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 Well, I have the privilege this morning of preaching, and as you all know, I like to move around a little bit, so I end up standing here in front.

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 We will continue this morning in the book of John.

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 The last time that Jonathan preached on the book of John, it was in John 15, the first part of John 15.

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 And this morning we will pick up mid-wage in verse 17 in John chapter 15.

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 And in honor of God's Word, I would ask if you would, if you're able, if you would please stand as we read His Word this morning.

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 I'll read, if you would, if you have your Scriptures in hand, if you would follow along as I read for us this morning.

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 Starting in verse 17, chapter 15.

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 These things I command you, so that you will love one another.

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 If the world hates you, know that it hated me before it hated you.

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 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own.

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 But because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

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 Remember the word that I said to you, a servant is not greater than his master.

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 If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you.

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 If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

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 But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know Him who sent me.

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 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin.

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 But now they have no excuse for their sin.

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 Whoever hates me hates my Father also.

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 If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin.

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 But now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.

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 But the word that is written in their law must be fulfilled.

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 They hated me without a cause.

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 But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father,

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 the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father,

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 he will bear witness about me.

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 And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.

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 I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away.

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 They will put you out of the synagogues.

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 Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think that he is offering service to God.

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 And they will do these things because they have not known the Father nor me.

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 But I have said these things to you that when their hour comes,

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 you may remember that I told them to you.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, open our mind that we might understand your word this morning.

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 Open our ears that we might hear it and move our hearts to desire you.

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 Fill us with a desire to honor and serve you.

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 I pray in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 And you have a seat.

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 In the 1930s, in the country of Russia,

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 the Bolsheviks came to power in 1917 and following.

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 And the Bolsheviks persecuted Christians, even killing them.

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 There was a man, a particular man, that in his village, his brother had been killed by the Bolsheviks.

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 And he, out of fear of being killed himself as a Russian Orthodox,

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 he fled into the Siberian wilderness with his family, his wife and his two children.

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 And they went deep, deep into the Siberian wilderness and lived there for the next 42 years,

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 not coming back to where the place where they had left.

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 They were themselves, their family were in the wilderness for this incredible time frame.

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 On the edge of starvation continually.

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 Very, very difficult for them to exist in this place way out in the wilderness.

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 They had taken a couple of kettles to cook with.

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 They had taken a cup full of seeds to be able to plant with.

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 And they had taken the shoes on their feet and they had fled.

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 And the world would not even have known they had gone there.

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 With the exception of this is that because of the exploration of iron ore,

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 the Russian government had sent geologists into this Siberian wilderness

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 to explore to see what natural resources were there.

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 Prior to the exploration of a helicopter had flown over,

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 and this is in the 1970s, had flown over this area in Siberia

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 and spotted this area that couldn't be explained.

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 It was an area where the trees had been leveled.

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 It was an area where they saw rows that appeared to be crops or plants

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 that had been planted.

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 In this place, it was 150 miles from nowhere, from any civilization.

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 And so they had told the geologist about this spot,

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 and the geologist had come up and they began to place gifts in the clearing

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 in this area where a cabin was visible and they had cleared

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 and they had planted crops.

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 They placed gifts as a way to let them know that they were there.

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 They didn't want to scare them off.

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 They wanted to somehow engage this family that they had not met,

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 did not know were there, did not know where they were from.

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 Finally, the family chose one of the gifts.

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 It was salt.

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 You can imagine in that setting to have salt would be a blessing and a gift.

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 And gradually, they began to engage with this family that was there.

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 And finally, they met the father of this family who, by that time, was in his 70s.

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 And when they got there, the father invited them into this very rustic,

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 dirt floor cabin that had been built by this family that had stood for 40-plus years.

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 They walk in and two daughters that were there when they saw these geologists,

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 they ran and hid.

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 Now, these two daughters had never seen the world that their father and mother came from.

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 They were born in the wilderness.

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 And all they had ever known was one family

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 and the difficulty of trying to survive in the Siberian wilderness.

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 When these people came in, they were in great fear.

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 They did not even know another world existed.

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 They had never seen it.

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 To them, it was a story that they heard, but they didn't really know existed.

