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 Good morning, everyone.

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 I'll be reading, as Andrew said, from Romans 13, and the verses are 8 to 14.

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! Hope you've got your Bibles ready.

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 Owe no one anything except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

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 For the commandments, you shall not commit adultery,

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 you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not covet,

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 and any other commandment are summed up in this word.

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 You shall love your neighbour as yourself.

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 Love does no wrong to a neighbour, therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

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 Besides this, you know the time that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep.

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 For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.

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 The night is far gone, the day is at hand.

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 So then cast off the works of darkness and put on the armour of light.

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 Let us walk properly in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness,

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 not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarrelling and jealousy,

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 but put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh to gratify its desires.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Good morning, church. How are we all doing?

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 Good, good, good.

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 So I was actually in China just a bit, about a week ago,

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 and accompanying my dad.

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 He has to visit his siblings for the last time.

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 They're in their 80s and 90s.

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 So part of today's sermons is actually made in China.

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 And if there are any issues with it, you can blame China.

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 All right.

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 Let's pray together, shall we?

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 Dear Heavenly Father, we want to thank you for today.

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 We praise you for who you are,

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 and we are grateful for the church,

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 our brothers and sisters in Christ,

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 and friends who are in this gathering today.

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 We also thank you for your word.

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 Please help us clear our minds,

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 help us focus,

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 tenderize our hearts,

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 so that we may follow your son,

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 and follow him really, really well.

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 And more importantly,

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 may we be more in love with you.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 So we are going through the book of Romans as a church at the moment,

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 and the questions we are trying to answer in the current section of Romans is,

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 how are we supposed to respond to such incredible,

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 incomprehensible,

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 and unpayable mercy from our loving God,

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 who sacrificed his son to take on the death that we deserve,

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 so that we can be in a relationship,

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 and a right relationship with him.

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 One of the responses, a very key one,

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 is love.

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 And last week, Martin has already shared

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 what genuine love is,

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 what is grounded in,

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 the dimensions of it,

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 and also the adaptations from Romans 12,

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 verses 9 to 21.

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 And today,

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 it's like a bit of a continuation.

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 We'll continue on the topic of love,

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 from Romans 13,

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 8 to 14.

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 And through this,

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 I would like to share with us three points

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 that are in your bulletin.

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 The debt,

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 the urgency,

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 and the practice of love.

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 Be really helpful if you can keep your Bibles open,

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 and follow along,

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 otherwise,

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 you get really, really lost,

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 and may end up in China.

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 First, the debt of love.

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 Christian obligation

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 may be one of the least popular topics

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 among many churches today,

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 but not for Paul.

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 In Romans 8, verses 12,

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 he says,

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 we, the church,

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 are under obligation

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 to live,

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 not according to the flesh,

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 but by the Spirit.

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 In Romans,

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 chapter 13,

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 verse 7,

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 it says,

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 we are looking,

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 sorry,

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 that we were looking at two weeks ago,

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 it says that we,

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 the church,

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 must pay the authorities

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 what we are obliged to owe them,

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 or owe them,

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 whether taxes,

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 or respect,

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 or honor.

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 And again,

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 in today's passage,

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 Romans 13,

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 verse 8,

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 Paul literally says,

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 be a debtor of nothing

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 to no one,

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 except to love one another.

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 A debt

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 is an unpaid obligation.

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 In Greek,

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 the words,

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 debtor,

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 debtor,

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 obligation,

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 all have the same root word,

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 ophilo.

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 Christians are obliged

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 to love others

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 just like we are obliged

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 to pay taxes.

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 The main difference is

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 that there is an end

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 to paying taxes,

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 hopefully,

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 but there is no end

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 to love our neighbors

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 and pay this debt

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 of love,

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 which is

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 to seek our neighbors'

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 highest good.

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 Why?

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 Because the love

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 we receive from Christ

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 is infinite.

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 So as Christians,

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 we can never say,

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 I've done enough loving.

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 that can never happen.

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 At Dallas Theological Seminary,

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 the Bible college

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 that I attended,

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 there's a professor

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 called Steve Bramer,

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 and I'm going to ask Sarah

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 to pop his picture on

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 if that's possible,

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 and someone,

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 it's another staff,

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 who heads the alumni's office,

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 his name is called

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 Greg Hederberg.

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 They both love Jesus.

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 As you can see,

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 they're in their 60s,

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 different churches,

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 and they've been in

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 colleagues and friends

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 for many years.

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 One day,

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 during lunch

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 in early 2022,

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 Greg looked at Steve

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 and said,

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 you're not looking so good.

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 Is everything okay?

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 Steve says,

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 no,

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 well,

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 not really.

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 My kidney levels are off,

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 and the way

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 that they're going,

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 we probably need

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 a new kidney.

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 Without a moment

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 of hesitation,

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 Greg replied,

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 I'll give you my kidney.

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 It's not that simple,

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 Greg,

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 Steve said.

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 You have to have

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 the right blood type,

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 the right tissue type,

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 and the right antibodies.

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 Then Greg said,

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 I'm sure I'm giving you

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 my kidney.

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 What blood type are you?

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 I'm O.

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 Steve said,

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 I'm O too.

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 From there,

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 they went through

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 a series of tests

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 for about two months,

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 and although there

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 were 20 other Christians

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 and people who offered

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 them kidneys,

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 Greg's kidney was finally

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 chosen by the doctors.

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 When the date of the surgery

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 drew near,

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 Greg's,

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 that's the guy

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 on the right,

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 you know,

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 he had a few kids,

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 and they sat him down

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 and had a really serious

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 conversation with him.

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 They were supportive,

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 but they were questioning him.

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 Of all the people

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 in the world,

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 why are you giving

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 your colleagues

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 Brahma,

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 your kidney?

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 Isn't that something

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 you only do

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 for a family member?

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 Brake's reply,

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 wouldn't you do it

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 for a brother?

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 I have two kidneys,

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 and they're healthy.

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 How can I not help?

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 How can I not help?

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 This is the kind of attitude

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 I believe Paul is talking about

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 when he says that

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 we owe a debt of love

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 to others.

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 Not,

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 all right,

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 I'll do this love thing.

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 You told me, right?

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 No,

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 but how can I not?

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 After the surgery,

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 which was successful,

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 an 11-year-old boy

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 came into

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 Greg's hospital

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 with a small box,

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 you know,

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 with candies inside

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 and a card,

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 and he looked at Greg

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 and said,

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 thank you so much

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 for giving me

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 my grandpa back.

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 And later,

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 when Greg was interviewed

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 about these things,

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 here are his

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 final remarks.

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 You know how Christians,

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 we give money

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 to missionaries,

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 and they go out

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 to places,

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 you know,

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 with the gospel,

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 to places that we never would.

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 In giving Bremer

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 my kidney,

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 I could have a part

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 in his extending

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 and extending his ministry

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 to so many people.

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 He's going to go places

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 now because he has energy

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 and health.

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 I feel a joy

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 because of that.

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 Greg is just one example

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 of millions of Christians

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 across the world

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 who are taking

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 this thing called

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 living sacrifice

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 from Romans 12,

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 literally,

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 and living a gospel-transformed

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 life with a kingdom perspective.

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 He feels obligated to love

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 to the extent of

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 how can I not

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 give away my kidney?

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 But at the same time,

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 there is joy.

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 The two do not

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 have to be mutually exclusive.

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 So Christians

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 are to treat

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 loving others

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 like we owe them.

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 Why?

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 In 1 John 4,

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 and we hear this

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 in weddings all the time,

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 we love

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 because

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 he

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 first loved us.

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 It is an outpouring

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 of what Jesus Christ

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 has done

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 inside us

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 and for us.

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 But he,

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 in Romans 13,

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 Paul gave a different reason.

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 Verse 8 says,

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 for,

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 because,

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 the Christian

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 who loves another

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 has fulfilled the law.

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 What?

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 Fulfilled the law?

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 Why does loving someone

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 fulfill the law?

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 Paul goes on

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 to explain

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 in verse 9,

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 for the commandments,

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 you shall not

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 commit adultery,

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 you shall not commit murder,

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 you shall not steal,

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 you shall not covet,

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 and if

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 there's any other commandments

00:10:33.100 --> 00:10:34.299
 are summed up

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 in this word,

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 you shall love

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 your neighbour

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 as yourself.

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 Imagine

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 all the

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 shall nots

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 you find

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 in the Old Testament

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 in the Mosaic law

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 are printed

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 on one side

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 of the coin

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 and you flip

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 that coin over,

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 what do you see?

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 It says,

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 love your neighbour,

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 sincerely

00:10:53.100 --> 00:10:54.019
 seeking

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 their highest good.

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 And in case

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 the church

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 still doesn't get it,

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 Paul explains

00:11:00.039 --> 00:11:00.919
 even further

00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:01.740
 in verse 10.

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 It says here,

00:11:02.779 --> 00:11:04.159
 love does not

00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:04.919
 commit evil

00:11:04.919 --> 00:11:06.039
 against a neighbour,

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 therefore,

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 love is the fulfilment

00:11:09.100 --> 00:11:09.740
 of the law.

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 One thing

00:11:11.379 --> 00:11:12.120
 we need to be careful

00:11:12.120 --> 00:11:13.419
 here is not

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 slip into

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 a misunderstanding

00:11:15.299 --> 00:11:17.319
 that just by

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 loving others

00:11:18.100 --> 00:11:19.259
 and doing good

00:11:19.259 --> 00:11:19.919
 to them,

00:11:20.579 --> 00:11:21.019
 everyone,

00:11:21.620 --> 00:11:22.279
 believers and

00:11:22.279 --> 00:11:22.899
 non-believers,

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 are able

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 to fulfil

00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:25.799
 God's law

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 in the Old Testament.

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 In Romans

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 chapter 7-8,

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 Paul already

00:11:30.440 --> 00:11:31.379
 explained that

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 although God's

00:11:32.279 --> 00:11:33.040
 law is good,

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 it cannot free us

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 from the power

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 of sin

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 or enable us

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 to obey it.

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 It's impossible.

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 But through Christ

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 and the Spirit,

00:11:42.180 --> 00:11:42.820
 God has done

00:11:42.820 --> 00:11:43.519
 what the law

00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:44.080
 could not,

00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:45.740
 fulfilling the law's

00:11:45.740 --> 00:11:46.860
 righteous requirements

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 in us

00:11:47.620 --> 00:11:49.080
 and as we walk

00:11:49.080 --> 00:11:50.540
 according to the Spirit.

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 So what does

00:11:52.019 --> 00:11:52.639
 this fulfilling

00:11:52.639 --> 00:11:53.460
 the law look like

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 in every day?

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 That is what

00:11:55.600 --> 00:11:56.600
 Paul is explaining

00:11:56.600 --> 00:11:58.040
 here in Romans 13.

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 It looks like

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 Christians loving

00:12:00.700 --> 00:12:01.279
 neighbours

00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:02.300
 because we,

00:12:02.620 --> 00:12:03.200
 when we truly

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 love others,

00:12:04.379 --> 00:12:04.899
 we will not

00:12:04.899 --> 00:12:05.620
 steal from them,

00:12:05.899 --> 00:12:06.420
 we will not

00:12:06.420 --> 00:12:07.100
 commit adultery

00:12:07.100 --> 00:12:07.779
 against them,

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 not even through

00:12:08.620 --> 00:12:09.279
 looking at them

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 in our minds

00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:12.019
 or intentionally

00:12:12.019 --> 00:12:13.659
 do them any harm.

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 But it only applies

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 to those

00:12:16.980 --> 00:12:18.080
 living according

00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:19.240
 to the Spirit.

00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:20.639
 Christians

00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:22.019
 being transformed

00:12:22.019 --> 00:12:22.879
 by the Gospel.

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 Another thing

00:12:24.879 --> 00:12:25.580
 we need to consider

00:12:25.580 --> 00:12:26.680
 is what Paul

00:12:26.680 --> 00:12:27.660
 doesn't say here

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 about the commandments.

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 He says that love

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 sums up the commandments

00:12:31.740 --> 00:12:33.220
 but he doesn't say

00:12:33.220 --> 00:12:33.960
 that love

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 replaces them.

