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 I'll be honest, family.

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 This week's been a bit of a ride.

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 We're like T-1 now.

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 And as I was preparing this,

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 the hardest thing was,

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 am I even going to be here

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 to be able to share it?

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 And if not, then who can I drop this on

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 with like two hours notice?

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 So I texted Aaron late last night.

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 I said, hey,

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 if you get a text from me

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 in the middle of the night,

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 you're preaching.

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 You're up.

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 But thankfully, I'm here.

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 Just so many voices.

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 So many things going on.

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 And this ties into

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 what I'm going to be sharing about today.

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 But thanks, Sigmund, actually.

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 You grabbed me this morning

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 and you reminded me

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 what I talked about last week,

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 which is love, right?

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 Put your hand.

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 Last week, I talked about

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 we must go out of our way

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 to love people around us,

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 especially the people in here

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 and also, of course,

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 the people outside.

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 Put your hand up

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 if you were a recipient of love this week.

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 Have a think back to this week

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 now that you've had.

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 Who really felt as though

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 they've received love

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 from someone in this church family

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 this week?

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 Come on.

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 Homework time.

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 Okay.

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 Let's go the other way

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 at risk of being

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 a little bit prideful here.

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 Who in this congregation

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 felt as though

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 you went out of your way

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 to show love to someone else?

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 Don't be shy.

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 You can do this.

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 You can show it.

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 You can show it.

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 Excellent.

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 Good, good, good.

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 That's good.

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 Sigmund, I'm going to pick on you.

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 Tell us what you did.

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 How did you show love?

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 How did you show love

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 and go out of your way?

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 and go out of your way?

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 Did Alex just force you

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 to put your hand up?

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 Tell us one thing.

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 Oh.

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 You and God three having some bromance,

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 showing love to each other by giving each other time.

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 By giving each other time and attention.

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 That's huge.

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 That's not something that we even take for granted in Hong Kong, right?

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 To be able to give each other time,

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 probably the most valuable thing that we can give.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you for that.

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 And as I'm talking about how we love,

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 really, that's what Jesus' message is.

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 That's what God's message is.

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 Love me.

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 Love me with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.

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 Love me with everything that you've got.

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 Love your neighbor as yourself.

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 Why?

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 Because actually, if you love me, you will be fully satisfied.

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 But if you don't love me,

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 if you love the other things of this world,

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 then actually those things, the things that you love,

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 the things that you end up worshiping

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 that are not of me,

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 is dangerous because they actually,

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 they're the things that consume you.

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 They're the things that corrupt you.

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 They're the things that break your heart.

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 So don't love those things.

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 Silas and I spent our teen years in love with Arsenal.

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 And every weekend, every Saturday afternoon,

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 every Sunday, our hearts would be broken

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 and we'd be questioning our purpose in life,

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 our meaning in life,

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 because they would disappoint.

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 They would break our hearts.

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 The reason why God says, love me,

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 is because I'm the only one that doesn't corrupt you.

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 I'm the only one that doesn't disappoint you.

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 I'm the only one that won't let you down.

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 And you might say, well, actually,

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 I don't even know really what I worship.

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 And there was a quote that I shared a couple of weeks ago

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 by a writer, a professor called David Foster Wallace,

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 not a Christian, not a Christian actually.

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 And he was saying, hey, we all worship something.

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 We all worship something.

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 Even the atheists worship something.

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 Let me read you the quote again.

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 There is actually no such thing as atheism.

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 There is no such thing as not worshiping.

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 Everybody worships.

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 The only choice we get is what we worship.

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 And most of the things we worship end up eating you alive.

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 If you worship money and things,

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 if they are where you tap real meaning in life,

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 then you will never have enough.

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 Never feel you have enough.

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 It's the truth.

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 Worship your body and beauty and sexual allure,

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 and you will always feel ugly.

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 And when time and age start showing,

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 you will die a million deaths before they finally grieve you.

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 On one level, we all know this stuff already.

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 It's been codified as myths, proverbs, cliches, epigrams, parables,

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 the skeleton of every great story.

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 The whole trick is to keep the truth up front in your daily consciousness.

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 Sadly, this guy who wrote this, David Foster Wallace, non-Christian,

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 but he actually passed away at the young age of 46 in Claremont, actually.

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 He took his own life.

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 We all have this hunger,

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 this yearning that we need to worship something.

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 Tribes that have nothing to do with each other,

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 in the history of mankind,

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 we'll know there's something that's beyond them.

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 There's a higher power that we need to connect with.

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 We all have that.

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 Ecclesiastes 3 is,

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 he's planted eternity into the heart of man.

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 So God says, love me.

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 Worship me.

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 If not, everything else that you worship will corrupt you,

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 will consume you,

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 will destroy you,

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 and you will die a million deaths.

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 And we move on now,

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 and John kind of here moves into a little bit of a,

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 something else.

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 He talks about,

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 the title of this part was actually,

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 Test the Spirits,

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 because what he recognizes is,

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 in that church at that time,

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 there were tons of voices.

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 Tons of voices about the things that you worship,

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 things that you follow.

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 Now, we all worship something,

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 and we all follow something.

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 John Mark Comer was the one that said,

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 actually,

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 we all orient our lives around something.

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 If an alien was to drop into this world,

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 and to shadow you for a week,

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 they would be able to analyze,

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 and evaluate,

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 and go,

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 what does this person orient their lives around?

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 Have a think.

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 I won't pick on you,

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 but if you have a look at the people of Hong Kong,

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 you have a look at the people of the city,

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 you have a look at the people,

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 even in this space right now,

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 if someone was to sit and just go,

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 actually,

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 what do they orient their lives around?

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 What do you orient your life around?

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 What would that be?

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 See, from the way,

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 let's say I see how people use their time,

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 let's say my beloved Cuban right here,

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 I know that God is a big part of his life.