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 It was a world they had no idea there was such a thing as cars

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 and planes and roads and light and grocery stores and gas stations.

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 They never knew it even existed.

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 This morning, as we look at our text,

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 we're going to see that there's two worlds spoken of in this text.

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 If we look with me at verse 19, I want to show you

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 what John is trying to reveal here.

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 Christ speaks and he says,

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 if the world hates you, know that it hated me before it hated you.

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 He's referring to this world,

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 and you see the divide between these two worlds.

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 This world that Christ has come into,

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 this world that hates Christ.

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 Notice what he says.

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 If you were of this world,

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 the world would love you as its own.

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 But because you are not of this world,

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 but I chose you out of the world,

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 therefore the world hates you.

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 Do you see the two worlds?

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 It's this world that all of us are born into.

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 Now this is something that we've read much about,

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 we've heard preached on often,

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 but I want to remind us what that world is,

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 this world that we've been born into.

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 You know, all of us were born into sin, right?

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 We're born in Adam,

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 is a phrase we've heard often,

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 into this kingdom of darkness.

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 Physically speaking,

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 all of us are born in sin.

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 Spiritually speaking,

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 we're born separated from God, right?

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 We're born as enemies to God

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 because we're born in sin.

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 Look with me,

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 or don't turn there,

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 I'll just read a couple of verses here

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 that talk about this dark world,

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 this dark kingdom,

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 this world that Christ is referring to

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 that hates him

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 and hates believers.

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 In 1 John,

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 it talks about it this way,

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 do not love the world,

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 this is John,

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 the same author speaking,

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 do not love the world

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 or the things in the world.

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 If anyone loves the world,

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 the love of the Father is not in him.

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 You see the vast divide here?

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 For those who love this world,

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 by definition,

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 don't love the Father

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 because there's such a divide

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 between the two.

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 The values of this world

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 and the values of the Father

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 are infinitely far apart.

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 I continue here.

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 If anyone loves the world,

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 the love of the Father is not in him.

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 For all that is in the world,

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 the desires of the flesh

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 and the desires of the eyes

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 and the pride of life

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 is not from the Father,

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 but is of the world.

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 You hear what he says?

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 The lust of the eyes,

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 the lust of the flesh

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 and the boastful pride of life.

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 It's a focus on self.

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 It's a fleshly living.

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 You know, that's the way

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 that we were born.

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 We were born self-focused.

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 We were born as those

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 who live for self.

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 That's what's declared in the Word.

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 Remember in Romans 3.23,

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 all have sinned and do what?

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 We all fall short

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 of the glory of God.

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 Hear what James says

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 in his general epistle.

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 Here's how he says it.

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 He says,

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 Friendship with the world,

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 and I'll start at the sentence.

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 Do you not know

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 that friendship with the world

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 is enmity with God?

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 Therefore,

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 whoever wishes to be

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 a friend of the world

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 makes himself the enemy of God.

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 You hear it?

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 If we're part of this world

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 and the system of this world,

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 by definition,

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 we're enemies to God.

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 Those who long

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 to be a part of this world,

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 who long to walk

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 by the course of this world,

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 we're enemies to God.

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 In 2 Corinthians,

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 we get a picture.

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 Paul is talking

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 to the Corinthian church

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 and he's talking

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 about this same concept,

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 this worldly system.

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 You know, when I say world,

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 I'm not talking about the planet.

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 I'm not talking about

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 parts or other countries,

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 parts of the world.

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 We're talking about a system.

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 We're talking about

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 a way of thinking.

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 A way of living.

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 This living

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 in this dark kingdom.

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 This separation from God.

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 Listen to what Paul says

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 to the Corinthians.

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 He says,

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 in their case,

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 that is the case of those

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 who are not in the kingdom,

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 the case of those

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 who are not Christians

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 whose life hadn't been changed

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 by the touch of God.

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 Here's what he said.

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 In their case,

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 the God of this world

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 has blinded the minds

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 of the unbelievers

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 to keep them from seeing

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 the light of the gospel

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 of the glory of Christ.

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 Think about it.

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 There is a God of this world.

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 Who is he?

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 Satan.