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 Do you know

00:12:36.720 --> 00:12:37.800
 people who insist

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 that nothing

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 is prescribed

00:12:39.460 --> 00:12:40.240
 anymore because

00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:40.960
 of the New Testament

00:12:40.960 --> 00:12:42.400
 law except love?

00:12:43.460 --> 00:12:44.860
 How about the idea

00:12:44.860 --> 00:12:46.320
 that love has

00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:47.340
 its own built-in

00:12:47.340 --> 00:12:48.300
 moral compass

00:12:48.300 --> 00:12:49.360
 so that we can

00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:50.259
 just do whatever

00:12:50.259 --> 00:12:50.800
 we want,

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 whatever we feel

00:12:52.060 --> 00:12:53.180
 like is the most

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 loving thing

00:12:53.820 --> 00:12:54.820
 in that particular

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 situation

00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:57.300
 and do away

00:12:57.300 --> 00:12:58.420
 with all the laws

00:12:58.420 --> 00:12:59.100
 and commandments

00:12:59.100 --> 00:13:00.160
 in the whole Bible?

00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:02.800
 Let's look at

00:13:02.800 --> 00:13:03.660
 an example here

00:13:03.660 --> 00:13:04.560
 of how this

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 whole thing works.

00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:07.780
 You know,

00:13:07.920 --> 00:13:08.480
 this thing actually

00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:08.900
 is called

00:13:08.900 --> 00:13:10.300
 situational ethics

00:13:10.300 --> 00:13:10.680
 or something.

00:13:12.440 --> 00:13:12.820
 Let's say

00:13:12.820 --> 00:13:14.120
 the Ten Commandments

00:13:14.120 --> 00:13:14.600
 says this,

00:13:14.740 --> 00:13:15.340
 you shall not

00:13:15.340 --> 00:13:16.180
 bear false witness,

00:13:16.300 --> 00:13:16.460
 right?

00:13:16.460 --> 00:13:17.800
 Okay,

00:13:17.820 --> 00:13:18.160
 we're not going

00:13:18.160 --> 00:13:18.680
 to test which

00:13:18.680 --> 00:13:19.500
 number it is

00:13:19.500 --> 00:13:20.340
 but it's there.

00:13:21.660 --> 00:13:21.860
 You know,

00:13:22.139 --> 00:13:22.940
 let's say your

00:13:22.940 --> 00:13:23.460
 best mate

00:13:23.460 --> 00:13:24.080
 or BFF

00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:25.259
 has stolen

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 something small,

00:13:26.660 --> 00:13:26.800
 you know,

00:13:26.840 --> 00:13:27.420
 like one of those

00:13:27.420 --> 00:13:27.860
 school sheets,

00:13:27.980 --> 00:13:28.560
 those annoying

00:13:28.560 --> 00:13:29.200
 things flying around

00:13:29.200 --> 00:13:29.639
 schools at the

00:13:29.639 --> 00:13:29.820
 moment.

00:13:30.280 --> 00:13:30.519
 You know,

00:13:30.700 --> 00:13:31.120
 he stole a

00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:31.360
 school sheet

00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:31.840
 from a shop,

00:13:32.420 --> 00:13:32.639
 okay?

00:13:33.139 --> 00:13:33.900
 He got caught,

00:13:34.280 --> 00:13:34.960
 you're the witness,

00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:36.460
 you're asked to

00:13:36.460 --> 00:13:36.900
 testify.

00:13:38.180 --> 00:13:39.120
 The most loving

00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:40.340
 thing you can do

00:13:40.340 --> 00:13:40.960
 for this mate

00:13:40.960 --> 00:13:42.000
 so you feel

00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:42.680
 at that time

00:13:42.680 --> 00:13:43.759
 is to lie

00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:44.240
 about it.

00:13:44.680 --> 00:13:44.860
 You know,

00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:45.420
 keep him up

00:13:45.419 --> 00:13:45.839
 in jail,

00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:46.979
 out of trouble

00:13:46.979 --> 00:13:47.699
 and that way

00:13:47.699 --> 00:13:48.699
 you also get

00:13:48.699 --> 00:13:49.319
 to keep a mate

00:13:49.319 --> 00:13:49.979
 and don't lose him.

00:13:51.639 --> 00:13:52.259
 Forget about

00:13:52.259 --> 00:13:53.579
 the Ten Commandments,

00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:53.799
 right?

00:13:54.819 --> 00:13:55.439
 This is loving.

00:13:56.839 --> 00:13:57.419
 That's in the

00:13:57.419 --> 00:13:57.899
 Old Testament.

00:13:58.879 --> 00:13:59.319
 That's all

00:13:59.319 --> 00:14:00.120
 this Ten Commandment

00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:00.339
 thing.

00:14:01.199 --> 00:14:01.639
 But let's think

00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:02.120
 about it.

00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:03.439
 Is that really

00:14:03.439 --> 00:14:04.159
 the most loving

00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:04.719
 thing that you

00:14:04.719 --> 00:14:05.319
 can do to your

00:14:05.319 --> 00:14:05.539
 neighbour?

00:14:06.579 --> 00:14:07.399
 By lying?

00:14:07.979 --> 00:14:08.479
 By not telling

00:14:08.479 --> 00:14:08.899
 the truth?

00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:10.319
 What's your lie

00:14:10.319 --> 00:14:10.799
 going to do

00:14:10.799 --> 00:14:11.279
 to your neighbour

00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:11.939
 in the long run?

00:14:11.940 --> 00:14:15.620
 And how about

00:14:15.620 --> 00:14:16.360
 your other neighbour

00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:17.240
 who's the shop

00:14:17.240 --> 00:14:17.520
 owner?

00:14:18.740 --> 00:14:19.160
 Is that the

00:14:19.160 --> 00:14:19.600
 most loving

00:14:19.600 --> 00:14:20.100
 thing that you

00:14:20.100 --> 00:14:20.420
 can do?

00:14:22.220 --> 00:14:23.320
 In John Stott's

00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:24.020
 commentary on

00:14:24.020 --> 00:14:24.380
 Romans,

00:14:25.000 --> 00:14:25.780
 he writes that

00:14:25.780 --> 00:14:26.460
 love cannot

00:14:26.460 --> 00:14:27.280
 manage on

00:14:27.280 --> 00:14:27.820
 its own

00:14:27.820 --> 00:14:28.980
 without an

00:14:28.980 --> 00:14:29.700
 objective

00:14:29.700 --> 00:14:31.140
 moral standard.

00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:33.560
 Love needs

00:14:33.560 --> 00:14:34.500
 law for its

00:14:34.500 --> 00:14:35.020
 direction

00:14:35.020 --> 00:14:36.460
 while law

00:14:36.460 --> 00:14:37.220
 needs love

00:14:37.220 --> 00:14:37.880
 for its

00:14:37.880 --> 00:14:38.620
 inspiration.

00:14:38.620 --> 00:14:41.100
 love fulfils

00:14:41.100 --> 00:14:41.480
 the law

00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:42.100
 and sums

00:14:42.100 --> 00:14:42.399
 up the

00:14:42.399 --> 00:14:42.779
 commandments

00:14:42.779 --> 00:14:43.740
 but it

00:14:43.740 --> 00:14:44.120
 does not

00:14:44.120 --> 00:14:44.940
 replace them.

00:14:46.580 --> 00:14:47.360
 Isn't it

00:14:47.360 --> 00:14:47.840
 absolutely

00:14:47.840 --> 00:14:48.639
 mind-blowing

00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:49.740
 that what

00:14:49.740 --> 00:14:50.659
 millions and

00:14:50.659 --> 00:14:51.539
 millions of

00:14:51.539 --> 00:14:52.840
 Jews over

00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:53.379
 the years

00:14:53.379 --> 00:14:54.019
 have failed

00:14:54.019 --> 00:14:54.700
 as a nation

00:14:54.700 --> 00:14:55.919
 for thousands

00:14:55.919 --> 00:14:56.440
 of years

00:14:56.440 --> 00:14:57.139
 fulfilling that

00:14:57.139 --> 00:14:57.440
 law,

00:14:58.100 --> 00:14:58.659
 the Spirit

00:14:58.659 --> 00:14:59.759
 is achieving

00:14:59.759 --> 00:15:01.340
 it in

00:15:01.340 --> 00:15:01.799
 and through

00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:02.799
 us on a

00:15:02.799 --> 00:15:03.539
 daily basis

00:15:03.539 --> 00:15:04.759
 because of

00:15:04.759 --> 00:15:05.399
 what Jesus

00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:06.019
 Christ has

00:15:06.019 --> 00:15:06.440
 done for

00:15:06.440 --> 00:15:06.700
 us?

00:15:06.700 --> 00:15:08.560
 We've been

00:15:08.560 --> 00:15:09.020
 given the

00:15:09.020 --> 00:15:09.340
 gospel,

00:15:09.940 --> 00:15:10.200
 we've been

00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:10.600
 given the

00:15:10.600 --> 00:15:10.980
 Spirit,

00:15:12.300 --> 00:15:13.060
 so let's

00:15:13.060 --> 00:15:13.580
 depend on

00:15:13.580 --> 00:15:14.160
 that power

00:15:14.160 --> 00:15:15.180
 to keep

00:15:15.180 --> 00:15:16.600
 loving even

00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:17.200
 when we

00:15:17.200 --> 00:15:17.580
 don't feel

00:15:17.580 --> 00:15:18.020
 like it.

00:15:19.480 --> 00:15:20.320
 Love is

00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:21.259
 our continuing

00:15:21.259 --> 00:15:21.879
 obligation

00:15:21.879 --> 00:15:22.900
 because it

00:15:22.900 --> 00:15:23.520
 fulfills the

00:15:23.520 --> 00:15:23.759
 law,

00:15:24.300 --> 00:15:24.960
 but when

00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:25.379
 should we

00:15:25.379 --> 00:15:25.620
 love?

00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:26.860
 Let's move

00:15:26.860 --> 00:15:27.360
 on to point

00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:27.840
 two then,

00:15:28.200 --> 00:15:28.860
 the urgency

00:15:28.860 --> 00:15:29.460
 of love.

00:15:31.340 --> 00:15:32.280
 Verse 11

00:15:32.280 --> 00:15:32.680
 says,

00:15:32.860 --> 00:15:33.120
 Besides

00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:33.640
 this,

00:15:33.820 --> 00:15:34.160
 you know

00:15:34.160 --> 00:15:34.700
 the time,

00:15:35.220 --> 00:15:35.520
 that the

00:15:35.520 --> 00:15:35.940
 hour has

00:15:35.940 --> 00:15:36.340
 come for

00:15:36.340 --> 00:15:36.860
 you to

00:15:36.860 --> 00:15:37.519
 awake from

00:15:37.519 --> 00:15:37.899
 sleep.

00:15:39.280 --> 00:15:40.060
 Do any

00:15:40.060 --> 00:15:40.440
 of you

00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:40.860
 check on

00:15:40.860 --> 00:15:41.340
 your bank

00:15:41.340 --> 00:15:41.879
 balance or

00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:42.720
 super balance

00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:43.440
 every day

00:15:43.440 --> 00:15:44.019
 and multiple

00:15:44.019 --> 00:15:44.600
 times a

00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:44.780
 day?

00:15:46.160 --> 00:15:46.780
 Put your

00:15:46.780 --> 00:15:47.220
 hand up.

00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:48.860
 Well,

00:15:49.259 --> 00:15:49.860
 I hope you're

00:15:49.860 --> 00:15:50.200
 all being

00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:50.840
 honest and

00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:51.200
 I hope

00:15:51.200 --> 00:15:51.560
 that no

00:15:51.560 --> 00:15:51.920
 one actually

00:15:51.920 --> 00:15:52.399
 does that.

00:15:53.399 --> 00:15:53.840
 But we

00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:54.680
 do and

00:15:54.680 --> 00:15:55.460
 would check

00:15:55.460 --> 00:15:56.160
 the time

00:15:56.160 --> 00:15:56.840
 multiple

00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:57.399
 times a

00:15:57.399 --> 00:15:58.259
 day and

00:15:58.259 --> 00:15:58.879
 probably

00:15:58.879 --> 00:15:59.440
 every day,

00:16:00.060 --> 00:16:00.320
 right?

