 we

00:41:29.500 --> 00:41:29.780
 did

00:41:29.780 --> 00:41:29.980
 hear

00:41:29.980 --> 00:41:30.260
 that

00:41:30.260 --> 00:41:30.700
 voice

00:41:30.700 --> 00:41:30.980
 now

00:41:30.980 --> 00:41:31.579
 follow

00:41:31.579 --> 00:41:31.880
 me

00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:33.360
 and

00:41:33.360 --> 00:41:33.640
 we

00:41:33.640 --> 00:41:34.019
 have

00:41:34.019 --> 00:41:34.559
 something

00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:35.000
 more

00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:35.480
 sure

00:41:35.480 --> 00:41:35.880
 hey

00:41:35.880 --> 00:41:36.500
 if

00:41:36.500 --> 00:41:36.760
 you

00:41:36.760 --> 00:41:37.120
 could

00:41:37.120 --> 00:41:37.920
 choose

00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:38.660
 between

00:41:38.660 --> 00:41:39.099
 a

00:41:39.099 --> 00:41:39.860
 voice

00:41:39.860 --> 00:41:41.539
 and

00:41:41.539 --> 00:41:41.740
 the

00:41:41.740 --> 00:41:42.380
 Bible

00:41:42.380 --> 00:41:43.980
 which

00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:44.240
 would

00:41:44.240 --> 00:41:44.559
 Peter

00:41:44.559 --> 00:41:45.120
 advise

00:41:45.120 --> 00:41:45.300
 you

00:41:45.300 --> 00:41:45.480
 to

00:41:45.480 --> 00:41:45.980
 choose

00:41:45.980 --> 00:41:47.940
 it

00:41:47.940 --> 00:41:48.340
 says

00:41:48.340 --> 00:41:48.840
 here

00:41:48.840 --> 00:41:49.579
 the

00:41:49.579 --> 00:41:50.099
 Bible

00:41:50.099 --> 00:41:50.559
 is

00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:50.760
 the

00:41:50.760 --> 00:41:51.039
 more

00:41:51.039 --> 00:41:51.519
 sure

00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:51.980
 word

00:41:51.980 --> 00:41:52.240
 of

00:41:52.240 --> 00:41:52.840
 God

00:41:52.840 --> 00:41:57.640
 well

00:41:57.640 --> 00:41:59.800
 I

00:41:59.800 --> 00:42:00.000
 had

00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:00.140
 a

00:42:00.140 --> 00:42:00.559
 dream

00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:02.740
 and

00:42:02.740 --> 00:42:03.120
 God

00:42:03.120 --> 00:42:03.579
 told

00:42:03.579 --> 00:42:04.000
 me

00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:05.559
 oh

00:42:05.559 --> 00:42:05.800
 yeah

00:42:05.800 --> 00:42:07.579
 while

00:42:07.579 --> 00:42:07.780
 I'm

00:42:07.780 --> 00:42:08.059
 saying

00:42:08.059 --> 00:42:08.240
 oh

00:42:08.240 --> 00:42:08.400
 yeah

00:42:08.400 --> 00:42:08.600
 I'm

00:42:08.600 --> 00:42:08.780
 picking

00:42:08.780 --> 00:42:08.980
 up

00:42:08.980 --> 00:42:09.519
 stones

00:42:09.519 --> 00:42:11.100
 really

00:42:11.100 --> 00:42:12.559
 what

00:42:12.559 --> 00:42:12.660
 did

00:42:12.660 --> 00:42:12.760
 he

00:42:12.760 --> 00:42:13.100
 say

00:42:13.100 --> 00:42:15.300
 you

00:42:15.300 --> 00:42:15.440
 know

00:42:15.440 --> 00:42:15.640
 I

00:42:15.640 --> 00:42:15.840
 want

00:42:15.840 --> 00:42:15.920
 to

00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:16.079
 know

00:42:16.079 --> 00:42:16.280
 what

00:42:16.280 --> 00:42:16.420
 the

00:42:16.420 --> 00:42:16.700
 Bible

00:42:16.700 --> 00:42:16.980
 has

00:42:16.980 --> 00:42:17.140
 to

00:42:17.140 --> 00:42:17.420
 say

00:42:17.420 --> 00:42:18.539
 because

00:42:18.539 --> 00:42:18.780
 the

00:42:18.780 --> 00:42:19.079
 Bible

00:42:19.079 --> 00:42:19.400
 is

00:42:19.400 --> 00:42:19.579
 the

00:42:19.579 --> 00:42:19.860
 only

00:42:19.860 --> 00:42:20.180
 thing

00:42:20.180 --> 00:42:20.340
 that

00:42:20.340 --> 00:42:20.460
 is

00:42:20.460 --> 00:42:20.900
 reliable