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 In fact,

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 so much that he gave his life to come and serve,

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 to reach young people.

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 But I also know BJJ is a big part of his life,

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 right?

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 And it's something that you love,

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 and so you orient your life around that.

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 There'll be times I'm like,

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 hey, Cuban,

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 want to hang out?

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 No, I can't.

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 I'm not BJJ.

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 Because that's just something that he loves.

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 What's the thing that you spend your time with?

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 Because that's the thing that you love.

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 That's the thing you're orienting your life around.

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 And John Mark Holmes was going to say,

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 we all follow something.

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 We all orient our lives around something.

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 God is saying,

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 Jesus is saying,

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 don't just listen to my teaching.

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 Don't just identify with me as a Christian.

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 Follow me.

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 Orient your whole life around me.

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 Come and be with me.

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 And I am with you.

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 God with us.

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 The question is,

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 how do we know?

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 How do we know which things to follow?

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 How do we know through which things to believe?

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 And this is where I think what John is doing here

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 as he moves into this next passage.

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 So we're going to read the Word of God.

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 It's only six verses.

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 So can I invite us to stand for the Word of the Lord?

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 Again, for those of you new

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 and you're begritting that I've got you

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 a few of your beanbag again,

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 we just believe that the Word of the Lord is sacred.

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 It's powerful.

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 It's holy.

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 And sometimes I treat it for granted.

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 And this is just a sign for us to remind ourselves

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 that actually God is here.

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 God is real.

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 And he's speaking.

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 If we would listen.

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 1 John 4, verse 1 to 6.

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 Let's read it together, if you can.

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 For those who can see the screens, read loud.

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 Verse 1.

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 Beloved, do not believe every spirit,

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 but test the spirits to see whether they are from God.

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 For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

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 By this you know the Spirit of God.

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 Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ

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 has come in the flesh is from God.

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 And every spirit that does not confess Jesus

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 is not from God.

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 This is the Spirit of the Antichrist,

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 which you heard was coming

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 and now is in the world already.

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 Little children, you are from God

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 and have overcome them.

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 For he who is in you is greater

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 than he who is in the world.

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 They are from the world.

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 Therefore, they speak from the world

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 and the world listens to them.

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 We are from God.

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 Whoever knows God listens to us.

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 Whoever is not from God does not listen to us.

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 By this we know the Spirit of truth

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 and the Spirit of error.

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 This is the Word of the Lord.

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 Take a seat.

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 Let's just pray.

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 Lord, we know this is your Word.

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 We cling on, we hang on to every word that you say.

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 Holy Spirit, would you guide us

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 your Spirit of truth.

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 May you guide us.

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 May we not follow the Spirit of error.

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 We're here for you.

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 Even with all the excitement

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 and friends and family

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 and not just being the weekend

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 that we can gather.

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 But Lord, most importantly,

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 you are here.

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 So would you speak to us?

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 In your name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 So my point today is

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 there are contending voices

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 everywhere.

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 Everywhere.

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 In your workplace,

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 there are bosses

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 who tell you certain things

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 about how they think

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 that you should live.

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 As you walk down the MTR

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 and you see all the adverts,

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 you see all these things

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 that tell you

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 what your life should be like,

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 what everyone else's life is like,

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 even though that is completely

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 photoshopped

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 and manufactured,

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 yet there are voices

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 everywhere telling you.

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 And there are voices

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 in our own minds.

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 Come from maybe

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 our family backgrounds.

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 We talked about this

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 a couple of weeks ago.

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 The way we grew up,

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 the voices that we heard

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 around there affect,

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 affect our mindset,

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 affects the way we live.

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 What are the voices

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 that you've got

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 going on in your mind?

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 John here tells the church,

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 he says,

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 Beloved,

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 do not believe every spirit,

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 but test the spirits

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 to see whether they are

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 from God.

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 There are false prophets,

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 there are false truths.

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 Test every spirit.

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 That tells me

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 there are spirits around,

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 but we've got to figure out

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 how to test,

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 how to know

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 what is what.

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 In verse 3,

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 it says this,

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 this is the spirit

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 of the Antichrist,

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 which you heard was coming

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 and now is in the world already.

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 And a couple of weeks ago

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 for Chinese New Year,

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 we shared about the Antichrist

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 a little bit,

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 but really it sounds

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 very serious,

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 it sounds like this devil

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 with horns and where

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 the pitchfork,

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 but actually,

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 at least for the Chinese culture,

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 we talked about face,

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 the idol of face,

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 the spirit of just

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 not wanting,

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 avoiding shame.

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 And then we talked

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 about fortune,

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 just craving health,

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 craving wealth.

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 Those are some

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 of the idols of the day.

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 What about some

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 of the other ones

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 that we have?

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 What are some

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 of the other spirits

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 that are happening?

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 Maybe one that really

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 sends shivers down my spine,

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 Ephesians 2,

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 and you were dead

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 in the trespasses

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 and sins in which

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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 the air,

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 the spirit that is now

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 at work in the sons

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 of disobedience.

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 There is a,

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 without being extra

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 mystical here,

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 there is,

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 there are powers

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 that are at work.

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 Of course,

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 Ephesians 6.12

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 talks about that,

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 that we're not fighting

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 against flesh and blood.

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 There's a realm

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 that we don't know about

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 and all of these

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 are trying to do one thing.

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 What is that one thing

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 that they're trying to do?

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 Pull us away from God.

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 Pull us away from God.

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 Anything but God.

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 And John's here

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 telling his church,

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 test the spirits.

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 There are so many voices

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 that you've got around

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 in your minds,

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 in your society,

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 in your culture.

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 You've got to learn

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 to test them.

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 You've got to learn

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 to know which ones

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 are right.

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 I think about the,

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 what's the spirit

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 that we have here

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 in this city?

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 Any ideas?

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 What are some

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 of the spirits?