00:16:01.340 --> 00:16:01.960
 In the

00:16:01.960 --> 00:16:02.280
 past,

00:16:02.420 --> 00:16:02.980
 most people

00:16:02.980 --> 00:16:03.379
 would wear

00:16:03.379 --> 00:16:03.860
 watches.

00:16:04.180 --> 00:16:04.560
 I'm an

00:16:04.560 --> 00:16:05.040
 old man,

00:16:05.100 --> 00:16:05.280
 so I

00:16:05.280 --> 00:16:05.700
 still do.

00:16:06.340 --> 00:16:06.920
 But

00:16:06.920 --> 00:16:07.340
 nowadays,

00:16:07.820 --> 00:16:08.019
 our

00:16:08.019 --> 00:16:08.480
 time

00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:09.200
 keepers

00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:09.420
 have

00:16:09.420 --> 00:16:09.860
 migrated

00:16:09.860 --> 00:16:10.280
 to our

00:16:10.280 --> 00:16:10.620
 phones,

00:16:11.280 --> 00:16:11.780
 probably,

00:16:11.940 --> 00:16:12.160
 hopefully,

00:16:12.280 --> 00:16:12.480
 in our

00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:12.700
 pocket.

00:16:14.139 --> 00:16:14.620
 Anyways,

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 most phones

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 don't even

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 require you

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 to unlock

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 your screen

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 to check

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 the time

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 anymore.

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 Do you

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 know that?

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 Because the

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 phone designers

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 know it is

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 the thing that

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 we look at

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 most throughout

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 the day.

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 You can't

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 even turn

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 it off.

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 Please

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 don't try

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 it now.

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 In verse

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 11,

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 Paul literally

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 says,

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 and this

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 meaning do

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 this as in

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 loving our

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 neighbors,

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 knowing the

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 time.

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 In other

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 words,

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 love because

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 of time.

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 But what

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 is the

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 time,

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 Mr.

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 Wolf?

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 Instead of

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 dinner time,

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 Paul gives

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 the church

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 two important

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 points about

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 the time

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 we are in

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 from God's

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 perspective.

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 And there's a

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 sense of

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 urgency in

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 each of

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 them.

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 First,

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 he says,

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 the hour

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 has come

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 for you

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 to wake

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 up from

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 sleep.

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 When we

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 sleep,

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 unless we

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 are sleep

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 walking,

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 most of

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 us would

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 be missing

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 in action.

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 We might

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 have rapid

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 eye movement,

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 we might

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 dream,

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 we might

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 even snore.

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 But one

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 thing we

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 can be

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 sure is

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 that we

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 can't be

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 loving our

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 neighbors

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 much when

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 we sleep.

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 So from

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 God's

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 perspective,

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 the church

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 is being

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 called to

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 wake up to

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 love our

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 neighbors.

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 But why

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 now?

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 Why us?

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 As many

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 commentators

00:17:33.779 --> 00:17:34.200
 have pointed

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 out,

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 we,

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 the church,

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 are living

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 in a very

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 unique time

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 in history

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 known as

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 already,

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 but not

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 yet.

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 Very good.

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 For example,

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 Christ has

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 already inaugurated

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 his kingdom.

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 All authority

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 in heaven on

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 earth has

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 been given

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 to him,

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 it says in

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 Matthew 28.

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 But his

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 rule has

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 not yet

00:17:55.660 --> 00:17:56.319
 manifested

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 fully on

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 earth.

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 Christians

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 already

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 have a

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 new life

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 in Christ,

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 it says

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 in Romans

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 and various

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 places,

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 but we

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 have not

00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:05.900
 yet received

00:18:05.900 --> 00:18:06.500
 our new

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 bodies.

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 We are

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 living a

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 time when

00:18:09.339 --> 00:18:09.859
 the present

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 age and

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 the age

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 to come

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 overlaps.

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 And Paul

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 and nobody

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 knows when

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 that overlap

00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:16.220
 is suddenly

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 going to drop

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 off and end,

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 but the Lord

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 was clear that

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 it will come

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 like the

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 thief of the

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 night.

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 So this

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 sense of

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 urgency for

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 the early

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 church to

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 love was

00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:27.400
 always

00:18:27.400 --> 00:18:27.819
 there.

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 It's

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 always been

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 there.

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 It's been

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 going on

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 for 1,969

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 years because

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 the letter to

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 the Romans was

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 written roughly

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 around AD

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 57.

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 If it was

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 already urgent

00:18:42.620 --> 00:18:43.759
 almost 2,000

00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:44.660
 years ago,

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 how about

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 now?

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 Isn't it

00:18:47.819 --> 00:18:48.359
 even more

00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:48.740
 urgent?

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 From God's

00:18:50.859 --> 00:18:51.359
 perspective,

00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:53.160
 first, it's

00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:54.160
 time for us

00:18:54.160 --> 00:18:54.859
 to wake up

00:18:54.859 --> 00:18:55.319
 and love

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 others.

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 Second

00:18:57.379 --> 00:18:58.039
 point about

00:18:58.039 --> 00:18:58.819
 this time

00:18:58.819 --> 00:18:59.479
 that we

00:18:59.479 --> 00:18:59.859
 are in,

00:19:00.639 --> 00:19:01.500
 from God's

00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:01.899
 perspective,

00:19:02.419 --> 00:19:03.379
 is in the

00:19:03.379 --> 00:19:03.919
 second part

00:19:03.919 --> 00:19:04.279
 of verse

00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:04.779
 11 and

00:19:04.779 --> 00:19:05.079
 12.

00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:06.479
 For

00:19:06.479 --> 00:19:07.099
 salvation

00:19:07.099 --> 00:19:08.199
 is nearer

00:19:08.199 --> 00:19:08.959
 to us

00:19:08.959 --> 00:19:09.799
 now than

00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:10.179
 when we

00:19:10.179 --> 00:19:10.979
 first believed.

00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:12.500
 The night

00:19:12.500 --> 00:19:13.019
 is far

00:19:13.019 --> 00:19:13.339
 gone,

00:19:14.199 --> 00:19:14.639
 the day

00:19:14.639 --> 00:19:15.399
 is at

00:19:15.399 --> 00:19:15.740
 hand.

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 Many

00:19:18.159 --> 00:19:18.439
 Bible

00:19:18.439 --> 00:19:18.919
 commentators

00:19:18.919 --> 00:19:19.459
 agree that

00:19:19.459 --> 00:19:19.819
 the word

00:19:19.819 --> 00:19:20.439
 salvation

00:19:20.439 --> 00:19:21.319
 can refer

00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:21.919
 to the

00:19:21.919 --> 00:19:22.299
 past,

00:19:22.679 --> 00:19:22.979
 present,

00:19:23.179 --> 00:19:23.579
 and future.

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 justification,

00:19:26.059 --> 00:19:26.639
 sanctification,

00:19:27.179 --> 00:19:28.000
 and glorification.

00:19:29.019 --> 00:19:29.419
 We've been

00:19:29.419 --> 00:19:29.960
 saved from

00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:30.480
 the penalty

00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:30.980
 of sin,

00:19:31.319 --> 00:19:31.579
 we are

00:19:31.579 --> 00:19:32.159
 being saved

00:19:32.159 --> 00:19:32.480
 from the

00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:32.960
 power of

00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:33.179
 sin,

00:19:33.319 --> 00:19:33.799
 and we'll

00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:34.439
 be finally

00:19:34.439 --> 00:19:35.599
 saved from

00:19:35.599 --> 00:19:36.299
 the presence

00:19:36.299 --> 00:19:36.720
 of sin.

00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:38.339
 Here,

00:19:38.619 --> 00:19:39.099
 Paul is

00:19:39.099 --> 00:19:39.679
 almost

00:19:39.679 --> 00:19:40.319
 certainly

00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:41.339
 thinking about

00:19:41.339 --> 00:19:41.960
 our future

00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:42.759
 glorification,

00:19:43.720 --> 00:19:44.639
 being fully

00:19:44.639 --> 00:19:45.659
 delivered from

00:19:45.659 --> 00:19:46.319
 the presence

00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:47.220
 and effects

00:19:47.220 --> 00:19:47.720
 of sin

00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:48.919
 into the

00:19:48.919 --> 00:19:49.679
 complete and

00:19:49.679 --> 00:19:50.439
 holy presence

00:19:50.439 --> 00:19:50.879
 of God.

00:19:50.880 --> 00:19:52.400
 Do you

00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:53.180
 realize that

00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:53.700
 from whenever

00:19:53.700 --> 00:19:54.380
 we first

00:19:54.380 --> 00:19:54.900
 believed,

00:19:55.280 --> 00:19:55.760
 it doesn't

00:19:55.760 --> 00:19:56.880
 matter when

00:19:56.880 --> 00:19:57.500
 we knew

00:19:57.500 --> 00:19:57.920
 or which

00:19:57.920 --> 00:19:58.300
 day it

00:19:58.300 --> 00:19:58.580
 was,

00:19:59.220 --> 00:19:59.620
 that we

00:19:59.620 --> 00:20:00.340
 are always

00:20:00.340 --> 00:20:01.140
 one day

00:20:01.140 --> 00:20:02.380
 closer to

00:20:02.380 --> 00:20:02.960
 the truly

00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:03.800
 wonderful day

00:20:03.800 --> 00:20:04.980
 when death

00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:05.980
 and toothache

00:20:05.980 --> 00:20:06.700
 and back

00:20:06.700 --> 00:20:07.160
 ache and

00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:07.680
 knee aches

00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:08.140
 and heart

00:20:08.140 --> 00:20:08.760
 aches will

00:20:08.760 --> 00:20:09.380
 all be

00:20:09.380 --> 00:20:09.660
 gone,

00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:10.960
 and no

00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:11.580
 one and

00:20:11.580 --> 00:20:12.220
 no thing

00:20:12.220 --> 00:20:12.920
 can ever

00:20:12.920 --> 00:20:13.460
 hurt us

00:20:13.460 --> 00:20:13.920
 anymore,

00:20:14.340 --> 00:20:14.880
 and we

00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:15.500
 can't hurt

00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:16.160
 another person

00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:16.440
 either,

00:20:16.940 --> 00:20:17.440
 and there

00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:17.900
 will be no

00:20:17.900 --> 00:20:18.520
 more crime,

00:20:18.800 --> 00:20:19.140
 no more

00:20:19.140 --> 00:20:19.540
 accidents,

00:20:19.539 --> 00:20:20.440
 no more

00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:20.859
 wars,

00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:21.799
 not even

00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:22.319
 spam

00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:22.899
 calls.

00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:25.680
 Verse 12

00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:26.059
 says,

00:20:26.420 --> 00:20:26.779
 the night

00:20:26.779 --> 00:20:27.259
 is far

00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:27.599
 gone,

00:20:27.940 --> 00:20:28.460
 the day

00:20:28.460 --> 00:20:29.079
 is at

00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:29.440
 hand.

00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:30.740
 We are

00:20:30.740 --> 00:20:31.279
 living in

00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:31.740
 a time

00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:32.859
 when darkness

00:20:32.859 --> 00:20:33.139
 is going

00:20:33.139 --> 00:20:33.339
 to be

00:20:33.339 --> 00:20:34.139
 wiped out

00:20:34.139 --> 00:20:35.019
 and we

00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:35.859
 will all

00:20:35.859 --> 00:20:36.319
 be in

00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:37.059
 so much

00:20:37.059 --> 00:20:37.480
 awe

00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:38.339
 because

00:20:38.339 --> 00:20:39.139
 we'll be

00:20:39.139 --> 00:20:39.680
 face to

00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:40.659
 face with

00:20:40.659 --> 00:20:41.019
 the living

00:20:41.019 --> 00:20:41.519
 Christ

00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:42.599
 in the

00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:42.940
 flesh,

00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:44.379
 and everyone

00:20:44.379 --> 00:20:44.839
 will be

00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:45.399
 celebrating

00:20:45.399 --> 00:20:46.359
 with so

00:20:46.359 --> 00:20:46.639
 much

00:20:46.639 --> 00:20:47.619
 indescribable

00:20:47.619 --> 00:20:48.720
 joy that

00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:49.279
 it's going

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:49.819
 to make

00:20:49.819 --> 00:20:50.779
 that party,

00:20:51.120 --> 00:20:51.720
 that best

00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:52.319
 party that

00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:52.559
 you have

00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:53.019
 been to

00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:53.700
 feel like

00:20:53.700 --> 00:20:54.180
 a really

00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:54.819
 boring,

00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:56.000
 unbearable

00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:56.720
 documentary

00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.360
 that you've

00:20:57.360 --> 00:20:57.960
 ever watched.