00:42:20.900 --> 00:42:21.100
 it's

00:42:21.100 --> 00:42:21.300
 more

00:42:21.300 --> 00:42:21.620
 important

00:42:21.620 --> 00:42:21.740
 than

00:42:21.740 --> 00:42:22.260
 experience

00:42:22.260 --> 00:42:23.140
 finally

00:42:23.140 --> 00:42:24.040
 mark

00:42:24.040 --> 00:42:24.300
 this

00:42:24.300 --> 00:42:24.440
 it

00:42:24.440 --> 00:42:24.560
 is

00:42:24.560 --> 00:42:24.820
 not

00:42:24.820 --> 00:42:25.080
 for

00:42:25.080 --> 00:42:25.520
 private

00:42:25.520 --> 00:42:26.300
 interpretation

00:42:26.300 --> 00:42:27.520
 it's

00:42:27.520 --> 00:42:27.680
 not

00:42:27.680 --> 00:42:27.840
 for

00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:28.180
 private

00:42:28.180 --> 00:42:28.960
 interpretation

00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:30.080
 and so

00:42:30.080 --> 00:42:30.180
 you

00:42:30.180 --> 00:42:30.540
 understand

00:42:30.540 --> 00:42:30.860
 this

00:42:30.860 --> 00:42:31.120
 morning

00:42:31.120 --> 00:42:31.400
 as you

00:42:31.400 --> 00:42:31.680
 think

00:42:31.680 --> 00:42:31.880
 about

00:42:31.880 --> 00:42:32.080
 this

00:42:32.080 --> 00:42:32.380
 subject

00:42:32.380 --> 00:42:32.960
 that

00:42:32.960 --> 00:42:33.140
 the

00:42:33.140 --> 00:42:33.420
 Bible

00:42:33.420 --> 00:42:33.680
 is

00:42:33.680 --> 00:42:34.340
 not

00:42:34.340 --> 00:42:34.680
 something

00:42:34.680 --> 00:42:34.900
 that

00:42:34.900 --> 00:42:35.160
 means

00:42:35.160 --> 00:42:35.520
 one

00:42:35.520 --> 00:42:35.780
 thing

00:42:35.780 --> 00:42:35.940
 to

00:42:35.940 --> 00:42:36.320
 Andrew

00:42:36.320 --> 00:42:36.720
 Mead

00:42:36.720 --> 00:42:37.200
 and

00:42:37.200 --> 00:42:37.480
 another

00:42:37.480 --> 00:42:37.740
 thing

00:42:37.740 --> 00:42:37.860
 to

00:42:37.860 --> 00:42:38.180
 Pastor

00:42:38.180 --> 00:42:38.640
 Andrew

00:42:38.640 --> 00:42:39.420
 and

00:42:39.420 --> 00:42:39.680
 another

00:42:39.680 --> 00:42:39.960
 thing

00:42:39.960 --> 00:42:40.080
 to

00:42:40.080 --> 00:42:40.320
 Andy

00:42:40.320 --> 00:42:40.800
 Manwiller

00:42:40.800 --> 00:42:42.140
 it's

00:42:42.140 --> 00:42:42.320
 the

00:42:42.320 --> 00:42:42.840
 same

00:42:42.840 --> 00:42:43.200
 for

00:42:43.200 --> 00:42:43.440
 all

00:42:43.440 --> 00:42:43.560
 of

00:42:43.560 --> 00:42:43.920
 us

00:42:43.920 --> 00:42:44.760
 because

00:42:44.760 --> 00:42:45.240
 God

00:42:45.240 --> 00:42:46.140
 who

00:42:46.140 --> 00:42:46.380
 he

00:42:46.380 --> 00:42:46.800
 is

00:42:46.800 --> 00:42:47.220
 has

00:42:47.220 --> 00:42:47.440
 said

00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:47.580
 it

00:42:47.580 --> 00:42:47.940
 clearly

00:42:47.940 --> 00:42:48.480
 and

00:42:48.480 --> 00:42:48.600
 he

00:42:48.600 --> 00:42:49.040
 expects

00:42:49.040 --> 00:42:49.040


00:42:49.040 --> 00:42:49.280
 us

00:42:49.280 --> 00:42:49.440
 to

00:42:49.440 --> 00:42:49.700
 follow

00:42:49.700 --> 00:42:49.860
 and

00:42:49.860 --> 00:42:50.240
 understand

00:42:50.240 --> 00:42:50.420
 what

00:42:50.420 --> 00:42:50.480
 he

00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:50.639
 has

00:42:50.639 --> 00:42:50.760
 to

00:42:50.760 --> 00:42:51.039
 say

00:42:51.039 --> 00:42:52.460
 I

00:42:52.460 --> 00:42:53.079
 appreciate

00:42:53.079 --> 00:42:54.800
 in

00:42:54.800 --> 00:42:55.340
 particular

00:42:55.340 --> 00:42:57.039
 the

00:42:57.039 --> 00:42:57.440
 value

00:42:57.440 --> 00:42:57.820
 that we

00:42:57.820 --> 00:42:58.240
 have

00:42:58.240 --> 00:42:58.539
 this

00:42:58.539 --> 00:42:58.900
 morning

00:42:58.900 --> 00:42:59.460
 as we