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 What are some of the

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 things that really

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 govern the way

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 people live here?

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 I'll tell you one.

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 Busy.

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 The spirit of busy.

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 I mean,

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 again,

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 when I'm talking

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 about a demon

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 with horns here,

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 we're talking about

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 nearly every person

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 we meet,

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 everywhere we go

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 in this city,

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 you ask how you're doing,

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 you say,

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 I'm good,

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 I'm busy.

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 I'm busy.

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 I think

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 Dallas Willard

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 was the one

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 that said,

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 actually,

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 busyness,

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 hurrying,

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 is the greatest

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 enemy of spirituality.

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 Who's busy here?

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 You can confess.

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 You're busy.

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 Of course,

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 in Hong Kong,

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 you kind of define busy.

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 Like,

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 growing up in the UK,

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 busy was maybe

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 having seven things

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 a week.

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 Like,

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 for meetings,

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 for busy in Hong Kong

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 is seven things

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 a day or more.

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 It's kind of busy.

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 Right?

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 When we were

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 in California

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 in January,

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 just going anywhere,

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 you could only do

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 two,

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 three things a day

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 because everything

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 takes an hour drive

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 and then there's

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 LA traffic,

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 so that means

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 it's two hours.

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 And so you can only

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 really do two

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 or three things a day.

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 I call myself

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 doing 11 things

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 one day

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 because I can zip around

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 Jordan,

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 Admiralty,

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 Sunshine Pole,

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 Monk Kong,

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 just keep going.

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 The spirit of busy.

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 There's a story

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 I wanted to read you

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 and this is

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 an old fable

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 that tells of

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 three apprentices

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 who were devils

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 to come and finish

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 their apprenticeship

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 on earth

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 and they were

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 talking to Satan,

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 the chief of the devils

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 about their plans

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 to tempt and ruin men,

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 to turn men away

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 from God.

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 The first one said this,

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 I'll tell them

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 there is no God.

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 That'll work.

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 Satan said,

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 that will not delude them

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 for many,

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 they know there is a God.

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 The second one said,

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 oh,

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 in that case,

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 then I will tell them

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 there is no hell.

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 Satan answered,

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 you will deceive

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 no one that way.

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 Men know,

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 even now,

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 that there is a hell

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 for sin.

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 There is a cost

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 to pay

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 for sin.

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 The third said,

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 well,

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 you know what then?

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 I will tell men

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 that there is no hurry,

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 that there is no urgency,

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 that they can get on

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 with their busy lives

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 to do all the things

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 that they want to do

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 in this world

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 and that the matters

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 of the kingdom of heaven,

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 the things of God,

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 are no hurry,

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 no priority,

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 no urgency.

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 They can just be busy

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 with their own lives.

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 then Satan said,

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 you will ruin them

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 by the thousands.

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 The most dangerous

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 of all delusions

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 is that there is plenty

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 of time

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 to do a million

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 other things.

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 The spirit of busy,

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 we keep ourselves

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 busy that way.

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 And of course,

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 another one is the busy,

00:14:10.699 --> 00:14:11.659
 the spirit of money.

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 The spirit of money

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 that seems to govern

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 the city.

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 Everything that we do

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 has something to do

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 with money.

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 We talked about

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 the Chinese culture

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 and honor and shame.

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 What does that lead into?

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 It leads to people

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 wanting more money

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 so that they can

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 have more honor.

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 If they don't have

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 enough money,

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 then it's more shame.

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 Maybe on a similar line

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 to that parable there,

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 one of my favorite books

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 is by C.S. Lewis

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 called Screwtape Letters.

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 Who's read

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 the Screwtape Letters before?

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 Fascinating book.

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 It's about Screwtape,

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 who's a very senior demon,

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 and he's training

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 his nephew, Wormwood.

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 And he's training

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 his nephew

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 to pull people

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 away from God.

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 That's what he's doing.

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 And they have

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 these fascinating conversations.

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 It's satirical,

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 but it's actually

00:14:52.280 --> 00:14:53.460
 theological as well.

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 It's a fascinating read

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 if you wanted to read it.

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 And Screwtape talks about

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 how money is the thing.

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 And he says this,

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 that I think,

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 when it comes to

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 the spirit of money,

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 he says this,

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 prosperity knits a man

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 to the world.

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 He feels that he is

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 finding his place in it

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 while really

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 it is finding its place

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 in him.

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 Whoa.

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 The spirit of money.

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 The spirit of money

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 where actually it's,

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 that's what,

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 that's what,

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 that's what,

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 God says,

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 don't look at money.

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 Look at me.

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 You can't serve both

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 because money will

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 ultimately corrupt you.

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 It will consume you.

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 And you think you've got

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 a hold on it,

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 but actually it's got

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 a hold on you.

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 These are the things

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 that we face

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 in this world.

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 And of course,

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 there's another one

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 which is just religion.

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 Maybe Keller talks

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 about this.

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 30 years ago,

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 if you ask people,

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 what's the enemy

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 to world peace,

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 people would probably say

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 politics and communism

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 capitalism and capitalism.

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 But now it's,

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 actually it's

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 religious diversity.

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 People think,

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 actually it's religion

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 that causes wars,

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 that causes all these problems.

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 This religious diversity

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 that we have,

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 that we live in a post-truth culture

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 where actually,

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 oh,

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 your truth is good,

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 you can stick to yours

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 and you can stick to yours

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 and all of us

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 can just live in harmony

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 in some way,

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 but it doesn't happen that way.

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 John Stott was the one

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 who said,

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 religious diversity

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 is not really

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 just that.

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 There is so much more to it.

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 There is a spiritual realm

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 to it.

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 All of it.

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 All of the spirits

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 do one thing,

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 try and pull you away

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 from God.

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 All these contending voices

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 that go on in society,

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 even good ones,

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 they seek to pull you away

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 from God.

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 And John says,

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 test,

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 test these spirits.