00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:01.299
 Listening

00:21:01.299 --> 00:21:01.940
 to this,

00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:03.039
 please listen

00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:03.299
 to this

00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:03.539
 from

00:21:03.539 --> 00:21:04.100
 Revelations

00:21:04.100 --> 00:21:04.600
 21,

00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:05.460
 when

00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:06.079
 Paul John

00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:07.059
 the Apostle

00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:07.559
 described

00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:08.400
 the future

00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:09.680
 glory of

00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:09.980
 the city

00:21:09.980 --> 00:21:10.380
 of God.

00:21:11.380 --> 00:21:11.720
 In

00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:12.000
 verses

00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:13.200
 23 to

00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:13.940
 27 it

00:21:13.940 --> 00:21:14.220
 says,

00:21:14.220 --> 00:21:15.500
 the city

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:16.279
 has no

00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:17.120
 need of

00:21:17.120 --> 00:21:18.319
 sun or

00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:19.140
 moon to

00:21:19.140 --> 00:21:19.620
 shine on

00:21:19.620 --> 00:21:19.839
 it,

00:21:20.180 --> 00:21:20.900
 for the

00:21:20.900 --> 00:21:21.400
 glory of

00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:22.400
 God gives

00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:22.880
 it light,

00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:24.299
 and its

00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:25.480
 lamp is

00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:26.079
 the Lamb

00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:27.079
 being Jesus.

00:21:28.200 --> 00:21:28.700
 By its

00:21:28.700 --> 00:21:29.440
 light will

00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:30.000
 the nations

00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:30.440
 walk,

00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:32.100
 that's us,

00:21:32.600 --> 00:21:33.200
 and the kings

00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:33.759
 of the earth

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.319
 will bring

00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:34.920
 their glory

00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:35.640
 into it,

00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:36.960
 and its

00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:37.660
 gates will

00:21:37.660 --> 00:21:38.259
 never be

00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:38.920
 shut by

00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:39.220
 day,

00:21:39.839 --> 00:21:40.480
 and there

00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:41.200
 will be

00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:42.120
 no night

00:21:42.120 --> 00:21:42.539
 there.

00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:43.980
 They will

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.480
 bring into

00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:45.000
 the glory

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:45.720
 and the

00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:46.379
 honour of

00:21:46.379 --> 00:21:46.920
 the nations,

00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:48.299
 but nothing

00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:48.980
 unclean

00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:49.720
 will ever

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.399
 enter it,

00:21:50.920 --> 00:21:51.619
 nor anyone

00:21:51.619 --> 00:21:52.259
 who does

00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:52.680
 what is

00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:53.379
 detestable

00:21:53.379 --> 00:21:54.279
 or false,

00:21:54.879 --> 00:21:55.639
 but only

00:21:55.639 --> 00:21:56.579
 those who

00:21:56.579 --> 00:21:57.019
 are written

00:21:57.019 --> 00:21:57.639
 in the

00:21:57.639 --> 00:21:58.180
 Lamb's

00:21:58.180 --> 00:21:58.839
 book of

00:21:58.839 --> 00:21:59.220
 life.

00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:01.159
 Brothers,

00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:01.480
 sisters,

00:22:01.659 --> 00:22:02.180
 and friends,

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.920
 whose names

00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:04.519
 are written

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.319
 in Jesus'

00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:05.819
 book of

00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:06.139
 life,

00:22:06.899 --> 00:22:08.279
 that's

00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:08.920
 your name,

00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:09.960
 and hopefully

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:10.579
 mine too,

00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:12.079
 if we are

00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:12.839
 trusting in

00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:13.159
 the Lord

00:22:13.159 --> 00:22:13.960
 Jesus Christ.

00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:16.299
 From the

00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:16.699
 day a

00:22:16.699 --> 00:22:17.279
 couple gets

00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:18.039
 engaged,

00:22:19.859 --> 00:22:20.139
 they are

00:22:20.139 --> 00:22:20.679
 always,

00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:21.579
 one day,

00:22:22.159 --> 00:22:22.619
 closer to

00:22:22.619 --> 00:22:23.319
 joining hands

00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:24.119
 and living

00:22:24.119 --> 00:22:24.559
 together,

00:22:25.119 --> 00:22:25.639
 and the

00:22:25.639 --> 00:22:26.159
 excitement

00:22:26.159 --> 00:22:27.139
 hopefully

00:22:27.139 --> 00:22:27.599
 doesn't

00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:28.079
 decrease

00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:28.980
 and always

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.579
 is increasing.

00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:32.259
 Have you

00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:32.659
 heard of

00:22:32.659 --> 00:22:33.259
 any bride

00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:34.419
 who is so

00:22:34.419 --> 00:22:35.240
 unexcited

00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:35.839
 about the

00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:36.759
 day before

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.240
 she walks

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:37.599
 down the

00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:38.519
 aisle that

00:22:38.519 --> 00:22:39.059
 she decides

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:39.519
 to slip

00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.240
 in and

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:40.559
 miss the

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:40.759
 wedding?

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:42.180
 no,

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:42.440
 right?

00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:44.859
 I used

00:22:44.859 --> 00:22:45.400
 to do

00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:45.640
 a little

00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:45.920
 bit of

00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:46.119
 wedding

00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:46.619
 photography,

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:47.640
 and as

00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:47.759
 a

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.200
 photographer,

00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.319
 you get

00:22:49.319 --> 00:22:49.680
 to zoom

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:50.000
 in to

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.400
 people's

00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:51.180
 faces for

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:51.559
 hours and

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:51.859
 hours.

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.440
 One thing

00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:54.000
 I've noticed

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.799
 is that

00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:55.440
 many brides

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:56.079
 have red

00:22:56.079 --> 00:22:56.460
 eyes,

00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:57.900
 not that

00:22:57.900 --> 00:22:58.319
 they smoked

00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:58.740
 anything,

00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:00.099
 you know,

00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:02.339
 or because

00:23:02.339 --> 00:23:02.599
 of the

00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:02.960
 flesh,

00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:03.259
 or they

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:03.599
 were crying

00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:04.079
 too much,

00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:06.019
 sometimes

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.359
 that's the

00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:06.680
 case,

00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:07.700
 but because

00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.259
 they tend

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:08.740
 to not

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.099
 sleep

00:23:09.099 --> 00:23:09.480
 much

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:10.119
 leading

00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:10.420
 up to

00:23:10.420 --> 00:23:10.539
 the

00:23:10.539 --> 00:23:10.779
 wedding.

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:11.619
 Right,

00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:11.839
 Sarah?

00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:13.779
 Yeah,

00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:14.039
 yeah,

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:15.079
 thumbs up,

00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:15.279
 yeah.

00:23:16.119 --> 00:23:16.460
 Why?

00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:17.519
 It's the

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:18.119
 anticipation.

00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:18.940
 It's too

00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:19.379
 exciting.

00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:20.559
 There's so

00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:21.000
 much that

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:21.279
 needs to

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.940
 be done

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:22.500
 and so

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:22.779
 little

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.319
 time.

00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.180
 Everything

00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:24.980
 becomes

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.519
 urgent.

00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:27.140
 That's the

00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:27.480
 kind of

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:27.920
 excitement

00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:28.759
 that Paul

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:29.180
 is calling

00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:29.539
 us to

00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:29.839
 have

00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:31.299
 today.

00:23:32.940 --> 00:23:33.119
 Verse

00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:33.759
 11 says,

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.819
 salvation

00:23:34.819 --> 00:23:35.680
 is nearer

00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:36.039
 to us

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:37.240
 now than

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:37.879
 we first

00:23:37.879 --> 00:23:38.460
 believed.

00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:39.680
 Paul is

00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:40.319
 reminding us

00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:40.920
 here that

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.539
 we must

00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:42.440
 let this

00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:42.920
 future

00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:43.480
 awesome

00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:43.960
 day,

00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:45.539
 which can

00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:46.059
 be tomorrow,

00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:47.799
 motivate and

00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:48.480
 excite us

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:49.240
 into loving

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:49.900
 our neighbours

00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:50.359
 today.

00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:51.720
 There is

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.660
 simply too

00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:53.359
 much love

00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:54.039
 that we

00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:54.319
 need to

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:54.559
 do,

00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:55.519
 but we

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:55.839
 have too

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:56.079
 little

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:56.539
 time.

00:23:58.359 --> 00:23:59.039
 When it

00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.359
 comes to

00:23:59.359 --> 00:23:59.700
 loving our

00:23:59.700 --> 00:23:59.960
 neighbour,

00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:00.500
 there's no

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:00.819
 parking,

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:02.160
 no stopping,

00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:03.220
 no waiting.

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.379
 It's

00:24:04.379 --> 00:24:04.779
 urgent.

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:05.779
 Let's

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:05.980
 keep

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.299
 going.

00:24:08.140 --> 00:24:08.980
 So far,

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.200
 we've

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:09.500
 looked at

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:09.819
 the debt

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.180
 of love

00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:11.099
 and the

00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:11.339
 urgency

00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:11.779
 of love.

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:12.599
 Third and

00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:13.200
 final point,

00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:14.400
 the practice

00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:14.859
 of love.

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:17.079
 How are

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:17.359
 we to

00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:17.759
 love our

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.140
 neighbours

00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:19.319
 given the

00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:19.839
 necessity

00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:20.779
 and urgency

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.579
 put before

00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:21.920
 us?

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.180
 Continuing

00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:24.680
 on with

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:24.960
 this

00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:25.879
 Paul's

00:24:25.879 --> 00:24:26.859
 day and

00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:27.440
 night theme,

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:27.859
 we're

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:28.319
 instructed

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:29.539
 to cast

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:30.299
 off the

00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:30.819
 works of

00:24:30.819 --> 00:24:31.259
 darkness

00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:32.180
 and put

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:32.839
 on the

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:33.379
 armour of

00:24:33.379 --> 00:24:33.700
 light.

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:35.799
 Like

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.259
 hair,

00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:37.660
 the works

00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:37.879
 of

00:24:37.879 --> 00:24:38.379
 darkness

00:24:38.379 --> 00:24:38.819
 are

00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:39.119
 things

00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:39.339
 that

00:24:39.339 --> 00:24:39.640
 has

00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:40.259
 always

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:40.619
 been

00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:40.819
 on

00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:41.079
 us.

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:41.799
 We

00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:42.039
 all

00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:42.299
 grew

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:42.519
 up

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:42.680
 with

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:42.900
 it,

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:43.379
 like

00:24:43.379 --> 00:24:43.619
 hair.

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:44.759
 But given

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:44.960
 our

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.140
 new

00:24:45.140 --> 00:24:45.500
 identity

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:45.799
 in

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.220
 Christ

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:46.940
 and

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:47.220
 in

00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:47.940
 light

00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:48.140
 of

00:24:48.140 --> 00:24:48.299
 the

00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:48.759
 coming

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.180
 day,

00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:50.059
 that

00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:50.460
 stuff,

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:51.019
 Paul says,

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:51.720
 is no

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.279
 longer

00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:52.740
 suitable

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.059
 for

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:53.339
 us.

00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:54.460
 Paul

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:54.720
 says,

00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:54.980
 let's

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.220
 take

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.339
 it

00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:55.579
 off,

00:24:55.879 --> 00:24:56.079
 let's

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:56.240
 throw

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.379
 it

00:24:56.379 --> 00:24:56.619
 out.