00:42:59.460 --> 00:42:59.740
 deal

00:42:59.740 --> 00:42:59.920
 with

00:42:59.920 --> 00:43:00.059
 the

00:43:00.059 --> 00:43:00.360
 enemy

00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:00.619
 that

00:43:00.619 --> 00:43:00.800
 is

00:43:00.800 --> 00:43:01.420
 interested

00:43:01.420 --> 00:43:01.820
 in

00:43:01.820 --> 00:43:02.300
 absolutely

00:43:02.300 --> 00:43:02.880
 trashing

00:43:02.880 --> 00:43:03.500
 your life

00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:04.659
 in

00:43:04.659 --> 00:43:05.079
 relying

00:43:05.079 --> 00:43:05.579
 upon

00:43:05.579 --> 00:43:07.039
 the

00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:07.559
 shield

00:43:07.559 --> 00:43:08.239
 of

00:43:08.239 --> 00:43:08.920
 faith

00:43:08.920 --> 00:43:09.780
 that

00:43:09.780 --> 00:43:10.539
 is

00:43:10.539 --> 00:43:11.039
 the

00:43:11.039 --> 00:43:11.579
 character

00:43:11.579 --> 00:43:12.219
 and

00:43:12.219 --> 00:43:12.679
 nature

00:43:12.679 --> 00:43:13.000
 of

00:43:13.000 --> 00:43:13.480
 God

00:43:13.480 --> 00:43:14.119
 and

00:43:14.119 --> 00:43:14.579
 we

00:43:14.579 --> 00:43:14.880
 who

00:43:14.880 --> 00:43:15.119
 are

00:43:15.119 --> 00:43:15.400
 his

00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:15.880
 children

00:43:15.880 --> 00:43:16.840
 knowing

00:43:16.840 --> 00:43:17.239
 who

00:43:17.239 --> 00:43:17.440
 he

00:43:17.440 --> 00:43:17.820
 is

00:43:17.820 --> 00:43:18.380
 and

00:43:18.380 --> 00:43:18.739
 how

00:43:18.739 --> 00:43:18.920
 he

00:43:18.920 --> 00:43:19.219
 handles

00:43:19.219 --> 00:43:19.519
 things

00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:20.019
 secondly

00:43:20.019 --> 00:43:20.880
 in

00:43:20.880 --> 00:43:21.159
 putting

00:43:21.159 --> 00:43:21.500
 on

00:43:21.500 --> 00:43:22.019
 the

00:43:22.019 --> 00:43:22.659
 helmet

00:43:22.659 --> 00:43:23.059
 of

00:43:23.059 --> 00:43:23.699
 salvation

00:43:23.699 --> 00:43:24.579
 which

00:43:24.579 --> 00:43:25.239
 is

00:43:25.239 --> 00:43:25.500
 the

00:43:25.500 --> 00:43:25.900
 truth

00:43:25.900 --> 00:43:26.059
 of

00:43:26.059 --> 00:43:26.260
 our

00:43:26.260 --> 00:43:26.880
 salvation

00:43:26.880 --> 00:43:27.840
 it's

00:43:27.840 --> 00:43:28.679
 deliverance

00:43:28.679 --> 00:43:28.920
 from

00:43:28.920 --> 00:43:29.380
 sin

00:43:29.380 --> 00:43:30.039
 it's

00:43:30.039 --> 00:43:30.519
 present

00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:31.039
 victory

00:43:31.039 --> 00:43:31.400
 over

00:43:31.400 --> 00:43:31.820
 sin

00:43:31.820 --> 00:43:32.340
 and

00:43:32.340 --> 00:43:32.559
 it's

00:43:32.559 --> 00:43:33.079
 eventual

00:43:33.079 --> 00:43:34.119
 absolute

00:43:34.119 --> 00:43:35.059
 deliverance

00:43:35.059 --> 00:43:35.500
 from

00:43:35.500 --> 00:43:35.900
 any

00:43:35.900 --> 00:43:36.239
 sin

00:43:36.239 --> 00:43:36.840
 whatsoever

00:43:36.840 --> 00:43:37.400
 and

00:43:37.400 --> 00:43:37.799
 finally

00:43:37.799 --> 00:43:38.179
 taking

00:43:38.179 --> 00:43:38.480
 up

00:43:38.480 --> 00:43:39.139
 the

00:43:39.139 --> 00:43:39.699
 sword

00:43:39.699 --> 00:43:40.199
 of

00:43:40.199 --> 00:43:40.380
 the

00:43:40.380 --> 00:43:40.779
 spirit

00:43:40.779 --> 00:43:44.860
 so

00:43:44.860 --> 00:43:45.119
 let me

00:43:45.119 --> 00:43:45.559
 close

00:43:45.559 --> 00:43:48.980
 do

00:43:48.980 --> 00:43:49.139
 you

00:43:49.139 --> 00:43:49.319
 have

00:43:49.319 --> 00:43:49.440
 an

00:43:49.440 --> 00:43:49.659
 enemy

00:43:49.659 --> 00:43:49.900
 that

00:43:49.900 --> 00:43:50.039
 is