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 Do you know that

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 when we were born

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 into this world,

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 that we were subject

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 to the God of this world,

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 we were subject to Satan?

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 Do you know that

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 the way we lived

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 honored Satan

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 and dishonored God?

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 That the way we live,

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 the desires of our flesh,

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 dishonored God

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 and we all walked in it.

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 That's the way we used to live

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 before we came into the kingdom,

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 before we were born again,

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 before we became Christians

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 by the work of God.

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 Notice what it says.

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 The God of this world

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 has done what?

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 He has blinded the mind

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 of unbelievers.

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 Why?

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 To keep them from seeing

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 the light of the gospel

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 of the glory of Christ

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 who is the image of God.

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 The enemy hates everything

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 to do with the kingdom of God.

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 Satan hates everything

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 to do with God

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 and anything that honors God.

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 Paul talked to the Christians

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 in Ephesus

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 and he shared with them

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 about who they used to be.

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 And you know this is true

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 for all of us.

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 We all used to be like this.

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 What Paul says to the Christians

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 in Ephesus.

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 He says this,

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 past tense.

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 And if we,

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 for those of us here

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 that have been born again,

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 this is true for us

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 in a past tense way.

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 That we used to also live like this.

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 Listen.

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 It says,

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 but you were dead

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 in the trespasses and sins

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 in which you once walked.

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 Following the course of this world.

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 Let me stop there for a second.

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 Do you know that we used to

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 follow the course of this world?

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 We used to live in a way

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 that the world lives

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 in a system

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 that the enemy controls?

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 Do y'all believe that?

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 Do y'all recognize

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 the depravity

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 that we walked in

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 the way we used to live?

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 You once walked

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 following the course

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 of this world,

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 following the prince

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 of the power of air,

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 the spirit that is now at work

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 in the sons of disobedience.

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 Listen.

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 Listen.

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 We once walked

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 in the course of this world.

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 We once followed

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 the prince of the power

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 of the air.

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 Who is that?

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 It's the God of this world.

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 It's Satan.

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 Do you realize that

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 even though we didn't

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 cognitively know it,

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 we were walking

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 in the ways of Satan?

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 We were walking

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 in the ways of this world.

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 We were walking

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 in darkness.

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 Back to John 15.

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 I want us to see

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 that God has done something.

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 Christ has done something.

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 Sorry.

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 Christ has done something

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 amazing here.

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 And in verse 19,

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 he declares it.

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 He's speaking to his disciples

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 and he says this to them.

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 He says,

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 if you were of this world,

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 the world would love you.

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 But you're no longer

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 of this world.

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 Something had happened

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 in their life.

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 And what was it?

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 We see it in verse 19.

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 He says,

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 I chose you out of the world.

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 God chose him out of the world.

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 Brothers and sisters,

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 you realize that

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 for those of us

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 who have been born again,

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 we've been delivered

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 from this world.

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 This world,

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 you know,

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 when we were first born,

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 we didn't know

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 that there was another world.

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 We didn't understand

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 that there was a spiritual world.

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 We didn't even understand,

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 at least for me,

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 and I think you would probably

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 say the same,

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 is we didn't realize

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 that the way we were living

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 was in absolute opposition to God.

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 It's as if we didn't even know

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 that world existed

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 until God opened our eyes, right?

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 It says,

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 the God of this world

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 had blinded the mind

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 of unbelievers.

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 We did not even realize

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 we were enemies of God

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 until God showed us our sin.

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 The beauty of what he did

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 is spoken of by Paul

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 in Colossians chapter 1.

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 And it says this.

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 It says,

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 He has delivered us

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 from the dominion of darkness

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 and has transferred us

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 into the kingdom

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 of his dear son.

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 These two worlds

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 that are far apart,

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 this world of darkness

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 and this world of light,

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 this world of Satan

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 and his rule

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 and this world of Christ

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 and his rule

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 is so drastically different.

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 And what God has done

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 for these 12

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 and what he's done

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 for you and me

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 is he's called us

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 out of this world of darkness

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 and he's translated us

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 into the kingdom

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 of his dear son,

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 the kingdom of light.

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 He's taken our heart of stone

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 and he's given us

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 a new heart,

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 a desire to live for him.