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:57.599
 And

00:24:57.599 --> 00:24:57.859
 just

00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:58.119
 as

00:24:58.119 --> 00:24:58.279
 the

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:58.420
 day

00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:58.640
 will

00:24:58.640 --> 00:24:59.059
 replace

00:24:59.059 --> 00:24:59.220
 the

00:24:59.220 --> 00:24:59.480
 night,

00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:00.119
 so

00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:00.379
 will

00:25:00.379 --> 00:25:00.920
 the arm

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:01.140
 of

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:01.779
 light

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:02.400
 replace

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:02.759
 our

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.060
 deeds

00:25:03.060 --> 00:25:03.300
 of

00:25:03.300 --> 00:25:03.700
 darkness.

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:04.820
 You

00:25:04.820 --> 00:25:05.100
 can't

00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:05.320
 switch

00:25:05.320 --> 00:25:05.519
 off

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:07.620
 darkness

00:25:07.620 --> 00:25:07.980
 with

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.460
 darkness,

00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.420
 but you

00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:09.600
 can

00:25:09.600 --> 00:25:09.900
 switch

00:25:09.900 --> 00:25:10.180
 off

00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:10.700
 darkness

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.040
 with

00:25:11.040 --> 00:25:11.360
 light.

00:25:12.540 --> 00:25:13.100
 Although

00:25:13.100 --> 00:25:13.560
 Christ

00:25:13.560 --> 00:25:13.759
 has

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.060
 already

00:25:14.060 --> 00:25:14.380
 won

00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:14.540
 the

00:25:14.540 --> 00:25:14.780
 war,

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:15.420
 we

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:15.519
 are

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:15.740
 still

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:15.920
 in

00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.019
 the

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.259
 battle,

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.220
 the

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.519
 battle

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:17.740
 of

00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.560
 love

00:25:18.560 --> 00:25:18.960
 or

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.100
 not

00:25:19.100 --> 00:25:19.240
 to

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:19.480
 love.

00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:20.380
 So

00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:20.580
 we

00:25:20.580 --> 00:25:20.700
 are

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.019
 called

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:21.460
 to

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:21.680
 get

00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:21.920
 up,

00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:22.660
 dress

00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:22.960
 up,

00:25:23.300 --> 00:25:23.440
 and

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:23.759
 fight.

00:25:24.840 --> 00:25:25.360
 How?

00:25:25.780 --> 00:25:26.060
 It's

00:25:26.060 --> 00:25:26.200
 in

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:26.360
 verse

00:25:26.360 --> 00:25:26.840
 17.

00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:28.480
 Let's

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:28.780
 walk

00:25:28.780 --> 00:25:29.400
 properly

00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:29.900
 as

00:25:29.900 --> 00:25:30.019
 in

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.140
 the

00:25:30.140 --> 00:25:30.540
 daytime,

00:25:31.100 --> 00:25:31.320
 not

00:25:31.320 --> 00:25:31.519
 in

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.000
 orgies

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.280
 and

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:32.879
 drunkenness,

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:33.619
 and

00:25:33.619 --> 00:25:33.779
 not

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:33.960
 in

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.279
 sexual

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:35.059
 immorality

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:35.339
 and

00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:36.059
 sensuality,

00:25:36.599 --> 00:25:36.700
 and

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:36.920
 not

00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:37.099
 in

00:25:37.099 --> 00:25:37.559
 quarreling

00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:38.039
 and

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:38.420
 jealousy.

00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:40.119
 Now,

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:40.599
 what does

00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:41.180
 walking

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:41.819
 properly

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.559
 as in

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:43.019
 daytime

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.759
 mean?

00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:45.480
 Should I

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:45.940
 put some

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.480
 sunscreen

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:46.779
 on?

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:48.839
 Here,

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:49.200
 we are

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:49.720
 told that

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:50.299
 instead of

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:50.960
 conforming

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.319
 to the

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:51.740
 darkness

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.420
 of the

00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:52.720
 world

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.079
 that's

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:53.319
 still

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:53.599
 here,

00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:54.480
 let's

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:54.859
 live

00:25:54.859 --> 00:25:55.279
 with a

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:55.799
 decent

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:56.359
 life

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:56.879
 now,

00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:57.680
 as

00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:57.980
 though

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.339
 we are

00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:58.579
 living

00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:59.139
 in a

00:25:59.139 --> 00:25:59.399
 day

00:25:59.399 --> 00:26:00.099
 when we

00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:00.220
 are

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:00.539
 with

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:01.019
 Christ,

00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:02.759
 notice

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.039
 that

00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:03.339
 Paul

00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:03.639
 names

00:26:03.639 --> 00:26:03.920
 three

00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:04.400
 pairs

00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:04.779
 of

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:04.960
 how

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.279
 not

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:05.440
 to

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:05.639
 live

00:26:05.639 --> 00:26:05.859
 here.

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:06.799
 First,

00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:07.619
 don't

00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:09.200
 live in

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:10.240
 orgies

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.700
 and

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.319
 drunkenness.

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:12.500
 Sounds

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:12.920
 nasty,

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.160
 right?

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:14.400
 Well,

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:14.859
 in Greek,

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.259
 this is

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:15.799
 referring to

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.460
 excessive

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:17.220
 partying,

00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:18.819
 carousing,

00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:19.879
 and

00:26:19.879 --> 00:26:20.279
 excessive

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:20.740
 drinking.

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.579
 Partying

00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:22.960
 and

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:24.759
 drinking

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:25.279
 are by

00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:25.740
 themselves

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.160
 not

00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.500
 evil

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.420
 when

00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:27.639
 done

00:26:27.639 --> 00:26:27.799
 in

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.240
 moderation,

00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:28.559
 right?

00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:29.700
 Jesus

00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:30.539
 did

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:30.799
 turn

00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:31.079
 water

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:31.319
 into

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:31.679
 wine

00:26:31.679 --> 00:26:32.279
 so

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:32.480
 that

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:32.700
 the

00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:32.899
 wedding

00:26:32.899 --> 00:26:33.220
 party

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:33.440
 at

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:33.799
 Cana

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.500
 could

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:34.700
 go

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.019
 on.

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:35.720
 That's

00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:35.839
 in

00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:36.220
 John 2.

00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:37.419
 But the

00:26:37.419 --> 00:26:37.619
 point

00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:37.980
 here

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.819
 is not

00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:39.019
 just

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:39.319
 about

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:40.240
 excessive

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.700
 partying

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:40.839
 and

00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:41.139
 drinking.

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:41.960
 Paul

00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.159
 is

00:26:42.159 --> 00:26:42.480
 talking

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:42.839
 about

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.460
 excessive

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:43.460


00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:44.299
 indulgences

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:44.559
 here.

00:26:45.899 --> 00:26:46.299
 Certain

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.659
 things

00:26:46.659 --> 00:26:46.919
 in the

00:26:46.919 --> 00:26:47.179
 world

00:26:47.179 --> 00:26:47.460
 are

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:47.919
 designed

00:26:47.919 --> 00:26:48.179
 to

00:26:48.179 --> 00:26:48.759
 enslave

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.119
 us

00:26:49.119 --> 00:26:49.659
 because

00:26:49.659 --> 00:26:49.899
 they

00:26:49.899 --> 00:26:50.119
 can

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:50.579
 easily

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:51.059
 become

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.539
 addictive.

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.200
 Smoking,

00:26:53.839 --> 00:26:54.879
 not many

00:26:54.879 --> 00:26:55.220
 people do

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:55.679
 that here,

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:55.960
 I don't

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.159
 see,

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:57.319
 certain

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:57.720
 drugs,

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:59.100
 alcohol,

00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:00.259
 caffeine,

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:00.539
 we've got

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:00.980
 plenty of

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.200
 that,

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:02.700
 gambling,

00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:03.620
 and some

00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:04.140
 type of

00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:04.680
 gaming,

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.420
 once you

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:05.880
 start,

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:06.720
 it is

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.140
 very,

00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:07.640
 very

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.180
 difficult

00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:08.779
 to stop.

00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:10.839
 But other

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:11.539
 stuff are

00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:12.160
 more by

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:12.660
 choice.

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.380
 You can't

00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:13.839
 blame that

00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:14.140
 stuff,

00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:14.759
 it's by

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.100
 us.

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.420
 When we

00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:16.759
 look for

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.299
 stuff to

00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:17.920
 drown our

00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:18.480
 sorrows,

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:19.460
 drown our

00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:19.839
 boredom,

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:21.440
 fix our

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:22.059
 insecurity,

00:27:22.600 --> 00:27:22.980
 our sense

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.519
 of emptiness,

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:24.759
 to fill

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.460
 that God

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:26.319
 sized void

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:27.059
 inside us,

00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:28.319
 day two

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:29.299
 will become

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:29.700
 addictive.

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.460
 So we

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:31.799
 end up

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.379
 losing track

00:27:32.379 --> 00:27:32.919
 of time

00:27:32.919 --> 00:27:33.819
 and we

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.099
 can't

00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:34.500
 spend a

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.359
 day or

00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:35.759
 sometimes

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.200
 not even

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.740
 an hour

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.519
 without

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:38.000
 touching

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.539
 that stuff.

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:40.940
 Excessive

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.919
 indulgences

00:27:41.919 --> 00:27:42.879
 are deeds

00:27:42.879 --> 00:27:43.919
 of darkness.

00:27:44.659 --> 00:27:44.899
 They are

00:27:44.899 --> 00:27:45.339
 evil.

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:46.819
 When we

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:47.179
 are so

00:27:47.179 --> 00:27:47.919
 doped out

00:27:47.919 --> 00:27:48.419
 in those

00:27:48.419 --> 00:27:49.319
 indulgences

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:50.500
 that we

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.460
 really enjoy,

00:27:52.099 --> 00:27:52.879
 how are we

00:27:52.879 --> 00:27:53.599
 supposed to

00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:53.899
 have the

00:27:53.899 --> 00:27:54.679
 energy and

00:27:54.679 --> 00:27:55.940
 time to

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:56.440
 love our

00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:56.880
 neighbours?

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:58.960
 Paul is

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.700
 very, very

00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.340
 clear here.

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.539
 These things

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.320
 don't suit

00:28:02.320 --> 00:28:02.740
 us.

00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:03.860
 Chuck them

00:28:03.860 --> 00:28:04.259
 out.

00:28:05.840 --> 00:28:06.200
 Does that

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:06.840
 mean Christians

00:28:06.840 --> 00:28:07.220
 shouldn't

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:07.640
 party,

00:28:07.840 --> 00:28:08.059
 shouldn't

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:08.539
 drink and

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:08.860
 shouldn't

00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:09.380
 indulge or

00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:09.799
 enjoy

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.320
 anything?

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:11.460
 Should we

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.220
 be stoics?

00:28:13.340 --> 00:28:14.120
 If we

00:28:14.120 --> 00:28:14.700
 follow Paul's

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:15.580
 instruction of

00:28:15.580 --> 00:28:16.740
 living decently,

00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:17.900
 I believe

00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.960
 decent and

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:19.340
 moderate

00:28:19.340 --> 00:28:20.680
 enjoyment is

00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:21.059
 actually

00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:21.700
 encouraged.

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:23.880
 So besides

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.799
 not living in

00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:25.360
 orgies and

00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:25.879
 drunkenness,

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:26.899
 we are also

00:28:26.899 --> 00:28:28.059
 told not to

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.399
 live in

00:28:28.399 --> 00:28:28.959
 sexual

00:28:28.959 --> 00:28:29.659
 immorality

00:28:29.659 --> 00:28:30.379
 and

00:28:30.379 --> 00:28:31.539
 sensuality.

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:33.919
 Sexual

00:28:33.919 --> 00:28:34.419
 immorality is

00:28:34.419 --> 00:28:34.959
 quite straightforward

00:28:34.959 --> 00:28:35.299
 here.

00:28:35.479 --> 00:28:35.859
 It's all

00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:36.459
 kinds of

00:28:36.459 --> 00:28:36.819
 sexual

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:37.379
 activities

00:28:37.379 --> 00:28:38.219
 outside of

00:28:38.219 --> 00:28:38.519
 sexual

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:39.339
 marriages.

00:28:40.159 --> 00:28:40.359
 And the

00:28:40.359 --> 00:28:40.539
 word

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:41.399
 sensuality is

00:28:41.399 --> 00:28:41.619
 a little bit

00:28:41.619 --> 00:28:42.059
 more tricky.