00:43:50.039 --> 00:43:50.460
 interested

00:43:50.460 --> 00:43:50.699
 in

00:43:50.699 --> 00:43:50.980
 harming

00:43:50.980 --> 00:43:51.199
 your

00:43:51.199 --> 00:43:51.480
 heart

00:43:51.480 --> 00:43:51.699
 and

00:43:51.699 --> 00:43:52.000
 soul

00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:52.639
 what's

00:43:52.639 --> 00:43:52.759
 the

00:43:52.759 --> 00:43:53.139
 answer

00:43:53.139 --> 00:43:55.279
 I

00:43:55.279 --> 00:43:55.840
 spend

00:43:55.840 --> 00:43:57.420
 a

00:43:57.420 --> 00:43:57.860
 fair

00:43:57.860 --> 00:43:58.279
 part

00:43:58.279 --> 00:43:58.819
 of

00:43:58.819 --> 00:43:59.119
 my

00:43:59.119 --> 00:43:59.599
 week

00:43:59.599 --> 00:44:00.719
 and

00:44:00.719 --> 00:44:01.119
 pastor

00:44:01.119 --> 00:44:01.519
 Saul

00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:01.920
 spends

00:44:01.920 --> 00:44:02.139
 a

00:44:02.139 --> 00:44:02.340
 fair

00:44:02.340 --> 00:44:02.719
 part

00:44:02.719 --> 00:44:02.919
 of

00:44:02.919 --> 00:44:03.159
 his

00:44:03.159 --> 00:44:03.480
 week

00:44:03.480 --> 00:44:04.619
 and

00:44:04.619 --> 00:44:04.959
 pastor

00:44:04.959 --> 00:44:05.399
 Andrew

00:44:05.399 --> 00:44:05.819
 spends

00:44:05.819 --> 00:44:06.019
 a

00:44:06.019 --> 00:44:06.239
 fair

00:44:06.239 --> 00:44:06.619
 part

00:44:06.619 --> 00:44:06.859
 of

00:44:06.859 --> 00:44:07.159
 his

00:44:07.159 --> 00:44:07.500
 week

00:44:07.500 --> 00:44:08.119
 and

00:44:08.119 --> 00:44:08.419
 every

00:44:08.419 --> 00:44:08.679
 one

00:44:08.679 --> 00:44:08.799
 of

00:44:08.799 --> 00:44:08.899
 you

00:44:08.899 --> 00:44:09.059
 that

00:44:09.059 --> 00:44:09.179
 are

00:44:09.179 --> 00:44:09.599
 fathers

00:44:09.599 --> 00:44:09.919
 and

00:44:09.919 --> 00:44:10.239
 mothers

00:44:10.239 --> 00:44:10.459
 and

00:44:10.459 --> 00:44:10.719
 every

00:44:10.719 --> 00:44:10.939
 one

00:44:10.939 --> 00:44:11.059
 of

00:44:11.059 --> 00:44:11.179
 you

00:44:11.179 --> 00:44:11.319
 that

00:44:11.319 --> 00:44:11.399
 are

00:44:11.399 --> 00:44:11.659
 young

00:44:11.659 --> 00:44:12.039
 people

00:44:12.039 --> 00:44:12.579
 are

00:44:12.579 --> 00:44:13.859
 well

00:44:13.859 --> 00:44:14.459
 aware

00:44:14.459 --> 00:44:14.759
 of

00:44:14.759 --> 00:44:14.959
 the

00:44:14.959 --> 00:44:15.319
 fact

00:44:15.319 --> 00:44:15.939
 that

00:44:15.939 --> 00:44:16.259
 we

00:44:16.259 --> 00:44:16.579
 have

00:44:16.579 --> 00:44:16.799
 an

00:44:16.799 --> 00:44:17.179
 enemy

00:44:17.179 --> 00:44:17.679
 that

00:44:17.679 --> 00:44:17.859
 is

00:44:17.859 --> 00:44:18.339
 bent

00:44:18.339 --> 00:44:18.619
 on

00:44:18.619 --> 00:44:19.119
 harming

00:44:19.119 --> 00:44:19.699
 us

00:44:19.699 --> 00:44:22.079
 and

00:44:22.079 --> 00:44:22.239
 if

00:44:22.239 --> 00:44:22.559
 you

00:44:22.559 --> 00:44:23.139
 as

00:44:23.139 --> 00:44:23.539
 God's

00:44:23.539 --> 00:44:23.879
 child

00:44:23.879 --> 00:44:24.099
 do

00:44:24.099 --> 00:44:24.319
 not

00:44:24.319 --> 00:44:24.599
 pick

00:44:24.599 --> 00:44:24.839
 up

00:44:24.839 --> 00:44:25.379
 the

00:44:25.379 --> 00:44:25.739
 shield

00:44:25.739 --> 00:44:26.819
 and

00:44:26.819 --> 00:44:27.059
 put

00:44:27.059 --> 00:44:27.319
 on

00:44:27.319 --> 00:44:27.639
 the

00:44:27.639 --> 00:44:27.980
 helmet

00:44:27.980 --> 00:44:29.019
 and

00:44:29.019 --> 00:44:29.319
 take

00:44:29.319 --> 00:44:29.500
 up

00:44:29.500 --> 00:44:29.779
 the

00:44:29.779 --> 00:44:30.159
 sword

00:44:30.159 --> 00:44:31.899
 I

00:44:31.899 --> 00:44:32.119
 can

00:44:32.119 --> 00:44:32.500