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 Just the context here

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 as he's writing this

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 in 1 John.

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 It's in the Roman culture

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 where actually,

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 it was a polytheistic culture.

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 What does that mean?

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 That means they would

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 tolerate all the gods.

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 The Roman culture

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 would be like,

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 hey,

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 you believe this,

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 that's cool,

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 you believe this god of fertility,

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 you believe this god of fertility.

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 Everyone can believe

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 everything

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 and that's okay.

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 Do you know why

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 they did that?

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 Why did the Romans

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 let them do that?

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 It's because when you let people

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 just have their own religions,

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 it's actually the easiest way

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 and the best way

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 to control

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 a whole group

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 of people.

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 Back to the screw tape.

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 A quote,

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 a book.

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 A screw tape says this,

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 a moderated religion

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 is as good for us

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 as no religion at all

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 and more amusing.

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 If the Romans

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 could just let everyone

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 worship their own things

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 and get busy

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 with their own things,

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 then they will live

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 peaceably within this empire

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 and not cause any trouble

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 and the Romans

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 would remain in control.

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 So they encouraged

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 all these religions.

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 So then you have

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 a gathering like this,

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 people who are following

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 the way

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 and they wander in

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 and they wander in

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 and some of them

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 start saying,

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 oh actually,

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 oh I have this God as well,

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 treating them as Pokemon cards

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 and saying,

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 oh this Jesus one is good,

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 I'd like to collect

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 this Jesus one.

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 This Jesus card

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 seems powerful

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 but just in case,

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 I've got the other cards

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 that I need as well.

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 And so that's what was

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 happening within the church

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 and then John's saying,

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 no, you've got to test

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 the spirit

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 because there is only,

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 there is only one.

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 I'm reminded of this picture here.

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 Has anyone seen this before?

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 This is a picture of an idea

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 that actually I think

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 came from Indian culture

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 which was one that said,

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 hey you can worship

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 all these other gods

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 and actually all these

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 other gods lead

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 to the same thing.

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 Everyone's just giving

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 a different aspect

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 of reality,

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 of divinity.

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 They just don't see

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 the whole picture.

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 So that's what they're saying.

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 So what it says is

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 a few blind men

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 analyzing an elephant

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 and touching different places

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 and he's got a tail

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 and he's going,

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 okay, this being is,

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 it's actually just a rope.

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 This one's right here

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 and it says,

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 it's a wall.

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 This one is,

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 oh, it's a fan.

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 It's a spear.

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 It's a snake.

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 It's a tree.

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 And basically the premise is,

00:18:37.019 --> 00:18:37.819
 hey, you can believe

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 whatever you want.

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 You've just got one side

00:18:40.180 --> 00:18:40.559
 of the truth

00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:41.519
 and that's okay.

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 If we combine it all together,

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 then we'll have the truth.

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 We are all heading

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 to the same place

00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:48.559
 is what all the religions say.

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 And then Christianity

00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:51.079
 comes on the scene

00:18:51.079 --> 00:18:52.880
 and John writes here

00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:53.500
 in the scene saying,

00:18:53.640 --> 00:18:54.759
 no, that is not the case.

00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:56.279
 There is only one.

00:18:57.019 --> 00:18:57.299
 Of course,

00:18:57.359 --> 00:18:58.619
 the problem with this,

00:18:59.000 --> 00:19:01.599
 the problem with this picture,

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 which seems quite respectful,

00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:04.940
 which seems quite tolerant,

00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:07.200
 you're also assuming

00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:07.859
 actually here

00:19:07.859 --> 00:19:09.720
 that you're standing

00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:10.740
 outside of this picture

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 and that you can see everything.

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 So there's an absolute pride

00:19:13.539 --> 00:19:14.819
 that's implied

00:19:14.819 --> 00:19:16.059
 in this analogy

00:19:16.059 --> 00:19:17.180
 that there is someone

00:19:17.180 --> 00:19:18.000
 sat here going,

00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:18.980
 hey, you guys,

00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:19.519
 you're all blind

00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:20.240
 and you're actually

00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:20.980
 all looking an elephant

00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:21.980
 and you don't see clearly,

00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:22.880
 but you're assuming

00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:23.400
 that you do.

00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:25.440
 So this claim in itself

00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:26.759
 is a prideful,

00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:28.059
 ignorant one of sorts.

00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:29.680
 So this doesn't work.

00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:30.319
 And John's saying,

00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:31.420
 test the spirits.

00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:33.900
 There's only one.

00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:34.819
 I was talking to a friend

00:19:34.819 --> 00:19:35.220
 the other day

00:19:35.220 --> 00:19:35.660
 at the hospital

00:19:35.660 --> 00:19:36.779
 and he was asking this question.

00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:37.359
 How do we know?

00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:39.059
 How do we know

00:19:39.059 --> 00:19:40.099
 that Christianity is the only one?

00:19:40.140 --> 00:19:40.859
 I've got some good friends

00:19:40.859 --> 00:19:42.079
 who are maybe Muslims

00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:42.599
 and Hindus

00:19:42.599 --> 00:19:43.740
 and the atheists

00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:44.240
 and the Buddhists.

00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:45.500
 How do we know

00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:46.099
 that Christianity

00:19:46.099 --> 00:19:47.420
 is the one?

00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:48.759
 How do we test

00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:50.059
 all these spirits?

00:19:50.660 --> 00:19:51.680
 How do we discern

00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:53.099
 which is the actual truth?

00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:55.039
 That's why we're here.

00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:56.279
 If you're here going,

00:19:56.420 --> 00:19:56.539
 actually,

00:19:56.640 --> 00:19:57.980
 I'm okay with a bit

00:19:57.980 --> 00:19:58.779
 of all these different ones

00:19:58.779 --> 00:19:59.019
 as well,

00:19:59.059 --> 00:19:59.980
 then I'm here to lovingly,

00:20:00.059 --> 00:20:00.420
 respectfully,

00:20:00.859 --> 00:20:01.420
 politely say,

00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:02.799
 no, there's only one.