00:28:42.679 --> 00:28:43.139
 It literally

00:28:43.139 --> 00:28:44.759
 means licentiousness,

00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:46.599
 saying no to

00:28:46.599 --> 00:28:47.939
 self-control and

00:28:47.939 --> 00:28:48.659
 saying I

00:28:48.659 --> 00:28:49.439
 don't care to

00:28:49.439 --> 00:28:49.979
 moral,

00:28:50.479 --> 00:28:51.559
 social or

00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:52.099
 any ethical

00:28:52.099 --> 00:28:52.899
 boundaries or

00:28:52.899 --> 00:28:53.299
 standards.

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:54.740
 what's that

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.740
 in Disney's

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.519
 frozen terms?

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:59.259
 Let it

00:28:59.259 --> 00:28:59.680
 go.

00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:02.960
 And if I

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.460
 were to sum

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:04.139
 up this as a

00:29:04.139 --> 00:29:05.139
 category, it's

00:29:05.139 --> 00:29:06.659
 actually unrestrained

00:29:06.659 --> 00:29:07.859
 pursuit of

00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:08.680
 personal pleasure.

00:29:10.619 --> 00:29:11.299
 Unrestrained

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:11.879
 pursuit of

00:29:11.879 --> 00:29:13.139
 personal pleasure,

00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:15.059
 whether sexual

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:15.799
 or not, is

00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:16.259
 one of the

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:17.259
 most grievous

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:18.980
 sins because

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:19.899
 it is so

00:29:19.899 --> 00:29:20.359
 personal.

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:20.399
 personal.

00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:21.679
 And it

00:29:21.679 --> 00:29:22.219
 feeds our

00:29:22.219 --> 00:29:23.319
 self-centered

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:24.219
 fallen nature.

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.099
 It smells

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:25.579
 like freedom

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.619
 and it

00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:27.299
 feels so

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:27.859
 amazing.

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:29.379
 And so

00:29:29.379 --> 00:29:29.979
 our natural

00:29:29.979 --> 00:29:30.759
 response would

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.099
 be to

00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:31.659
 protect it,

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.059
 to hold

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:32.519
 on to it

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:32.879
 at all

00:29:32.879 --> 00:29:33.240
 costs,

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.839
 which normally

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:35.359
 would lead

00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:35.799
 to some

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.179
 kind of

00:29:36.179 --> 00:29:36.759
 isolation,

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:39.359
 which is

00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:39.799
 not what

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.219
 God has

00:29:40.219 --> 00:29:40.539
 made us

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:40.759
 for.

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:43.139
 How are

00:29:43.139 --> 00:29:43.479
 we supposed

00:29:43.479 --> 00:29:43.859
 to love

00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:44.379
 our neighbours

00:29:44.379 --> 00:29:45.339
 when our

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:46.019
 hearts are

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:47.039
 so towards

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:47.740
 our maximum

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.519
 pleasure all

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:48.879
 the time?

00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:51.460
 instead of

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:51.900
 loving our

00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:52.240
 neighbours,

00:29:52.620 --> 00:29:52.920
 we would

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:54.040
 probably more

00:29:54.040 --> 00:29:55.040
 likely be

00:29:55.040 --> 00:29:55.700
 harming them,

00:29:56.540 --> 00:29:57.820
 especially if

00:29:57.820 --> 00:29:58.260
 they threaten

00:29:58.260 --> 00:29:58.840
 our personal

00:29:58.840 --> 00:30:00.480
 freedom and

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:00.840
 pleasures,

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:01.660
 saying,

00:30:01.780 --> 00:30:02.000
 hey, you're

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.280
 doing that

00:30:02.280 --> 00:30:02.740
 too much,

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:03.820
 get off the

00:30:03.820 --> 00:30:04.140
 phone or

00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:04.420
 whatever.

00:30:05.820 --> 00:30:07.040
 And that

00:30:07.040 --> 00:30:07.600
 is something

00:30:07.600 --> 00:30:08.060
 that is

00:30:08.060 --> 00:30:09.100
 actually vividly

00:30:09.100 --> 00:30:10.420
 portrayed again

00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:11.240
 in Frozen

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:12.620
 when Anna

00:30:12.620 --> 00:30:13.960
 confronts Elsa

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.500
 at her

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:15.080
 ice castle,

00:30:16.600 --> 00:30:17.380
 that isolation

00:30:17.380 --> 00:30:17.820
 chamber,

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.500
 and then

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.220
 accidentally

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:19.980
 she gets

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.839
 stabbed by

00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:21.439
 Elsa's

00:30:21.439 --> 00:30:22.179
 magic ice.

00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:24.319
 We tend

00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:24.819
 to hurt

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:25.419
 our neighbours

00:30:25.419 --> 00:30:27.000
 when we

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:27.319
 are in

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:28.139
 doubt or

00:30:28.139 --> 00:30:30.700
 pursuing our

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:30.980
 personal

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.379
 pressures

00:30:31.379 --> 00:30:32.059
 excessively

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.519
 without

00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:33.059
 boundaries.

00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:35.059
 Over the

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:35.779
 recent decades,

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.879
 in response

00:30:36.879 --> 00:30:37.240
 to the

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:38.740
 dangers of

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.399
 legalism,

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:40.859
 the belief

00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:41.119
 that we

00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:41.460
 can make

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:42.079
 God owe

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.859
 us by

00:30:42.859 --> 00:30:43.299
 doing good

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:43.899
 works or

00:30:43.899 --> 00:30:44.379
 not sinning,

00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:45.980
 many churches

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.480
 have been

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:47.640
 placing much

00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:48.900
 emphasis on

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:49.760
 teaching grace

00:30:49.760 --> 00:30:50.760
 and Christian

00:30:50.760 --> 00:30:51.060
 freedom.

00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:52.500
 That's all

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:52.680
 good.

00:30:53.800 --> 00:30:55.000
 But if too

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.800
 much focus

00:30:55.800 --> 00:30:56.980
 is placed on

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:58.400
 freedom and

00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:59.040
 too little

00:30:59.040 --> 00:31:00.120
 is placed on

00:31:00.120 --> 00:31:00.780
 self-control,

00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:02.120
 then given

00:31:02.120 --> 00:31:03.120
 how deceitful

00:31:03.120 --> 00:31:03.800
 our hearts

00:31:03.800 --> 00:31:04.680
 inherently are,

00:31:05.320 --> 00:31:06.120
 it's really

00:31:06.120 --> 00:31:06.680
 not difficult

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:07.560
 for a whole

00:31:07.560 --> 00:31:07.940
 group of

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:08.880
 believers to

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:09.420
 fall into

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:10.380
 licentiousness.

00:31:10.380 --> 00:31:12.520
 personally,

00:31:12.780 --> 00:31:13.420
 I've served

00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:13.960
 at a church

00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:14.700
 where a

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:15.060
 group of

00:31:15.060 --> 00:31:15.660
 young adults

00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:17.700
 now,

00:31:17.780 --> 00:31:18.160
 their Christ

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:18.500
 followers

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:20.140
 started believing

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:21.140
 that watching

00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:21.680
 a popular

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:22.740
 show with

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.800
 explicit sex

00:31:23.800 --> 00:31:24.580
 and crude

00:31:24.580 --> 00:31:25.380
 jokes are

00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:25.940
 perfectly

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.400
 okay.

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:27.760
 They even

00:31:27.760 --> 00:31:28.040
 did it

00:31:28.040 --> 00:31:28.940
 together as

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:29.280
 a group.

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:31.280
 At another

00:31:31.280 --> 00:31:31.700
 church,

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:32.260
 we had

00:31:32.260 --> 00:31:33.060
 uni students

00:31:33.060 --> 00:31:34.280
 arguing with

00:31:34.280 --> 00:31:34.860
 their minister

00:31:34.860 --> 00:31:36.240
 that highly

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:36.760
 intimate

00:31:36.760 --> 00:31:37.800
 touching before

00:31:37.800 --> 00:31:38.740
 marriage is

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.540
 actually okay.

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:40.840
 The comment

00:31:40.840 --> 00:31:41.160
 was,

00:31:41.560 --> 00:31:41.940
 we didn't

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:42.400
 go all

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:42.820
 the way,

00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:43.500
 don't we

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:44.000
 have Christian

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.340
 freedom?

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:47.500
 Unrestrained

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:48.220
 pursuits of

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:49.060
 pleasure and

00:31:49.060 --> 00:31:49.560
 deeds of

00:31:49.560 --> 00:31:50.200
 darkness,

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.240
 Paul says,

00:31:51.820 --> 00:31:52.400
 do not

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:53.180
 suit us.

00:31:54.120 --> 00:31:54.520
 Again,

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.040
 Paul is

00:31:55.040 --> 00:31:55.860
 clear here,

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:57.020
 take them

00:31:57.020 --> 00:31:57.700
 off and

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.100
 chuck them

00:31:58.100 --> 00:31:58.360
 out.

00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:00.200
 What do

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:00.680
 we put on

00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:01.260
 instead then?

00:32:02.540 --> 00:32:03.400
 As in the

00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:03.740
 fruit of

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.920
 spirit in

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:05.680
 Galatians 5

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.980
 and as in

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.640
 the qualification

00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:08.120
 of an

00:32:08.120 --> 00:32:08.940
 overseer in

00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:09.620
 Titus 1,

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:11.179
 self-control

00:32:11.179 --> 00:32:11.759
 is what we

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.079
 should put

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.279
 on.

00:32:12.899 --> 00:32:13.539
 Self-control.

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:15.699
 Moving on,

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:16.899
 after orgies

00:32:16.899 --> 00:32:17.599
 and drunkenness

00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:18.119
 and after

00:32:18.119 --> 00:32:19.199
 sexual immorality

00:32:19.199 --> 00:32:20.479
 and licentiousness,

00:32:20.819 --> 00:32:21.259
 Paul says,

00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:22.759
 don't live in

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.839
 quarreling and

00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:24.359
 jealousy.

00:32:25.859 --> 00:32:26.099
 Now,

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:27.039
 quarreling is

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.799
 not just a

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:28.379
 once-off

00:32:28.379 --> 00:32:28.979
 disagreement,

00:32:29.419 --> 00:32:29.599
 you know,

00:32:29.659 --> 00:32:30.319
 have a bit of

00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:30.899
 fight here and

00:32:30.899 --> 00:32:31.079
 there.

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:32.539
 It is engaging

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:33.539
 in rivalry

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:34.559
 and strife.

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:37.139
 How is

00:32:37.139 --> 00:32:38.419
 strife and

00:32:38.419 --> 00:32:38.759
 jealousy

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.159
 related?

00:32:39.879 --> 00:32:40.039
 Well,

00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:40.879
 both are

00:32:40.879 --> 00:32:41.440
 prideful

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:42.319
 attitudes from

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:42.799
 within the

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:43.940
 heart that

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.559
 outwardly

00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:44.980
 affects

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:45.740
 relationships.

00:32:47.579 --> 00:32:47.919
 Isn't it

00:32:47.919 --> 00:32:48.619
 interesting that

00:32:48.619 --> 00:32:49.379
 Paul places

00:32:49.379 --> 00:32:50.079
 like,

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:51.179
 you know,

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:52.639
 strife and

00:32:52.639 --> 00:32:53.700
 jealousy alongside

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.679
 like drunkenness

00:32:54.679 --> 00:32:55.539
 and orgies and

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:56.359
 parties and

00:32:56.359 --> 00:32:57.139
 drinking or

00:32:57.139 --> 00:32:57.579
 drinking too

00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:57.799
 much?

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.579
 They are

00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:00.980
 deeds of

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.659
 darkness too.

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.579
 Why?

00:33:03.179 --> 00:33:03.679
 Because they

00:33:03.679 --> 00:33:04.240
 harm our

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:04.539
 neighbours.

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:05.960
 You know,

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.539
 they damage

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.319
 relationships.

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:09.319
 Relationships are

00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:09.919
 precious to

00:33:09.919 --> 00:33:10.199
 God.