 tell

00:44:32.500 --> 00:44:32.819
 you

00:44:32.819 --> 00:44:33.500
 he

00:44:33.500 --> 00:44:33.759
 will

00:44:33.759 --> 00:44:34.179
 harm

00:44:34.179 --> 00:44:34.480
 you

00:44:34.480 --> 00:44:35.139
 and

00:44:35.139 --> 00:44:35.299
 it

00:44:35.299 --> 00:44:35.559
 will

00:44:35.559 --> 00:44:35.899
 not

00:44:35.899 --> 00:44:36.159
 be

00:44:36.159 --> 00:44:36.519
 pretty

00:44:36.519 --> 00:44:41.699
 and

00:44:41.699 --> 00:44:42.000
 God

00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:42.460
 intends

00:44:42.460 --> 00:44:42.939
 for you

00:44:42.939 --> 00:44:43.279
 where

00:44:43.279 --> 00:44:43.599
 you

00:44:43.599 --> 00:44:43.960
 sit

00:44:43.960 --> 00:44:44.179
 to

00:44:44.179 --> 00:44:44.460
 take

00:44:44.460 --> 00:44:44.679
 the

00:44:44.679 --> 00:44:44.859
 word

00:44:44.859 --> 00:44:45.039
 of

00:44:45.039 --> 00:44:45.259
 God

00:44:45.260 --> 00:44:45.960
 seriously

00:44:45.960 --> 00:44:47.740
 and

00:44:47.740 --> 00:44:47.860
 to

00:44:47.860 --> 00:44:48.020
 do

00:44:48.020 --> 00:44:48.320
 something

00:44:48.320 --> 00:44:48.580
 with

00:44:48.580 --> 00:44:49.460
 it

00:44:49.460 --> 00:44:50.640
 does

00:44:50.640 --> 00:44:50.720
 that

00:44:50.720 --> 00:44:50.840
 make

00:44:50.840 --> 00:44:51.200
 sense

00:44:51.200 --> 00:44:54.520
 let

00:44:54.520 --> 00:44:54.640
 me

00:44:54.640 --> 00:44:55.040
 close

00:44:55.040 --> 00:44:57.220
 if

00:44:57.220 --> 00:44:57.400
 you

00:44:57.400 --> 00:44:57.560
 are

00:44:57.560 --> 00:44:57.800
 here

00:44:57.800 --> 00:44:58.100
 this

00:44:58.100 --> 00:44:58.420
 morning

00:44:58.420 --> 00:44:59.260
 and

00:44:59.260 --> 00:44:59.440
 you

00:44:59.440 --> 00:44:59.600
 do

00:44:59.600 --> 00:44:59.820
 not

00:44:59.820 --> 00:45:00.000
 know

00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:00.160
 the

00:45:00.160 --> 00:45:00.340
 Lord

00:45:00.340 --> 00:45:00.660
 Jesus

00:45:00.660 --> 00:45:01.220
 Christ

00:45:01.220 --> 00:45:03.320
 the

00:45:03.320 --> 00:45:03.880
 armor

00:45:03.880 --> 00:45:05.120
 is

00:45:05.120 --> 00:45:05.480
 not

00:45:05.480 --> 00:45:05.880
 for

00:45:05.880 --> 00:45:06.120
 you

00:45:06.120 --> 00:45:06.520
 yet

00:45:06.520 --> 00:45:09.820
 the

00:45:09.820 --> 00:45:10.140
 truth

00:45:10.140 --> 00:45:10.260
 of

00:45:10.260 --> 00:45:10.340
 the

00:45:10.340 --> 00:45:10.560
 matter

00:45:10.560 --> 00:45:11.120
 is

00:45:11.120 --> 00:45:15.020
 a

00:45:15.019 --> 00:45:15.300
 part

00:45:15.300 --> 00:45:15.599
 from

00:45:15.599 --> 00:45:16.099
 coming

00:45:16.099 --> 00:45:16.840
 to

00:45:16.840 --> 00:45:17.900
 Christ

00:45:17.900 --> 00:45:19.460
 with

00:45:19.460 --> 00:45:19.619
 a

00:45:19.619 --> 00:45:19.960
 broken

00:45:19.960 --> 00:45:20.460
 heart

00:45:20.460 --> 00:45:20.719
 that

00:45:20.719 --> 00:45:21.179
 says

00:45:21.179 --> 00:45:21.579
 I

00:45:21.579 --> 00:45:21.840
 am

00:45:21.840 --> 00:45:22.079
 a

00:45:22.079 --> 00:45:22.340
 sinner

00:45:22.340 --> 00:45:22.619
 that

00:45:22.619 --> 00:45:23.079
 stands

00:45:23.079 --> 00:45:24.179
 justly

00:45:24.179 --> 00:45:24.679
 condemned

00:45:24.679 --> 00:45:25.019
 before

00:45:25.019 --> 00:45:25.199
 a

00:45:25.199 --> 00:45:25.420
 holy

00:45:25.420 --> 00:45:25.880
 God

00:45:25.880 --> 00:45:28.039
 and

00:45:28.039 --> 00:45:28.219
 I

00:45:28.219 --> 00:45:28.759
 realize

00:45:28.759 --> 00:45:28.980
 that

00:45:28.980 --> 00:45:29.119
 the

00:45:29.119 --> 00:45:29.360
 scripture

00:45:29.360 --> 00:45:29.800
 tells

00:45:29.800 --> 00:45:29.960
 me