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 Ephesians also

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 talks about this too.

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 It says this.

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 For at one time

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 you were darkness,

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 but now

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 you are light

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 in the Lord.

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 At one time

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 you were darkness,

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 you were living in darkness,

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 serving the enemy,

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 but now

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 you are children of light

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 and he calls for us

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 to walk

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 in this way,

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 this walk

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 as children of light

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 to change the way

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 we live.

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 It's interesting here

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 where we are

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 in the last week

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 of the life of Christ.

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 As Christ is heading

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 toward the cross

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 and very soon

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 in the text

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 he will be arrested

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 and he will be taken

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 to the cross

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 and he will die

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 as a criminal

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 hung on a cross.

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 But notice what he does

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 for the sake

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 of the apostles.

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 He is mentioned

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 to them prior

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 back in chapter 13

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 he says,

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 a new commandment

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 I give you

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 and that commandment

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 is to love

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 one another.

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 You know what

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 Peter says

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 in this encounter

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 in chapter 13?

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 He says,

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 I'm willing to die

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 for you.

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 I love you.

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 I'm even willing

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 to die

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 on behalf

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 of the kingdom.

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 And you know what

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 Christ says to him?

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 He says,

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 Peter,

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 even this very night

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 the cock will not crow

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 three times before you

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 I mean twice

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 before you have denied me

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 three times.

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 Left to ourselves

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 in our own ability

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 notice what tends to happen

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 is that we fall away.

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 We're not able

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 to love him

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 in the way

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 that he's calling us

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 to love him.

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 Love one another

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 with this new power

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 that is the power

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 Notice what he said

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 to Peter.

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 Peter,

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 even this night

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 though you desire

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 to love me

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 you're not able

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 in and of yourself.

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 That's why I'm sending

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 a helper

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 the Holy Spirit.

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 And we see

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 he says

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 the helper

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 the Holy Spirit

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 whom the Father

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 will send in my name

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 he will teach you

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 of all these things.

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 Teach you

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 what it's like

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 to live.

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 He will empower you

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 to be faithful

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 as witnesses.

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 So as we

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 as we come

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 to chapter 15

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 what Jonathan

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 preached about

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 two weeks ago

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 here's what Christ

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 says to them

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 he says to

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 abide in me.

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 Abide in me.

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 Why?

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 In order that

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 you might produce fruit.

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 You know

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 the call of God

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 for you and I

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 is to

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 abide in him

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 is to live for him

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 is not to

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 be drawn back

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 into the kingdom

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 of this world

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 to live for that kingdom

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 but to live for him

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 to honor him

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 and to abide in him.

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 So looking at

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 verse 17

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 I want us to see

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 the relationship

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 between abiding

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 and love.

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 So the call is

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 in verse 17

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 is this

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 these things I command you

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 so that you will love

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 one another.

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 What things?

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 What things are you commanding?

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 He's saying

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 abide in me.

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 Abide in me

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 and live this life

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 of abiding

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 in order that

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 fruit might be produced

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 through your life

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 because there's

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 coming a time

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 he would say

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 there's coming a time

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 when the world

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 is going to hate you

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 just like it hated me.

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 He's telling them

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 before it happens

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 he says listen

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 if the world hated me

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 the world's going to hate you

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 because you're no longer

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 you're no longer

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 of the world

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 you're no longer

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 part of their system

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 you've been changed

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 fundamentally

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 you're a different person now

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 because I've chosen you

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 out of the world

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 and I've chosen you

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 out of the world

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 and I've also given you

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 a helper

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 that is the Holy Spirit

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 who will be in you

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 he will live

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 in you

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 he says

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 but let

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 I want you to know

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 that this is coming

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 that the world

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 is going to hate you

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 when you begin

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 to live for me

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 and serve me

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 the world is going to hate you

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 not only is it going to hate you

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 it's going to persecute you

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 Christ says in

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 verse 20

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 if they persecuted me

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 they will also persecute you

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 be aware

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 disciples

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 be aware

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 apostles

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 that

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 suffering

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 is coming

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 here's what I want to share