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.699
 Remember how

00:33:12.699 --> 00:33:13.439
 love fulfills

00:33:13.439 --> 00:33:13.859
 the law?

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:14.279
 You know,

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:14.759
 we looked at

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.359
 that just a

00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:15.879
 little while

00:33:15.879 --> 00:33:16.119
 ago.

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:18.399
 Because love

00:33:18.399 --> 00:33:19.460
 does no wrong

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:19.799
 to the

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:20.079
 neighbour.

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:23.379
 Strife and

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:23.799
 jealousy,

00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:25.019
 and may I

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.839
 add from

00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:26.740
 Romans chapter

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.500
 1, verse

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:27.740
 20,

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:29.179
 slander and

00:33:29.179 --> 00:33:29.799
 gossip too.

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:31.699
 They don't

00:33:31.699 --> 00:33:32.419
 only wrong

00:33:32.420 --> 00:33:32.980
 our neighbour,

00:33:33.580 --> 00:33:33.940
 they can

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.960
 destroy and

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:35.460
 gnaw the

00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:35.880
 entire

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:36.680
 neighbourhoods.

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:38.580
 Do you

00:33:38.580 --> 00:33:38.980
 know what's

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.320
 the best

00:33:39.320 --> 00:33:39.660
 way to

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:40.240
 actually split

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:40.640
 a church?

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:43.279
 Split

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:44.160
 hairs over

00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:45.080
 something really

00:33:45.080 --> 00:33:45.980
 inconsequential,

00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:46.900
 and then

00:33:46.900 --> 00:33:48.060
 spread a

00:33:48.060 --> 00:33:48.300
 bit of

00:33:48.300 --> 00:33:48.620
 gossip.

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:51.080
 Haven't

00:33:51.080 --> 00:33:51.700
 churches been

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.519
 divided because

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.400
 two people

00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:54.440
 just won't

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:55.220
 let an

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:55.860
 argument go?

00:33:55.859 --> 00:33:58.199
 then others

00:33:58.199 --> 00:33:58.959
 start picking

00:33:58.959 --> 00:34:00.379
 sides, and

00:34:00.379 --> 00:34:00.819
 the rumours

00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:01.299
 mills start

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:01.979
 churning, and

00:34:01.979 --> 00:34:02.399
 before you

00:34:02.399 --> 00:34:03.279
 know it, the

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:03.919
 whole church is

00:34:03.919 --> 00:34:04.279
 divided.

00:34:04.919 --> 00:34:05.439
 I've seen it

00:34:05.439 --> 00:34:06.059
 happen again

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:06.539
 and again

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.079
 and again

00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:08.380
 in different

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:08.900
 countries as

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.039
 well.

00:34:10.279 --> 00:34:10.719
 One of my

00:34:10.719 --> 00:34:11.460
 mentors used

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:12.119
 to say that

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:12.839
 if there is

00:34:12.839 --> 00:34:13.559
 no pride in

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:13.940
 the world,

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:14.980
 there would

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:15.339
 be no

00:34:15.339 --> 00:34:15.859
 competition.

00:34:15.860 --> 00:34:18.180
 If we

00:34:18.180 --> 00:34:18.460
 are not

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:20.700
 trying to

00:34:20.700 --> 00:34:21.360
 get one

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:21.920
 up on

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.519
 our neighbours,

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.760
 but instead

00:34:23.760 --> 00:34:24.980
 humbly ask

00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:26.079
 how can we

00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:27.140
 serve and

00:34:27.140 --> 00:34:27.660
 help our

00:34:27.660 --> 00:34:28.059
 neighbours,

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:28.860
 help them

00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:30.380
 soar, even

00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:31.460
 above ourselves,

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:32.700
 wouldn't

00:34:32.700 --> 00:34:33.360
 there be far

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:34.140
 less jealousy

00:34:34.140 --> 00:34:35.559
 and strife or

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:36.360
 gossip or

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:37.860
 slanders among

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:38.840
 our communities,

00:34:39.220 --> 00:34:39.820
 churches and

00:34:39.820 --> 00:34:40.400
 workplaces?

00:34:42.660 --> 00:34:43.420
 Excessive

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:44.039
 indulgence,

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:45.460
 unrestrained

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:46.119
 pursuit of

00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:46.579
 pleasure,

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:47.820
 prideful

00:34:47.820 --> 00:34:48.360
 attitudes.

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:49.920
 Are these

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.920
 easy to

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:51.519
 fight and

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:51.880
 reject?

00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:53.659
 Without

00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:54.079
 keeping

00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:54.699
 enjoyment

00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:56.820
 decent and

00:34:56.820 --> 00:34:57.199
 moderate,

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.599
 self-control

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:59.199
 and humble

00:34:59.199 --> 00:35:00.159
 servant-heartedness,

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:01.840
 we won't be

00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:02.559
 able to love

00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:03.240
 our neighbours

00:35:03.240 --> 00:35:04.760
 like we owe

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:05.199
 it to them.

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:07.340
 But are

00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:07.880
 these simple

00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:08.179
 to live

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:08.340
 out?

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:10.220
 In

00:35:10.220 --> 00:35:10.940
 verse 14,

00:35:11.699 --> 00:35:12.380
 Paul concludes,

00:35:13.300 --> 00:35:14.099
 but put on

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:14.679
 the Lord

00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:15.619
 Jesus Christ

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:16.719
 and make

00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:17.099
 no

00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:17.659
 provisions,

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:21.759
 which means

00:35:21.759 --> 00:35:22.319
 don't put

00:35:22.319 --> 00:35:23.000
 thoughts ahead

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.639
 of time to

00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:24.099
 plan it.

00:35:26.819 --> 00:35:27.059
 Sorry,

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:28.079
 and make no

00:35:28.079 --> 00:35:28.719
 provisions for

00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:29.480
 the flesh to

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:30.099
 gratify its

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:30.619
 desires.

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:32.219
 So if left

00:35:32.219 --> 00:35:33.079
 unchecked, the

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:33.960
 flesh, that's

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:35.359
 our sin-corrupted

00:35:35.359 --> 00:35:37.139
 human nature,

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:38.839
 will always

00:35:38.839 --> 00:35:39.859
 find its way

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:41.000
 to cross

00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:41.780
 all boundaries

00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:42.720
 and fulfil

00:35:42.720 --> 00:35:44.220
 its inordinate

00:35:44.220 --> 00:35:44.760
 passions.

00:35:45.640 --> 00:35:46.039
 So what are

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:46.519
 we to do?

00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:47.780
 Paul says,

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:48.360
 make no

00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:48.820
 provisions.

00:35:49.700 --> 00:35:50.240
 Don't sit

00:35:50.240 --> 00:35:50.840
 around and

00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:51.099
 let your

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:51.720
 mind wander

00:35:51.720 --> 00:35:52.539
 and then

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:54.420
 plan how

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:54.700
 to get

00:35:54.700 --> 00:35:54.940
 there,

00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:56.599
 those pleasures

00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:57.360
 and indulgences

00:35:57.360 --> 00:35:57.700
 and stuff.

00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:58.940
 Don't plan

00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.519
 how to win

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.180
 that argument

00:36:00.180 --> 00:36:01.740
 that honours

00:36:01.740 --> 00:36:02.480
 yourself rather

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:02.900
 than Jesus.

00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:05.440
 you know,

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:05.820
 we love

00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:06.280
 that, you

00:36:06.280 --> 00:36:06.360
 know,

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:07.539
 theology and

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:08.320
 Bible and

00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:08.599
 whatever.

00:36:09.660 --> 00:36:10.160
 Don't plan

00:36:10.160 --> 00:36:10.940
 how to sleep

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.360
 or fool

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:12.059
 around with

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:12.619
 that person

00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:13.440
 that's not

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:13.900
 your spouse

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.240
 yet,

00:36:15.240 --> 00:36:16.440
 or cross

00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:17.559
 other moral

00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:18.139
 ethical

00:36:18.139 --> 00:36:18.680
 boundaries.

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:22.519
 King David,

00:36:22.780 --> 00:36:23.260
 the man

00:36:23.260 --> 00:36:24.460
 described as

00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:25.579
 after God's

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:26.119
 own heart,

00:36:27.220 --> 00:36:27.800
 and Bathsheba

00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:28.579
 is the case

00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:28.920
 in point.

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:30.500
 Don't plan

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:30.920
 a pub

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:31.300
 crawl

00:36:31.300 --> 00:36:33.920
 or any

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.519
 activity you

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:34.840
 know,

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:35.700
 moderate

00:36:35.700 --> 00:36:36.300
 enjoyment

00:36:36.300 --> 00:36:37.460
 is not

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:37.740
 going to

00:36:37.740 --> 00:36:38.320
 be possible.

00:36:40.640 --> 00:36:41.180
 If you

00:36:41.180 --> 00:36:41.720
 find yourself

00:36:41.720 --> 00:36:42.560
 planning something,

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:43.760
 basically,

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:44.200
 scene is

00:36:44.200 --> 00:36:44.740
 crouching at

00:36:44.740 --> 00:36:45.080
 your door,

00:36:45.580 --> 00:36:45.920
 next thing

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.260
 you know,

00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:46.620
 it's all

00:36:46.620 --> 00:36:46.940
 done deal.

00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:48.820
 I think

00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:49.460
 we probably

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:50.460
 all have

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:50.740
 been there

00:36:50.740 --> 00:36:51.039
 before,

00:36:51.100 --> 00:36:51.240
 right?

00:36:52.060 --> 00:36:52.720
 So what's

00:36:52.720 --> 00:36:52.980
 going to

00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:53.400
 give us

00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:54.400
 that power

00:36:54.400 --> 00:36:55.160
 to keep

00:36:55.160 --> 00:36:55.840
 this darkness

00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:56.800
 off our

00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:57.880
 minds and

00:36:57.880 --> 00:36:58.220
 help us

00:36:58.220 --> 00:36:58.660
 love our

00:36:58.660 --> 00:36:58.980
 neighbours

00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.500
 really well?

00:37:00.140 --> 00:37:00.580
 The answer

00:37:00.580 --> 00:37:01.160
 is actually

00:37:01.159 --> 00:37:01.899
 again in

00:37:01.899 --> 00:37:02.440
 verse 14,

00:37:02.899 --> 00:37:03.480
 put on

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:04.339
 the Lord

00:37:04.339 --> 00:37:05.039
 Jesus

00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:05.579
 Christ.

00:37:06.279 --> 00:37:06.719
 Put on

00:37:06.719 --> 00:37:07.079
 the Lord

00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:07.339
 Jesus

00:37:07.339 --> 00:37:07.699
 Christ.

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:08.339
 Without

00:37:08.339 --> 00:37:08.920
 putting on

00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:09.279
 the Lord,

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:09.859
 literally,

00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:10.599
 clothing

00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:11.219
 ourselves

00:37:11.219 --> 00:37:11.679
 with him

00:37:11.679 --> 00:37:12.759
 and doing

00:37:12.759 --> 00:37:13.019
 so

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:13.639
 continually,

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:14.739
 we are

00:37:14.739 --> 00:37:15.239
 absolutely

00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:15.960
 powerless

00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:16.779
 against

00:37:16.779 --> 00:37:17.199
 these deeds

00:37:17.199 --> 00:37:17.759
 of darkness,

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:19.019
 which are

00:37:19.019 --> 00:37:19.519
 like leeches,

00:37:19.679 --> 00:37:19.799
 you know,

00:37:19.839 --> 00:37:20.219
 they're latching

00:37:20.219 --> 00:37:20.659
 onto us

00:37:20.659 --> 00:37:21.000
 and sucking

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.420
 our lives

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:21.699
 away,

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:22.759
 but we

00:37:22.759 --> 00:37:23.259
 enjoy it.

00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:25.559
 But what

00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:26.299
 does putting

00:37:26.299 --> 00:37:27.199
 on the

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:27.440
 Lord

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:27.899
 actually

00:37:27.899 --> 00:37:28.420
 means?