00:45:29.960 --> 00:45:30.139
 that

00:45:30.139 --> 00:45:30.259
 I

00:45:30.259 --> 00:45:30.480
 have

00:45:30.480 --> 00:45:30.840
 no

00:45:30.840 --> 00:45:31.259
 hope

00:45:31.259 --> 00:45:32.079
 apart

00:45:32.079 --> 00:45:32.619
 from

00:45:32.619 --> 00:45:32.860
 what

00:45:32.860 --> 00:45:33.219
 Jesus

00:45:33.219 --> 00:45:33.679
 did

00:45:33.679 --> 00:45:34.079
 in

00:45:34.079 --> 00:45:34.500
 dying

00:45:34.500 --> 00:45:34.679
 on

00:45:34.679 --> 00:45:34.820
 the

00:45:34.820 --> 00:45:35.139
 cross

00:45:35.139 --> 00:45:35.460
 for

00:45:35.460 --> 00:45:35.780
 me

00:45:35.780 --> 00:45:38.039
 and

00:45:38.039 --> 00:45:38.219
 I

00:45:38.219 --> 00:45:38.699
 freely

00:45:38.699 --> 00:45:39.840
 plead

00:45:39.840 --> 00:45:40.039
 with

00:45:40.039 --> 00:45:40.179
 him

00:45:40.179 --> 00:45:40.360
 to

00:45:40.360 --> 00:45:40.639
 save

00:45:40.639 --> 00:45:40.900
 me

00:45:40.900 --> 00:45:41.940
 and

00:45:41.940 --> 00:45:42.079
 to

00:45:42.079 --> 00:45:42.440
 deliver

00:45:42.440 --> 00:45:42.780
 me

00:45:42.780 --> 00:45:43.659
 from

00:45:43.659 --> 00:45:43.860
 the

00:45:43.860 --> 00:45:44.199
 judgment

00:45:44.199 --> 00:45:44.420
 that

00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:44.559
 I

00:45:44.559 --> 00:45:44.960
 deserve

00:45:44.960 --> 00:45:46.860
 I

00:45:46.860 --> 00:45:47.199
 believe

00:45:47.199 --> 00:45:47.400
 in

00:45:47.400 --> 00:45:47.659
 Jesus

00:45:47.659 --> 00:45:48.059
 Christ

00:45:48.059 --> 00:45:48.240
 as

00:45:48.240 --> 00:45:48.420
 my

00:45:48.420 --> 00:45:48.800
 personal

00:45:48.800 --> 00:45:49.199
 savior

00:45:49.199 --> 00:45:50.059
 if

00:45:50.059 --> 00:45:50.199
 you

00:45:50.199 --> 00:45:50.360
 have

00:45:50.360 --> 00:45:50.679
 not

00:45:50.679 --> 00:45:50.980
 taken

00:45:50.980 --> 00:45:51.300
 care

00:45:51.300 --> 00:45:51.420
 of

00:45:51.420 --> 00:45:51.599
 that

00:45:51.599 --> 00:45:51.860
 this

00:45:51.860 --> 00:45:52.199
 morning

00:45:52.199 --> 00:45:52.760
 now

00:45:52.760 --> 00:45:52.880
 is

00:45:52.880 --> 00:45:53.019
 the

00:45:53.019 --> 00:45:53.360
 time

00:45:53.360 --> 00:45:55.000
 don't

00:45:55.000 --> 00:45:55.179
 fool

00:45:55.179 --> 00:45:55.619
 yourself

00:45:55.619 --> 00:45:57.139
 it's

00:45:57.139 --> 00:45:57.320
 not

00:45:57.320 --> 00:45:57.539
 about

00:45:57.539 --> 00:45:57.720
 who

00:45:57.720 --> 00:45:57.940
 you

00:45:57.940 --> 00:45:58.679
 are

00:45:58.679 --> 00:45:58.860
 or

00:45:58.860 --> 00:45:59.019
 where

00:45:59.019 --> 00:45:59.179
 you

00:45:59.179 --> 00:45:59.380
 were

00:45:59.380 --> 00:45:59.500
 a

00:45:59.500 --> 00:45:59.720
 member

00:45:59.720 --> 00:45:59.980
 or

00:45:59.980 --> 00:46:00.559
 how

00:46:00.559 --> 00:46:00.740
 many

00:46:00.740 --> 00:46:01.019
 times

00:46:01.019 --> 00:46:01.139
 you

00:46:01.139 --> 00:46:01.240
 go

00:46:01.240 --> 00:46:01.380
 to

00:46:01.380 --> 00:46:01.780
 church

00:46:01.780 --> 00:46:02.059
 or

00:46:02.059 --> 00:46:02.480
 how

00:46:02.480 --> 00:46:02.760
 nice

00:46:02.760 --> 00:46:03.000
 people

00:46:03.000 --> 00:46:03.240
 think

00:46:03.240 --> 00:46:03.400
 you

00:46:03.400 --> 00:46:03.659
 are

00:46:03.659 --> 00:46:05.059
 the

00:46:05.059 --> 00:46:05.320
 truth

00:46:05.320 --> 00:46:05.460
 of

00:46:05.460 --> 00:46:05.460


00:46:05.460 --> 00:46:05.659
 matter

00:46:05.659 --> 00:46:05.920
 is

00:46:05.920 --> 00:46:06.340
 this

00:46:06.340 --> 00:46:07.659
 there

00:46:07.659 --> 00:46:07.860
 is

00:46:07.860 --> 00:46:08.400
 salvation

00:46:08.400 --> 00:46:08.840