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 with you and I

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 do you think

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 this would be true

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 for you and I as well

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 so church

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 we used to live

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 in this world

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 that was ruled

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 by Satan

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 and by the grace

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 of God

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 he's delivered us

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 out of that world

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 he's translated

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 into his kingdom

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 he's changed us

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 from the inside out

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 he's given us

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 a new heart

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 and he's given us

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 this call

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 to live for him

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 this call

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 to abide

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 in him

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 in order

00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:54.159
 that love

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 might spill

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 out of us

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 did you catch that

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 these things

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 I command you

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 what do you command us

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:01.059
 Christ

00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:01.880
 command you

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 to abide

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 and to produce fruit

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 fruit is the result

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 of abiding

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 why

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 so that you will

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 love one another

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 the call of God

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 in your my life

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 is to love one another

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 in our own strength

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 we're not able

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 but because we've been

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 transformed

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 and the Holy Spirit

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 has been given to us

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 church

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 now we're able

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 to live this life

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 of abiding

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 and the love of God

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 would spill out of us

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 to touch the world

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 here's the expectation

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 for you and I

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 certainly was the expectation

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 for the apostles

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 in that day

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 that they would be hated

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 that they would be persecuted

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 and in chapter 16

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 they would be rejected

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 and they would be killed

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 verse 16

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 verse

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 chapter 16

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 verse 2

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 they will put you

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 out of the synagogue

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 indeed the hour is coming

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 when they will kill you

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 excuse me

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 whoever kills you

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 will think that he is

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 offering service to God

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 what Christ I believe

00:23:04.439 --> 00:23:05.659
 is sharing with the apostles

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 is this

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 is there's coming a day

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 now that you are

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 no longer a part

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 of the world system

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 now that you have been

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 transformed by my work

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 in your life

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 that the world is going

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 to hate you

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 and be against you

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 you can expect

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 to be persecuted

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 you can expect

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 to suffer

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 you can expect

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 that they're going

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 to reject you

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 even perhaps

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 they're going to kill you

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 and we know

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 for the apostles

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 that 11 out of the 12

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 were martyr

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 for the faith

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 now here's the question

00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:34.119
 for us

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 do we think

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 that that's the same

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 for us

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 do we think

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 that we're going

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 to suffer

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 because we're Christians

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 that we're going

00:23:40.439 --> 00:23:41.099
 to be persecuted

00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:42.259
 in some way

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 you know

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 in certain parts

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 of the world

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 that persecution

00:23:48.979 --> 00:23:49.859
 might be

00:23:49.859 --> 00:23:50.859
 that we would

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 have to die

00:23:51.439 --> 00:23:51.859
 that we would

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 be put to death

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 certainly in Somalia

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 and Pakistan

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 and other countries

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 that is still true today

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 in China

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 for those who live

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 they have to be

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.399
 a part of the church

00:24:01.399 --> 00:24:01.899
 underground

00:24:01.899 --> 00:24:02.659
 for fear that

00:24:02.659 --> 00:24:03.379
 they'll be arrested

00:24:03.379 --> 00:24:04.759
 and jailed

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.579
 for us

00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:07.019
 is it true

00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:08.639
 that if we really

00:24:08.639 --> 00:24:09.500
 genuinely stand

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.000
 for Christ

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:11.359
 we really seek him

00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:11.940
 and we stand

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.599
 for what's true

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 might we also

00:24:13.659 --> 00:24:14.399
 be persecuted

00:24:14.399 --> 00:24:16.279
 probably not

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:17.299
 put to death

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:18.639
 but certainly

00:24:18.639 --> 00:24:19.539
 ostracized

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:21.299
 certainly laughed at

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:22.659
 certainly not

00:24:22.659 --> 00:24:23.440
 a part of

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:24.399
 what the world

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 is doing

00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:27.259
 whatever form

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:27.960
 that suffering

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.579
 might take

00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:29.259
 are we willing

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 to walk that road

00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:32.819
 are we willing

00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:33.559
 to be faithful

00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.299
 to him

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:35.879
 in the midst

00:24:35.879 --> 00:24:36.599
 of the persecution

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:39.759
 notice in 16

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 1 it says this

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:41.319
 I have said

00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:41.980
 these things

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.799
 to you

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:44.000
 to keep you

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:45.059
 from falling away

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:47.680
 what was the result