00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:04.500
 There's only one.

00:20:05.059 --> 00:20:05.539
 Well, yeah,

00:20:05.859 --> 00:20:06.319
 unfortunately,

00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:07.339
 if you walk in here

00:20:07.339 --> 00:20:08.019
 and you want to

00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:09.140
 meet the Lord,

00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:09.579
 you're going to let

00:20:09.579 --> 00:20:10.879
 all the other Pokemon cards go.

00:20:12.699 --> 00:20:13.819
 You do not catch them all.

00:20:13.919 --> 00:20:15.419
 There is only one to catch.

00:20:16.099 --> 00:20:16.980
 There is only one.

00:20:17.939 --> 00:20:18.460
 The question there

00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:18.980
 is, okay, James,

00:20:19.099 --> 00:20:20.779
 what's the answer to that?

00:20:20.819 --> 00:20:21.659
 How do I know

00:20:21.659 --> 00:20:22.839
 which the one is?

00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:24.259
 And that is really

00:20:24.259 --> 00:20:25.279
 the question that we all have.

00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:26.419
 How do I know Christianity

00:20:26.419 --> 00:20:27.439
 is the only one?

00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:28.099
 How do I know it?

00:20:28.119 --> 00:20:28.460
 And actually,

00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:30.220
 John here really says

00:20:30.220 --> 00:20:31.139
 one key phrase

00:20:31.139 --> 00:20:32.059
 that I'm going to finish on here,

00:20:32.059 --> 00:20:32.399
 which is,

00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:33.279
 Jesus,

00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:35.579
 you test by this.

00:20:36.179 --> 00:20:37.000
 Jesus has come

00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:38.460
 in the flesh from God.

00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:39.419
 That is the statement

00:20:39.420 --> 00:20:40.480
 if I just keep going back

00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:41.220
 to the verse.

00:20:42.600 --> 00:20:43.420
 I've completely ruined

00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:44.580
 my order now.

00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:47.620
 And every spirit

00:20:47.620 --> 00:20:48.700
 that does not confess

00:20:48.700 --> 00:20:50.180
 that Jesus is not from God.

00:20:50.360 --> 00:20:50.940
 So basically,

00:20:51.019 --> 00:20:51.720
 what it's saying here

00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:53.620
 is it has to be

00:20:53.620 --> 00:20:55.680
 this is it.

00:20:56.019 --> 00:20:57.080
 Every other spirit

00:20:57.080 --> 00:20:58.060
 that isn't true

00:20:58.060 --> 00:20:59.660
 will not confess

00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:00.759
 that Jesus is not from God.

00:21:00.840 --> 00:21:01.080
 In fact,

00:21:01.080 --> 00:21:02.500
 I've left the slide two here.

00:21:02.860 --> 00:21:03.300
 Verse two

00:21:03.300 --> 00:21:04.400
 is the one that says

00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:05.720
 that's the key phrase here

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:07.300
 that it is all about

00:21:07.300 --> 00:21:08.080
 this sentence

00:21:08.080 --> 00:21:09.100
 right here.

00:21:09.420 --> 00:21:10.400
 Jesus has come

00:21:10.400 --> 00:21:11.019
 in the flesh

00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:11.840
 and is from God.

00:21:11.900 --> 00:21:13.100
 As you test and see

00:21:13.100 --> 00:21:14.039
 what is true

00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:14.779
 and what is not,

00:21:15.140 --> 00:21:16.060
 this is the one.

00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:16.840
 Now,

00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:17.380
 this is the one

00:21:17.380 --> 00:21:18.400
 where a lot of apologists go,

00:21:18.660 --> 00:21:19.920
 this is crazy.

00:21:20.900 --> 00:21:21.600
 You're sat here

00:21:21.600 --> 00:21:22.460
 because you believe

00:21:22.460 --> 00:21:23.680
 that there was a Jewish man

00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:25.100
 2,000 years ago

00:21:25.100 --> 00:21:26.320
 who came to this earth

00:21:26.320 --> 00:21:27.060
 and declared

00:21:27.060 --> 00:21:28.060
 that he himself

00:21:28.060 --> 00:21:28.720
 was God.

00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:30.200
 That's what you believe.

00:21:30.820 --> 00:21:31.880
 Sat here in 2024

00:21:31.880 --> 00:21:32.620
 in Adbalty,

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 in Adbalty Center,

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 Tower 2,

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 14th floor,

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 you believe

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 that there was a Jewish man

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 2,000 years ago

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 who turned out

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 who was born in Bethlehem

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 who declared

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 that he was the son of God,

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 died for the sins of many

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 and then came back to life.

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 That's what you're proclaiming here.

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 You're proclaiming here

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 a couple of things.

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 You're proclaiming here

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 that Jesus is from God.

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 From God.

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 See,

00:21:56.860 --> 00:21:57.799
 all these other religions

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 were founded by men.

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 They were founded

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 by different people.

00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:03.460
 We have a religion

00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:04.559
 that separates it

00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:06.539
 because our religion

00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:08.460
 was founded by God himself.

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 That's the claim.

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 That's the claim.

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 That's what separates it apart.

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 As you discern,

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 now we're going to meet people

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 who,

00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:17.759
 especially in this new age,

00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:18.259
 who are open

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 to all kinds of ideas.

00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:20.859
 We're in the new age

00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:22.339
 where we can accept everything

00:22:22.339 --> 00:22:24.159
 and we can tolerate everything.

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 We must learn

00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:26.859
 to test the spirit

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 and go,

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 actually,

00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:30.039
 does this one confess this?

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 Jesus has come in the flesh

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 and is from God.

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 That he was the founder

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 of our religion.