 in

00:46:08.840 --> 00:46:09.159
 no

00:46:09.159 --> 00:46:09.440
 other

00:46:09.440 --> 00:46:09.880
 person

00:46:09.880 --> 00:46:10.059
 than

00:46:10.059 --> 00:46:10.199
 the

00:46:10.199 --> 00:46:10.380
 Lord

00:46:10.380 --> 00:46:10.679
 Jesus

00:46:10.679 --> 00:46:11.119
 Christ

00:46:11.119 --> 00:46:11.699
 and

00:46:11.699 --> 00:46:11.859
 the

00:46:11.859 --> 00:46:12.439
 door

00:46:12.439 --> 00:46:12.919
 to

00:46:12.919 --> 00:46:13.679
 salvation

00:46:13.679 --> 00:46:14.099
 is

00:46:14.099 --> 00:46:14.559
 narrow

00:46:14.559 --> 00:46:15.579
 and

00:46:15.579 --> 00:46:15.719
 is

00:46:15.719 --> 00:46:15.939
 marked

00:46:15.939 --> 00:46:16.119
 by

00:46:16.119 --> 00:46:16.599
 humility

00:46:16.599 --> 00:46:16.819
 and

00:46:16.819 --> 00:46:17.419
 brokenness

00:46:17.419 --> 00:46:18.799
 and

00:46:18.799 --> 00:46:19.139
 calling

00:46:19.139 --> 00:46:19.399
 upon

00:46:19.399 --> 00:46:19.559
 the

00:46:19.559 --> 00:46:19.699
 name

00:46:19.699 --> 00:46:19.819
 of

00:46:19.819 --> 00:46:19.919
 the

00:46:19.919 --> 00:46:20.179
 Lord

00:46:20.179 --> 00:46:21.579
 let's

00:46:21.579 --> 00:46:21.839
 close

00:46:21.839 --> 00:46:22.000
 in

00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:22.279
 prayer

00:46:22.280 --> 00:46:26.620
 our

00:46:26.620 --> 00:46:26.840
 father

00:46:26.840 --> 00:46:27.120
 God

00:46:27.120 --> 00:46:27.360
 this

00:46:27.360 --> 00:46:27.640
 morning

00:46:27.640 --> 00:46:27.860
 we

00:46:27.860 --> 00:46:28.140
 come

00:46:28.140 --> 00:46:28.280
 to

00:46:28.280 --> 00:46:28.460
 you

00:46:28.460 --> 00:46:28.700
 with

00:46:28.700 --> 00:46:29.260
 humility

00:46:29.260 --> 00:46:31.160
 recognizing

00:46:31.160 --> 00:46:31.700
 that

00:46:31.700 --> 00:46:31.860
 you

00:46:31.860 --> 00:46:32.060
 have

00:46:32.060 --> 00:46:32.300
 given

00:46:32.300 --> 00:46:32.560
 us

00:46:32.560 --> 00:46:32.820
 these

00:46:32.820 --> 00:46:33.180
 verses

00:46:33.180 --> 00:46:33.500
 to

00:46:33.500 --> 00:46:33.820
 warn

00:46:33.820 --> 00:46:34.140
 us

00:46:34.140 --> 00:46:34.780
 about

00:46:34.780 --> 00:46:35.000
 the

00:46:35.000 --> 00:46:35.280
 enemy

00:46:35.280 --> 00:46:35.560
 so

00:46:35.560 --> 00:46:35.720
 that

00:46:35.720 --> 00:46:35.920
 we

00:46:35.920 --> 00:46:36.100
 who

00:46:36.100 --> 00:46:36.240
 are

00:46:36.240 --> 00:46:36.420
 your

00:46:36.420 --> 00:46:36.800
 children

00:46:36.800 --> 00:46:37.019
 would

00:46:37.019 --> 00:46:37.200
 not

00:46:37.200 --> 00:46:37.360
 be

00:46:37.360 --> 00:46:37.780
 harmed

00:46:37.780 --> 00:46:40.920
 and

00:46:40.920 --> 00:46:41.200
 father

00:46:41.200 --> 00:46:41.380
 we

00:46:41.380 --> 00:46:41.600
 want

00:46:41.600 --> 00:46:41.720
 to

00:46:41.720 --> 00:46:41.820
 be

00:46:41.820 --> 00:46:41.940
 a

00:46:41.940 --> 00:46:42.220
 people

00:46:42.220 --> 00:46:42.440
 who

00:46:42.440 --> 00:46:42.760
 listen

00:46:42.760 --> 00:46:43.280
 carefully

00:46:43.280 --> 00:46:44.860
 and

00:46:44.860 --> 00:46:45.040
 then

00:46:45.040 --> 00:46:45.360
 plead

00:46:45.360 --> 00:46:45.600
 with

00:46:45.600 --> 00:46:45.760
 you

00:46:45.760 --> 00:46:46.000
 to

00:46:46.000 --> 00:46:46.300
 enable

00:46:46.300 --> 00:46:46.580
 us

00:46:46.580 --> 00:46:46.740
 to

00:46:46.740 --> 00:46:46.940
 take

00:46:46.940 --> 00:46:47.080
 up

00:46:47.080 --> 00:46:47.240
 the

00:46:47.240 --> 00:46:47.480
 armor

00:46:47.480 --> 00:46:47.700
 of

00:46:47.700 --> 00:46:47.900
 God

00:46:47.900 --> 00:46:48.060
 that

00:46:48.060 --> 00:46:48.220
 we

00:46:48.220 --> 00:46:48.420