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:49.900
 what happened

00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:51.279
 to the apostles

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:52.400
 after Christ

00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:53.039
 was arrested

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:54.500
 do y'all remember

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.019
 what the scripture

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:55.460
 says

00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:56.640
 they scattered

00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:57.039
 didn't they

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:59.940
 you know

00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:00.360
 what he said

00:25:00.360 --> 00:25:00.680
 to them

00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:01.220
 is he said

00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:01.960
 I want you

00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:02.539
 to go

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:03.759
 he came back

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:05.019
 and he showed

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:05.600
 himself again

00:25:05.600 --> 00:25:06.279
 for 40 days

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:07.380
 after he ascended

00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:07.960
 I'm excuse me

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.799
 after he resurrected

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:10.140
 and he said

00:25:10.140 --> 00:25:10.560
 I want you

00:25:10.560 --> 00:25:11.320
 to go to Jerusalem

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 and I want you

00:25:11.840 --> 00:25:12.519
 to wait

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:13.980
 wait for what

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:15.259
 wait for the power

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:16.560
 of the Holy Spirit

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:18.500
 you know

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.919
 when Pentecost

00:25:19.919 --> 00:25:20.399
 happened

00:25:20.399 --> 00:25:21.879
 and the power

00:25:21.879 --> 00:25:22.259
 of God

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:23.319
 the power

00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:24.019
 of the Holy Spirit

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:24.839
 came and

00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:26.179
 rested on them

00:25:26.179 --> 00:25:27.039
 and ultimately

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:27.799
 in the new covenant

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:28.879
 dwelt within them

00:25:28.879 --> 00:25:29.460
 they were different

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:29.940
 men right

00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:31.679
 these same men

00:25:31.679 --> 00:25:32.799
 that fled

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.599
 when Christ

00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:34.179
 was arrested

00:25:34.179 --> 00:25:35.359
 these same men

00:25:35.359 --> 00:25:36.319
 began to stand

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:37.179
 and proclaim

00:25:37.179 --> 00:25:37.899
 the gospel

00:25:37.899 --> 00:25:38.619
 with power

00:25:38.619 --> 00:25:39.960
 in the face

00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:40.500
 of those

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.079
 that is the

00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:41.879
 Jewish nation

00:25:41.879 --> 00:25:43.460
 the Jewish leaders

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.440
 who had already

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:46.139
 threatened them

00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:46.680
 that they were

00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.220
 going to lock

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:47.660
 them up

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:48.160
 or even

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:50.060
 kill them

00:25:50.060 --> 00:25:51.460
 if they didn't

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:52.240
 quit preaching

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:53.080
 this message

00:25:53.080 --> 00:25:53.860
 of the gospel

00:25:53.860 --> 00:25:55.900
 that same message

00:25:55.900 --> 00:25:56.880
 these same people

00:25:56.880 --> 00:25:58.200
 after the power

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:58.740
 of the Holy Spirit

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.540
 had come upon them

00:25:59.540 --> 00:26:01.480
 began to be bold

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.460
 and began to be

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:03.680
 a witness for Christ

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:05.360
 Acts 1.8

00:26:05.360 --> 00:26:05.960
 says this

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.400
 it says

00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:08.200
 he tells them

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:09.000
 to go to Jerusalem

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:10.640
 and he said

00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:11.780
 that there's coming

00:26:11.780 --> 00:26:12.160
 a time

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:12.660
 when the power

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:13.160
 of the Holy Spirit

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:14.040
 will come upon you

00:26:14.040 --> 00:26:14.680
 and you will be

00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.340
 my witnesses

00:26:15.340 --> 00:26:16.180
 in Jerusalem

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:17.100
 Judea

00:26:17.100 --> 00:26:17.680
 Samaria

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.480
 and to the

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.299
 uttermost parts

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:19.900
 of the world

00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:22.240
 brothers and sisters

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:22.880
 you know that

00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:23.700
 that same thing

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.420
 is true for us

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:25.080
 that the Holy Spirit