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 You see,

00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:42.259
 in that time,

00:22:42.359 --> 00:22:42.819
 the Gnostics

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 were the ones

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 who believed

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 in spirit realm

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 and flesh realm.

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 They were separate.

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 You can do whatever you wanted

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 in the flesh realm

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 and it wouldn't affect

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 your spiritual realm

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 at all.

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 And actually,

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 they actually looked

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 with disgust

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 on the flesh realm.

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 It's dirty.

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 It's nothing compared

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 to what they will have

00:22:56.920 --> 00:22:57.380
 in the future

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 so they can do

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 whatever they want.

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 Christianity is unique

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 because Christianity is saying

00:23:01.300 --> 00:23:02.520
 this religion was founded

00:23:02.520 --> 00:23:03.100
 from God

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 and that this God

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 chose to come

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 and take on

00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:08.640
 man,

00:23:08.840 --> 00:23:09.660
 take on flesh.

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 The word became flesh.

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 God incarnate.

00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:14.580
 Why?

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 Because it recognized

00:23:16.840 --> 00:23:17.920
 that we could not

00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:18.540
 save ourselves.

00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:19.540
 Jesus recognized

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 that we could not

00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:20.960
 save ourselves,

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 that he had to come

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 and identify with us

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 so that then he could

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 represent us

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 so that then he could

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 save us.

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 Inherent to Christianity

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 and unique to Christianity

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 is the issue

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 that you cannot

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 save yourself.

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 You cannot save yourself.

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 Every other religion

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 says you can do

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 these things.

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 If you do these things

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 well,

00:23:41.439 --> 00:23:42.500
 if you got this,

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 then you get to heaven.

00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:45.399
 Christianity is the only

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 one that offers

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:46.519
 the morally

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 satisfactory solution

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 that we are sinners,

00:23:49.699 --> 00:23:50.639
 that we cannot

00:23:50.639 --> 00:23:51.459
 save ourselves

00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:52.640
 because we created

00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:53.059
 the problem

00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:53.620
 in ourselves

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 and we needed

00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:55.319
 outside help

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 and that's why

00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:56.900
 Jesus has come

00:23:56.900 --> 00:23:57.840
 in the flesh

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 from God.

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 The question then

00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.440
 becomes,

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:05.000
 do you believe this?

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:07.220
 Do you believe this?

00:24:08.620 --> 00:24:09.900
 And you can test this,

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.960
 whether you believe this,

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.400
 in the way

00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:13.559
 you deal with your life.

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:15.079
 When you're waiting

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:16.100
 for that job

00:24:16.100 --> 00:24:16.980
 offer to come,

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:18.000
 when you're worrying

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:19.019
 about your bank account,

00:24:19.120 --> 00:24:19.660
 when you're worrying

00:24:19.660 --> 00:24:20.579
 about all your future,

00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:21.779
 you can test

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.859
 to see if this

00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:23.839
 is really the thing

00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:24.439
 that you believe

00:24:24.439 --> 00:24:25.419
 because if you don't

00:24:25.419 --> 00:24:26.319
 actually believe this,

00:24:26.439 --> 00:24:26.960
 then you'll start

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:27.460
 worrying about

00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:28.099
 all the other things

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:29.619
 because you're,

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.119
 actually,

00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:31.579
 I need to spend

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.039
 myself,

00:24:32.199 --> 00:24:32.919
 I need to scrap

00:24:32.919 --> 00:24:33.399
 as much money

00:24:33.399 --> 00:24:33.799
 as I can

00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:35.159
 because I don't

00:24:35.159 --> 00:24:35.799
 truly believe

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.419
 that Jesus has

00:24:36.419 --> 00:24:37.220
 come in the flesh

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:37.899
 and is from God,

00:24:38.139 --> 00:24:39.079
 that he loved me enough

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:40.059
 that he would leave

00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:41.059
 his identity in heaven

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.960
 and he would come

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.579
 and save me

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:43.439
 and he gave up

00:24:43.439 --> 00:24:44.179
 his life for me.

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:45.480
 I don't know

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.919
 if we truly believe

00:24:46.919 --> 00:24:47.059
 that,

00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:47.419
 do you get me?

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:48.339
 If we truly believe

00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:48.519
 that,

00:24:48.579 --> 00:24:49.159
 we wouldn't worry

00:24:49.159 --> 00:24:50.019
 about all the other things.

00:24:50.899 --> 00:24:52.259
 Jesus cared about us

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:53.599
 enough that he would

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:54.419
 travel the ultimate

00:24:54.419 --> 00:24:55.319
 distance to come

00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:57.119
 to save us.

00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:58.159
 That's the thing

00:24:58.159 --> 00:24:58.599
 that's unique

00:24:58.599 --> 00:24:59.240
 about Christianity

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.919
 and the main thing

00:24:59.919 --> 00:25:00.960
 here that is again

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.740
 unique to Christianity

00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.960
 is the issue of grace.

00:25:03.859 --> 00:25:04.319
 Have a think

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:04.819
 just for a second.

00:25:04.919 --> 00:25:05.519
 I want to pause here.

00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:07.099
 We hear the word grace.

00:25:07.159 --> 00:25:08.199
 We sing about the word grace.

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:09.119
 What does the word grace

00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:09.659
 mean to you?

00:25:11.399 --> 00:25:12.099
 60 seconds.

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:12.980
 Turn this to the person

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.500
 next to you.

00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:15.500
 What does the word grace

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:17.039
 mean to you?

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.579
 When you think about

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:18.059
 the word grace,

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:18.579
 what does it mean?

00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:19.699
 Doesn't have to be

00:25:19.699 --> 00:25:20.119
 a right answer.

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:21.019
 Just what is it

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:21.899
 that you think it means?

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.079
 Go.

00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:52.059
 All right.

00:25:52.079 --> 00:26:22.059
 All right.

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:52.059
 All right.