 may

00:46:48.420 --> 00:46:48.519
 be

00:46:48.519 --> 00:46:48.640
 able

00:46:48.640 --> 00:46:48.780
 to

00:46:48.780 --> 00:46:49.080
 stand

00:46:49.080 --> 00:46:49.380
 against

00:46:49.380 --> 00:46:49.580
 the

00:46:49.580 --> 00:46:49.860
 wiles

00:46:49.860 --> 00:46:50.040
 of

00:46:50.039 --> 00:46:50.159
 the

00:46:50.159 --> 00:46:50.420
 devil

00:46:50.420 --> 00:46:52.460
 there

00:46:52.460 --> 00:46:52.619
 are

00:46:52.619 --> 00:46:52.820
 some

00:46:52.820 --> 00:46:53.019
 here

00:46:53.019 --> 00:46:53.279
 this

00:46:53.279 --> 00:46:53.599
 morning

00:46:53.599 --> 00:46:53.820
 that

00:46:53.820 --> 00:46:53.960
 are

00:46:53.960 --> 00:46:54.320
 wounded

00:46:54.320 --> 00:46:56.059
 no

00:46:56.059 --> 00:46:56.239
 one

00:46:56.239 --> 00:46:56.460
 else

00:46:56.460 --> 00:46:56.759
 knows

00:46:56.759 --> 00:46:56.960
 it

00:46:56.960 --> 00:46:57.539
 but

00:46:57.539 --> 00:46:57.820
 you

00:46:57.820 --> 00:46:59.860
 and

00:46:59.860 --> 00:47:00.000
 in

00:47:00.000 --> 00:47:00.119
 their

00:47:00.119 --> 00:47:00.320
 own

00:47:00.320 --> 00:47:00.639
 heart

00:47:00.639 --> 00:47:00.980
 they

00:47:00.980 --> 00:47:02.259
 desire

00:47:02.259 --> 00:47:02.679
 to be

00:47:02.679 --> 00:47:03.099
 freed

00:47:03.099 --> 00:47:03.400
 from

00:47:03.400 --> 00:47:03.599
 the

00:47:03.599 --> 00:47:04.219
 bondage

00:47:04.219 --> 00:47:04.400
 of

00:47:04.400 --> 00:47:04.739
 sin

00:47:04.739 --> 00:47:06.699
 I

00:47:06.699 --> 00:47:07.000
 plead

00:47:07.000 --> 00:47:07.159
 with

00:47:07.159 --> 00:47:07.259
 you

00:47:07.259 --> 00:47:07.420
 that

00:47:07.420 --> 00:47:07.659
 this

00:47:07.659 --> 00:47:07.980
 morning

00:47:07.980 --> 00:47:08.380
 those

00:47:08.380 --> 00:47:08.679
 who

00:47:08.679 --> 00:47:09.739
 sense

00:47:09.739 --> 00:47:09.980
 the

00:47:09.980 --> 00:47:10.340
 burden

00:47:10.340 --> 00:47:10.500
 and

00:47:10.500 --> 00:47:10.639
 the

00:47:10.639 --> 00:47:11.079
 convicting

00:47:11.079 --> 00:47:11.400
 work

00:47:11.400 --> 00:47:11.519
 of

00:47:11.519 --> 00:47:11.659
 the

00:47:11.659 --> 00:47:11.920
 Spirit

00:47:11.920 --> 00:47:12.079
 of

00:47:12.079 --> 00:47:12.320
 God

00:47:12.320 --> 00:47:12.519
 would

00:47:12.519 --> 00:47:12.779
 call

00:47:12.779 --> 00:47:13.000
 out

00:47:13.000 --> 00:47:13.139
 and

00:47:13.139 --> 00:47:13.279
 say

00:47:13.279 --> 00:47:13.559
 Lord

00:47:13.559 --> 00:47:14.380
 deliver

00:47:14.380 --> 00:47:14.659
 me

00:47:14.659 --> 00:47:14.860
 from

00:47:14.860 --> 00:47:15.440
 Satan's

00:47:15.440 --> 00:47:16.059
 devices

00:47:16.059 --> 00:47:19.199
 they

00:47:19.199 --> 00:47:19.360
 would

00:47:19.360 --> 00:47:19.739
 repent

00:47:19.739 --> 00:47:20.500
 and forsake

00:47:20.500 --> 00:47:22.039
 that

00:47:22.039 --> 00:47:22.339
 those

00:47:22.339 --> 00:47:22.519
 who

00:47:22.519 --> 00:47:22.659
 are

00:47:22.659 --> 00:47:22.959
 not

00:47:22.959 --> 00:47:23.419
 Christians

00:47:23.419 --> 00:47:23.639
 would

00:47:23.639 --> 00:47:23.899
 call

00:47:23.899 --> 00:47:24.139
 upon

00:47:24.139 --> 00:47:24.299
 the

00:47:24.299 --> 00:47:24.479
 name

00:47:24.479 --> 00:47:24.579
 of

00:47:24.579 --> 00:47:24.699
 the

00:47:24.699 --> 00:47:24.879
 Lord

00:47:24.879 --> 00:47:25.099
 for

00:47:25.099 --> 00:47:25.679
 salvation

00:47:25.679 --> 00:47:27.359
 we

00:47:27.359 --> 00:47:27.639
 ask

00:47:27.639 --> 00:47:27.819
 this

00:47:27.819 --> 00:47:27.979
 in

00:47:27.979 --> 00:47:28.239
 Jesus

00:47:28.239 --> 00:47:28.719
 name

00:47:28.719 --> 00:47:29.219
 amen