00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:30.360
 some say

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:30.820
 it's like

00:37:30.820 --> 00:37:31.159
 putting on

00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:31.980
 his characters,

00:37:32.500 --> 00:37:33.039
 others say

00:37:33.039 --> 00:37:33.860
 take it

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:34.780
 as being

00:37:34.780 --> 00:37:35.760
 protected by

00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:35.960
 him,

00:37:36.380 --> 00:37:37.000
 linking it

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:37.680
 to verse

00:37:37.680 --> 00:37:38.000
 12,

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:38.860
 like the

00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:39.200
 arm of

00:37:39.200 --> 00:37:39.480
 light.

00:37:40.240 --> 00:37:40.740
 It can also

00:37:40.740 --> 00:37:41.460
 mean to put

00:37:41.460 --> 00:37:41.700
 on the

00:37:41.700 --> 00:37:42.000
 mind of

00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:42.480
 Christ in

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:43.139
 Philippians 2,

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:44.400
 seeing others

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:44.900
 as more

00:37:44.900 --> 00:37:45.280
 important

00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:45.700
 than self.

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:47.439
 I think

00:37:47.439 --> 00:37:47.859
 it can be

00:37:47.859 --> 00:37:48.219
 all of

00:37:48.219 --> 00:37:48.679
 the above,

00:37:49.379 --> 00:37:49.939
 but in

00:37:49.939 --> 00:37:51.079
 addition to

00:37:51.079 --> 00:37:51.379
 this,

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:52.659
 perhaps it

00:37:52.659 --> 00:37:53.219
 may also

00:37:53.219 --> 00:37:53.719
 have something

00:37:53.719 --> 00:37:54.179
 to do

00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:55.439
 with belonging

00:37:55.439 --> 00:37:55.939
 to him,

00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:57.119
 being in

00:37:57.119 --> 00:37:57.379
 him,

00:37:57.819 --> 00:37:58.339
 being one

00:37:58.339 --> 00:37:58.879
 with him,

00:37:59.279 --> 00:37:59.819
 being covered

00:37:59.819 --> 00:38:00.339
 by him,

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:01.139
 being under

00:38:01.139 --> 00:38:01.439
 him,

00:38:01.759 --> 00:38:02.259
 being held

00:38:02.259 --> 00:38:02.899
 together by

00:38:02.899 --> 00:38:03.179
 him,

00:38:03.339 --> 00:38:03.899
 like a suit,

00:38:04.379 --> 00:38:05.139
 being moulded

00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:05.759
 and shaped

00:38:05.759 --> 00:38:06.319
 by him.

00:38:07.779 --> 00:38:08.739
 With Christ

00:38:08.739 --> 00:38:09.480
 on us

00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:10.379
 and us

00:38:10.379 --> 00:38:10.960
 in him,

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:11.899
 we can

00:38:11.899 --> 00:38:12.679
 say no

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:13.799
 to excessive

00:38:13.799 --> 00:38:14.519
 indulgence

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:15.340
 and all

00:38:15.340 --> 00:38:15.960
 kinds of

00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:16.360
 additions

00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:18.619
 as Christ

00:38:18.619 --> 00:38:19.579
 is our

00:38:19.579 --> 00:38:20.460
 indulgence.

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:22.840
 Addictions,

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:23.139
 I mean.

00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:24.519
 He's the

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:25.219
 only master

00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:26.179
 who won't

00:38:26.179 --> 00:38:26.519
 eat us

00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:26.900
 alive,

00:38:27.420 --> 00:38:28.280
 destroy us

00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:28.960
 and then

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:29.480
 stop us

00:38:29.480 --> 00:38:29.940
 from loving.

00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:31.960
 With Christ

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.860
 on us

00:38:32.860 --> 00:38:34.239
 and us

00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:34.659
 in him,

00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:35.480
 we won't

00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:35.820
 need to

00:38:35.820 --> 00:38:36.179
 pursue

00:38:36.179 --> 00:38:36.860
 pleasure

00:38:36.860 --> 00:38:37.639
 outside of

00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:38.380
 any boundaries

00:38:38.380 --> 00:38:40.079
 because Christ

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:40.639
 is our

00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:41.019
 maximum

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:41.480
 pleasure.

00:38:42.739 --> 00:38:43.619
 With Christ

00:38:43.619 --> 00:38:44.480
 on us

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:44.980
 and us

00:38:44.980 --> 00:38:45.440
 in him,

00:38:45.820 --> 00:38:46.219
 we won't

00:38:46.219 --> 00:38:46.619
 need to

00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:47.199
 be one

00:38:47.199 --> 00:38:47.719
 up over

00:38:47.719 --> 00:38:48.300
 our neighbours

00:38:48.300 --> 00:38:49.780
 because even

00:38:49.780 --> 00:38:50.440
 the Son

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:50.880
 of God

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:52.400
 who deserves

00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:52.960
 the highest

00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:54.880
 praise came

00:38:54.880 --> 00:38:55.440
 not to be

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:55.980
 served but

00:38:55.980 --> 00:38:56.519
 to serve

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:57.740
 and emptied

00:38:57.740 --> 00:38:58.539
 himself and

00:38:58.539 --> 00:38:59.719
 all reputations

00:38:59.719 --> 00:39:01.099
 all for

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:01.659
 us.

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.860
 And finally,

00:39:04.460 --> 00:39:05.420
 let us never

00:39:05.420 --> 00:39:05.900
 forget,

00:39:06.599 --> 00:39:07.039
 we are now

00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:07.699
 given the

00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:08.840
 privilege to

00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:09.340
 put on

00:39:09.340 --> 00:39:10.639
 Christ because

00:39:10.639 --> 00:39:12.019
 he first

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:12.759
 put on

00:39:12.759 --> 00:39:13.179
 us.

00:39:14.460 --> 00:39:15.739
 As 2 Corinthians

00:39:15.739 --> 00:39:16.659
 5,

00:39:16.780 --> 00:39:17.300
 verse 21

00:39:17.300 --> 00:39:17.739
 says,

00:39:18.280 --> 00:39:18.699
 for our

00:39:18.699 --> 00:39:19.019
 sake,

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:20.119
 God made

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:20.500
 him,

00:39:20.820 --> 00:39:21.039
 Jesus,

00:39:21.539 --> 00:39:21.820
 to be

00:39:21.820 --> 00:39:22.719
 sin who

00:39:22.719 --> 00:39:23.259
 knew no

00:39:23.259 --> 00:39:24.199
 sin so

00:39:24.199 --> 00:39:24.679
 that in

00:39:24.679 --> 00:39:25.539
 him we

00:39:25.539 --> 00:39:26.320
 might become

00:39:26.320 --> 00:39:27.019
 the righteousness

00:39:27.019 --> 00:39:27.699
 of God.

00:39:28.699 --> 00:39:29.460
 May this

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:30.480
 great exchange,

00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:31.380
 this great

00:39:31.380 --> 00:39:31.920
 sacrifice,

00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:32.940
 this great

00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:33.400
 mercy,

00:39:33.780 --> 00:39:34.179
 this great

00:39:34.179 --> 00:39:34.579
 love,

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:35.360
 this great

00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:36.039
 saviour,

00:39:36.880 --> 00:39:37.559
 drive us

00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:38.460
 to live

00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:39.279
 and love

00:39:39.279 --> 00:39:39.880
 for him

00:39:39.880 --> 00:39:41.279
 even today.

00:39:41.920 --> 00:39:42.219
 Let's

00:39:42.219 --> 00:39:42.420
 pray.

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:46.639
 Our

00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:46.840
 Heavenly

00:39:46.840 --> 00:39:47.179
 Father,

00:39:48.179 --> 00:39:51.259
 we are so

00:39:51.259 --> 00:39:52.139
 sorry that

00:39:52.139 --> 00:39:52.539
 we are so

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:52.900
 fallen,

00:39:54.019 --> 00:39:54.679
 that we are

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:55.219
 so weak,

00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:57.759
 that we so

00:39:57.759 --> 00:39:58.199
 love the

00:39:58.199 --> 00:39:58.539
 world,

00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:00.820
 the creation

00:40:00.820 --> 00:40:01.539
 that you

00:40:01.539 --> 00:40:01.900
 made,

00:40:04.900 --> 00:40:05.860
 that we

00:40:05.860 --> 00:40:06.340
 become

00:40:06.340 --> 00:40:11.860
 so less

00:40:11.860 --> 00:40:13.440
 lovable to

00:40:13.440 --> 00:40:13.740
 us.

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.800
 Thank you

00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:19.780
 for telling

00:40:19.780 --> 00:40:20.200
 us that

00:40:20.200 --> 00:40:20.820
 these things

00:40:20.820 --> 00:40:21.539
 that we

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:21.940
 love,

00:40:24.920 --> 00:40:26.340
 they can

00:40:26.340 --> 00:40:27.660
 be actually

00:40:27.660 --> 00:40:28.400
 the darkness

00:40:28.400 --> 00:40:29.000
 and the evil

00:40:29.000 --> 00:40:31.120
 that the

00:40:31.120 --> 00:40:31.600
 world is

00:40:31.600 --> 00:40:32.559
 trying to

00:40:32.559 --> 00:40:33.000
 put onto

00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:34.460
 us and

00:40:34.460 --> 00:40:35.220
 slave us

00:40:35.219 --> 00:40:37.799
 make us

00:40:37.799 --> 00:40:38.239
 wear them

00:40:38.239 --> 00:40:38.719
 around

00:40:38.719 --> 00:40:41.219
 all the

00:40:41.219 --> 00:40:41.599
 time

00:40:41.599 --> 00:40:43.259
 and can't

00:40:43.259 --> 00:40:43.599
 keep our

00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:43.980
 hands and

00:40:43.980 --> 00:40:44.419
 eyes off

00:40:44.419 --> 00:40:44.599
 them.

00:40:46.899 --> 00:40:47.379
 Lord,

00:40:47.679 --> 00:40:49.279
 may the

00:40:49.279 --> 00:40:49.799
 beauty of

00:40:49.799 --> 00:40:50.279
 your son

00:40:50.279 --> 00:40:51.980
 and all

00:40:51.980 --> 00:40:52.219
 that

00:40:52.219 --> 00:40:53.119
 wonderful,

00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:54.319
 merciful

00:40:54.319 --> 00:40:55.639
 work that

00:40:55.639 --> 00:40:56.019
 you've done

00:40:56.019 --> 00:40:56.439
 for him,

00:40:56.659 --> 00:40:57.139
 for us,

00:40:57.739 --> 00:40:58.739
 become so

00:40:58.739 --> 00:40:59.359
 mind-blowing,

00:40:59.699 --> 00:41:00.899
 so awesome.

00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:02.720
 that day

00:41:02.720 --> 00:41:02.940
 that's

00:41:02.940 --> 00:41:03.300
 coming,

00:41:03.420 --> 00:41:03.619
 going to

00:41:03.619 --> 00:41:05.059
 be so

00:41:05.059 --> 00:41:05.860
 sweet,

00:41:06.860 --> 00:41:08.099
 so amazing,

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:08.860
 then that

00:41:08.860 --> 00:41:09.059
 will

00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:09.840
 preoccupy our

00:41:09.840 --> 00:41:11.639
 minds to

00:41:11.639 --> 00:41:12.300
 focus on

00:41:12.300 --> 00:41:15.220
 you all

00:41:15.220 --> 00:41:15.720
 the time,

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:17.539
 so much so

00:41:17.539 --> 00:41:17.800
 that it

00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:18.160
 will drive

00:41:18.160 --> 00:41:18.860
 us to

00:41:18.860 --> 00:41:19.180
 love our

00:41:19.180 --> 00:41:19.559
 neighbors

00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:20.740
 like we

00:41:20.740 --> 00:41:21.099
 owe it to

00:41:21.099 --> 00:41:21.320
 them.

00:41:22.680 --> 00:41:23.320
 Help us,

00:41:23.420 --> 00:41:23.480
 Lord,

00:41:23.539 --> 00:41:23.920
 do that

00:41:23.920 --> 00:41:24.599
 individually

00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:26.180
 and do

00:41:26.180 --> 00:41:26.639
 that together

00:41:26.639 --> 00:41:27.000
 as a

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 church,

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 starting with

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 one another

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 and then

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 go beyond

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 out to

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 the

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 communities

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 that you

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 place us

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 in.

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 In Jesus'

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 name we

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 pray.

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 Amen.