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:54.079
 All right.

00:26:54.079 --> 00:27:00.079
 Super Bowl.

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:14.079
 We're still home now.

00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:20.079
 All right.

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:24.079
 All right.

00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:26.079
 All right.

00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:30.079
 All right.

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:34.079
 All right.

00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:36.079
 All right.

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:36.079


00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:38.079
 All right.

00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:40.079
 All right.

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:42.079
 All right.

00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:44.079
 All right.

00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:46.079
 All right.

00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:54.079


00:27:54.079 --> 00:28:00.079
 All right.

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:02.079
 All right.

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:02.079


00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:04.079
 All right.

00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:14.079
 All right.

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:16.079
 All right.

00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:16.079


00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:16.079


00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:18.079
 All right.

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:20.079
 All right.

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:22.079
 All right.

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:33.079
 Yeah.

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:33.079


00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:47.079
 Yeah.

00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:49.079
 Wow.

00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:59.079
 Yeah.

00:28:59.079 --> 00:29:04.079
 Just to try and paraphrase just a sermon, if you summarize the whole Bible, it's the word

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:06.079
 grace and that it transforms.

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:10.079
 It's nothing to do with your works, but it's just something that you receive.

00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:11.079
 Incredible.

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:13.079
 What else is there?

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:14.079
 What else have we got over there?

00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:16.079
 Let's go over to the sofa side.

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:17.079
 Darren.

00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:18.079
 Darren.

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:19.079
 Darren.

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:23.079
 Undeserved love.

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:24.079
 Yeah.

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:25.079
 So you don't deserve it.

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:30.079
 It's absolutely more.

00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:31.079
 Absolutely more.

00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:39.079
 I don't know if I have spent enough time mulling over this word grace.

00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:42.079
 I don't know if you have.

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:49.079
 Sometimes I think I sit here, we sit here and we're like, I deserve to be here.

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:51.079
 I'm a good person.

00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:55.079
 I'm doing enough.

00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:57.079
 And to sit here and go, no, really.

00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:58.079
 I'm a rebel.

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:59.079
 I'm a rebel.

00:29:59.079 --> 00:30:00.079
 I'm a rebel.

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:01.079
 I didn't deserve to be here.

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:07.079
 But now this master gave his son to die for me.

00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:09.079
 And now I get to be called his son.

00:30:09.079 --> 00:30:10.079
 What?

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:12.079
 That's grace.

00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:14.079
 It's undeserved.

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:16.079
 It's generous.

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:17.079
 Grace.

00:30:17.079 --> 00:30:21.079
 Grace, what does your name mean to you?

00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:22.079
 Take care.

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.079


00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:23.079
 Take care.

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:24.079
 Take care.

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:25.079
 Take care.

00:30:25.079 --> 00:30:26.079
 Take care.

00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:27.079
 Take care.

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:28.079
 Take care.

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:29.079
 Take care.

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:30.079
 Take care.

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:31.079
 Take care.

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:32.079
 Take care.

00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:33.079
 Take care.

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:34.079
 Take care.

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:35.079
 Take care.

00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:36.079
 Take care.

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:37.079
 Take care.

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:38.079
 Take care.

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:39.079
 Take care.

00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:40.079
 Take care.

00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:41.079
 Take care.

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:42.079
 Take care.

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:43.079
 Take care.

00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:44.079
 Take care.

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:45.079
 Take care.

00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:46.079
 Take care.

00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:47.079
 Take care.

00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:48.079
 Take care.

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:49.079
 Take care.

00:30:49.079 --> 00:31:19.059
 Thank you.

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:49.059
 Thank you.

00:31:49.679 --> 00:31:51.299
 Because we don't understand the word grace.

00:31:52.379 --> 00:31:54.859
 And I think, I'll tell you, I think it even happens in our churches.

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:56.599
 It happens amongst our pastors.

00:31:56.879 --> 00:32:00.500
 It happens where people just don't seem to understand it.

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:04.059
 Because if we got to grips of what grace actually meant, that we're all sat here.

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:06.279
 We don't just have to be there.

00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:07.799
 And yet we're here.

00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:09.819
 That's huge.

00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:11.240
 It broke my heart yesterday.

00:32:11.379 --> 00:32:21.339
 I was talking to someone in a church and they said there's a group of people who just, within the church, who everybody knows that they're just like in an elite group.

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:25.799
 Just like, you know, one of those exclusive groups that, you know, you've got to be a certain pedigree.

00:32:25.939 --> 00:32:28.159
 You've got to be born in a certain hospital.

00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:29.599
 You've got to have gone to a certain school.

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:31.059
 You've got to be in a certain occupation.

00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:35.299
 And only then can you look and see, can you join that.

00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:42.639
 I'm like, man, if there's anything more against the gospel, that we are all sinners.

00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:45.700
 Like, we all fall short of the glory of God.

00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:48.379
 That we didn't choose to be born here.

00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:53.220
 You'd been born anywhere in the world, but he was born here and you were born here and you have what you have because of him.

00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:55.700
 That you have the parents that you have because of him.

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.379
 That you get to sit here.

00:32:56.399 --> 00:32:57.799
 You have the job that you have because of him.

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:01.480
 The spirit of pride exists.

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:03.859
 That's why we have to keep measuring it up.

00:33:03.859 --> 00:33:06.719
 What's the spirit that is really at work in us?

00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:11.279
 Because if we have this spirit and it can confess this, it changes the way we live.

00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:13.699
 This sentence here feels very Christian-y.

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:15.119
 We've seen these words before.

00:33:15.459 --> 00:33:17.019
 Jesus has come in the flesh from God.

00:33:17.159 --> 00:33:19.259
 But if we truly grasp what it meant.

00:33:19.899 --> 00:33:25.419
 That God looked at us and said, actually, these guys, these people are not going to be able to make it.