00:26:25.080 --> 00:26:25.560
 has come

00:26:25.560 --> 00:26:26.320
 and he has called

00:26:26.320 --> 00:26:27.259
 us to be witnesses

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:28.299
 he's called us

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:29.000
 to live

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.920
 differently

00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:32.080
 to love

00:26:32.080 --> 00:26:33.380
 and to

00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:34.500
 be bold

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.320
 in speaking

00:26:35.320 --> 00:26:35.980
 the truth

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:37.120
 of the gospel

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:38.180
 are we willing

00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:39.140
 to do it

00:26:39.140 --> 00:26:40.779
 do you still

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.380
 do you feel

00:26:41.380 --> 00:26:41.940
 like that

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.380
 that

00:26:42.380 --> 00:26:43.980
 that there's

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.520
 a difference

00:26:44.520 --> 00:26:45.460
 between us

00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:46.520
 that is the church

00:26:46.520 --> 00:26:47.580
 and the

00:26:47.580 --> 00:26:48.220
 the way that

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:49.000
 the world operates

00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:49.500
 do you see

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:50.020
 the divide

00:26:50.020 --> 00:26:51.620
 do you feel

00:26:51.620 --> 00:26:52.560
 that it's increasing

00:26:52.560 --> 00:26:53.280
 in the U.S.

00:26:53.300 --> 00:26:53.800
 even now

00:26:53.800 --> 00:26:55.140
 there seems

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:56.100
 to be a separation

00:26:56.100 --> 00:26:57.380
 is it

00:26:57.380 --> 00:26:58.180
 difficult

00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:59.380
 to be faithful

00:26:59.380 --> 00:27:00.100
 to Christ

00:27:00.100 --> 00:27:00.620
 in our walk

00:27:00.620 --> 00:27:01.980
 I think more so

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.360
 now

00:27:02.360 --> 00:27:03.280
 than ever before

00:27:03.280 --> 00:27:03.880
 I think about

00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:04.780
 kids in high school

00:27:04.780 --> 00:27:05.220
 and how much

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:05.900
 more difficult

00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:06.420
 it is

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:07.140
 to stand

00:27:07.140 --> 00:27:07.740
 for Christ

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.200
 nowadays

00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:09.600
 to be faithful

00:27:09.600 --> 00:27:10.140
 in the way

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:11.080
 we live

00:27:11.080 --> 00:27:12.799
 it's more difficult

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.720
 now than it has

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.019
 been

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:15.259
 in the U.S.

00:27:16.100 --> 00:27:16.759
 and the call

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.600
 for each of us

00:27:17.600 --> 00:27:18.740
 is to faithfully

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.940
 live for him

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.660
 even though

00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:21.259
 we might be

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:21.860
 in some way

00:27:21.860 --> 00:27:22.720
 persecuted

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.940
 pray with me

00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:26.220
 Father

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:28.620
 I pray that you

00:27:28.620 --> 00:27:29.140
 would give us

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:29.620
 courage

00:27:29.620 --> 00:27:32.319
 to be faithful

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:32.940
 in our walk

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:34.799
 I pray that you

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.480
 would help us

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:37.279
 to be bold

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:38.299
 to speak the truth

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:39.039
 to be witnesses

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.680
 for you

00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.299
 in the midst

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:41.480
 of a world

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.559
 that's

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:44.559
 in opposition

00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:45.039
 to you

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.779
 those who are

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.859
 not Christians

00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:47.599
 those who don't

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:48.180
 know you

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:49.000
 and the

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:52.619
 need they have

00:27:52.619 --> 00:27:53.660
 for the truth

00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:54.119
 of your word

00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:54.879
 God give us

00:27:54.879 --> 00:27:55.559
 boldness

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:56.279
 to share

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:57.339
 your word

00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:58.240
 with all

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.720
 that we come

00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:59.660
 in contact with

00:27:59.660 --> 00:27:59.859
 Father

00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:00.599
 give us doors

00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:01.379
 of opportunity

00:28:01.379 --> 00:28:02.779
 I pray that you

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.619
 would strengthen us

00:28:03.619 --> 00:28:04.279
 and encourage us

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.960
 in Christ's name

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:05.359
 Amen