00:33:25.899 --> 00:33:28.179
 So that he would send his son to come in the flesh.

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 The word became flesh.

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 The light came into the darkness to save us.

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 He came from God and he's going back to God.

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 If we truly understood what this term meant, then I think I'm starting to get why John wrote this.

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 This is how you measure.

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 This is how you measure whether you're following the right spirit or not.

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 If this is the name above all names.

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 But the truth is this.

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 Whether it's religion or whether it's just the worldly ideals.

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 The thing that they want you to put your trust in.

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 The thing we want to put our trust in is our own names.

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 Right?

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 You build yourself up.

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 Get yourself to the point where you are recognized to do these things.

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 That you have a certain level of achievement.

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 Every other religion says you can be saved by your own name.

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 Every other religion says, hey, you can get it done.

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 Every worldly value says you must get it done.

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 Christianity is the only one that says it is done.

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 That the founder of this religion, this God that we serve, went to the cross for us and said,

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 it is finished.

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 These people that cannot save themselves because I love them so much.

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 These rebels.

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 These people that keep turning against me.

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 I died for them.

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 Forgive them for they know not what they do.

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 This is the only religion that does that.

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 I'll finish with this.

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 And I want us to really think about this because we know this.

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 We know that Jesus has come in the flesh.

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 And yet, time and time again, we just let it overtake us sometimes.

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 Well, James, I believe this, but how can I go back in?

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 You know, the forces are so strong.

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 And it's not even my colleagues.

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 It's my family.

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 It's not even my family.

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 It's just the city.

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 It's my friends.

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 It's just so hard to push against that spirit.

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 And that's where the encouragement comes in.

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 He says, little children.

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 And he's not rebuking in a way that isn't loving.

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 He's saying, my beloved.

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 Later, he carries on.

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 Beloved, my dear children, you are from God and you have overcome that.

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 For he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

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 He who is in you is greater than he is in the world.

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 He is the one on your team.

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 We joke about basketball.

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 And I'm by no means the best player.

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 In fact, one of the best players I've enjoyed playing with.

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 Joe over there, I've enjoyed playing with him.

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 I'll tell you something, Joe.

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 Every time I go and run, I go to a basketball run with Joe, I am filled with confidence when I see that I've been picked to be on Joe's team.

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 And I'm like, oh, yeah.

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 You guys are going to get it now because I've got him.

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 And I have that.

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 Do you have that with God?

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 When you walk out into this world, do you go, man, I'm not scared of anything because I have God on my team.

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 I have God on my side.

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 All these are the spirits.

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 All these are the values.

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 All these are the contending voices.

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 They don't matter because I have the one whose name is above every name.

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 But I have God himself on my team.

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 He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

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 And I'll finish this with this Tim Keller quote.

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 He says, think of it.

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 If there is any other way, what was Jesus doing in God?

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 What did he say to the Father?

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 He said, is there no other way?

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 Can this cup pass from me?

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 Can I get out of this somehow?

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 Is there no other way?

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 The answer is the cup couldn't because there was no other way.

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 Do you think if there was any other way, Jesus would have done it?

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 If there was any other way, what in the world is Jesus doing that for?

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 How do you explain the extreme lengths to which he went?

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 You make absolute nonsense of what he did on the cross.

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 Is there no other way?

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 No.

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 And therefore, there is no other way.

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 Is there another way?

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 No.

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 Jesus himself asked in the garden, God, is there any other way that we can save these people?

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 Is there any other way we can show them grace without it costing us?

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 Is there any other way that we can draw them close to us even though they keep running away, pushing back?

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 And God says, no.

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 There is no other way.

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 And therefore, there is no other name.

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 There is no other name that saves.

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 That he, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, born in the likelihood of men.

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 And he humbled himself to the point of death, even death on the cross.

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 Therefore, God now has exalted him to have the name above every name, so that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.

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 Test every spirit.

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 Shut down all the contending voices.

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 There is only one way.

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 There is only one name.

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 And our founder, before he laid down his life, said, I am the way, the truth, and the life.

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 No one will come to the Father except me.

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 I am sorry.

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 That is an offensive message to everyone we meet, saying, you're right.

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 There is only one way.

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 Because there is no other founder of a religion who laid his life down for his people out of love, out of grace.

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 So would we be filled with that grace for other people?

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 May we be so hungry for the truth.

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 May we test every spirit.

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 Shut down any contending voice that does not confess that Jesus is the name above all names.

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 Can I invite you just for a moment of quiet reflection now?

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 Holy Spirit, we ask,

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 Are there any contending voices?

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 Any spirits that we've allowed in our lives

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 that are not of you?

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 Jesus, we confess.

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 That you are God.

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 That you are the word that came flesh.

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 That you are in the beginning.

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 That in you is life.

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 That you are light.

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 And that you are the word that came flesh and dwelt among us.

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 And we have seen your glory.

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 You came so that we would know the Father.

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 Amen.

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 and so we receive you

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 we believe in your name

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 we confess

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 we confess and say sorry

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 for all the voices that we've led in

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 all the spirits

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 of this world

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 that we follow

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 we orient our lives

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 our hearts

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 around you and you alone

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 for the sole simple reason

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 that you

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 came from God in the flesh

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 and you gave your life to us

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 there was no other way to save us

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 we are that far away from you

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 and therefore there is no other name we worship

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 Jesus your name

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 the name above every name

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 that nothing compares to you

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 and if you are for us

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 that none can be against

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 that we are more than conquerors

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 that we will never be separated

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 from your love

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 Jesus you truly are

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 the king of kings

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 and the lord of lords

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 the author and perfecter of our faith

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 the beginning and the end

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 the alpha and omega

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 everything comes from you

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 and you will have the final say

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 so we take heart

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 though in this world we have trouble

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 we take heart because you have overcome

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 thank you

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 thank you

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 it's in your name we pray

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 amen

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 you